Our next meeting will be Friday (5/25) at Newcastle Place, 12600 N. Port Washington Road, Mequon, WI 53092.
Our program for Friday's meeting will be Claire Essman the Director of Individual Giving who will update us on the work of Special Olympics in Wisconsin.
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:
Dr. Alexandra Solano (5/25)
Brian Kendzor (6/1)
Jeff Kim (6/8)
Andrea Jorgensen (6/15)
Note: If you are unable to to act as "It's your Rotary moment" assignee when scheduled please arrange for your replacement.
I'd like to invite you to a vocal recital our daughter, Cecilia, will be performing in support of the scholars at St. Marcus School, whereshe work on the Mission Advancement Team. The recital is on Sunday, June 24, 2:00 at St. Marcus church in Milwaukee. She’ll be singing an eclectic mix of songs, arias and spirituals, with a special guest appearance by one superstar singin' scholars. :) she will be joined by spectacular artists Amanda Draheim, piano; Dr. Wallace Cheatham, piano; and Jeff Krumbein, organ. She promises a charming, joyful, accessible, friendly and warm hour of music to lift you!
For this recital, there will be a suggested donation of $10, or any amount of your choosing if you might be inclined! There will be an opportunity for a free will offering at the recital, or you can follow this link to make a contribution online: Melodies for a Mission. If you're unable to join her at the recital, She humbly invites you to consider a contribution in lieu of attending.
Thanks to our club members and friends who made this possible.
Saturday 19 May was a wild success! We really promoted this event and we generated 115 volunteers, put a total of 628 plants in the ground and mulched them all ... 450 native trees and 178 native shrubs. Besides Rotarians volunteers were from, Homestead HS Football, Baseball & Interact,(thanks to Matt Wolf) community volunteers, Boy Scouts and Ozaukee Land Trust.
The Rotarians who participated registered on Saturday are: Bob Blazich, Beth Bauer, Lucia Francis, Tim Hamilton, Mike Kim, Dave Kliber, Brian Monroe, Dan O'Connor, Connie Pukaite, Diana Raasch, Dave Schlageter, Alice Sedgwick, Cindy Shaffer, Elizabeth Suran, Jennifer Sutherland, Ryan Walsh, Bill Wandsnider, Matt Wolf, Sandy Custer, Stan Smith (TM Noon), Daniele Calasanzio (Amigos).
Tim, Mike, Dan, Dave, Elizabeth, Ryan and Bill made the day a family affair by bringing along significant others and children.
The City of Mequon has committed to plant an additional 5 or 6 balled & burlapped much larger trees sometime in the Fall. That's more than 10 times the challenge from our Rotary International President to plant a tree for each of our Rotary Club members. Hooray for the air quality of our community & globe!
Most of the planting was done before noon, and mulching was done by 1:30. Amazing! Please check out our MT Sunrise home page for some additional images.
Amanda Didier, MS, CSW - Executive Director of the Child Advocacy Center for Ozaukee County was our guest speaker at a recent club meeting. Photo by Bob Blazich.