ANNOUNCEMENTS

·         FAMILY OF ROTARY invites you to attend An Historic Bus Tour of Neenah and Menasha on Wednesday, September 24.  Local Historian Nancy Barker will be our guide. Cost:  $5 per person.  Please sign up at the Registration Table as you attend the weekly Rotary meetings. Bus departs the parking lot on West College Avenue next to the McDonald's at 5:30 pm.  Tour will conclude at 7pm.  Participants wishing to gather for dinner at a local restaurant are encouraged to do so.

·         The Theme committee would like to announce that the Nobel Conference is October 6^th and you will return October 8^th.  It is being held at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota.  The cost for transportation, lodging and meals is $300.  If you would like more information you can contact John Mielke, Karen Laws, Harry Spiegelberg or Tom Williams.

·         We have a fun opportunity for service.  On Saturday, September 27 – which is Appleton’s Octoberfest, the Downtown Kiwanis Club has offered to share the volunteer opportunity with us in a cooperative effort to sell wrist bands and drink tickets.  They have agreed to split the money earned with us – generally a total of $3,000 - $5,000 – which would mean our Club would earn $1,500 - $2,500 toward the cost of redesigning our website.  This also gives us a wonderful opportunity to increase our visibility in the community by wearing Rotary attire like t-shirts or hats and a chance to get to know and work alongside Downtown Kiwanis members.  We see this as the beginning of other cooperative projects with Kiwanis as well as with other Rotary Clubs in our area.  If you are interest please contact Meghan at (rotaryappleton@gmail.com) or Deborah Wetter (deborah.wetter@appleton.org) or call Deborah at 920-832-2291.  Family members are welcome.  Shifts are only 2 hours (9-11, 11-1, 1-3 and 3-5).  Feel free to sign up for more than one shift.

·         Please mark your calendars for April 17^th for the Rotary Shines Annual Fundraiser!

·         The World Service Committee will meet at 11am Tuesday, September 30^th.

·         The Community Service Committee has finalized our grant application materials and deadline for this year. The application and instructions are attached, and the deadline this year will be October 10.

·         We had a moment of silence for Bob Brunken who passed away on September 9^th.  Bob was a member for almost 44 years and wrote a lot of our club songs.  Our condolences to the family.