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Lindsay Lemmer
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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.
Speakers
Sep 16, 2016
Pope Farms Parks
Sep 23, 2016
10 Time National Champions MadCity Ski Team
Sep 30, 2016
No Meeting
Oct 07, 2016
Club Assembly
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Barry Pace
September 1
 
Derek Moehring
September 2
 
Lynne Goldsmith
September 6
 
Marie Udulutch
September 6
 
Bill Hodgkins
September 9
 
Rich Cooper
September 10
 
Mary Ruth Marks
September 14
 
Paul Patenaude
September 30
 
Anniversaries
Jerry Smith
Shirley
September 6
 
Ed Fink
Diane Fink
September 7
 
John Gerold
Geri Gerold
September 7
 
Larry Pincombe
Deanna
September 11
 
Jack Ferreri
Judy Ferreri
September 15
 
Steve Aune
Jenny Aune
September 15
 
Greg Blum
Diane Blum
September 23
 
Roxanne Brazeau
Jay Brazeau
September 30
 
Join Date
Dan Fose
September 1, 1995
21 years
 
Marie Udulutch
September 8, 1998
18 years
 
Nate Hedden
September 26, 2014
2 years
 
weekly club assignments
Date Treasurer's Assistant Greeter 1 Greeter 2 Reflection Rotary Minute & Raffle Raffle Ticket Sales
Sep 16 Rich Cooper Lorelle Micklitz Svein Morner Larry Pincombe Paul Patenaude Richard Murray
Sep 23 Adam Schaller Greg Blum Steve Aune Lynne Spielman Chris Patterson Jerry McAdow
Sep 30 NO MEETING NO MEETING NO MEETING NO MEETING NO MEETING NO MEETING
Oct 07 Dan Fose Roxanne Brazeau Mary Cobb Dunn Mary Ruth Marks Barry Pace Deb Dieter
Oct 14 John Olsen Jeannine Desautels Jim Emerick Dean Ryerson Kevin Welton Chase Drake
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Goal Membership by June 30, 2017 69
Actual     Membership Today, September 15, 2016 64
Goal New Members Inducted in Fiscal Year 2016 – 2017 13
Actual     New Members Inducted YTD in Fiscal Year 2016 – 2017 0
Goal Membership by June 30, 2018 70
Goal Membership by June 30, 2019 71

 
Meeting is at Pope Farm Park
 

Tomorrow's meeting is at beautiful Pope Farm Conservancy Park, 7440 Old Sauk Road, rain or shine! 

 
 
Rotary Speaker September 9, 2016

The Wisconsin Innocence Project (WIP)

Keith Findley, WIP founder and a professor at the UW Law School spoke of the efforts to overturn faulty verdicts. While DNA is most often cited, many other issues can be involved … reliability of eyewitnesses, new non-DNA evidence, false confessions, and lying jailhouse snitches. DNA has exonerated 344 people since 1989, with an average time served of 14 years. And 148 actual criminals were identified, while the innocent were serving time for their crime. Overall, 1,879 people have been exonerated through all evidentiary review. Keith presented cases with eye-opening insights about guilt and innocence, and how even the best-intentioned people make mistakes in prosecuting crimes.


 
Lussier Radio Station Launch Party

Celebrate the launch of Lussier Community Education Center's radio station,WWMV-LP 95.5FM on Saturday, September 24th, 4--7PM, at the Lussier Community Education Center! There will be live music, great food, sweet swag and more! ALL ARE WELCOME!  Lussier is located at 55 S. Gammon Rd, Madison, next to Jefferson Middle School. RSVP to Richard Jones richard@lcecmadison.org, or call 833-4979.

WWMV-LP's on-air broadcasts will reach outward 10 miles in all directions, though if the radio waves reach Lake Mendota, they've got a clear shot all the way to campus across the water! And most of WWMV-LP's programs will also be posted online at wwmvlp.org, so anyone can listen anytime from anywhere.

 


 

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Join Us for Tons 'O FUN - Become a Sponsor - Sign Up for Contests - Volunteer to Help


 
Oktoberfest Sponsorship Opportunity

Dear Fellow Madison West Towne-Middleton Rotarians;

With the arrival of September, our thoughts turn to the beginning of another school year, UW home Football games, the turning of the leaves, and of course, our WT-M 3rdAnnual Oktoberfest Fundraising activity. 

While it will certainly be important for all of us to be involved the days of the event, we would ask each of you who are business owners to consider a sponsorship for the event; or, we would ask that you invite your employer to serve as a sponsor for our great event.  What a wonderful opportunity to promote our businesses and our commitment to and engagement in our Rotary membership.

Additionally, if you know of a business in the West Madison and/or Middleton area that you think would be interested in supporting our valuable and worthy causes, please invite them to join us a sponsor.

