–submitted by Haley Saalsaa; photos by Dave Ewanowski
Club President Ellsworth Brown and Haley Saalsaa
On the morning of December 10 25 of us got together for a new member event at the Blackhawk Country club. We were welcomed with fresh hot pastries accompanied by coffee and orange juice.
From left: Jorge Hidalgo, Mike Casey, Larry Collins & Carol Goedken
We took the first thirty minutes to talk amongst ourselves and then the fun really began. Jason Beren orchestrated a Bingo game deriving answers from surveys we had all previously taken. It was a unique networking event and fun to try something new. Often times networking is the same and discussions become routine. The bingo game allowed us to find out unique things about our fellow Rotarians that we may not have known before. For example, did you know that our president Ellsworth Brown played cymbals in high-school? He could put on quite a show incorporating CO2 for special effects OR that TJ Blitz is a trained stage actor?
From Left: Sandy Morales, TJ Blitz, Craig Bartlett & Tom Popp
From left: Mary Borland, Ellsworth Brown, Nick Curran
These are the types of things that likely would not have come into conversation if we weren’t playing an exciting game of Bingo! Jason threw a great event and I look forward to this spring for more events to come.
Rotary Club of Madison, Wisconsin 