I
wanted to take a minute to say Thank you to everyone in the club for welcoming
me as the new Administrative Assistant.
I am truly blessed to be part of such an amazing group of
individuals. I am also blessed that this
club allows me to work from home and to spend quality time with my husband,
Rayn (rain) and my two young sons, Charlie (5) and Grady (1). It has been a great transition for me and my
family and I just wanted to say Thank you!
I hope you all have a Happy Holiday and we will see you again in 2015!
Rotary Images
Thursday, December 18, 2014
REMINDER
Reminder there will be no meetings held
on December 23 and December 30th due to the Holidays.
NEXT MEETING- JANUARY 6TH – NEW NORTH
Over
the last decade, retailers, hospitality and other services have taken over as
the nation’s largest employers, but Wisconsin has clung to its heritage and
manufacturing remains the state’s biggest employer. On January 6th
Jerry Murphy, Executive Director of the NEW NORTH will be here to talk about
the NEW NORTH’s involvement in building brand awareness and promoting business
development for manufacturing companies in Northeast Wisconsin.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
·
The
Courtesy Award is given to recognize vocational excellence in the Fox Valley
area. It is presented to people who work directly with the public and
have exhibited exceptional service or uncommon courtesy to the people they
serve. It is one of the club's oldest awards, given to those in the
community who demonstrate the Rotary ideal of Service above self. Rotarians are
encouraged to submit nominations, which must be received by January
23, 2015. The rules and nomination forms are available on our
website at http://www.focol.org/aprotary/Documents/2015Courtesy.pdf
·
The
district wants to invite members to apply for the District Governor position
for 2017-2018. If you have any interest
in applying please contact Meghan and she can give you the information.
·
Orientation,
Orientation, O-RIE-N-TATION…for all new members will be held on January 13th. Please attend the meeting as normal and you
will be dismissed to meet in a smaller room with the orientation
committee. If you have any questions
please contact Meghan at rotaryappleton@gmail.com.
HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
Our Holiday Celebration began with
Frank Rippl playing the piano. President Deborah welcomed members and
guests. Robb Waugus gave the invocation.
Robb spoke about the “reason for the season”.
Robb participated in a program at Tanner School in Kaukauna with 4K
students called “caring is sharing”.
These students raised money for the USMC “Toys for Tots” program and
then went shopping with their parents to purchase a new toy and then donate
that toy for a child in need. This week
here in the Fox Cities over twenty four hundred families in need will go to the
Salvation Army’s toy shop distribution to get plenty of new toys for their
children. Over 400 families in need will
be helped by the Adopt a Family program in addition to all of the families receiving
food baskets in order to celebrate the season with a special meal. All of this is made possible by your
generosity, so we thank you and wish you a healthy and happy New Year.
Before lunch was served, Ruth Ann
Heeter and Tony Gonzalez talked about Christmas memories. Ruth Ann told a
touching story about a Christmas that meant a lot to her and her family and
even made her choke up at the end of the story.
Tony told a story about a Christmas where his family helped a fellow
neighbor in need. After each story we
began lunch and you could hear all the Christmas stories being shared throughout
the banquet hall.
After lunch, NewVoices performed several
Christmas songs to the Club. Some of
their songs included The First Noel, Hark
the Hearld Angels Sing and Joy to the World. They did a wonderful job and put everyone in
the Christmas spirit.
Thanks to the Family of Rotary Committee for
arranging this program: Tony Gonzalez
(Chair), Ruth Ann Heeter, Nancy Heykes, Nancy Johnshoy and Eric Oelhafen
(co-chair). Also thanks to Frank Rippl
for playing the piano, NewVoices, the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel and staff for
the wonderful lunch and service they provide us every Tuesday and everyone who
made a donation to the Boys and Girls Club.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
If you are planning on attending the Holiday Celebration please let Meghan know by Friday, December 12th. You can email her at rotaryappleton@gmail.com. Also, if you plan on bringing a guest please let Meghan know who that guest is so we can plan accordingly.
