Our program will be Artspire project for 2015 with Mackenzie Olson from the Pump House.
Artspire La Crosse is an all-inclusive event that unites the audience with the wealth of visual and performing artists from La Crosse and the surrounding area.
Kelly Krieg-Sigman & the Cast of La Crosse Public Library's "Dark La Crosse" entertained us with short performance about the seedier side of La Crosse’s past in the format of an old time radio show. From the Red Light District, Prohibition era gangsters to the day the duck hunters died and a lynching, La Crosse has a dark, interesting history that deserves to be told! Click here to view PowerPoint.
Kids Coulee Work Day is scheduled for Saturday, April 18th from 9:00 to Noon. Family and friends are welcome to come and help. Bring gloves, rakes, brooms...we'll be sweeping, raking up leaves, spreading wood chips and we may have a painting crew. Kids Coulee is located in Myrick Park ....2000 La Crosse Street. Great make-up opportunity.
Our Rotary Youth Exchange Student for 2015-16 will be Anniina, a 16 year-old girl from Finland. We are excited to sponsor Anniina while she is here.
We hope you will consider opening up your hearts and home to make Anniina feel welcome. She will be staying at three host families while she is here however, we would love to have other Rotary families help make Anniina feel at home in La Crosse. Are you going to have a family gathering or attend a special event....ask Anniina to join your family.
Things she would like to do while she is here...Loves Nature - Hixon Forest Hike to Grandad Bluff; Riverside International Friendship Gardens; Visiting the Shrine an Visiting St. Rose Convent. Let Bill know if you would like to give her a tour of any of the above.....it will be a great way to learn more about Anniina.
Happy Birthday
Rob Palmberg - April 19th
Peter Krause - April 20th
Jean Bassett (honorary) - April 23rd
Val Schute - April 24th
Mark Solyst - April 25th
Terry Witzke (honorary) - April 26th
Happy Wedding Anniversary
Richard (Cindi) Kyte - April 20th
Happy Club Anniversary
Dave Trapp - April 17th - 29 years
Joan Mueller - April 18th - 13 years
Kwik Trip Scrip cards are available for sale after and before our meetings. Kwik Trip recently made changes to this fundraiser. We will get 5% off the face value of each card...if the card is used IN STORE for purchases we will receive another 10%- total 15% back (some exclusions apply)....if used only for gas we will only get the initial 5%. Please support our fundraiser. First quarter we sold $2,590.00.
ROTARY ATTENDANCE
March 19th - 56%
March 26th - 61%
April 2nd - 55%|
April 9th - 61%
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.
MEMBERSHIP 2014-15
Active Membership
June 30 - 164
April 16 - 164
Honorary Members 23
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.
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.
April 9th: Raffle: $45; Fines $105; Scooters $2; Scrip $250
It is time to register for Tri-Con 2015, the multi-district Rotary conference for the entire state of Wisconsin and the very best parts of Minnesota too!
Our club will reimburse $15 to the first 30 members that register early! Just give Lyn a copy of your registration confirmation and she will credit you $15 on your quarterly invoice in April.
A nice video of the good that our Rotary Foundation does for Maternal care in hard-to-reach areas of Haiti. Click here to view.
The Rotary Foundation helps bring pre- and postnatal care to mothers in rural Haiti.
Our members improve access to essential medical services for mothers and their children. These efforts are aimed at reducing the number of children under age five who die each year because of malnutrition, inadequate health care, and poor sanitation – a figure that is currently estimated at 7 million.
2015 Rotary International Conference...Sao Paul, Brazil, June 6th through the 9th....click here for more information. Message about the Conference from RID Mary Beth....click here.
Cards will be for sale before and after our Rotary Meeting.
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. Anita donates all sales to the Rotary Works Foundation!
Anita donated $210 to Rotary Works from the 1st quarter of sales. Thanks to all who bought cards and special thanks to Anita for her creative work and dedication to the Rotary Works Foundation.
If you would like to volunteer to give your Classification Talk, do Rotarians in the News be a greeter or raffle ticket seller, or announce guests, you can email the Monthly Program Chairs that are listed above....just click on their name.
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