April is Maternal and Child Health Month

President 2020-21

April 2021

This year, we celebrate Earth Day on 22 April with a new sense of purpose. The environment is now an area of focus for Rotary. Solutions for all great tasks always start with you and me, and there is much we as individuals can do simply by changing our behavior: Cutting down on our use of plastic and using energy wisely are just two examples. But now we have the opportunity to do more together.

Supporting the environment is not new to Rotary; clubs have long worked on environmental issues based on local needs. Now climate change — a problem that affects us all, rich and poor — requires us to work together more closely than ever. Alberto Palombo, a Venezuelan engineer living in Brazil and a member of The Rotary Foundation Cadre of Technical Advisers, shares his view.

In an effort to be accessible to more members, Rotary Club of Indianola has created an Evening Club.  The Evening Club will meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday Evenings of each month at Salem Connection, 222 W Salem Ave. For the time being, members and guests who do not wish to meet with a group, may attend the the PM Club meeting via Zoom chat. A link may be found in the weekly bulletin.  Non-members may request a link by sending a request to IndianolaRotary@gmail.com 

Two batches of stew were prepared during January and delivered to The Helping Hand for distribution.  12 containers of the second batch were delivered to Heal House the same day it was prepared.  Again from comments received through social media channels the stew was a big hit.  

Funds are available to purchase the ingredients for two more batches sometime in February.

Individuals can donate directly to the stew project accessing the online option at https://givebutter.com/BrewsForStew

The World Polio Day theme for 2020 is

“A win against polio is a win for global health.”

Join us for World Polio Day as global health experts and partners share our progress on the road to polio eradication. Visit the Rotary International Facebook page to watch with other end polio supporters.

To learn more about the efforts to eradicate polio visit End Polio Now.

Below are Links to Community Websites

This Fall's District 6000 Training event; ONE ROTARY SUMMIT joins together Rotary leaders to exchange ideas on energizing and boosting your clubs growth, service and public interaction. 

Rotarians are Leaders!  Engage fresh new thinking and take home hands-on tools to strengthen membership, public image and involvement in Foundation programs.  This is a synergistic learning experience for ALL ROTARIANS! Thursday, September 22, at the Shive-Hattery, Inc. office building from 5:30-9:00 p.m. with a light supper served at 5:30. 

This event is FREE but advanced registration is required to plan for food and sufficient seating.  REGISTER BY MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20  on the District 6000 Website.  Once logged in, click on the word "Members" on the left or you can email Carolyn at dis6000admin@Lisco.com to register or call 877-976-8279. Check back for the agenda which will be posted in the near future.

Shive-Hattery, Inc. 4125 Westown Parkway West Des Moines, IA  50266 United States

Rotary International has a host of newsletters to help you stay current on the topics that interest you most. Anyone can subscribe once they create an account and sign in.

An update about Rotary’s polio eradication efforts that includes inspiring stories and the latest statistics.

GIVING & GRANTS 

Information to help you support Rotary's work through contributions and grant-funded activities. 

MEMBERSHIP MINUTE

Rotary stories and the latest membership development ideas, strategies, and resources.

PEACE IN ACTION

A forum for the Rotary Peace Centers community.

RECONNECT

News about Rotary alumni.

ROTARY CONVENTION 

News, updates, and deadline information about Rotary's annual convention.

ROTARY LEADER

Practical information to help club and district leaders achieve success.

ROTARY SERVICE 

Information to help Rotary members plan effective and inspired service projects.

ROTARY WEEKLY

An update on news and information for Rotary members, as well as developments from around the Rotary world.

ROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE 

Information and updates on current Youth Exchange events and resources.

THE ROTARIAN NEWSLETTER

Highlights from this month's issue of The Rotarian magazine.

TRAINING TALK

The latest RI training news, including RI mailings, RI Board decisions that affect training, and training tips.

VISIONS

Information about the benefits of charitable estate and financial planning. Primarily intended for a U.S. audience.

VOCATIONAL SERVICE 

News and resources related to vocational service.

YOUNG LEADERS IN ACTION

News and developments about Rotary's youth and young adult programs: Interact, Rotaract, and RYLA.

K.R. RAVINDRAN

PRESIDENT 2015-16

Iowa M.O.S.T. was created to promote and organize the efforts of District 6000 Rotarians and non-Rotary medical personnel to work with the Rotarians of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, to provide free cleft lip/palate surgery.  This team also works to promote additional health related outreach identified in their community.

