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.
The Madison West Towne-Middleton Rotary Club has been awarded a $5,000 District Matching Grant and will present $10,475.00 to Jefferson Middle School thanks to the efforts of Vocational Service Chairs, Matt Loch and Deb Dieter. The funds will be used to purchase 30 Chromebook laptops, a secure charging station, and headphones. The laptops will remain in the school building and be checked out by classrooms. A club logo will be silk screened onto each laptop.
Chromebooks run on the Google operating platform and use the Google cloud instead of memory on the unit. This donation will make a huge difference to Jefferson students and teachers. Forty-eight percent of Jefferson's students receive free or reduced cost lunch.
The Rotary Cub of Madison West Towne-Middleton adopted Jefferson Middle School through the Foundation for Madison’s Public Schools. The opportunities for the club to participate at Jefferson include volunteering, providing material needs, as well as financial support.
The donation will be presented at the club’s weekly meeting on February 26, 2016 during a presentation by the school and Madison School Foundation. The meeting begins with lunch at 12:12 and speakers present from 12:45-1:15.
Last Friday we had a "Five for Five" presentation - five members of the club spoke for five minutes each about their backgrounds. Last week's presenters included (as pictured from left to right) Kasey Kinney, John Gerold, Tony Burns, Lorelle Micklitz, and Dawn Frank.
Below is key information (click below to enlarge the pages) from Club President Derek Moehring that was originally presented at the February 19 meeting. Click here to access the documentif you have any difficulty accessing it below.
The silent auction committee will be meeting soon and is looking for more members to help in soliciting for donations as well as preparing the donations for the day of the event. The committee currently consists of Ruth Domack, Leo Edelstein, Jeannine Desautels and Lorelle Micklitz. Please let any of these members know if you will be joining us.
Buy a ticket and your four teams are listed under the scratch off portion of the ticket.
The total scores of those four teams determine the winners and losers. The folks with the eight highest scores and the four lowest scores are paid cash.
You sell one discount ticket for $10.
You sell two discount tickets for $20 and the buyer gets a third ticket FREE (emailed to them after they register the first two tickets) on Green Bee Fundraising website.
The discount portion of the ticket takes you to a website where you can get discounted offers in various businesses. That is what people are paying for; the Basketball Slam is an added bonus.
If you have tickets you must turn in the stub and the money by March 17, 2016 or return the tickets to Deb, Mick or Kevin. You will be responsible for any missing tickets.
If you are going away during mid-March, TURN IN YOUR TICKETS BEFORE YOU LEAVE!
If you want to buyout of the fundraiser, the board suggests a $75.00 donation to the foundation.
Please see below and sign up at our weekly meetings or email Molly Ritchie at mritchie@wiad.org.
March 3 opportunities:
A complimentary shuttle bus will leave for the Dells, Wilderness Resort, from the Zor Shrine Bldg. @ 2:30 (575 Zor Shrine Place, behind West Towne Mall) and return by 10:00.
Speech Judges: Pairs of judges (30 needed on March 3, 3:30-8:40) Listen, critique and grade the students’ prepared and impromptu speeches. A Judges’ Handbook is provided (available online), along with a brief orientation on the day of the event; dinner and parking included.
Speech Timers: stationed in each speech room, (15 needed on March 3, 3:30-8:40). Monitor and time each student’s speech. A timer’s handbook (available online) is provided, along with a brief orientation on the day of the event. Comfort with a stop watch is necessary; dinner and parking included.
Interview Judges: Pairs of judges (30 needed on March 3, 3:30-8:40). Jointly interview students; guidelines and sample questions are provided in the Judges’ Handbook (available online), in addition to a brief orientation on the day of the event; dinner and parking included.
Sign-up at our meetings or contact Molly Ritchie via email: mritchie@wiad.org.
Are you one of the 35,000 who has registered for the convention already? If not, don't miss the opportunity to connect with new friends from around the world at the 2016 Korea convention28 May to 1 June, 2016.
At the convention, tour the House of Friendship and the more than 100 booths to exchange project ideas, partner with other clubs and explore new hobbies. Convention provides an opportunity to network, hear about new initiatives and make a difference, while forming relationships that can last a lifetime.
The convention is for all Rotarians and offers something for everyone.
Registertoday for the Rotary convention in Korea. Early registration savings end 31 March.
Interact clubs are making a positive difference in schools and communities around the world. Leaders of sponsor Rotary clubs and districts should make sure their Interact clubs get the recognition they deserve by verifying that they qualify for a Presidential Citation.
First, ensure that the Interact club status is active in Rotary's database by checking the Listing of Club-Sponsored Organizations report in Rotary Club Central. If a sponsored club is not listed, submit the Interact Club Certification Form by 1 March.
Then, verify by 15 April that your Interact clubs have qualified for the...
Rotary members, their families and friends can support Rotary’s work by bidding on antiques, artwork, jewelry, and collectibles through eBay Live Auctions events.
Each month, Rotary will promote on its social media outlets a set of upcoming Live Auctions events, and eBay, the world’s largest auction website, will donate a portion of all sale proceeds from those events to Rotary.
Live Auctions events enable buyers to participate in auctions across the United States -- held at such auction houses as Sotheby’s, Swann, and Freeman’s -- without leaving home. Under this proceeds-sharing...
A new email purporting to be from Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair Ray Klinginsmith is targeting Rotary members. The email falsely claims that members can become End Polio Now ambassadors if they email club information to a Gmail address within 48 hours.
The fraudulent email has the subject line “BECOME AN END POLIO AMBASSADOR” and is sent from a fake email address.
This is a scam. Rotary staff is working to resolve the issue. Avoid being the victim of scams by deleting any email that appears suspicious.
The Madison West Towne-Middleton Rotary Club has been awarded a $5,000 District Matching Grant and will present $10,475.00 to Jefferson Middle School thanks to the efforts of Vocational Service Chairs, Matt Loch and Deb Dieter. The funds will be used to purchase 30 Chromebook laptops, a secure charging station, and headphones. The laptops will remain in the school building and be checked out by classrooms. A club logo will be silk screened onto each laptop.
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Please send bulletin contributions to Lindsay Lemmer at 