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Fridays at 12:00 p.m.

Indianola Country Club

1610 Country Club Road
Indianola, IA 50125
United States of America

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Rotary Youth Leadership Award

RYLA 2025

July 27 - August 1

Grinnell College

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is an intensive leadership conference designed to assist future leaders in methods of responsible and effective leadership.

Iowa RYLA focuses on developing leadership through the lenses of team, community, and emotional leadership with an emphasis on Rotary's motto: Service Above Self.

To learn more about Rotary and it's global impact, visit Rotary Youth Leadership Awards

Apply to RYLA here!

Or Contact Rotary Club of Indianola

WHO IS RYLA FOR?
EVERYONE!

RYLA brings together students from across the state who have a desire to develop their leadership skills. At any given moment, you may find athletes, musicians, authors, and scholars coming together with the common interest of gaining a better understanding of their leadership strengths and building skills to help them make a positive impact on their communities and future endeavors.

Presidential Message

Stephanie A. Urchick

President 2024-25

March 2025

March is here, and for Rotary International, that means celebrating Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Month — a time to shine a spotlight on one of the most transformative areas of our work.

This month is an opportunity to reflect on The Magic of Rotary and the profound impact we create when we come together with determination and purpose.

Years ago, I experienced this magic firsthand in the Dominican Republic. When a group of members helped people install water filters, three children watched with amazement as dirty water entered one end of a filter and clean water emerged from the other. When we paused the demonstration, one child tugged at my sleeve and pleaded, “Show me the magic again.”

To them, it felt magical. It was also the result of countless hours of effort — planning, transporting, and installing the filters — alongside local partners who were dedicated to making clean water accessible. In that moment, I realized that what seemed like a small act could change residents’ lives. That is The Magic of Rotary.

Celebrating 120 Years of Service to the World

Rotary

We are People of Action
Growing Leaders
Local and Global Impact
Service Above Self

Rotary Club of Indianola Community Impacts

Balloon Parking
Annette Nature Center Deck
Buxton Park Gazebo
McCord Park RC18 Disc Golf Course (Centennial Project)
All-inclusive Playground at Pickard Park
Dictionaries to 3rd Grade Students (– over 5,500 to-date)
Warren County Helping Hand Food Drives
Interact / Rotaract
RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards)
Rotary Youth Exchange (inbound and outbound)
Summerset Recreational Trailhead Shelter (Rotary International Centennial 2005)
Rotary Bike Ride

International Projects:

Firetruck to Mexico
Safe Drinking Water in Central America
Polio Vaccinations in Africa
Water Wells in Tanzania

Warren County Helping Hand Food Pantry

Current Needs

Dish Soap

Canned Ravioli

Canned Soup

Cereal

Chili Beans

Hamburger Helper

Mac & Cheese

Peanut Butter

Help us help The Helping Hand.

Follow the QR Code to donate funds that can be used to purchase needed grocery items for local residents.

The Helping Hand is located at 107 E Clinton Ave. Indianola.

Rotary Youth Exchange - Local Level

Rotary Club of Indianola has been involved with Rotary Youth Exchange since the 1960's.

After 911, travel restrictions and other issues created reluctance by host families to participate and our Club was unable to host inbound students. Club officials are working diligently to restart the inbound program again, but we need Student and Host Family support.

In 2023, our Club approved an application for outbound studies for a local student to study in France. Norah came home in June 2024 with a new perspective and an appreciation for Rotary and other cultures.

Candidates for Rotary Youth Exchange are students 15-19 years of age and leaders in their schools and communities.

Rotary Youth Exchange requires long-term planning which makes it advisable to contact Rotary Club of Indianola a year or more before planning an outbound experience.

Host Families are the optimal resource needed by our Club to host inbound students from other countries to our community.

For more information, please contact a member of Rotary Club of Indianola.

Contact: Email: indianolarotary@gmail.com

website: Rotary Club of Indianola

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Object of Rotary

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in
particular, to encourage and foster:

First. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

Second. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

Third. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;

Fourth. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

Rotary International