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Club Meeting Information

Posted by Michael Shay on Jun 01, 2023

When: We meet Friday mornings from 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM.

Where: We meet at the Mequon Public Market, 6300 W Mequon Rd, Mequon, WI 53092; (Entrance in rear.)

This week's Program:

The greeter will provide either the thought, a Rotary minute, share a family moment or a cultural tradition ... anything with which they would like to start off the day positive.

Upcoming "It's your Rotary moment" assignees:

Cindy Shaffer (6/2)
Michael Shay (6/09)
Lynn Streeter (6/23)
Lee Szymborski (6/30)
Steve Taylor (7/7)

Note: If you are unable to act as "It's your Rotary moment" assignee when scheduled please arrange for your replacement.

Meme of the week

Posted on Jun 01, 2023

Operation Pollination

Good news!!
Pollinator Gardens get District 6270 Grant Support

M-T Sunrise Rotary received notice this week from District 6270 Grants Committee Chair, Jeff Reed, that “the check’s in the mail” after the Club submitted its final report on the Operation Pollination Garden Project. “Nice project,” Jeff said. “Thank you for your report and service of your Club.”
Club members planted a small series of Pollinator Gardens last Fall in Mequon’s City Park along the Milwaukee River just north of the Town Center Gateway near the groves of flowering Redbud Trees that M-T Sunrise planted some years ago. Over 300 potted native wildflowers and grasses plus 16 native-plant seed-mats (similar to sod rolls, but totally seeded with pollinator plants) were planted in October.
The Pollinator Gardens were conceived as a demonstration project with an important goal of community education and awareness about the importance of pollinators and the need to restore habitat. The intent is to provide area citizens with educational resources that can inspire and guide them to create pollinator gardens, big or small, at their homes and/or businesses. Signage in the demonstration gardens, funded by Port Washington State Bank, provides QR code connections to Operation Pollination educational materials. The signage also includes information about a cell phone plant identification app (recommend by the Mequon Nature Preserve staff), that visitors to the gardens may download to instantly identify plants that they find to be of interest. Milwaukee Area Technical College – Mequon Campus, one of the Club’s Operation Pollination partners, makes free seeds available to anyone who might have interest in creating their own pollinator garden.
The Pollinator Gardens are just now beginning to sprout their Spring foliage, well protected from nibbling critters behind the fences Rotarians installed. Take a walk to see the start up of the Pollinator Gardens and the Redbud Trees before they finish blooming for this year.

Planting Fencing (Protection from Critters

Thought of the Week

Posted by Michael Shay on Jun 01, 2023

“IIt's never too late to be what you might've been..”

-- George Eliot

Pukaite Woods Preservation a Goat Fundraiser

Posted by Steve Lettau on Feb 20, 2023

Pukaite Woods at Rotary Park has been trimmed by an unlikely landscaping crew since 2020: a herd of goats! Now the Mequon-Thiensville (M-T) Sunrise Rotary Club is seeking public help to bring the goats back to continue the woodland restoration.

The future of Pukaite Woods is dependent on the reproduction of all the native trees that make it such a unique and enjoyable place for children and adults who walk the trails. Removing invasive species like buckthorn has been an uphill battle over the years.

The goats are kept in 1-acre to 2-acre paddocks enclosed with electrical mesh fencing to keep the goats in and to keep predators and people out. Once the goats eat all the leaves off the buckthorn and thistle plant in that area, they move on to the next paddock.

The leafless buckthorn plants will use the energy in their root system to grow back. Once the leaves grow back, the goats are brought back to graze again. Throughout the two grazing sessions, the energy in the buckthorn's root system is slowly depleted, starving the roots before they go into winter dormancy.

There are costs to rent the goats, fencing and transportation annually. The Rotary and OWLT have donated over $40,000 to the goat project since 2020. Please help the M-T Sunrise Rotary bring the goats back and keep the woodland restoration going for the benefit of current and future generations to come.

Questions? Please contact Matt Wolf at: mwolf@mtsd.k12.wi.us.

Donate today: https://gofund.me/9dd74a07