September 13, 2010 Bulletin #342
NO ROTARY September 6, 2010 due to Labor Day
Rotary September 13, 2010
The program is Muscatine Curbside Recycling
August 30th Guests
Jeremy Heinesch, Rotary Exchange Student from Belgium
August 30th Happy News
Carolyn Levine told everyone about Alexander G. Clark's speaking tour on the legacy of Dr. Paul Finkelman. He will be in Muscatine on September 16th at the Bob Roach Little Theatre in Muscatine Community College.
Judi Holdorf announced that the
Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine and donors who support the University of Iowa's Hancher Auditorium are bringing Ballet West II to Muscatine for a free performance that begins at 6 p.m. on
September 22nd
at Riverside Park on Muscatine's riverfront.
Kristin McHugh Johnston shared that the Muscatine History and Industry Center has received several grants recently. One was from the Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine to assist with their sewer renovation. The other was from the Department of Cultural Affairs.
Roger Lande announced that as of August 20th, he and Sarah have completed 50 years of marriage!
August 30th Announcements
The invocation was by Gayle Roberts and the songs were led by Melissa Wolfe.
The Rotary Moment was on Rotary Interact Service Clubs.
I
nteract is Rotary International's service club for young people ages 12 to 18. Interact clubs are sponsored by individual Rotary clubs, which provide support and guidance, but they are self-governing and self-supporting.
They can be in a single school or several schools within a community. Muscatine High School has had an Interact Club for several years. There are over 10,000 Rotary Interact Clubs in existence. To learn more visit the Rotary Interact page.
Tom announced that the Muscatine Rotary Club will act as ushers for the Ballet at Riverside Park on 9/22/10.
The fall Muscatine Rotary Picnic will be on 10/05/10 at Weed Park starting at 6:15 p.m.
There will be a Murder Mystery night on October 16th at the Rendezvous. More details will be coming.
Don't forget - NO ROTARY NEXT MONDAY.
August 30th Program
Erika Kate Foundation by Traci and Rich Maynard
Rich Maynard is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) in Muscatine. He shared the emotional story of his daughter, Erika Kate, who was diagnosed with restrictive cardiomyopathy and secondary pulmonary hypertension, a severe form of heart and lung disease at the age of 3 1/2. Through their own experience they were struck by the fact that there are little or no resources to help families of children facing cardiac problems. Due to this, he and his wife Traci set up the Erika Kate Foundation.
EKF is a grass roots effort to develop a national assistance program benefitting families of children with life-threatening heart disease. They provide short-term emotional, spiritual, and financial assistance to families currently in the midst of a heart related medical crisis involving their child. EKF supplements local and regional programs already in place around children's hospitals throughout the country and works to stand in the gap on behalf of families whose short-term needs exceed available resources. The Erika Kate Foundation is a non-profit corporation organized under the Revised Iowa Nonprofit Corporation Act. The Foundation is recognized as a tax-exempt charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. As of March 2010, EKF is further classified as a Private Operating Foundation.
To find out more about their story, the foundation, and how you can help, please visit their webpage at
www.erikakate.org
.
In recognition of today's presentation, the Muscatine Rotary Club will donate a children's book to the Musser public library with the Maynard's names inscribed in the front of the book.