This year, for the first time, we are also offering a $100 Signature Sponsor opportunity.  This is a great way for us to make a personal commitment to our Club’s great fundraising event.  To date, the Recknor Family, the Brazeau Family and the Growney-Selene-Hart Families have self-identified as “Signature Sponsors”.

See the relevant information linked below for your review and please consider a sponsorship at any level for the event.  I would be happy to meet with you and discuss this further or answer any questions you might have.  If you are willing, or know of a business that is willing, please let me know as soon as you get a commitment.

Oktoberfest Event Details

Oktoberfest Sponsorships                         

Thank you for your consideration and for allowing me to make this ask.  I will look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.

Best Regards,

MB


Mary Beth Growney Selene

Madison West Towne-Middleton Rotary Club

Oktoberfest Fundraising Team Chair, 2016

3007 Perry Street

Madison, WI 53713

608-271-7979 (w)

608-827-5342 (h)

608-444-2386 (c)

mbgrowneyselene@ryansigns.net


 
Chromebooks Returned with Something New

On Wednesday, August 31, the Jefferson Adopt-a-Partner Committee (Deb Dieter, Roxanne Brazeau, Dean Ryerson, Matt Loch and Mary Beth Growney-Selene) returned to Jefferson Middle School with the Chromebooks and cart that our Club had previously donated to them. Over the summer, the Chromebooks and cart were outfitted with our Club's name. The committee was greeted by Colleen Stilson, ITC, Instructional Technology at Jefferson Middle School.


 
Back to School?  Cool!
Our cool Rotarians stayed after the Aug 26 meeting to prepare a back to school surprise for some Jefferson Middle School students in need. Representatives at our adopted school informed us of a need for backpacks and school supplies. It seems that far too many students start school with little or no such necessities.
 
Well, enter Deb Dieter, Roxanne Brazeau, Dean Ryerson and a cast of others. The project was approved at the board meeting with a budget of $3,500 to fill 65 backpacks. Deb did some fast and furious shopping. Dawn and Aaron Frank secured the backpacks and made a significant contribution. All that led up to a successful stuff-a-thon last Friday.
 
Thanks to our many assembly-line Rotarians we completed the task on time, under budget and had a blast in the process. Know that your efforts will ensure that needy students will start their year at Jefferson well-equipped and looking good!

 
 
District Conference 2017 Returns to La Crosse!

District Conference 2017 Returns to La Crosse!

May 12-14, 2017

This will be a very busy weekend in La Crosse, with several other events in town taking up hotel rooms. Book early to be sure that you'll have a room for the 2017 Rotary District Conference!

Room Block Information:

Radisson Hotel - Conference Venue
200 Harborview Plaza
La Crosse, WI 54601

Standard King Room: $149
Standard 2 Queen room: $159


Reservations: 
(608) 784-6680 or (800) 333-3333
Ask for the Rotary District 6250  Conference Rate
www.radisson.com/lacrossewi   Enter promo code:  RD6250
Room block deadline: April 14, 2017


The Charmant Hotel - upscale boutique hotel
101 State Street
La Crosse, WI 54601

Standard King or Double Queen Room: $249

Reservations:
(608) 697-7300
Ask for the in-house reservations:  Rotary District 6250 Rate
Room block deadline: March 27, 2017

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Club Reminders
  • Member meals have increased to $13.50 effective July 8, 2016

  • Visitor meals will remain $15.00

  • Visitor meals for guests age 12 and under Are $7.00

  • Prospective members are allowed two free lunches at our club

  • Prospective member kits are available online.


News from Rotary International
When public television's fifth annual American Graduate Day hits airwaves in September, Rotary will be recognized for its work mentoring young people and keeping high school students on track to graduate. Representatives from Monarch School, an elementary and high school for San Diego's homeless youths, will talk about the school's long-running relationship with the Rotary Club of San Diego, California, USA. The school started as an education center in one modest room in 1987. By 1998 it was in danger of losing its lease amid a wave of redevelopment in San Diego's urban core. A local Rotary...
 
The Rotary Foundation has received the highest possible score from Charity Navigator, an independent evaluator of charities in the U.S. In the most recent ratings, released on 1 September, The Rotary Foundation earned the maximum 100 points for both financial health and accountability and transparency. The ratings reflect how efficiently Charity Navigator believes the Foundation will use donations, how well it has sustained programs and services, and its level of commitment to good governance and openness. In the previous rating, the Foundation had received 97 points.
 
Each month, eBay, the world’s largest auction website, selects a set of upcoming Live Auction events and donates a portion of all sales proceeds to Rotary. Only U.S. auction sales are eligible. See the schedule of September auctions.
 
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The Rotary Club of Madison West Towne-Middleton
P.O. Box 620312
Middleton, WI 53562