An area community center had started out in Wexford Ridge in the late seventies. Paul has been Director since 2000. The Lussier Center opened its facility in 2007, with funding from the city … and from our Club.
The Center focuses on galvanizing the community to take care of its own needs. They’re not a social service agency … more than 4,000 community members volunteer at the Center over the course of a year. The Lussier Center enriches local people with summer camps, educational programs, after-school programs, community meals, Food Pantry, job clinic, computer lab, and much more. They connect with the trades to give young people job training. And their Buffett Scholars programs provides support to promising area kids through high school and into college.
Posted by Dave Clemens, District Friendship Exchange Chair
We had a successful experience hosting 8 Rotarians in our district. We had traveled to Gujarat, India in January, and they came to visit us late in May. They enjoyed visiting Chicago, Dells, La Crosse area and Madison area. Many homes were opened in our district, while our Rotarians hosted and showed them around.
We are looking for persons interested in hosting a group of Rotarians from Peru. It may be a small group, from 4-10 persons, arriving on Tuesday, August 15 and leaving on Thursday, August 31. If you and your club would like to be a host for a day, a few days or more, let me know. Please send an email to Dave Clemens,drdave@dellsdental.net, and let him know of your commitment. You will be expected to pick them up from the previous club, provide a room, meals and entertainment, then make sure they make it to the next community on their itinerary. It is great fun, which we want many clubs to enjoy. Don't miss this chance to enjoy the fun of a Friendship Exchange.
$15 admission includes your ticket for a reserved stadium seat and an official Mallards hat. $5 of every ticket sold will go back to Rotary International. The Madison Mallards will be giving away a Harry Potter Themed Bobblehead.
Important Details: - To purchase tickets, Click Here! - Tickets can be picked up at Will Call Windows - Hats can be picked up at Fan Services located behind the Festival Foods Grill.
This year’s canoeing event will be held on Saturday, August 5th. The departure will be from Blackhawk River Run on the Wisconsin River located at 10032 Hwy Y, Mazomanie. Registration Deadline: Wednesday, August 2
The cost per canoe is $35.00. This 9 mile run is fun and scenic. Canoes, paddles and life jackets are provided. Bring your own lunch and beverages (no glass please). We will pick out a nice sand bar for our picnic and swimming. Get there about 9:45 for payment, instructions and map. Departure is at 10:30 sharp. Arrival in Arena will be at 3:00 sharp. A bus will take us back to the parking lot in Mazomanie.
This is a great event for children, grandchildren, relatives and friends. Many of you look forward to this Rotary event every year. So far I have reserved 15 canoes. Let me know as soon as you can so that I can give Blackhawk the final tally.
A $1000 District 6250 Membership Grant is now Available!
District 6250 has an exciting new program that we heard about from a District in Australia. They have seen great success with membership growth with this grant program. Not only have they increased membership, but their new members have developed many new and innovative community programs. In their district, they had 17 clubs that recruited 4+ members in under 6 months. Each of these groups of new members have given their club a project that has engaged their community and given their club an opportunity to increase its public image. That is growth and publicity that D6250 needs to allow us to change even more lives in our own back yard and all over the world.
The District 6250 Board has agreed to allocate $5000 for these membership grants. This is a new endeavor that, if successful, will help grow our clubs and expand our reach.
The first 5 clubs to recruit four or more new members between July 1, 2017 and April 30, 2018 will be eligible for a $1000 grant for these new members to use for a project of their own. These members must remain for 4 months for the club to be eligible. Once you have met this criteria, please contact one of our membership co-chairs.
We would especially like to thank our Hole Sponsors
and the
Silent Auction and Raffle Prize Donors
The Hole Sponsors include the following
Cress Funeral & Cremation Service Wisconsin Bank & Trust American Family Insurance TDS Telecom The Four Way Test - Carl Bolstad Harbor Athletic Club Capitol Bank Service Above Self- Anonymous LSM Chiropractic DeWitt Ross & Stevens, SC Law Firm The Yesbeck Delgado Group/Baird Feldt Construction Co., Inc. Baer Insurance Services Musser Capital Advisors Steve Aune Agency, Inc. - American Family Insurance UBS Financial Services, Inc. – The Burish Group Hemb Insurance Group Moren Investments, LLC Be A Gift To The World - Mary Van Hout Meicher CPA’s UW Provisions First Weber, Inc. - Ruth Domack Welton Investment Real Estate, LLC Mallatt’s Pharmacy The Mug Club Growlers – Dean Ryerson BMO Harris Bank Charter Members- John Gerold, Jim Langdon, Jerry McAdow, Dick Meister Dale Carnegie Training
Celerity Staffing
Larry S. Harris CLU & Associates
Celerity StaffingandLarry S. Harris CLU & Associates were omitted from the list in the last Weekly Bulletin.
Pope Farm Conservancy is owned and operated by the Town of Middleton. The following is general info from the Sun Flower Days Logistics Meeting. Last year, it was estimated 80,000 people visited the site, thus making it one of the premier summer attractions in the county.
First and most importantly, due to May’s weather, the planting did not go as planned. Thus, Sun Flower Days has been moved to begin Saturday, August 12, thru Sunday August 20.
Signups for parking volunteers will be done on-line. This process has not been completed, and we won’t have to collect names etc. at our meetings.
For those who have done this before, there are some changes in procedures for sign-in, wavers, and responsibilities. I see these all as very positive. There must have been 15 supervisor volunteers at the meeting plus a Town of Middleton Officer who gave good guidance to cover the anticipated crowds and traffic problems.
The conservancy will be open from 8:00am until shortly before sun set. Volunteers are to arrive 15 minutes early for sign-in and instructions. All these are relatively easy, working in 2 hours shifts except for 10-12:30. There are 6 shift times. ALSO, there will be shade, either natural by trees or portable tents at each parking assignment location There will be 5 locations of them. Water, sun screen, and “treats” will be provided for our volunteers. Our volunteers need to be “animated” in their direction to direct parking. We will also be soliciting memberships to the visitors by passing out PFC brochures as the cars exit the area.
If you are volunteering with youth (one-on-one)? Mentoring, Youth Exchange, RYLA, Academic Decathlon, High School Business Plans, Etc... You must have an annual background check completed. This only applies if you are working with youth one-on-one. If you are in a group more than 2 people, you don't need a background check.
Please let me know of any events or special situations in our fellow Rotarians' lives where a card, flowers, or a plant would be appropriate for their situation.
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