Waterloo Rotary Reporter (Jan 19, 2018)

January 22 Program

Join us January 22 to hear from Rachel Anderson with the Rotaract Club. Rotaract is a service, leadership, professional and community service organization for young men and women between the ages 18–30. Rotaract focuses on the development of young adults as leaders in their communities and workplaces. Clubs around the world also take part in international service projects, in a global effort to bring peace and international understanding to the world.

Invite guests to one or more of our upcoming meetings:

Jan 29: Luann Alemao – Blue Zones

Feb 5: Bruce Newendrop - FIRST(Robotics)

Feb 12: Mallory Petsche – Embarc Iowa

Feb 19- Jim Miller – WCF Symphony

Feb 26: Rural Urban Day – Sign up your guest

Mar 5: Karen Showalter - Black Hawk County elections office

Will 2018 be the year
We conquer polio?

For nearly 40 years Rotarians and our partners have been working to rid the world of polio.

When we started in the mid 1980’s, public officials reported over 600,000 new cases every year. And there was wide belief that tens of thousands of new cases went unnoticed. We’ve adopted the tag line, “This close.”

final report for 2017 shows only 21 new cases of the wild polio virus (WPV) and another 74 circulating cases, defined as cases of person to person circulation within a community (i.e., family).

Rotarians can support our effort by making gifts to The Rotary Foundation and earmarking it for polio eradication.

Have you made a commitment

to support our Rotary Foundation?

For many years our club was a leader in district 5970 in supporting The Rotary Foundation. As of June 30, 2017, members of our club had given over $300,000. But in recent years total gifts have plummeted to only $2,275. That works out to $47 per member, about one third of the average from all clubs in the district. There are several potential reasons for the drop in giving, including lack of understanding how the foundation works, how donations are spent and how highly it is regarded in the eyes of others.

Give the gift of Rotary today and be a part of the positive change Rotarians are making in your community and around the world. Every gift makes a difference.