Thank you and see you Tuesday!
Thank you and see you Tuesday!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
·
The
Courtesy Award is given to recognize vocational excellence in the Fox Valley
area. It is presented to people who work directly with the public and
have exhibited exceptional service or uncommon courtesy to the people they
serve. It is one of the club's oldest awards, given to those in the
community who demonstrate the Rotary ideal of Service above self. Rotarians are encouraged to submit
nominations, which must be received by January 23, 2015.
The rules and nomination forms are available on our website at http://www.focol.org/aprotary/Documents/2015Courtesy.pdf
·
The
district wants to invite members to apply for the District Governor position
for 2017-2018. If you have any interest
in applying please contact Meghan and she can give you the information.
·
Orientation,
Orientation, O-RIE-N-TATION…for all new members will be held on January 13th. Please attend the meeting as normal and you
will be dismissed to meet in a smaller room with the orientation
committee. If you have any questions
please contact Meghan at rotaryappleton@gmail.com.
THUMBNAIL-DAN FLANNERY
Dan
Flannery is the new VP of Communications at Goodwill Industries. He is the former Editor in Chief with the
Appleton Post Crescent for the past 28 years.
He has been a journalist for over 34 years and has written a few 100
columns as life as we know it. Dan has 2
daughters and 3 grandsons. He is a
graduate from Laona High School and the University of Green Bay. He is also a recent resident of Darboy. Dan shared a seasonal piece from 2008 about
his RFL (Reason for Living) wife, Mary.
I have attached the link: http://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2014/06/28/best-flannery-second-thought-first-thought-better/11661601/ Also, I am attaching a link to all 62
or so of the “Best of Flannery” columns for your reading pleasure from the Post
Crescent: http://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/local/2014/06/28/best-flannery-columns/11633669/
2014 ANNUAL MEETING
President Deborah formally declared that the
2014 Annual Meeting is open and the only order of business on the agenda is the
election of officers and board members.
A motion was made that having received no other nominations for the
elected officers and directors for the club for the year 2015/2016 that the
nominations be closed. Seconded. Motion carried.
President
Deborah submitted for approval the following individuals:
Immediate Past
President Deborah Wetter
President Sridhar
President Elect Jennifer Stephany
Secretary Chad Hershner
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms Jon Kester
One Year Term Board Members Two Year Term Board Members
Ruth Ann Heeter John
Nygaard
Gary Hermsen Andrew Micheletti
Rosie Cannizzo Jake
Woodford
Shana Shallue Sonia Barham
Motion
was made to accept this list of nominations as presented? Seconded.
Motion carried.
Having no further business motion was
made to adjourn the 2014 Annual Meeting.
Seconded. Motion carried.
NOBEL CONFERENCE 2014
In a typical year, more than 5,000
people descend on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College, in southeast
Minnesota, for the annual Nobel Conference.
This year, 100 students and community members from the Fox Cities made
the trek in 2 buses and heard inspiring speakers for 2 days. Mark Jenike, an anthropology professor from
Lawrence, and his son Brian will share their experience at this year’s
conference. Note that a father and son
duo will present. For the Jenikes, the
conference was a family experience. Mark
has Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate degrees from Harvard and UCLA, all in
Anthropology. As an assistant professor
at Lawrence, he organized an evaluation of the Education for Healthy Kids pilot
project at Johnston Elementary School.
That led to a study of food and nutrition at Appleton East and West High
Schools. The findings from these projects were published in Human Organization,
the journal of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Mark served for three years on the board of
the Appleton Education Foundation, and currently serves on the Nobel steering
committee. Mark’s son Brian is a junior
at Appleton West, a member of the National Honor Society, and an AP
scholar. He was a member of the 2014
Science Bowl team from Appleton West that traveled to Washington DC to compete
in the national tournament. Brian is
also a member of the West math team and has won several silver and gold medals
in Fox Valley Math League tournaments.