Trip dates are usually in February; to apply visit their website  at http://www.iowamost.org/ 

For more information contact:

Deb Dunkhase - Co-Chair and Team Leader         ddunkhase@theicm.org 
Gary Pacha - Co-Chair                                        gpacha@aol.com

Peter Wallace - Secretary                                    pdartwallace@gmail.com

Kyle Galloway - Treasurer

John Canady - Medical Director
Bill Olin - Emeritus VP                                        w.olin@mchsi.com
 

Contributions of any size from individuals and clubs will help to continue these missions.  Iowa MOST contributions are tax deductible. It is important that checks be made out to District 6000 HEF, with  Iowa MOST on the memo line.  

Please mail to:

Kyle Galloway-Iowa M.O.S.T. Treasurer 
2839 Brookside Drive
Iowa City, IA 52245

The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.  

RECURRING GIVING (ROTARY DIRECT)

Support our efforts year round by making a recurring gift. You choose how much and how often you want to give— it's a simple and secure way to make a big impact.

Online contributions can be made monthly, quarterly, or annually. If you prefer, you may return the completed Rotary Direct enrollment form or enroll by phone at +1-866-976-8279.

To update your existing recurring giving, contact us at rotary direct@rotary.org or call +1-866-976-8279. For security reasons, changes to your credit card information should be made by phone.

CHECK, DRAFT, OR WIRE PAYMENTS

Learn how to donate by different payment methods.

• Securities
• Planned Giving
• Named Gift
• Donor Advised Funds
• Personal Property
• Real Estate
• Employee Matching Gift
• Rotary Credit Card
• Airline Miles

Resources and References

Simpson College debate team is an award-winning team that competes across the country. The team provides great opportunities to get involved on campus and meet new people. By joining the debate team, you will increase your public speaking abilities and ability to think quickly and creatively.  

Debate is a research and presentation process where students gather knowledge about competition topics, research to discover the pros and cons of the issue, then pick the best arguments to form a case.  In competition, two speakers will present their cases in a quick, intense and lively exchange to an audience and judges.  Judging is based on the persuasiveness of the speaker's arguments with awards going to the team or speaker who does the best at convincing the judges that their side is most correct.

Simpson College is currently the only college in Iowa and one of the first in the nation to offer public forum debate.  Click here to Visit their Debate website page.

Below is a follow-up report:

In October 2014 a Rotary Humanitarian Grant was approved to establish an operational water supply and delivery system for Kigogo Sub-Village in Tanzania.   

Currently the village of 1500 residents has no local source of water or electricity.  In the next year the deep well and delivery system will be built; electricity brought to the village;  villagers and the village water committee will be educated to ensure water sustainability; and impact assessments will be done on a timetable to determine if the lives of the villagers have improved through access to clean, safe water.

 A consortium of ten U.S. Rotary Clubs and third party donors united with the Rotary Club of Same, Tanzania (Host Club) for this cause.  In District 6000 the Clubs are: Rotary Club of Ames, Rotary Club of Ames- Morning, Rotary Club of Des Moines, Rotary Club of Grinnell, Rotary Club of Indianola, Rotary Club of Newton and Rotary Club of Pella.  There are three clubs outside District 6000 as well: Rotary Club of Webster City, Iowa (District 5970), Rotary Club of Hudson, Wisconsin (District 5960) and Rotary Club of South Pasadena, California (District 5300).   Third party donors were Hy-Vee, Inc. and Rewerts Well Drilling.   Several Rotarians of District 6000 gave personal donations.

Since the grant approval, well bore holes have been dug.  The exact site for the water well has not yet been finalized by Same District Water Engineer.   The Rotary Club of Same will also be hiring a Project Manager in the immediate future.   Once these are in place contracts can be bid and let for the project.  Plans are for monthly reports to come from the project.

The Rotary Club of Same, Tanzania is deeply grateful.  This will be an exciting time for Rotarians in the United States and Tanzania.

Mary Wells, Grant Communicator, Rotary Club of Ames 

Former Rotary President Clem Renouf recalls conversations with Rotary leaders as the organization turned its attention to eradicating polio.

Visit Rotary International to learn more of this Historic event.

February 2015

World Understanding Month

The month of February is very special in the Rotary calendar since it is designated World Understanding Month. The month also includes the anniversary of the first meeting of Rotary held on February 23, 1905, now designated World Understanding and Peace Day.

In designating World Understanding Month, the Rotary International board asks all Rotary clubs to plan programs for their weekly meetings and undertake special activities to emphasize “understanding and goodwill as essential for world peace.”

To observe this designated month, many clubs arrange international speakers, invite youth exchange students and international scholars from schools and universities to club meetings, plan programs featuring former Group Study Exchange team members, arrange discussions on international issues, present entertainment with an international cultural or artistic theme and schedule other programs with an international emphasis.

