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Manitowoc Maritime Museum
75 Maritime Dr
Manitowoc, WI 54220-9205
United States of America
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Thursday, January 4, 2024Business Meeting
Thursday, January 11, 2024Amy Meyer MCHS
Thursday, January 18, 2024 
Thursday, January 25, 2024 
Thursday, February 1, 2024Business Meeting
Thursday, February 8, 2024 
Thursday, February 15, 2024Colleen Homb Lakeshore CAP
Thursday, February 22, 2024Police and Firefighter of the Year at The Capitol Civic Centre. Program at Noon in the theater.  Food available before and after program.
Thursday, February 29, 20245th Thursday Leap Year!
Thursday, March 14, 2024BBBS Michael Sterns Denise
Thursday, March 21, 2024Dan Hartwig
Thursday, March 28, 2024Lakeshore community care Kristin
Thursday, April 4, 2024Business Meeting
Thursday, April 11, 2024Youth Exchange Julie Grossman
Thursday, April 18, 2024Jenna Robinson Aurora AED
Thursday, April 25, 2024The Crossing Belinda
Thursday, May 2, 2024Business Meeting
November 2- Business Meeting and Fun
November 9- Collen Homb LCAP Children's Presentation
November 16-Celebrate Our Exchange Students Marcella's birthday and Thanksgiving
November 23- No Meeting
November 30- 5th No Noon Meeting Thursday at Tapped at The Lakeshore Evening
 
December 7-Business Meeting
December 14- Christmas/Holiday Program
December 21-No Meeting
December 28-No Meeting
September 7-Business Meeting
September 14- John Nepper
September 21-Winina Grossman-Our Outbound Exchange Student 2022-2023
September 28- Christine Loose LTC Foundation
October 5-Business Meeting
October 12-OFF SITE AT THE RAHR WEST ART MUSEUM
October 19-Marcella-Our Inbound Exchange Student 2023-2024
October 26-Jeff Reed Rotary Friendship Program
November 2-Business Meeting
Manitowoc Noon Rotary August 10- Teri Zuege-Halvorsen UWGB
August 17-Evening picnic/corn roast/wild golf cart rides,/fun at Paul and Karen Bouril's House 3818 Gass Lake Road
You can arrive anytime after 4:30pm
 
August 24-No Noon Meeting Fair Week
August 31-No Noon Meeting Labor Day Weekend
See you at Noon September 7
 
 
August 3 2023 The first Willard award was presented to Paul Marquardt. The Willard award is named after the extra-extraordinary Rotarian and human being Willard Bill Springer. We lost Bill almost a year ago, but not his spirit as his spirit lives on in all who knew him, especially his daughter Melissa 'Springer' Mecca, who carries on his Rotary Service Above Self as a member of Manitowoc Noon Rotary-Service Above Self. The first recipient of The Willard award is Paul Marquardt who has served the Manitowoc Community for decades and decades. First as our Postmaster. Paul joined Rotary while working, he has continued his commitment to Rotary throughout his retirement. You see Paul weekly at meetings, volunteering at all Rotary events, ringing bells for Salvation Army, counting money at the fair and telling the best stories! Congratulations Paul. Pictured are Paul Marquardt and Melissa 'Springer' Mecca.
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Congratulations to Lakeshore Technical College student Erin Rank (left) for earning a $1,500 scholarship from the Manitowoc Noon Rotary-Service Above Self! Thank you Dr Joe Di Raimondo and Lori Kirby our Scholarship Committee.
Erin is in her second year of our Accounting Program and is a student worker in our Admissions Division.
Erin is the only student in the Lakeshore Community to earn this scholarship!
Manitowoc Noon Rotary Schedule-Summer 2023
June 1- Business Meeting
June 8-Narcan Presentation by Member Dominic Snyder
June 15- Michael Etheridge The Haven
June 22-Wyatt Kuether Production Farm
June 29- Roast of Ring at Knox’s Silver Valley-Evening Meeting, NO Noon Meeting
July 6- No Meeting
July 13- Changing of the Guard
July 19-Interclub Picnic at Silver Creek  Park Wednesday Evening
July 20-No Noon Meeting
July 27- District Governor visit
August 3-Business Meeting
August 10-TBA
August 17- Corn Roast at Bouril’s
August 24-No Noon Meeting Fair Week
August 31-No Noon Meeting-Labor Day Weekend
September 7- Business Meeting
President Jason Ring presents a check to Sara Meier of In Courage for their partnership making Brewfest a success.  Volunteers from In Courage run the concession stand at Brewfest.
Changing of the Guard-July 13, 2023
We say farewell to the year of  fun, Jason Ring's Presidency.
We welcome Ralph Sczygelski as our President for 2023-2024.
 
