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In this presentation we will explore the heart and soul of an organization – company culture. We hear the word “culture” being thrown around a lot these days, but what exactly does it mean? And more importantly, how does it shape the employee experience and success of a company overall. In my experience, it’s a total game changer. Please join me for this presentation as I bring to life the best-in-class company culture of Festival Foods.
Intro
Dani Stuhr obtained her Associate’s Degree through Western and secured a job in Human Resources right away. She later began working toward her Bachelor’s Degree from UW-Stout in Management with an emphasis in Human Resources. That additional education and work experience at Festival confirmed what she already knew, that Human Resources was her calling.
In total, Dani has 13 years of progressive HR experience. After working in the construction industry for a couple years, Dani joined the HR team at Festival and truly found her home. She is currently the HR Assistant Director for Festival Foods and co-leads a team of 34 HR Managers across the state of WI. Additionally, she serves as the College Relations Chair for the Society for Human Resources Management and is pursing President Elect in 2020.
We will also have a food drive for iFeed this week...food and cash donations will be accepted. Thank you for supporting the Rotary High School Interactors.
iFeed is aiming to be the largest food drive in the history of La Crosse. Held on November 2nd, 2019 from 8:00 am - Noon at Logan High School, it is organized by the local area high school Rotary Interact Clubs.
The iFeed day consists of two parts: Part 1) Teams will pack over 100,000 highly nutritious, vitamin-fortified soy-rice meals that will be shipped to Nicaragua to be feed malnourished children in schools and churches. Part 2) Food items collected from the hundreds of food drives held from September-November at many local businesses, churches, schools, etc will be brought to Logan High School where we’ll sort, count and then give to the La Crosse Hunger Task Force for distribution to all local food pantries. Items will also be flown to Puerto Rico to help Hurricane victims. Cash and food donations will be collected the day of the event! iFeed Web Site
The Humanitarian committee is coordinating our 3rd annual Warm Feet, Warm Hearts campaign, now through November 14th. The purpose of the campaign is to provide comfort to those who need help this winter, by collecting warm clothing and other items which will be donated to Catholic Charities for distribution to those in need in our community. LIST OF SUGGETED ITEMS LINK
Last year area Rotary clubs collected over 848 items and $235 in cash & checks for Catholic Charities. This year, we'll again be collecting:
large sweatshirts, especially hoodies
tube socks
men’s white t-shirts
flannel shirts (especially large sizes such as 4X)
hats, especially those with earflaps
long underwear
sweatpants
coffee
laundry soap
hand warmers
new or gently used winter boots
new men’s and women’s underwear
Donations can be brought to our Rotary meetings between now and Nov 14th. Cash and check donations are also welcome; checks can be made payable to Catholic Charities.
The La Crosse Warming Center, run by Catholic Charities, provided services to 301 unduplicated guests amounting in 6,414 individual stays last year. This required over 6,700 volunteer hours by 291 volunteers just from our area! Each guest receives a hot meal, shower, a place to sleep, an opportunity to wash their clothes, and help accessing local resources. They are open from November 1st through April 30th.
Questions? Contact Sarah Arendt-Beyer at 608-406-7492 or email sarendt@digisage.com.
You are invited November 15th to the National Philanthropy Day Awards Luncheon at WTC Lunda Center. Rotary Works Foundation will be receiving the President's Award.
Because of the surge in new polio cases in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Indian Government has announced they will hold one Polio National Immunization Day (NID) in mid-January 2020. This will likely be the last time a Rotarian can participate in an Indian Polio NID.
There is limited amount of space and we expect the NID trip to be filled within the next few weeks. Many Rotarians have enquired over the years on how they too can participate in an NID trip. This is their chance! Please let everyone know in your club about this life-changing opportunity!
Rotarians will travel to Delhi, India, where they will participate in the polio NID activities and attend other related Rotary events. The trip includes travel to Agra to visit the Taj Mahal, and Jaipur to visit the famous Rotary Jaipur Limb Factory.
Date of Departure: Friday, January 10, 2020
Date of Return: Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Per Person Costs based on double occupancy is $2,499 which includes
hotels transfers, Rotary events, participation in the NID activities,
most meals, sightseeing.
The above price does not include international roundtrip airfare or Indian Visa fees
The group size will be limited and confirmation in the program is on a first-come, first-served basis. Those who are planning to join us should take immediate action. Over the last two years, this program sold out in less than two weeks.
Click here for an informational document, including application. The material is also available on the Howard Tour's website.
If you are interested and would like to talk to others that have participated in a NID trip through Howard Tour's, members from our club are Sharon Imes, Dean Dickinson, Todd Restel and Patt Boge would be willing to share their experiences.
La Crosse Area German Relations Association (LAGRA) and a presentation from Inga Rottmann
LAGRA's mission is to foster a productive international relationship with our Partner City, Friedberg, Germany, to increase awareness of our area’s German heritage, and to promote the study of German culture and language in area schools. Their vision is to be recognized as a leading organization honoring La Crosse’s German heritage, and facilitating the many relations between the Greater La Crosse Area and Germany.
