| Member Login
Waterloo logo
Waterloo logo
  • Home
  • Stories
  • Shoebox
  • History
  • Join
  • Contact
 
Exceptional Persons Inc Presenting March 20th
Executive Director Katie Slade will be speaking March 20th.
 
Katie Slade - Exceptional Persons Inc.
 
Katie Callahan Slade was born in Dysart, Iowa. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing from the University of Northern Iowa in 2002. Katie started with EPI in 2008. She wore many “hats” for the agency including becoming a Client Facilitator certified in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People as Organizational Development Director until she became the Executive Director on August 31, 2022.
 
As the Executive Director of Exceptional Persons, Inc. (EPI), Katie believes in EPI's vision of working together we will realize a future where all people are recognized and valued – encouraged and supported to live, work, and grow – in their communities.
 
 
Progressive Dinner April  13th
 
Click on the image above to register to attend the Progressive Cultural Dinner, or click the image below to support the event with a sponsorship.
 
Read more...
Nominate your Favorite Nonprofit to Receive Funds
Two non-profit organizations will be chosen to receive funds from the "Progressive Cultural Dinner Event" fundraiser!
 
Nominate your favorite nonprofit organization in the link below (no more than 50 words) and then the club will vote on to select the top 2. Deadline is April 1.
Nonprofit Nomination Form (google.com)
 
 
Run with Rotary in Denmark
On an ordinary day last August, people at a park in Copenhagen, Denmark, saw something extraordinary: a stream of runners all adorned with floating, bobbing pink balloons. The balloon carriers were part of Run With Rotaract, a three-year-old event organized by District 1470’s Rotaract clubs. This year, it raised money for education in Malawi.
 
The balloons served as tickets for the approximately 65 participants. And, says Philip Flindt, a member of the Rotaract Club of København Nord, they performed the equally important function of attracting public attention.

“It created something weird for people to look at — people running with pink balloons,” Flindt says. “It was a way to reach people in the community around the park. They were asking, ‘Is this a bachelor party, a bachelorette party? Why are you running with these balloons?’”

Flindt never seems to lack creative, eye-catching ideas. It’s clear why he’s the Rotary Public Image Coordinator (RPIC) for Zone 18, the first Rotaractor to serve as an RPIC. He’s been promoting Rotaract since he helped found his club on 13 March 2013. That date, he’s quick to note, is the anniversary of the certification of the first Rotaract club in 1968.

Read the full story here:
 
First Rotaract RPIC talks about creativity, community, and hats | Rotary International
 
 
Upcoming Programs
Upcoming Programs
Our list of upcoming programs offer a wide variety of topics that you can offer to guests - maybe you could reach out and re-connect with your network and invite them to join us for lunch? 
 
March 27...Greener Shepherd/Kayla Becker
April 3...First Mondays
April 10...Allen Child Protective Services/Child Abuse Awareness Month/Miranda Kracke
April 17...Academic Honors/Lauren Finke, Chair
April 24...Reading with Jean/Western Home Communities Partnership/Susan Card
May 1...First Mondays
May 8...Byrnes Park Update
May 15...Together for Youth/Allen
May 22...Cedar Falls Community Foundation
May 29....No Meeting - Memorial Day
June 5...District Governor Don Meyer
June 12...Black Hawk Veterans Affairs
June 19...IMOM Dental Clinic
June 25...Networking/Birthdays/Cultural Conversations
Currently programs are booked through September! More will be revealed later!
 
 
 
Northeast Iowa Food Bank Update March 13th
   
 
Susan Entriken and Jared Feigenbaum will join us with the latest news from the Food Bank.  Last year, the Northeast Iowa Food Bank distributed more than 6 1/2 MILLION meals within 16 counties!
 
 
District Governor visit POSTPONED
Due to a family emergency, we will reschedule Don Meyer's visit to our club originally planned for March 13th.
 
Image
 
Don Meyer is serving as District Governor of District 5970 for the 2022-23 Rotary year. He is a member of the Waverly Rotary Club where he is a Past President, and he’s also Past President of the Forest City Rotary Club where he first joined Rotary in 1985. Don served District 5970 as District Foundation Chair from 2017-2020.
 
Don is retired after working as an architect for 12 years, and in the fundraising profession for 35 years at Waldorf University and Wartburg College. He currently serves as Executive Director for the Waverly-Shell Rock Community School Foundation. Don has also served his community of Waverly as the Chamber of Commerce Board Chair and as a member and Past President of the Historic Preservation Commission.
 
Don’s wife, Kris, is also a Rotarian, and they have two grown children and one grandson. Don looks forward to meeting members and updating our club on District activities.
 
