Rotary provides millions in polio funding as wild poliovirus type 3 is eradicatedUS$50 million will impact over 38 million children as the program reaches two key milestones: wild poliovirus type 3 eradication and Africa reaching three
Join us for Rotary’s World Polio Day Online Global UpdateMark your calendar to join us on 24 October for Rotary’s World Polio Day Online Global Update. It will be streamed on RI’s Facebook pages in multiple languages and time zones
The Elmbrook Rotary Club announced on October 25 that its 2019 Business Person of the Year Award Recipient is Jamie O’Donoghue, owner of O’Donoghue’s Irish Pub in Elm Grove. The Rotary Award honors a strong local leader who has entrepreneurial skills and strategic vision.
Jamie O'Donoghue (center) is presented with the Elmbrook Rotary Club's 2019 Business Person of the Year Award from Selection Committee member Tom Michalski, Elm Grove Village Board Trustee, (L), and Ralph Gould, Award Program Chair and Elmbrook Rotarian (R).
“Jamie joins an impressive group of past Business Person of the Year award recipients: Mark Mirsberger, CEO of Dana Investment Advisors, in 2018, and Lisabeth Passalis-Bain, Publisher of the Elm Grove News-Independent, in 2017,” said Award Program Chair Ralph Gould. “This annual award helps the Elmbrook Rotary Club recognize a successful business owner/operator in Brookfield or Elm Grove who demonstrates community responsibility.”
O’Donoghue has shown service-mindedness and significant community involvement through local sponsorships by O’Donoghue’s Irish Pub of the annual Elm Grove Memorial Day celebration with proceeds benefiting the American Legion’s Post 449, the Elm Grove Village Farmer’s Market, Elm Grove Oktoberfest, Children’s Hospital Toys for Christmas program, Irish Fest, Elm Grove Citizens’ Police Academy, Humane Animal Welfare Society (HAWS), and several area golf outings.
A committee of Elmbrook Rotarians and local government officials selected the award recipient.
Elmbrook Rotary Club has embarked upon a "Peace Building Project." Announced and previewed on Friday, October 18, the project will stretch over multiple years as the club and its membership engage in peace building in Milwaukee.
View the embedded video from the Rotary Action Group for Peace. If not viewable, follow the URL linked to "Rotary: Peace Is . . ."
For a detailed look at ERC's peace initiative, view the PDF entitled "ERC Peace Building Project." Above all, stay tuned and become involved as the project unfolds.
The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into projects that change lives both close to home and around the world. As the charitable arm of Rotary International, we tap into a global network of Rotarians who invest their time, money, and expertise into our priorities, such as eradicating polio and promoting peace. Foundation grants empower Rotarians to approach challenges such as poverty, illiteracy, and malnutrition with sustainable solutions that leave a lasting impact.
Strong financial oversight, a stellar charity rating, and a unique funding model mean that we make the very most of your contribution. Give and become a part of Rotary’s life-changing work!
The collective leadership and expertise of our 1.2 million members helps us tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges, locally and globally. We are united by common values and vision for the future as we sharpen our focus with targeted specific causes that will reach communities most in need.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
For more than 100 years, our guiding principles have been the foundation upon which our values and tradition stand. The Four-Way Test, Object of Rotary, and the Avenues of Service express our commitment to service, fellowship, diversity, integrity, and leadership.
HISTORY OF THE ROTARY FOUNDATION
At the 1917 convention, outgoing RI President Arch C. Klumph proposed to set up an endowment “for the purpose of doing good in the world.” In 1928, it was renamed The Rotary Foundation, and it became a distinct entity within Rotary International.
GROWTH OF THE FOUNDATION
In 1929, the Foundation made its first gift of $500 to the International Society for Crippled Children. The organization, created by Rotarian Edgar F. “Daddy” Allen, later grew into Easter Seals.
When Rotary founder Paul Harris died in 1947, contributions began pouring in to Rotary International, and the Paul Harris Memorial Fund was created to build the Foundation.
EVOLUTION OF FOUNDATION PROGRAMS
1947: The Foundation established its first program, Fellowships for Advance Study, later known as Ambassadorial Scholarships.
1965-66: Three programs were launched: Group Study Exchange, Awards for Technical Training, and Grants for Activities in Keeping with the Objective of The Rotary Foundation, which was later called Matching Grants.
1978: Rotary introduced the Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants. The first 3-H Grant funded a project to immunize 6 million Philippine children against polio.