He plays piano and clarinet, and is a member of the Lawrence Community
Gamelan, and the First Congregational UCC youth bell choir. Both Mark and Brian spoke about the different
speakers they had the privilege to listen to and learn from. Mark touched on a speaker by the name of
Jennifer West, PhD. He was intrigued to
hear that her lab is developing techniques to use a patient’s own cells to grow
replacement blood vessels by synthesizing so-called “scaffold materials,” which
mimic extracellular matrices and provide structure for the growth of
replacement blood vessels. This could be
a big breakthrough for cancer radiation treatments. Both speakers gave great information
regarding the conference
and even referenced next year’s conference in 2015. The
conference will be about “Addiction”. For
more information regarding the Nobel Conference you can check out the website
at https://gustavus.edu/events/nobelconference/2014/. You can also check out the Nobel Conference
on You Tube by typing in Nobel prize 50.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
DUCKS UNLIMITED-AMERICA'S ENERGY
Ducks Unlimited is an
international nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of wetlands
and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, other wildlife and people. In January 2012 it had roughly 597,000 members. Their Mission: Ducks Unlimited conserves,
restores, and manages wetlands and associated habitats for North America’s
waterfowl. These habitats also benefit
other wildlife and people. Their Vision:
The vision of Ducks Unlimited is wetlands sufficient to fill the skies with
waterfowl today, tomorrow and forever. Thanks to decades of abiding by that
single mission, Ducks Unlimited is now the world’s largest and most effective
private waterfowl and wetlands conservation organization. DU is able to deliver its work through a
series of partnerships with private individuals, landowners, agencies,
scientific communities and other entities.
Waterfowl are not the only beneficiaries of DU’s habitat work. Wetlands improve the overall health of our
environment by recharging and purifying groundwater, moderating floods and
reducing soil erosion. The United States
alone has lost more than half of its original wetlands, and tens of thousands
of wetland acres continue to be lost at an accelerating rate each year. Each year, DU volunteers and staff hold more
than 4,000 fundraising events across the country. By simply attending a local event, you can
have a great time while helping DU fill the sky with waterfowl for future
generations. If you are interested in
finding out about these opportunities or joining Ducks Unlimited you can simply
log on to their website at www.ducks.org.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
·
A
fellow Rotarian and friend, Merle Mueller passed away on Thanksgiving Day. The club had a moment of silence in his
honor.
·
Reminder
there will be no meetings held on December
23 and December 30th
due to the Holidays.
·
Rotary
Shines sold out of chocolates this year…60 boxes! If you were unable to attend the meeting on
December 2nd but ordered chocolate Amy Flanders will have your
chocolate. Again, the price per box is
$20.00.
·
The
Courtesy Award is given to recognize vocational excellence in the Fox Valley
area. It is presented to people who work directly with the public and
have exhibited exceptional service or uncommon courtesy to the people they
serve. It is one of the club's oldest awards, given to those in the
community who demonstrate the Rotary ideal of Service above self. Rotarians are encouraged to submit
nominations, which must be received by January 23, 2015.
The rules and nomination forms are available on our website at http://www.focol.org/aprotary/Documents/2015Courtesy.pdf
·
The
district wants to invite members to apply for the District Governor position
for 2017-2018. If you have any interest
in applying please contact Meghan and she can give you the information.
·
Daniel
Krueger has resigned from our club due to not being able to attend meetings.
SAMP ANNOUNCEMENT
Help
is on the Way!!! District Governor, Tom
Berkedal, made an announcement to the club that SAMP will be receiving a grant
of $10,000 from the district. This will
allow us to keep SAMP going and also to work with other clubs in the district.
