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7-28-21 VVR Newsletter

Katie Thomson
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July 25, 2021
(Zooming this Wednesday's meeting? Use the new Zoom link (thank you to Mark E. for renewing Zoom for the upcoming year!)

Greetings, Valley View Rotarians! I hope you've all had a good week and that you all have air conditioning. We hit the movie theater today for the first time in a year, seeing the Anthony Bourdain documentary... it was impactful and inspiring and depressing, as promised. Recommend for fans.

This week's speaker is new member,  Andrew Sahlstrom! Looking forward to getting to know Andrew better. 

Many thanks to Larry Peterson and Beth Armstrong for hosting the upcoming Club Summer Picnic at their home on Aug. 11 at 5:30 p.m.! For details and to RSVP, please see the email Larry sent to all members on July 23 or the link in the right column of this newsletter.

The Downtown Rotary sent out information on an Operation Pollination webinar being held this Wednesday over the noon hour. It will be conducted by Tina Hall and Chris Stein, Rotarians with expertise on how to select, proceed and succeed with “Operation Pollination” projects. This webinar is open to everyone and especially helpful for Rotarians. It is hosted by the Rotary Club of La Crosse and District 6250.

See the Facebook page and event page for more details and Zoom link. 

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Mark your calendars: Our next Mobile Meals week is Sept. 20-26. Sign-up will be available closer to the date. 

Reminder: New-Technology Monthly Duty: A/V duties are becoming a Club responsibility, just like the monthly Roto Rooter, greeter, etc. So far, Jeff Kerkman has been shouldering this responsibility alone, which doesn't meet the "fair to all concerned" sniff test. Several members have volunteered to rotate the duty. For training, please reach out to Jeff to coordinate a date in the near future. The thought is to meet at 6:50 a.m. on Club meeting morning and go through the process ahead of the meeting. Jeff's email is jeff@adfiniti.com. 

Last, but not least, don't miss the Moon Tunes volunteer sign-up and Avenues of Service banquet news below. See you Wednesday, Clubbers! 

KT

 
 
 
We need volunteers from the Club every week at marvelous Moon Tunes. Please click the link below to volunteer at our signature fundraiser!
 
AVENUES OF SERVICE BANQUET-  Please plan on attending August 25, 5:30 social, 6:30 dinner, La Crescent Event Center, $35, acknowledging honorees from 2020 and 2021. We need ideas and donations for Valley View Rotary's Avenues of Service auction baskets (value $100-$150)! Steph Fraase has a great idea for a Tuscany basket, lets help her out! 
 
 

Please click on links below for information on our Clubs Board decisions and finances.

If you are logged into Club Runner it will take you directly to the document, if you are not logged in, then click on the link, log into club runner, click on 'About Us', the click on Private Documents, then click on the doc you want to look at.

Link to VVR Treasurer's Report   https://portal.clubrunner.ca/11962/Documents/en-us/7d6d8425-2ffd-424b-ae27-b70dbacc81cd/1/

Link to VVR Board Minutes   https://portal.clubrunner.ca/11962/Documents/en-us/ecf72c49-8001-4a07-afcd-690cc595d0bf/1/

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.   The participation has been truly awesome and given the average age of our club, this is a significant amount of money!

 
Speakers
Jul 28, 2021
Classification Talk
Aug 04, 2021
Storytelling
Aug 11, 2021
Larry Peterson's home (with pool!)
Aug 18, 2021
La Crosse Community Theater
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Executives & Directors
President
 
President Elect
 
Treasurer
 
Secretary
 
Rotary Works Foundation
 
Immediate Past President
 
Club Information
Welcome to our Club!
Service Above Self
Wednesdays at 7:30 AM
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By Phone- 312-626-6799 Meeting ID- 827 2879 2097
eMail- vvrotary@gmail.com
La Crosse, WI 54601-1824
United States of America
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Upcoming Events
Summer Picnic 2021
Larry Peterson and Beth Armstrong's Home
Aug 11, 2021
5:30 PM – 9:00 PM
 
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Photo Albums
Rotary Lights 2019
Youth Exchange dinner 2019
iFeed 2019
Pints for Polio 2019
Meeting Responsibilities
Greeter
Clark, Greg
 
Rooter
Flint, Mark
 
Message
Blanke, Heidi
 
Take Down Past Presidents
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Bill Soper
July 5
 
Jeff Kerkman
July 12
 
Holly Fisher
July 21
 
Tom Byerly
July 28
 
Janie Morgan
August 2
 
Larry Peterson
September 1
 
Russell Callahan
September 6
 
Thomas Sahlstrom
September 7
 
John Lyche
September 12
 
Anniversaries
Bradley Teske
Linda Teske
July 20
 
Bill Shepherd
Pat Shepherd
August 7
 
Russell Callahan
Roxie Callahan
August 8
 
Mark Etrheim
Dorie Etrheim
September 30
 
Join Date
Dan Kusilek
July 1, 2019
2 years
 
Russell Callahan
July 1, 1986
35 years
 
Steph Fraase
July 1, 1993
28 years
 
Jim Warren
August 1, 1993
28 years
 
Mark Etrheim
August 2, 2000
21 years
 
Nancy Schmidt
September 1, 1993
28 years
 
Thomas Sahlstrom
September 1, 1994
27 years
 
Russell Hampton
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