If you are listed to do invocation or as the student host and are unable to attend that day, please find a replacement. Thank you.
Student host responsibilities: If you are listed to be student host, please plan to arrive by 11:40 a.m. to greet the students as they come in. Assign one student to a Rotarian so they are spread out at different tables. Try to have different Rotarians each week host students, so the students can meet several people.
Greeter
May 22 - Karen Rowell
June 12 - 26 - Phoebe Soenksen
July - Christie Collins
Greeting is a great way for new members to meet other members.
Fellowship
May - Carrie Donaire and
Doug Bertrand
June - Phil Barger
Fellowship Fines - Scholarship Fundraiser
May 8 - $214.00
YTD: $9,362.25
Attendance - May 15 - 61%
Present - 54
Exempt - 6
Absent - 34
Membership - May
Total membership: 94
New members: 0
Members that resigned: 0
Membership goal: 105
President Jim challenges and encourages each one of you to bring a guest/potential member to at least one meeting this month. There is a potential Rotarian in anyone who cares about their community and has a desire to engage in civic responsibility to make the world a better place. Thus, please take the time to bring one or more individuals who subscribe to our Rotary values.
Incoming RI President Ian Riseley said it is imperative that clubs find ways to attract and engage young members. Today about 5 % of reported members are under 40, and a majority of members are over 60. "Consider what Rotary stands to look like 10 or 20 years from now if we don't get very serious, very soon, about bringing in new members."
Member information - please submit any changes to your mailing and/or home addresses and emails to Ida (edal@mchsi.com). Thank you!
Congratulations!
Rotary Birthdays for
May 22 - June 4, 2017
Gary Foster* - 6/3
Rotary Anniversaries for
May 22 - June 4, 2017
Brad Hirl - 12 yrs (5/25)
Cheryl McCulloh - 25 yrs (6/1)
Mark Rutenbeck* - 27 yrs (6/1)
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Volume 71 Number 35 April 10, 2017
Mary Swanson, Jennifer Graf, Jim Dobbyn, Phil Barger and Bob Holesinger are Paul Harris Foundation Sponsor. Thank you Mary, Jennifer, Jim, Phil and Bob!
For just $26.50 you too can be a sponsor. Contact Ida if interested.
Announcements
FACTOID: Rotary International Charity ranks in the top thirdof the highest rated charities in the world.
Mark your calendar: our annual Club Auction themed "Western Gala" will be held April 28 at the Eagle Point Lodge.
To get Auction tickets, purchaser has to fill out a registration form. Contact Rich Klahn to get the form. Tickets will not be sent out.
Deadline for donating Auction items is Monday, April 10, in order to get the booklet printed and placing items on the website. Let's make this the "BEST AUCTION EVER!"
It's not too late to be an auction sponsor, but please do it soon!
Booze donations: spirits need to have been purchased in Iowa at a value of $20 or more.
Jennifer still has Auction posters for your place of business.
Mark your calendar: The final Quarterly Assembly evening dinner meeting will be held Monday, June 5 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.
UpcomingClub Programs are being posted once a month in the Clinton Herald.
All Clubs are invited to this Social; April 11 proclaimed by the Mayor “Rotary Foundation Day”
Join 300 of your fellow District 6000 Rotarians to celebrate the 100th birthday of the Rotary Foundation and all 100 years of doing good in the world! Eleven Des Moines Metro Rotary clubs are hosting the celebration that includes a fun-filled evening with food, fellowship, live music and a cash bar. The event will be held April 11th at the Kum & Go Theater (in DSM Social Club), 901 Cherry Street, Des Moines from 5 to 7:30pm. Admission is only $15. Please mail checks to the NW Des Moines Rotary Club C/O Bradford Helgemo, 10986
Hickory Dr., Clive, IA 50325.
D6000 membership event at Shive Hattery in West Des Moines
April 19 starting at 6 p.m
District Conference 2017
Coralville Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
May 4 - May 6, 2017
R.I. Convention 2017 - Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta Georgia World Congress Center
June 10 - June 14, 2017
Our annual auction, themed "Western Gala"
will be held Friday, April 28, 2017 at the Eagle Point Pavillion.
There will be Western fixins' catered by Rastrelli's and live and silent auction items to bid on. To make this event a continued success, the auction item committee is asking members to donate generously. Here is one suggestion: donate a bottle of Iowa purchased only spirits for the live auction. Contact Paul Holmer for auction items and/or ideas. Everything is welcome!
You may also take advantage of Sponsorships: Ponderosa - $5,000; Stetson: $2,500; Lone Star: $1,750; Brand Iron: $1,000; Horseshoe: $500 and Buckle: $250. Submit your sponsorship commitment by March 1, 2017.
Contact Rich Klahn for Tickets $50/person.
Programs for May 22, 2017
Speaker: Leslie Mussman, Tiffany Harris and Gabe Gluba
Topic: Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Programs
May 29 - Memorial Day - no club meeting
Programs for June 2017 - TBA
May Program Chair: Peggy Sellnau
June Program Chair: Jennifer Graf
Meeting of May 15, 2017
Guests: Justin Remington guest of Deb Olson, Rotarian Bart Baker guest of Dee Willoughby and visiting North Scott Rotarian Kathy Pezley.
Student guests: Elle Hill, Carlie Luna and Lauren Sichterman of Clinton HS and Jamey Treanton and Cassidy Turkle of Northeast HS.
Speakers Riley and Ryann Hubbart and Matthew Current of the Clinton High School Interact Group gave an update on the activities the group has been involved since January 2017. Some of the service projects were raking leaves, landscaping and volunteering at the Sawmill Museum and the Children's Museum.
Riley Hubbart shared her experience in Xicotepec Puebla, Mexico. Riley was part of the D6000 Year No. 15 project team that provided medical and dental health services to children in the community. She enjoyed her experiences tremendously.
District Rotary Foundation Chair Terry Geiger reminds Rotarians that the Rotary Foundation is celebrating the Centennial year, 100 years since Arch Klumph proposed the idea that Rotary have a foundation "For Doing Good in the World." The mission statement of the Rotary Foundation is:"...to enable Rotary members to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education and the alleviation of poverty."
Please note: The Foundation Committee will show a 3 minute video monthly and make short comments to educate and motivate club members involvement in contributing to the Rotary Foundation as part of their quarterly dues or otherwise as they desire.
The daughter of a Macedonian foreign service officer, Anja Nikolova grew up in London, New York and Venice. Her globe-trotting childhood gave her a gift for languages – she is fluent in five – but also a passion for international environmental issues. With the aid of global grants funded by Rotary districts in Texas, Oklahoma and Connecticut, Nikolova is presently working toward her master’s degree in environmental management at Yale University. She is interested in tying together the environment and economics on a large scale in order to understand the feasibility of certain environmental projects. She states, “In the end, if whatever you pursue doesn’t make business sense, it’s probably not going to work. That has be acknowledged and seen as an opportunity rather than a threat. “ When in Ghana, she worked on a community agricultural and forestry project where villagers were empowered to farm the products that were in a National Park and sell them. They did not have the technical support to sell the projects at a scale that was profitable, so Nikolova connected this project with Rotarians and together they managed to raise more than $100,000 to move forward. Your dollars to The Rotary Foundation to support scholars such as Nikolova, enables this to happen. Thank you.
Anne Ford
Your contribution to The Rotary Foundation enabled this to happen. Thank you.
In celebration of the Rotary Foundation Centennial year, the Foundation Committee challenges club members to give $26.50 this year towards the eradication of Polio.
