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Club Meeting Information

Our next regular meeting will be Friday (11/10) at Newcastle Place - 12600 N. Port Washington Road, Mequon, WI  53092.

Friday's program will feature Joy Tapper - Executive Director Milwaukee Health Care Partnership. More Information ... 

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:

  • Alice Sedgwick (11/10)
  • Rene Settle-Robinson (11/17)
  • Cindy Shaffer (12/1)
  • Fr. Mike Shay (12/8)

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

Frank & Ernest by Thaves

Thought of the Week

A lot of people think the whole purpose of life is just to collect stuff. You’ve seen the bumper sticker: 'He who dies with the most toys, wins.' The truth is, 'He who dies with the most toys ... still dies!' - Rick Warren

Italy's Disappearing Villages

Earthquakes and emigration are draining the life out of rural communities. Rotarians are giving young people a reason to come back.

By Diana Schoberg Photos by Gianluca Cecere

Arquata del Tronto was never an easy place to live. Picturesque, yes: The snowcapped peak of Monte Vettore forms the backdrop to this collection of medieval villages sandwiched between two national parks in central Italy’s Appenine Mountains. Tiny chapels line the local trails, and one village is known as the land of the fairies, a mythological place where shepherds were lured in by beautiful fairies with goat feet. But the municipality, which includes 15 villages, had a population of 1,200, and the nearest city is 15 miles away along the narrow, winding mountain roads. For a young person, for a young family, there was not much reason to stay. And that was before the earthquakes hit.

Maurizio Paci explains all of this after he escorts us through an army checkpoint to view this community where he and his family have lived for generations, which  was reduced to rubble after three major  earthquakes hit central Italy in 2016. He experienced the tragedy up close: Here in Arquata, he has been on the municipal council for 11 years, while in nearby Amatrice, which was also pummeled during the disasters, he is a police officer. “I was hit on all sides,” he says.

Four New Members Inducted

M-T Sunrise Rotary welcomes Matthew Wolf, Jeff Kim, Bruce Carter and Ajay Singh as new members. Pictured from left: Bobby Fisher, Jeff Kim, Ajay Singh, Club President Cindy Shaffer, Brian Monroe, District Governor Jeff Reed, Mike Shay, Bruce Carter, Bob Blazich, Connie Pukaite and Matthew Wolf.

AFS Talent Show

Photo by Bob Blazich

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