Our club is meeting by Zoom this week. We will be sending you a browser link via email Thursday morning. We will open our meeting at 11:30 and meeting will start at Noon. If you have an announcement you would like to make, please contact Andy Bakkum. You are welcome to bring a guest, just forward your link to them.
THIS WEEK AT ROTARY February 11, 2021
Tony Conn & Yogi Reppmann
The Peace Pipe Letters - Rotary February Theme of Peace & Conflict Resolution
The Rotary International theme of Feb. 2021 is "Peace & Conflict Resolution". This is a topic that ties closely with Rotary’s work with the Peace-Pipe Letters.
The program this week will be a fantastic video program, which reflects on the challenges Democracies faced worldwide nearly 100 years ago and that are still relevant today, while also discussing the role of rotary in this current world climate.
The Peace-Pipe Letters were discovered by Tony Conn (RC Keokuk, IA, USA) & Yogi Reppmann (RC Flensburg, Germany & Northfield, MN, USA) in 2016 in a bank safe and have since been published. In the video, Tony and Yogi will discuss the timeless letters, written as responses from Rotary Clubs around the world from a humble typewriter in Keokuk, IA. They are still as important today as they were then and can help people all around the world strive for connection, peace, and conflict resolution.
Additionally, you will be cordially invited to the Rotary Peace Conferences later in 2021. www.PeaceConference.us
What a heart-warming program last week with Ina Pinkney, Polio Survivor AND "Rotisseries in the News" aka Rotarian in the News... Anne Snow was outstanding! If you missed our meeting you will want to view it online! Those that were at the meeting need to at least donate $1.00 to fines just for the great program and entertainment!!
Ina was the Chef/Owner of INA’S, an American food restaurant in the West Loop Market District, which closed at the end of 2013. She is a frequent and welcome guest on radio, local news and cable TV, has done interviews on shows in the U.S., Canada and Germany and appeared in a national Quaker Oats commercial as herself – the Breakfast Queen. Articles about her have appeared in local, national and international newspapers and magazines, as well as trade and in-flight magazines. Her recipes have been syndicated globally and featured in many cookbooks. Ina has been a guest lecturer on Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University, DePaul University and the University of Illinois, and has been the keynote speaker at several culinary school graduations. In 2014, Ina was awarded the Golden Whisk Award from the Women Chefs and Restaurateurs Organization for excellence in the kitchen, led a coalition of Chicago restaurateurs and chefs to support Chicago’s smoking ban and co-founded the Green Chicago Restaurant Coalition with Dan Rosenthal, for which they received Chicago Magazine’s 2011 Green Award. She was named 2008 SBA Woman in Business Champion. In 2013, she published Taste Memories: Recipes for Life and Breakfast so that her recipes would live in everyone’s home. Despite the awards and acclaim she has garnered in her career, the most significant title she holds is polio survivor. Ina now speaks to Rotary groups about the late effects of polio in her effort to help Rotary and the Gates Foundation achieve their goal of the worldwide eradication of polio.
Each week President Andy will interview one of our Rotary Family. We will post the video each week in our newsletter. We will also post on Facebook and our website: PAGE LINK. You can share this site with prospective members.
Last week Andy interviewed Rotarian Roz Schnick.Click on photo to view video.
Central States Youth Exchange is going to continue to suspend youth exchanges for another year. Exchanges, along with the amazing student growth and understanding that flow from them, are another casualty of this darn Covid. LINK to letter from Central States. But Covid will go away and exchanges will resume! In just 6 months we will be starting to identify and interview local, prospective Outbounds, and about 12-13 months from now we will learn who our Inbound will be for 2022-23, along with starting to recruit host families.
Check out our Leadership Series Site Page! You will find the videos of our past Leadership Series presentations.
The Rotary Leadership series involves 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.
Overcome your fear of Public Speaking....from your own living room. Coulee Region Toastmasters is offering a unique opportunity this spring. Practice your presentation skills and gain confidence in public speaking through a Zoom Speechcraft. If you are interested in attending....LINK TO MORE INFORMATION.
The Rotary Club of La Crosse - Downtown Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee is considering facilitating an online/virtual (ZOOM) book club fellowship focused on the topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Please complete the following short survey to indicate your interest in participating.
ROTARY MOBILE MEDICAL CLINIC WITH ST. CLARE HEALTH MISSION
Rotary Clubs in the Coulee Region have a goal to raise $80,000 to help fund a Mobile Clinic for St. Clare Health Mission. The eight Coulee Region Rotary Clubs are applying for a Rotary International foundation grant. If approved, our $80,000 goal will be multiplied, bringing the total amount raised to $240,000. Your donation matched through our Rotary Foundation can make an impact. Every $1 = $3!
Our club's goal is $15,000....we are almost there...NO donation is too small!! Thank you to ALL who have donated to make this Mobile Clinic a reality!
FIVE MOVING PARTS OF THIS PROJECT
Community Goal - has been reached Rotary Club Goal - we are getting close! Seeking International Partner District Grant Application RI Grant Application
TOGETHER, we see a world where people UNITE
and take action to CREATE lasting CHANGE
across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.
Happy Birthday Jen Barney - Feb 8 Maria Norberg - Feb 8 Bud Hammes - Feb 9 Greg Curti - Feb 10 Mike Desmond - Feb 10 Ryan Geister - Feb 13
Happy Wedding Anniversary Pat (Kenneth) Ruda - Feb 8
Rotary Anniversary Peter Hughes - Feb 8 - 22 years Sandy McCormick - Feb 9 - 30 years Lee Rasch - Feb 9 - 31 years Brent Smith - Feb 9 - 31 years Courtney Daniels-Burke - Feb 13 - 1 year Nancy Mueller - Feb 13 - 1 year
Benefits of sponsoring an ad on the Rotary Club of La Crosse web site: Enhance your business' public relations and image. Advertise an upcoming event. Opportunity to sponsor and support the Rotary Club of La Crosse and your community. Sharing with fellow Rotarians in our club and other local clubs who would like to know what you do.
Why advertise on the Rotary Club of La Crosse web site?The majority of visitors to our website are members and friends of our club. This makes our site's web sponsorship an ideal opportunity for small and large businesses to promote their products, services or an upcoming event in our community. Moreover 100% of the advertising revenue goes back to our club; this in turn supports the local community.
Cost is $20 per month up to $120 per year . . . . click here for form and more information. We will include your logo/link on our web site, send one email blast to all Rotarians and include an initial mention in our newsletter and on our Facebook page.
Click on the logos under Web Site Sponsors...located on right side of our home page and in each newsletter.
NEW SPONSOR THIS MONTH
Seeking Executive Director
Oak Grove Cemetery Association is seeking an Executive Director to manage a historic, non-profit cemetery situated in a park-like setting. The Executive Director provides the leadership and strategic direction to the Association, its mission and staff. The position is responsible for the day-to-day general operation of the cemetery including leading a team of staff providing compassionate customer service and facility and landscaped grounds care. Full-time position; competitive salary and benefits. For more information on the position and how to apply, visit: https://www.oakgrovecemetery.com/about/careers
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.
Overcome your fear of Public Speaking....from your own living room. Coulee Region Toastmasters is offering a unique opportunity this spring. Practice your presentation skills and gain confidence in public speaking through a Zoom Speechcraft. If you are interested in attending....
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