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Indianola

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Fridays at 12:00 p.m.
Indianola Country Club
1610 Country Club Road
Indianola, IA 50125
United States of America
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Julie Masters was a friend and served our Rotary Club for many years of board meetings at Crouse Cafe. We were sad to hear that health conditions took her so early in life.  In recognition of her "Service Above Self", Rotary Club of Indianola, along with Indianola Parks and Rec, planted a Kentucky Coffee Tree at Pickard Park, next to the All-Inclusive Playground, on May 31st, 2024.
 
 
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Presidential Message

Stephanie A. Urchick

President 2024-25

September 2024

The Magic of Rotary is belonging, and it’s a feeling that can appear when you least expect it.

Earlier this year, I was in Slovakia serving as a president’s representative during a six-week trip through Europe. When I wrote to Katarina Cechova, governor of District 2240 at the time, I mentioned that my grandmother Veronica Zilka grew up in a small village in the area before settling in the U.S.

It wasn’t long before Cechova tracked down my grandmother’s village, Jakubova Vol’a. She even organized a visit for me, where I received an unforgettable Slovakian welcome.

When I entered the community center of Jakubova Vol’a, a small crowd of people dressed in traditional Slovakian clothing greeted me. They sang with beautiful and powerful Central European voices that reminded me of my grandmother.

A lot of families play cards or games when they get together. When I was young, my father would pick up his accordion and lead my family in song. My grandmother would sing along with her impressive voice.

When I walked into the community center and heard traditional music from my childhood — when I saw a woman play the accordion the way my dad played — I suddenly felt like a little girl sitting at my grandmother’s house in Monessen, Pennsylvania. I burst into tears of joy at the memories.

A Dictionary and 3rd Grade Students
 
What a joy it is to be in a school, standing in front of 4 classes of 3rd Grade Students and see the reaction when they are told there is going to be a test.
Maybe you are one of those past students?  What do you suppose went through those young minds when hearing the word test and not knowing what the topic of the test would be???
 
As a member of Rotary Club of Indianola, it has been a privilege to help distribute over 5,500 person dictionaries to Indianola 3rd Grade students over the past 20 years.  What a joy it is to listen to their discovery of the "Lonest Word" or "Sign Language" or the planets.
 
We take for granted, today, that the technology we carry around in our pockets is we need to learn, yet it is from books that we learn.  Today, I do more reading online or listening to books online.  Why? Because the technology allows me to take multiple books and resources with me where ever I go.  But I'm still reading a Book!
 
Oh, about the test?  Look up the word  'vex'....... our parting words?  "Don't Vex your teacher today!"
 
If your child is in elementary school, engage them every day.  What books did they read today?  Sit down and read a book with them....It is a life use they will never out grow.
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Warren County Helping Hand Food Pantry 

Current Needs

  • Dish Soap  

  • Canned Soup

  • Pasta Sauce

  • Peanut Butter

  • Cereal

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 Club of Indianola has been involved with Rotary Youth Exchange since the 1960's. When  travel restrictions and other issues created reluctance by host families to participate the Club was unable to host inbound students.  Club officials are working diligently to restart the inbound program for the 2024/2025 School year.

Last year 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 appreciation for Rotary.

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 the planned visit.

Contact:

Email:  indianolarotary@gmail.com

website:  Rotary Club of Indianola 

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.
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