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Club Meeting Locations and Events

Our next regular meeting will be Friday (8/18) at Newcastle Place - 12600 N. Port Washington Road, Mequon, WI  53092.

Our program tomorrow will feature Peter Coffaro - Chief Program Officer Employ Milwaukee. More info ...

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:

  • Dick Larson (8/18)
  • Lisa Liljegren (8/25)
  • Tom Martin (9/1)
  • Brian Monroe (9/8)

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

Do You Ever Wonder About Rotary’s Value To Our Community?

M-T Sunrise Rotary Club gave a $500 grant earlier this year to the Jail Literacy Program of Ozaukee County to support purchase of educational materials for individuals enrolled in the Jail Literacy Program, which is totally operated by volunteers and supported by donations like ours. During discussion of the grant request, a question was raised about the value of buying materials for a small program like that. Below is a letter from a graduate of the literacy program that responds to our question.

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Thought of the Week

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do? ~ Pablo Picasso

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One Tree Planted for Every Rotarian

When DG Jeff visits our club next week he’ll be talking about a some of RI President Ian Riseley’s goals for this Rotary year 2017-2018 and how our district 6270 can participate and contribute to achieving them. I feel that these goals will be easy for our members to embrace, especially the “One Tree Planted for Every Rotarian”. Many clubs and districts are planning on exceeding that goal.

This tree planting goal is one that I feel hits home with our club’s enthusiasm for greening our Mequon-Thiensville communities. We continue to do restoration work in Pukaite Woods and we are now enjoying the benefits of our successful Redbud Project. So for this tree planting goal to be completed by Earth Day 22 April, we’ll need to decide on a specific plan. Good news w’ve already been approached to partner with another Rotary club to plant trees in the Mequon Nature Preserve this October. There will be more to share as additional information becomes available.

Yes there are many reasons to plant trees; for positive environmental impacts, for sustainability, for beauty, for the future and for friends and family. I was unable to come back for Bob Leonardt’s funeral, but there is now a visual reminder of Bob’s friendship on a small farm in northern Michigan. Seven of my favorite trees, one for each of Bob’s decades now stand together.

Peace, Brian Monroe
D6270 Tree Planting Coordinator

The Rotary network at work

By Past District Governor Chris Offer, member of the Rotary Club of Ladner, British Columbia, Canada

Wildfires in the forests of British Columbia are common but the fire season in 2017 has been one of the most destructive in many years. At its peak, 40,000 people were evacuated from farms, villages, and cities. More than 1,000 fires were burning 100,000 hectares. Numerous highways were closed, isolating large parts of the province.

Meanwhile, in the hope of moving permanently to Canada, and after more than a year filling out forms for a two-year, Canadian work permit, Barbara and Gregor Kuehn and their four young children finally arrived in Vancouver from Switzerland. They were en route to a ranch in Redstone, west of Williams Lake, British Columbia, an isolated part of the province’s interior, where they expected to work for the next two years. With all roads to their destination blocked by wildfires, they didn’t make it and they had no place to stay. Rotary stepped in to help.

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