2014 HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
The
holiday season is here and it is time once again for the annual Rotary Holiday
luncheon hosted by the Family of Rotary Committee. This year’s event will be held at the
Radisson Paper Valley Hotel on Tuesday, December 16 from 11:30 to 1:00pm. Entertainment will be provided by the
NewVoices (formerly White Heron Chorale).
Please sign up at the registration table starting Nov. 25th
so we have an accurate count of Rotarians and guests. You may also email your RSVP to Meghan at rotaryappleton@gmail.com . There
will be a $12.00 charge for guests and “attendance not required” members.
As
is our holiday tradition, we will again collect cash donations and items for
those in our community who are less fortunate.
This year’s charitable recipient is the Boys & Girls Club. Donations
of cash and goods will be collected at the Holiday Lunch. If you would like a wish list please contact
Meghan and she will provide that.
Friday, November 28, 2014
HOLIDAY CELEBRATION-DECEMBER 16TH
The
holiday season is here and it is time once again for the annual Rotary Holiday
luncheon hosted by the Family of Rotary Committee. This year’s event will be held at the
Radisson Paper Valley Hotel on Tuesday, December 16 from 11:30 to 1:00pm. Entertainment will be provided by the
NewVoices (formerly White Heron Chorale).
Please sign up at the registration table starting Nov. 25th
so we have an accurate count of Rotarians and guests. You may also email your RSVP to Meghan at rotaryappleton@gmail.com . There
will be a $12.00 charge for guests and “attendance not required” members.
As
is our holiday tradition, we will again collect cash donations and items for
those in our community who are less fortunate.
This year’s charitable recipient is the Boys & Girls Club. Donations
of cash and goods will be collected at the Holiday Lunch. A “Wish List” of items is attached.
NATIONAL HEARING LOOP-JULIETTE STERKENS
Fox Valley Hearing Loop, LLC is located in
Oshkosh, Wisconsin and is owned by Juliette Sterkens and LeRoy Maxfield. Dr. Juliette Sterkens has practiced as an
audiologist in the Fox Valley since 1983.
Dr. Sterkens was named the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA)
Hearing Loop Advocate and she travels around the country to increase awareness
about hearing loss, and the need for an increase in the use of hearing loops to
improve hearing accessibility. A hearing
loop, also known as an Induction or Audio Loop, provides a magnetic, wireless
signal that is picked up by the hearing aid when it is set to “T” (Telecoil)
setting. The loop systems consists of a
microphone to pick up the spoken word; an amplifier which processes the signal
which is then sent through the final piece; the induction loop, a wire placed
around the perimeter of a room to act as an antenna that radiates the magnetic
signal to the hearing aid. The purpose
of a hearing loop helps persons who use hearing aids that are equipped with
T-coils hear sounds from a PA system directly and clearly in the hearing aids,
because it reduces or cuts out background noise. There are several locations that have hearing
loop installations in Wisconsin. Here is
a list of them in the Appleton area:
All
Saints Episcopal Church
Appleton
Public Library
Audiology
& Hearing Services
Dr.
Mike Thelen
First
Congregational Church
First
English Lutheran Church of Appleton
First
United Methodist Church
Fox
Cities Performing Arts Center
•
Kimberly Clark Theater
•
Thrivent Hall
•
Ticket Window in lobby
Fox
Valley Unitarian Universalist
Fox
Valley Luth.High School auditorium
Heritage
& Peabody Senior Communities
Memorial
Presbyterian Church
Prince
of Peace Lutheran Church
Sacred
Heart Catholic Church & Chapel
St
Bernadette Catholic Church
St
John’s Lutheran Church
St
Fidelis Friary
St
Mary Catholic Church & Community Room
St
Matthew Lutheran Church
St
Pius Catholic Church
Thompson
Community Center
Zounds
Hearing Aids Office
If you would like more information
regarding hearing loops you can visit the website at loopwisconsin.com or
hearingloop.org or hearingloss.org.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
·
Rotary
Shines is currently selling Chocolate boxes.
