Rapids Ripples
rotary club of wisconsin rapids
Organized June 17, 1919
Rotary District 6250   •    club 2723
JANUARY 15, 2024          volume 106  •   issue 16
Welcome Back To Rotary!
I hope that the absence of Rotary meetings on your calendars gave you all a little extra time to enjoy the holidays and kick off the new year. But it's great to be back!
 
Please join us for food, fellowship, and an interesting program!
Virtual Balancing Life Transitions in the Office and at Home
January 16, 2024 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
 
NAMI Wisconsin, with District 6250, will provide suggestions on how to best navigate changes in your personal and professional life, wellness tips and tricks, statewide resources to utilize, and other suggestions on wellness best practices.  Click HERE to join.
Thank You For Your Support!!!
 

THANK YOU, ROTARIANS, for your generosity!!

Year to Date our Club has contributed: heart
$6,500 to the RI Annual Fund
$2,325 to the Polio Plus Fund
24-25 Officers Elected
At our Annual Club Meeting, we elected officers and Board Members for the 2024-2025 Rotary year. Elected (unanimously) were:
 
President: Craig Broeren
President-elect: Claire Parrish-Lane
Secretary: Julie Strenn
Treasurer: Tari Jahns
Board of Directors:  Dan Guck (2-year term), Jeanne Peterson, JR Siewert
 
Congratulations!  We look forward to your leadership in the upcoming year.
Speakers Needed
We currently are looking for programs/speakers for this Spring.  If you have a topic or speaker, please contact Craig Broeren.
Tri-Con 2024
Tri-Con is April 18-20, 2024 in Green Bay

Registration is now open!  Click 
HERE to register.  Tri-Con is a wonderful way to unite your club, educate new members, or re-energize experienced club members.  We are excited to see you in Green Bay this April.
 
Welcome Youth Rotars
Please warmly welcome our Youth Rotars from Assumption:  Bre Sullivan and from Lincoln:  Chase Alexander, Dawn Freeberg, and Emma Schillinger.
Last Week's Speaker Summary
 
Thank you to the Lincoln High School Choir for presenting songs of the season for us.  We supplied pizza and a cheesecake dessert to all choir members for lunch as a token of our appreciation.
Our Mailing Address
Wis Rapids Noon Rotary
P.O. Box 481
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-0481
ZOOM LINK
 
Meeting ID: 839 8618 4069
Passcode: 202324
 
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Upcoming Programs
Jan 15, 2024
Heart of Wisconsin Chamber Update
Jan 22, 2024
Nine Dragons - Biron Mill (Director of Communications & Government Affairs)
Jan 29, 2024
Enjoy Your 5th Monday of the Month
Feb 05, 2024
Rotary Interact Club at Lincoln High School
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Upcoming Events
Neighborhood Meals - March 2024
FOCUS Meals
Mar 21, 2024
4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
 
Tri-Con
Green Bay
Apr 19, 2024 – Apr 20, 2024
 
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Quote Of The Week
 

“We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own.”

– Ben Sweetland

Birthdays & Club Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Jerry Feith
January 1
 
Shelly Mondeik
January 21
 
Amy Kolo-Elmhorst
January 27
 
Philip Brown
January 27
 
Join Date
Jerry Feith
January 1, 1982
42 years
 
Philip Brown
January 1, 1982
42 years
 
Robin Koeshall
January 1, 1995
29 years
 
Scott Krug
January 1, 2011
13 years
 
Craig Broeren
January 20, 2020
4 years
 
Jeanne Peterson
January 24, 2022
2 years
 
Claire Parrish-Lane
January 26, 2017
7 years
 
Jim Shewchuk
February 1, 1991
33 years
 
Susan Feith
February 1, 1988
36 years
 
Amy Kolo-Elmhorst
February 18, 2008
16 years
 
Bruce Rokke
February 21, 2000
24 years
 
Julie Strenn
February 22, 2021
3 years
 
Club Officers
President
 
President Elect
 
Treasurer
 
Secretary
 
Club Administration Chair
 
Membership Chair
 
Public Relations Chair
 
Service Projects Chair
 
International Foundation Chair
 
Club Foundation Chair
 
Youth Exchange Officer
 
Director
 
Director
 
Director
 
Director
 
Youth Protection Officer
 
Rotary Links
Rotary International
RI President Home
Rotary Global Rewards
Joining Rotary
Rotary History
Rotary Foundation
For New Members
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Major Donors
L4:  Mead Witter Foundation; L3: Chuck Gibbons Jr; L1: John Steele
Paul Harris Fellows
John B. Steele +8, James Boyd, Philip M. Brown +4Guy-Robert Detlefsen Jr, Jerry Feith, Susan A. Feith +1, Chuck Gibbons +8, Daniel M. Guck +1, Amy L. Gust, Kenneth M. Hill +2Matthew D. Ironside +1, Tari Jahns +1Tamera Jepson +5, Richard J. Kenney +6Robin M. Koeshall +1, Amy D. Kolo-Elmhorst +2Robert E. McGrath +1, Warren G. Miller +2, Ahmad H. Musallam +4, Ron Rasmussen, Bruce W. Rokke +2, Leon S. Schmidt, Jr +1, Loretta K. Schoechert +2, James E. Shewchuk, John T. Siewert Jr +1, Susan A. Sippel +3
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