Rotary Club Annual Christmas Party:

• It's all about the kids

Rotarian Kevin Donnelly confers with his kids as to how to open the Box.

  A facial expression of Happiness!

The Nathan Hale Interact Club concluded their week-long Food Drive on November 25th

 These Interactors collected 2,200 food items most of which was given to a local food pantry.

15 needy West Allis families were the recipients of Thanksgiving food baskets.

Clearly, this group of service minded students gave Thanks for their personal blessings in a very public way.

Congratulations to all Interactors, advisors and Rotarians who made Thanksgiving better for many.

Lee Breese

The World Affairs Seminar is a unique educational program for high school students that provides a forum for future leaders to be introduced to some of the most perplexing global issues and problems. 

It enables hundreds of the best and brightest students from all over the world to come together to study and discuss these issues in a safe and non-threatening enviroment. 

In the process, participants will also learn about each others' customs, traditions, opinions, and aspirations. 

Seminar participants may be exchange students representing some 50 countries. 

The acedemic schedule consists of college level lectures, documentary films and Global Forum simulation group meetings. 

Meals are served in a university dining facility.  There are numerous opportunties for social and recreational activities available across campus. 

Activities of a international flavor are also conducted during the week. 

Thursday evening there is a Farwell dance event, and a commencement ceremony Friday morning will round out the week's stay on campus.  

Nathan Hale Interact Activities

The West Allis Hale Interact Club celebrated the installation of officers with members of the their sponsoring Rotary Club, the Rotary Club of West Allis. 

Interact stands for International Service.  Appropriately, the Interactors re-dedicated their  actions to service in their community, nation and internationally.

The officers, guided by their advisors committed to the motto of "Service Above Self"

Co-Preseidents:	Ben Rueteler & Kali Tans
Vice President:	Tyler Zajdel
Secretary:	Nicole Pickart
Treasurer:	Julie Lemk

Activities have already been planned for much of the school year. Yet, they would welcome other suggestions.

Where there is a need, they would like to be there to help!

This semester's activies include:

Empty Bowls at M.A.T.C., South Campus	October 10th
Rotary District Assembly, Hartford	October 24th
All School Food Drive	November 25th

In addition, the Nathan Hale Interact Club will continue their sunglass collection intended for farmers in Guatemala. 

They are also collecting children's books to be given away within the West Allis Community.

Interact meets most Thursdays at 3:05 pm at Nathan Hale High School.

The West Allis club supports several community projects.  An example of one:

We launched the Lilac Bus to provide transportation for West Allis seniors who are interested in spending a day visiting places like the zoo, shopping, touring, and other similar activities.  The bus picks the seniors up at their respective facilities.  There is a nominal charge of $3.00 per rider per trip. 

Please contact the West Allis Senior Center for more information--414-541-9000.

Thursday meeting program: Sept. 10th,

Two Milwaukee Sheriff Deputies and their canine pal "Bowie" visited our Club.

The Sherriffs Deputies explained how a dog works with his handler in drug busts.  They demonstrated  how the dog reacts and disarms a suspect  by grabbing onto their arm or other convienitnt body part and not letting go until given the command. 

One of the breeds best suited for this work are Belgian Shepards.  At an early age, male Shepards are tested and selected  based on their personality.  Only aggressive, intelligent and basically fearless dogs are selected.

Training techniques develop a mindset  that sniffing out drugs along with pursueing and detaining  a criminal are a game.  Therefore, the dog subdues the criminal with a single bite with the sole purpose of holding on until help arrives.

Posted 9-9-09

The Rotary Club of West Allis

www.westallisrotary.org

• We meet at Noon Thursdays at the Columbus Club, 1800 S. 92nd St. West Allis
• The Rotary Club of West Allis is very community minded with a penchant for having fun. If you would like to attend a meeting and find out what our Club is about, please contact or Club President, Brian Preiss: bjpmanagement@byteharmony.net

• Community service projects focus on family, hunger, water, health, literacy and youth service.
  
  An example of one of our community projects is:
  
  The Rotary Club of West Allis actively promotes literacy in our community with two projects:

1. Reading Buddies. Presently, Rotarians go to Irving Elementary School andread one on one with second & third graders. Results are the children are better prepared to handle reading requirements of their class and offers Rotarians an opportunity to have a positive impact on these children's lives.

2. Book Distribution. Throughout the year, Rotarians and Nathan Hale Interact Club members collect books. Each book is given a sticker to let the recipient know it is "compliments of the Rotary Club of West Allis or Nathan Hale Interact Club". Books are given away at the West Allis Health Department and the Greater Milwaukee Free Clinic. To have your own book is to own the treasure of literacy.

• Each week at our Thursday Noon meeting we present a program.

Last month we were entertained by the Wisconsin Jr. Miss contestants.  Each of the 14 contestants presented a shortened version of the program they presented at their competition. These high school girls represent their high schools  around Southeastern Wisconsin.  The winner  competes at the national contest in Mobile, AL.  The West Allis representative from last year was runner- up at the national contest.

• If interested in more information about the Rotary Club of  West Allis, contact: webmaster@westallisrotary.org