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.
Bob Birmingham, an archaeologist and author, explained Wisconsin’s wealth of Native American’s 15-20,000 Indian mounds … more than any other state. And Dane County has the most. Native Americans settled here 13,000 years ago; the mounds are much more recent – about 800-1000AD. Bears, thunderbirds, and underwater spirits appear. Mound builders saw little distinction between the physical and spiritual worlds. Most mounds are burial mounds … part of the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. Development has destroyed 80% of the mounds. But new aerial scanning penetrates foliage, so we can find more ancient structures.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Rotary clubs of District 6200 are collecting relief funds to help thousands of victims after record flooding devastated communities in southern Louisiana, USA, earlier this month. Torrential rains caused rivers, streams, and bayous to swell, damaging or destroying more than 60,000 homes and killing at least 13 people.
The U.S. Coast Guard and emergency responders helped rescue more than 30,000 residents from the rising flood waters. As of 25 August, more than 3,000 residents were still in emergency shelters even after the water receded.
Donate to District 6200 disaster relief fund.
Legendary singer and polio survivor Donovan Leitch, better known simply as Donovan, has joined Rotary in its fight to eradicate the paralyzing disease that afflicted him during much of his childhood.
Donovan contracted polio at age three in Glasgow, Scotland. The disease weakened his right leg and left it thinner and shorter than the other. Confined to his bed for much of his childhood, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer said his father would read him poetry.
In a recent interview with the Daily Express, Donovan said that listening to poetry piqued his interest in creative writing. “If I...
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