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Rep. Sandy Salmon Speaking July 19
Our speaker Representative Sandy Salmon will join us IN PERSON and offered this synopsis: I will be speaking on why we should oppose the Equal Rights Amendment. I will outline the many unintended consequences of such a change to our Constitution. I will also explain how current efforts in Congress could result in the same damaging results as the ERA.
 

Sandy Salmon is serving her third term in the Iowa House.

Sandy and her husband, Matt, live on an acreage between Janesville and Denver and have lived in northeast Iowa 25 years.  Currently, Sandy partners with her sister to manage the family farm in northwest Iowa. You can read her full biography in the link below:

 
 
 
 

 

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Rotary IN PERSON Monday, July 19
Our July 19 meeting will be in the Banquet Room at the Marriott Courtyard Hotel in Waterloo. 

We will honor Rotarians with July birthdays and have lunch from Jimmy Johns.
 
LUNCH: Jimmy John's. It's $10/person.
Sandwiches available and beverages that we will purchase and need to know how many people would be attending and how many would like to order food. There will be a $ 10 charge for food which will be a sandwich chips and pickle spear all from Jimmy John's. Sandwich choices include ham and cheese, roast beef, tuna salad and cucumber, turkey, salami and cheese and veggie.

If you are attending but don't plan to eat at the event let me know as well. Please email me at edjoe3@gmail.com or call at 319-215-7078.
 
Looking forward to seeing you live and in person!
EJ Gallagher
Waterloo Rotary Club President
2021-22
 
 
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Upcoming Programs
List of Upcoming Programs
 
July 26th - Waterloo Community Playhouse's Summer Musical preview: Little Miss Sunshine @ the Schoitz Room in the Waterloo Center for the Arts
July 29th - Family Picnic @ Rotary Reserve details from Larry Steffens
August 2nd - NO MEETING
August 9th - Amy Eaton - Advancing Women Leaders: Women Lead Change Launches Cedar Valley Women Connect
August 16th - National Cattle Congress 2021 @ Electric Park Ballroom
August 23rd - Rotary Foundation update
 
 
Got Program Ideas? 
To help divide up responsibilities, Jaclyne Heller and Micki McCracken will be scheduling the remainder of the programs for 2021. There are some already lined up by EJ/Annie, but please see us at the July 19 Rotary in-person meeting or e-mail us at jheller@kwwl.com  and mmccracken@teamtricounty.org
 
   
 
 
Family Picnic July 29
Waterloo Rotary Club Family Picnic on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at Rotary Reserve         
 
Dear Waterloo Rotarians:
We are returning to our family picnic at the Waterloo Rotary Reserve Lodge located at 5932 N. Union Road, Cedar Falls, IA 50613. Here Are the details:
MENU:  Broasted Chicken Breast (White and dark meat), Marcella’s baked beans, corn on the cob, watermelon, coleslaw, ice cream of various flavors with dressings. Bottled water, coffee, iced tea, lemonade and chocolate and white milk will be provided as well.
COSTS:  $12.50 for one person, $25.00 for a couple and $30 for a family of 3 or more-payment can be made by mailing to Waterloo Rotary Club, PO Box 118, Waterloo, IA 50704-0118 or by paying at the door in cash or by check. There will be a table by the front door to check you in and take payments if you are paying at the door.
WHEN WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU: Our head cook Larry Steffens needs to know by Thursday, July 22 at 9 a.m. if you will be attending and how many people will be in your group. Please contact E.J. Gallagher by email at edjoe3@gmail.com or by phone at 319-215-7078 (cell) or 319-234-2206 (landline). If you reserve and something comes up preventing you from attending please use the previous contact information to let us know.
 
TIMES:  Doors Open at 5 p.m., Games (we hope to have bean bag toss, ladder ball and face painting) and Socializing: 5:30 p.m.  to when we eat
 Invocation and Dining:  6:30 p.m.    We will need some people to help as waiters
WHAT TO BRING: dining utensils, plates, glasses and dishes and place setting, Kids and grandkids, A smile and promise to observe the Fifth Point of the Waterloo Rotary 5 Way Test
“Will it be Fun!!”
We hope to see you on July 29th!!!!
 
 
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VGM's Heartland Conference Back this September
Mark your calendars - VGM is asking us again to volunteer at the Heartland Conference September 13-15. More details to come soon!  If you already know you want to help, email President EJ.
 
 
 
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August 16 Deadline for Volunteer Sign up for VGM
A reminder the VGM Heartland Conference is September 13-15 with volunteers needed September 14-15! Please review times and let EJ Gallagher know if interested...
Volunteers needed:
Monday – 2 volunteers
  • 1 volunteer 9a to 12p at the Hilton Garden Inn
  • 1 volunteer 8 a to 5 p at the Convention Center
Tuesday:
  • 6 to 12 volunteers (depending if they want all day shifts or not) at the Hilton Garden Inn (lunch from 11:20 to 1:20)
    • 9:10 to 11:20
    • 1:20 to 3:30
  • 3 to 6 volunteers (depending if they want all day shifts or not) at the Convention Center
    • 8 to 12
    • 1 to 5
Wednesday:
  • 6 volunteers at the Hilton Garden Inn
    • 1:30 to 5:30
  • 3 to 6 volunteers (depending if they want all day shifts or not) at the Convention Center
    • 1 person 8 to 12
    • 2 people 10 to 12
    • 3 people 1 to 5:45
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Rotary International Update
 
While nearly 130 billion disposable masks are thrown out each month during the #COVID19 pandemic, a #Rotaract club in Bangladesh is turning the waste into something useful. https://on.rotary.org/3hMZ6Gt
By Abdullah Al Fahad, Rotaract Club of Dhaka Orchid, Bangladesh
 
Our Rotaract club, like many, is concerned about the environment. Emboldened by Rotary’s newest cause, protecting the environment, we decided to do something about this problem. We began a recycling effort which we called our Clean Earth project to collect masks that were littering our streets, parking lots, and other common areas and find a way to reuse them.

Medical experts have said that the virus can survive up to three days on an object. We place the masks that we pick up in a locked room for three days. Then we bleach them and wash them with detergent over a period of 24 hours. We dry them in sunlight, then tear them into smaller pieces and mix them with cement. We use this mixture to create planting containers filled with soil, which we plant trees inside.

We have also made bricks with the mixture and find it stronger than regular bricks. We are planning to use the bricks to build toilets in rural areas. We are working with other clubs to expand our effort, perhaps creating a recycling center where people could bring their used masks, and we could employ other people to help us turn them into bricks and other products.

As much as 13 millon tons of plastic makes it way into our oceans every year. Masks often contain plastics such as polypropylene with a lifespan of hundreds of years. Rotary members are creative and innovative, and we are sure that with some thought, other clubs could join us in finding ways to convert glove and mask waste into usable commodities. Let’s protect this planet of ours while we embrace Rotary’s newest cause.

Learn more about how Rotary is protecting the environment.

 

 

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