When Rotary was established by Paul Harris and three others, each person came from a different walk of life. This diversity is a cornerstone of Rotary. The intent is to have a cross-section of business and professional experiences in your community.
For decades Rotary International listed a range of professional “classifications” and restricted how many representatives of each could be in a club. This ensures that each club reflects the community in which it serves. It also reminds us to not have one profession as a dominant voice in our club. Over time, these restrictions have pretty much given way, but your classification continues to be of great interest to your fellow club members. That’s why your Rotary badge carries your name and your classification.
Classification talks help us learn about the life experiences and professional backgrounds of new members.
Last Week: Lauren Journot, Building Welcoming and Belonging Communities
In cooperation with community foundations from across the Americas, Lauren and the rest of the team at LACF are learning about how to create more welcoming and belonging communities. To do so, we're building our social networks and the networks of those we engage with. We can all do more together: let's build bridges and recognize innovative, collaborative solutions in our communities.
Lunch this week: Chicken Caesar Wrap with chips and a pickle.
Coffee, tea, and water available.
Guests are ALWAYS welcome! RSVP in advance to Niki Pohnl if know you are bringing guests but last minute invites are also welcome!
In July 2023, Peter Teahen and John Ockenfels completed a daunting mission when they landed their single engine airplane back home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They had flown the Cessna T210M craft all the way around the world. Throughout the entire trip, the pilots raised awareness for polio eradication, raised funds for Rotary's End Polio efforts, and even administered some vaccines to children in need.
Both Peter and John are pilots, Rotarians, and members of the Fellowship of Flying Rotarians. Polio eradication has been a primary focus of Rotary for over 35 years and continues to be a major initiative. While the end of polio may be near, no child anywhere is safe until every child has been vaccinated.
Peter and John were featured speakers at the Rotary International Convention 2024 in Singapore. We are super fortunate to welcome them as they fly up to La Crosse and speak to us about their incredible mission.
Meeting is from 6-7pm. Come early and socialize!
The Main, 422 Main Street, La Crosse.
Food will be served.
$10 for members/visiting Rotarians
Free for first time guests.
A virtual option will be available but we hope to pack the room with a warm Wisconsin welcome!
Our speakers, Joe Ruskey, fellow Rotarian and owner of Dependable Solutions, and Investigator Darin Daveau with the La Crescent Police Department, will share information on the latest cybercrimes and scams affecting people in our area. They'll also share strategies to help you recognize, prevent, and report scams. The event is free and open to the public, but you must register to attend.
Pickleball for Polio - October 24th
Help us CELEBRATE WORLD POLIO DAY! Pickleball for Polio takes place at the Blue Zone Pickleball, 2500 Rose Street, La Crosse on Thursday, October 24th, which is World Polio Day.
There are four ways to participate in this fundraiser, all of which include a donation to Polio Plus:
Attend the event - $15 (includes one drink ticket)
Open Pickleball Player - $20
Join in the Pickleball Tournament - $25
Donate!
Items available for purchase at the event: Beverages from Blue Zone. food from Food Truck in the parking lot, bucket raffle tickets, other raffle drawings.
Hosted by: Holmen Area Rotary (Kelly Dunn), La Crosse After Hours Rotary (Marissa Dickinson), Rotary Club of La Crosse (Eva Marie Restel), Onalaska Hilltoppers Rotary (Ramona Lisowski)
The following community member has been proposed to become members of our club:
James Beeby, UWL Chancellor, proposed by Betsy Morgan
Bruce Waldron, Dairyland Power, proposed by Tim Kolek
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 applications by Oct. 25
Welcome to Week THREE of RI’s Month of Economic &
Community Development.
The month of October is dedicated to Polio Eradication by the World Health
Organization. In respect of that, and because End Polio is a Rotary Foundation major
project, Foundation Minute will devote much of the report the rest of the month to how Rotary Clubs all over the world continue to work toward a complete eradication of the once dreaded infectious disease. This week’s report is from Colombia, South America where the Rotary Club of Nuevo Medellin introduced a special fundraising project.
In the current Rotary Magazine report, Brad Webber explains how “Sonia Uribe and her husband, Alberto Londoño, created a stuffed animal collection called El Zoo del
Amor, or the Zoo of Love, to comfort seriously ill children and raise money for polio
eradication. Sales of Anna the giraffe, Lucas the tiger, and other animals — each
wearing a shirt with Rotary and End Polio Now logos — have raised about $550,000
since their introduction in 2018. In addition to giving the animals to sick children,
Rotarians carry them on their travels and snap photos of them at iconic landmarks.
“All these animals have traveled, being ambassadors of the Rotary brand,” says Uribe, a member of the Rotary Club of Nuevo Medellín and, like Londoño, a past governor of District 4271. Londoño is a member of the Rotary Club of Medellín Nutibara. The couple also manage the Fundación Monica Uribe Por Amor, which assists children with spina bifida.”
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