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.
On Friday, April 1st, Cherie Gon was inducted as the newest member of the Rotary Club of Madison West Towne-Middleton. Cherie is a financial advisor with Edward Jones as well as a proclaimed Minnesota Vikings Fan (Mary Beth was overjoyed). The Board of Directors had approved Cherie’s membership application at their March meeting. President Derek Moehring welcomed Cherie to our Club and encouraged her to:
Be an Active Member of The Club
Help the Club Grow Its Membership
Assist Her Community through Service
Jack Ferreri presented Cherie with her Rotary lapel pin and warned her of the consequences of not wearing it to every club meeting ($$$). Finally, Derek presented Cherie with her Red Badge. Derek informed Cherie that there are a number of tasks that she must complete in order to earn her Blue Badge, but informed her that she would have a lot of help. That is when Derek asked all Club members to stand and take the following oath:
Each Club Members Would Do Everything In Their Power To:
Warmly welcome Cherie into our Club
Personally get to know Cheri and invite her participate with them in a service project or fundraiser
Help Cherie to get to know the In’s and Outs of our Rotary Club and Rotary International
Check in on Cheri periodically to see how she is doing and to see if they can be of any assistance
Help Cheri to earn her Blue Badge in record time
If you were not at the April 1st meeting, Derek is asking you to take this oath to commit to helping Cherie.
Katie Hensel is the firecracker founder of Tri 4 Schools, a non-profit that partners with schools to stage fun events to get kids physically active. The organization sends the money from events back to the schools, with over 200 receiving money since the group's founding in 2011. Kids of all ages do scaled-down runs, walks, obstacle courses, haunted hustles ... and even a mud run. It gets kids to appreciate the pleasure of physical activity in a group setting, in a great fun environment. Tri 4 Schools has been named one of the ten best ideas to end childhood obesity by the Partnership for a Healthier America.
Please check your calendar and see if you are able volunteer for the Academic and Career Planning Day at Jefferson!
Volunteers will be either mock interviewing students (more specific information to follow) or supporting a resume writing workshop. Volunteers should arrive by 10:15 with rotations running from 10:30-12:20 and from 12:45-1:45 (approximately). There will be more logistics information forthcoming this week to those who are signed up (via email).
From the school:
Please be our guest!
Help us give every 8th grade student exposure to a mock interview, a resume writing workshop, a high school student panel, and reflection activities!
What: Volunteer to interview students, help students edit and refine resumes, or support a JMM high school student panel!
Where: Jefferson Middle School, 101 S. Gammon Rd Madison, WI 53713
When: Thursday, April 28th 10:30 am-2:45 pm
Why: Help us give our students a realistic impression of the professionalism and future planning needed to get their first job and be college, career, and community ready!
Our Club has completed and filed the Memoranda of Understanding and met the requirements to apply for grants for the 2016-2017 Rotary year. The Madison West Towne-Middleton Rotary Club requires all request for 2016-2017 funds to be submitted to Ruth Domack, Club Secretary, by May 15th. This means that you need to submit a Request for Project Support by May 15th, whether you are asking for money only from the Club, money from the District and the Club, or money from the Rotary Foundation, the District and the Club no later than May 15th. The reason for this date is that it allows the club to determine the 2016-2017 budget in a timely matter.
If you are asking for less than $5,000, this usually requires funds from the Club only. If you are asking for over $5,000 up to $30,000, this is usually a District Grant. If your project is over $30,000 this is usually a Global Grant with funds from the Rotary Foundation, the District and the Club.
If you would like to work on your grant and would like my help, we can set up a workshop for this purpose. Please let me know. The District will assign you a mentor if you are applying for a Global Grant.
To access the form to submit, go to mwt-mrotaryclub.org, and scroll down to Home Page Download Files on the left side of the website. Select Request for Project Support, and fill in the information.
If you are only asking for money from the Club, the dollar amount requested is the total cost of the project.
If you are applying for a District Grant, you would state that you want $___ from the Club and $____ from the District. The District will match Club dollars, dollar for dollar (for example, $5,000 Club funds and $5,000 District funds). The maximum that the District will give a Club is $5,000 per project. If you can find 2 other clubs willing to support the project, the District will give up to $14,500. However, when a project gets close to a total of $30,000, the District will strongly encourage you to make it a $30,000 so you can apply for a Global Grant. When you apply for a District Grant you need to complete the Club Request for Project Support and the District Grant Request.
If you are applying for a Global Grant, you will state that you want $____ from the Club, $____ from the District and $____ from the Rotary Foundation. The District will match the Club portion dollar for dollar, and the Rotary Foundation will match the Club funds at $0.50 on the dollar and the District Funds dollar for dollars. As an example, Club contributes $8,700, District contributes $8,700 and the Rotary Foundation contributes $13,050, for a total project cost of $30,450. You need to complete the Club Request for Project support and the Rotary Foundation grant application.
