Rotary Club
About Our Club
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Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Thursdays at 12:00 PM
Pier 500
500 First Street
Hudson, WI 54016
United States of America
October 2023
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Speakers
Michele DeLong, Development Coordinator
Oct 12, 2023 12:00 PM
Friends of Willow River & Kinnickinnic State Parks
Students of the Month
Oct 19, 2023 12:00 PM
Dr. Kenneth Crabb, Rotary District 5960
Oct 26, 2023 12:00 PM
Membership
OPEN
Nov 02, 2023 12:00 PM
OPEN
Nov 09, 2023 12:00 PM
Students of the Month
Nov 16, 2023 12:00 PM
No meeting - Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 23, 2023 12:00 PM
OPEN
Nov 30, 2023 12:00 PM
Club Executives & Directors
President

Welcome to the Rotary Club of Hudson

St. Croix River Dunk 2023 was a huge success!
The Hudson Rotary Club’s “St. Croix River Dunk” is a fun annual event that creates a fun and easy way for local non-profits and groups to raise money for their organizations, and has to date raised over $216,000.00 for Hudson area nonprofits.  Over $66,000.00 was raised in 2023 alone!
Thank you to all our supporters for Merry Meals 2022!
Merry Meals serves families in need in the Hudson, Wisconsin, community.
 
In 2022, we went back to our normal in-person event and provided traditional holiday meals to over 130 families.  In 2021, we provided $50.00 County Market gift cards to over 120 families, and in 2020, we provided did the same to over 80 families.  In 2019, we provided full traditional holiday meals to over 60 families, and in 2018, we gave away almost $7,000.00 worth of meals and served hundreds of families in the Hudson area!
Tributes to Todd Bol, Little Free Library founder
Todd Bol was a longtime member of Hudson Rotary Club.  Many delightful tributes have been written - here are a few from his fellow Rotarians...

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Club News
Music has been an important part of leading an ordinary life for students at the Music School for Children With Disabilities in Honor of Paul Harris in Lublin, Poland. Founded by Rotary members, the school serves 20 students with various disabilities, including Down syndrome, autism, and visual impairments. The Rotary Club of Lublin-Centrum-Maria Curie-Sklodowska has provided funding with help from Rotary Foundation Matching Grants and the Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society, which houses the school.
 
After their son Mateusz was born with underdeveloped eyes, Mariusz and Joanna Kania looked for ways to help him be active. When he showed an aptitude for music, they looked for a teacher and were thrilled to find the Paul Harris music school.
For years, Angalia Bianca had slept in abandoned buildings throughout Chicago. She stole. She did drugs. She spent time in and out of jail for forgery, theft, trespassing, and possession of narcotics. But after she landed in prison for the seventh time, something changed -- Bianca knew she wanted a better life. She just didn’t know how to make it happen.
 
After serving her time, Bianca sought help from a local homeless organization, A Safe Haven, and moved to its shelter in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Bianca followed the program closely -- she attended all the required meetings, passed drug tests, and volunteered at every opportunity.
Throughout India and around the world, Rotary clubs are celebrating a major milestone: India has gone three years without a new case of polio. The last reported case was a two-year-old girl in West Bengal on 13 January 2011. To mark this historic triumph, Rotary clubs illuminated landmarks and iconic structures throughout the country with four simple but powerful words, "India is polio free."
 
The three-year achievement sets the stage for polio-free certification of the entire Southeast Asia region by the World Health Organization. The Indian government also plans to convene a polio summit in February to commemorate this victory in the global effort to eradicate polio.
 
What is it like taking a large team to Africa?  It has probably been one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. In mid February, I began leading Rotary members from all over the East Coast of the United States through Ghana. I’ve tried to give the team a warm Ghanaian welcome like I’ve received on my earlier trips. A large trip is a real blessing because each person sees Ghana and our work in a different way.

A highlight for the team was greeting the chief of Sagadugu. The team got excited about buying goats and food for children in the villages where I support eight churches. It was good to see the pastors of most of the eight churches, and I had to explain that we were just passing through on our way to Bolgatanga.