 
 
Read more...
Rotary International Update
Please join us in celebrating the first recipient of Rotary International's Sylvia Whitlock Leadership Award, Chin Mei Lu from the Rotary Club of Taipei Taimei, Taiwan
 
 
Recipient of Rotary’s new Sylvia Whitlock Leadership Award takes a global approach | Rotary International
 
 
 
First Monday Cultural Conversations Series
Truth Be Told. We are Human. 

As we continue to "seek to understand rather than stay comfortable" we welcome Robert Ackerman to our First Mondays conversation.
Robert Ackerman is the coordinator of the One City United "To Work" Program whose sole mission is to provide transportation to and from work for individuals with transportation barriers. Getting to work consistently and on time daily is essential to removing stress and experiencing a thriving life. To Work was developed to provide a low-cost shuttle service that people can count on, helping them stay employed and equipped to succeed. It is just one more barrier that we can overcome to bolster our community towards success. Robert will share his story as a high level military professional, living an alternative lifestyle, and his journey from addiction to recovery. 

Please join us, invite guests, as we continue to generate a curiosity that emerges into compassion, empathy, and a shared perspective that breaks down barriers for you, and the people you do life with at home, work, and in your community.

Want to get your team involved? Learn more here.
 
 
 
March Birthdays
March Birthdays
Join us March 6th to honor these Rotarians celebrating their birthdays this month:
 
Ashlyn JungwirthMarch 3 
Rick Petersen Mar 11 
Mason FrommMarch 16 
Eric RitlandMarch 20 
Cathy NicholasMarch 24 
Art CoxMarch 26 
Bob RegenwetherMarch 30 
 
 
 
Rotary International Update
Imagine What's Next at the 2023 Rotary International Convention in Melbourne, Australia 
 
Melbourne | Rotary Convention
 
 
 
Read more...
Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig Visit Feb 27th
 
We had a great turnout of guests for our annual Rural Urban Day; Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig joined us fresh off returning from a trip to Asia.
 
Click here to see photos and remember to thank not only the farmers and producers, but all the employees in related industries that bring food to our tables. 
 
Elected as the 15th Iowa Secretary of Agriculture in November 2018, Mike is focused on expanding our markets, promoting careers in agriculture, and improving water quality and land stewardship. Mike is committed to leading efforts to expand economic opportunities for Iowans and is an advocate on behalf of the hard-working men and women who keep us fed and fueled. Mike is a graduate of Buena Vista University in Storm Lake with degrees in biology and political science. He and his wife Jaime have three boys.
 
Join a Rotary Committee or the Board!
Join a Rotary Committee or the Board!
Are you interested in getting more involved with the club with minimal extra time commitment? Join the board or one of many committees the Waterloo Rotary Club has to offer! See below for ideas...
Waterloo Rotary Board - July 2023 new fiscal year...See Annie Vander Werff or Jaclyne Heller
Academic Honors Luncheon - April 17...See Lauren Finke
Ag Rural Day Commitee...See Larry Steffens
Football Banquet...See Wade Itzen
Fundraiser - Cultural Progressive Dinner...See Annie Vander Werff
Annual Summer Picnic...See Todd Wordel or Larry Steffens
Membership Committee...See Amy Rousselow
Operation Warm...Dave Lee
Programming Commitee...See Jaclyne
Reporter/Social Media Committee...See Mason Fromm or Jaclyne Heller
Volleyball Banquet...See Barb Prather or Jaclyne Heller
 
 
 
Rotary International Update
 
 
 
Celebrate our 118th anniversary by exploring the new #Rotary timeline and see how our network takes action around the world.
 
Rotary's Timeline | Rotary International
 
Our 1.4 million members join community leaders, friends, and partners in a global network that is addressing challenges around the world. It started with the vision of one man—Paul Harris. The Chicago attorney formed the Rotary Club of Chicago in 1905 to exchange ideas and form meaningful friendships. He saw Rotary as a force for ethical leadership, civic service, and peace—ideals he would promote throughout his life.
 
 
 
Dr. Todd Holcomb of Hawkeye Community College February 20th
Hawkeye Community College President Dr. Todd Holcomb is giving us updates this Monday!
 
 
Dr. Todd Holcomb became Hawkeye Community College’s eighth president on July 1, 2019. Hawkeye is a comprehensive community college serving students in a 10-county region of northeast Iowa. Dr. Holcomb previously served as president of Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsbluff, Nebraska from 2010 to 2019. Prior to becoming president in 2010, he was vice president of student services from 2009 to 2010, which followed a six-year tenure as associate vice president for student affairs at Iowa State University.
Read more...
Rotary International Update
From a film academy to a beehive— join Rotary President @JenJonesRotary and @Sibongile as they meet the people behind the projects that foster community and connection at Nakivale Refugee Settlement.
 
