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News & Updates
News & Updates, January 17th, 2018
Greetings friends and Rotarians!
 
I am delighted to report that our District Grant application for matching funds to build Little Libraries has been approved!  A huge thank you to Som for putting together our grant application on a tight timeline, and thank you to all of our YP Week committee members for coordinating all of our upcoming event partnerships!
 
We'd strongly encourage all club members to come to this Sunday's meeting at Brocach to assist with critical event planning for 2018!  We will be breaking into three discussion groups. -
 
YP Week (John/Justin/Ryan) -
John and Justin and Ryan will lead a discussion of planning and promotion for the four upcoming YP Week events that our club is helping to coordinate.
 
Membership Growth/Club Promotion (Chelsea/Lori) -
Chelsea and Lori will discuss ideas for member recruitment and visitor outreach and club promotion activities to help grow our club!
 
Grants & Projects (Som/Mac) -
Som will walk us through our approved Little Libraries grant application, and we will discuss ideas for other future grant and large project initiatives.
 
See you soon!
Mac
2017-2018 President

 

Upcoming Events

Saturday, January 20 – Service Event:  Porchlight

Porchlight Eastside Site, 1708 Thierer Rd, Madison

Porchlight offers over 300 units of housing at 24 Madison-area locations to families and individuals. We will be helping to sort donated goods at Porchlight's eastside site.

 

Sunday, January 21 – Club Planning Meeting

Brocach Irish Pub, 7 W. Main St., Madison

Please join us this Sunday as we perform critical planning to ensure that our upcoming year is a success!  Guests are welcome to come and learn about our upcoming club initiatives!

 

Grant Approved for Little Libraries!
 
We are delighted to report that our District Grant application to build Little Libraries has just been approved!
 
Our club will build seven Little Libraries at Habitat Homes, in partnership with Habitat for Young Professionals, during Madison Young Professionals Week 2018.  The total project cost will be $1050, of which half of the funds will be raised by our club and event partners through the event and half will be matched by our Rotary District.
 
A big thank you to Som for putting together our grant application!  Members can read the full text of our application here.
Mark Your Calendar!
 
Mark you calendar for January 21st!

We will have a strategic planning meeting around our future growth and projects and vision in place of our usual club meeting.

Please come with your ideas for our club direction!
Don't Forget to Register!
 
Remember to register for Rotary Tri-Con in Wisconsin Dells, May 4-6!  Registration is currently only $20 (not including the optional meals)!
 
Upcoming Events
Service Event - Porchlight
Jan 20, 2018
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
 
Club Meeting - Strategic Planning Session
Brocah Irish Pub
Jan 21, 2018
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Club Meeting - Cancelled (Super Bowl)
Feb 04, 2018
6:03 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Service Event - Second Harvest Foodbank
Feb 10, 2018
9:00 AM – 11:30 AM
 
Club Meeting - Black Women Heal
Brocach Irish Pub
Feb 18, 2018
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Club Meeting - WARF
TBD
Mar 04, 2018
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
 
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