Each box sells for $20 and contains an assortment of Wilmar’s best
sellers. Cash or check will be collected
upon delivery of the chocolates at our meeting on December 2nd. If you are unable to attend the meeting and
would like to order please contact Meghan at rotaryappleton@gmail.com
·
The
Courtesy Award is given to recognize vocational excellence in the Fox Valley
area. It is presented to people who work directly with the public and
have exhibited exceptional service or uncommon courtesy to the people they serve.
It is one of the club's oldest awards, given to those in the community who
demonstrate the Rotary ideal of Service above self. Rotarians are encouraged to submit nominations, which must be
received by January 23, 2015. The rules and
nomination forms are available on our website at http://www.focol.org/aprotary/Documents/2015Courtesy.pdf
·
The
district wants to invite members to apply for the District Governor position for
2017-2018. If you have any interest in
applying please contact Meghan and she can give you the information.
December 9th Meeting
Next week, “In a typical year, more than
5,000 people descend on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College for the annual
Nobel Conference. On Dec. 9, Mark Jenike, an
anthropology professor from Lawrence, will be here to speak about this year’s
conference and the impact that the experience of attending the conference has
had on his students.”
Thursday, November 20, 2014
NON-PROFIT ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
The program for our meeting was the third installment of the Rotary
Non-Profit Roundtables. Over the years,
the Club has had many inquiries from nonprofit organizations to make
presentations about their organizations to inform members about what they
do. Today, members were assigned a table
with a director/executive of a nonprofit organization. Each director/executive director made a
presentation and then time was left for discussion and questions.
Those
members and organizations were:
Jan
Quinlan with Friends of Appleton Public Library
Tonya
Dedering with Affinity Health
Mary
Downs with Fox Valley Technical College
John
Hagins with Community Blood Center
Mary
Harp-Jirschele with J.J. Keller Foundation
Joe
Mauthe with The Housing Partnership
David
Weiss with Boys and Girls Brigade
Greg
Woller with Big Brothers Big Sisters
Jan
Smith with Bergstorm Mauler Museum
Michelle Devine-Giese with STEP
Industries
We would like to thank everyone,
especially the non-profit leaders who shared their information with the
club. We hope everyone enjoyed the
conversations and discussions at your table.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
· Rotary
Shines is currently selling Chocolate boxes.
Each box sells for $20 and contains an assortment of Wilmar’s best
sellers. Cash or check will be collected
upon delivery of the chocolates at our meeting on December 2nd. Please help support Rotary Shines and sign up
at next week’s meeting. If you are
unable to attend the meeting and would like to order please contact Meghan at
rotaryappleton@gmail.com
· The
Courtesy Award is given to recognize vocational excellence in the Fox Valley
area. It is presented to people who work directly with the public and
have exhibited exceptional service or uncommon courtesy to the people they
serve. It is one of the club's oldest awards, given to those in the
community who demonstrate the Rotary ideal of Service above self. Rotarians are encouraged to submit
nominations, which must be received by January 23, 2015.
The rules and nomination forms are available on our website at http://www.focol.org/aprotary/Documents/2015Courtesy.pdf
2014 Holiday Celebration Announcement
The
holiday season is here and it is time once again for the annual Rotary Holiday
luncheon hosted by the Family of Rotary Committee. This year’s event will be held at the
Radisson Paper Valley Hotel on Tuesday, December 16 from 11:30 to 1:00pm. Entertainment will be provided by the
NewVoices (formerly White Heron Chorale).
Please sign up at the registration table starting Nov. 25th
so we have an accurate count of Rotarians and guests. You may also email your RSVP to Meghan at rotaryappleton@gmail.com . There
will be a $12.00 charge for guests and “attendance not required” members.
As
is our holiday tradition, we will again collect cash donations and items for
those in our community who are less fortunate.
