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This week at Rotary we will have one of our favorite programs, a classification talk. This is one of the fun opportunities to get to know our members better. In Rotary members' classifications refer to their occupations, professional expertise and training. Rotary Clubs aim to include members from a number of classifications because bringing together professionals from different fields and industries increases a club's capacity to serve its community as well as giving its members an opportunity to learn more about others in the community. During the classification talks, members get to learn about the type of work they do, family life and background stories that brought them to join the fellowship and service in our club.
This week Rotarian Lisa Herr, a member of our club since February 2015, will share her life journey with us.
Last week at Rotary: Dan Schrieiter was our speaker - Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD). National VOAD, an association of organizations that mitigate and alleviate the impact of disasters, provides a forum promoting cooperation, communication, coordination and collaboration; and fosters more effective delivery of services to communities affected by disaster.
If your business or organization would like to become a member of the La Crosse Area Volunteer Organization Active in Disasters, please fill out this form and fax back to Dan Schreiter. If you would like more information you can contact Dan Schreiter at 608.793.6394 or email dschreiter@kwiktrip.com
Our club will become a member of VOAD. Contacts from our club will be Lyn Sheffer and Pat Ruda.
Caledonia Rotary Cabin Fever Event: The event will take place on March 24th from 5:30 to about 7:30 p.m. at the Ma Cal Grove Country Club just south of Caledonia on State Hwy 44/76. Tickets are $12 in advance & checks should be made payable to “Caledonia Rotary”. Please RSVP with a check and the names of those attending to…Tom Murphy, PO Box 66, Caledonia, MN 55921. Your tickets will be held at the door for you. Hors d’oeuvres and great Rotarian fellowship are included in the ticket price and there will be a cash bar. RSVP’s and payment must be received by March 17th.
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL wants to hear from Rotarians with experience working with Peace Corps! If you served as a Peace Corps Volunteer or worked with Peace Corps in other capacities? Please fill out this survey by 28 February. The link to the survey is included below. The survey should take no more than ten minutes to complete and all responses are confidential.https://rotary.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6rjteAqFvpJljwN
Honorary Membership is offered to members who have distinguished themselves by meritorious service in the furtherance of Rotary ideals. Honorary membership is the highest distinction that a club may bestow and should be conferred only in exceptional cases. Honorary members cannot propose new members to the club or hold office and are exempt from attendance requirements and club dues. Honorary members will continue to receive The Rotarian Magazine compliments of the club.
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 $70 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.
Youth Exchange Committee: Our club's next exchange student will be Rebeca from Brazil. She should arrive around the middle of August. Please review the letters from her and her mother to get to know her better. Click here to view letters.
We are currently looking for two host families. The first host family is in the Logan School District. Each family would host for 3 to 4 months. To hear about the benefits of hosting, please talk to Lisa Herr or Robin Moses, both of whom recently have hosted.
To host:
-- you can live in La Crosse, Onalaska, La Crescent or anywhere in the Coulee Region.
-- you may have no children at home, or younger children, or children around Rebeca's age of 16.
-- thus, all 170 members of our club are eligible to host.
-- if you cannot host for some reason, please suggest someone who can.
Ashlyn Neader, one of our outbound exchange students has arrived in Austria! She will have a blog on her adventures...... click here to view. Updated post...... 'A Day in my Life'
Grant Restel, son of Rotarians Todd and Eva Marie Restel is one of our outbound exchange students...he is in Osaka, Japan. You can follow Grant's year on his Facebook.
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.
Feb 9th: Raffle $42; Fines $45; Scooters $9; Scrip $60
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...Rotary Works, Brain Game, Rotary Lights, Girls Scouts, and Cloud Cult-The Seeker.
The Seeker will be featured at Marcus theater's in La Crosse Feb 20th at 7 pm and other theater's around the country on other dates. Tickets must be purchased online... https://www.cloudcult.com
*The Seeker is family friendly and has a runtime of 70 minutes. The unique thing about this movie is that it has no dialogue.
District Governor Dean McHugh invites you to the 6250 District Conference in La Crosse on May 12-14, 2017
Rotary International President John Germ has encouraged us this year to be "Rotary Serving Humanity". As I visited the 63 clubs in District 6250, I have seen evidence in every club where we are living up to this, both locally and internationally. Even more powerful, we are working together with our friends as we make meaningful differences in the lives of others.
I encourage you to celebrate Rotary friendship and Rotary progress with your fellow Rotarians in La Crosse. At District Conference 2017 we will learn about some of the outstanding projects happening as a result of the efforts of our District's clubs and assistance from The Rotary Foundation. We will have opportunity to learn more about specific Rotary roles and programs at District Assembly and at workshops. We will hear from several young people whose lives have been changed forever by Rotary Youth programs. We will hear inspiring messages about service and philanthropy from Rotarian and non Rotarian keynote speakers. Probably most important of all, we will meet and talk with Rotarians from all around our District, taking home new ideas to improve our clubs.
Join me in La Crosse to renew old friendships and make new ones in Rotary. May Rotary friends and Rotary ways continue to help us serve.
Anita will no longer be selling cards every week at Rotary...watch the bulletin for days she will be selling. Anita will take special orders. Place your order by emailing Anita at anitafroegel@centurytel.net
CARDS WILL BE AVAILABLE THIS WEEK...February 16th.
Birthday, Wedding, Sympathy, Get Well, Anniversary, Congratulations, Note Cards and other cards will be available. All cards are unique and hand-made. Thank you cards are only $1.00, as are the note cards, which are blank inside. The regular cards are $2.00 and $3.00 each. Some cards are three for $5.00 and some three for $10. Anita donates all sales to the Rotary Works Foundation!
Thank you to all who purchased greeting cards from Anita in 2016...this quarter she raised $150 for a Y-T-D sales of $750. Special thanks to Anita for her time and talent in creating the cards.
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 Raffle
July - Sue Durtsche
August - John Wettstein
September - Mary Ann Gschwind
October - Tim Durtsche
November - Candice Tlustosch
December - Bruce Swanwick
Make-ups...Just a reminder that you can view your attendance and make-ups online. If we have missed recording an attendance or make-up for you, please email Earlamae Dahlby our Attendance and Make-up Coordinatorat earlamae@centurytel.net or stop and see her at the registration table. if you make-up at another Rotary Club you will be given a $4.00 credit on your next invoice.
If you would like to volunteer to do Rotarians in the News, be a 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 Todd Restel.