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Grant Withrow will be giving his classification talk. Members always enjoy hearing about their fellow Rotarians. Grant is Development Associate at Catholic Charities of the Diocese of La Crosse. He joined our club March 8, 2018.
Grant will be promoting the Warm Feet, Warm Hearts Fundraiserby requesting you bring a package of socks to donate. You will have the opportunity to try and throw the package in a cornhole platform....if you get it in you will be given a raffle ticket for the chance to win a gift card...$25 from David Reay's!
The Fellowship Committee will be having fellowships on the 3rd Tuesday of each month.
This Tuesday, Oct 16th we will have a Trolley Ride and stop at Houghton's in La Crosse. We are able to accommodate 28 on the Trolley. They will depart at 5:00 at the north end of Riverside Park and return at 7:30.
We ask that you register for this social online. Register link.
Lucia, our Club’s exchange student, has been with us for almost exactly two months. Have you reached out to her yet to do something with her yet? If not, please consider doing so. With Halloween coming up, you could invite her over to your home for pumpkin pie, take her through a corn maze, go to haunted house, go see a movie or just go on a walk up through Riverside Park. This exchange program in which our Club participates changes lives and can add to your life if you get to know her. Eva Marie and I had the opportunity to go with her this weekend to see her first NFL game ever. She is a fantastic young woman to get to know and lots of fun.
In light of World Polio Day on Wednesday, Oct. 24th, I have selected a very informative TED talk on polio. It dates back from 2011, so it does reference some countries as having active polio cases that have since been deemed polio free. It weighs in at almost 23 minutes. I choose this because it is not produced by Rotary, but rather by a Canadian physician named Bruce Aylward who works for WHO. Bill Gates makes an appearance near the end. https://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_aylward_how_we_ll_stop_polio#t-193905
The second link is educational and could lead to a great fellowship opportunity for our club. My son went to one of our local “Escape Rooms” over the weekend and ran into some challenges. This link provides 10 solid tips on successfully completing Escape Rooms. Watch this and be a superstar. Better yet, invite Lucia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwgaTYOx0RI
Created in 2015, iFeed is a proclaimed holiday in La Crosse. iFeed is a one day event that brings the greater La Crosse community together to help alleviate hunger in the world and our own communities. The fourth annual event is organized by seven area high school Interact Clubs and their Rotarian advisors. Interact is the high school equivalent of Rotary that focuses on teaching servant leadership.
Part 1: Involves packing 100,000 + dried meals in assembly line fashion. The past two years we have shipped these meals to Nicaragua. This year they will be shipped to help victims from Hurricane Florence.
Part 2: Includes the collecting of non-perishable food items in the weeks preceding iFeed. The collections are all brought to Logan High School November 3rd for the area's largest food-drive. The items will be counted, sorted, and transported to the Hunger Task Force to be distributed to area food banks. They hope to collect 50,000 items this year. They are asking that you collect items at the corporate level and bring them to Logan High School that morning.
FRUIT BASKET FUNDRAISER....Our Fruit Basket Fundraiser is to generate financial resources for our club activities and service projects. The fundraiser also provides an opportunity for all club members to participate in an annual activity through the assembly, distribution, purchase and sale of fruit baskets during the holiday season.
Every Rotarian is obligated to buy or sell a minimum of five (5) baskets @ $20 a piece. You may allocate your baskets to a local pantry of your choice.
Does your business give employee gifts? Rotary Fruit Baskets are your answer! Each wicker basket contains 8 apples, 5 oranges, 3 pears and a bag of peanuts. The fruit is delicious and the sturdy basket makes an attractive keepsake. We have special rates for large orders: 200+ ($13), 100-199 ($15), 49-99 ($16), 1-48 ($20).
Order forms will be available within the next two weeks....our dates will be December 8th to assemble and deliver and December 10th to deliver. Save those dates!
We would like to thank Audrey Lucier for sharing her life story with our membership. We always enjoy getting to know our fellow Rotarians better. Here is her PowerPoint presentation.
We recognized Students of the Month
Central High School: Chanda Ziong, Colin Dicman, Heyna Kammel and Efrain Morales
Logan High School: Ellie Johnson and Dominic Copeland
Aquinas High School: Sophie Brown, Jacob Savoldelli and Zoey Koblitz
We will have a Fellowships Page on our web site. Once you fellowship group gets a chairperson (contact person), please email rotarylax@charter.net so we can include on the site page.
Message from the Fundraising Committee: Lee Rasch, Kerstin Boudreau, Kenna Christians, Sue Durtsche, Mary Ann Gschwind, Chuck Hanson, Kathryn Sexauer, Mike Swenson, Jodi Widuch, Todd Restel, Katie Berkedal and Catherine Kolkmeier.
As you know, we are celebrating 100 years of Rotary service to our region with the Growing Hearts Across the World campaign. The campaign will culminate with the completion of the Cameroon Garden in Riverside Park in the summer of 2019. The Garden will honor the rich cultural traditions of Cameroon and provide a wonderful gathering place overlooking the area where the the “Three Rivers” meet. Most importantly, it will serve as a model for community and international service for the upcoming generations of Rotarians.
To date, we have received excellent support from Rotarians. But we have not yet heard from all of you. The next phase of the Growing Hearts Across the World campaign will be to the Seven Rivers Region community. It is very important to be able to state to the community at large that Rotarians are fully committed to Growing Hearts Across the World. Indeed, there is no better message than to state...every Rotarian in our Club contributed. We have asked members to consider a $100 contribution pledge for up to two years. However, your contribution at any level will count. Please complete a pledge card and include with your payment.
Please turn in your pledge cards and contributions to Earlamae Dahlby or send your contribution to Rotary at P.O. Box 1914, La Crosse, WI 54602-1914.
One hundred years of service by Rotary has had a profound impact on the lives of many in our region and throughout the world. Come join us in celebrating this service...and help set the stage for generations of Rotarians in the years to come.If you would like more information, please contact Lee Rasch, Chuck Hanson or Eva Marie Restel.
We are taking orders for Rotary Club of La Crosse Sweatshirts and Fleece jackets. See attached photos. The items are: Full-Zip Fleece; Full-Zip Hooded Sweatshirt; Pullover Hooded Sweatshirt and Crewneck Sweatshirt. All items are $30 each.
If you would like to order one, please contact Jamie Capuzzi at JamieCapuzzi@outback.com or 507.319.1141. Payment must be made to Jamie prior to submitting the order. Jamie will have order forms at our upcoming meetings.
Jamie Bakkum Gamez MD will give a presentation on Henrietta Lacks. (Jamie is the sister of Rotarian Andy Bakkum.)
We are giving you a heads up so that you can either read the book or view the film prior to her presentation.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Now an HBO® Film starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and more. Henrietta's cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can't afford health insurance. This phenomenal New York Times bestseller tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew.
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 - Sheila Wieser August - Bob Riutzel
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. 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.
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.
Oct 11th: Raffle $87: Fines $71: Scooters $7: Scrip $50:
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 Duty Roster Coordinator 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.