Prayer: Kay Winkelman Quote of the Week: Ron James
Guests: None
Secretary's Report: 28 members present
Treasurer's Report: None
Honors and Illnesses:
Congrats to Craig Anderson on his radio sports broadcasting debut!
Announcements:
Rotary Lights Road Trip - Dec. 8 - The Club will take a group road trip to see the Rotary Lights in LaCross. Tentative schedule is for the group to depart Charles City at 2pm with a stop for dinner in Lansing about 5:30pm. On the return trip, stops will be made to see other light displays in Decorah and New Hampton. See Linda to sign up so she has a headcount to coordinate transportation and schedule.
Call Santa Project - Dec. 14 - The Club will once again host a Santa hotline for kids to call Santa from 1-4pm. Male voices are needed to be Santa and any voices are need to be elves or Mrs. Claus. See Chris Garden to sign up.
Christmas Caroling - Dec. 17 - The Club will go caroling to the hospital and care centers starting at 5pm. The group will end for dinner and social at Pizza Ranch about 6:15pm.
Soup Supper - Jan. 18 - The soup committee will be meeting soon. See Kay if you would like to join in the planning for this event.
Possible Lion's Field Project - The Lion's Field Playground is in need of updates. Members are needed for a planning committee to start working with the City and Lion's Club to look into a future project. See Kay if this is of interest to you.
Holiday Meeting Schedule -
December 23 - NO MEETING
December 30 - Regular meeting
Fun & Frolic: Cathy Rottinghaus shared Thanksgiving trivia.
Program: This week's program was presented by Vicky Fonley, volunteer coordinator for St. Croix Hospice. Vicky shared volunteer opportunities in our area including: companionship meetings, pet therapy, Veteran to Veteran Program, vidual program, and administrative volunteers. Volunteers are trained by St. Croix Hospice and can work as little as 1 hour per week. Find out more about their programs and volunteer opportunities on the website.
Quarterly Salad Option - Members can choose to have a salad instead of the main entree for the quarter. Those taking the salad meal can still take the other parts of the regular meal (bread, dessert, drinks, etc.). The cost will remain the same. See Marcie to try this option for a quarter.
Did You Know?
In 1976 the Rotary International Board of Directors was interested creating a concise definition of the fundamental aspects of Rotary. The turned to the three men who were then serving on Rotary's Public Relations Committee and requested that a one-sentence definition of Rotary be prepared. After numerous drafts, the committee presented this definition, which has been used ever since in various Rotary publications: "Rotary is an organization of business and professional persons united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world.”
Those 31 words are worth remembering when someone asks, "What is a Rotary club?"
