Tonight - October 16 - Fall Into Comedy Night at Mequon River Club, 6pm - T-M Rotary Club fundraiser - I’m recently informed the Tom & Barb Johnson have traveled from their new home in NC to be in attendance. I’m told there are limited tickets available at the door, so if you didn’t plan to attend and are suddenly inspired - see you there.
This Sat, Oct 18 is the ROTARY DISTRICT 6270 FALL SEMINAR at Moraine Park Technical Center 08:30 AM - 12:00 PM. Several members plan to be in attendance and carpools are being organized for the event, please contact Alice to be included.
Also Sat, Oct 18 is “A Mediterranean Affair” at the A Mediterranean Affair: Food for a Healthy Heart at Discovery World 9-2. I’ve been informed that they are reducing the admission price from $30 to $10 and it includes lunch! get more info at http://www.aurorahealthcare.org/events/
The schedule for Greeter, Thought of the Day and Rotary minute is on the website. Go to My Club Runner and click on the "View Club Documents" , If you are scheduled for one of these duties and are unable to attend, please arrange for someone to complete it in your stead.
This week’s at MTSR:
October 17, 2014 - This week we will be meeting in the Friends of Concordia Room Concordia. Greeter: Doug H | Thought of the Day: Judith N | Rotary Minute: Lee S | Program - Club Service - group meetings, goal review and Action plans!
Wed OCT 22nd Haunted Halloween - you should already have your assignments from Bobby Fisher, but if you do not, please jump in and get an assignment. Don't forget your chili!
Homestead raising funds for facilities
By Jeff Rumage
Mequon — Homestead High School athletic boosters are embarking on an ambitious plan to upgrade the school's athletic facilities.
The overall fundraising effort seeks to raise $4.5 million, but right now, the boosters are focusing on the first phase, which would cost $1.5 million. The first phase would construct a community pavilion, upgraded seating at the tennis courts, an artificial turf football field, a gateway welcome sign and a resurfaced track around the perimeter of the football field.
The first phase features a roughly $500,000 pavilion that would be centrally located between the football, softball, soccer and tennis facilities. The pavilion would include restrooms, concessions and potentially some community meeting rooms or team rooms. Currently, Homestead has a smaller concession stand and rents portable toilets for outdoor sporting events.
"To me, the real beauty of the plan is the community pavilion," said booster president Jennifer Zoeller. "It's centrally located so it ties all of our athletics together."
The fundraising campaign would also fund a $1 million transformation of the football field into an artificial turf field that would be lined for multiple sports, including a future lacrosse program.
By Ken Robertshaw, Rotary Club of Halifax, Yorkshire
On 7 August, my friend Grace and I set out on an expedition to kayak the length of the Mississippi River. We completed the journey on 4 October.
Our goal was to raise funds for a charity in the United Kingdom, The Theodora Children’s Trust, that places specialist entertainers in Children’s hospitals and hospices to cheer up ill children and assist their recovery through laughter.
The journey was not without problems. We encountered severe electrical storms, woke one morning to find our sandbar campsite disappearing under water, suffered personal injuries, endured days of isolation, and had to avoid 250,000-tonne ships as they made their way along our route to the sea.
But the most abiding memory we have is of the people. Complete strangers would take us to local shops to buy supplies, allow us to camp on their property, and then give us a meal. Some paid for our fees at organized campsites and some even gave us a bed for the night. Not one single person ever refused us help — even when we had been on the river for days on end without opportunity for showers. We must have looked terrible, but they weren’t put off, especially when we explained what we were doing.
Rotarians played a big part as they rescued us from storms, hosted us when campsites were non-existent, arranged for the Louisiana Harbour Police to collect us at the end in Venice, and performed 101 other small acts of kindness. They even arranged a celebration night in New Orleans when we finished. I think we stayed awake for it.
Strangers are friends you haven’t met yet.
Our website has information about the challenge, the charity, and us. As I tell children we meet along the way: Never let anyone tell you that you cannot do something because you are too young, old, fat, thin, or any other reason. If you really want to do it, get on with it!
Rotary is a Can Do organization. We just proved it.
Date: Thursday, November 6, 2014 Place: The Chandelier Ballroom
Cost: $37.50/person
Who: All Rotarians in District 6270 and Their Guests
For complete information, please visit our district website at www.rotary6270.org
Don't miss this opportunity to share ideas, discover creative answers to questions many other clubs just like yours are asking and catch up with old friends and meet new ones.
This year's Fall Seminar is featuring a special Membership Seminar, which we are highly recommending that one member from each club attend. There will be breakout sessions covering everything from the Rotary International Foundation (How you can get funding for your projects!!!) to Youth Exchange, Fundraising ... and all those other topics successful clubs gather to talk about and share ideas.
This is open to ALL Rotarians in District 6270. Club leadership and new members are HIGHLY encouraged to attend.
Save the morning of October 18, 2014 to help you increase your leadership skills, gain world understanding, make new friendships and find ways to make a real difference in your community. Preregistration is required and will close on October 15.
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On 7 August, my friend Grace and I set out on an expedition to kayak the length of the Mississippi River. We completed the journey on 4 October.
