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Several weeks ago our Club welcomed a guest speaker from Kathy’s House. Kathy’s House is a non-profit Guest House providing lodging and a supportive environment to families who are experiencing one of life’s most stressful situations-personal illness or the serious illness of a loved one. It was founded by a Mequon family.
Our Club has a long history of supporting Kathy’s House and our Community Service Committee is interested in providing support once again. We know that Kathy’s House relies on donations to support its daily operations.
Throughout the month on May we will be collecting paper items (e.g. paper towels, toilet tissue, napkins) and cleaning supplies (e.g. household spray cleaners and wipes, laundry detergent). Items can be donated on Friday mornings or delivered to NewCastle at any time. Julie Irvine (our newest member!) has graciously offered to store the items at NewCastle. They will be delivered to Kathy’s House in early June.
The Community Service Committee is entertaining the idea of hosting a cookout at Kathy’s House this summer for their guests.
Thank you, in advance, for your generosity.
Lynn Streeter & Bruce Carter
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Our hard working landscaping crew delivers on a 2018 Lobsterfest Live Auction Item. This was the second year Pat and Chris Doyle have successfully bid on this item. We love satisfied customers!
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M-T Sunrise Rotary welcomes two new members at this morning's club meeting. Joining our club are Kenny Stepflug and Julie Irvine. Pictured from left: Brian Monroe (sponsor), Kenny Stepflug, Bobby Fisher (President), Jennifer Sutherland (sponsor) and Julie Irvine. Photo by Bob Blazich.
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The Rotarian Magazine - May 2019
If you watch the news, you could be forgiven for believing the world is on the brink of collapse. In the current media environment, that message is in heavy rotation, and it gets heavier all the time. In 2017, 59 percent of Americans said this was “the lowest point in U.S. history that they can remember.” To many, it seems obvious that the present is far worse than the past.
But Gregg Easterbrook has some news for them: The facts don’t support that conclusion. In his new book, It’s Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear, he argues that the developed world is mired in “declinism” — the belief that things are getting worse all the time — when the opposite is true. In almost every area — the environment, the economy, education, health — Easterbrook says conditions are improving thanks to government policies and the efforts of organizations such as Rotary to find solutions to the problems we face.
Why is this so hard to believe? Some of the reasons are psychological, some are economic, some are cultural. But the misperception matters, because pessimism can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. To solve problems, we must believe they can be solved.
The M-T Sunrise Rotary Club was happy to welcome speakers from the Feith Family Ozaukee YMCA to our club meeting this morning. Pictured from left: Kirsten Coenen (Branch Director), Rob Johnson (CEO), Katie Hoffmann (Director of Donor Development) and Bobby Fisher (Club President). Photo by Bob Blazich.
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John Cabaniss attends a makeup meeting at Kihei-Wailea Rotary Club, Hawaii. John mentioned that they have a 5-Way Test, with the addition “Is it fun”.
The woman sitting at the end of the carefully arranged tables looks as though she would rather be someplace else — maybe at her real estate agency, maybe just with people she knows, people who see the world the way she does. But a friend asked her to come here, and she agreed, and she will carry out her role.
“It’s not my notion of a family,” she says firmly, her chin set as she explains the burden of holding conservative views in a liberal town. “It’s my truth of a family. I don’t want my views to be considered hate speech. But I don’t want to celebrate things that I don’t celebrate.”
At least half the people sitting around the table disagree with her. But none of them show it, not by a snort, or an impassioned interruption, or even a rolled eyeball.
It’s almost as if she’s in a place, and a moment, where people actually talk to each other — and listen to each other.