Thank you Jason for your service to our club.
You did make it a fun year!
We will roast President Jason Ring at Knox's Silver Valley.
Cocktails 5-6pm
Dinner at 6pm
Roast to follow dinner.
If you have not been at a meeting to RSVP, please email crikky@comcast.net or text 920-323-0085 to RSVP.
Guests welcome
 
No Noon Meeting July 6, 2023
Changing of the Guard July 13
 
This week- March 23, 2023 Sara Meier from In Courage will share her experience at Brewfest
Upcoming Programs
March 30-5th Thursday at the Maritime Museum at High Noon
Thursday April 6- Business Meeting
Thursday April 13- Julie Ribley CASA
Thursday April 20- Todd from Shady Lane
Thursday April 27- Rev Matt Sauer Speaking about Manitowoc's Warming Shelter
Thursday May 4- Business Meeting
Thursday May 11-Paul Carlson Lakeshore Techinical College
Thursday May 18-TBA
Thursday May 25-Police Squad show and Tell
Thursday June 1-Business Meeting
 
Mark your calendars for June 29 evening- We roast Jason Ring at Knox's Silver Valley
 
 
November-December 2022 Schedule
November 10-Ed Hanson Veterans Day Program
November 17-Meeting at Treehouse Theater 910 Washington Street.
December 1- No Noon Meeting Ringing Bells for Salvation Army
December 8-Business Meeting
December 15- Christmas Program at The Baymont Hotel
No Meetings December 22 and December 29
See you next year January 5 2023
September 22-We meet this week for a Business Meeting and fun. Attached are minutes from the last two board meetings.
September 29-5th Thursday-No Noon Meeting Look for for more details.
October 6-Business Meeting
October 13- District Governor Visits
October 20TBA
October 27-TBA
Thank you Chan Barden for leading Manitowoc Noon Rotary through our year.
You brought us out of Covid, supported  Brewfest as our largest fundraiser in our history, led our meetings with fun and friendship.  You led us through a memorable year of Manitowoc Noon Rotary 2021-2022.
We Thank you!
 
 
Manitowoc Noon Rotary Summer Schedule
 
Welcome Jason Ring as our new President
Manitowoc Noon Rotary Summer Schedule
July 14-Winona Grossman Our exchange student for the upcoming school year
July 21-Tyler Vorpagel-Municipal Electric Utilities of Wisconsin Trade Association
July 28- Karen Nichols- Manitowoc County Chamber of Commerce
August 4- Business Meeting
August 11-Donna Firman “The State of Mental Health in Manitowoc County.  Why it should matter to me.
Also Sue Shaw Vice President of Nami
August 18-Evening Corn Roast at Paul and Karen Bouril’s Home Gass Lake No Noon Meeting
August 25th Fair Week- Sign up to work the Gates!
September 1-No Noon Meeting Labor Day Weekend
September 9-Amy Meyer-Manitowoc County Historical Society Update
Congratulations to Our 2022 Manitowoc Noon Rotary Scholarship Recipients Jordan Lawrenz attending UW-Green Bay and Danielle Gammicchia attending Lakeshore Technical College.
Thank you to Jill Hennessey and Dr. Joe Di Raimondo Scholarship Committee members. Pictured left to right Jill Hennessey, Jordan Lawrenz, Dr. Joe Di Raimondo and Club President Chan Barden.
June Schedule Manitowoc Noon Rotary
June 9-Troy Adams- Manitowoc Public Utilities
June 16-Jennell Shelton Manitowoc County Expo- Manitowoc County Fair 2022
June 23-Courtney Hansen-City of Manitowoc Director of Tourism
June 29-Evening picnic with area Rotary Clubs at Lincoln Park
No Noon Meeting June 30
July 7-Changing of the Guard
 
Winter Brewfest 2022
Great fun for all
Thank you to all the Rotarians who volunteered their time to make Winter
Brewfest a success
February 19, 2022 at
Manitowoc Expo!
Attendees, Breweries and Volunteers all had a great time.
Our Schedule-Mark your calendars
Meeting Schedule
It's always a good day at Manitowoc Noon Rotary
 
November 4-Business Meeting
November 11-Michael Etheridge The Haven
November 18- Author Sara Biren (Who happens to be Married to Rotarian Troy Adams)
November 25-Thanksgiving No Meeting
December 2- Business Meeting
December 9 Take 5’s
December 16-Red Kettle Day Christmas Party
December 23-No Meeting
December 30-No meeting
January 6-Business Meeting
Last week our Fair Boys Andy Rosik and Randy Binversie presented a check to President Chan Barden in the amount of $3,612.00. We earned this while having a great time working the Fair Gates. Thank you to all who volunteered to work the Fair Gates. Special thanks to our counters, Paul Marquardt and John Zimmer.  Big Dog award winner was Claire Olson for her commitment to calling and organizing our volunteers. Thank you Claire for your time.  Thank you to Andy and Randy for your hours spent at the fair keeping us all doing what we do best serving.
 
