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With Sharon in Paris, Val lead the meeting. We recited the four way test to remind us of our Rotary ethics of truth, fairness, goodwill, friendships and beneficial to all. Thank you to current club officers, look for the full list on our website. We have leadership positions open for membership committee, foundation committee, president elect, president nominee, treasurer, and grants committee. Peter spun the wheel and was the winner of the 50/50 raffle. We are always looking for new members. If you're not a member already, join us for a meeting. We had our monthly encouragement for contributing to the Rotary foundation Annual Fund-SHARE. Anyone wishing to find more about the Rose Parade Rotary Float can click here. Committee meetings are the 4th Tuesday of the month, November 26th this month. We encourage you to find your passion, enhance your Rotary experience, and join or create a Rotary committee. Our Service Committee is still collecting funds for the District 6250 Ukrainian Refugee school, our district will match any donations 1:1. We viewed several photos of happy students and their certificates printed in the Ukrainian language. We are still collecting for new dental equipment for the Kalibo Philippines Rotary club. Changemakers has pledged $500, and so far we have collected $135. To help out, go to the District 6250 Foundation on rotary6250.org. Click on Donate Now, and select the Kalibo Philippines Dental Clinic from the dropdown. Operation Pollination's growing season is over. You can still participate by being lazy and Leave the Leaves until next Spring, so the pollinators have shelter for the winter. A winter reading assignment is to visit the website https://operationpollination.net/ Rotary Magazines - you can receive these online or print. The default is online. To switch to print, email data@rotary.ort or call the circulation department 866-976-8279. Rotary International has begun charging the clubs for the magazines, and so we need to pass this along to our members. Quarterly dues will be $75 starting on January 1st, 2025. Sun Prairie East High School Interact is up and busy. They will be doing Operation Christmas Child mid-November, packing Christmas shoeboxes for children in need. As Changemakers is the Interact club's sponsor, it would be nice if our members could chip in on the cost of supplies. Anyone wishing to help out, contact Sharon or venmo her, and she will see that they receive it. Vibrant Club workshop is next Saturday, November 9th in Tomah. There will be another session in Madison in January. Tricon will be April 25 - 26 in Brookfield Wisconsin next Spring. Registration opens December Ninth. Next month's meeting will be Friday, December 7th. Sharon will be with Susan Holding of the Little French Bakery. Come and meet the Master Pastry Chef and get some ideas for holiday baking. Erin Luken was our guest speaker, talking about things that our foundation is doing in the district and around the world. She started with a Polio update, as October was Polio month. The Foundation has already awarded nearly $70,000 to 12 district grants, and the money for this year is gone. District grants are increasing in popularity, so they may require goals and prioritize requests in the future. They are accepting applications for Graduate level Global Scholars and Peace Studies. There is a new Service Project Center spc.rotary.org . This will replace the project showcase, and any club member can add a project, or view what other clubs have done or how they did it. District Designated Funds, or DDF is going through some changes. DDF funds will expire after five years, so the money must be spent or it goes back to International. This is because other districts were holding onto large amounts of funds instead of spending it on projects. Our district will implement solutions to spend down what is currently in D6250. Keep an eye out for news in the District Dispatch. The Rotary Foundation is launching a Million Dollar journey in November, to be completed at Trican 2026, about 18 months later. Erin shared a slide of how a monetary gift can grow and produce more earnings than the original amount, funding more projects. Coming up in D6250 - Vibrant Club Workshop in November, and again January 11th in Madison. Grant seminar will be held in February 2025. Tricon will be April 25 & 26. The RI Convention will be in Calgary, June 21 - 25. Someone from our club needs to attend the grant management seminar (2025). Online training also available, cert needs to be sent to Erin. The presentation ended with a request to support the Rotary Foundation. DDF comes from the Annual Fund-SHARE. Giving is easy using Rotary Direct. Consider giving at the Paul Harris Society level.
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We are Rotarians. What makes us tick? We believe in Service above self. In the United States we will celebrate Thanksgiving later this month. Many people reflect about what makes them grateful in November. I am so grateful for all of you Changemakers. Who else will be thinking about our service and expressing their gratitude for the Changemakers Rotary Club?
An article in the October Rotary Magazine caught my eye. Entitled “Bring Rotary to work” by Bea Boccalandro who is the author of Do Good at Work: How Simple Acts of Social Purpose Drive Success and Well-being. This article made me think! What do I do in my daily life that serves others? I’m retired; but, that doesn’t exclude me. I often bake bread for my neighbors and I tutor adults in Spanish conversation groups. I started reading the author’s examples of doing good at work. I will summarize some of her ideas. A parking attendant who started noticing bald tires and kindly suggesting to his customers that for their safety they needed to get new tires. He put his phone down and started having multiple interactions every day and it made him feel good about his work. In a city where there is lack of clean drinking water, a business offers a free water station for the public and shares its filtered water. A bank invites nonprofits to use its parking lot during non-business hours for activities like car washes and health fairs. A hair salon that offers a free haircut to veterans or to people looking for a job, the ideas are endless. A business could loan a conference room for community meetings or to display local art. 
We can all invite colleagues, friends, and family to Rotary meetings and events. Boccalandro, a member of the Rotary Club of San Clemente, California, states, “Even if your busy work schedule does not allow you to participate in service events, with a little creative thinking, you can serve.”
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