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Did you know that our District now has a new Fellowship? Rotary Means Business - this was taken from the District 6270 home page -
"District 6270 has now officially become the first Rotary district in Wisconsin to be chartered under the Rotary Means Business Fellowship. Rotary Means Business encourages Rotarians to support the success of their fellow Rotarians by doing business with them, and by referring others to them. I am of the firm belief that the most honorable people to transact business with are people who abide by the 4 Way Test. So, to launch the Rotary Means Business Fellowship, we are planning an event that will be announced soon where Rotarians who are involved in business or interested in business can come to socialize and learn more about how to join the fellowship. We are also working on an Electronic Business Directory (in PDF format) for all Rotarians involved in various businesses to be able to have their businesses listed so that other Rotarians can reach out to them to transact business or refer business to them."
Rotarian and Cycling Fellowship member Angie Rester recently rode in the Penninsula Century Fall Challenge where she ran into the Rotarians from the Rotary Club Door County North who hosted one of the rest stops and fueling stations in the ride that starts and ends in Sister Bay. Cycling Fellowship members are also able to purchase the Rotary and End Polio jerseys made just for the Fellowship. Angie is available for presentations to clubs regarding Fellowships. She serves as the District Fellowship Chair. Click here to email her your request or questions.
Are you interested in serving on the District Committee for Fellowships? Meetings will be telephonically so you can join the committee from any place in the District.
Amigos Rotarians Phil Golden and Rosa Sugo-Golden traveled to Uruguay in December to finalize our club project details and reporting.
Micro-Loan Program in Haiti
Amigos Rotarian Dorothy Krupa continues to work on a Rotary Global Grant to secure greater funding for more micro-loans to women in Haiti. Pledges from our club and other Rotary Clubs is nearing our $10,000 necessary (at $6,000 in pledges currently) match for Rotary International Foundation Global Grant Funding.
Rotary International Convention 2019 in Hamburg, Germany - June 1-5
PDG and Amigos President Angela Rester and Past Amigos President will attend. Let her know if you wish to go to consider shared apartment in Hamburg.
WHY ATTEND?
Unforgettable moments are made at the convention, a place where the Rotary spirit fills the air with a level of energy and enthusiasm you can’t find anywhere else. This is the event where we unite and take action to create true and lasting change in the world.
Angie has attended multiple conventions starting in Nice, France in 1995; Indianapolis, Indiana; Singapore, Singapore; San Antonio, Texas; Chicago, IL; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Montreal, Canada.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Make new friends or connect with old ones while you explore the House of Friendship with your fellow Rotarians. With so much to see and endless things to do, the Rotary Convention is sure to be an experience you won’t want to miss.
Angie has registered to also attend the Peace Conference that is convening just before the Convention from May 31 - June 1. Any Rotarian may also register for it or the pre-convention Rotaract Symposium.
DISCOVER HAMBURG
Discover the unique blend of historical and contemporary culture that makes Hamburg such a distinctive place. A flourishing city with friendly people and an array of entertainment options, this beautiful port city is the perfect setting for a memorable experience.
Rotary Curious??
Did you know that Rotary does not require weekly attendance even though we generally meet weekly?
Did you know that our project and volunteer service counts as attendance?
Did you know that you can do a Rotary make-up by attending another club meeting OR by going on-line and read several "programs" and then apply for a make-up? Use these links to get started.
We have received notification that the MAC cannot accommodate us the first Tuesday of any month (reduced space with interim location). If you have ideas where we might be able to meet we would love to hear from you. pdgrestersamse@aol.com
WEATHER ALERT - Please check our Facebook page or Web site to learn if we are forced to cancel on Tues., Feb. 13. We ONLY cancel if safety has to take a priority. Let's see what Tuesday Wisconsin Weather brings versus prediction.
Tuesday, February 12 - Victory Garden Initiative - Montana Morris
Victory Garden Initiative builds communities that grow their own food, creating a socially just, ecologically sustainable, nutritious food system for all.
Come hear from Montana about volunteer opportunities for our club to participate in helping others learn to grow their own food and work toward greater social equity.
Montana shared the following, "Urban agriculture benefits our communities through environmental, physical, mental, economic, and social means. VGI is first and foremost an educational organization that teaches people how to grow their own food, especially in the city. We also make growing food more accessible to people by installing gardens for them, providing garden mentors, and creating gardener communities. VGI does work throughout Milwaukee County and even Wisconsin, but we focus the majority of the money we raise on low-income neighborhoods and food deserts. We also operate an urban farm in the Harambee neighborhood of Milwaukee that we use for youth education and community engagement. VGI puts on a number of community events to raise awareness and engagement of urban agriculture throughout the year. Changing the health of our communities starts with changing the culture of them."
