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We meet Fridays at 7:00 AM
Newcastle Place (See Upcoming Events for 7/19 Meeting Location)
Newcastle Place (See Upcoming Events for 7/19 Meeting Location)
12600 N. Port Washington Road
Mequon, WI 53092
United States of America
Mequon, WI 53092
United States of America
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(262) 242-2778
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Mike Kim's son is a member of Boy Scout Troop 815 and they are collecting items to assemble Chemo Comfort Packs for distribution to the Aurora facilities in both Grafton and West Allis.
Troop 815's project is in conjunction with Ovarian Cancer Awareness month (September) and Breast Cancer Awareness month (October).
Here is where we need your help. Please drop off your donated items (see the list below) at our club meeting on 9/27 or 10/4.
Suggested Items:
- Personal sized hand sanitizers
- Personal sized hand lotions
- Lip Balm
- Hard candies or gum (preferably with Xylitol)
- Small tissue packs
- Fuzzy socks
- Adult coloring books
- Colored pencils
- Crossword puzzles
- Notebooks
- Pens
- Eye drops
- Inspirational or humorous books
Thanks you in advance for your support!!!
Lynn Streeter and Steve Lettau
I made my first meeting tonight as it was the first meeting after their summer break. A delightful small group about 34 members. They meet in a bar in a local hotel at about 9 pm and after drinks slowly migrate to a conf room where a 3 course dinner with wine was served.
After a Military Doctor gave a talk (about 45 minutes) about the migration crisis. Can't say I understood it all but the food, wine and convivial atmosphere made it a pleasure. So I look forward to a fun rotary year!
Pax John
The discovery of an unknown sibling introduces the possibility of a new kind of kinship
By Sarah Long
One morning, I got a text message from my brother, asking me to call him before work. I asked if he was OK. Fine, he assured me.
“So, I have this Ancestry account,” he said. “Ancestry?” I repeated. In my mind, this DNA-testing service was for people who organized multigenerational family reunions with 200 attendees in matching shirts. His wife had given him a membership, he explained. He had spit into a tube, mailed it, and received confirmation that our ethnicity was essentially the same European brew outlined on the family trees we had drawn in grammar school. The results were so anti-climactic that he had forgotten about the membership until he received a message titled “Close Family.”
“So, kiddo,” he said. “It looks like we have a half-sister.”
Report compiled by Diana White, past district governor, and District 7020 Rotarians
The destruction left behind by Hurricane Dorian is devastating. In parts of the Bahamas, literally everything is gone, replaced by piles of rubble where homes once stood. Roads blocked with debris and thousands on thousands left homeless and in need of supplies.
As Rotarians in District 7020, one of two districts that cover the Caribbean and hard-hit Bahamas, we immediately switched into assistance mode. Significant donations of supplies are funneling in from various local efforts and through international disaster relief agencies.
As this aid continues to come in, Rotary in the Bahamas is beginning to move to longer-term strategies in preparation for helping the economies to recover. We will get in to do a needs assessment as soon as access is possible and work in coordination with the government. We also plan to raise impactful funding to bring these communities back.
It will take time; but that is what Rotary is best at.
District 7020 in the Bahamas (and other islands) is who we just did our Rotary Friendship Exchange with this past April. God willing, hopefully a team will still be coming to visit us in October.
Their district is coordinating an effort to help those devastated in their country. They have been sharing with me so many videos from friends and close family in Freeport and Abaco. So much destroyed.
They are gathering items on the islands not as badly hit. What they will need to help rebuild is funds. They have coordinated a fund and are starting to aid those in need. During the last big disaster that hit the Virgin Islands, these Rotarians- who are the home club of Barry Rassin, our last RI President- oversaw 54 projects on three Islands. So, they are very versed in helping in these situations.
These are the words below from my Rotary friends:
“Funds are a priority because our experience is that persons are often inundated with the same things or not the necessary things. Funds allow strategic acquisition of needed items.”
Julie Craig,
Fellowship Chair
District 6270
Brian Monroe was presented the Service Above Self award at Friday's club meeting
The Service Above Self award recognizes Rotarians who have demonstrated exemplary humanitarian service, with an emphasis on personal volunteer efforts and active involvement in helping others through Rotary.
Pictured from left: Dave Schlageter (Club President), Brian Monroe and Dave Kliber.
