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This week we will welcome our very own Rotarian Bill Hoel. Bill will be updating us on the highlights of the 2017 Rotary Lights year and plans for Rotary Lights 2018. We will also be distributing checks on behalf of Rotary Lights to the following organizations: WTC Respiratory Club, Boys and Girls Club, La Crosse Citizen Advocacy, Girls Scouts, Health Science Academy, Warehouse Alliance, APTIV, Disability Action Network, American Red Cross and Myrick Park Zoo.
We will welcome three new members to our club! We are growing and our active membership will hit 190 this week!
This week at Rotary our Exchange Student Rebeca will be our speaker.
Rebeca is from Curitiba, Parana, Brazil and arrived in La Crosse last August to spend a year in La Crosse. She attends Logan High School and is a member of the Interact Club. She enjoys being part of something that serves humanity.
COME FOR SUPPER....The Humanitarian Committee will be helping again with the "Come for Supper Meal Program" at Our Savior's Lutheran Church - 612 Division Street on Tuesday, March 27th from 4:30-6:00 p.m. Click here to volunteer.
Each year, our District 6250 offers an amazing opportunity for Rotary Youth Exchange students to take a bus trip to the East Coast. Not only do students visit iconic American locations such as Philadelphia, Washington, DC, New York, Boston, and Niagara Falls, but also a mini United Nations is formed in the bonding friendships created amongst the students from five or six continents.
We would love for Beca to have this once in a lifetime experience. We are writing to request your support to enable Beca to go on the two week East Coast bus trip. In the past three months, Beca has been working to raise funds by selling candy at many of our weekly meetings. In the next couple of months, she will also be working with fellow exchange students at several Brat Barns outside Festival Foods. She still needs approximately $2,500 to make this trip happen. She should register for this by March 31st, so your prompt response would be appreciated.
We are looking for 25 Rotarians to commit to contributing $100 each to enable Beca to go. Of course, any support you can provide is much appreciated. To support Beca in achieving one more of her dreams, please make your check (indicate "Beca trip" in the memo section) payable to the Rotary Club of La Crosse and send it to:
We are looking for nominations for "Rotarian of the Year" from our club....please submit you nominations to rotarylax@charter.net by May 1st...click here to view form. The board will review the nominations at the May board meeting and make a selection. The Rotarian of the Year will be recognized at our Spring Social and the Avenues of Service Dinner on Tuesday, August 14th.
Steve Doll went on a mission trip to Mexico helping the Onalaska Hilltoppers Rotary Club. See more photos.
"We spent the day distributing water filters donated by the Onalaska Hilltoppers Rotary Club to the families in Mayto, Mexico. Mayto is 2 hours from Puerto Vallarta. The $60 filters will provide clean water for decades, a much needed necessity. We dispensed the 50 filters at a 1st -6th grade one room school and had an opportunity to visit the class. What a fabulous project."
Rotarian Elmer and Lil Grassman are residents of Bethany St. Joseph Care Center....2501 Shelby Road...Room 712. Yes he would love visitors or send your well wishes to the address above. Lyn stopped by after Rotary last week...he is missing everyone so if you have a few minutes to stop in and see him, we know he would appreciate it.
Rotary Friendship Exchange...The Rotary Friendship Exchange program gives Rotarians and their families the opportunity to host and visit Rotarians around the world. In addition to experiencing other cultures and making lasting friendships, an exchange provides a strong foundation for carrying out other international activities and service projects. The primary goal of a Friendship Exchange is to build greater international understanding and goodwill among Rotarians and their families. In addition, exchange participants can learn how their vocations are practiced in other parts of the world, observe new customs and cultures, and promote an appreciation of cultural diversity worldwide.
Our club will be hosting three friendship exchanges in 2018.
We will host Rotary Friendship exchanges:
9 Latvians from May 13-16;
7 Argentinians tentative dates June 14-16
We will also host delegates from the La Crosse - Forde (Norway) sister city project. At this time we do not know how many will be coming and the tentative date is most likely Oktoberfest Friday and leaving one week later.
Our Youth Exchange Student for 2018-19 will be a girl, Lucia from Spain.We have already identified her first host family, who happens to live in the Central school district. The first family will have her from mid-August to early December, Her second family will have her from early December to around March 31st, after which her second family would have her until mid-July 2019.
We are looking for Rotarians who would like to host her as the second or third family. If hosting an exchange student interests you or if you have any questions, please talk to Maria Norberg, Eva Marie Restel or Jack Haase. Also, feel free to talk to Tami Woods on what it has meant to her family to host Beca.
ROTARY ATTENDANCE March 1st - 56% March 8th - 61% March 15th - 56%
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
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 $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.
PAST DUE ACCOUNTS: We have sent out past due statements by mail this week. Please let me know if you have any questions. At this time we have $10,000 outstanding and would appreciate everyone taking the time to get their account current.
We will now have the sergeant-at-arms involved in tracking those members who are not current and sending out notices. David Amborn will be contacting those members who are 90 days past due.
INFORMATIONAL: We send out invoices each quarter, January, April, July and October. We use the QuickBooks Program and you receive it by email...you can make a payment online through your bank account. You can not view your account online in ClubRunner. When invoices are sent out...Lyn will let everyone know that in the newsletter and the president will announce at the podium...this way in case your invoice did not make it to your inbox you can contact Lyn for a copy.
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.
March 15th: Raffle $150: Fines $53: Scooters $2: Scrip $85
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 Tami Woods.
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We will also be distributing checks on behalf of Rotary Lights to the following organizations: WTC Respiratory Club, Boys and Girls Club, La Crosse Citizen Advocacy, Girls Scouts, Health Science Academy, Warehouse Alliance, APTIV, Disability Action Network, American Red Cross and Myrick Park Zoo.
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