Amigos Rotarians will be hearing from several organizations so that we can decide, as a club, where we would like to support and contribute our volunteer time and resources. Don't miss this meeting!
Tuesday, February 19 - Celebrating Rotary's Birthday - Why is Rotary Relevant and Even More So Today Than 114 Years Ago
February 23 is Rotary’s 114th Birthday.
That day is also called World Understanding and Peace Day. On February 23, 1905, little did Paul Harris and his three friends realize what they were starting when they met in room 711 of the Unity Building in Chicago. We have come a long way, since then, but we still have a long way to go to achieve goodwill, peace, and understanding among all people of the world. We will celebrate on the 19th with some history, the present, and the future. Your thoughts and insights will power the conversation.
Tuesday, February 26 - 6-7 pm - Milwaukee Athletic Club - "The Best is Yet to Come" Innovative Future - Tori Strutz & Maikel Correa
Tough decisions to close for one year, renovate and create "State of the Art" space to continue to serve Milwaukee.
Tuesday, March 12 - 6-7 pm - My Lombardi Years and Adventures - Sandy Sullivan
Sandy Sullivan is an author, teacher, artist, businesswoman and motivational speaker who can deliver a rousing account of her experiences while working with Vince Lombardi and the Green Bay Packers. You’ll find the presentation funny, interesting, shocking and inspiring.
Tuesday, March 19 - 6-7:30 pm - Rotary Amigos Community Connection - Off-site Meeting at African-American Monthly Roundtable - location to be announce
Because AART is a collaborative model with a dedicated intention of authenticity and genuine representation, they have built a bridge between Hmong, African American, and Latino communities. These new bonds open the door for all to do more together. They are learning about the needs in each others’ communities in ways that are only possible because we deliberately include candid, heartfelt, and raw conversations with each other in the foundation of our work.
Saturday, May 4 - 8:30-11:30 am - SERVICE DAY at Hunger Task Force Farm - 60th and Ryan
(all of 3 hours or whatever time you can give). Need not be a Rotarian to participate. This is a Rotary Partner Service Project with Rotary Clubs of Mitchell Field, New Berlin, West Allis, and Whitnall Park.
What We'Ve been up to
Tuesday, February 5 - Marta Carrion - New Member Intro and Classification Talk
Rotarian Marta Carrion gave a very insightful and entertaining sharing about herself and her journey to her current role as Director of Latina Initiatives - Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast.
Tuesday, January 15 - Chinese New Year - 6 pm - 7 pm
The 2019 Chinese New Year Day is on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 in China's time zone.
This was an exceptional, informational meeting and our members highly recommend that others find the opportunity to hear about this history.
Tuesday, December 11
Amigos Holiday Party
A good time was had by all as we celebrated and talked about holiday traditions in our members and guests households. Rosa Sugo-Golden brought cupcakes for us to decorate in a fun contest.
Tuesday, December 4 at Memorial Hall - War Memorial Center (IT WAS A SOLD OUT EVENT)
Rotary International President Barry Rassin
Amigos Rotarians Angela Rester and Paul Berger were able to attend the noon meeting at the Rotary Club of Milwaukee. RI President Barry Rassin, of the Rotary Club of East Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas, earned an MBA in health and hospital administration from the University of Florida and was the first fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives in the Bahamas. He recently retired after 37 years as president of Doctors Hospital Health System, where he continues to serve as a Director. He is a lifetime member of the American Hospital Association and has served on several boards, including the Quality Council of the Bahamas, Health Education Council, and Employer’s Confederation. In July 2018, The Bahamas Government recognized Barry as an Officer of The Order of Distinction. A Rotarian since 1980, Rassin has served Rotary as director and as vice chair of The Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees.
Sunday, December 2 at Cedarburg Rivoli
Movie was followed by Community Discussion
Milwaukee native George Tillman Jr. directed this film.
In the movie Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds -- the poor, mostly black neighborhood where she lives and the wealthy, mostly white prep school that she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is soon shattered when she witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend at the hands of a police officer. Facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and decide to stand up for what's right.
