As we are more than halfway through August, I am overdue on updating our website. Things have been busy for me, with a week-long trip through Michigan late July, my son getting married and me gaining a wonderful daughter-in-law really late in July, a trip to Minnesota’s International Falls and Voyageurs National Park earlier this month, and now packing for a week in Yellowstone National Park leading up to Labor Day. Oh, and two new adorable kittens. It’s been a busy summer.
Focusing on Rotary, August is a month of building the Rotary Team; club, district, and beyond. In our club, exciting news – we are working on updating our happy hour with different hosts and time. More to follow when all the details have been worked out. Also, LeRoy has graciously stepped up to take over Treasurer responsibilities. THANK YOU LeRoy!
Our Service Project with Family Health LaClinica is winding to a close. Sharon attended their Patient Appreciation Day earlier this month to meet with their employees and make a presentation. LaClinica and our Service Committee are interested in continuing collaboration on other projects. Stay tuned.
In our district, they are looking to fill some leadership positions, including Membership Chair, DEI Chair, Tri-Con Vice Chair among others. If you want to put your incredible leadership talents to use, see a more extensive list here.
Upcoming district events include:
Mental Wellness/Leadership Series: Coming Soon
UPDATED Vibrant Club Workshop: November 4th – Virtual and in person options
World Polio Day – October 24, 2023
Tri-Con (our Multi-District Conference) - April 19-20, 2024, Green Bay
For those of you on vacation or otherwise unable to attend, here is a recap of our August club meeting.
We recited the four way test to remind us of our Rotary ethics of truth, fairness, goodwill, friendships and beneficial to all.
Dwight spoke on our Rotary Foundation – Doing Good in the World. He spoke of where Rotary Foundation’s expenditures go, and how it is distributed over a three-year plan. He showed us how easy it is to set up Rotary Direct, where we can individually set giving amounts and frequency.
The Guatemala Service Project trip may still be looking for volunteers, check our club and the district website for more details.
The Friendship Exchange to Croatia is taking place in early September, they will be here sometime in 2024. See the 6250 District website for more details.
Our Happy Hour is still on summer pause. Anyone wishing to co-host please contact Peter.
LeRoy was the lucky winner of our 50-50 raffle. Congratulations LeRoy!
Dave Schroeder, MS, MA, CISSP, CEH with the University of Wisconsin - Madison, gave a very informative presentation on Artificial Intelligence – what it is, where it is, and why we should care. Thank you Dave! Be sure to check out the recording on our website https://changemakersrotary.org/
Our Rotary District will be hosting new member orientation throughout 2023 on every fifth Wednesday at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. It's time for our third set of one-hour orientations! The next chance to join is August 30.
This time together is designed to root Rotarians in our mission and values - to grow a sense of their own Rotary identity and sense of belonging in a global group of excellent friends. There is so much to learn about being a member of a Rotary Club and this orientation is designed to complement that and to give you - the newer Rotarian - a chance to spend time with Rotarians all around the District.
Our district clubs add over 200 new Rotarians every year. We - District 6250 - value you so much and want to serve you in a meaningful way.
This is not a series, it is a single opportunity, offered four days a year, at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. each of the four days.
The Rotary Foundation is one of the primary tools for Rotarians to achieve peace in our world. The support we give to The Rotary Foundation provides grants that improve health, well-being, environment, and peacebuilding through humanitarian service across the globe. The Changemakers Diabetes Support Project with Family Health La Clinica is our own example of The Rotary Foundation at work.
Wequalified for a District Grant because of our personal giving. That made it possible to nearly double the amount we raised using donations from District 6250 Rotarians.
Aswe begin a new Rotary year, please consider making your commitment to supporting The Rotary Foundation’s Annual Fund. Your support will be combined with that of over 1.3 million Rotarians around the world to achieve this year’s goal of $500 million. That total includes funding for District Grants, Global Grants, Polio Eradication, Disaster Response Grants, and much more.
Givingis easiest by going online and donating when you sign in at My Rotary.org. If you would like to budget your giving, Rotary Direct allows you to designate the amount, frequency, and use of your donations. I like to give monthly. It brings a smile with each credit card statement!
If you have questions about supporting Our Rotary Foundation, I would be happy to walk you through the options that align with your goals for supporting Rotary. OUR donations to support the work of Rotarians around the world bring hope for a brighter future to people and communities around the world.
Summers are super busy. Our Changemakers club will be taking a pause from the 6 pm third Tuesday Happy Hour for the months of July and August. Happy Hour will start up again in September.
We are looking for a co-host for the happy hour starting in September. It only takes one hour a month, and you get to pick the games and make the rules! If this sounds like a fun way for you to volunteer, please contact any of the club executives.
Happy almost summer! As most of you know by now, we have been notified by Madison College that they need the space that we occupy by September. We have ceased accepting donations until we find a new space and we are looking to finish packing the rest of our inventory. We recently sent a truckload down to Houston and we will be sending another one shortly, so we are making great progress but there are still plenty of books!
I've set the following dates going forward at the usual Saturday 10-12:30 time: June 24, July 8, July 22, and August 5. We've had such good turnouts through United Way with several group sign-ups which have been fun! If we can keep up this pace, we'll get it done.
We're exploring options for a new space, so please contact Gary and myself if you have any ideas.
As a reminder, we have a packing scheduled this Saturday, June 3. In the last week we've had 8 United Way volunteers sign up. Several have Epic emails so I'm thinking it's a group from there. However, we have plenty of room for more volunteers!
Please respond to Ellen Cook - ellenburleighcook@gmail.com if you can make it on any of these dates. It helps to know ahead of time if we will have enough volunteers.
Register in My Rotary if you haven't already done so, and go to
Our Happy Hour is still on summer pause. Anyone wishing to co-host please contact Peter.
Dave Schroeder, MS, MA, CISSP, CEH with the University of Wisconsin - Madison, gave a very informative presentation on Artificial Intelligence – what it is, where it is, and why we should care. Thank you Dave! Be sure to check out the recording on our website 
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