June Monthly Meeting - 7PM on 6/29 at Angelos

Our next monthly meeting is this week! We're meeting at 7PM on June 29th in the Grotto at Angelo's in Monona (5801 Monona Dr).

There will be a social half-hour at 7:00, followed by the meeting at 7:30.

We'll be taking an important vote on what charities to support this year, so if you can't attend, please send in your top two selections!

• Dane County Humane Society - Helping animals in Dane County.
• Henry Vilas Zoo - One of few free zoos remaining in the US.
• Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin - Providing food to the needy.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County - Providing positive role models to kids
• Habitat for Humanity of Dane County - Building houses for needy families. (We are separately discussing if we can take a Saturday and help build a Habitat home.)
• Jodi Lou Lung Cancer Foundation - Supporting lung cancer research at the UW Carbone Cancer Center
• Porchlight Inc - Providing help, shelter and transitional housing to the homeless
• REAP Food Group - Working to build a regional sustainable food system.

All members and prospective members are welcome to attend!

2011 Alpine Buffett Bus Details

(Better late than never...)

If you haven't already signed up for the bus, it's too late, we're full.

We are meeting the bus in from the usual location. The bus is leaving at 10:30AM sharp, as there is construction and a bridge or two out near Alpine and we need as much time as we can get to get there. The bus will be there to load at 10AM.

Things to bring:

• Food to pass around.
• Drinks for yourself (and maybe a couple to share if you're nice).
• A small cooler of drinks for the bus (it must fit by your feet -- the bus is full!)
• Food for the bus there and back (we won't be stopping!)
• A lanyard, lei, or something else to hang your laminate from.
• A camp chair, if you wish to sit! (you probably will, we'll be there for a while.)

If you have any questions, email us, especially if you haven't heard from Rick and you think you're on the bus.

Take a Stake in the Lakes 2011 - June 18th at Goodland Park

It's time for the annual Dane County Take a Stake in the Lakes!  We'll be meeting on 6/18 at Goodland Park on Lake Waubesa (near Christy's Landing) at 10AM.

Bring gloves, rakes (heavy duty garden rakes are best) and shoes to get wet.

We will have t-shirts, water and a cooler of beer for the workers.  Cleanup usually takes about 1 1/2 hours or so, then we head to Christy's for lunch.

June Happy Hour 5:30 on 6/10 at Capital Brewery

The June happy hour is coming up a week from Friday (6/10) at 5:30 in the Capital Brewery Bier Garten in Middleton (7734 Terrace Avenue, right off of Parmenter in downtown Middleton.)  In case of rain (and possibly afterward), we will meet at Cheeseburger in Paradise in Middleton ( 1601 Aspen Commons, in Greenway Station).

They have no food, so BYO, or perhaps there will be a movement to order pizza from one of the local pizza companies.  If you have a plastic Capital Brewery mug from a previous event, bring it for a discount on your beer!

Steve will be there at 5:30 to greet everybody!

All members and prospective members are welcome!