Our club will have a ZOOM meeting again this week. We will be sending you a browser link via email Thursday morning. We will open at 11:30 and our meeting will start at Noon. If you have an announcement you would like to make...please contact Andy Bakkum. If you would like to have a guest attend, please let Andy know and YOU can forward your email link to them.
Thanks to Sarah Arendt-Beyer you can now view past Zoom Rotary Meetings - she will post each week on our web site......LINK.
Rotary Zoom Meeting
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Hope Hickman
Classification Talk
Hope is an active member since December 2019 and has a human resource classification. Hope is an employee of Catholic Charities. Please plan on attending to learn more about Hope!
A heartfelt thank you to all the volunteers for Opening Night 2021. We had a very successful opening night thanks to your good work last night. A year of challenges for sure, but many many hungry mouths in our area will be fed because of your generosity, and that of the folks who came to see the lights. I hope you can make time with your own family to walk through and see it all. When you look closely, it truly is a wonder how it all goes together is a short seven weeks. Many hands.
OCTD: The Onalaska and Holmen Community Thanksgiving Dinner is hosting its 10th Annual event that provides a free meal on Nov 26th to anyone in need. Delivery and curb-side pick-up will be available.
Aptiv: Aptiv is purchasing additional equipment specially designed for individuals with disabilities and is proven to reduce anxiety and negative behaviors, as well as increase focus and wellbeing. By providing necessary sensory and physical input opportunities at Aptiv’s facility, staff will be able to more easily and effectively deliver vital skill-building curriculum to at-risk youth in our services.
Due to an alarming and continued increase of COVID cases in our area, and out of an abundance of caution for our customers and volunteers' health and safety, the Rotary Club of La Crosse Board of Directors has made the decision to cancel this year's Fruit Box Fundraiser.
The fruit box fundraiser is our club's largest annual fundraiser and each year brings in much-needed unrestricted funds that are necessary for the club's operating expenses, in addition to helping us support club projects like this year's Razia's Bus fundraiser. If your financial situation will allow it, we would be grateful for a contribution in lieu of your normal fruit box purchase to help with the club's ongoing expenses.
While we are dropping the requirement of a $115 fruit box purchase or $100 buy-out this year, we hope you will continue to support the club with a financial gift if you are able.
For every $100 dollar donation you are entitled to either three silver Rotary coins or seven bronze Rotary coins. If you are interested in receiving these coins please contact Al Louis to arrange a time to pick them up.... al@djrclic.com
If you have already made a purchase or opt-out contribution, please click this link to let us know whether you would like the club to retain your contribution, or if you would like it refunded to you.
If you would like to make a contribution to the club, you can submit payment online here, or mail a check to: PO BOX 1914, LACROSSE, WI 54601.
Thank you to Tim Durtsche and Anne Snow who helped Lyn make phone calls to our non-Rotarian customers. So many were disappointed but understood. Lyn felt like Scrooge when one lady was so disappointed her comment was "I look forward to that fruit every year I am going to miss it!"
MOBILE MEALS COMMITTEE.....The committee's purpose is to serve those less fortunate than us who have difficulty preparing a meal or leaving their homes or apartments to get a meal. Many of the meal recipients are very lonely. A visit from a Rotarian delivering their meal may be their own human contact for the entire day. Each of the committee members has their own stories to tell how they have befriended a meal recipient. It's in those stories that lie the most rewarding aspect of Mobile Meal delivery. Mobile Meals web site.
Thank you to Chair Mike Desmond for overseeing this committee - one committee member states "Our FEARLESS LEADER, Mike Desmond, DOES A WONDERFUL JOB organizing and leading the team. This week we thank Mary Mickelson, Andy Bakkum, Scott Chorski, Dave Clements, Alex Lueck, Roger LeGrand and Matt Boshcka for delivering meals during thess covid times.
Join Rotary Club of La Crosse After Hours for a virtual Ugly Sweater 5k! Run or walk a 5k between Wednesday, December 2nd and Sunday, December 12th, and log your time.
