Highlights from the meeting:
Sharon Bradish, Val Wachuta, and Julie Zilmer from our club attended the Vibrant Club Workshop in downtown Madison on November 1st, networking with members from other clubs in our district and getting ideas on making our club more vibrant.
We are still in need of a president elect for the 2025-2026 Rotary year. PETS Training is in February, we can't wait until summer for someone to step up.
Reminder - the monthly district newsletter, the District Dispatch has information about upcoming events, friendship exchanges, what other clubs are doing, and tons of other stuff. Read your Dispatch, which lands in your email inbox the 15th of each month. If you haven't viewed it in a while, it has been reformatted for easier reading the articles most interesting to you.
Changemakers Rotary Club has received the 2024-2025 Club Excellence Award for achieving at least half of the goals in Rotary Club Central. We reached all 18 of our selected goals! Sure, we mentioned this last month, but it's a big enough deal to repeat ourselves!
For November - Foundation month in Rotary - our club donated 50% of the 50-50 raffle winnings to the Rotary Foundation. Rita Wachuta-Breckel, the lucky winner, also donated her winnings to the Foundation.
Join us for the service committee meetings, the fourth Tuesday of the month at 5:00 pm. This month's meeting will be November 25th. Find the meeting link on the website.
The theme of the 2026 Rotary Rose Bowl Float will be unite for good. There is magic in teamwork. #Unite for Good.
Our application for a Rotary Peace Pole for Elmwood Elementary's Peace Pollinator Garden in Zion Illinois has been approved. Final logistics to get the chosen languages on the pole and delivery are underway.
Other ongoing projects we are following include the Ukrainian Refugee School and Operation Pollination.
Next month Nancy Comello, of the Rotary Club of Madison West Middleton, will present her club's current project of Improving the health and survival of mothers and babies in Guatemala.
The remainder of the meeting covered what the Rotary International Foundation does and how it works.
Hello Volunteers,
In October we dedicated our meeting time to Rotary’s Eradicate Polio initiative. October 24th was World Polio Day for Rotarians and we were encouraged to give to the End Polio Now fund on the Rotary International Foundation donation page found at rotary.org. It’s not too late to donate and to watch the recording of the Changemakers October meeting. The end of polio is so close. Let’s help push it over the finish line.