The 50th Annual Madison Area Service Clubs Luncheon was held October 9th at the Alliant Energy Center. A total of 305 area Service Club members and guests participated in a special tribute to Veterans. The program included providing special pins for the attending Veterans, singing of the National Anthem and America the Beautiful, as well as reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
Following the lunch, presentations were made to the 2013 Ruth Gordon Service Award recipient Ron Phelps, and the 2013 Community Youth Volunteer Award recipient Tom Grantham. Mr. Phelps is a member and current President of the Rotary Club of Madison Horizons, he is a decorated veteran having served in Operation Desert Sheild/ Desert Storm, and currently mentors Veterans through ACP. Mr. Grantham has been a member of the Rotary Club of Madison Downtown since 1981, has guided literally thousands of young athletes at the Pop Warner, High School and College level as a football referee for over 30 years. He is he co-founder of the Crazylegs Classic, past President of the Edgewood Athletic Association, and board member of the UW Alumm Association.
Following these presentations, we heard a very emotional program from Brian Ziegler, President of the Badger Honor Flight. Conceived in 2004 the Honor Flight has taken over 100,000 Veterans on flights to Washington D. C. to visit the memorials erected in their honor. The first Badger Honor Flight took place in April 2010. The picture above was taken of the Veterans in attendace at the luncheon, those wearing the red jackets and caps have attended an Honor Flight.
Just to let you know that I very much enjoyed the meeting today. Met quite a few of your members and enjoyed having a "yak" with them. North Balwyn Rotary Club of 9800 has 85 members, meets Thursday 6:00 to 6:30 pm. North Balwyn is a suburb of Melbourne (12 miles from the CBD). We are known in the district as club with a high level of fellowship (fun) and very active in local, national and international projects. It was appreciated that I wasn't left on my own and Greg's presentation was great.
I am District Governor of District 3131 Pune, India and on behalf of my district and members wish you all a great year ahead. Together we will make this world a better place to live.
I am writing to you all to appraise you on a unique event that our district is organizing this year. One of the clubs in my district, RC Pune Katraj has organized a global essay competition (ROGEC) with a view to Engage Rotarians and allow them a platform to express themselves on global issues concerning Rotary. The theme for the year is World Understanding and Peace.
This competition is open to all Rotarians, Anns, Annets, Rotaractors and Interactors from across Rotary world. The winners will be invited to India for 5 days and will get involved in various informative and cultural activities.
I request you to circulate this mail among your members, share this information through your Club bulletins and encourage participation in this event from your club. Looking forward to a great year ahead.
A reminder for all members that we have Kwik Trip and PDQ gift cards for sale
Our Rotary club makes money from the sale of every card sold! Cards can be used for gasoline and in-store purchases. We all need to purchase gasoline, and in-store convenience items such as bananas, bread, coffee, milk, etc. are competitively priced.
Gasoline gift cards make great holiday gifts!
The holidays will be here soon, so stock up now for gifts for family, friends, and charitable donations. They also make great "Thank You" gifts for someone who has done something nice for you. Cards can be purchased at club meetings in denominations of $25, $50, and $100. Don't forget to ask your friends if they would like to buy cards from you.