The marsh trails will be lit with lights Friday, December 4th and Saturday, December 5th from 4-8 pm for everyone to enjoy!
Don't forget to find your ugliest sweater and post a photo for the Ugly Sweater Contest. For more information visit: http://oneugly5k.com
The Rotary Leadership series will involve featured speakers providing insight and information about various aspects of leadership The events are scheduled in a virtual format on the second Thursday of the month on an alternating schedule with the STAR program. 7:00-8:00 am.
The Rotary Leadership Series is designed for the members of the nine La Crosse-area Rotary clubs. Members may invite guests.
Registration is required to attend, guests must provide their email address. Registration LINK.hose registered will receive an access link shortly before the December 10th event. We hope you will be able to attend. Meanwhile, look for announcements regarding future speakers.
In service, the Rotary Leadership Series Committee:
Lee Rasch, Andrew Bakkum, Scott Butler, Stephanie Fraase, Mary Beth Hensel, Art Lyons, Emily Nolte
Last year Dean had announced he would no longer organize our Christmas Program. He has agreed to co-chair with Katie Berkedahl this year and help her plan the program. The show will go on!! Thank you to Dean and Katie for agreeing to co-chair this event.
Note from Katie.....the weather is starting to cool, so we've started preparations to warm your with the annual Rotary Holiday Program! Dean and I are working together this year to turn this virtual reality into the best show yet, but we need your help.
If you have children, grandchildren, nephews, nieces, neighbors or whomever willing to share their holiday spirit through their musical gifts, please sign up. Because we're doing this thing virtually, think beyond local! Performers can join from anywhere in the world this time!
The program is December 17th at noon and we're looking for at least 10 families of performers.
The Holmen Area Rotary Club is having their inaugural Holidays In The Park Christmas Tree decorating contest . Businesses, Organizations and Individuals can purchase a tree to decorate. The trees will be set up in Holmen's Halfway Creek Park and will be on display from December 4th to the 31st. Viewers can vote for their favorite trees and the Business, Organization and Individual with the most votes will be awarded a significant donation made to the Holmen Boys and Girls Club in their name. Each vote costs $1 and can be done in person at the Park during the event's operating hours or at any time via the Bid Beacon App - https://app.bidbeacon.com/invite/#QS47RE . All proceeds go to benefit the Holmen Area Boys and Girls Club.
Associate Membershipis a program to recruit younger members, millennials, to membership. Associate Membership is available to anyone who is proposed for membership who is 35 years of age or less. Associate membership will end when that member reaches the age of 38. They would pay for dues and $100 for meals per quarter no matter how many meetings they attend that quarter.
Corporate Membership is a program to allow multiple employees of a business Rotary participation under one primary membership. Each corporate membership is limited to a three-year term. After the three-year corporate membership term, the individuals are required to become individual members. View Corporate Membership Policy.
Family Membershipis a program to allow a second individual Rotary participation under one primary membership. View Family Membership Policy.
Honorary Membership is offered to members who have distinguished themselves by meritorious service in the furtherance of Rotary ideals.Unlike other membership categories that can be requested by the member, Honorary Membership is bestowed upon a member by election from the Board of Directors. View Honorary Membership Policy.
Excused Membership is offered to members if the aggregate of the member’s years of age and years of membership in one or more clubs is 85 years or more, the member has been a member of one or more clubs for at least 20 years, and the member has notified the club's secretary in writing of the member’s desire to be excused from attendance and the board has approved. Excused Members will pay the quarterly dues and only for meals when they attend a meeting.
Membership Proposals....we will no longer ask for three references when you propose a new member. This was a criteria that our club had set not RI. This will help us process new members into our club more efficiently. You can access the membership proposal form online, under the Club Information site page.
with the annual Rotary Holiday Program! Dean and I are working together this year to turn this virtual reality into the best show yet, but we need your help. 
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