 
 
Welcome Troy Adams as a new member. Troy Adams joins Manitowoc Noon Rotary. Troy was a member of Elk River Rotary Minnesota.  Troy is the general Manager of Manitowoc Public Utilities.  Welcome Troy, we welcome your Rotary experience and commitment to Service Above Self.  Join us November 18 when Troy's magnificent other and author Sara Biren will be our speaker.  Welcome Troy!
 
 
Schedule
October 14-Michael Etheridge The Haven
October 21-Michael Ditmer-Frank Lloyd Wright Home Two Rivers
October 28-Peter Allie-Downtown Development
November 4-Business Meeting
November 11-TBA
November 18- Sara Biren Author of Bend in the Road, The Last Thing you Said, Cold Day in the Sun and spouse of our new member Troy Adams.
November 25-Thanksgiving No noon Meeting
December 2-Business Meeting
 
Hello All,
It's 5th Thursday Week.
Meeting at 5:00pm Moore's Irish Pub (No Petskull this month)
811 Jay Street, Manitowoc, Wi
Join your fellow Rotarians for fun, frivolity, stories, appetizers and maybe adult
beverages.
 
If you can please bring a basket for the Road Rally Raffle this week or at the business meeting
The Road Rally is October 9.
 
Our October schedule
October 7-Business Meeting
October 14-Michael Etheridge The Haven
October 21-Michael Ditmer- From the Frank Lloyd Wright House in Two Rivers
October 28- Peter Allie-Update on Downtown Apartment Development
 
Manitowoc Noon Rotary Schedule August-September
August 19-Evening Corn Roast at Paul and Karen Bouril’s Home 3818 Gass Lake Road
                    Great Food, Great Friends, Wild Golf Cart Rides
No Noon Meeting
August 26-No Noon Meeting-We will be working the Fair Gates this week
September 2- No Noon Meeting Labor Day Weekend (no It is not the end of summer!)
September 9- Business Meeting
September 16- Bill Bertsche-Executive Director of Boys and Girls Club Manitowoc
September 23- A noon Meeting will be held Speaker to be announced
September 30- 5th Thursday of the Month Evening Social get together.
October 7-Business Meeting
July 29, 2021
Evening Social
at Sabbatical Brewery
835 S 29th Street, Manitowoc
Fun starts at 4:31pm
Pizza and beer and other goodies
 
All Meetings at Wisconsin Maritime Museum at Noon except 5th Thursday of the Month and other evening events.
 
July 29- 5th Thursday of the Month.  Meeting at 4:30pm at Sabbatical Brewing
 
August 5-Business Meeting
August 12-TBD
August 19-Evening Corn Roast and Picnic at the Bouril's
August 26-No meeting Fair Week
Please RSVP your attendance plans
 
 
 
 
President Chan Barden accepts the First Place Award for Salvation Army Bell Ringing award from Sgt. Jenny Moffit
It is a tradition for Manitowoc Noon Rotary to be number one!
We had a great time last week at Cabin 2, Lincoln Park, we are repeating this week.
See you on August 13 at Lincoln Park at High Noon
 
 
Changing of the Guard 2020-
Greetings to my fellow Rotarians,
 
I hope this finds you and your family well and in good health.  As you listen to the radio or watch the news I am sure you are seeing many cancelation and closings around our community so what I have to announce will probably not come as a surprise.  In an effort to protect each other and out of a concern about the spread of the COVID-19 virus, our Noon Rotary Board has come to the decision to Cancel all Rotary meetings though April. This is part of a community and national effort to minimize the spread of the disease.   I also want to thank Chris Kornely for speaking with the Holiday Inn on this matter. As an FYI, the Morning Rotary is also canceling meetings as well as their Pasta Dinner Fund Raiser and the TR Club is discussing this later this week.   
 
 We will continue to monitor local and national news sources in regards to these health concerns as we navigate thought these troubling times.  Additional up to date and accurate information about the virus is available on the CDC web page and I advise you all to monitor this source of info as well. 
 