This year’s charitable recipient is the Boys & Girls Club. Donations
of cash and goods will be collected at the Holiday Lunch. A “Wish List” of items is available by email at rotaryappleton@gmail.com.
December 2nd Meeting
Chris Anderson, the Regional Director for Ducks Unlimited in
charge of fundraising and community relations for North East Wisconsin, a
graduate of MI Technological University with a degree in Biology and has been
with the Ducks for 13 years will be speaking to our club. Also, Bruce Deadman, an attorney for Davis
and Kuelthau in Green Bay, was the past WI DU state chairman and recently
chaired the national committee on youth and education. He is currently on
the DU Mexico national board and locally serves on the De Pere Ducks Unlimited
board will join him.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
NEXT WEEKS MEETING- NOVEMBER 25TH- WISCONSINEYE PUBLIC AFFAIRS NETWORK
Next week, “Are you interested in the proceedings
of a committee in the Wisconsin Assembly or Senate? Did you know that
WisconsinEye, a non-profit, private cable network, records and airs sessions of
the Wisconsin State Assembly and Senate, plus committee meetings and other
programs of state interest such as panels and town halls? On November 25, Jon Henkes, President of WisconsinEye, will brief
us on this important service.”
ANNOUNCEMENTS
· Please mark your
calendars for April 17th
for the Rotary Shines Annual Fundraiser!
· The Appleton Area
School District is having an Open House on Wednesday, November 19th. There are 2 options to pick from. First is
the School Bus Tour which meets at East at 8:15 am. You will have a tour of East High and ride a
bus to visit Johnson Elementary, Madison Middle and West High. Lunch will be provided and a bus will bring
you back to East by 12:15 p.m. Your second choice is to Visit School(s) of your
choice. All AASD school will offer tours
beginning at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. and will last approximately 1 hour. If you are interested in joining please call
Cheryl Nisler at 920-832-6301 or email at NislerCheryl@aasd.k12.wi.us. Advanced reservations are required.
· The district wants to
invite members to apply for the District Governor position for 2017-2018. If you have any interest in applying please
contact Meghan and she can give you the information.
THUMBNAILS
Bill
Mullarkey
is proud that he grew up on the Mullarkey Farm in Bear Creek, Wisconsin. His dad was a 3rd generation
farmer and had the family farm for over 160 years. Bill learned many traits while growing up on
his family farm. The start time got
earlier and earlier as he would get older which taught him how to manage his
time later in life. After college Bill
moved back to the Fox Cities and met his wife.
His mother was so excited! Bill
was 42 when he got engaged and his mom was worried he would never get
married. She wore out 3 Rosaries praying
that Bill would find his true love and that he did. Bill married his wife Sue and became a family
with 2 step-sons. His parents always
encouraged Bill and his 2 sisters to get involved. Bill is involved with the
Appleton Curling Club and has been on the board of directors. He is also involved with his parish council
at Holy Cross and does Octoberfest fundraisers.
Bill is very active in our community and is looking forward of being a
member of the Rotary Club of Appleton.
Jeff
Schultz is
a Wisconsin native and grew up in Watertown.
In his early 30’s Jeff and his wife Cheryl relocated because of a job
change with Valley Bank to Appleton.
Jeff has been married to Cheryl for 33 years and has 3 grown children. Bill is very proud grandfather to 3
grandchildren. Jeff works at Evans Title
and we all know with his type of work you are either really busy or really
slow…depending on the market. With
Jeff’s slow time he likes to volunteer at his church, Mount Olive. He is looking forward to getting more
involved with the club and meeting new people.
John
Ulness is
an average cribbage player, according to Steve Taylor. They have been playing cribbage together for
28 years. John said he learned
everything he knows about cribbage from Steve.
John grew up in Valders, Wisconsin.
He always admired the city of Appleton from when he was a child. He remembers driving through the city
thinking it was a great town. John and
his wife, Pam met in college at St. Paul.
