Milwaukee North Sunrise Rotary Meeting –August 15, 2019 - Minutes
Attendees:  Dr. Willie Hart, Diane Beckley, George Matthews, Lynda Conyers,  Monica Phillip,     Dave Carter, Buzz Althoen, Fred Langer, Chris Przedpelski, Tom Krist, Tarakee Jackson, Cynthia Roberson, Dale Allen, Greg Williams
Guests:  Corrine Tretton (Tory’s Mom) 
Meeting was called to order by President Willie, who led us in the Pledge and the Four Way Test.  Invocation was given by Cynthia Roberson.
President Willie welcomed our guests.
Acting Sgt. at Arms, Tom Krist reported $35 collected.
Good News/Bad News:
Tom reported on bidding on an auction item and winning a ride on the Milwaukee Fire Department Boat.  It was quite exciting with seeing the water shooting out of the hoses and the boat being  able to turn on a dime in the rough lake waters, etc.  He also enjoyed a dinner at the Firehouse #1 as part of the package deal.  He commented the firemen for their brave acts of service.
Buzz reported on his vacation in Calgary, Canada and the experience of being in the majestic mountains in that area.  He also had an unexpected, but delightful meeting with one of our outbound students, Madeline on the airplane..small world.
Chris announced that he and his wife celebrated their first wedding anniversary.  They were able to get away for a couple days to the place where they were married.  Grandma and Grandpa took good care of baby, Boyd.
Buzz passed around a picture of Julia Means and him with the last delivery of diapers from our club for the Blanket of Love program.
Monica reported that Cynthia was not at our meeting last week, because she had a doctor’s appointment to take care of her injured shoulder.  How did that happen….well, good hearted gal that she is, she was preventing a fall of a gentleman with a walker.  He is just fine, and she said her shoulder is getting better.
CLUB BUSINESS:
Monica reported that our tour of the Wisconsin Humane Society, Milwaukee Campus is scheduled for October 10th.  We will have breakfast and short meeting at St. Ann’s and then go over for a 9:00 am tour.
Lynda updated us on “Back to School” volunteering for September 3rd, from approximately  7:15 to 9:00 AM.  We would be welcoming students and their parents, assisting parents with filling out paperwork to enroll children, directing children to classrooms, serving soft drinks and donuts.
Half of us will go to Brown Street Academy located at 2029 N. 20th Street, and the others will go to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. school located at 3275 N. 3rd Street.  Lynda will have more updates at next week’s meeting.  Some members are already signed up.  If you have not signed up, but are interested, you need to let President Willie know as soon as possible.
SPEAKER:  Buzz introduced our speaker, Tory Tretton, our Outbound Student to Poland.
Tory first explained about her blazer which was laden with many pins, banners, gadgets, etc.  These are exchange items from other students in the Youth Exchange that she met from all over the world.  Tory also brought back some typical Polish candy, and shared it with the club.  Very good.  In her video, she introduced her host family in Bydgascz, Poland, and referred to them as her host Mom, Dad, and three sisters.  She said that she enjoyed the food very much and is very parcel to the wonderful cutlets and the potato filled periogies(?).  At the school she attended, they spoke English, so her classes were much easier for her to understand, and she did have a Polish language class.  Also, at school they offered many projects for students to become involved with, and she chose one of her passions, theatre.  It was a film project reflecting a Shakespearian play.  She wrote a play called “The Kingdom” which was a parody on Hamlet.  Her film won Best Picture and Best Actor Awards.  Tory also was able to tour throughout Europe, with the exchange program, either with her host family, Rotary club activities, and Exchange Students tours.  She shared beautiful pictures of the places she visited.  She also went sking for the first time in her life…. and where else?...in the Alps!  She also shared pictures of her host Rotary club and the activities with them.
She told us that she was able to use her Polish where she works for the summer.  She overheard a young man translating for his grandmother, and she was able to communicate with them, and they were delighted as was she.
Tory thanked the club for the opportunity of being an Outbound Student.  She plans to stay in touch with her host family, and her family is planning to visit them in Poland.  She encouraged all to vacation in Poland….it is beautiful, food is good, people friendly, and it does not cost a lot of money.
Greg commended Tory on an excellent presentation, and said he saw her going far in some sort of political or international communications/media work.
President Willie thanked Tory for her presentation and representing our club.  Tory presented President Willie with a Rotary banner from her host club in Poland.
RAFFLE:  The ticket drawn belonged to Chris.  He pulled out a blue marble, so the pot grows.  Two blue and one white next week.
The meeting adjourned at 8:35 AM
Respectfully submitted,
Monica Phillip, Secretary

UPCOMING PROGRAMS:
August 22 – Julia Means – Blanket of Love
August 29 – District Governor Steen Sanderhoff
September 5 – Open    ( Let Chris know if you might have a speaker to fill one of these slots.)   
September 12 – Open     
October 10 – Breakfast/Meeting at St. Ann’s – 9:00 am Tour Wis. Humane Society
LIST OF EVENTS FOR 2019-2020 YEAR:
1.	VETS COLLECTION OF WARM CLOTHING – OCTOBER (FLIERS AND COLLECTION DATES)
2.	POLIO PLUS “END POLIO IN THE WORLD” DAY – OCTOBER 24, 2019
3.	COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP
4.	CHRISTMAS WITH DIGNITY – DECEMBER, (DATES) START WORKING ON IN SEPTEMBER, 2019
5.	OUTBOUND YOUTH EXCHANGE – (NEED TIME LINE INFORMATION)
6.	4TH GRADE ESSAY CONTEST – APRIL, 2020 – JUNE, 2020 –CANOE TRIP AND CLUB PRESENTATION
7.	WORLD AFFAIRS SEMINAR – JUNE, 2020 (NEED TO FIND A STUDENT)
8.	VETS COLLECTION OF KITCHEN ITEMS – JUNE/JULY, 2020 (FLIERS AND COLLECTION DATES)
9.	ST. VINCENT DE PAUL MEAL PROGRAM – (BUZZ NEEDS TO GIVE US DATES)
SOCIAL EVENTS:
CHRISTMAS PARY – DECEMBER, 2019
ANNIVERSARY/CHANGING OF GUARD DINNER – JUNE, 2020
NOTE:  WE WILL BE ADDING THE SEPTEMBER 3RD  BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS AND AN OCTOBER “BOWLIO FOR POLIO” EVENT