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Bulletin Editor
Laurie Ellis-McLeod
Upcoming Events
OFFSITE MEETING: AmFam Children's Hospital
American Family Children's Hospital
Feb 27, 2015
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
 
Background Checks
 
Are you are Club volunteer working with youth?  
 
Mentoring, Youth Exchange, RYLA, Academic Decathalon, High School Business Plans, Etc...
 
If YES, you need to have an annual background check completed.  
 
CLICK HERE for the form.  
 
Complete the form and return it to Stuart Herro for processing.
Speakers
Jan 16, 2015
 
Jan 23, 2015
 
Jan 30, 2015
 
Feb 06, 2015
 
Feb 13, 2015
 
Feb 20, 2015
 
Feb 27, 2015
 
Mar 06, 2015
 
Mar 13, 2015
 
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Nate Hedden
January 4
 
Mary Van Hout
January 17
 
Steve Aune
January 25
 
Lynne Spielman
January 27
 
Dan Fose
January 31
 
Anniversaries
Mary Beth Growney Selene
Alan Selene
January 1
 
Kico Gandara
Terry Gandara
January 5
 
Terry Siebert
Kathy
January 6
 
Paul Butz
Marilyn Butz
January 19
 
Join Date
Dick Meister
January 1, 1972
43 years
 
Doug Coerper
January 1, 1975
40 years
 
Kico Gandara
January 1, 1989
26 years
 
Ray Holloway
January 1, 1983
32 years
 
Cory Recknor
January 9, 1998
17 years
 
Kris Evans
January 11, 2013
2 years
 
Lynne Goldsmith
January 21, 2011
4 years
 
Weekly Club Assignments
 
*Please contact Laurie (lemcleod@aeriepfg.com) or Toni (TPabon@Pacific-Cycle.com) with questions.
 
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Date Treasurer's Assistant Greeter 1 Greeter 2 Reflection
9-Jan John Olsen Adam Schaller Connie Smith Jim Langdon
16-Jan Rich Cooper Johanna Young Greg Blum Larry Pincombe
23-Jan Carl Bolstad Roxanne Brazeau Charlene Breunig Lynne Spielman
30-Jan Cory Recknor Anthony Burns David Cush Marie Udulutch
6-Feb Michael Maass Debra Dieter Ruth Domack Dean Ryerson
13-Feb Daniel Fose Leo Edelstein Mick Faulhaber James Wartinbee
20-Feb John Olsen Mary Feldt Lynne Goldsmith Jim Langdon
27-Feb Rich Cooper OFF SITE MEETING OFF SITE MEETING Larry Pincombe
6-Mar Carl Bolstad Larry Harris Nathaniel Hedden​ Lynne Spielman
13-Mar Cory Recknor Stuart Herro Matthew Loch Marie Udulutch
20-Mar Michael Maass Laurie Logan Mary Ruth Marks Dean Ryerson
27-Mar Daniel Fose Lorelle Micklitz Peder Moren James Wartinbee
3-Apr NO MEETING NO MEETING NO MEETING NO MEETING
10-Apr John Olsen Svein Morner William Mowbray Jim Langdon
17-Apr Rich Cooper James Olmsted Paul Patenaude Larry Pincombe
24-Apr Carl Bolstad Susan Prest Allen Sherwood Lynne Spielman
1-May Cory Recknor Adam Schaller Connie Smith Marie Udulutch
8-May Michael Maass Johanna Young Steve Aune Dean Ryerson
15-May NO MEETING NO MEETING NO MEETING NO MEETING
 
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Stories
Rotary Youth Exchange
 
Alba Valle Izquierdo from Barcelona, Spain, recently returned from a trip to southern California with her 2nd Host Family, Mike & Kristin Jenkins. She is pictured at the Grand Canyon, which was part of their trip. Alba enjoys travel, skiing, reading and writing. She is excited to experience American culture and would like to go to a UW Basketball game. Please keep her in mind for any activities you are planning. She can be reached at (608) 692-2484, avalle96@hotmail.com or via Dan Fose, Youth Exchange Officer or Connie Smith, Youth Exchange Counselor.
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We continue to support the foundation with $2,000.00 each year which is used to feed the children in Port au Prince, Haiti.  Our support began about 10-15 years ago when a now deceased member, Rev. Richard Williams, introduced us to Margaret Trost.
 
