Note: Scott was listening via zoom and could not hear everything perfectly! Sorry for anything that was missed
Mick opened the meeting at the Pyramid Event Venue at 12:15pm and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance followed with the Four-Way Test.
Guests
Megan Harwick - presenter, on zoom
Student Rotarians
Happy Bucks
- Denny - 66th wedding anniversary, 53rd year in rotary
- Greg - 34 year wedding anniversary, was a featured speaker at the fox city book festival and his talk was the most viewed of the entire fextival
- Sarah W - put a new member photo of her and zach t in the paper. Her birthday was last weekend and she spent it with friends
- Ed - to his neighbor so Ed could come to the meeting,
Fines
None
Birthdays
Nancy - 1 year anniversary with rotary
John B - 19 year anniversary with rotary
Denny - 55 year anniversary with rotary
CLUB BUSINESS - Announcements and committee reports
- Speaking with Megs from the Philippeans. They are asking for $500 for more water projects. Motion to donate by Tom V. 2nd by Janine. All were in favor and motion passed
- Evening club at 7pm at pyramid event venue on Oct 24th
- Car Raffle - only 55 unclaimed tickets. We have already covered our cost. You can volunteer to sell tickets at the market still
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PROGRAM
Megan Hartwick - United Way of Jefferson Co
Fights for health, education, and financial security for our community
Allocated over $300,000 to our communities just in 2020. They support local nonprofits who serve people in jefferson co.
$64,530 was designated for covid relief
$10,000 went to the LM school district
Ride United Program - Free rides to and from the food pantry in Fort, Whitewater, Jefferson and to the medical clinics in those communities
Eviction Prevention program - temporary financial help to keep people in their homes
Merged with the watertown area united way
Fall 2020 fundraising campaign is under way
The theme this year is "now more than ever" highlight the need of the community for support and the need to donors to donate
How to get involved;
Make a donation from you business, organization, or personally
Like and share their facebook posts
Join their board of directors
Ask about volunteering with the grant review teams
Sign up for the monthly newsletter
Register on the FREE volunteer platform www.volunteerman.com
Meeting adjourned 1:00pm