If it would be helpful, I can furnish you with these blank forms and with a sample completed forms.
I know this is a lot of paperwork, but it is a wonderful way to get the most money for a project. It reduces the amount of money we need to raise through Club fund raising activities.
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.
Raffle tickets and Mulligans included with the Golfer Package (and available individually)
New this year: "String Game" offer, to make the possibility for low scores available for every team
At the clubhouse afterwards, we'll have:
Full cookout
Prizes for top Team Scores and Hole Events
Silent Auction - we will expect that every Club member make an effort to provide prizes for the Silent Auction, as well as bring in prizes for the Raffle.
Your help is requested to make this year's outing a big success:
Donate to the silent auction and to the raffle. We expect every member to do this.
Showcase your organization to participants and guests with a sponsorship, available at $300.
Take the Registration Flyers available on the tables at the weekly meeting and start promoting this important fundraiser!
The Rotary Club of Madison West Towne-Middleton is sponsoring a high-school aged boy from Thailand. He will arrive in Madison in August, 2016 and is very excited to experience American culture.
His host families need to live in or near the Middleton School District as he will be attending Middleton High School. If you or someone you know may be interested in hosting him for 3-4 months, please contact us.
Hosting is a wonderful experience!
For more information on the program watch this video (11 minutes) or contact:
Of course!! Where else can I meet and hear about these great people???
Mary Herness, a Whitehall Wisconsin woman whose polio diagnosis changed her life! Writer, teacher, mother, grandmother, farmer………..a woman who has a wonderful story to tell us!
Mary Beth Growney Selene, our own past Rotary International Director – who better to help us understand all that Rotary is!!
Dick Leinenkugel, a man who has done it all! With careers in the military, State Government and presiding over the family business, he has stories of service to inspire us!
Brent Yauchler from the RC of Mt Horeb and Nicholas Syano from Rotary in Kenya and PDG Bob Bendickson from the RC of La Crosse and Madison South’s Randy Sproule and so many more District Rotarians……..all of your old and new Rotary friends.
Representatives from Rotary clubs worldwide will gather in Chicago 10-15 April to consider changes to the policies that guide Rotary International and its member clubs.
The Council on Legislation meets every three years and is an essential part of Rotary's governance. The representatives -- one from each Rotary district -- review and vote on proposals that seek to change Rotary's constitutional documents and on resolutions that express an opinion or make a recommendation to the Rotary International Board of Directors.
Get live updates and daily vote totals on My Rotary beginning 11 April....
From the April 2016 issue of The Rotarian
There is a new ritual in American life. It goes like this: Whenever you invite someone to dinner, you must inquire about any special dietary needs. Because today, it seems that nearly everyone has drawn a line around foods that cannot pass their lips.
This could be because of allergies, moral qualms, lifestyle choices, health issues, or simple preference. The person might be a vegetarian who eats fish, a carnivore who hates carbs, a glutton who avoids gluten, or a time bomb waiting to be set off by a nut. (Asking ahead makes for a more pleasant...
From the April 2016 issue of The Rotarian
Do you need some context for all you’re experiencing while you’re in Korea for the Rotary International Convention from 28 May to 1 June? Check out one or more of these museums:
1. National Museum of Korea: If you have time for only one, this museum, the sixth largest in the world, has something for everyone: relics from prehistoric times, calligraphy, paintings, sculpture, and even a children’s museum, all housed in a six-story building in the wooded Yongsan Family Park.
2. Korea Furniture Museum: To see how Koreans of the past lived, walk through...
On Friday, April 1st, Cherie Gon was inducted as the newest member of the Rotary Club of Madison West Towne-Middleton. Cherie is a financial advisor with Edward Jones as well as a proclaimed Minnesota Vikings Fan (Mary Beth was overjoyed). The Board of Directors had approved Cherie’s membership application at their March meeting. President Derek Moehring welcomed Cherie to our Club and encouraged her to:
Our Club has completed and filed the Memoranda of Understanding and met the requirements to apply for grants for the 2016-2017 Rotary year. The Madison West Towne-Middleton Rotary Club requires all request for 2016-2017 funds to be submitted to Ruth Domack, Club Secretary, by May 15th. This means that you need to submit a Request for Project Support by May 15th, whether you are asking for money only from the Club, money from the District and the Club, or money from the Rotary Foundation, the District and the Club no later than May 15th. The reason for this date is that it allows the club to determine the 2016-2017 budget in a timely matter.
appropriate for their situation.
2016 Charity Golf Outing
June 29, 2016, 6-9p
Exchange Student Hosting Opportunity
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