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Rotary Club of Indianola
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We meet Fridays at 12:00 PM
Indianola Country Club
1610 Country Club Road
Indianola, IA  50125
United States of America
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Rotarians are very much more favorably disposed toward action than they are toward words.”  ~Paul P. Harris Rotary Club of Chicago November 1912

                 

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Russell Hampton
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This Week's Program

Our speaker this week is Duncan Davitt who plans to discuss the process of analytics and pitching.

PS: Amy said she would introduce him!

The Sustainability Challenge

10 years into the Rotary-USAID water and sanitation partnership, here’s what worked, what didn’t — and why

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An old piece of railroad track is laid across a pit toilet. The walls are crumbling. The stench is overwhelming. It’s the only toilet for a school in rural Ghana, and most children refuse to use it. They do their business outside instead — or quit school altogether.

This is an all-too-common experience: Half of Ghana’s population lives in rural areas, and only 10 percent of those people have access to basic sanitation. Two-thirds can obtain safe drinking water — after a 30-minute round trip.

Since 2009, Rotary has been working to fix those deficiencies through a partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The partnership combines the business skills and local community leadership of Rotarian volunteers with the technical expertise of USAID. Rotary is contributing $9 million to the $18 million partnership; outside of eradicating polio, it is Rotary’s largest partnership effort. “We wondered how these two organizations could come together and exploit the synergy between them,” says Rotarian Ron Denham, a member of the Rotary-USAID steering committee.

Ghana was one of three pilot countries when the program kicked off. Projects were implemented in two phases: Phase 1 concluded in 2013, and Phase 2 will end in 2020. “As a result of this partnership, we’ve been able to reach out to some very deprived communities,” says Emmanuel Odotei, WASH management specialist for USAID/Ghana. “If USAID had tried to do this alone, or if Rotary had done it alone, we would never have achieved as much as we have today.”

Throughout, the focus of the program has been on accomplishing three goals: improving sanitation and hygiene in schools and health facilities; increasing community access to safe drinking water; and advocating for ample government financing of WASH — that is, water, sanitation, and hygiene.

Click the link below to read the entire story.

GUARDIAN OF INTEGRITY AWARD NOMINATION

To encourage Rotarians and clubs to focus on Rotary’s core value of integrity, and to honor the memory of the late Boone Rotarian, District Governor 1954-55 Judge Paul E. Hellwege,

District 6000 is asking clubs to nominate one member for the seventh annual District 6000 “Paul E. Hellwege Guardian of Integrity” awards. A nomination form is at this link and the deadline is Jan. 31, 2020. The District Vocational Service Committee will review the nominations, and nominees will be recognized at the District Conference.

Rotary Evening Club

The Rotary Evening Club's next scheduled meeting will be January 14th at The Brickhouse.

Club Information
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Friday Schedule
Each Friday   Noon  Indianola Country Club
Evening Schedule
January 14, 2020 - Brickhouse
January 28, 2020 - Brickhouse
Duty Schedule

                     Noon Meeting Assignments

Jan            Greeter                 Program
10-Jan         Mckinley S            Steve H.
17-Jan         Joe S                      Ron H
24-Jan         Becky S                 Service Friday
31-Jan         Dave T                   Janet H.
February
  7-Feb         Ryan W                 Chuck K
14-Feb         Steve W                Todd K
21-Feb         Sinikka W             Michael K
28-Feb         Kelly W                Service Friday
 
                Sergeant          Music          Invocation
 
Jan. 10    Seth L            Kelly W         Terry P
Jan. 17    Terry K          Joe W            Steve R
Jan. 24    Michael K     Amy D           Dave T
Jan.  31   Todd K          Arlen S           Sinikka W
 
      Program Suggestions            
Blessman Ministries
Liz Brown
Blessman International | Administrative Assistant
2557 106th St., Urbandale, IA 50322
t: 515-343-5920 | w: http://www.blessmaninternational.org
 
Puppy Jake
Contact Ron H. for more information.
 
Stephanie Erickson
Contact Terry for contact information
 
Missouri River Energy Services
Hydro Electric Generator at Red Rock
If you are in need of a program contact Dave Tanner to obtain contact information. 

Kevin McLaughlin, Rotary DMAM and McLaughlin Investment, would like to do a program on Social Security Reform.  Ron has Kevin's contact info.

Greater Des Moines Age-Friendly Initiative is committed to having Central Iowa become an officially
recognized Age-Friendly Region. I believe that our fellow Rotarians will be very interested in learning about
the Age-Friendly Community work and how building a more Livable community will be beneficial for all who
live, work and recreate in Indianola and throughout Greater Des Moines.
Please contact me at 515-444-1237 or by e mail at agefriendlydsm@gmail.com to schedule a program.

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Rotary Club of Indianola
Foundation Dinner
April 24, 2020