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House of Hope Presentation Monday
Dusky Steele - Development Coordinator of House of Hope - will be our speaker Monday.
Dusky Steele
 
In 1995 a group of concerned church leaders in the community formed the Christian Community Development (CCD), a holistic approach to serving from within, to address the growing problem of homelessness among single mothers in the Cedar Valley. Starting with a peer support model, evolving over time into a trauma informed care model, House of Hope has been a support system for hundreds of families who needed the opportunity to land on their feet. Over the years, House of Hope grew from 7 to 10 families.  In June 2018 we opened our doors to a brand new building expanding our services to 15 families!  We also added Pillars, a transitional housing program for 5 women at a time who age out of foster care. 
 

House of Hope provides single-mother families and women who age out of foster care with individualized support and transitional housing to achieve secure families, independence and permanent homes.

Our vision is to end the cycle of homelessness in the Cedar Valley with respect, empowerment, stewardship and accountability as our core values.

 

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February Birthdays
We'll celebrate these Rotarians at our February 7th meeting - join us!
 
 
Sara GienauFeb 8
Julie HayesFeb 9 
Bob KroghFeb 18 
Craig RitlandFeb 20 
Joan RiceFeb 21 
Steve SinnottFeb 21 
 
 
 
Rural Urban Day - February 28th
Rural Urban Day is a program where our Downtown Waterloo Club thanks agricultural producers for their part in the food that we all enjoy.   Rotarians are asked to sponsor one or more guests for one of our largest meetings of the year.  The cost $15 per guest, which is the cost of your guest's meal.  If you would like to sponsor a guest, our committee will be happy to provide a guest for you.  The Rural Urban Day committee will be at the registration table recruiting club members to sponsor guests, but you can email Larry Steffens right now if you want to sign up! 
 
The committee consists of Larry Steffens, Rick Morris, Deb Pullin-VanAuken,  Bob Regenwether and Chuck Paulsen.  Our program speaker will be Kayla Lyon who is the Director of the Iowa DNR. Her program will center around current DNR programs involving agriculture producers.  
 
 
 
 
Rotary International Update
 
We are pleased to confirm that the 2022 #Rotary International Convention will be an in-person event in Houston, Texas, USA, 4-8 June. We are offering a special registration rate of US$495 through 28 February at https://on.rotary.org/3Gwu8eR.
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? 
 
February 14...Grow Cedar Valley: Steve Firman, Director of Government Affairs
February 21...Rotary Presidents Day
February 28...Rural Urban Day
March 7...Volunteer Center, Lauren Finke
March 14...Junior Achievement, Katelyn Tungland
March 21...US House Representative Ashley Hinson
 
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