Park at the Radisson, the parking ramp, or street parking where available
Allow for time to go through buffet line!
April 30 - Radisson Ballroom
This Week: Rotary Leadership Series, Monica Guzman
Next Week: Richard Strauss: Lao Friends Hospital for Children
Richard will talk about the history, mission, and vision of the hospital, the types of care provided, the patients and families cared for in LFHC, the hospital providers, and the goal of having 100% Lao doctors, nurses, administrators, and other medical staff in the next few years.
Richard is a father of three, father-in-law of three, grandfather of nine, brother of two, husband of one; retired pediatrician (pediatric and neonatal intensive care, procedural sedation, and general pediatrics); very part-time medical interpreter (Spanish); 23 year Rotarian; born in Chicago, raised in Syracuse, NY, and continuing to mature over the last 38 years in La Crosse.
Meal for This Week
Lunch this week: Grilled Pork Chop Buffet
Vegetarian meals are plated and available through Sue with a ticket when you check in.
The buffet is Gluten Free except where indicated.
Coffee, ice tea, and water available at a beverage station.
Guests are ALWAYS welcome! RSVP in advance to Niki Pohnlby the end of day Monday for the meal on Thursday.
Rotary Visioning Event - COMPLETE CLUB SURVEY BY MAY 5TH
On Saturday morning, May 9, we’ll be holding a Visioning event in order to develop a new strategic plan to replace the current 2021-2026 strategic plan. Please reach out Niki Pohnl or Richard Strauss if you would be intereated in being part of this process. We are look at an approximate 8am-12:30pm with lunch included at English Lutheran Church.
WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE to complete this survey about our club. CLICK HERE to complete this by May 5th PLEASE!
Prizes for the most tickets sold and the most tickets purchased
Sales open to the public!
New Member Proposal
The following community member has been proposed to become a member of our club:
Luke Spink Financial Advisor at Advisor Management Team, proposed by John Wettstein)
According to club procedure, applicant names are to be published in our weekly email bulletin for two weeks. If there are no objections from the current membership, these applications will be approved. Please contact the Club Administrator if you object to these proposals by April 29th
The Brain Game Marketing Committee is seeking volunteers for a photo shoot Vendi will be conducting. We're looking for Rotarians or their friends and family to participate!
FIRST: We need a home for the session on either May 23rd or May 24th.
SECOND: We are seeking parents/grandparents/caregivers and children ages 0 to 3 to be models! If you are willing to volunteer, please contact Kasey at Vendi, and she will work with you to schedule a 1-hour time slot. The photos will be used in marketing and promotional materials for The Brain Game book, and may be used in future editions of the book itself!
Thanks for your help in supporting The Brain Game so that even more babies and families can benefit from its proven, fun ways to help babies' minds grow!
Special thanks to Vendi Advertising for their expert marketing support for The Brain Game.
For parents of premature babies at the Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center, every breath once came with a staggering financial burden. Now, an international alliance is helping ensure the city’s most vulnerable newborns can breathe more freely. The hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) had been operating without dedicated neonatal ventilators, forcing families to choose between using adult machines for fragile infants or paying for costly external rentals. “Whenever the neonates needed one, they would either have to use the adult hospital ventilators or rent from outside, which costs around 8,500 pesos,” said Dr. Reynand Jay Canoy, grants management chair for the Rotary Club of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM).
“If you can imagine, for a 30-day ventilation, a patient would need at least 100,000 pesos (USD 5,756.55).” To address the gap, the Rotary Club of AIM formally turned over modern digital neonatal ventilators to the hospital on Thursday, funded through a Rotary Foundation Global Grant. Despite being founded just two years ago, the Rotary Club of AIM led the project, bringing together international and local partners. The effort included South Korean sponsors—the Rotary Clubs of Onyang-Oncheon and Onyang-Mogryeon—as well as local clubs such as Makati Premier District, Makati Legazpi, and Manila JP Laurel Malacañang. “We are thankful to the Rotary clubs and the district that trusted us. We are only in our second year, yet we were already given a Global Grant,” said Adam Ong, current president of the Rotary Club of AIM, in Filipino. “Collaboration is really what made this project happen... Filipinos are very generous and always want to help; sometimes they just need to be given an avenue.”
