ROTARY CLUB OF APPLETON



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|April 14th, 2015 |CHARLES AND ADELE HEETER OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARDS | |

|Upcoming Programs |The Charles and Adele Heeter Outstanding Community Leadership Award is bestowed on Rotarians or individuals of the Appleton/Fox Cities | |

| |community who exemplify the Rotary Motto of “Service Above Self” by providing significant Rotary and/or community leadership and/or | |

|April 21st, 2015 |service through the use of his/her time, talent or treasury. Such leadership and/or service should reflect the standards described in | |

|Radisson- Empire |the Rotary Four Way Test. These individuals should also demonstrate a strong commitment to volunteerism in one of the four Rotary | |

|Bright Future Awards/Heeter Award |Avenues of Service outside the scope of his/her normal job responsibilities. The Rotary Club of Appleton has a tradition of giving out | |

|Thought of the Day: Curt Detjen |this award which is accompanied with a Paul Harris Fellowship. It originated when Charles Heeter made a donation in the amount of | |

| |$25,000 to the Appleton Rotary Foundation. The Charles Heeter Fund was then started to recognize outstanding community leaders. | |

|April 28th, 2015 |Today, this endowment fund is over $100,000 because of the generous donations from Rotarians and investment results. | |

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|Thought of the Day: Ralph De Marco |Today, the Rotary Club of Appleton presented Chad Hershner with and Adele Heeter Outstanding Community Leadership Award for his | |

| |community involvement. Chad has a long resume of community involvement. He is part of the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley | |

|Officers 2014-2015 |Region, Fox Valley Development Professionals Group, Sexual Assault crisis Center, ThedaCare Community Health Action Team, United Way | |

|President |Fox Cities, Voices of Men, YMCA of Fox Cities, and co-chair of Include, an organization that seeks to engage the Fox Valley in | |

|Deborah Wetter |deepening understanding, changing behaviors and embracing the LGBT community. Chad also welcomed the opportunity to work with the Fox | |

| |Cities Performing Arts Center in bringing the It Gets Better Project to Appleton earlier this year. Chad also has been recognized as | |

|President-Elect |Appleton Downtown Volunteer of the year in 2011 and as a Senn Delaney Certified Corporate Culture Facilitator in 2012. Chad’s efforts | |

|Sridhar |and involvement have enriched our community and made life in the Fox Cities a special and warming place. | |

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|Past President |For those of you familiar with the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life”, our recipient of the Charles & Adele Heeter Outstanding Community | |

|Peter Kelly |Leadership Award has been referred to as the “George Bailey” of Appleton. Our second recipient was Dave Willems, from Willems | |

| |Marketing and Events. He exemplifies Rotary’s motto “Service Above Self” through contributing his time, talent and money and | |

|Secretary |dedicating both himself and his company to making the Fox Cities a better place to live. Some of programs Dave is involved with are: | |

|Jennifer Stephany |Appleton Compassion Project, helping with the Universal Playground at Appleton Memorial Park, The Voices of Men program, co-founder of | |

| |Mile of Music, Fox Cities Book Festival and he serves on other board and community organizations. Dave has done many wonderful things | |

|Treasurer |for our community and is making the Fox Cities a better place to live. | |

|Chad Hershner |[pic] [pic] | |

| |Chad Hershner Dave Willems | |

|Directors |________________________________________________________________________________ | |

|Rosie Cannizzo |UNITED WAY’S PATH FOR STUDENTS | |

|Michelle Devine-Giese |United Way’s PATH (Providing Access to Healing) for students is a school-based program designed to improve access to mental health | |

|Ruth Ann Heeter |services for children and youth who are unable to obtain care elsewhere in the community. The program started as a pilot program in | |

|Gary Hermsen |2008 at the Menasha Joint School District, offering services to elementary, middle and high school students experiencing barriers to | |

|Dennis Hietpas |care. In 2011, PATH was expanded to nine other school districts. That included Appleton, Freedom, Hortonville, Kaukauna, Kimberly, | |

