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Our next meeting will be Friday (8/17) at Newcastle Place, 12600 N. Port Washington Road, Mequon, WI 53092.

Our speakers for this Friday’s meeting will be 2 World Affairs Seminar attendees who will give us an overview of the WAS seminar. Kelli Groom will also be giving her classification talk.

IMPORTANT PARKING INFORMATION: Due to site construction, we are asking all Rotarians to park at the Highland House restaurant and we will shuttle you across the street between 6:30-6:55am. We will return you to the Highland House parking lot once our meeting is over. - Jennifer Sutherland

Lucia has scheduled a series of weekly Lobsterfest meetings to follow our general meetings. All are encouraged to attend.

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:

  • Lance Parve (8/17)
  • Goeffrey Morgan (8/24)
  • Andy Moss (8/31)
  • Kay Newell (9/7)

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

Visit our website at mtsunriserotary.org.

A Rotary LOL Moment

B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart

Member Spotlight - Lance Parve

Business & Personal Related Questions: Lance works as Senior Project Design-Construction Engineer / BIM Coordinator / MS Engineer / Professional Geologist in SE Freeways/SE Region at WisDOT. His work involves planning, design, and construction of mega/major/backbone transportation projects typically $100-$500m and also provides BIM-CAD-GIS, LiDAR/integrated survey/reality capture coordination, 3D technologies, and innovation technologies support.

Lance serves as the National Academies of Sciences Co-Chairperson on the BIM for Infrastructure Subcommittee of the TRB ABJ95 Committee and on the Steering Committee of the International Intelligent Technologies Construction Group-IITCG. Lance has 28 years of industry experience 13 public sector (11 years at WisDOT) and 15 private sector - involving successful digital project delivery in civil infrastructure planning, design, and construction. He has a MS Engineering degree, MS Certificate Urban Planning GIS degree, and a BS Geological Sciences degree from the UW-Milwaukee.

What did you want to be when you grew up? A geologist and worked for an oil company Chevron previously (was UNOCAL at the time) in the early 80’s before becoming a Consulting Engineer and then served in Somalia 1984-1986 doing hydrogeological/water engineering well work/relief/development which led to later founding Hope Without Borders in 2007, while working full-time as an engineer for private/public sector.

Family? Julie wife of 37 years with 3 kids Jeremiah, Jenny and Josiah (all of our family is involved in serving in many places globally with Hope Without Borders).

Biggest career accomplishment/highlight to date, or what do you like best about your job? Helped design/construct the Marquette Interchange, Zoo Interchange, I-94 N-S corridor/Mitchell Interchange, and other transportation projects and civil projects including Gurnee Mills-IL, Franklin Mills-PA, Potomac Mills-MD, Auburn Hills-MI and other malls, numerous industrial sites, municipal sites, and residential subdivisions, and numerous environmental investigation/remediation superfund, landfill and gasoline station sites.

Your favorite hobbies/vacations? Whitewater class 4 rafting out west (usually in Idaho), Camping (living/working in Somalia for 2 years with 2 small kids was camping), and basketball.

Rotary Related Questions:

How did you find MT Sunrise and what prompted you to join? The friendships and service above self to local and global communities (we have served/worked in over 15 countries with over 500 volunteers).

What do you want to do to give back to Rotary and MT Sunrise? Everyone at M-T Sunrise is family - so want to make sure everyone in the club experiences close friendships and opportunities for service locally and globally.

4th Annual 5K Run/Walk at Newcastle Place

What are your plans the morning of Lobster Fest? Why not start your day with a brisk 5k run/walk to support the Alzheimer's Association of SE WI! Newcastle Place is hosting its 4th annual walk/run right here on our campus that begins at 9:30am.

I've attached the flyer and registration form. Please forward this on to family and friends.  You can bring the completed registration form to any Friday morning Rotary meeting. This event is open to everyone.

We hope you can make it.

Jennifer

Thought of the Week

“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.” ~ Albert Schweitzer

Changing public perception of homelessness

By Elyse Lin, Rotaract Club of Taipei Tin Harbour, Taiwan

Being a part of the Rotary family for years, I’ve learned to be more aware of social issues in our community. Having taken part in a number of service projects, I started to think about what we could do to make sustainable change in the city.

Homelessness is a complicated issue in Taipei. Most people have a stereotype of the homeless that makes it difficult for them to find a job or break out of the vicious cycle they are in. We decided to take action to meet the basic needs of people living on the street and change people’s perceptions about the homeless.

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African Adventure

Our speakers last Friday were Terry and Cindy Schacht with Lance and Julie Parve.  Terry and Cindy will be sharing their experiences on their recent trip to Kenya and Tanzania with Hope Without Borders (“HWB”) and the good work being done through Lance and Julie’s organization HWB.  Pictured above from left: Terry Schacht, Cindy Schacht, Julie Parve and Lance Parve. Photo by Bob Blazich.

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Elisabeth at Rotary

Our 2018-19 Rotary Youth Exchange student, Elisabeth Burschel from NW Germany is welcomed at our club meeting. Pictured from left: Bobby Fisher (Club President), Jennifer Sutherland (Community Service Chair) and Elisabeth Burschel. Photo by Bob Blazich.

Want to learn more about the causes we support? Check out these videos:
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Upcoming Speakers
Aug 24, 2018
Vocational Service
Vocational Service

Vocational Service involves club members serving others through their professions and aspiring to high ethical standards. Rotarians, as business leaders, share skills and expertise through their vocations, and they inspire others in the process. Our projects in the past have included annual scholarships for adult college students and support for adult literacy programs. 

Observed each October, Rotary International's Vocational Service Month spotlights Vocational Service club projects, offering an opportunity for all Rotary clubs and districts to use our professional skills in service projects.

Aug 31, 2018
WAS and Rotary Exchange Student Experiences
Sep 07, 2018
Rotary Vision
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