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.
As a member of the COOLEST ROTARY CLUB in the world, you have the opportunity to cheer on some really young hip athletes. We all want to serve more in our community and we all want to socialize together more, so why not to benefit a great organization.
Tri4Schools is a non-profit that puts on triathlons for kids around the community. They are hosting one at Middleton High School on Aug 20th and NEED OUR HELP!!!
We are going to be course marshals, telling runners and cyclists where to turn and keeping them out of harms way from traffic. It is really easy and fun and you get to CHEER them on all the way.
Our shift is Saturday, August 20th, from 7:30-11:30 am.
Let's get 20 Rotarians in Rotary gear out there to support our youth and get involved in our own communities!!!
You are invited to bring spouses/friends/kids. Please email me at saune@amfam.com and I will add you. We need to submit our number by next Friday.
If you cannot volunteer for this shift on Saturday but want to help out, please sign up here to get involved. You WON'T regret it.
Exchange Student Lucas Taglia Leaving for Buenos Aires
Lucas has interests in European history and political science. He’s also comfortable in both German and Spanish. He and his family have traveled the U.S. extensively, leaving him with a deep love for America’s national parks and for Washington D.C. He’s definitely got politics on his mind.
He’ll be attending a bilingual Spanish/German language school in Buenos Aires. He heard about the Rotary program through a friend who went to Germany as an Exchange Student. He had a chance to meet inbound students from Argentina at the Central States Conference.
August 27 at 10 am we plan to have a canoeing/paddling excursion for our members, families and friends down the Wisconsin River. We will start from the Blackhawk River Run canoe rental and public boat launch site on Highway Y a few miles southwest of Sauk City.
You can bring your own canoe or rent one from the canoe rental site.
Please bring your own food and drinks (NO GLASS) and we will have a picnic on a sandbank around noon. You can return from Arena at 5 pm.
We need everybody to sign up and pay by August 19. You can either sign up at our meetings or e-mail Svein Morner at smorner@sustaineng.com.
The cost for the canoeing will be as follows:
Rental Canoe: $35 per canoe
You can also arrange with the canoe rental to pick up your canoe ($20 per canoe) or to drive your car down ($20 per car) if you so wish.
The MWT-M Board is seeking candidates for the 2017-18 fiscal year. The Board of Directors has selected the Nominating Committee consisting of Derek, Tony Burns, Dean Ryerson, Ruth Domack and Matt Loch.
Please let the Nominating Committee know if you are interested in serving on the Board, or if you know of someone who would make a great Board Member.
From the August 2016 issue of The Rotarian
Quilts may be utilitarian objects, but Rod Buffington’s “quilt paintings” – watercolors on paper that are then covered with small bits of fabric – are geometrics where mathematics and whimsy intersect. Buffington, a member of the Rotary Club of Springfield, Ill., didn’t come up with this unusual method overnight. His voilà moment came as he beheld the mesmerizing quilts made by his grandmother, who lived to 104 and continued her craft until she was 98. To create his works, Buffington lays cotton fabric over paintings he has created, then hand-...
From the August 2016 issue of The Rotarian
Steven Goldsmith is a mediation and training leader with Mediators Beyond Borders International, an organization that develops local skills for peace building and conflict resolution around the world. Goldsmith was among 150 experts and leaders who gathered at a Rotary presidential conference in Ontario, Calif., to discuss issues related to resolving conflicts and reducing violence. More than 1,500 people attended the conference, the first of five hosted this year by 2015-16 Rotary President K.R. Ravindran and Foundation Trustee Chair Ray...
The General Manager of The Rotary Foundation/Chief Development Officer is responsible for the effective management and operations of The Rotary Foundation. Working closely with the executive management team and Rotary leadership, this position will oversee the fund development, polio eradication and partnership/sponsorship activities within the organization.
The position reports to the General Secretary and will ensure that strategies are aligned to achieve the goals of The Rotary Foundation, which include annual fund development goals in excess of US$300 million dollars. The leader will...