|Egide Nimubona |Little Chute, Neenah, Seymour and Shiocton school districts. The therapy is provided by licensed therapist from Catalpa Health, Family| |

|Shana Shallue |Services of Northeast Wisconsin and Lutheran Services of Wisconsin. Since the beginning of the program in | |

|Marta Weldon | | |

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|Sergeant-At-Arms | | |

|Jon Kester | | |

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|Rotarians of the Year | | |

|Tony Gonzalez/ | | |

|Kathy Dreyer | | |

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|Admin. Assistant | | |

|Meghan Warner | | |

|Phone 205-5255 | | |

|rotaryappleton@ | | |

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|Membership – 174 | | |

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|Downtown Gusto | | |

|Meghan Warner, Editor | | |

|Dist. 6220, Club 2656 | | |

|P. O. Box 703 | | |

|Appleton, WI 54912 | | |

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|Meets Tuesday Noon | | |

2008 through August of 2014, PATH has served 830 students and found these results. 72% experienced reduced symptoms, 71% experienced increased functioning, 63% improved academic performance, 61% improved school behaviors, 75% reported progress toward treatment goals and 96% said they would return to therapy if needed. Many of these students are either uninsured or under-insured and were on waiting lists elsewhere in the community. Some students had been waiting for a year and a half. The students experienced barriers to care elsewhere in the community such as: limited financial resources, parent work schedules, lack of reliable transportation, language barriers and lack of parental support. For students the benefits include avoided medical costs, increased productivity and lifetime earnings, decreased risk of suicide and increased quality of life. School districts experience decreased truancy and behavioral and counseling expenditures. For the community there are avoided costs to the criminal justice system.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

• District Conference is May 15-17 here in Appleton at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel. Please visit the website at to register.

• On April 29th, the Menasha Rotary will be meeting off-site. They will be meeting

at the newly-renovated Menasha High School. 

• Help celebrate Edison students' hard work by volunteering for the Knowledgeathon on April 23, 2013.  We need volunteers from 8:45-11:15. Consider volunteering for a shift (either 8:45-10 or 10-11:15) or for the whole morning.  If you are able to volunteer, please send the following information to the Edison PTA edison.elem.pta@ by Monday, April 6: (1) Name of volunteer or group (if a group--how many people will be helping).

(2) Preferred time: 8:45-10, 10-11:15, an hour, or the whole time.

(3) Best way for us to contact you.

• Children with Disabilities Committee meeting Tuesday, April 21st at 10:30am. Contact Amy Flanders to receive grant applications for review. You can email her at amyjaneflanders@.

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ROTARY SHINES APRIL 17TH, 2015 AT FOX BANQUETS

This year’s beneficiaries will be:

Polio Plus Program

United Way Fox Cities PATH (Providing Access to Healing) for students program

Project Bharati: Rehabilitation and Empowerment for Girls Rescued Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence

Here are the Sponsors so far:

Presenting Sponsor Community First Credit Union

Supporting Sponsors Associated Bank

Barb Merry

Bassett Mechanical

BOLDT

Goodwill Industries

Nicolet National Bank

Schenck

Stifel Nicolaus

Friend Sponsors American National Bank

Curt Detjen Family Fund

Wichmann Funeral Home

Fiduciary Partners

Herrling Clark

Esker and Associates

Jeff Werner

Ulness Health Insurance

GUESTS, VISITORS AND MAKE-UPS

Today our guests were Nikki Voelzke with Deborah Wetter, Nigel Schuster, Mary and Dave Willems and Karen Johnston with the Club.

There were No Visiting Rotarians this week

There were No Make ups this week

APRIL 28th MEETING-THE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN

Every year thousands of area children grieve the loss of a parent, grandparent, a friend or loved one. The Center for Grieving Children, a program of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley, is a safe place for children, teens and their families to find hope and healing through compassionate peer support, commemorative activities, and support through the grieving process. Loris Damerow, Director of the Center will provide a look into the process of childhood grief, the support provided by the Center and information about other resources available in our region.

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