Milwaukee North Shore Rotary

10/29/2025

Pickleball is coming.

Good morning, Rotarians,

Our Rotary Park is truly coming together, thanks to the dedication and hard work of our entire club. We are now entering a crucial stage in the park’s development: fundraising.

We’re asking for support from each member to help us reach our goal of raising $100,000 for the park, in addition to the $225,000 we have already secured.

We plan to achieve this through outreach for donations and sponsorships at the park. Please review the information below for an update on our progress.

Exciting news: We have a matching grant program in place, thanks to the club and one of our members. For every dollar we raise from November 1, 2025, to December 31, 2026, it will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $45,000! If we come up with donations of $45,000 it brings us to $90,000, almost our entire goal. The Village of Brown Deer is working on securing a grant for an additional $300,000 to make this truly a place to be in the North Shore.

Please share our website with friends, family, and business owners in the North Shore. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to create a legacy in our community.
Pickleball North Shore Rotary Park | Rotary Club of Milwaukee Northshore

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me.

Thank you for your support!

Brian Guerin
NS Rotary Pickleball Park Chairman

https://mkensrotary.org/page/pickleball-north-shore-rotary-park-1/

10/29/2025

Good morning, Rotarians,

Our Rotary Park is truly coming together, thanks to the dedication and hard work of our entire club. We are now entering a crucial stage in the park’s development: fundraising.

We’re asking for support from each member to help us reach our goal of raising $100,000 for the park, in addition to the $225,000 we have already secured.

We plan to achieve this through outreach for donations and sponsorships at the park. Please review the information below for an update on our progress.

Exciting news: We have a matching grant program in place, thanks to the club and one of our members. For every dollar we raise from November 1, 2025, to December 31, 2026, it will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $45,000! If we come up with donations of $45,000 it brings us to $90,000, almost our entire goal. The Village of Brown Deer is working on securing a grant for an additional $300,000 to make this truly a place to be in the North Shore.

Please share our website with friends, family, and business owners in the North Shore. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to create a legacy in our community.
Pickleball North Shore Rotary Park | Rotary Club of Milwaukee Northshore

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me.

Thank you for your support!

Brian Guerin
NS Rotary Pickleball Park Chairman

https://mkensrotary.org/page/pickleball-north-shore-rotary-park-1/

10/29/2025

On Monday, August 25, 2025, Brian Guerin gave the Club an update on our Pickleball Park Project. We will be meeting with the design firm soon to review the plans, and we will be ramping up fundraising soon.
Read the full press release here https://mkensrotary.org

10/29/2025

10/28/2025

On Monday October 27, 2025

Brian gave us an update on our Pickleball Challenge Grant:

Pickle Ball Challenge Grant Introduction

Propose: The North Shore Rotary Club has taken on the project of providing funds for the Brown Deer Pickle Court Park that is being developed in Brown Deer through the North Shore Rotary Foundation.

Time of Challenge: October 15, 2025 – December 12, 2025

Whatever is donated to the North Shore Rotary Foundation during this time up to $20,000.00 will be matched by a member of the North Shore Rotary Club who wishes to remain anonymous.

Checks are to be made out to: North Shore Rotary Foundation. In the memo area it should be listed : Pickle Ball Courts.

Donations for this challenge grant are to be sent to :

North Shore Rotary Foundation

P.O Box 170072

Milwaukee, WI 53217-0072

10/28/2025

Author Harry Pinkus, who has three popular fiction novels and another about to be published. He spoke to us about being a fiction writer, and what it takes to publish a popular novel. You can pre-order his latest novel ~ Moving Targets here: https://amzn.to/4qxd5Bl

10/27/2025

Yinka BABALOLA President-elect 2026/2027

Olayinka (Yinka) Hakeem BABALOLA, a member of the Rotary Club of Trans Amadi, Nigeria, has been elected President of Rotary International for the year 2026/2027.

He will take office on July 1, 2026.

A Rotary member for over 30 years, he will become the second African to lead Rotary International, after Jonathan B. MAJIYAGBE (2003/2004).

A long-time supporter of peace and community development, he contributed to the creation and growth of the Rotary Peace Centre at Makerere University in Uganda, the first on the African continent.

He also became involved in the fight against polio, supporting vaccination efforts in Africa.

Yinka holds an engineering degree and has spent over 30 years in the oil and gas industry, including senior management positions at Shell PLC.

He and his wife, Preba, support The Rotary Foundation through a named endowment and are members of the Arch Klumph Society.

10/24/2025

Last night we celebrated with Angelica Niemann at the Chamber's Celebrate our Community Awards Dinner. Today we recognize our efforts worldwide to eradicate polio.

10/24/2025

Rotary launched the PolioPlus program in 1985 with a promise to children everywhere that one day, they won’t have to fear being paralyzed by polio. It has been a long and challenging endeavor to contain wild poliovirus to just two countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan. And as in any marathon, the final mile of polio eradication is the most difficult. But the Rotary community and partners won’t give up — because polio anywhere will always be a threat to children everywhere. Let’s use this week to raise awareness and support for polio eradication. 📣 🤲🏽

Learn what it takes to coordinate vaccinations in one of the countries where wild poliovirus remains endemic ➡️ https://on.rotary.org/47chxg8