SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23 from 10 am - 1 pm at Thiensville Village Park
Service Above Self
We meet In Person
Tuesdays at 12:00 PM
River Club
12400 N Ville Du Parc
Mequon, WI 53092
United States of America
Mequon, WI 53092
United States of America
Prost! OKTOBERFEST 2021, a fundraiser to benefit the Gathering on the Green Music Together and Scholarship Program
October 7, 2021 - Octoberfest fundraiser for GoG!
October 9, 2021 - Roadside Cleanup. Meet at Kwik Trip at 8:30AM.
October 14, 2021 - Fall Into Comedy
October 23, 2021 - Shred Event at Village Park. Rotary will also be collecting NEW clothes, toys, and other items to support Afghan Refugees at Fort McCoy.
October 26, 2021 - Trick or Treat to End Polio. Bring some cash for the trick or treater, which will be donated to Polio Plus.
It's almost time for our semi-annual Adopt-a-Highway Roadside Clean-up!
Brooks Griffin and The Power of YOUth
We are excited to host Brooks Griffin on Tuesday, September 28th. In this presentation, Brooks Griffin will inspire each participant to tap into their "YOU", so that they can improve their engagement with children, youth and families from marginalized communities. Brooks will share his personal stories of his growing up with mental health challenges, his journey as a youth organizer & Father Advocate, and addressing social & racial equity with his dream job at The 2021 NBA Champion Milwaukee Bucks!
We are excited to host Brooks Griffin on Tuesday, September 28th. In this presentation, Brooks Griffin will inspire each participant to tap into their "YOU", so that they can improve their engagement with children, youth and families from marginalized communities. Brooks will share his personal stories of his growing up with mental health challenges, his journey as a youth organizer & Father Advocate, and addressing social & racial equity with his dream job at The 2021 NBA Champion Milwaukee Bucks!
Tuesday’s speaker, Bridget Robinson, is a director for Milwaukee’s Safe and Sound program, in which they work with neighborhoods, youth, and more. They work to inform and be a resource for people in Milwaukee.
Greg Sommersberger was presented with a Paul Harris Award at Tuesday’s meeting. Greg was also presented with the much more prestigious Sam Azinger Award. Both were presented in consideration of generous contributions to the Rotary Foundation during the 2020-2021 year.
Jennifer Williams, Director of Unity in Hope School Systems, and Allen Ruppel, Founder, spoke to our club at Tuesday’s meeting.
Unity in Hope School Systems was started in Pakistan to give non-Muslim children an opportunity to obtain a quality education not otherwise available to non-Muslim children. Unity in Hope starts with quality instruction, clean water, food, and end with providing children with a good education.
All of the money raised for the schools is managed by the Wisconsin 501(c)(3), and is used by the board to reimburse expenses. Money from the school stays in the community after being used to pay teachers salaries, food, improvements, buildings, maintenance and more.
A dollar goes very far in these Islamabad, Pakistan slums. What costs MPS $16,000 per student can be obtained for $250 per student. Things such as a playground for the kids cost only $750. Just imagine the impact we could have. For more information, visit their website at https://unityinhopeschool.org/ or visit and follow them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Unity-in-Hope-School-System-104097257784561.
Everyone is invited to the Cedarburg-Grafton Rotary Club's Rotary Music Festival, which will be held at the Cedarburg High School's athletic field on August 8th at 7:30PM. Tickets are available at www.dci.org
It was a pleasure for many members of the Thiensville-Mequon Rotary Club, and the Mequon-Thiensville Rotary Club who attended the Cedarburg Grafton Rotary Club's meeting at Mequon Rotary Park on Thursday. It was a great event in which everyone had the opportunity to get to know one another. Thank you to the Cedarburg Grafton Rotary Club for the invitation.
Normally people have to bid and win in a silent auction to get their lips on Van Mobley’s famous smoked brisket, but thanks to Van, Matt, Jenne, and Stan, our club was treated to this delicious meal at Tuesday’s meeting. All that was missing was a Tim Vertz Famous Old Fashioned!Posted by Samuel Azinger
It has been brought to our attention that many Rotarians are doing their end of year donation planning and that they would like more information about donating to the M-T Community Promenade project. As you know Rotary and Rotarians have been actively working on the Town Center and River Walk projects since 2002. As a capstone landmark for this area we have been active in the planning and now the fundraising for the Mequon-Thiensville Community Promenade on the north east corner of Mequon and Cedarburg Roads.
First, prospective donors should know that both municipal governments – Village Board for Thiensville and City Council for Mequon – have collaborated to get this new landmark designed through a Joint Gateway Committee appointed in August 2017. And, the Village and City have pledged as many tax dollars as elected officials feel they can toward its construction. Collectively, the Village and City have committed $200,000 toward the total cost of design and construction.
We know private fund raising is not an appropriate function of municipal governments; therefore, we are personally and collectively committed to raising $500,000 in private contributions to meet the total projected cost of $700,000. As a club, we have donated $15,000 already with more to come after the Community Action Council meets in December. $30,000 remaining from the efforts for the River Walk have been transferred to this project. It is our expectation that more will come in the next two years.
The City has indicated willingness to authorize a construction contract to build the Promenade as soon as 75% or $375,000 of the private funds needed are pledged or in the bank.
Our Promenade Landmark Campaign Committee, composed totally of volunteers, has kicked off a quiet campaign to secure commitments for as many lead gifts as possible by January. We hope the Council will be able to issue that contract in February in preparation for construction in Spring 2019.
We are working independently, without the services of a professional fund-raiser so that funds raised will be used for construction, not fund raising.
Before asking others, Campaign Committee members pledged their own donations. Since then, we have secured four (4) lead gifts of $25,000 or more thus far, plus ten (10) commitments at other levels totaling private dollars raised of $211,400 to date Nov 10, 2018. More has come in since then, but we don’t have the latest figures.
Donations of $500 and up will be recognized on the donor wall. Pledges can be made to spread out a donation over three years. If you have an employer that will match your donation, please help us make that contact. Tax deductible donations are to the T-M Rotary Foundation, note to Promenade.
In the past, Rotarians have amazed us with their generosity, many pledging over three years. Our goal is to have donations from everyone in the club, no pressure on amounts, but eager participation.
Please feel free to share this information with others who may be interested.
Sandy Custer, Stan Smith, Dan Gannon, Tim Carr
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