December 6, 2010, Club Bulletin #353
Program for Today: Muscatine High School Choir Students
Note from the Secretary Caren Luke: Please let Caren know today if you have any meeting makeups for the month of November. (They do help our district attendance outcomes...so please let her know!!)
November 29, 2010 Guests: Mark Krieger, Bill Decker and Chris Ingstad (potential new members). 3.0 Seniors: Kelsey Kaste, Jacob Koch, Melissa Lemkau,Hillary Lick, and Jake Mueller, 12th grade counselor.
Mary Wildermuth, Membership Chair: on behalf of the Board recognized over 40 Rotarians for outstanding attendance since July. ( they had missed 6 or fewer meetings) She then recognized Jim Sturms for his Perfect Attendance, he was present at every meeting ....meaning no misses and no makeups!! Congrats to Jim and to all the other great Rotarians!! You are AWESOME!
Happy News: Kip Fisher is so proud that Rotary supports The Red Kettle Campaign.
Ron Yohe is wondering what he is doing right/wrong... his home was broken into and nothing was taken!!
Mike Ruby is having a great time volunteering as a tutor at the Flickinger Center and encouraged us all to join in.
Sarah Ingstad is so happy to be moving and finally have a home in Muscatine!! No more seperate road trips to Muscatine for the newlyweds!!
Program: William Koellner, from the West Liberty Rotary Club delivered a very informative program on the Rotary Foundation. Bill is retired from the Army Corp of Engineers and is currently on the Mississippi Bend AEA Board of Directors.
Bill stated the importance of the Rotary Foundation and our support of it. He noted that 1 in 6 people in the world live on $1 a day. Rotary has collaborated to give $167.6 million to reduce poverty in the world. The top initiatives for Rotary International are: elimination of poverty, care of the environment, food security, child mortality, promotion of literacy and peace and conflict resolution.
For every dollar a Rotarian in District 6000 gives it is invested for 3 years and then comes back to the local clubs as simplified or matching grant funds available for our projects locally or internationally.
The Polio 2012 Initiative has received over $850 million and it is anticipated that at the 2011 Rotary Convention it will be announced that the $200 million challenge to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation match will be met!!
Bill also mentioned the Group Study Exchange Program and the Ambassadorial Scholar Programs as ones that we should all know about and share as opportunities with our club members.
For greater detail we will have Bill's powerpoint presentation available in a pdf format for anyone who would like it.