The location is highlighted at left; if you turn west on Mississippi Street from West Avenue, there is a small drive up lane that comes up next to the main hospital building (between Walgreens and the hospital)
April 9 regular club meeting theme is Membership Day: Bring a new member! The program will be announced shortly.
April 11 at 6:00pm: Mike & Sue Weidemann are hosting a tortilla-making event as a fundraiser for Anna’s year-end trip. $35/person, Limit of 40 attendees.
April 30 (5th Wednesday) 3 Fun Facts game - more information to come.
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Avenues of Service Awards
Nominations for this year's Avenues of Service Awards are due by May 1 this year. Watch this space for more detailed information soon, but now is the time to start thinking about possible nominees from Valley View!
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ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES
Project Team Member Needed for Dentistry Grant. As many of you are aware, Bob Newberry is working on a grant to support a Rotary initiative to provide dental care in Tanzania. A third member is needed for the project team (Bob and Shari Laffredi are already members). This involves primarily helping to review and advise on actions and documents, including the reporting docs and presentation docs over the next year. However, you can become as involved as you desire. How about a trip to Tanzania for instance to see the results? Although anyone can join Bob on that adventure, probably in 2026.
District Dispatch: The District is seeking more Rotarians to be involvement in writing District Dispatch newsletter articles. If you are interested please contact Megs Lunn (admin.rotary6250.org@clubrunner.email). The February 2025 RI theme is "Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention" and the March theme is "Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Month." Submit articles to: admin@rotary6250.org
Pints for Poliofundraiser and social (After Hours Club). This year it will be at Pearl Street Brewery on Friday, March 21st with a tour, pint and music.
Sign up to Donate to theRotary blood drive on April 1st, 12-5 pm at Olivet Beacon of Light Lutheran Church on French Island. Rotary will get $10.00 per pint of blood donated since The Rotary Foundation is a 501(c)(3). Web link to sign up: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=RotaryBlood
Blue Jeans Needed:DenimQuilts co-founder, Sally Safranski is looking for blue jeans. She and her team make quilts from blue jean denim for children in foster care and for other special people like VV exchange student Anna. They use non-stretchy jeans in any size, color or condition. What's in your closet that you could donate? Thrifters or garage/estate sale enthusiasts are encouraged to watch for "deals" to buy/donate.Bring to a meeting or call/text Sally (608-399-5383) to make arrangements to get the jeans to her. This is an ongoing need.
Rotary Poets Wanted: Do you have a poetic genius hiding inside? Well, now’s your moment to shine! The Rotary Poetry Awards 2025 are upon us. The event sponsor, the Rotary eClub of Innovation, is accepting poems from January 1st – March 31st of 2025. This year's categories are: The Magic of Rotary and an Open category.Visit https://poetrycompetition.org to learn more or to enter.
TRI CON is April 25th- 26th in Brookfield, WI. Registration is still open.
Holman Club Service Auction will take place on Friday, May 2. In the meantime, all Rotarians are welcome to visit the Holman club for their "608 at 608" meeting on the 4th Wednesday of every month (6:08 pm at 608 Brewing in Holman).
Join us on Zoom here: https://laxymca-org.zoom.us/j/81822994924?pwd=ZzlVeHZoOUdXeGZwSkxvd0tmZXhWQ (Zoom Password is 469027)
Check the schedule as holidays, social events or off-site meetings can alter our regular meeting time or place.
Rotary Club of La Crosse
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