Notice: There will not be a meeting on July 5 due to the holiday weekend.

Our next regularly scheduled meeting will be Friday (7/12) at Newcastle Place, 12600 N. Port Washington Road, Mequon, WI 53092.

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

Upcoming "It's your Rotary moment" assignees:

• Tom Martin (7/12)
• Brian Monroe (7/19)
• Andy Moss (7/26)

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

Visit our website at mtsunriserotary.org.

If Facebook has taught us anything it's that a lot of people aren't quite ready for a spelling bee. - Anonymous

B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart

The 2019 World Affairs Seminar “The Promise and Perils of Social Media” kicked  off Saturday, 22 June, 2019 at Carroll University. As you know, WAS is a keystone youth program of Rotary District 6270 which is in its 43rd year!  Delegates are attending from all over the world. This year 32 nations and 24 states are represented.

You are invited to attend any of the lectures or activities, but please stop in at the WAS office to sign in and pick up a Guest Badge. Check out our web site to see the agenda:  www.worldaffairsseminar.org.

I highly recommend these opportunities:

• Thursday, June 27 at 11:30 a.m. :  Lunch with Delegates ($15.00 at the door) – Student Center Cafeteria
• Thursday, June 27 at 12:15 p.m. – Open Rotary Meeting (no charge) – Board Room, Student Center Floor #2
• Thursday, June 27, 1:30 – 3:30 – Capstone Presentations – Ballroom, Student Center Floor 2

You may join student delegates for lunch or dinner any day as long as you check in at the WAS office.  Note that there is a $15.00 charge which you must pay to get into the Cafeteria, as WAS is charged for each person who enters, whether or not they eat.

If you have questions feel free to call me on my mobile phone 414-379-8020.

Yours in Rotary Service

Thomas M. Plantenberg, Executive Director
World Affairs Seminar

Rotary Club of Sanford-Springvale, Maine

In 2012, Elias Thomas was in Rajasthan, India, visiting a site that two years before had been dusty and barren but now was lush and green. “Waterfowl had moved in to make it their habitat,” he recalls. “I heard engines pumping water up the hills to irrigate garden beds on terraces. As far as I could see, everything was green.” The transformation was the result of a catchment dam, which collects rainwater during the monsoon season and holds it in reserve for the dry season.

The dam had been built in 2010 by Thomas and other Rotarians from his club and the Rotary Club of Delhi Megapolis, with the support of a water conservation trust in India. It was the first of 10 such dams they have built together. “I first went to India in 2001 to participate in National Immunization Days. We thought the time would be more valuable if we incorporated a service project,” says Thomas.