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This Thursday, Heide Svee will be giving her classification talk. Members always enjoy hearing about their fellow Rotarians.
Classification Talk: Some have described the classification talk as a talking business card. But it is so much more than that! You can share vital and interesting information about your family, your interest and your business. The talk is not meant to embarrass you, but to let us get to know you as you want us to. You are not expected to present yourself as a professional speaker. Most of us are not. Contact Tami Woods, Program Chair for the year if you would like to give your classification talk.
Katie Shephardson the recipient of the 2017-18 Rotary Global Award will be our guest this week at Rotary. She just returned home from London. Please welcome her to our club.
Katie Shephardson received the Rotary Global Award. Read on Katie's blog about the Rotary Global Award and how Katie with the help of Rotarian Bruce Swanwick applied and was awarded the Rotary Global Grant. Katie will be pursing a Masters degree at the University of London SOAS which specializes in the geographic regions of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. You can follow Katie's adventure on her blog.
Last week you heard about our Centennial Project, Cameroon Garden Project - Growing Hearts Across the World....we are celebrating 100 years of Rotary Service on June 1, 2019! We were the first chapter of Rotary in the region. Rotary has expanded in the area to include: Rotary East, Valley View, La Crescent, Onalaska, Onalaska Hilltoppers, Caledonia, Holmen and Rotary After Hours. Today these clubs have more than 520 members. In addition, there are seven high school Interact Clubs with more than 140 active members. The Interact Clubs are at Central, Logan and Aquinas in La Crosse, as well as Onalaska, Holmen, West Salem and Caledonia.
Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 2 to be part of our Tree Planting Project and Year End Picnic at Camp Decorah. (See attached flyer for details), a collaborative project with Rotary After Hours.
The first part of the day we need volunteers to help plant up to 200 white pine saplings. Fun outside activities will start around 11:00 and end by 3:00 (options include; kayaking, zip lining, and fishing) The picnic lunch will be from 11:30 to 1:00 and is only $5 per person.
Come to plant, come to picnic or just come to play outside. All Rotarians and their families are invited to attend.
We have housing, thank you to all that have volunteered! We are now looking for drivers while they are here. The group arrives in La Crosse around 7:30 pm Sunday May 13th, and leaves Wednesday morning May 16th. While they are here, we could also use drivers for group activities should hosts be at work. Contact Mark Jolivette at email mjolivett@aol.com or phone or text him at 608.385.7659.
Our next STAR Meeting will be Thursday, May 10th. We will meet at the Radisson Hotel in the Wisconsin Room 3 - 1st floor at 7:00 a.m. Please RSVP if you will be attending to Lyn at rotarylax@charter.net
ALL NEW members become a member of this committee for one year. This breakfast is hosted (no cost to the new members). The breakfast and presentation will last no longer than one hour and the meeting will count as a make-up. The STAR Committee, in addition to meeting other new members and some of the present membership will learn more about various aspects of the Club.
We are sending our condolences to the David Amborn family. David's dad Elmer Amborn, 92 passed away Thursday, May 3rd.. Services will be Saturday, May 10th at St Paul's Lutheran Church, Bangor. Obituary.
David's address is W4230 County Road B, West Salem, WI 54669.
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's 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.
Click on the logos under Website Sponsors...located on right side of our home page...or the left side on our newsletter to view information on each sponsor...PeopleFirst HR Solutions, Vendi, Outback, Rotary Works, Brain Game, Rotary Lights, Girls Scouts, Designing Jewelers and La Crosse Public Education Foundation.
Our two new sponsors this week are La Crosse Public Education Foundation and Designing Jewelers.
We will again have a Rotary Fellowship at the Loggers Game on Thursday, May 31st...La Crosse Loggers will be playing the Eau Claire Express. Brickl Brothers Pavilion from 4-6 pm. Seats will be undercover in Section D. Game at 7:05 Adults $17 and Students $12 (ticket voucher for another game and Loggers sunglasses included in ticket price). If you are a Logger’s Season Ticket Holder, the cost is $10. This will be a Polio Plus fundraiser and the La Crosse Loggers will donate $2.50 per ticket to Polio Plus. Register here if you plan on attending.
Payment prior to the event. Please send your check to Rotary Club of La Crosse, PO Box 1914, La Crosse WI 54602-1914 or drop your payment off at our weekly meetings at the registration table.
Every year the nine area Rotary Clubs gather for a celebration of club projects and honor members that have lived the Service Above Self motto. Clubs will also honor their Rotarians of the Year. This year our Avenues of Service Banquet will be Tuesday, August 14 at the Lunda Center at WTC. The celebration will begin at 5:30 with a social. This is a fundraiser for our Rotary Works Foundation. We hope you will save the date. It is a great night of fellowship and celebration. More information will come closer to the date.
We are now looking for nominations. Please click on the forms below for more information.
Happy Birthday Kenna Christians - May 8 Joan Parke - May 8 Jodi Widuch - May 8 Dick Wolfe (honorary) - May 8 Jim Lewis - May 9 Dave Riley (honorary) - May 9 Tom Thompson - May 9
Happy Anniversary Lynn (Tom) Zielke - May 6 Sandy (Donald) Schultz - May 10
Happy Rotary Anniversary Catherine Kolkmeier - May 8 - 10 years Ward Brown _ May 11 - 12 years John Dingman (honorary) May 11 - 40 years Wendy Franke - May 11 - 1 year Mike Seichter - May 11 - 1 year Marj Gillespie - May 12 - 2 years Tim Gillespie - May 12 - 2 years
ROTARY ATTENDANCE April 5 - 60% April 12 - 59% April 19 - 60% April 26 - 56% May 3 - 61%
Rotary Attendance policy is to attend or makeup at least 50% of the club meetings during the first six months and the second six months. They can be done by: • Attending regular club meetings • Making up meetings at other Rotary Clubs ( which includes E-Clubs) • Engaging in club projects/events/fellowship/board meetings.
100% Attendance Winners July - Miranda TerBeest August - Sue Durtsche September - Tim Durtsche October - Jamie Capuzzi November - Wendell Snodgrass December - Al Louis January - David Amborn February - Lyn Sheffer March- Petra Roter
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 Membership is 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. 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 of $75 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.
Please note: Raffle, Fines, Birthday, Anniversaries and Scooters are all donations that will go to the club If you are making a donation and would like it to go to the Rotary Works Foundation or Rotary International Foundation, we ask that you write a check to the Foundation of your choice.
May 7th: Raffle $50: Fines $98: Scooters $4: Scrip $180
If you would like to volunteer for Rotarians in the News, be a greeter, a hospitality greeter, raffle ticket seller, scrip seller or announce guests, you can email the Monthly Program Chairs that are listed above....just click on their name. If you would like to give your classification talk please contact Program Committee Chair Andy Bakkum.
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