Announcing their Spring Breakfast

Ron Roenicke
Manager, Milwaukee Brewers

Lessons Learned Along the Way:  Leadership, Commitment, and Team

Monday, May 21, 2012
7:30-9:00 a.m.

Concordia University Wisconsin - Siebert Dining Hall

Cost:  $25 per person or $160 for a table of 8
Checks made payable to CUW Foundation

RSVP by May 14, 2012, to Michelle Buss

Sponsored by: KAPCO and Lakeshore Chinooks

The Leadership Series exists to recognize and encourage ethical leadership principles in our community, and provide business and community leaders an opportunity to network with community associates and friends in general, and Concordia University Wisconsin faculty, staff, and students in particular.

"Success indeed!   The inclement weather did not dampen the enthusiasm of my planting team (Cub Scouts) at the "oak opening".  I was especially touched by the tender care taken by one of the youngsters in tucking in the roots of the seedlings. They left behind the treasures of their energy as well as a legacy for the future."  Jim Ellis

ROTARIANS: Jim Ellis – Planting Team Leader, Mark Hauschel, Mike Kim – Planting Team Leader  … and son, Judith Neal, Connie Pukaite – Work Day Coordinator and Bill Wandsnider

COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS: Carol Bangs … Walk-in-the-Woods Leader, Tim Burke, Michal Dawson, Diana Raasch, John Schaefgen and Cub Scout Pack 3894 … Bear Den 11 boys - 14 parents and 3 sisters

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Captured the interest & attention of 14 children and their parents on a Walk-in-the-Woods with narration by Carol Bangs about trees, shrubs, flowers & other interesting things to see

Planted 125 native shrubs/trees … Serviceberry, Elderberry, American Plum, Gray Dogwood and Ninebark

Picked up many bags of trash from Rotary Park

Generated interest in Rotary … two fathers interested in attending a meeting

Generated interest in having more stewardship activities for Cub Scouts in Park & Woods  (invited to meet with Parent Committee to explore ideas for more 2012 projects)

A bright pink Jeep Wrangler, staffed with four midwives, races along uneven, dusty roads to reach more than 50 pregnant women in Darlegrand, a rural town two hours north of Hinche, Haiti.

The Jeep belongs to Midwives for Haiti, a nonprofit organization working to ensure that women in remote parts of the country have access to prenatal care and skilled birth attendants. Without the Jeep, many of the women, who have traveled to the daylong February clinic in Darlegrand, would not receive proper medical attention.

The Rotary Club of Western Henrico County, Virginia, USA, along with Bon Secours Health Systems and local individual donors, contributed a total of  US$70,000 to purchase the Jeep, customized for rugged terrain. More than $20,000 of that amount came from the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund, a donor advised fund set up by The Rotary Foundation.

Rotarians around the world are working to reduce maternal mortality rates and improve access to essential medical services for mothers and their children. Maternal and child health is one of Rotary's areas of focus. More...

Rotary International president Kalyan Banerjee welcomes Rotarians, Rotaractors, and guests to the RI Convention in Bangkok, Thailand that will take place from 6-9 May 2012. This four-minute, fast-paced video is the perfect convention promotion for a club or district meeting. For more information, go to rotary.org/convention