I want to thank you all for your help on this and wish you all the best of health!  Please take care of yourselves and your families!
 
I have included  Mark Maloney's email about Rotary on a international scale to you  in this email also.  Stay in touch and in good health!!   
 
Tony Dick          
Rotary.org
 
Dear Fellow Rotarian,

The COVID-19 coronavirus is affecting every aspect of our lives in real time, and this puts Rotarians in an unfamiliar place. As People of Action, we are most comfortable when we are fully engaged in the world – moving freely, meeting openly, and offering helping hands. These are very difficult times for people who, like us, are at our best when we are learning, growing, and serving—together.

We are also leaders in our communities, and these times call for leadership. In many ways, this also is our time. We have proven abilities to reach out and collaborate to offer immediate help to people in need at a rapid pace. These are precisely the skills needed all over the world today. The global effort against COVID-19 depends on actions taken in every country. Rotary has the unique ability to help improve those efforts in every community and every country.

Using all the technology we have at our disposal, we as Rotarians can continue to reach out and collaborate on big projects with Rotary clubs, Rotaractors, and Interactors. There are a number of examples where Rotary clubs are helping health authorities communicate best practices or provide needed equipment or support that have been shared with our leaders around the world.

As Rotary’s president and president-elect, we have been thinking of these issues very seriously in regard to upcoming Rotary events. As you may be aware, we have made the difficult decision to cancel two Rotary Presidential Conferences honoring our relationship with the United Nations- one in Paris, another in Rome. In the near term, we recommend that Rotary districts and clubs cancel or postpone meetings or events following the advice of national and local health officials.

We know that clubs and districts are seizing the opportunity to become leaders in their communities and are making better use of technology in this time of need. For example, a Rotary e-club in Italy held a live online session about COVID-19 awareness, a Taiwan club worked with companies and a pharmacy association to donate 1,600 bottles of hand sanitizer to the city of Ji-Long, and Rotary clubs in Sri Lanka helped upgrade software and hardware for the health promotion bureau to assist its social messaging.

We cannot know quite yet what path this virus will take. We know we can play a role to help “flatten the curve,” reducing the number of cases in the short term to allow our health systems to address this issue. If the collective global effort helps bring the situation under control, then we hope to re-embrace our core values at the 2020 Rotary Convention in Honolulu. Our time together will have greater meaning and purpose than ever.

Please know that we are taking a close, continuing look at our plans for the convention in June to make sure all attendees’ safety will be protected. We are following the lead of the world’s most trusted sources, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for their guidance. We want you to be able to make decisions about what is best for you and your families in terms of attending this year’s event.

In the meantime, this is an opportunity for us to demonstrate that Rotary Connects the World in innovative ways. We should be closely following the advice of the WHO and local health authorities. Again, this includes canceling Rotary club events and meetings in the short term to reduce unnecessary interactions that could cause infections. We can put a greater emphasis on the work we do in our communities by helping our less fortunate neighbors cope with the effects of isolation and fear, or by supporting our health authorities to address this situation.

We are dealing with this situation in real time. Please visit the rotary.org COVID-19 response page for ongoing updates.

This is an unprecedented challenge for nearly all of us. But it is also an opportunity for Rotarians to find new, meaningful ways to lead individuals and communities to connect and do good in the world.

We have never been prouder to be part of an organization that does so much to protect and strengthen our communities, at home and across the globe.

Kindest regards,
Mark Daniel Maloney
2019-2020, President, Rotary International
Holger Knaack
2020-21, President, Rotary International 
Here is what's happening at Manitowoc Noon Rotary
February 6-Monthly Business Meeting New students
 
 
 
February 13 Rick Carey -Two Rivers Cobblestone Hotel
 
 
February 20-Police Officer of the year and Citizen of the Year
We honor an outstanding Officer and Citizen of the Year at this event.  Guests are welcome to the special program held in the Atrium of the Holiday Inn.  An event to be at!
 
February 27-Donna Firman Prevent Suicide Manitowoc County and Zero Suicide.-  It's a tough subject but one we must learn more about.  Suicide touches lives of most people, we all know someone or have had a family member who has left us this way.  Learn more about this subject at this meeting.
 
 
 

Here is what's happening

January 9 Jill Hennessey-Workforce Education
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

January 9-Chris Gilbert Core Treatment Services
(Yes, Belinda's Husband)
 
 

January 23-OFF SITE MEETING AT THE YMCA

We will be meeting at the YMCA at noon.
Lunch will be served.
 
 

Evening Social January 30th

 
 
 
 
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