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For the Stevens Point Journal • June 10, 2010 http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20106100369   The Rotary Clubs of Stevens Point and Greater Portage County hosted a Rotarian Team Leader and four young professionals as part of their month long visit to Rotary District 6220. The District encompasses the northeastern quarter of Wisconsin and most of the Upper

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Dear Rotarians and Friends,   The latest edition of the Rotary Club of Greater Portage County newsletter is available at http://www.directory-online.com/Rotary/Accounts/6220/Bulletins/64677/6.11.10.pdf.  Please join us at this week's meeting.  Our presenter will be Eric from the MREA.   Thank you to Vocational Chair, Shannon Williams, for her article in the newsletter this week and to

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Dear Rotarians and Friends,   The latest edition of the Rotary Club of Greater Portage County newsletter is available at www.directory-online.com/Rotary/Accounts/6220/Bulletins/64677/6.4.10.pdf.  Please join us at this week's club assembly.  We are collecting items for an orphanage in Lima, Peru.   The Rotary Club of Greater Portage County meets each Friday morning at 7:00 am at the

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The Group Study Exchange (GSE) team from India visited Stevens Point over the Memorial Day weekend.  View the photos of their visit. GSE India 2010

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Dear Rotarians and Friends, The latest edition of the Rotary Club of Greater Portage County newsletter is now available at http://www.directory-online.com/Rotary/Accounts/6220/Bulletins/64677/5.28.10.pdf  Please join us at this week's meeting.  Our presenters will be the incoming GSE team from India! The Rotary Club of Greater Portage County meets each Friday morning at 7:00 am at the Comfort Inn

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Stevens Point Journal - http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20104160336 By Jamie Jung • Journal staff • April 16, 2010 PLOVER -- The Heart of Wisconsin Kite Festival returns April 25 with several new family-friendly activities and a new location. The seventh annual event, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Greater Portage County, will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in

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President Wiskerchen will officially welcome new member, Geoffrey Mburu, to the club on March 19th. Geoffrey’s bio is as follows: “I was born in Nairobi, Kenya and studied there through high school.  In 1999 I moved to South Africa where I studied Advanced Levels and then received the Noel Compass Scholarship to attend college at UW-Stevens Point in 2000. I graduated in 2004 with a degree in

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DOCUMENTARY HIGHLIGHTS FIGHT TO END POLIO Local Rotary clubs take on $200 million challenge from the Gates Foundation Stevens Point, WI –March 8, 2010 – The Academy Award Nominated documentary, The Final Inch, will be featured at the Pinery Room of the Portage County Library on Tuesday, March 16, at 6:00 PM.  Nearly 50 years after a vaccine for Polio was developed in the United States, the

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The Rotary Club of Greater Portage County donated $250 to the Etta Projects to help bring education about hygiene and clean water to 25 villages surrounding Montero, Bolivia.  For more information about the Etta Projects, visit www.ettaprojects.org.

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The Rotary Club of Greater Portage County “wrapped up” the most successful Toys for Tots campaign to date in Portage County. Through cash donations and toy collection at 49 sites across Stevens Point and Plover, almost 1,000 children received toys this holiday season. Final numbers for the 2009 campaign included a total collection of 2,800 toys with each child in need receiving an average of

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The Rotary Club of Greater Portage County welcomed Michelle Genske (on right) as a new member on Friday, January 8.   Michelle was born in Neenah, WI and went to school at Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky where she received a degree in Elementary Education.  She lived in Colorado for 5 years, where she ran a Sylvan learning center and then went on to be the Director of Education at the

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The 2009-2010 Rotary Year is half over.  Below are the club's accomplishments for the past 6 months. Treasurer Powers: The club is in good financial standing and financial reporting is now streamlined and consistent. All bills are paid and we have $5350.00 slated for an International Project and $540.00 for the Rotary Foundation. In addition, we donated to the following charities and

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By Meredith Thorn • Stevens Point Journal staff • December 19, 2009 Christmas  is less than a week away, but there still is time to donate to those in need.  Capt. Leanna Tuttle of The Salvation Army said the organization is in need of fresh apples and oranges for food baskets. Fruit donations are needed by Monday. Tuttle is confident the organization can make its Red Kettle campaign goal of

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VIDEO - Rotary Club makes large toy donation - WAOW - Newsline 9, Wausau News, Weather, Sports

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See the pictures of the Toys for Tots Shopping Spree at ShopKo. 

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WAOW - Channel 9 - http://www.waow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11621740 by Cami Mountain STEVENS POINT (WAOW) -- Just imagine all the gifts you could buy with $5,000.  That's exactly what a Portage County group is donating to local charities this year. The Rotary Club of Greater Portage County has collected donations all year with a simple goal in mind.  Make as many children as happy as possible.

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The Rotary Club of GPC promoted Toys for Tots at the Stevens Point Parade on Friday, November 20.  View the photos.

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The local Toys for Tots organization wants to meet, if not exceed, 2008 donation levels.The organization working with the United States Marine Corps Reserve collected 2,017 toys and $2,700 in donations in 2008, said Jami Gebert, the community service chair for the Rotary Club of Greater Portage County. She expects the need for donations for children to be the same, if not more, in 2009 as in 2008

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Stevens Point, WI (October 30, 2009) – The Rotary Club of Greater Portage County is once again teaming up with the United States Marine Corps Reserve to sponsor the annual Toys for Tots campaign in Portage County. The Rotary Club of Greater Portage County is the officially sanctioned Toys for Tots agency in Portage County. Since

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For the Stevens Point Journal • November 6, 2009 More than 60 students from high schools in Rotary District 6220, Northeast Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula, recently attended a three-day leadership training opportunity that focuses on the personal and professional development of high school students. The conference was held at Camp

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