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Grout Museum Program Sept 20 at Convention Center
JOIN US AT THE WATERLOO CONVENTION CENTER for a look at our newly renovated "home"!  There is still work going on outside and on the 2nd floor, but the ground floor looks amazing!
 
Alan Sweeney of the Grout Museum will give an update on new projects/exhibits this fall!
 
 
 
September Birthdays
Look at all the Waterloo Rotarians with birthdays in September!  We'll celebrate them on the 20th.
 
Itzen, Wade - Sep 02
Weidner, Steven A. - Sep 06
Sonnenberg, Kevin - Sep 07
Bunge, John - Sep 09
Lederman, Dave - Sep 12
Vander Werff, Annie - Sep 13
Leonhart, Gene - Sep 14
Burton, Bryan - Sep 15
Richter, Bari - Sep 16
Reints, Casey - Sep 17
Steffens, Larry - Sep 23
Hildebrandt, Nick - Sep 24
Schaefer, Adam - Sep 24
Pullin-Van Auken, Deb - Sep 26
Halverson, Jeff - Sep 28
 
 
Pictures from Foodbank and VGM Conference Volunteering
While our club did not meet last week we performed two volunteer projects as a group. On September 13 we helped at the Northeast Iowa Food Bank in a food saving project in which 20 Rotarians participated in sorting, inspecting and repackaging produce and prepared food products so they could be distributed by the Food Bank. Click here to see us at work. We were able to save  1,000 pounds of food!
 
On September 14 and 15th club members again served as Room Ambassadors for the VGM Heartland Conference at educational programs held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Cedar Falls. Each Rotarian worked in one of six rooms and helped the program run on time. We are hoping to help out next June as well when the program will return to the Waterloo Convention Center. Between work sessions we were able to dine together outside as shown in the pictures. Members helping out also attended training sessions by VGM staff on Zoom. Click here to see photos.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Northeast Iowa Foodbank Launches New Logo
Rotarian Barb Prather and her team presented their new logo at a special event on Friday!
 
 
 
Rotarian Starts Empowering Girls
Líderes do Futuro is a girl-centered learning environment with storytelling tools for girls and allies to create social change. "Based on our girl-centered leadership approach, we launched an online and self-paced program on Canvas. It features 15 storytelling modules called “chapters” for girls to create and share stories according to their interests. The program offers guided prompts, multimedia resources, and discussion boards for them to build knowledge and act together across differences and territories. Initially in English, we hope to adapt it soon to other languages such as Portuguese and Spanish."
 
 
 
 
Upcoming Programs
Below is a list of programs in next month. Please reach out to Jaclyne or Micki with more program suggestions!
 
September 27...................Friends of the Family
October 4.........................Tri-County Child and Family Development
October 11.......................One City United
October 18.......................Waterloo/Cedar Falls Symphony 
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