Feel free to wear anything loud and fun this week: Hawaiian shirts and blouses, floral anything, muumuus that have been hanging in your closets, loud ties, etc. Let's celebrate the approaching end of summer with our day of joyful style.
This Week: Matthew Weege,
Youth Apprenticeships
Youth Apprenticeship - La Crosse School District’s best kept secret… that we don’t want kept!
Mattheew will be sharing an overview of what Youth Apprenticeship in La Crosse is, and why it is something that may be of interest to our La Crosse businesses. We'll share the successes of the past year and field questions in an interactive manner.
Last Week: Carrie Nevins, ALS
This presentation provided an overview of the ALS Association, it’s mission, goals and work in Wisconsin including care services programs available to families living with ALS.
For more information on the upcoming ALS Walk, click below.
Lunch this week: Sesame Glazed Salmon, roasted herb garlic red potatoes, and asparagus.
Coffee, ice 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!
Club Information
Pickleball Fellowship Event - Saturday, Aug. 24
Want to learn to play pickleball? Want to teach pickleball?
In October our club is joining three other area clubs in a Pickleball Tournament for Polio Plus. Want to be ready?
Meet this Saturday August 24 at Trane Park off South Avenue in La Crosse at 4 pm. Join others who want to learn. Bring rackets and balls if you have them.
Refreshments and drinks to share are also welcomed. Call Mark Jolivette at 608-385-7659 with questions.
Rotary Friendship Exchange Host Homes
We are asking you to consider hosting guest from either the Philippines in September or Croatia in October. Host provide a place for guest to sleep and a light breakfast. As a host, you are welcome to participate in the daily activities planned for our guest, but are not obligated to do so. Please contact Mark Jolivette to host in September or Chuck Hanson to host in October.
Al's Musky Challenge Kicks Off
Al’s Musky Challenge is a Rotary Beneficiaries Club of La Crosse Project that provides opportunity and support
to youth throughout the Coulee Region!
From July 25 through September 30, Rotarian Al Louis will be fishing Lake Vermilion in Northern Minnesota. This Summer, Al will fish with his fishing partners, both named A.J., as well as multiple sponsor guests and fellow Rotarians.
2024 recipients are the Boys and Girls Club of Greater La Crosse and the Family and Children's Center.
Al’s Musky Challenge continues to be dedicated in memory of founding member David Amborn.
Please consider pledging and paying later or donating now.
Emily Onsager is doing the Alzheimer’s walk and starting a team. The Walk is Saturday, September 21st.
Families facing Alzheimer’s and all other dementia need us — and with your help, we can be there for them. Emily's dad passed away at 76 from the disease. Maybe there are others effected by this disease who want to join Emily or donate to this cause.
The team is registered and under the Rotary International action group. Click below for more information or contact Emily Onsager.
The following community members have been proposed to become members of our club:
Megan Meyer, Executive Director of La Crosse County Historical Society, proposed by Chuck Hanson
Jed Olson, Executive Director for ORA Trails, proposed by Clara Gelatt.
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 August 27th.
As ShelterBox approaches our 25th year in global disaster relief, we would like to invite your members and associates to our “ShelterBox All-Hands Rotary Roundup”, on Wednesday August 28th at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET via Zoom.
This 30-minute session will focus on the power of our partnership with Rotary and will feature ShelterBox USA President, Kerri Murray, a member of the Rotary Club of Montecito, Ca. and ShelterBox Response Team member, Brian Glenn, from the Rotary Club of Denton-Lake Cities, Texas.
Kerri and Brian will outline how Rotarians fill integral roles throughout the disaster response process. They will focus on the collaborative efforts of ShelterBox and Rotary in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Morocco. There will also be updates on our disaster relief efforts in the Caribbean and elsewhere.
From fundraising and networking to field support, our mission relies heavily on the dedication of Rotary members from all over the world. We hope you will join us to learn about the partnership and how you can be involved.
Welcome to Week THREE of RI’s Membership & Extension Month.
A Rotary Foundation Global Grant recently established an ophthalmology clinic in
Totoras, Argentina. The Rotary Clubs of Minden, Nevada, Ogallala, Nebraska and Atwood, Kansas are partnering in the humanitarian project to help fund much-needed special equipment for the clinic. In a Minden Courier report by Bennett Johnson of the Minden Rotary Club, the $33,741 RFGG will enable the local hospital to purchase necessary equipment for the prevention, detection and treatment of three prevalent eye diseases: diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and hypertensive retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy has doubled in the past ten years and is the main cause of blindness among young adults in the region. “We are so pleased and proud to be a part of this project,” said Marse McCann-Carpenter, past president of the Rotary Club of Minden. “Early detection is literally the difference between sight and blindness.”
Quick Facts:
Oldest Rotary Club in Argentina: Rotary Club of Buenos Aires, chartered 1 April, 1920.
95% of vision loss due to diabetic retinopathy can be prevented with early detection.
Refractive errors and Cataracts are the leading causes of vision impairment and blindness at a global level.
Most people with vision impairment and blindness are over the age of 50 years.
At least 2.2 billion people have low vision.
About 90% of blind people live in low-income countries.
Vision impairment poses an enormous global financial burden with the annual global cost of productivity estimated to be US$ 411 billion.
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