Tuesday, November 27 HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal - Jordan
HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal via video taken by Amigos President Angela Rester while she and Dorothy Krupa attended the Opening Event of the Rotary Zone 20B Institute where over 28 countries came together. His keynote presentation spoke to issues of the Middle East and how one must work toward peace. Attendees then discussed what was said in his presentation with a unanimous feeling that this was an exceptional speech with meaningful information and thought provoking comments.
His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal believes that whatever detracts from human well-being must be questioned regardless of its effects on political order or economic growth.
His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal was born in Amman, Jordan on 20th March 1947, to a branch of the Hashemite family directly descended from the Prophet Muhammad, in the forty-second generation of descendants. His Royal Highness is the youngest son of Their late Majesties King Talal and Queen Zein El Sharaf, and is the brother of His late Majesty King Hussein.
Tuesday, November 27 Rotary Amigos Board of Director Meeting - Following regular meeting
Tuesday, November 13 - Service Project - Thanksgiving Boxes
Rotary Club of Milwaukee Amigos After Hours once again was asked to partner with the Rotary Club of Mitchell Field to successfully obtain names of families in need, pack the boxes for a full Thanksgiving Dinner based on the number of family attending, deliver the boxes to the home, and make it a special time for the family. Amigos Rotarians and family and friends were instrumental in underwriting the boxes for the families who's names we obtained through UMOS. UMOS has been our partner in this effort for nine years. Honorary Rotarian Bella Weyand has not missed a single year of participation since birth and we were glad to see she and her dad, Claus, at the event on Saturday. Former Rotarian Gustavo de Arriba and members of his family were amongst the group though Gustavo is now working and living in Denmark. This service project is one of our favorites and Carmen, UMOS employee, shared with President Angie Rester, she has already heard from one of the families this year that this dinner means so much to their family who would otherwise NOT be able to have this kind of a meal in their home.
* We delivered a total of 295 meals to 67 families and individuals
Tuesday, November 13 - Club Assembly
Tuesday, October 30 - Antigua Restaurant Grand Opening
As a Charter Amigo's Rotarian, co-owner Citlali Mendieta-Ramos and former Amigos member, Nicolas Ramos, hosted fellow Amigos Rotarians . There was a brief program and ribbon cutting at 6:30 pm and lots of fun and merriment.
Tuesday, November 13 - Club Assembly
Tuesday, October 23 - NO OFFICIAL MEETING - INSTEAD we helped to support the final push to end polio world-wide.
6 of our Amigos Rotarians participated in events held at Culver's throughout our District 6270. We have partnered once again with the Mitchell Field Rotary Club and the Oak Creek Culver's. Members also attended events organized in OshKosh, West Allis, Mequon, and Oak Creek.
Tuesday, October 16 - The Global Water Center Tour and WaterPOD - It was attended by Amigos and Tosa Morning Rotarians
"Making the Unthinkable Drinkable!"TM
What a resource and gift we have in our wonderful Lake Michigan. We need to protect it and in lieu of growing contaminants in our water, we need to know how to protect ourselves and our communities. This meeting was so informative that most stayed until 8 p.m. and got in on our photos to remember the evening. We highly recommend other Rotary Clubs to invite them for a program and / or an off-site visit.
Tuesday, October 9 -ROTARY AMIGOS "ON THE TABLE" - GMF COMMUNITY WIDE CONVERSATIONS HELD ON THE 9TH
We had an excellent conversation with the primary actionable item being the intention of understanding our diverse community by meeting IN the community. In other words, return to the traditions of the original Rotary club that ROTATED the location of their meetings. We will intentionally find events or groups of people IN the community to meet with where they are to better understand them and their successes and challenges. Exciting things are on the horizon!
Tuesday, October 2 -Friendship Force - Working Toward World Peace through Exchanges. Leave home or stay....you can make a difference!
Rosie Haas and Doris Mueller have been long-term members of Friendship Force and Rosie recently served as the Milwaukee Chapter President. Friendship Force's mission is to promote global understanding across the barriers that separate people.
Tuesday, September 25 -Water and Sanitation - What Rotary IS doing and CAN do - PDG Rick Debe
Global and District grants for Rotary International District 6270 have been very successful in the past because they have involved members. Our District is embarking on some larger Global grants for Water and Sanitation around the world.