We have continued to support the efforts of the foundation which have also added educational components to their efforts.  Margaret was our guest speaker about a year ago and continues to dedicate her life to the children in the poorest country in the western hemisphere.
 
If you would like better pictures, you might be able to find them on the What If? Foundation's website.
 
Thank you for your consideration.
 
Best Regards and Happy New Year,
 
MB
 
RYAN SIGNS, INC.
Mary Beth Growney Selene
President
 
3007 Perry Street . Madison, WI  53713
608-271-7979 (p)  
608-271-7853 (f)   
 
 
 

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Interesting Facts About our Rotary Club
  • 20% of our Active members are under the age of 50
  • 54% of our Active members are 65+ years old
  • Average Age of our members is 69
  • In the past 10 years, 53% of our members under the age of 50 have left the club.
  • We are 70% Male and 30% Female
  • 68% of our members have been in the club for 11 years or longer
  • 84% of our members live in the Madison, Middleton, Verona Area
  • Our Club as existed for 43 years
  • We still have 6 charter members active in our club today
  • Membership is 69 plus 5 honorary members for a grand total of 74 members.
Save the date!
 
 
 
Spring Social is on Saturday, March 21 at Bishops Bay.
 
More details coming soon.
Reminder:
 
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~
 
Thanks-
Bill Mowbray
​P 608-830-5809
bill@baerinsurance.com
Please email Laurie if you are able to meet briefly with me in the next few weeks for an interview!
 
It is really fun to learn more about each of our members and be able to share just a little bit more so you might notice someone you hadn't thought of striking up a conversation with before!!
 
THANK YOU AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING...Watch for the next feature in coming Bulletins!
 
Laurie
 
Thank you to Upcoming Featured Rotarians:
 
 
Matt Loch
Tony Burns
 
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To ensure our Foundation's long-term financial sustainability, the Trustees have approved a funding model, effective 1 July 2015. The Foundation needs a more predictable level of financial support of revenue to pay its annual operating expenses and provide an operating reserve. Questions or comments? Please contact fundingmodel@rotary.org
 
RI General Secretary John Hewko met with NTV Kenya for a wide-ranging interview about what makes Rotary unique and why it's one of the world's most respected service organizations. "Rotary in many ways is a great example of how countries could operate," Hewko said. "We are overtly nonpolitical, nonreligious. There's a culture within Rotary of everybody being equal. And when you join Rotary, you buy into the philosophy of peace and understanding." Watch the video above (English only).
 
For decades, the small, pastoral communities in northern Kenya have been caught in a cycle of violence. Tribes have shed blood over distrust, scarce resources, and the theft of livestock. Rotary Scholar Monica Kinyua founded the Children Peace Initiative (CPI) Kenya with her twin sister, Jane Wanjiru, to end the fighting by building friendships between children from different tribes. Earlier this year, the sisters used a global grant sponsored by Rotary members in San Diego, California, and the Rotary Club of Nairobi to conduct a peace camp for children in Baragoi, Samburu County, one of the...
 
Beginning 22 December, the following reports will be available in all languages (you may be asked to sign in):  • Donor History• Club Recognition Summary (for club and district leaders)• Membership Viability and Growth (for district leaders)• Monthly Contribution (for district leaders) The Top 30 Giving Countries report is available to regional leaders in Rotary Club Central. Contact us if you have any questions.
 
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the worst ever, has claimed several thousand lives and generated worldwide concern. But its impact pales in comparison to that of AIDS, which, despite advances in treatment, still kills more than a million people a year, the majority of them in Africa. "Even with the Ebola outbreak at its worst expected levels, it's never going to reach what we've seen with the HIV/AIDS epidemic," said Dr. Timothy B. Erickson, director of the Center for Global Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, speaking at Rotary's World AIDS Day event in Evanston on 1...
 
The Rotary Club of Madison West Towne-Middleton
P.O. Box 620312
Middleton, WI 53562