This Week: Tashyra "Shy" Jackson; Classification Talk
Tashyra "Shy" Jackson will present her classification talk entitled, "Faith Like Wildfire".
The biggest ingredient to who I am is not sugar and spice; or any of my many other amazing qualities (big on humility), it my faith. Faith so big, so bold, so courageous that it burns right through my own self doubt.
My name is Tashyra Jackson, I have been a resident of the La Crosse community for 23 years. Originally, I am a Madison, Wisconsin transplant. I am the third oldest of eight children and I moved here with my family during my junior year of high school. We have been calling this our home ever since. I received my bachelor's degree from Viterbo university, where I studied business and psychology.
I am the Director of Operations and Co-founder of Hope Restores, a resource center for African Americans. I got into this line of work because I am passionate helping people and I am passionate about equality.
This Week: Peter Schaller
Global Grant Partnership
“Access to water is one of the most critical problems faced in the rural area of Matagalpa, Nicaragua.” Peter Schaller, Executive Director Rayo de Sol
As Rotarians we recognize access to clean water as critical to improving lives and we seek opportunities to support local, sustainable solutions. We are excited to share that La Crosse area Rotarians are joining with the Rotary Club of
Matagalpa and the non-profit Rayo de Sol on a global grant project to provide 100 Rain Harvesting systems to families living in rural Matagalpa, Nicaragua.
We are honored to launch this global grant effort by welcoming Peter Schaller, Executive Director of Rayo de Sol to join us in person. Peter will explore the challenges faced by families lacking clean water sources and the impact on
health, hygiene and food production. He will explain the Rain Harvesting project and how this low-tech water collection system and filter can meet a family’s need for clean, reliable water and improve their quality of life.
The Fellowship/Social Committee invites you to an open house at Roz Schnick’s river home on French Island. See her Monarchy room (in progress) and enjoy some conviviality with other Rotarians and guests.
Together, we will learn about the connection between membership, public image, and humanitarian service through The Rotary Foundation. Through joint discovery and development of creative ideas, attendees will find ways to sustain and increase membership growth, increase Rotary Foundation giving and project engagement, and enhance public image in their communities. The workshop will incorporate RI President Gordon McInally's theme of "Create Hope in the World" and Rotary's Strategic Plan.
Those attending a Vibrant Club Workshop will jointly discover and develop creative ways to achieve and sustain membership growth and retention, to increase Rotary Foundation giving and project engagement, and to gain enhanced public image in their communities.
You can also register for a cranberry bog tour and museum tour are separate items. Go hereto register for the cranberry bog tour and here for the museum tour.
The Youth Exchange Cultural Celebration is a wonderful opportunity to learn about exchange students in our area and give them a warm welcome! For the meal, the students have hand-picked recipes they think you will love, to celebrate their culture.
Please consider attending. Proceeds of this event help to support our exchange students on their end-of-year trip to the East and West coasts.
The event will be held at The Main, 422 Main Street in La Crosse. Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door.
Featured dishes from Finland, Denmark, Vietnam, Peru, and India.
The following community members have been proposed to become members of our club:
Taggert Brooks (Dean, UWL College of Business Administration; proposed by Regina Siegel)
Karen Abata (Proposed by Duane Abata)
Tom Schlesinger (Executive Director Climate Alliance for the Common Good; proposed by Roz Schnick)
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 October 24, 2023.
Click the link below if you have a new member to propose!
Welcome to Week 4 of RI’s Month of Economic & Community Development.
This is also the week we celebrate World Polio Day, which happens every October 24.
The news this week is a kaleidoscope of the good things TRF, along with the World Health Organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others entities are doing to eradicate Poliomyelitis. Like Iowa Rotarians, Peter Teahen and John Ockenfels, who flew over 25,000 miles to more than 22 countries in their bid to raise awareness of polio, Bashar Asfour, a member of the Rotary Club of Tbilisi Ambassador, Georgia, embarked on a European tour in a Volkswagen bus, starting in Berlin on 31 August.
His aim was to raise awareness, gather donations, and inspire new volunteers to fight polio. He visited 16 countries and attended meetings in 38 cities. The journey culminated in Chemnitz, Germany, on October 20 and 21, which coincide with the main Rotary event for World Polio Day in the region.
From Colombia we learned how Rotarians Sonia Uribe and Alberto Londoño launched El Zoo del Amor (stuffed animals wearing shirts with the Rotary logo) to provide comfort to terminally ill children. The project has raised about US$260,000 that will be spent on polio eradication efforts and vaccinations for more than 76,000 children, nurturing children’s lives and creating a polio-free world.
The Rotary Club of Antananarivo-Mahamasina organized the sixth running of the Urban Trail, uniting clubs in Madagascar’s capital. With more than 4,000 participants on 7-km and 14-km (4.3-mile and 8.7-mile) routes, this event coincided with African Vaccination Week. The initiative aimed to raise awareness about the PolioPlus program and the importance of vaccination. On the Korean island of Jeju, Rotary members in District 3662 and the Sehyang Orchestra organized a concert of traditional Gugak music. This concert was a rare treat for Jeju residents, who have limited access to such events. It was attended by 400 people and raised 16
million won (about US$12,000) for the PolioPlus Fund.
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