District Governor Visit - Glenn Bowers (Aug. 06, 2025)

Dr. Glenn Bowers - D5960 District Governor

About the Presentation: Glenn opened his talk by saying that he and his wife Pam are long-time Rotarians who drank the Kool-Aid long ago. Wherever they’ve lived, they join different clubs, which means more meetings, more checks, and lots more friends. The slides for Glenn’s talk can be viewed by clicking the link in the Download Files section at the bottom of this Tidings.

Glenn said that the Make Peace Visible theme will remain at least through this Rotary year. Glenn talked about the concept of “positive peace” and how Rotary impacts the world, creating positive peace wherever Rotary improves lives.

Every year Rotary International has a theme for the year, and this year it comes from staff in Evanston instead of a chosen presidential theme. The Unite for Good theme is expected to last for several years. It puts what our club and Rotary everywhere does into practice locally and around the globe. Glen showed us a reminder slide of photos to show what our club has done. READ MORE for the rest of the summary.

About the Speaker: Click READ MORE for Glenn's brief bio.

This Week's Announcements

--Holiday Backpack Program Presentation: Scott Morrissette has been collecting our club members' contributions, and he will present them to Shelly Smith at this week's meeting. Please make sure you have yours to Scott in time.

-Sharing Families is Underway: Tony Pedriana has been coordinating the signup list for gifts and gift cards to families in need as identified by the Sharing Families group. He reports that the list is fully subscribed, including the grocery and gas cards. As a reminder, the deadline for gifts to Sharing Families is December 6. Click READ MORE for more details.

--Jim DiPeso is our latest Paul Harris Fellow and Randy Cudd reached the next level PHF!: George presented Jim with his PHF certificate and pin at the October 28th meeting, and on 11/11 Randy received his PHF+3. Congratulations and thanks, Jim and Randy!

--November Calendar: Click READ MORE to see the November calendar.

--Diaper Drive is Wrapping Up! It's all over except for some school collections and awards to competition winners.

Introducing the New RF Chamber Director

Rosa Magnus introduced herself and provided her view of the River Falls Chamber of Commerce using the theme “Turning Points and Touchstones”. She’s been Chamber’s CEO for 5 months, and she shared details about herself and the journey so far. Rosa kindly provided a copy of her slides – click on Download Files below.

She is originally from Texas, a suburb north of Houston. Rosa said her priorities are family and service to others. Her husband Jeff and 2 sons 17 and 15 are all outdoorsmen. Jeff manages the Michael’s store in Hudson. She listed her strengths as being passionate, organized, and giving, and she has volunteer interests in Special Olympics, School, Food Pantries, and Cancer. Click READ MORE for more about Rosa Magnus's presentation.

Food Access and Insecurity Landscape in Pierce County

About the Presentation: Brittany Mora from the Pierce County Health Department. along with Professor Kathleen Hunzer from UWRF, presented an overview of what Pierce County Public Health Department and the Hunger Prevention Council know about and do about food insecurity issues among our population. The slides provide a picture of the situation in Pierce County as well as some leads to what we Rotarians can do to help. Click DOWNLOAD FILES at the bottom of this Tidings to see the slides Brittany used in the presentation. And click READ MORE to read about Brittay Mora.