Many clubs take the opportunity to launch an international community service activity or make contact with a Rotary club in another country. It is a good month to initiate a Rotary Fellowship Exchange, encourage support for PolioPlus and other Rotary Foundation programs.

World Understanding Month is a chance for every club to pause, plan and promote the Fourth Avenue of Service-Rotary’s continued quest for goodwill, peace and understanding among people of the world.

Rotary Club of Ames World Service and Global Grants Committee,

Early this afternoon I had a very productive telephone discussion with Rebeca Mendoza, our Regional Grants Officer in Evanston for the Kigogo Water Development Project.

She informed me that the responses we sent from both the Primary Host Sponsor (Rotary Club of Same) and the Primary International Host Sponsor (Rotary Club of Ames) have done a very good job in answering the questions that had been generated by reviewers in Evanston. They are ready to approve the grant. BUT!!!

She also informed me that the “stewardship” office had not yet completed their “technical” review of our grant; but would complete it by this Friday October 10. See Rebeca’s afternoon email below. I have yet to understand what the “technical” review by the “stewardship” office looks at!! We may learn by Friday or Monday as we continue to try to understand the Global Grant “black box” decision making process and actors in the process of the Rotary Foundation in Evanston!

Gerald

APRIL 2014

Like attending a Rotary club meeting, reading Rotary magazines is an essential part of the shared experience of being a Rotarian. When you pick up a Rotary publication, whether it's Rotary Down Under in Australia and New Zealand, or The Rotary-No-Tomo in Japan, you'll find that every single one does just what it's meant to do: It informs, and it inspires. It keeps you up to date with Rotary news, brings you new ideas for your Rotary service, and tells stories that are relevant and meaningful to you. To me, these publications around the world are a tangible representation of Rotary's greatest strength: that each club is a local, community-based entity, engaged in a truly global network.

This organization is incredibly large and diverse, and as much as we all have in common in Rotary, we are not a place where one size fits all. Our expectations of a magazine, both culturally and linguistically, are naturally going to be different. With our regional publications, Rotarians in Bulgaria can find out what's going on in Rotary in Bulgaria, and what's going on elsewhere in the Rotary world, along with the latest news from Evanston. Because each one of our Rotary publications belongs to the family of Rotary magazines – each one is, like every Rotary club, both fully local and fully part of our international identity.

One of the greatest privileges of being RI president is the ability to speak directly, every month, to every one of our 1.2 million Rotarians. It's awe-inspiring to me, as I write this, to think of all of you, sitting down in your living rooms or at the breakfast table or maybe on the train to work, reading these words, and then turning the page to find out what's new in Rotary. And overwhelmingly, that is exactly what each of you does. Not just because your Rotary magazine turns up in the mailbox, or because you feel you have to – but because Rotary magazines are good magazines. I hope that when you pick up your publication – whichever one you're reading right now – you get the same feeling of pride, and ambition, that I do.

Rotary magazines remind us that as Rotarians, we are all part of something larger than ourselves. They show us just how much we can achieve through Rotary. Through them, we see what our Foundation dollars do, we see what our fellow Rotarians are doing, and we are inspired to Engage Rotary, Change Lives even more.

RON D. BURTON

PRESIDENT 2013-14

HISTORY

 

“WHATEVER ROTARY MAY MEAN TO US, TO THE WORLD IT WILL BE KNOWN BY THE RESULTS IT ACHIEVES.”

—PAUL P. HARRIS

Our 1.2 million-member organization started with the vision of one man—Paul P. Harris. The Chicago attorney formed one of the world’s first service organizations, the Rotary Club of Chicago, on 23 February 1905 as a place where professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas and form meaningful, lifelong friendships. Rotary’s name came from the group’s early practice of rotating meetings among the offices of each member.

OUR ONGOING COMMITMENT

Rotarians have not only been present for major events in history—we’ve been a part of them. From the beginning, three key traits have remained strong throughout Rotary:

We’re truly international. Only 16 years after being founded, Rotary had clubs on six continents. Today we’re working together from around the globe both digitally and in-person to solve some of our world’s most challenging problems.

We persevere in tough times. During WWII, Rotary clubs in Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, and Japan were forced to disband. Despite the risks, many continued to meet informally and following the war’s end, Rotary members joined together to rebuild their clubs and their countries.

Our commitment to service is ongoing. We began our fight against polio in 1979 with a project to immunize 6 million children in the Philippines. By 2012, only three countries remain polio-endemic—down from 125 in 1988.

Rotary International

• The Annual Programs Fund,
• The Permanent Fund, and
• The Restricted Gifts Fund.