As a member of the Returning Peace Corps Volunteers of Wisconsin-Madison, Kate shared with us her experience in Ghana (2004-2007) and in Georgia of the former Soviet Union (2016-2017). We learned that the average age of Peace Corps volunteers is 28, with about 63% female. Currently, 7,400 serve as volunteers, with former volunteers numbering 230,000. In Ghana (the former Gold Coast), Kate worked with citrus tree farmers, as well as general management help for small businesses and microfinance organizations.
Georgia is a crossroads between Asia and Europe. They term themselves Kartvelians after an ancient indigenous tribe. Kate worked on clearing parts of a long hiking trail (3,000 km) linking the Caspian and Black Seas, as well as more general consulting on environmental issues like flood control and recycling.
Partnering for Peace is an organization of Rotarians and returned Peace Corps Volunteers who are working together to build partnerships to create sustainable projects locally and around the world in order to promote peace. Partnering for Peace and RI have a Memorandum of Understanding on conducting joint projects worldwide.
After the Friday meeting Kate Schachter met with a small group (Ed Fink, Jeannine Desautles, Dean Ryerson, Mary Van Hout, Deb Dieter, and Mary Dunn). She provided further details about partnering with the WASH project in Georgia and the Memorandum of Understanding between Peace Corps and RI on conducting joint projects worldwide.
Partnering for Peace is an organization of Rotarians and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who are working together to build partnerships to create sustainable projects around the world in order to promote peace. Partnering for Peace is a liaison organization helping to smooth the layers of communication between Peace Corps and RI so that projects can be implemented quickly.
#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media
and collaboration.
Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving.
One of the best ways to get involved is in your own community.
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A generous McAdow’s Miles for Rotary Team supporter has presented us with a Pledge Challenge. For each pledge made by a person who is not a member or a relative of a member of the Rotary Club of Madison West Towne-Middleton, an anonymous sponsor will donate $25, up to a total of $1,000.
Your tax-deductible Pledge will help fund our Rotary Club's ongoing support of 3 local food pantries.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Paul Patenaude at 608-609-8034 or email at ppaten98@sbcglobal.net
It was great attending your meeting last Friday. What a lively group it was that day. A real uplifting experience. Thanks for all that your club does.
Help the Madison East Monona Rotary Club raise money for local high school scholarships.
The deadline for ordering is December 1, 2017.
Gift boxes will be delivered on Friday, December 8, 2017, meeting in time for holiday gift giving. These gift boxes make a great gift for friends, neighbors and even your postal delivery person. Payment is due on delivery except for mail orders.
Since we are looking for a Youth Exchange Officer (YEO) for our club (did you know we were looking for one?) I thought it might stir up some conversation if anyone is interested to go to a training session in February.
The date has been set for the face-to-face youth exchange volunteer training. This training is required for Youth Exchange Officers and Youth Exchange Counselors. We also welcome other club members who are interested in working with Rotary Youth Exchange students including our Youth Protection Officers. Please mark your calendars, 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM, Saturday, February 17, 2018, at the CLARION HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER, 626 W Pine Street, Baraboo, WI, 53913.
All aspects of youth exchange rules and regulations will be covered, however; we welcome your input on those topics that you would like to see covered during the training. Please feel free to e-mail me, Brenda Weiss bkweiss61@gmail.com, with suggested topics.
Registration information will be made available closer to the training date.
One of our service projects for this Rotary year is a winter clothing drive for Jefferson Middle School. Since the weather has turned cold, it is time to hunt through your home or go to the store and purchase hats, gloves, mittens, and scarves suitable for middle school boys and girls.
Sizes:
Ladies sizes small, medium and large
Men's sizes small, medium, large and extra large
Please bring your items to the rotary meetings over the next few weeks.
Posted by Jolene R. Bortz, Manager, Howard Tours on Nov 06, 2017
Dear Fellow Rotarian:
We are announcing our trips to the Toronto Convention AND a trip to India to participate in the March 2018 Polio National Immunization Days (NID). All the material can be accessed at our website: www.HowardTours.net
Please feel free to share this information with the Rotarians in your club as soon as possible as we have a limited amount of space.
Travel to a Rotary Convention is a wonderful international exposure to our organization and Canada offers many unique opportunities for 2018.
Rotarians in India are preparing to fully transition to the injectable Polio vaccine soon. Therefore, this might be one of the last opportunities we will have to organize a trip to India for non-medical volunteers to participate in polio NID activities.
Both of these trips offer you and the Rotarians in your club an extraordinary opportunity to have an experience of a lifetime.
If you have questions, please let us know.
Jolene R. Bortz, Manager 516 Grand Ave., Oakland, CA 94610
Our own John Gerold (Bingo Czar) leads a group of volunteers to run bingo games at Oakwood Village – University Woods at 6 – 7:30 pm the third Thursday every month from October through May.
Sign up on the pass around sheet during Friday meetings.
John will send a reminder and logistical information to each volunteer ahead of each session. This activity also qualifies for a meeting make-up, if one is needed.
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.
If you are volunteering with youth (one-on-one)? Mentoring, Youth Exchange, RYLA, Academic Decathlon, High School Business Plans, Etc... You must have an annual 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.
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