Rotary Shines

ROTARY SHINES

Rotary Shines, our Club’s one and only fundraiser, will be held on Tuesday, May 3 beginning at 6:00 p.m. at Fox Valley Technical College. The cost is $100 which admits 2 adults. For those who have not yet purchased their Rotary Shines ticket, they will be sold before and after our meetings. The proceeds of Rotary Shines will benefit the Housing Partnership of the Fox Cities, the Peruvian Mobile Medical Project and PolioPlus. Sponsors of Rotary Shines include:

Lead Sponsor Goodwill Industries

Supporting Sponsors Community First Credit Union, Fiduciary Partners, Nicolet Bank, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Wells Fargo Bank, Schenck SC and Barb Merry/Gail Popp.

Friends Sponsors East Wisconsin Savings Bank, Pfefferle & Companies, Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, American National Bank, Bassett Mechanical, Jennifer Wanke, Frank Rippl, Lynn Peters and Val Wyllie.

In-Kind Sponsors Willems Marketing, Festival Foods, Fox Valley Technical College and InstaPrint, Plus, Foxley’s Gallery

If you would like to become a sponsor, please e-mail JoEllen Wollangk at jbwollangk@wisconsin.bbb.org. The sponsorship levels are: Supporting Sponsor ($500) or Friends Sponsor ($100-$499).

The Fundraising Committee is also looking for silent auction items. Be creative. Past items include: tickets to an event, catered meals, jewelry, guided activities and one of a kind items. Donations should be dropped off at Nicolet National Bank located at 900 W. College Avenue in Appleton prior to April 26. To help accurately describe items and recognize donors, please complete a silent auction form which can be found on our website – www.appletonrotary.org. If you would like to donate an item or if you have any questions, please contact Nancy Johnshoy at njohnshoy@nicoletbank.com,

Live Auction Items: 1) Beautifully framed Bird’s Eye Print of Appleton (donated by The History Museum and Foxley’s Gallery), 2) Spectacular Entrance 21 Package for the Performing Arts Center including 12 tickets to a Boldt Alive event, private entrance and special room for just your group, valet parking, hors d’oeuvres, drinks, and box seats for the performance (donated by the PAC), 3) an exciting Ride in Jim Perry’s Race Car at Road America (donated by Jim Perry), and 4) the chance to sponsor doors, windows, sheets, towels and other items needed by the Housing Partnership to rehab and outfit the apartments for people in need in our community. If you cannot attend the event, feel free to ask someone to bid on these wonderful live auction items for you.

Food Theme Series - Food Community - April 26, 2011

On Tuesday, April 26, the Program Committee will be presenting the 4^th in the Food Theme Series – Food Community. This meeting will be held at Lawrence University – Warch Center beginning at 12:10 p.m. There will be a panel discussion with the following speakers and Karen Laws will be our moderator and Joy Perry will do a wrap up:

Jeff Clark, Lawrence University – SLUG Community Garden

Wayne Craig, Grassway Farms – Grass or Organic Farmer

Ken Buelow, Holsum Farms – Mega Farmer

If you plan to attend this meeting, please contact Kathy Dreyer so that we can let Lawrence know how many to expect for lunch.

Parking will be available at the Methodist and Presbyterian Churches located at the corners of Meade Street and College Avenue or a shuttle bus will be provided from the side door of the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel at 11:20, 11:35 and 11:55 a.m. Please contact Kathy if you would like to take the shuttle since space is limited.

Housing Partnership of the Fox Cities

Thanks to the Orange team and others who volunteered for the Housing Partnership for the Fox Cities on Saturday, April 9th.

Hoops of Hope

Hoops of Hope is the world’s largest free-throw marathon. Similar to a walk-a-thon, participants raise awareness and funds for children who have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS by shooting free throws. 100% of all funds raised through our free throw marathons go directly to care for orphan children in highly affected areas. This year, participants from all over the world, will shoot thousands of free throws to represent the thousands of kids orphaned each day.

There will be a "Hoops of Hope for World Vision” event held on Saturday, April 30 from 9AM until 4PM. The fund raiser will be held in the McGuire Gym at the Appleton downtown YMCA located at 218 E. Lawrence Street. Fact sheets, sign-up/volunteer forms and donation forms can be found under the member / forms and documents pull-down above.

For additional information please see Lauren Devalk, Annie Cameron, or Erica Hamilton.

Rotary Youth Exchange

We have the opportunity to host a young lady from Germany. Before our Club can accept her application, we need one host family. If you are interested in being her first or a subsequent host family, please contact Robb Waugus at Robert_Waugus@usc.salvationarmy.org or Steve Taylor at stevet249@hotmail.com.

SAMP is Going Jamaican

Let’s celebrate Jamaica – the recipient of the next shipment of SAMP medical supplies. The Family of Rotary Committee invites you to come early for a special Jamaican meal of Jerk Chicken Sandwiches, Caribbean Rice and Beans and fruit salad topped off with a chocolate rum cake to die for - with a background of Jamaican music to get your toes tapping. Then we’ll “dance” down the hall to pack medical supplies from 6:30-8:00 p.m. Bring friends, spouses and new Rotarians. Or bring your best Rotary friend who has never been to SAMP packing before. It’s a great way to get introduced to SAMP packing. Once you’ve tried it you won’t be able to stay away!

Tuesday, April 26
5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Goodwill Shiner Center
1341 W. Spencer Street (parking lot off of Outagamie), Appleton

Housing Partnership of the Fox Cities

The Housing Partnership of the Fox Cities will be one of the beneficiaries of Rotary Shines. In addition to the financial support they will be receiving, we will also be providing volunteer opportunities through the Rotary Ambassador teams. Each team is assigned a Saturday to paint, put up siding, install cabinetry, tear down a garage, landscape, clean up, etc. a house on Wisconsin Avenue. The teams are assigned to the following days:

April 9 – Orange team

April 16 – White team

April 30 – Yellow team

May 14 – Red team