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Danila Danesi and Joe Gutsmiedl were inducted into the M-T Sunrise Rotary Club at Friday's club meeting.
Pictured from left: Maureen O’Leary, Danila Danesi, Joe Gutsmiedl, Seth Duhnke, Dave Schlageter (Club President), Brian Monroe and Doug Hansen.
Darcy Peterman was honored with a Paul Harris award at this morning's club meeting. Presenting the award is District Governor Steen Sanderhoff. Pictured from left: Steve Peterman, Darcy Peterman and DG Steen Sanderhoff. Congratulations Darcy!
Steen Sanderhoff - DG Rotary District 6270 was the guest speaker at this morning's club meeting.
After extensive reviews and feedback from members of the district, the district leadership team is unveiling The District Leadership Development Workshops (formerly known as the One Rotary Summit.) There will be three sessions and they are scheduled this fall to take place on the following days, times and locations.
- September 12, 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM, MATC – Oak Creek Campus
- October 5, 8:30 AM - Noon, Waukesha County Technical College
- October 17, 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM, Pine Hills Country Club in Sheboygan
As space is limited, please register as soon as possible, with Dana Kohlmeyer at dana.kohlmeyer@rotary6270.org.
All Rotarians are welcome.
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Say hello to Honolulu, home to the 2020 Rotary International Convention. And the best way to see this island paradise? Hang with local Rotarians and Rotaractors.
It’s 8 in the morning on the island of Oahu, and Waikiki Beach is already bustling. People are clustered in the sunny patches between the shadows of the beachfront hotels: families with toddlers dashing in and out of the water; couples drinking coffee; surfers with their kaleidoscopic boards heading out to catch some early waves.
Swimmers are bobbing lazily in the foam-flecked ocean or doing laps in the tranquil seas behind the breakwater known as the Waikiki Wall. The stands renting snorkels, canoes, boards, and other ocean gear have begun to open; a catamaran glides back from a morning sail. Yet despite all this activity, the only thing I can hear is the crash of the surf as it breaks upon the shore.
The Sunrise and Noon Rotary Clubs are teaming up to participate in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, which is the largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. The walk will take place on October 5, 2019 with Registration at 8:30, Ceremony at 9:40 and the Walk beginning at 10:00.
To join the “Rollin’ with Rotary” team, or to donate to the Rotary team CLICK HERE.
Then click DONATE TO THE TEAM or JOIN OUR TEAM and fill out the information to register and/or donate.
Please note that after September 5, 2019 you will be able to pick up yard signs promoting the event from the Mequon library.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Sam Azinger
T-M Noon Rotary Club
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MT Sunrise Rotary members and friends got together at The Madrid Hotel for a farewell dinner celebrating our member John Cabaniss and his family who will be leaving in late August for nine months in Madrid. On the menu was all-you-can-eat Paella.
President Dave Schlageter presents Paul Harris awards to Terry Schacht and Cindy Shaffer during this morning's club meeting.
Thiensville-Mequon Rotary Foundation has secured the lease from the City of Mequon for the site of the Mequon Town Center Gateway Promenade. Board Chairman, Steve Peterman (left) and Treasurer, Herb Hillman signed the lease today, August 19, 2019 and paid the first year's rent in total, up front.
Next step: pin down the cost to build that Promenade, and start preparing for construction. Stay tuned!
All Rotarians are invited to join us for an inspiring evening celebrating The Rotary Foundation with others in our district. Reservations will be required, no walk-ins.
- When: Wednesday, November 6, 2019, Time TBD
- Where: West Bend Country Club, 5858 County Road Z, West Bend, WI 53095
- Keynote Speaker: Hannah Warren, "Empowering Women to Transform Communities"
- In 2008, Hannah Warren, a former Rotary Youth Exchange Student to Thailand and a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar to India, learned about the plight of female weavers while taking their portraits in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India. She was inspired to found Jhoole, a nonprofit eco-fashion social enterprise designed to combat poverty and empower women. Jhoole is helping women to gain economic independence, send their children to school and, ultimately, break the cycle of chronic poverty. Hannah has a BA in South Asian Studies and Linguistics from the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies and an MA in Fashion Entrepreneurship from the University of the Arts London, London College of Fashion. For more information, visit https://www.jhoole.org/.
