Rotary News
President Brian Seguin
June 29th, 2023
The Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club had a changing of the guard! Brian Seguin is the President for the 2023-2024 Rotary year. Thank you to Past President Steve Machesky for his service to our club.
Welcome Barb Anderson!
June 15th, 2023
The Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club would like to officially welcome Barb Anderson on her membership! Barb is a long time Rotarian and is transferring to our club. Welcome Barb!
Paul Harris Awards!
June 15th, 2023
The Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club would like to congratulate Vicki and Larry Jess on their Paul Harris Awards!
Welcome Diane Fredrick and Kevin Hintzman!
May 25th, 2023
The Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club welcomed 2 new members this morning! Please welcome Diane Fredrick and Kevin Hintzman
Global Grant Donation
Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club presented Mark Broses from the Chippewa Valley Rotary Club with a $3000 check. The Chippewa Valley Rotary Club was recently approved for their 2nd Global Grant. They are collaborating with the Rotary Tunari Club of Cochabamba Bolivia and Auga Tuya to build a new wastewater treatment plant. Mark is pictured with Current Club President Bethany Lewis.
Paul Harris Award Winner
Congrats to Mike Shaide on his 4th Paul Harris Award!
Paul Harris Award Winners
Not 1 but 2 Paul Harris award winners! Brent Schuler and Bryan Lavoy received the highest award in Rotary. This award is given to Rotarians who have made outstanding contributions to the community. Congrats Gentlemen!
Winter Daze Parade 2021
The Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club took place in the Winter Daze parade this year. The weather was perfect and the crowd was festive. 10 Rotarians helped build the float and walked in the parade.
Thanksgiving Boxes for Stepping Stones
The Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club teamed up with Stepping Stones to pack Thanksgiving Boxes for our community. 175 boxes were put together.
Newest Member
The Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club welcomed a new member this morning, Marilyn Fanetti. Marilyn is a longtime Rotarian and transferred to the Sunrise Club. Welcome Marilyn!
Rotary Citation 2020-2021
The Certificate for the Rotary Citation for 2020-2021 was presented at the October 21st meeting to Past President Jeremy Untz and Margaret Breisch
Rose Sale
The Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club joined forces with the Menomonie Rotary Club to sell roses as a fundraiser. The Sunrise club sold 103 dozen roses! Pictured here are Bryan Lavoy and Rose Sale Chair, Mark Lewis
New Member and Paul Harris Award
HUGE EVENING for the Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club! We got to welcome a new member, James Harvey. Jim is a Boyceville native and has an amazing background!
We also got to present Past President, Court Sand with his 2nd Paul Harris Award. Congrats to Jim and Court!
Pictured from left to right: Past President, Court Sand, new member James Harvey and current President, Bethany Lewis.
Rotary Citation Award 2020-2021!
The Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club has been awarded the Rotary Citation Award for 2020-2021! This couldn't be possible without all the hard work from Margaret Breisch. Thank you Margaret!
There's a New Judge in Town!
August 6th, 2021
HUGE day for Club Member Christina Mayer! She was sworn in as Judge of the Circut Court of Dunn County Branch Two. Many of the Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club members came to show their support on her big day. Congrats Christina!
Club Officer Transition
June 24th, 2021
The Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club installed new officers this evening! President Jeremy Untz past the gavel to Bethany Lewis. And Bob Rosendahl was installed as the next President Elect.
Thank you Jeremy for your leadership and service over this last year!
Rotary Feeds Packaging
May 21st, 2021
Following CDC guidelines, 3 Rotary Clubs came together for a Rotary Feeds Packaging! The Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club, the Rotary Club of Menomonie and the Chippewa Valley After Hours Club packaged 41 boxes for a total of 8856 meals! These meals will go to Stepping Stones to help the people of Dunn County.
Paul Harris Award
February 5th, 2021
Paul Harris Award Winner!!! The Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club had the privilege to honor one of its members at the weekly meeting. President Elect Bethany Lewis presents Christina Mayer with her 8th Paul Harris Award.
Chris stated “I give to Rotary because individual Rotary clubs help local communities. Additionally, if we can eliminate polio through Polio Plus, that will change our entire world for the better. Rotary also supports water projects which change the lives of people in communities less fortunate than ours. I also give to Rotary because, as a service organization, the funds go to the work of the charity rather than administration.”
Congrats Chris!
Stepping Stones Donation
January 29th, 2021
Through a very generous donation from a club member, the Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club was able to donate $4000 to Stepping Stones today. Pictured is Executive Director Padraig Gallagher.
2020 Rotary Citation
December 3rd, 2021
Jeremy Untz, President of the Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club presents the Rotary International Citation to Court Sand, 2019-2020 Club President. This is major accomplishment for the Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club which was led by Margaret Breisch. Very few clubs receive this citation. Congratulations Sunrise Rotarians!
Paul Harris Award
November 19th, 2020
This morning, the Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club awarded 2 Paul Harris Awards! Congrats to Steve Faulhaber and Tom Harris!
Larry Jess Fellow Award
November 5th, 2010
This morning at the Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club’s Room and Zoom meeting, we had the presentation of our newest Larry Jess Fellows. Congrats Mark, Bob and Rod(not pictured).
Rotary Feeds Packaging
October 10, 2010
After 8 months, Rotary Feeds is able to package again! They figured out how to safely social distance in order to package meals. These meals will be split between Stepping Stones and Honduras.
Rotary Fest Quilt Winner
Our Rotary Fest committee decided to have the 2020 Quilt Drawing in August of 2020 as many of our great donors had already purchased over $950 in tickets for it. The winner was "Donna Hedlund" of Boyceville. Thank you for all of your support for the local food pantries. The funds collected are being distributed to Stepping Stones and West Cap Food Pantry in Boyceville. Congratulations to Donna!
Food Bank Support
On Friday, May 22nd, Josh Gibson and several other Chippewa Valley Rotarians assisted the Feed My People staff in Eau Claire. This was a "pop-up" food bank held near Carson Park. Josh's effort, along with the other volunteers resulted in 211 families being supported with
boxes of food during this time of covid-19.
Thanks Josh; you are a great example for Rotary!
Community For Vets
Work continues on our Community for Vets project to add an additional bedroom. This past Monday
found Gus Myran painting the exterior siding before installation. Electrical work is completed and
this project should be completed in about 10 days. That's good because the house manager already
has a veteran wanting to rent the completed room. Thanks Gus!
Stepping Stones Donation
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.
Wine and Roses Donation
Josh Bergmann, owner of Season's Harvest presents a check for $814 to Katherine Dutton, Director of Stepping Stones of Dunn County. Josh hosted a "Wine & Roses" tasting/shopping event on May 16th to support Stepping Stone's effort in our community. Pictured with them
is Jeremy Untz, our Rotary Club member who helped coordinate the event.
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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.