October 1, 2012, Club Bulletin #436

Program for October 1, 2012: Weed Park Zoo Garden

Invocation by: Rick Gosney

Guests on September 24, 2012: Steve Stout and Don Carstenson

Rotary News: We sang Happy Birthday to all September Rotarian Birthday Members.  We enjoyed the "Fun Activity" by playing Battle of the Sexes!!

Happy News: Scott Ingstad celebrated his 40th Wedding Anniversary with the entire family by going to the honeymoon site of 40 years ago. They also celebrated his bride's __birthday!! Keith Porter enjoyed the YPN Glow Ball Golf Tournament and was also happy that the Community Foundation Fund Raiser was a big success!! Jessica Wittman is planning on an exciting weekend in Chicago watching the U.S. Golf Team!! Jane Daufeldt is happy that the Muskies beat Bettendorf!!

Steve Stout showed a brief video and asked us to consider sponsoring a Mexican Children's Dance Troupe either as a club or individually, as well.  The group will be in the area in the Spring and is being funded by the Washington and West Liberty Rotary Clubs.

Program: Mary Odell introduced Rose Mary Boesen, Chief Executive Officer of the United Way of Muscatine.  Rose Mary provided highlights of Muscatine projects...having just concluded Day of Caring with over 500 volunteers.  The motto of United Way is Give, Advocate, Volunteer.  A wonderful video showing 2 Rotarians was shown to the club to emphasize the importance of the motto. Those individuals were the Campaign Chair Sol LoBianco and Bob Lande.

United Way got its start in Muscatine in 1954.  Today we are using a variety of data points to determine community program needs and effectiveness.   Our United Way is providing a safety net to many Muscatine families and serves 27,000 persons.  The United Way strives to be transparent and effective in providing longterm solutions to community issues by determining the root causes of those issues.

This year's annual campaign is now underway!!