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Hello Rotarians,
Your Board of Directors met on Thursday, March 26th via Zoom and had a very successful meeting. We are excited to announce, on Thursday, April 9th we will be holding our first virtual club meeting via Zoom. Lyn will be providing more information prior to that meeting. Our very own, Joe Carlson will be the main presentation.
In our meeting, a major topic that we discussed was our membership - how to retain and assist our members during this pandemic. A letter addressing various membership initiatives will be coming prior to the next billing cycle. We are here to assist and support all our members anyway we can.
Thank you, Rotarians, this pandemic will more than likely change how we live but will not change the good in all we do.
La Crosse Downtown Rotary Club President 2019-20
(Article submitted by Josh Mansee, President Elect Nominee Rotary After Hours & District Foundation Chair)
Rotary Club of La Crosse donates $1,000 to the Mexico Water Project.
The Rotary Club of La Crosse was proud to recently support the purchase of a clean water filter for the Mexico Water Project led by local Interact Clubs and After Hours Rotary. These filters provide free clean water to the areas school children. This is particularly important to reduce the incredibly high water mineral content levels causing frequent medical issues such as gallstones and kidney stones.
The 6 total filters being installed in 2020 will bring clean water to more than 1,000 additional primary school students in the area surrounding Valladolid Mexico. The partnership & friendship between these Rotary groups in Wisconsin and Mexico continues to grow for the 4th year of this project, with 16 total filters installed. Unfortunately, the Rotarian trip to Mexico including downtown Rotarian Patt Boge that was planned to bring the interact students (3 from Aquinas, 2 from Logan) to see the project in action was cancelled due to Covid-19 in mid March. While unfortunate that the trip could not move forward, the good work by Rotarians in both countries continues to make an impact and a difference.
Central 2019
Caitlin was a member of the Logan Interact Club and says helping organize iFeed helped her "realize how much Rotary does for others around the world!" She has already taken an active role in community service work in college, joining Code for Boston, a nonprofit dedicated to helping other nonprofits with software and related projects. Recently she worked on a project with a nonprofit called the Guardian Group, which is working to combat the presence of online human trafficking.
She is grateful for the Rotary award, which will help pay tuition and allow her to continue pursuing school. "I appreciate the work your club has done to make our community, as well as our nation, a better environment. Rotary was an amazing opportunity for me to help serve others in my community."
"I had a really good first semester. I adjusted to my new school and college level classes well, along with making many new friends, working at the library for my work study financial aid and volunteering in leadership opportunities in student government. It's been a lot of work but also a lot of fun too." Matthew thanks the La Crosse Rotary in supporting him in his studies at UND.
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"The Brain Game" is a user-friendly educational guide which explains to parents why and how their child is learning and developing. Additionally, the book includes specific activities, songs, and suggested behaviors that parents can engage in to help foster their child's intellectual and social development.
The Brain Game was born when the Director of the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families spoke to the Rotary Club of La Crosse, WI. She was excited to spread the word of new, cutting-edge research into early child brain development. More than ever before, scientists discovered that proper stimulation of children in the first three years could play a huge role in growing a healthy brain.
During this meeting we'll learn more about The Brain Game, along with some exciting new developments around it.
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The iFeed day consists of two parts: Part 1) Teams will pack over 100,000 highly nutritious, vitamin-fortified soy-rice meals that will be shipped to Nicaragua to be feed malnourished children in schools and churches. Part 2) Food items collected from the hundreds of food drives held from September-November at many local businesses, churches, schools, etc will be brought to Logan High School where we’ll sort, count and then give to the La Crosse Hunger Task Force for distribution to all local food pantries. Items will also be flown to Puerto Rico to help Hurricane victims. Cash and food donations will be collected the day of the event! iFeed Web Site
We would like to thank everyone who helped make our Holiday Program such a heart-warming and delightful event.
Special thanks to our performers who shared their talent with us: Miya and Leo Servais, Tessa, Annabelle and Roman Parrish, Maya Chilcote, Allie Schlicht and Nola Dienger Hanson, Madeline, Isabella and Sophia Masewicz, Inga Rottmann (our exchange student), Riley Horn and the Central High School Choir directed by Mike Esser.
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ClubRunner Mobile App is now available for download! A great tool to stay connected with your club and fellow Rotarians.Duty Roster Coordinators
Our monthly duty roster coordinators will work with the Program Committee and be a host to our speakers each week. You will be responsible for recruiting all the volunteer helpers for the meetings during your month. If you would like to volunteer to do Rotarians in the News, be a greeter or raffle ticket seller, or announce guests, you can email the Monthly Duty Roster Coordinator.
608-526-4491 (Phone and Fax)
rotarylax@charter.net
Lyn Sheffer, Administrator
P.O. Box 384
info@rotarybraingame.org
Kelly Krieg-Sigman, Administrator
Rotary Works Foundation
P.O. Box 1571, La Crosse, WI 54602-1571
608-886-9793
rotaryworksfoundation@gmail.com
www.rotaryworksfoundation.org
Scott Herdeman, Administrator
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