After many months of work, we are finally able to celebrate the fact of our club becoming Chartered! Woo Hoo!! Thanks to our 20 founding members for their commitment and involvement!! We couldn't have done it without you!!!
We have put together an event where we will share our plans for the next year for our new club. We will hear from our Membership chair, Service Project chair, and our Social Media chair. Feel free to come prepared with questions for each of them and learn about the exciting things that are being planned!
The link to this meeting is posted on our website - www.changemakersrotary.org - July Regular meeting link, happening July 1, 7:30 a.m. social and 8:00 a.m. meeting.
The Changemakers Rotary Service Committee has been working on our first project! As we develop our relationship with Family Health La Clinica our first project will be a 30 day pilot program to provide requested personal and other items to La Clinica's patients. La Clinica indicated to us that many of their patients are unable to afford the most basic items required for personal care. So from July 1 to 31, club members will make a difference by selecting from a list of requested items, and then forwarding either the items or the cash to a central location. The list of items will be available in the coming days. Our goal is to have ALL members participate in some way, large or small. We're also hoping to be able to give members an opportunity to do hands-on service by helping to distribute the items. More on that in the next week.
With success in this small pilot program under our belts, we will hope to proceed to planning the next longer term project to support La Clinica, focused on assisting in the purchase of Blood Glucose Monitors which are desperately needed. This project will require us to leverage our Rotary contacts and experience and may even involve our first District grant.
On the international level, an important opportunity is being offered by our own D6250 Foundation: $30,000 in 30 Days Here's some information about it:
Nila is a refugee. Nila left behind soldiers and neighbors in Zaporizhzhia and attends Rotary Club meetings in her temporary home of Olstyn, Poland. There she met Irma, a fellow Rotarian and friend of D6250. Together, Nila and Irma are leading efforts to do the most good in the best way for the people and soldiers in Zaporizhzhia. Devastated by battles, without access to medical care, in desperate need of intensive humanitarian aid, Rotary Club of Olstyn Varnia, plans to send first aid kits in two sizes. The small kit will be designed to strap to a belt and the large kit will fill a backpack. The kits are intended for use not only by medics, but also by other people in the conflict area who are able to provide emergency first aid, saving health and life. The kits have been conceived and designed in consultation with military and medical leaders serving on the front line. Few opportunities to serve are so immediately necessary. Few opportunities will connect you so intimately with lives saved and tended. Will you help? We hope to raise $30,000 in 30 days – half of the project’s total cost. Gifts can be sent to our D6250 Foundation via the link below. Whether or not you have given to help Ukraine, we hope it will be your pleasure to help again. No gift is too small. Join other Rotarians from D6250, including some from the Changemakers Rotary by https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=btpEx5_3nCpEGXWOddF9cMSocloOXCk2thtGKr-8KDk0O1C6bSGvgWxy2oyrLT_36CcLigEz__Kh3Onb
Our service is also welcome at neighboring Rotary Clubs in their service projects. Many hands make light the work; we encourage you to reach out your hand to make a difference in your community.
And of course, random acts of kindness are always welcome!
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Cheryl Mader
"There is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it"
District events are designed to make the Rotary experience more fun and more successful for you and your club leaders and members. Please add these opportunities to your calendar and share them with your club.
Friendship Exchange is back! Please spread the word about an upcoming exchange to Poland. Interested Rotarians must express interest to PDG Edwin Bos by July 31, 2022.
Vibrant Club Workshop / One Rotary Summit (Presidents and Chairs, engaged club members) - Fall (exact date/time(s) TBD)
World Polio Day - October 24th. Lots of clubs fundraise for Polio in October.
Grant Management Seminars - Winter/Spring
Save the Date TriCon 2023 (our Multi-District Conference) - April 27-29 - La Crosse, Wisconsin - more info coming soon, feel free to check in for more at www.rotarytricon.com.
Description: We have good news that we are getting more and more books donated every week! So that means we have to get busy packing. The new dates are as follows and they are all on Saturdays from 10-12:30 except August 3 & 4, times above. - daily leader in parentheses:
July 9 (Thom) Epic Groups to meet us
July 23 (Thom and/or Ellen) Epic Groups to meet us
August 3 Baker Tilly volunteers to meet us
August 4 Baker Tilly volunteers to meet us
Aug 6 (Betsy)
Aug 20 (Gary and/or Ellen)
Sept 10 (Betsy)
Sept 24 (Ellen)
I will also be posting these on the United Way website and I'll add them to our club calendar. Please respond to me if you can attend on any of these dates and enjoy summer if it ever comes to stay!
Description: Can't participate this year? Or looking for another way to get involved in the Badger Challenge mission (formerly known as The Ride)? Consider volunteering!
Our volunteers play a critical role in the success of the event. We rely on volunteers to assist in pre-event support, participant services, course support, and so much more! And if you want to participate in the event we also have volunteer opportunities in the days leading up to the event as well! Learn more about available opportunities here or email us with any questions. We're happy to talk with you and help determine where your support is best suited.
Description: A trip to Guatemala next year to get to know our fellow Rotarians and their families, do service projects, see the sights and have some fun!
As many of you know, we are planning a trip to Guatemala next year to get to know our fellow Rotarians and their families, do service projects, see the sights and have some fun! Gary and Ana and I met with Alvaro and Patrick over zoom last week and together we planned a tentative itinerary for January 12-22 that Patrick has attached here. Patrick has included a breakdown of the cost per person for the amazing trip he has planned for us that you'll find at the end of the attached itinerary. We priced air travel costs at around $500/person, but obviously that can vary. Please look over the itinerary carefully because there are lots of options included to facilitate designing your trip for your comfort level. What we would like to know at this planning stage is how many of you feel interested in going on this trip. No commitment required just yet
