We started the meeting with Rotary's Four Way Test. This test, adopted by Rotary in 1943, is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships. The test has been translated into more than 100 languages, and Rotarians recite it at club meetings:Of the things we think, say or do
Friendship Exchange - Next is Croatia Sept 7 - 18 of this year. Check out the district website for more information. Several past Friendship Exchange participants were present at the June meeting.
Prairie du Chien is hosting a Wings Over PdC Fly-In on Saturday, July 8, with a steak and egg breakfast. This could be a group social event for us. Cheryl will be there. Check out Prairie du Chien Rotary Club Facebook page, or contact Cheryl for more information.
Welcome to Sharon Bradish, who will be joining our club in July. Welcome Sharon, glad to have you in our club!
July is New Leadership month. With that, Val Wachuta will become the new president. A HUGE THANK YOU to LeRoy Kemnitz for the past two years of leadership and chartering the club. Additional leadership roles are: Club meeting lead - Peter Groth
Service Project - Cheryl reported that our grant will be part of the 23/24 cycle. We will make a presentation to LaClinica at the end of July at Wautoma. We will be meeting our goal, we are finishing up making sure all things are done. A HUGE thank you to Cheryl and Dwight. Cheryl stated that the table at Tricon was very helpful. Using it, we showed we are working with other clubs and outside the district.
Our speaker for the month was Mary Van Hout of the Madison West Middleton Rotary Club. She spoke about the Oliveros Scholarship Fund. It started with an idea after working on the Guatemala Medical Resource Project. The medical clinic lasts 4-1/2 days, in a school facility. Rotarians working there found that public schooling only goes through sixth grade. One member started a scholarship fun for three children to go to school. Each year the project grew as demand grew. A process was put in place and adjusted to select the students with better grades and attendance. A local businessman and his daughter help on the Guatemala end, distributing the funds as needed. 100% of the donations go to scholarships, so the Rotary club provides monies for additional costs, i.e. wifi to interview applicants. Currently there are 55 students in middle and high school, and 16 university students.
They are in need of people skilled in medical fields, the GMRP application just went out for next January. The scholarship fund is looking for donations and support. They spend $20,000 - $25,000 each year on scholarships.
For more information, see https://www.oliverosfund.org/home, or https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uJW-KTGUSL-SD45jvP1yOTe1WNw9f0he/edit#slide=id.p1
Happy Hour will be June 20th at 6 pm.