Looking back at the momentous 1917 Rotary Convention in Atlanta, it is difficult to see what could have been contentious about the words of then-President Arch C. Klumph: “It seems eminently proper that we should accept endowments for the purpose of doing good in the world.” Yet, at the time, support for the idea was far from unanimous. Some thought an endowment fund would create more trouble than it was worth. But Klumph’s idea received the support it most needed in the form of an initial donation of $26.50 from the Rotary Club of Kansas City, Mo.
Nearly 100 years later, we recognize Klumph’s idea as not only visionary, but revolutionary: It set in place the mechanism that allowed Rotary to become the vast force for “doing good in the world” that it is today.
In many ways, our Rotary Foundation is the foundation of Rotary as we know it. It has created a mechanism for cooperation and partnership among clubs and between Rotary and other organizations; it has enabled us to be ever more ambitious in our work and to reach for goals of historic proportions, such as the eradication of polio. It is impossible to quantify the good that has been done over the last century as a result of The Rotary Foundation. All we can know for sure is that Arch Klumph, if he could see it, would be proud.
I am looking forward to seeing many of you at our international convention in Atlanta: the city where our Foundation was born. I hope a record number of Rotarians will be there to celebrate the centennial of our Foundation. In the meantime, there are plenty of other ways to celebrate! I encourage you to read more about the Foundation centennial at centennial.rotary.org. There, you’ll learn about the history of our Foundation and find ideas for events and projects in your clubs and your community.
One of the most important ways we are celebrating the Foundation centennial is with a fundraising goal of $300 million. Your gift to your Foundation is the best way of ensuring a strong second century for Rotarians Doing Good in the World and for Rotary Serving Humanity.
In an effort to alert the public to Rotary's effort to rid the earth of this disease, Interact, Rotaract and Rotary Members set up stations at WalMart, HyVee and Fareway stores in Indianola on Saturday October 22nd.
Through their efforts a total of $341.68 was raised and will be matched by the Gates Foundation. Those who donated were also able to learn about the effort to eradicate polio.
In 2016-17, The Rotary Foundation turns 100. That's a century of helping Rotary members change lives and improve communities all over the world.
Throughout the year we're posting excerpts from "Doing Good in the World: The Inspiring Story of The Rotary Foundation's First 100 Years." You can purchase the book at shop.rotary.org.
To learn more about the Foundation's centennial and find tips and resources for celebrating, visit www.rotary.org/foundation100.
Present: Jennifer McCurdy, Tim McConnell, Seth Lampman, Mckinley Steig, Ron Hiedeman, Arlen Schrum and Terry Pauling.
Interact Club is in the process of creating a mission statement and determining projects that they would like to participate in during the current school year
Drew and Ron are working towards an April 21st, 2017 Foundation Dinner and meeting. Plans are to reserve Annelise Winery for the event.
The Service Committee met on November 2nd. Their minutes have been filed in the back office on our website.
Seth stated that he is working hard to get our invoices setup and distributed early in the quarter.
The board approved the following payments:
$1,166 to the Indianola Library for the 2016 Book Sale
$1,700 to the WCLI from proceeds at this year’s silent auction after the Bike ride.
$250 to the Mid-Iowa Council of Boy Scouts.
Our Public Relations committee is asking for volunteers to chair this committee. Committee members will be polled.
Ron and Drew are continuing work on a fund-raising campaign for the Rotary Foundation’s 100th Year anniversary.
Metro Rotary Clubs are working with the Iowa Energy basketball team to sponsor a “Polio Plus” fund raising night. Tickets can be purchased with a portion of the price going to Polio Plus. In addition, a contest to see which Rotary Club can make the best Pork BBQ is being set up. Laura will ask for volunteers to enter this contest. Ed Arnold is preparing a three-minute promotional agenda and plans to visit our club soon. Stay tuned for more information.
The club received a letter from the Child Abuse Prevention Council thanking us for our past contributions and asking for help in raising funds to help offset an $18,000 state funding reduction. More research will be done to see if our club can sponsor and effort to help raise funds so the Council can continue to offer important services to people in our community.
A copy of the minutes have been filed under Club Documents.
State Public Defender Adam Gregg from our State's new Wrongful Conviction Division, has a 25 minute presentation titled “Under the Microscope: Identifying Wrongful Convictions in Iowa".
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