Tuesday, September 18 -District Governor Kola Alayande
District Governor Kola is a 2nd generation Rotarian and is a former Interactor, Rotaractor, AND Rotarian and may well be the only one in our District. He spoke to the club about growing the membership and staying true to Rotary without being so rigid that we don't grow or fulfill mission. As a change agent he hopes to inspire our clubs and individual Rotarians to stretch and do things differently so we remain vital and meaningful. The board then met with Kola and reviewed what makes us an awesome club and how he and the district can better serve our club.
Pictured from left to right - Past District Governor, Amigos Founder and current President Angela Rester
Daniele Calasanzio, Amigos International Director
Kola Alayande, District Governor 2018-2019
Edwin Nyakoe Nyasani - Amigos Secretary and President Nominee for 2020-2021
Thursday, September 13 - 6 - 7:30 pm - Rotary New(er) Member Orientation
This orientation was a collaborative effort of the Rotary Clubs of Amigos Milwaukee After Hours, Mitchell Field, New Berlin, West Allis, and Whitnall Park.
Three Amigos Rotarians participated in this orientation that was very well received.
Tues, September 11 - 6 - 7 pm - Farewell to Gustavo de Arriba
Sadly we said farewell to Gustavo de Arriba. He only recently learned that he has been hired at a new company based in Denmark .We know we will see him again but will miss his leadership, his joy, and warm welcomes at our wonderful little club.
Tuesday, August 28 - 6 - 8 pm -Service Night - Cathedral Center Dinner Service
Our club's 4th time serving dinner to the women and families residing at Cathedral Center. We had a lot of fun and one of our Rotary members volunteered with his family and a friend.
Tuesday, August 21 - 6 - 7 pm -Board Meeting of the Whole
Great board meeting with updates on our service projects, new activities, our new Instagram presence and soon to launch LinkedIn. Updates included learning of the District grant for a project in Uruguay . The board approved signing a Memorandum of Understanding in further steps toward the application of a Rotary Global Grant for the microloan program in Haiti with We Build. We also learned that our club will be involved in Youth Exchange for the first time as President-Elect Gustavo de Arriba and his family will share a German Exchange student with the Mequon-Thiensville Sunrise Rotary Club. Our first multi-club New Member Orientation will partner with Mitchell Field, Whitnall Park, West Allis, and New Berlin Rotary Clubs to be held from 6-8 pm on Thursday, Sept. 13 in West Allis. We have also been advised that we can look at starting a Rotaract Club that would meet WITH Amigos Club. More to come.
Thursday, August 14 -Rotary Milwaukee River Clean-Up Service Project
Amigo Rotarians adopted a segment of the Milwaukee River and under the supervision and organization of Rotarian Dorothy Krupa, we have gotten the job done. This was our third time out this year.
Thursday, August 9 -Rotary District One Summit -
Amigo Rotarians Daniele Calasanzio, Frey Faris, Edwin Nyakoe Nyasani, and Angela Rester. The session included Rotarians from other clubs and District leadership. Our friend, Rob Bassett did a great job facilitating one of the groups.
Tuesday, August 7 -Club Assembly
Tuesday, July 24 -Social at Milwaukee Athletic Club (MAC) Rooftop - need not be Rotarian to attend if you're Rotary curious. Appetizers will be provided. Cash bar.
Tuesday, July 31 - 6 - 7 pm -No meeting - 5th Tuesday of Month
Tuesday, July 17 - River Clean-up -
Rotarians from Amigos, West Allis, and New Berlin joined us in our second of three river clean-up sessions as part of our club's Adopt a River commitment.
Tuesday, July 10 - Rotary Year 2018-2019 - First Strategic Thinking Session and Rooftop Social
It was an exciting evening as those gathered offered thoughts on what are strengths, weaknesses, and priorities of attention and actionable steps in our first month (accomplish by August 25). Afterwards some gathered on the MAC rooftop for great food and fellowship.
Tuesday, June 26 - Rotary Year 2018-2019 - Planning to Plan
Discussed what is on the horizon and how we will use July 10 to establish club Key Issues which will later have Action Plans developed.
Tuesday, June 19 - Changing of the Guard Honoring President Rosa Sugo-Golden and Welcoming President Angela Rester and Board for July 1, 2018 thru June 30, 2019
Ethiopian Adventure with special thanks to organizer Frey Faris and the wonderful owners and staff of Alem Ethiopian Village. The music, the dancing, the FOOD all made the Rotary Changing of the Guard extra special. 2018-2019 District Governor Kola Alayande inducted the board and president and shared his vision of Rotary with the nearly 40 attendees. The room was full of color as many wore international garb.