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Club Meeting Information

Our next meeting will be Friday (11/16) at Newcastle Place, 12600 N. Port Washington Road, Mequon, WI 53092.

Notice! There will not be a club meeting on Friday (11/23) the day after Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving.

Our program for Friday’s meeting will be Jim Bacon, GOTJ who will speak on Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem.

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:

  • Cindy Shaffer (11/16)
  • David Schlageter (11/30)
  • Lynn Streeter (12/7)
  • Elizabeth Suran (12/14)

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.

A Rotary LOL Moment

Wizard of Id By Parker and Hart

Member Spotlight - Cindy Shaffer

I grew up in Shorewood. The youngest of three by many years.  My sister who was 11 when I was born loved to tell the story that she heard my mom crying on the phone thinking she had a brain tumor only to discover she was pregnant with me.  My brother 16 would carry me around to meet girls.  

My father was often mistaken for my grandfather. He died when I was 13, I was the apple of his eye and much loved by all. My mother who denied I was a mistake when I was young later said I was the best mistake she ever made. She suffered from Alzheimer’s and I cared for her for many years.  

My greatest joy comes from my three children Haley 27 who lives in Brooklyn, Emily 25 who lives in Milwaukee and Marty 21 who lives in Osaka, Japan. When I am not working I love to travel, ski both snow and water, bike and hike.

Rotary has meant a lot to me both personally and professionally. I often refer to my “Rotary Family”, I am thankful and proud to be a member of this great organization.
Thought of the Week

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. - Walt Disney

Duhnke to step down as COPE director

By Melanie Boyung - News Graphic

GRAFTON — Cecile Duhnke will step down as the executive director of COPE Services Friday.

COPE Services, based in Grafton, is a nonprofit offering support and outreach to people struggling with mental illness. Its most well known initiative is the COPE hotline, which people can call when in need of someone to talk to, and trained volunteers answer the phone to help guide people through their difficulties.

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Featured Speaker

Tom Schneider, Executive Director of COA Youth & Family Centers was our featured speaker at last week's club meeting.

Today, COA's mission is to help Milwaukee children, teens, and families reach their greatest potential through a continuum of educational, recreational, and social work programs offered at its urban community centers, rural camp facility, and partnering Milwaukee Public Schools. COA’s philosophy is that the best way to achieve positive outcomes for youth is through a family-centered approach that engages parents in their child’s education, growth, and development. (Photo by Bob Blazich)

What Would You Change?

If you were at last week's meeting you'll recall Alice Sedgwick posed the question: "If you were all powerful in the world what would you change?"

Alice shares these responses:

  • I would eliminate rapid fire guns and make sure every community has clean water
  • I would have every person in the world feel loved and safe
  • Eliminate the hate speech and fear mongering in politics today
  • Homelessness
  • That those of means would define themselves by what they give rather than what they got
  • On the humerous side: I would take 10 strokes off Tim Hamilton's golf score

Alice also stopped to talk to Newcastle residents having breakfast and here are their responses:

  • Attitude towards each other. Love your neighbor
  • People not be so negative towards each other
  • Trade the world into a new one.
  • Insist that we listen to each other.
  • Listen,,,then try to understand each other.
  • Poverty
  • Violence
Want to learn more about the causes we support? Check out these videos:
Online Version
Upcoming Speakers
Nov 30, 2018
Mission of VA Medical Center
Mission of VA Medical Center

Dr. Daniel S. Zomchek was appointed Director of Milwaukee VA Medical Center June 27, 2016. 

Prior to Milwaukee he served as the Associate Director of the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital since September 2012. 

Previously, he served the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford, Massachusetts as Associate Director. Additionally, he served as Health Systems Specialist for the VA Healthcare System of Ohio (VISN 10), where he managed various programs and initiatives across the Network of five medical centers. While in his position at VISN 10, Dr. Zomchek spent two months as Acting Associate Director of the Iron Mountain VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain, Michigan, and as Acting Sub-Initiative Lead for one of the Secretary’s Major Transformation Initiatives. 

Dr. Zomchek’s previous VA experience includes several positions of increasing responsibility at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, including Staff Psychologist, Assistant Chief of Outpatient Mental Health, and Systems Redesign Coordinator for the facility. He served as Acting Hospital Director at Hines VA Hospital – November 2014 to February 2015 and again from June through October of 2015.

Dr. Zomchek received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Loyola University Chicago in 1998 and a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Bowling Green State University in 2003. In 2004, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from VHA’s Behavioral Health Leadership Training Program in 2006, the VISN 12 Leadership Development Program in 2007, and the Executive Career Field Program in 2011. Dr. Zomchek is a Certified Mentor and is board certified in Healthcare Management as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

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