Join us to honor area senior high school athletes! Our keynote speaker will be Caitlin Opp, Assistant Director of Marketing for UNI Athletics.
Since 1936 the Waterloo Rotary Club has enjoyed the honor each year to celebrate outstanding performance by high school athletes in the city of Waterloo and surrounding areas. Area volleyball coaches choose their MVP's and then, by ballot of all the coaches, award the trophy for overall Most Valuable volleyball player. The winners are entitled to display the trophy at her school for the next twelve months.
We will stream the ceremony on Facebook LIVE, so if you can't attend, be sure to "Like" the Waterloo Rotary Facebook page to receive notifications.
"I invite you to imagine the possibilities," offered District Governor Don Meyer in his opening comments to attendees at The Cultural Immersion Workshop on Thursday, November 3rd. Also greeting attendees, Dr. Todd Holcomb, Rotarian and President of Hawkeye Community College welcomed attendees offering that, "diversity, equity, and inclusion are part of the strategic direction for the college, it's an honor to host you, Annie, and this workshop today."
Nearly 30 members in attendance enjoyed immersing themselves in a new way of understanding how to connect with individuals who are different from themselves. Felicia Smith-Nalls, HR and Community Outreach Coordinator for Tyson Foods was the moderator for the Cultural Informant panel. The informants included experts from the Congolese, Haitian, Latino, and homeless alternative lifestyle communities.
Waterloo Rotary Club President, Annie Vander Werff reflects on the workshop offering, "we danced salsa, ate Puerto Rican-style, laughed, learned, and inspired beautifully transformed thinking." The Waterloo Rotary Club looks forward to continuing the conversation as we host more cross-cultural conversations and enjoy a Progressive Cultural Dinner at our annual fundraiser event in the spring. For more information contact annie@theregenerateprocess.com
We have a stable group of Rotarians born in November, including Honorary Member Hovey Brom, who leads our club in both age and service!
Hovey Brom
Nov 05
Jay Crisp
Nov 06
David Allbaugh
Nov 08
Luke Jensen
Nov 08
Donna Miller
Nov 12
Shannon Thies
Nov 15
Tavis Hall
Nov 16
Since we had a jam-packed political program calendar in October and will honor high school athletes at our November meetings, we'll have a super-birthday table celebration on December 5th.
On November 5th, Honorary Rotarian Hovey Brom celebrated his 97th birthday and our club is so lucky to count him among our members. Hovey has served the Waterloo Rotary Club since 1963, is a veteran of World War II, and is a talented architect with a resume of several iconic Cedar Valley structures including the Waterloo Convention Center where we meet on Mondays. With Veterans Day later this week, we wanted to share Hovey's 2-part presentation from January 2021 while our club was meeting over Zoom. Click the link below to watch Hovey recount his experiences being drafted and travelling through Europe, then becoming a musician.
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?
November 7...Volleyball Banquet (Chaired by Barb Prather and Jaclyne Heller)
November 14...Football Banquet (Chaired by Wade Itzen and Rick Morris)
November 21...Thanksgiving Holiday (NO MEETING)
November 28...UNI Athletics Update with David Harris
December 5...First Mondays Birthdays and Networking
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