When they were married John asked Pam if she would like to move to
Appleton. He said she jumped in the car
so fast that he knew she was excited for the move. John and his wife Pam live and work in
downtown Appleton. They are in the
Health Insurance business. They have 4
grown children. John is proud to be a
member of a great community he admired as a young child. He is looking forward to learn more about the
club.
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MEMBER SPONSOR PINS
Chad Hershner and Andrew Micheletti, Co-Chairs
of the Membership Committee, presented sponsor pins to 4 of our members. Those members were: Dawn Doberstein for
sponsoring John Hagins, Jon Kester for sponsoring Andrew Dane, Jennifer
Stephany for sponsoring Patrick Minskey and Bob Woodford for sponsoring Jake
Woodford. Brian Casey could not attend
the meeting but received a pin for sponsoring Jenni Eickelberg. The Membership Committee is still offering
lunch tickets to those interested in becoming members of the club. If you would like to bring a potential guest
to a meeting and need a lunch ticket please contact Chad or Andrew. One last note, the Membership Committee will
be having a Membership Drive in January
Nominating Committee Report
Today,
Sridhar presented the slate of officers for the 2015/2016 Rotary year. The membership has two weeks to present
additional candidates. Additional nominations of directors and officers may be
made within two weeks of such presentation by written petition filed with the
secretary and signed by at least five members of the club. Such petition shall certify that the nominee
has consented to run and will serve if elected.
The nominations of the committee and all such additional nominations
shall be published in the issue of the club bulletin next following such
presentation and filing. At the first
meeting in December, we will have our annual meeting and will vote for the
candidates.
On behalf of
the Nominating Committee, President Elect Sridhar would like to submit this
slate of officers and board members for the 2015/2016 Rotary year:
Immediate Past
President Deborah Wetter
President Sridhar
President Elect
Jennifer Stephany
Secretary Chad Hershner
Treasurer
Sergeant-at-Arms
Jon Kester
One Year
Term Board Members Two Year Term
Board
Rosie Cannizzo John
Nygaard
Ruth Ann Heeter Andrew
Micheletti
Gary Hermsen Jake
Woodford
Shana Shallue Sonia
Barham
Thursday, November 6, 2014
NEXT WEEKS MEETING- NOVEMBER18TH- NFP ROUNDTABLE
Next
week, back
by popular demand, the Non-profit roundtable is coming back on Nov.
18. Come join us for the opportunity to learn more about some of the
great non-profit companies in our area and what they are doing to serve the
community.
Merle Mueller
Just a reminder that Merle Mueller is in
Hospice Care at the Heritage Hospice. It
is located at 2600 Heritage Woods Dr. Room 132 Appleton, WI 54915. If you have time please stop by and see
him.
Announcements
· Please mark your calendars for April 17th for the Rotary
Shines Annual Fundraiser!
· The Arts Professional Development
Scholarship is looking for applicants.
Please direct people to our website http://www.focol.org/aprotary/ for an
application or they can contact Meghan at appletonrotary@gmail.com. The deadline for the application is November
15th. Please let me know if
you have any questions.
· Grant applications for the World Service
Committee are available. You can email
Jeff at jeffrey.werner707@gmail.com
with any questions.
· The RFP for the new website is now on
our website. If you know of a company
that is not listed please contact Meghan at rotaryappleton@gmail.com. Proposals are due back to the club by
November 15th.
· Attached is an article from Paul
Hillmer’s father, Bob Hillmer, who served in WWII and about his experiences as
a POW. Also, some of his art work is
displayed at Associated Bank located on County Rd KK Appleton
WWII Vets-Dr. Lowell Peterson
Dr.
Lowell Peterson is a retired M.D. Cardiologist, living in Appleton, WI. Dr. Peterson is the author of many short
stories and has self-published four books.