Some of their activities include:
Welcoming &/or hosting Germans from Friedberg, our Sister City in Bavaria
Assisting with setting up tours for visiting Germans
Adult delegations to Friedberg
German Heritage Day activities for students at the Northside Oktoberfest grounds
Lincoln Middle School’s annual Oktoberfest dinner & entertainment
3rd graders at Northwoods Elementary International School have a partner class in Friedberg
Fundraising & supporting both Central’s and Logan’s high school German exchanges
Helping in the German Garden at Riverside Park
Providing La Crosse area products for the annual Christmas Market in Friedberg
The Coulee Region's Youth Exchange Cultural Celebration will be Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 5:30pm at the La Crosse Club, 200 Harborview Plaza. This is a fundraiser event for our Rotary Youth Exchange students to help cover their cost of the East or West Coast trip at the end of their exchange. Your ticket price will include...hors d'oeuvres, dishes to sample from the students home country and you will here from each of the Rotary Exchange Students and get to know them better. There will also be a cash bar and a 50/50 raffle. Flyer Link with more information. We are also looking for sponsors ....see letter LINK for more information.
Thanks to Al Louis, David Amborn, Craig Ubbelohde and all the donors that made the Al's Muskie Challenge aka Rotary's Deep Dive for Diapers II such a success. We raised $4,100 that will purchase nearly 20,000+ diapers for The Parenting Place. Dry Bottoms = Happy Healthy Kiddos!!
It takes a great community to make positive things happen. As Helen Keller said..."Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much."
Would your family or business let to volunteer to help at Rotary Lights and monitor one of the "smore nights?" Here is the list of open days to date. If you would like to volunteer, contact Pat Stephens. Great opportunity for a makeup and to engage your family or business in Rotary Lights!! Here are some of the details.
Fires and s’mores are subject to weather conditions
We ask each group to have a minimum of four people on duty to monitor the fire and help with making s’mores. There is a warming house next to the fire for rotation purposes.
We prefer a 5:30 pm start and wrap up by 8:30 pm whenever possible
There is meant to be one (1) free s’more for each guest
All materials supplied. Fire will be ready to go for you by 5:30 pm.
Start time will be 8:00 am with a short orientation and safety run through. Lunch will be at 11:30 am and then the end time is 3:30 pm.
All volunteers should dress appropriately for the weather and wear closed toed shoes on the construction site. They won't have individual plastic bottles available, but they do have jugs of water ready. So everyone will want to bring a water bottle for the day. At the moment they’re not quite sure what we'll be working on yet, however we’ll find out the week before and let everyone know.
Please contact Dean if you have children, grandchildren, friends, etc. that would be willing to entertain us on Thursday, December 19th. They would need to be there between 12 and 1 that day. Contact Dean for more information.
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. This year our Fruit Basket assembly and delivery will be Saturday, December 14th and Monday, December 16th. Save those dates! Order forms and flyers will be available this week. Deadline to order is December 2nd.
You have two options:
Rotarians will need to purchase or sell 5 fruit baskets @ $23 per basket = $115 OR you can make a donation of $100 to the Rotary Club of La Crosse. It will NOT be a tax deduction because we are NOT a 501 (3) c. It will be your donation to our annual major fundraiser.
We want you to start thinking of how you can promote our fundraiser.....Does your business give employee gifts? Rotary Fruit Baskets are your answer! Each wicker basket contains 8 apples, 4 oranges, 4 pears and a bag of peanuts.
We have special rates for large orders: 200+ ($18), 100-199 ($19), 49-99 ($20), 1-48 ($23).
Help make a lasting contribution to the La Crosse area by volunteering to ring bells and raise funds for the Salvation Army. Greet holiday shoppers and help spread Christmas cheer while accepting donations in the Famous Red Kettle.The money raised stays in our community, supporting the Salvation Army Food Pantry, Meal Program, Emergency Shelter, Families in Need, Sending Kids to Camp, and so much more.
Our club will be ringing bells on Saturday, November 23rd. We will have sign-up at our upcoming meetings.
Happy Birthday Marj Gillespie - Oct 28 Jerry Hanoski - Oct 31
Happy Wedding Anniversary Carl (Caralee) Miller - Oct 28 Tom (Julia) Behrenbeck - Oct 29 Craig (Pam) Ubbelohde - Oct 30 Kerstin (Zach) Boudreau - Oct 31
Save the date for our District 6250 Conference - ROTARYFEST - June 19-21, 2020.
BATTLE OF THE BEARDS - Holmen Area Rotary Club - La Crosse area Rotary challenge; Send your best NO-Shave November candidate to compete....LINK to more information.
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 24th: Raffle: $145; Scrip $250; Fines $145; Scooters $12
ROTARY ATTENDANCE Oct 3rd - 54% Oct 10th - 54% Oct 17th - 59% Oct 24th - 57%
Rotary Attendance policy is to attend or makeup at least 50% of the club meetings 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. Make ups can be made up anytime during the year.
100% Attendance Winners July - Jim Salmo August - Dan Howes
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.Unlike other membership categories that can be requested by the member, Honorary Membership is bestowed upon a member by election from the Board of Directors. 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.
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 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.
Cost is $20 per month up to $120 per year . . . . click here for form and more information. We will include your logo/link on our web site, send one email blast to all Rotarians and include an initial mention in our newsletter and on our Facebook page.
Click on the logos under Web Site Sponsors...located on right side of our home page and in each newsletter.
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 Sarah Arendt-Beyer.
Dani Stuhr, HR Assistant Director, Festival Foods
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