1985: The PolioPlus program was launched to eradicate polio worldwide.
Please join the Elmbrook Rotary Club in celebrating our esteemed member Birthdays and Anniversaries in November.
“Don't wait until the fourth Thursday in November, to sit with family and friends to give thanks. Make every day a day of Thanksgiving!” - Charmaine J. Forde
Happy Birthday! Wishing a wonderful year of good health, happiness, and success to our members:
Raul Arredondo
Jim Dunn
Fred Gettelman
Ted Wentzel
ERC also recognizes the following membership anniversaries:
Please join the Elmbrook Rotary Club in celebrating our esteemed member Birthdays and Anniversaries in October.
“October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. It is the distant hills once more in sight, and the enduring constellations above them once again.” — Hal Borland
Happy Birthday! Wishing a wonderful year of good health, happiness, and success to our members:
Gary Gilmore
Mike Groth
Paul Langer
Gordy Miller
Moeser, Erik
Noaman Sharief
Don Waterman
ERC also recognizes the following membership anniversaries:
The LAUNCH program at Elmbrook schools is still in need of mentors with business experience to assist students with their LAUNCH projects! Over 400 students and only 35 mentors to this point. LAUNCH is hoping to reach 70 mentors.
Please consider spending one hour, or one hour a week, for as many weeks as you feel comfortable with, helping the Students at LAUNCH as they develop their LAUNCH projects.
Click "Read more . . . " to discover the needs.
The basic responsibility is to attend a session and spend time with a team of 3 to 5 LAUNCH students who are developing a response to a problem posed to them by an area business. Once you hear their description of the problem and their thoughts on solving it, you can make observations based on your business experience or provide direction on resources they might find helpful.
If you or your spouse or even a friend or neighbor have interest in assisting in this venture, please click on the link below to activate a "LAUNCH ENGAGEMENT FORM" The various business strands in the program are described and what areas of expertise the program are desired. It takes less than five minutes to review and complete the form. After completing, just click "SUBMIT." Within a week someone from LAUNCH will be in touch with you and advise on the next steps, locations, etc.
The business strands that LAUNCH now has are Manufacturing, Teaching, Engineering, Analytics, Hospitality, IT, Healthcare, and Media. Anyone who has experience in these fields can provide wonderful insights to these high school juniors and seniors about these fields. Once again, one hour or one hour a week can make a big difference.
LAUNCH sends out an updated quarterly newsletter describing the program, the business partners, and programs they have developed. If you care to receive this newsletter, please contact Dan Roads at danroads21@gmail.com. He will send you the most current newsletter and add you to the mailing list for future mailings. For privacy purposes, no one's name or email address will be provided to LAUNCH without your permission.
On Friday morning, October 11, Elmbrook Rotary conducted an off-site meeting in the Simulation Center at Froedtert & The Medical Center of Wisconsin. Dr. Jon Gould, Chief, Division of General Surgery, and other staff members provided an overview and tour of the two-year-old Simulation Center.
The Simulation Center at Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin provides an environment for team-based, hands-on training for faculty and staff to work closely with each other as one cohesive care team. This 10,200-SF unit is designed to foster collaboration and excellence using innovative training methods and teaching tools to increase safety, and ultimately, deliver better care to the community.
The center consists of a large skills lab and four simulation settings that mimic typical healthcare environments such as a patient room, operating room, ICU patient room and trauma bay. In these settings, a variety of simulated hospital cases can take place, including birth simulation, surgeries, trauma, emergency medical procedures, and general care.
Simulation-based training accelerates the learning of critical processes, thinking skills, communication, and teamwork in a safe learning environment. The overall design reinforces Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin’s brand, which is medical excellence delivered in a sophisticated yet accessible environment that inspires staff to perform at their highest and deliver exceptional patient outcomes.
Mark and Evonne Zalewski, together with Larry Winkelhake and his wife Jean Guzetta, will represent Elmbrook Rotary Club in Antigua, Guatemala, at the high school graduation of their sponsored students (Monica Rivera & Carlos de Leon, respectively). They will also visit our own club student (Sergio Cuc), who is finishing 11th grade.
This graduation trip encompasses five days of learning about Common Hope’s programs, diving deeper into Guatemalan culture, and of course attending the graduation ceremony to see their sponsored students receive their diplomas.
