Are volunteering with youth (one-on-one)? Mentoring, Youth Exchange, RYLA, Academic Decathlon, High School Business Plans, Etc...
If YES, you need to have an annual background check completed. CLICK HERE for more details about how to get your 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.
Mick Faulhaber is our Youth Protection Officer for our Club. Contact him if you have any questions or concerns.
Our club is an Orphan Train Conductor for the TLC Orphanage in South Africa. In that capacity, we have supported the high school education of two of the girls over the last couple years. Thea Jarvis founded the operation many years ago, often taking in babies with HIV/AIDS. Her daughter Pippa is now a key administrator there.
TLC has taken in so many babies that they are now at capacity! Maybe some club or individuals you know have a desire to work with them.
Spouses / significant others are welcome and dinner (pizza) will be provided!
This new member orientation will give new members a deeper understand of Rotary and, more importantly, is an opportunity to learn about what each new member brings to the club in terms of their background, experiences, and their expectations.
This week the board approved Mary Cobb Dunn's application for membership. Mary was a past member of our club many years ago. It is with great pleasure that we welcome her back.
District 6250 Leadership Academy October 24th - Wisconsin Dells
Better meetings.
Better decision making.
Better results.
Better boards of directors.
More confidence.
A few of the 15 topics you will address:
Purposes of a meeting
Agendas: Who sets, how, significance, uses
Minutes: Preparation, content, uses
Motions
Working with Volunteers: organizing for success, selecting, motivating
Cultivating better directors
Meeting format and frequency
Dynamic decision-making
HOW TO REGISTER:
To foster a wealth of experience and dynamic discussion this seminar is designed to include participants from 5 to 7 Rotary Clubs. To create within each Club a core of leaders with a shared understanding of leadership, the District will favor applications from Clubs wishing to enroll 3 to 5 members. These preferences are -- well, preferences -- not ironclad regulations, but we expect them to be the norm. Only if spaces remain will we fill in with others.
Books for the World is a global literacy project, supervised by Rotarians, that puts used books from the United States that might otherwise be discarded into the hands of children in other countries where educational resources are in short supply.
Join your fellow Rotarians on Saturday, November 14, from 10 am – noon to pack books for Books for the World! Snacks and beverages will be provided. Please note that book packing will take place in a warehouse that is not climate controlled, so please dress appropriately for the weather and wear comfortable shoes for standing. See further information at this link.
There will also be lunch, refreshment and fellowship afterwards at the Lazy Oaf Lounge!
Rotary President K.R. Ravindran has named six Rotary Global Women of Action for 2015. The honorees were chosen for their dedication and service, which has improved the lives of thousands around the world.
“Every day at Rotary I see firsthand how our members work to change lives and make a significant impact,” said Ravindran. “Rotary’s Global Women of Action embody Rotary’s motto, Service Above Self.”
The women will be honored at Rotary Day at the United Nations in New York City on 7 November. They will address attendees and lead discussions on various topics related to their work.
The six...
Apply to host a booth in the House of Friendship at the 2016 Rotary International Convention in Seoul, 28 May-1 June. This is an opportunity to showcase your club or district project, recruit members for your Rotary Fellowship, share information about your Rotarian Action Group, or market Rotary merchandise if you are a licensed RI vendor.
The application deadline is 30 September. Booth allocations will be awarded by 1 November.
Apply
When Mariana Day moved in 1989 to the small beach town of Chacala, in Nayarit, Mexico, she noticed that the surrounding rural areas struggled to maintain schools. And most children weren’t able to go beyond an eighth-grade education. Day, who is a member of the Rotary Club of Bahía de Jaltemba-La Peñita, in Nayarit, had started a local scholarship program before she joined Rotary. Called Changing Lives, the program provided students with high school tuition, uniforms, school supplies, and transportation.
In addition, Rotary clubs from the United States and Mexico have been investing in the...
Spouses / significant others are welcome and dinner (pizza) will be provided!
A few of the 15 topics you will address:
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2015-2016 Oakwood bingo is the third Thursday of each month through May 2016. Sign-up sheets are circulated at the Friday meetings.
Please send bulletin contributions to Lindsay Lemmer at 