Reminder - NO MEETING TOMORROW MORNING - Dec. 28
Hi Folks!
Reminding you that we do not have our meeting tomorrow, Thursday, December 28. We do have a Christmas Holiday Celebration at
Kathy Ricci's home - Bring an appetizer to pass and any special beverage you prefer. Spouses are included!!
Kathy Ricci's home - 6:30 pm start
2216 19 3/8th Avenue
Rice Lake WI
Last week we did a sharing of our most favorite life focus or activity....basically what are our two biggest passions or interests were in our life. We got some good information and had some fun discussion. We also talked about narrowing this information down to a signature project. Some ideas we came up with were: Bike Trail marking/Tour de Color type bike ride; Outside Concert; Another twist on the Kids Safety Fair; Trap Shoot with Brill Sportsman Club; Partner with Golden K on something. Thank you to Dean and Clare for leading us on this! Here is the actual list Clare generated from our discussion:
Rotary Discussion 12/21/23
Passions (in descending order by votes)
Outside 7 plus hunting, fishing, dogs
Volunteer 6 plus caregiving, church, local homeless and those less fortunate,
Travel 5
Elderly 4
Children 4 music,
Cooking 2
Curling 2
Community arts 2
Coaching 1
Rotary 1
Action 1
History local 1
Signature service projects
Mark bike trails in county
Bike tour such as Tour du Color
Outside music concert
Enhance safety fair with more kid friendly activities-music
Trap shoot
Partner with Goldebn Kiwanis
LIFT (previous fast for hope project) international focus, travel there
Fishing piers
Kayak launch
Outdoor concert benefit Aging and Disability Resource Center
Alzheimer’s walk volunteer
Jim reminded us to sell our raffle tickets. This is our second largest fund-raiser. Being a small club we really need to sell all 100 tickets. Thanks!!
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
Ruby's Pantry - March 16 Please put it on your calendar now so we have good coverage!
Can Am Bon Spiel Committees are set. They will be looking for help during the event on Feb. 1, 2, and 3, 2024 Sign up sheets will be coming soon.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
TO: All Rotary District 5960 Rotarians
FROM: Rick Heidick, LIFT
Program - Team Leader
EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS AND CLUBS
CULTURE TOUR (Members):
Join members of the LIFT leadership team on an exciting trip to Nicaragua on March 8-15, 2024. We are starting our new 'Cultural Tours' which will include an exciting variety of activities such as:
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- Immersion and education about the fascinating Nicaraguan culture, history, and arts
- Visits to communities to learn about lifestyles, people, and how the LIFT program is impacting lives
- Meet with our Rotary and NGO partners who are leading our program and doing such great work on the ground
- Enjoy the scenic beauty, rich culture, and excellent cuisine of Nicaragua on your trip
We are looking for at least 6–8 people to join us and spouses, children (over 18), and friends are welcome. We would like to hear from anyone interested
NO LATER THAN 1/15/24, so we can finalize traveler lists and get reservations.
Downloadable Flyer
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES (Clubs):
This is a great opportunity for your club to get involved in the LIFT program, and to help end poverty, by sponsoring an upcoming grant. The project is a seed bank which will be a critical logistical hub to support the agricultural co-ops in the LIFT communities. Depending on your club's interest, you can sponsor a global grant for the whole project, or we can break up the project, so your club could sponsor a district grant or a smaller global grant. All the preliminary work is done for you already, with the project scoped, application drafted (including community assessment) and the LIFT team and PCF (Planting Change Foundation) will support the process, in order to make your sponsorship as easy as possible.
In order to move this ahead quickly, we need any interested clubs to sign up by
1/31/24.
Downloadable Flyer
Any questions or need for additional information can be directed to: Rick Heidick at:
artyhide@gmail.com
Thank you.
Rick Heidick
LIFT Program - Team Leader
(email)
artyhide@gmail.com
(cell) 651-274-6351
We are also still looking for someone to take on the PE position - being President in 2024-25. The district provides a significant amount of training to help you out. See the list below! Would love to have another club member get involved in this.
PRESIDENT ELECT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
JANUARY 6 TH AT HAMLINE UNIVERSITY, ST. PAUL
9 am - 2:30 PM (MID-TERM 9:00/11:45 WITH PE SESSION FROM NOON
TO 2:30 PM) - Link
FEBRUARY 8 TH – 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM
ONE SUMMIT (ZOOM)
*FEBRUARY 22 ND , 23 RD AND 24 TH *
NORTH CENTRAL PRESIDENT ELECT TRAINING SEMINAR (NCPETS)
VIKING PLAZA OMNI HOTEL, EAGAN
(WITH PEs FROM FOUR OTHER DISTRICTS, Fee to attend) - Link
*MARCH 7 and 8 (TIMES TBA, FEE TO ATTEND) *
VIRTUAL VERSION OF NCPETS FOR THOSE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN
PERSON AT THE OMNI – Link
MARCH 14 TH – 5:00 TO 6:30 PM??
ZOOM SESSION (WRAP OF STRUCTURED LEARNING) - Link
APRIL (DATES/TIMES TBA)
MAKE-UPS FOR LATE ELECTED PEs (Fee applies)
MAY 4 TH – (TIME TBA)
CELEBRATION EVENT IN HUDSON RIVERFRONT PARK
MAY 26 through 29
RI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION IN SINGAPORE
*NCPETS IS REQUIRED FOR ALL PRESIDENTS ELECT*
UPCOMING PROGRAMS:
Dec. 28 - End of Year Social Event/Holiday Celebration - This will be held at Kathy R. house - bring an appetizer to share and your own special beverage.
Jan. 4 - Monika A - Duana B. with an update of Salvation Army and the new shelter.
Jan. 11- Mark B - Member IN- Service Part 3 Determining our specific goals.
Jan. 18 - Duana B.
Jan. 25 - Social Activity Week
Please be sure to let me know as soon as you have a program set up so I can get it on our schedule. If you need a zoom link please let me/Joe E. know that as well. Thanks!
Feb. 1 - Cathy B.
Feb. 8 - Don D.
Feb. 15 - Valentines Raffle Drawing
Feb. 22 - Joe E.
Feb. 29 - Its a Leap Year Social Celebration
Rotary - A community of ordinary people banding together to accomplish extraordinary things.
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