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Thiensville-Mequon Rotary
Service Above Self
We meet Tuesdays at 12:00 PM
Ozaukee Country Club
10823 N River Road
Mequon, WI  53092
United States
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Melissa Schneyder Speaks on U.S. Bank's Role in the Community

                                                                                                                                                                     

 
Melissa Schneyder, the woman without a title, from U.S. Bank spoke to our Rotary Club on Tuesday on how U.S. Bank is playing an active role in our community and communities across the country.  The U.S. Bank foundation gives back around $24 million every year, including $5.5 million in Wisconsin, to local charitable organizations.  U.S. bank encourages it's employees to volunteer their time to serve our communities, by offering incentives and making contributions to organizations their employees support.  When it comes to deciding what organizations to support, an employee's commitment to the organization is number one.
 
U.S. Bank has additionally used its position in the community to help connect entrepreneurs with non-profits that can assist with starting a business when conventional lending is not an option.  It has taken the initiative to lobby in Madison to pass bills encouraging schools to teach financial literacy, and has gone so far as to go to Washington to help determine how banks could be used to identify and stop human trafficking.  
  
Roses Delivered to Mom for Just $15! 
Not only is the Milwaukee North Sunrise Club offering to deliver a dozen roses for just $15, but it is also for a good cause (benefiting the scholarship fund).  Talk to Greg Sommersberger for details or an order form. Orders should be placed no later than May 1st, with checks made out to Milwaukee North Sunrise Club.  
Volunteers Needed: If you cannot cook, you can clean!
Sandy Custer is looking for volunteers to fill five additional weeks as head chef when we meet at Rotary Park this summer. Ellen added that it is a great experience and opportunity to work closely with other Rotarians, and the regular team members are always there to assist and give guidance. 
 
Sandy is also looking for a head count for those who will be participating in the street cleanup on Saturday April 14, at 9:00 am. We will meet at kwik Trip on the corner of Donges Bay and Green Bay roads, rain, snow, or shine (hopefully shine).   
 
Speak to Sandy if you would like to volunteer for either or both. 
Rotarian Maureen O'Leary Delivers Heartwarming Thumbnail Presentation on the Miracle of Life

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rotarian Maureen O'Leary presented a thumbnail sketch to the Club at Tuesday's meeting.  Maureen is an attorney and shareholder at Willms, S.C., a law firm in Thiensville with expertise in the practice areas of Estate Planning, Business Law, Tax Law, and Elder Law.  Maureen grew up in Brookfield Wisconsin and completed her undergraduate degree at Carroll College. She then attended Marquette University Law School prior to joining Willms, S.C. after graduation in 2008, where she became a partner in 2014.  
 
Maureen told the miraculous story of the birth of her daughter Jacqueline, who was born at 23 weeks weighing around one pound.  After being told by every doctor that her daughter would not survive or would have significant disabilities, Maureen and her husband Jeremy continued to have faith. Two and a half years later, Jacqueline is a healthy toddler with no signs of disability or delay.  Maureen shared photo albums from the hospital to put into perspective how small a one pound baby really is, and the true miracle that is her family. Maureen additionally shared that she and her husband are expecting again in October.       

Farewell and Welcome!

March 10th was Bill Hart's last meeting as Thiensville-Mequon Rotary Club president.  Although we will miss Bill, we wish him well in his new position with Ascension!
 
The vote on March 10 was unanimous for Tim Vertz to take his position as president of the T-M Rotary Club 3 months early.  Welcome, Tim!
 

Rotarians at Work

 

50+ Years of National Honor Society Tradition Continues

Rotarians continued the tradition of honoring National Honor Society inductees and their parents begun back in the '60s.  George Witte was honored for his role in organizing the event for many years.  
Time to don aprons and get to work.
 
(right) Past president MacFarlane welcomed participants and explained Rotary's role in the Thiensville-Mequon communities.
 
 
 
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Lysaught reaches to pour water for guests
Custer, Mobley, Lysaught, Rowe, Hage,  Gannon, Carr, Smith, Hillman, Davis listen to speakers

Spring Greetings

Whatever your tradition, be it Easter or Passover or some other celebration, we wish you warm weather, plenty of sunlight, love, light, and peace.
Letter to Potential Host Family - From German Exchange Student, Elisabeth
 
Dear Host Family,
My name is Elisabeth. Thank you very much that you give me the possibility to live in your family and to get to know the life in
your country.
I want to present myself to let you know who I am. I live in Bielefeld, a city of 320.000 inhabitants with a university. Here I live
with my parents and my little brother Johannes. Although he is nearly six years younger than me, we do a lot together like
playing Lego or Playmobil.We live in an apartment in our own house with a nice garden. I have my own room and my brother
has his own room too.
My parents both work, my father is a university professor and director of an institute for advanced studies that is in
Wolfenbüttel, in a distance of approx. 250 km. So during the week he stays there. When he is at home he continues working
in his studio. My mother is a teacher. She teaches three subjects, Italian, German and History at a school here in Bielefeld
Our house is in the middle of the city and in a distance of only 10 minutes on foot to my school. But when it is raining my
mother is so nice to take us to school by car.
I like sports, music and staying with friends. At the moment once a week I go to a tennis lesson and to a fencing club, but I
also made experiences in ballet and modern dance. Some weeks ago I have started with my friends a course of ballroom
dance which I like very much.
Beside sports music is my other favourite hobby. I have been playing violin for many years, and I am member of two
orchestras.
My school in Bielefeld is the only one which starts with Latin as a foreign language. With Latin, I also learn English, French
and ancient Greek. Other subjects in my school are German, history, politics, geography, religious instructions, chemistry,
biology, physics, art and music.
I am catholic. We are not very regularly in church but at feasts like Christmas or Eastern it is important for us to go.
I am not sure what I want to do in future. Last summer I did an internship at a hospital. I really liked it and now I think about to
study medicine in order to become a doctor. I like the idea of being doctor because you can help other people. Besides I also
did a training as a school medic and dispute conciliator and now I am member of these groups for my school.
There are not many things I do not like, but I really can not suffer people who are false, condescending and superficial. And I
really do not like spiders and I can not stay in one room with them.
I love travelling. With my family I travelled to New York, Boston, Paris and Roma but my favourite city is London. I am curious
to see new countries. In the holidays sometimes we go skiing and I love it.
A few weeks ago I did a two weeks exchange to Oxford with my school and I got the chance to make a first experience living
in another country.
If you ask about my characteristics I think I am happy, amenable and confident. I talk a lot, sometimes a little bit too much.
I hope you got a first impression of me.
Elisabeth
Upcoming Speakers
Apr 17, 2018
Lakeshore Chinooks
Apr 24, 2018
May 01, 2018
Frank L. Weyenberg Library of Mequon-Thiensville
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Upcoming Events
Road and Riverwalk Cleanup
Apr 14, 2018
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
 
Meeting Responsibilities
Prayer/Inspiration
 
April 17
Mobley, Van
 
April 24
Muchin Young, Rachel
 
May 1
Naggs, Karle
 
Greeter
 
April 17
Kirgues, Roger
 
April 24
Koch, Pamela
 
May 1
Kos, Robert
 
Pledge
 
April 17
Wiese, John
 
April 24
Witte, George
 
May 1
Witte-Dycus, Nancy
 
If you cannot fulfill your responsibility, please make arrangements for someone else to take your place.
 
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