 
Rotary - YouTube
 
 
 
Rural Urban Day is February 27 - Sponsor a Farmer
 
Iowa's Secretary of Agriculture - Mike Naig - is joining us February 27. If you would like to sponsor a farmer, please email Larry Steffens 
 
 
 
Cedar Valley Trails February 13
Peter Komendowski will be sharing highlights of the Cedar Valley Trails Partnership!
 
Peter serves as president of The Partnership for A Healthy Iowa, is a former Chair of the
Partnership, and succeeded Senator Grassley as Chair of the Face It Together Coalition
which authored Iowa’s “Blueprint for Healthy Communities. He also founded Friends of
Iowa Trails and the Iowa Trails Summit and was honored by the National Park Service as
Iowa's Trails Person of the Year in 2013. He has been a member of the Cedar Valley
Trails Partnership Board of Directors for over 15 years.
 
Read more...
Rotary International Update
We're beginning to hear from #Rotary clubs responding to the earthquake that has devastated areas of Turkey and Syria.
 
 
Here are some ways to get involved:
  • Give to The Rotary Foundation's Disaster Response Fund. Donations help clubs and districts provide aid and support rebuilding efforts where the need is greatest. The funds are distributed to affected communities through disaster response grants. The Disaster Response Fund can accept cash contributions and District Designated Funds (DDF). Donations to the Disaster Response Fund are combined and cannot be designated for a specific disaster.
  • Support local initiatives. As we learn about local response efforts that are being led by clubs and districts, Rotary raises awareness about how to support them. People can then support these projects by working directly with Rotary members in the region. If you want us to publicize information about local response efforts, write to relief@rotary.org.
https://on.rotary.org/3HQAEiV #RotaryResponds
 
 
 
Cultural Conversations Preview
 
Truth Be Told. I Am Human. Cultural Conversations Series

Your Waterloo Rotary Club President, Annie Vander Werff will be interviewing Julie Molisho, the founder of a nonprofit organization called The River ARC; an advocacy and resource center connecting members of the Congolese community to resources in our area.
 
Read more...
February Birthdays
February Birthdays
Join us February 6th for First Mondays and to honor our members born in the shortest month of the year:
 
Sara GienauFeb 8 
Julie HayesFeb 9 
Bob KroghFeb 18 
Craig RitlandFeb 20 
Joan RiceFeb 21 
 
 
 
Serve on the 2023-24 Rotary Board or on Committees
2023-24 President-Elect Jaclyne Heller
 
July 2023 will be here in a few a months! Please reach out to Jaclyne if you would like to serve on a committee or on the Rotary board this next fiscal year! A reminder Jaclyne will be out on maternity leave June-September (most likely) so we also need extra volunteers to help lead meetings/announce programs during that time frame!
Reach out if you'd like to get involved! 
jheller@kwwl.com 
 
 
Rotary International Update
 
Nearly 800 million people live on less than $1.90 a day. Through microloans, occupational training, and partnering with local communities, #Rotary helps provide sustainable solutions to poverty around the world!
 

Rotarians make amazing things happen, like:

Breaking the cycle of poverty for women: Most of the women living in rural Guatemala do not have the collateral to get loans from regulated financial institutions. The Rotary Club of Guatemala de la Ermita helped 400 local women complete financial literacy courses so they could pool their money and fund their own microlending program.

Skills development, business training: In Esmeraldas, Ecuador, Rotary members helped grant more than 250 microloans and train more than 270 community members in sewing, baking, plumbing, microcredit, business management, and leadership. 

Sustainable farming: In west Cameroon, soil erosion and loss of soil fertility have significantly reduced farmers’ harvests. Rotary members gave farmers the skills they needed to improve soil fertility, control soil erosion, and market their produce. The results: increased crop yields and profits.

 
Growing Local Economies | Rotary International
 
 
January 30 - ReShonda Young of Bank of Jabez
 
Bank of Jabez will be a Waterloo, IA based certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that will promote economic growth in the underserved communities. Although we will be a full-service financial services institution that addresses the banking needs of all people within the community, we will have intentional focus on servicing our community's underbanked, low-income, and minority populations.​ 
 
ReShonda was born and raised in Waterloo, IA and graduated with her BA from Wartburg College. She has been an active voice on Working Family issues, advocating for pay equity for women, and many other issues that will benefit working families. ReShonda is a founding member of the Iowa Main Street Alliance, a board member of the national Main Street Alliance, and was honored in April 2015 as a White House Working Families Champion of Change.  She serves on the boards of Waterloo Center for the Arts, Black Hawk Economic Development, Link Christian Community Development, and Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa. ReShonda is also the founder of Popcorn Heaven, a gourmet popcorn chain that opened in Waterloo, IA in February of 2014. ReShonda licensed Popcorn Heaven locations in North Carolina, Maryland, Illinois, California, Missouri, and Iowa.
 
