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12/07/22 VVR Newsletter

Rolan Covert
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Happy New Week Valley View Rotary family and friends!!! 
 
What an impressive attendance at our meeting last week with 50 people, including guests and more prospective new members!  While we are not meeting this Wednesday morning, we hope to see all our friends Wednesday evening at our...
 
Holiday Party... It.Is. Here...
 
5:00pm Social with Cash Bar
6:30pm Dinner with white-elephant gift exchange after, guests welcome to participate!
 
Please bring your Foster Child gifts if you volunteered to sponsor!
 
Annual La Crosse Foster Child Christmas Gift Service Program
 
Our Valley View Club has proudly sponsored this program for many years!!! Thank you for your generosity!!! If you are unable to bring your present to the Holiday Party this week, please reach out to Bill Shephard to make arrangements for drop off.

Rotary Lights Parade Group Photo

We are looking for the group photo that was taken prior to the start of the Rotary Lights Parade.  If you by chance have this on your camera roll, please reach out to Julie Nelson.

Rotary Lights
 
We need more Volunteers for our work night on December 22nd to accommodate the new traffic pattern! Please register at Rotary Lights 2022 VVR Signup | Rotary Club of La Crosse-Valley View (clubrunner.ca)
 
The initial two shifts of 10 have been filled, and Club Runner has a limit of 10 volunteers per group so you will note each shift has a new group to allow for additional volunteers for each shift.
 
Youth Exchange
 
Please coordinate with the Youth Exchange Team to include our new friends in your plans if you have completed the background process here> https://yehub.net/cgi-bin/CEN_get.cgi?pgid=vola
 
Snack Drive for Northside Elementary
 
Keep those snacks coming!  Kids at Northside Elementary are grateful to have some new snacks to munch on and are quickly working through the treats that have already been sent.  Feel free to bring your snacks to Rotary for Julie Nelson to pick up or use the Amazon list and have them sent directly to the school at 1611 Kane St. La Crosse, WI. 54603.
 
The address at school is
Northside Elementary
1611 Kane St.
La Crosse, WI. 54603
 
In the Area This Week:
 
***** Rotary Lights, Riverside Park (all week) *****
 
MONDAY, 12/05
  • BBBB Bingo. La Crosse Center, Doors open at 4pm, Calling starts at 6pm. Bingo, 50/50 $5 entry, Food provided by Fiesta Mexicana $10 plate
  • Acoustic Christmas Concert, New Hope Fellowship 7pm, 211 N Black River St. Sparta.
WEDNESDAY, 12/07
  • Valley View Rotary Holiday Party at Country Club (no morning meeting)
  • CP Holiday Train - La Crescent, MN - 215 Chestnut St. 8:15pm
THURSDAY, 12/08
  • Full Cold Moon Candlelit Walk, 6pm, Myrick Park
  • Greg Balfany at The Starlight Lounge, 8pm
FRIDAY, 12/09
  • Friday Night Comedy at The Main Doors at 7pm, Show at 8pm, $10
SATURDAY, 12/10
  • Jingle Bell Run, R.W. Houser YMCA, 8am
  • Holiday Great River Makers Market, 9am, La Crescent Area Event Center
  • Holiday Craft & Vendor Boutique, 10am, Champions Riverside Resort
  • Free Cookies & Crafts with Santa at Valley View Mall, 12pm
  • Holiday Concert, 1:30pm, Trinity Lutheran Church
  • CP Holiday Train. La Crosse, WI - 601 St. Andrew St. at 8:25pm
    • Sparta, WI - Corner of South Water Street and Milwaukee at 6:45pm
    • Tomah, WI - 205 North Superior Avenue at 5:25pm
SUNDAY, 12/11
  • La Crosse Farmer's Market, Radisson Center, 9am
  • CP Holiday Train - Winona, MN - 65 East Mark St. at 3:30pm
Upcoming Save the Date:
  • 12/18 Little Lights Everywhere. The Main.
  • 12/22 Valley View Work Night at Rotary Lights
  • 01/27 Hairball ROCKS La Crosse Center
Other Event Resources:
 
Thank you, Rotarian friends, for all you do for our community and our world!
 
Cheers-

Rolan
 
Welcome to Valley View Rotary!
Wednesdays at 7:30 AM
R.W. Houser Family YMCA - Onalaska
400 Mason St
Onalaska, WI 54650
United States of America
Join us on Zoom here: https://laxymca-org.zoom.us/j/81822994924?pwd=ZzlVeHZoOUdXeGZwSkxvd0tmZXhWQ (Zoom Password is 469027)
Meeting Responsibilities
Greeter
Dunnum, Kate
 
Inspire
Isaacson, Darwin
 
Rooter
Bauer, Terry
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Cinthia Shireman
December 15
 
Jill Blokhuis
December 21
 
Join Date
Roger Imes
December 6, 2000
22 years
 
John Hansen
December 9, 1980
42 years
 
Steve Fleis
December 9, 1980
42 years
 
Jill Blokhuis
December 26, 2001
21 years
 
Executives & Directors
President
 
President Elect
 
Treasurer
 
Secretary
 
Immediate Past President
 
Director - 2025
 
Director - 2024
 
Director - 2025
 
Rotary Works Foundation
 
Director - 2023
 
Director - 2024
 
Membership
 
Membership
 
Youth Exchange Officer
 
Youth Protection Officer
 
Youth Exchange Counselor
 
Speakers
Dec 07, 2022
at La Crosse Country Club
Dec 14, 2022
** Committee Reports/Update
Dec 21, 2022
Hearts to Schools Revisited/Update
Dec 28, 2022
Jan 04, 2023
Jan 11, 2023
Local Author, Business Owner, Speaker
Jan 18, 2023
My Para-archery Journey
Jan 25, 2023
Youth Exchange Presentation
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Photo Albums
Laos
Moon Tunes 2021
Rotary Lights 2019
Youth Exchange dinner 2019
iFeed 2019
Pints for Polio 2019
Youth Exchange Photo Directory Links:  Please contribute memories as they are created:

 
Please visit Club Runner for our Club's Board decisions and finances.  You will find this information and more in the Private Documents folder.

Rotary International Giving Update:

Donating the number of years at your birthday to the Rotary Foundation for Polio has become a club tradition.   Just log in to My Rotary and click on donate.   As of August 31st our club has donated $345 to Polio Plus (goal is $1,855) and $3,182 to the Rotary International Foundation (our goal is $6,000, a little more than $100 per member per year).

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