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 board minutes from the Tuesday, April 19board meeting can be found in ClubRunner under "Club Documents." Last week's bulletin incorrectly said "May 19" instead of "April 19."
Scholarship recipients in attendance at last week's meeting.
At the May 27 meeting, our Club awarded scholarships to high school seniors throughout the Madison area. The scholarship award list is as follows:
Middleton High School
Robert Jones Memorial Scholarship $1000
Tammy Zhong
Rotary Scholarship $500
Jared Barman
Edgewood High School
Richard Meister Scholarship $1000
Thomas Thelen
Rotary Scholarship $500
Johanna N Munns
Madison Memorial High School
John Byrne Memorial Scholarship $1000
Yeming Yang
Richard & Ellen Meister STEM Scholarship $1000
Shilpa Joottu
Rotary Scholarship $500
Daija Pigram
Wisconsin Heights High School
Richard Williams Memorial Scholarship $1000
Hunter Buckeridge
Rotary Scholarship $500
Kathleen Allen
Notes:
Amount warded each year: Nine checks totaling $7,000
Upon proof of enrollment, checks are sent directly from Rotary to the Registrar's office.
Thousand dollar scholarships go to students attending four year colleges.
Five hundred dollar scholarships go to students attending two year vocational colleges.
Each student receives a Rotary certificate directly at his/her awards night or at the Rotary Scholarship luncheon held each May. If this is not possible, they are mailed with a cover letter.
Susan Prest
Allen Sherwood
Madison West Towne-Middleton Rotary
Club Scholarship Committee
For the Rotary Minute, Mick Faulhaber shared the story of the Rotary Bell.
Our Club was very well represented at the Rotary International Convention!
Club President Derek Moehring, Jeannine Desautels, Mary Van Hout, Mary Cobb Dunn, John and Geri Gerold, and Dean Ryerson have been with more than 43,000 other Rotarians from around the world at the Rotary International Convention in Seoul, Korea. Among the speakers have been United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the Prime Minister of S. Korea, and the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. All reminded Rotarians of the important work around the world being done by Rotary International. A highlight of the experience was the visit to the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea and the chance to step briefly into North Korea during that visit.
Raffle tickets and Mulligans included with the Golfer Package (and available individually)
New this year: "String Game" offer, to make the possibility for low scores available for every team
At the clubhouse afterwards, we'll have:
Full cookout
Prizes for top Team Scores and Hole Events
Silent Auction - we will expect that every Club member make an effort to provide prizes for the Silent Auction, as well as bring in prizes for the Raffle.
Your help is requested to make this year's outing a big success:
Donate to the silent auction and to the raffle. We expect every member to do this.
Showcase your organization to participants and guests with a sponsorship, available at $300.
Take the Registration Flyers available on the tables at the weekly meeting and start promoting this important fundraiser!
We are all so very fortunate to belong to an organization whose mission is simply about “doing good in the world”. This weekend I experienced so much good from my Rotary family that it was overwhelming! I am so very grateful to the Rotary Club of Madison West Towne-Middleton for your support, your encouragement, your assistance and your unfailing commitment to service. Well over half of the WTM members assisted in making our District Conference an event that fulfilled the goals of inspiring, motivating and celebrating.
Thank you for the honor of receiving the Resolution which provides a gift of $1,000 to educate students in Oliveras, Guatemala. Nothing could make me happier or prouder!
Our Rotary Club has touched my life and my heart in so many ways. Your friendship has made my life better and has made me a better person. With great pride, I know I belong to The Greatest Rotary Club in the World!!
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.
Thanks to all of our generous supporters of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, Madison West Towne Middleton Rotary’s interim contribution report is as follows:
Annual Fund Giving
$13,710 (as compared to $14,300 goal- we are at 96% of goal)
Per Capita
$207.73 (#1 in the District)
PolioPlus Giving
$8,615.00 (TRF asks each Club to contribute minimum of $1500)
Total Giving
$22,825.00
Because of your gifts, we are “this close” to eradicating polio; we are providing literacy opportunities; providing clean water, hygiene & sanitation; assisting in disease prevention; allowing for more and better maternal & child health; creating environments for effective community & economic development, which all lead to peace and conflict prevention & resolution. Thank you for being aGift to the World.
The Rotary Club of Madison West Towne-Middleton is sponsoring a high-school aged boy from Thailand. He will arrive in Madison in August, 2016 and is very excited to experience American culture.
His host families need to live in or near the Middleton School District as he will be attending Middleton High School. If you or someone you know may be interested in hosting him for 3-4 months, please contact us.
Hosting is a wonderful experience!
For more information on the program watch this video (11 minutes) or contact:
In his address to convention attendees on Tuesday, 31 May, Trustee Chair Ray Klinginsmith proclaimed that The Rotary Foundation has never been stronger than it is today.
Bolstered by generous contributions from members and robust programs like PolioPlus and the Rotary Peace Centers, the Foundation's good work is drawing public notice, Klinginsmith said: CNBC, a leading consumer and business news outlet in the U.S., ranked Rotary No. 5 among the top 10 charities changing the world in 2015.
"Isn't it clear that our Foundation is truly better than ever before?" said Klinginsmith, who reported...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was among the first to welcome Rotary members and friends to the 107th Rotary Convention, heralded as one of the largest-ever gatherings of Rotarians and the most multicultural assembly of nonprofit leaders in Korea.
He offered a message of gratitude: “Rotarians do remarkable work around the world,” Ban told the thousands of attendees gathered at KINTEX, the Korea International Exhibition and Convention Center in Goyang city, on the outskirts of Seoul. “You help the United Nations reach our goals, and you help the world understand the United...
This year's World Water Summit on 27 May in Seoul highlighted the progress being made:
Over the last 25 years, more than 2.5 billion people gained access to improved drinking water, and 2 billion who didn't have adequate sanitation now do.
Child deaths from water-related diseases dropped from 1.5 million to just over 600,000.
The UN Millennium Development Goals' target for clean drinking water was met five years ahead of schedule.
But for the 1.8 billion people whose drinking water remains contaminated and the 2.4 billion without access to proper sanitation, progress is still too slow, said...
.png)
appropriate for their situation.
Please send bulletin contributions to Lindsay Lemmer at 