Mark and Evonne began sponsoring Monica Esquivel Rivera six plus years ago as an outgrowth of their first Vision Team experience in 2013. Having visited her several times, they have steadily tracked her progress and are very proud of her. She will graduate into the field of teaching and hopes to be a doctor someday.
Larry and Jean attended the graduation of our club student, Juan Pablo Martinez Ramirez, in 2018. During that week met Carlos de Leon, who is majoring in Accountancy and IT. They became his sponsor and will see him graduate, as well as spend time with his family, during the visit.
ERC’s club student this year, Sergio Cuc, is finishing 11th grade and will graduate in November 2020 in the field of automobile mechanics.
Anyone interested in representing Elmbrook Rotarians at that event should contact Erik Moeser. We have had representation from the club every year since 2014. It is a display of amazing volunteerism in action and is so very meaningful to the graduates as they begin an adult life that is quite different from those who do not have the advantages of an affiliation with Common Hope.
The graduation trips, Vision Teams, and club student sponsorships are a project of the ERC International Committee in the broad field of literacy, helping Common Hope create environments to allow school attendance rather than the more common practice of field labor (that occurs from sometimes an alarmingly early age). The results, per a University of Chicago study, are palpable and measurable.
Just a reminder: Anyone can sponsor or “half sponsor” a Guatemalan student through Common Hope.
It is now possible for members of Elmbrook Rotary Club (ERC) to make online payments and donations both to ERC and to the Elmbrook Rotary Foundation (ERF).
Two separate commercial merchant accounts have been activated which intend to keep transactions separated between ERC and ERF.
To make payments to ERC, simply follow the link provided in one's individual club account (and quarterly statements). A surcharge of 5% is billed to one's club account when utilizing a credit card or debit card.
To make donations or payments to ERF, simply click the "Donate" or "Donate Now" button that can be found on multiple pages on the ERC web site. Or, one can click the URL link that will be provided in ERF invoices to club members. Please ensure that donations or payments intended for the ERF account are not made to the ERC account. The opposite is also true. And, please remember that not all payments to the Foundation [a 501(c)(3) entity] are tax-deductible. IRS rules and policies must be followed.
Finally, one can always use the old-fashioned (and least expensive) way of payment/donation with an individual check or bank check via "Bill Pay" at one's bank.
The ClubRunner Mobile App is your key to connect to your club on the go!
Completely free to download and use, this app will let you access the key info you need while you're on the go. Password protected just like the ERC website, the ClubRunner Mobile app allows you to to view the ERC member directory, contact your members and executives, read the latest articles posted to the ERC website, learn more about ERC upcoming events and speakers, view ERC meeting details, and track your attendance statistics—right from your smartphone or tablet! Download the ClubRunner Mobile App either from the App Store (for Apple products) or from Google Play (for Android devices).
A new Rotary year began on July 1. The Rotary International Presidential Theme for 2019-2020 is "Rotary Connects the World."
Mark Daniel Maloney (Rotary Club of Decatur, Alabama, USA) is RI President for 2019-2020 and believes that connection is at the heart of the Rotary experience. “(Rotary) allows us to connect with each other, in deep and meaningful ways, across our differences,” Maloney says. “It connects us to people we would never otherwise have met, who are more like us than we ever could have known. It connects us to our communities, to professional opportunities, and to the people who need our help.”
Rotarians in RI District 3350 (Thailand) have produced an interesting song & video that connects the 2019-2020 Presidential Theme with the work and impact of Rotary worldwide. Click here or on the image below to view and hear the production. It is only 3 min. 29 sec. in length.
When we say "WE RISE & SHINE” to others, it means:
WE RISE to meet early every Friday.
WE RISE to the occasion by helping those in need.
WE RISE to make a difference in our community and the world.
WE SHINE by living the Rotary 4-way Test.
WE SHINE by staying positive and encouraging others.
WE SHINE by lighting the way for service above self in Brookfield, Elm Grove, and beyond.
The tagline appears on our Coffee Mugs, on our Web site, on club emails, and on other communications going out. Try using the tagline the next time you’re talking to someone about Elmbrook Rotary or Rotary in general. In fact, consider purchasing an Elmbrook Rotary Coffee Mug for $7.
Enjoy this humorous video about what Rotary really is. Click me to view!
Filmed in 2017 in the Fargo-Moorhead area (North Dakota Minnesota border region), where there are five Rotary Clubs. Video was supported by Rotary District 5580.