Saturday, May 2nd was our annual clean-up along a portion of County Road D.  Our area runs from

state highway 25 east to the Tainter Town Hall.  Seven club members participated and included Gus

Myran, Bryan LaVoy, Bethany & Mark Lewis, Jeremy Untz and his son Aiden, and Court Sand.

The weather was great.  We started at 9:00 a.m. and finished at 10:20 a.m.  Seven large bags of

trash were collected and the roadway looks much better now.  Thanks to all for a great effort!

 

President-elect Jeremy Untz presented a check for $2,000 from our club foundation to Katherine Dutton,

the director of Stepping Stones.  That organization is seeing a huge increase in the number of city and county

residents needing access to lower priced food.  Katherine was most pleased to receive the check and assured

us that it will go a long way to help many in our community.  Thanks, Jeremy.

We were pleased to have club members Steve Faulhaber & Larry Jess present a lesson in beekeeping at our meeting on Feb. 6, 2020.  They are hobbiests

and have been at it for several years.  Actually, Larry was interested MANY years ago, but only got serious more recently.  They explained the equipment

needed and more importantly, how bees function and how to keep them happy and healthy.  Very interesting.  Thanks to both of them for the great 

program!

Heather & Bethany visited with members of Club Rotario Olanchito during their week in Honduras.

They had traveled to Honduras to check on the progress of their mission with Pink Box Purpose.  While a smaller

Rotary club, the members (14) in Olanchito are very involved with outreach into their local community.

Heather presented the Olanchito club with a Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club banner.  Way to go, ladies!

Dick Lamers joined the Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club the morning. Dick is a long time advocate for the improvement of the Red Cedar watershed

Tom Portz, Certified Financial Planner from Waukesha, WI briefed our club on October 3rd about

Bitcoin and how it works and the future of this type of "currency".  The trend towards using Bitcoin 

is growing and there are two other forms of electronic currency being used in financial transactions

today.  Tom's presentation was excellent and generated a lot of discussion with our members.  

Thanks Tom, for taking time to visit our club.

Saturday, Sept. 7th saw 11 club members repaint the exterior of the historic Hilkrest School.   The school building was originally located on County Road F north of Menomonie prior to being moved to its present location at the Dunn County Historical Center.  It is now a center piece of the History Center and was in need of a new coat of white paint.  The weather was cool with overcast skies; this provided excellent conditions for the project.  Another example of Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club in action; thanks to all who could participate.

This morning, the Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club presented Earl Wildenburg and the staff of Community for Veterans Home with a check for $10,000.  Helping present the check are Assistant District Governor Mike Kloss, District Governor-nominee Karen Herbert, Past President Mike Shaide and Millie Hauge.  Community for Veterans Home was the recipient of Rotary Fest 2019.

The Community for Veterans Home provides Veterans, recovering and incarcerated people who are transitioning back into the community from a controlled and/or traumatic situation.  They will have the opportunity to live in a sober environment with other men and women in recovery and work a personal transition plan of their choosing as they transition back into the community.