The Sun Rose Clear was the first published in 2002. His other books include A River, Green Grass
and Fences – Stories of the Childhood; The Birds Were Silver Then – Stories of
the Air War over Vietnam; and a Heartfelt Journey – Memoirs of a Cardiologist. Dr. Peterson spoke to the club about his book
The Sun Rose Clear. This book presents
first-hand accounts of area WWII veterans and essays by Peterson on the history
of the war. In the second edition it
includes new accounts, not only by veterans but from Holocaust survivors. A key difference between the first and second
edition comes from his own recognition of the prejudice “not only against the
Jews, but against blacks in our military because the armed services were
totally segregated in World War II,” Peterson said. Peterson also mentioned that World War II was
a war against the evil of prejudice. “In
many countries, World War II was paramount in breaking down prejudice,”
Peterson said. “In America, it led to
the civil rights movement and too much more tolerance of minorities, including
Jews.”
Thursday, October 30, 2014
NOVEMBER 11TH MEETING-THUMBNAILS/BUSINESS MEETING
Next week, On
Nov. 11th four new Rotarians want to share something personal with
you. Join us on the 11th where you will hear from three out of
the four thumbnails while enjoying the usual fun and fellowship that
accompanies all Rotary meetings!
SAMP PACKING-OCTOBER 28TH
On
Tuesday, October 28th we had 16 Rotarians and 1 spouse, 4 volunteers
from Goodwill and 23 Rotaract students pack a record high 29 Gaylords. Thank you to all that made it possible. We truly could not have done it without you.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
· Please mark your calendars for April 17th for the Rotary
Shines Annual Fundraiser!
· The Arts Professional Development
Scholarship is looking for applicants.
Please direct people to our website http://www.focol.org/aprotary/ for an
application or they can contact Meghan at appletonrotary@gmail.com. The deadline for the application is November
15th. Please let me know if
you have any questions.
· Rotary Nonprofit Advisors are open for
business and are seeking new members for their committee. Please see attachment.
· World Service Committee is looking for
members for their committee. If
interested please contact Jeff Werner. Also, grant applications are
available. You can email Jeff at jeffrey.werner707@gmail.com with
any questions.
· Are you interested in becoming the next
District Governor? If so, please contact
Deborah Wetter or Peter Kelly.
Nominations are now being accepted and interviews start in January. You
can also check out www.rotary.org.
· Merle Mueller is in Hospice and would
like some visitors. If you have time
please stop by The Heritage Hospice Room 132 located at 2600 Heritage Woods Dr.
Appleton, WI.
THE WEIGHT OF THE FOX VALLEY
The Weight of the Fox Valley has been
established to help community members achieve and maintain a healthy weight at
every age. It is a three-county
initiative to address obesity and being overweight in Calumet, Outagamie and Winnebago
counties. As of right now the program
offers two different teams that you can join.
The first team is the Active Communities Action Team. Active community environments increase
resident’s physical activity by providing more opportunities to be active. The second team is the Worksite Action
Team. Worksites are prime settings to
implement healthy habits, since employed adults spend the majority of their
week at work. The Weight of the Fox
Valley would like us to spread the word.
They have a Facebook page they would like you to check out and
like. Again, you can join an action
team. If you are interested in joining
please contact Keren Rosenberg at keren.rosenberg@unitedwayfoxcities.org. Finally they would like you to take the
pledge. By taking the pledge you write
down one healthy change you are going to try and make in your life. If you were not able to attend the meeting on
October 28th please contact Keren at keren.rosenberg@unitedwayfoxcitites.org
and she will mail you a post card. For those of you who were able to attend you
will receive your reminder post card in a few weeks. You will be reminded of
your pledge you wrote down and see if you are still making that change or if
you have not started it is to remind you to make that healthy lifestyle
change. Weight of the Fox Valley wanted
to let members know that there is a meeting on December 11th at
Bridgewood Conference Center in Neenah about Community Health. Dr. Patrick Remington will be the key speaker. If you are interested please join.
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