Rapids Ripples 08.05.24 (Aug. 05, 2024)

Rotary Friendship Assistance Needed

ROTARY FRIENDSHIP EXCHANGE (RFE) – September 28 and 29.
Our club will host a 10-member (four couples, two women) Friendship Exchange Team from Brazil for two days in early October. RFE is a worldwide Rotary program that connects Rotarians with other Rotarians. It is also our opportunity to showcase our community to other Rotarians worldwide. Your help and participation are needed in two ways.

Suggest what places, site or things you think we should show to the Brazilian RFE team (i.e. Cranberry marsh, history museum, cheese factory, etc.). We have two days, Thursday Oct 3 and Friday Oct. 4 to fill.
Serve as a host family for one couple or one or two of the single women for two nights (Thursday and Friday). This would include dinner with your family on Thursday evening and breakfast on Friday and Saturday mornings. All other meals are provided, and host families are encouraged to join the RFE team for activities and meals.

There is no cost to the host families to join the activities of the group-provided meals. On Friday evening, Chuck and Gayle Gibbons will host a reception before going for a Wisconsin fish fry at a local restaurant. Chuck Gibbons is the club’s RFE coordinator for the exchange. Please contact him (715-459-1301 or cgibbs71@charter.net) with your ideas, offer to host, or any questions you may have.

Spread The Benefits of Rotary

As our club has grown smaller, our personal connections with those in the club have grown. Now is the time to expand our connections and membership. One of the goals of this year is to reverse our membership slide and to gradually expand. We are looking for those individuals in our community to value "Service Above Self." If you would like to serve on our membership growth committee, please let Ron know.

Don’t forget to register on Rotary Direct.

Attention all Noon Rotarians. I cannot shout loud enough to get your attention regarding your “Every Rotarian Every Year” contributions. This is the money we give to the Annual Fund that makes us eligible for district grants. District grants bring back money to our area from ours and other clubs in the district. Giving us the potential to have a greater impact by growing our financial support of a project through matching grant funds. To qualify for these funds we need an average of $100 per Rotarian. You used to be invoiced for this quarterly with a separate $25.00 ask. This creates more work than needed so we are going to change it up. Please give your $100 (or whatever you choose to donate, anything helps) via Rotary Direct. https://my.rotary.org/en/rotary-direct. This is an integral part of powering up our club to have the potential to do more! The financial burden is lighter when we all do our part, and the funds given return to our district in the end.

Raffle Winners

July 2 - Larry Schmick, $100, Sponsor: Pinnacle Performance Therapy

July 3 - Lisa Kronstedt, $200, Sponsor: Anchor Bay Bar & Grill

July 4 - Happy Independence Day!

July 5 - Don Allen, $250, Sponsor: Crockett Septic

July 8 - Susan Feith, $100, Sponsor: Bring's Cycling & Fitness

July 9 - Dan Hauke , $100, Sponsor: Renaissance

July 10 - Jerry Feith, $250, Sponsor: Safe-Way Bus Transit

July 11 - Rick Stensberg, $250, Sponsor: Gayle & Chuck Gibbons

July 12 - Bonnie Moore, $500, Sponsor: Paper City Savings

July 15 - Brian Dye, $100, Sponsor: Prevail Bank

July 16 - Ron Rasmussen, $100, Sponsor: ODC--Opportunity For Hope

July 17 - Julie Strenn., $250, Sponsor: Glacial Lake Cranberries, Inc

July 18 - Pati Jahns, $250, Sponsor: Paul Gross Jewelers

July 19 - Grace Jahns, $500, Sponsor: Mid-State Technical College

July 22 - Claire Parrish-Lane, $100, Sponsor: Milkweed Market

July 23 - Karen Hogue, $100, Sponsor: Quality Plus Printing

July 24 - Jim Shewchuk, $250, Sponsor: Gayle & Chuck Gibbons

July 25 - Danni Martinez, $250, Sponsor: Honestly Cranberry

July 26 - Katherine Elchert, $500, Sponsor: Mark Motors Toyota of Plover

July 29 - Richelle Coyer, $100, Sponsor: The Print Shop

July 30 - Dale Laska, $100, Sponsor: Coldwell Banker--Siewert Realtors

July 31 - Allison Johns, $250, Sponsor: Solarus

Last Week's Speaker Summary

Maya Hernandez presented her role as Miss Czech Slovak Wisconsin First Princess. Maya, an LHS student, shared how she was selected and her duties as a Princess. According to their website, The Miss Czech Slovak Wisconsin Queen pageant actively searches the state for a single, unwed young woman
between the ages of 17-25 that loves their heritage and wants to promote Czech and Slovak culture throughout Wisconsin. Contestants need to be of Czech, Slovak, Moravian, Rusyn, and/or Silesian descent. Candidates will compete in four major areas: a private interview, on stage interview, Kroj modeling (folk dress, and Talent. Cash prizes, trophies and medallions are awarded to the chosen Queen, Princess (first runner-up), Kroj winners, and Talent winners. The state pageant has served as an excellent vehicle for getting youth interested in their heritage. Each candidate is assigned a Little Sibling who “shadows” her during the weekend. Many lasting friendships have been formed and some little siblings still hear from their candidates after several years.

PayPal Payment Options

We now have the option to pay club dues, happy cup, and foundation donations via PayPal. You can pay with the app by scanning the QR code above or by clicking https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TDZHMRJKKBX3N. This option will cost the club/foundation approximately 3% of your donation.

Our Mailing Address

Wis Rapids Noon Rotary

P.O. Box 481

Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-0481

ZOOM LINK

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Aug 05, 2024

Abagail Rusch, Carcha Khang, Melanie Kozlowski

RYLA

Aug 12, 2024

No Meeting - 2nd Monday

Board of Directors Meeting

Aug 19, 2024

Chuck Gibbons

Rotary Exchange - Brazil

Aug 26, 2024

Lucky Richardson

Hotel Mead Updates

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