DISTRICT 6250 - Local Club Projects & News
Club Projects
| Project | Club | Participants | Contact | Phone/Email |
| Rotarians at Work Day Circus World Museum |
Baraboo | 10 | Kathy Schauf | KSchauf@co.sauk.wi.us |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Chippewa Falls | 21 | Terry Huppert | thuppert@markquart.com |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Columbus/Fall River | 15 | Paul Sukenik | paul.sukenik@bankofsunprairie.com |
| Rotarians at Work Day | East Madison Monona | 25 | Nancy Wills | NancyWills@alliantenergy.com |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Eau Claire Morning | 8 | Ann Kaiser | aKaiser@shec.hshs.org |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Eau Claire Noon | 10 | Jacque Lahn | lahnaprl@sbcglobal.net |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Fitchburg/Verona | 8 | Lynn Sabin | lynn.sabin@wisconsin.gov |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Holmen Area | 12 | Bev Rott | bevrott@mctdairies.com |
| Rotarians at Work Day | La Crosse Downtown | Jim Lewis | jimlewis@centurytel.net | |
| Rotarians at Work Day | La Crosse Valley View | Tom Kelbel | tkelbel@centurytel.net | |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Lake Mills | 20 | Pat Forest | bwforest@charter.net |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Madison Breakfast | 29 | Carol Dombroski | carol.d@charter.net |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Marshfield and Marshfield Sunrise |
50 | Steve Yorde Ted DiStefano |
yorde.steve@marshfieldclinic.org distefano@marshfield.k12.wi.us |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Mayville | 25 | Mari Fleischer | merisonshine@yahoo.com |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Medford | 21 | Joseph Greget | GREGEJO@medford.k12.wi.us |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Menomonie Noon | 35 | Mark Lewis | markl@cfbsi.com |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Menomonie Sunrise | James Hathaway | jhath@dunnenergy.com | |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Onalaska | 22 | Brian Boelke | bboelke@aplusimaging.com |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Portage | 17 | George Beasley | NBEAS@aol.com |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Prairie du Chien | 20 | Lara Czajkowski Higgins | lara@prairieduchienlaw.com |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Reedsburg Western Sauk County | 20 | Terri Langer | dtlanger@rucls.net |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Sun Prairie | 27 | Robert J. Power | rpower@colonialclub.org |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Viroqua | 12 | Jennifer Wieman | Jennifer.Wieman@lee.net |
| Rotarians at Work Day | Waunakee | 20 | Phil Willems | fiveand10@tds.net |
| Rotarians at Work Day: Project Clean |
Wisconsin Dells | 10 | Dr. David L. Clemens |
Club News
Rotarians at Work
Our clubs are being asked to identify a community service project that they can complete on the first Saturday in May, 2010. The purpose is fivefold:
- First, it fulfills our responsibility to do community service.
- Second, it provides the opportunity for our members to roll up their sleeves and work together in common cause.
- Third, it will raise awareness of Rotary in your community and around the district.
- Fourth, it could very well lend itself to your club being approached by someone interested in membership in your club.
- And finally, over the noon hour, have a fellowship with burgers or brats or whatever your club does best...The first 500 Rotarians to sign up will received a "Rotarians at Work" t-shirt.
Sandy Ott, immediate past assistant governor and a member of the Menomonie Rotary Club is chairing this event. You can expect to be hearing from her. Prairie du Chien has already posted... let's see how many of our clubs use this opportunity for service and fellowship and fun!!
Rotary Vision Facilitation Invitation & Application
This is an invitation to be trained as a facilitator and become part of a District 6250 Club Vision Facilitation Team that will assist clubs in identifying their own vision, mission and values as a club. The Club Vision Facilitation Team walks clubs through a planning process that prepares the club for greater, more effective service as Rotarians...
Click here to read more and download the application
Rotary District 6250 Challenge: Golf Outing
Thursday, May 6, 2010 at Trappers Turn.
All proceeds to benefit Polio Challenge presented by the Gates Foundation.
Click here to read more...
Rotary Junior Champ: Track & Field Association
Saturday, July 18 at Mansfield Stadium, Madison.
One of the premier summer youth track and field meets.
Click here to read more...
Rock County Rotary Clubs Support Ugandans with Medical Services and "Miracle Food"
Occasionally we all complain about the state of health care in our country. Whether it’s “long waits in the emergency rooms”, “too few staff members to respond quickly” or simply “not enough hospital choices”, Americans are quick to voice their opinions. Contrast our medical options with those of the citizens of Jinja, Uganda, Africa, where 400,000 people are served by the Mother Kevin Hospital. This 200 bed facility is home to 50 leprosy patients and 150 of the area’s sickest residents, many of them children.
Between August 1st – 20th, 38 Rock County residents including two surgeons, one radiologist, one radiology technician, one anesthesiologist, one nurse anesthetist, two medical students, several nurses and scores of regular people, just wanting to help traveled to this poor African country to offer the residents some hope. During their time in the field, with the help of 3 local doctors, they performed 82 surgeries in 3 ½ days. These procedures included everything from hernia repairs, to skin grafts, to amputations.
According to Rotarian, Laurie McCutchan, Executive Director of the Hope Institute of Uganda, she heard no complaining about the quality of the hospital food. In fact, most of the patients’ food, if they got any, was prepared by relatives in an open-air room over fires. Unfortunately, none of the patients received food with sufficient amounts of protein and other essential nutrients needed for a fast recovery. In Uganda, it’s just not available to most of the population.
This problem is slowly starting to change thanks to 7,128 highly nutritious Kids Against Hunger – Rock County Rotary, Inc. meals that were shipped along with a container of badly needed medical supplies for the struggling hospital and its staff. With these meals, first prepared in small batches by the Rock County volunteers, the sick children are now starting to regain both physical and mental strength. Mothers who weeks before felt only dread are now slowly beginning to experience hope. The food is being treated more like medicine than simply something to fill an empty stomach!
When asked by Sister Sarah, the head of the hospital nursing staff, if more of the “miracle food" could be sent, Laurie McCutchan, cautiously said “yes”. How much food obviously depends on the generosity of her Rock County and Rotary friends.
Kids Against Hunger –Rock County Rotary, Inc. is a cooperative effort of the Beloit, Edgerton, Janesville Morning and Janesville Noon Rotary Clubs. With a separate board of directors, bank account and 501(c)(3) status, the organization aims to bring people together, educate them about local and international hunger and to then have them actually package nutritious life saving meals for those in need! Thanks to an all volunteer labor force and donated facilities, over 95% of all contributions go directly to pay for food and related transportation costs. For additional information, please contact Rotarian John Wong at j.wong@micorp.com or Rotarian David Warren at dave@davesace.com .
For more on Kids Against Hunger, click here to view their newsletter.
Madison Rotary Club Member establishes a project to help with the restoration of Lake Delton
Rotary International News Article/ Ben Hobbins- Madison Rotary Club