 
 
Read more...
Rotary International Update
 
Today, #WeRemember the beauty and fragility of Jewish Salonica, a thriving community all but destroyed in the Holocaust.
 
The beauty and fragility of a pluralistic metropolis

By Carl Gershman

I have nurtured a special interest in Thessaloniki, the northern Greek city on the edge of the Balkans, since I traveled there in 1996 to attend a conference on rebuilding democracy and civil society in the Balkan region after the breakup of Yugoslavia. While in Thessaloniki, I decided to take the opportunity to learn something about the city's rich Jewish history, particularly under the Ottomans when it was called Salonica.

I had read Balkan Ghosts by Robert Kaplan, who traced the modern history of the region, from the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia. And the organization I headed, the National Endowment for Democracy, supported civil society groups working against such brutalities in the Balkans. But exploring Thessaloniki's Jewish past offered new perspectives on the region's history.
 
Read more...
Club Information
Peace Through Service
Waterloo Rotary

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Mondays at 12:00 PM
Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center
4th & Commercial
Waterloo, IA 50701
United States of America
District Site
Bulletins
Venue Map
Advertisement for Russell Hampton
Advertisement for Russell Hampton
Advertisement for Russell Hampton
Advertisement for Russell Hampton
Advertisement for Russell Hampton
Advertisement for Russell Hampton
Advertisement for Russell Hampton
Advertisement for Russell Hampton
Advertisement for Russell Hampton
Advertisement for Russell Hampton
Advertisement for ClubRunner
Advertisement for ClubRunner
Advertisement for ClubRunner
Advertisement for ClubRunner Mobile
Site Pages
About Our Club
Join Our Club
Rotary Reserve
Student/Athlete Honors
Hops & Grapes Wine Tasting
Women in Rotary
Nicaragua Shoebox Project
Teddy Project
Itzhak Perlman Concert
Rotary Foundation
Service Above Self Award
Area Rotary Clubs
Club Executives & Directors
President
Annie Vander Werff
President Elect
Jaclyne Heller
Secretary
Mark Durbahn
Treasurer
Joan Rice
Rotary Foundation
Deb Pullin-Van Auken
Membership
Amy Rousselow
Immediate Past President
E. J. Gallagher III

Bulletin Subscribe

Subscribe to our eBulletin and stay up to date on the latest news and events.

Click here to sign up!
 
Photo Albums
2022 Football Luncheon
2022 Volleyball Luncheon
2022 Cultural Immersion Workshop
2022 Honor Student Luncheon
Ashley Hinson visit 2022
2021 Football MVP
2021 Christmas Luncheon
Rural Urban Day 2022
2021 Volleyball
VGM Heartland Conference 2021
Food Bank Sept 2021
Hovey Brom WWII Photos
Steve Thorpe
Bill Robert
2020 Football
2020 Rural Urban Day - Mike Naig
2019 Holiday Luncheon
2019 Football Luncheon
2019 Volleyball Photos
2019 Family Picnic
2019 Student Scholars Luncheon
2018 Volleyball Luncheon
2018 Football
Hops & Grapes 2018
2018 Student scholars Luncheon
2017 Student Scholar Luncheon
2017 Football Luncheon
2017 Volleyball Luncheon
Shoebox Service Day, 2017
2016 Student Luncheon
June 2016 Kelli Farewell
Centennial Celebration June 25, 2015
2015 Holiday Luncheon
2015 Family Picnic
March 9th Meeting
Rotary Day Feb 23rd 2009
Chili Supper 1-18-09
2016 Family Picnic
Mason's trip to LA
Rural Urban Day 2009
2004 Million Dollar Hole In One Kick Off
2009 Shoebox pickup
2004 Million Dollar Hole In One Parade
Sullivan Museum 2-2-09
Photos of Dick Winegarden
April 20 Meeting
April 6th Meeting
Family Picnic July 31, 2008
2002 - First trip to Nicaragua
Recent Projects
Family Picnic 2009
2009 Steak Fry
July 6th Meeting
Hops & Grapes June 11
District Conference May 1-2
Nicaragua Journal
1965 Convention
March 2023
S M T W T F S
26
27
28
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
01
Edit this page
Powered by ClubRunner © 2002–2023  All rights reserved.
Privacy Statement | Online Help | System Requirements