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When: We meet Friday mornings from 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM.

Where: Our next meeting is Friday (7/8) will be at the Mequon Public Market, 6300 W Mequon Rd, Mequon, WI 53092.

Program: Our program this Friday will feature Andrew Struck, Director of the Planning and Parks Department for Ozaukee County.

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 (7/8)
  • Rene Settle-Robinson (7/15)
  • Cindy Shaffer (7/22)
  • Fr. Mike Shay (7/29)

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.

Thought of the Week

Trying is the first step toward failure. – Homer Simpson

2022 Rotary Music Festival

CEDARBURG— The 22st annual Rotary Music Festival returns to Cedarburg this summer on Sunday, July 3rd.

Four (4) amazing Midwestern drum and bugle corps will perform at the Cedarburg High School Alumni Field that evening. Performances by Madison Scouts, Blue Stars, River City Rhythm, and the Colt Cadets. Pre-show appearances by Wisconsin SoundSport Teams including the Green Beret and Sound of Sun Prairie. The event is hosted by the Cedarburg-Grafton Rotary Club. 

All seats are reserved so advanced tickets are encouraged to get the best seats in the stadium. Ticket prices range from $20 to $40 and can be ordered here.

International Visitors Welcomed

Pictured from left: Cori Guerin (2022/2023 Club President), Mariana from Mexico and our 2018-19 Rotary Youth Exchange Student, Elisabeth Burschel from Bielefeld, Germany. Photo: Bob Blazich

RYLA programs build the next generation of leaders

Taking the stage in ripped jeans, a hoodie, and a baseball cap at an annual Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) camp in Wisconsin for high school students, Marvin Edelstein transforms himself into Marvelous Marv, the rapper. No matter that he's in his 70s. "It astonishes them at my age," he says.

Edelstein, a member of the Rotary Club of Evanston Lighthouse, Illinois, didn't know anything about rapping or hip-hop until he became an adult facilitator at District 6440's RYLA camp. But he taught himself, because he knew the importance of relating to the students. He's modeling one of the basic tenets of the RYLA experience: allowing students to learn things for themselves. "My biggest challenge," he says, "is to not tell them how to solve the problems but let them figure them out on their own, like I did."

At its core, RYLA is intended to develop self-confidence and life-management skills in young people ages 14-30. How that comes about is entirely up to the clubs, districts, or multidistricts that offer the program. RYLA organizers often target certain age groups or address specific needs and interests within the community. However they accomplish it, RYLA programs aim to develop leadership skills, instill a lifelong commitment to service, and empower young people to make the most of their lives.

A Rotary LOL Moment

DILBERT by Scott Adams

Rotary Projects Around The Globe - Haiti

Editors Note: This is one in a series of articles highlighting Rotary projects around the world.

The Louverture Cleary School, a 360-student secondary school near Port-au-Prince, has used solar power since 2005, but it lacked batteries capable of providing dependable energy. Kent Gilges, a member of the Rotary Club of Canandaigua, New York, saw this need while volunteering with his family at the school, which is run by education nonprofit the Haitian Project. “I was passing the dormitory,” Gilges recalls. “I looked in the window and there were 40 kids in one room, and they were all trying to study by one lightbulb.”

In late 2020, Gilges’ son and his son’s friend took up the effort to provide reliable power as a school capstone project, supported by the Canandaigua club as well as other clubs in District 7120 (New York) and the Rotary Club of St. Petersburg, Florida. The batteries, wiring, inverters, and other equipment were procured from a company operated by a Louverture Cleary graduate. “A big storm can blow through and they can still run their power needs for three days,” Gilges says.

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Jul 08, 2022
OZ County Parks
OZ County Parks

Andrew Struck has a M.S. in Applied Ecology/Regional Planning from Indiana University – Bloomington, a B.S. in Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and more than 20 years of planning and restoration experience.

He is the Director of the Planning and Parks Department for Ozaukee County and specializes in regional planning, natural resource planning, management, protection and restoration, education, park and open space design and implementation. He has lead collaborations with numerous governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations and private sector firms on planning and natural resource design, management, protection, education and restoration projects including: the USEPA, NOAA, USFWS, USFS, WDNR, Wisconsin Coastal Management Program, WisDOT, NFWF, and other conservation organizations.

He is the Program Director and main point of contact for the Ozaukee Fish Passage Program and currently serves as a member of the WDNR Fish and Wildlife Technical Team and Citizen Advisory Committee Leadership Team for the Milwaukee River Estuary AOC. Andrew also served as Program Director for the nationally recognized, USEPA-funded sustainable brownfield redevelopment of the Menomonee River Valley in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Andrew serves on several planning and environmental nonprofit organizations Board of Directors including officer positions (e.g., President, Treasurer, etc) and received the Conservationist of the Year award from Gathering Waters in 2013.

Jul 15, 2022
Harnessing the Power of our Transformational Will
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