Rotary This Week
This week we will hear from our current District Governor Lowell Stoolman. Following the presentation we will have elections for our club Board of Directors for the 2021/22 year.
Lowell Stoolman is a member with the Rockwell City Rotary Club and is the Rotary District 5970 district governor for 2020-2021. The Rockwell City Rotary Club recently recognized Stoolman and his wife, Peg, a fellow Rotarian, as Citizens of the Year.
Service is second nature to Stoolman, a 1973 graduate of Rockwell City High School whose career included nearly 18 years with the local Police Department and many years with the city maintenance department in Rockwell City.
2021/22 District Governor Installation
Our next District Governor, Jeff Hassman, will be installed on Saturday, June 26, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. This will be a virtual event. If you would like to join him, the Zoom link is below:
Topic: Jeff Hassman District Governor Installation
Time: Jun 26, 2021 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
Last year was the FIRST year our club achieved Every Rotarian Every Year (EREY) status and the board would like to see us continue this trend. Treasurer, Eashaan Vajpeyi has developed a new way to donate to help make this easier for members. There is now a link on our website and you will receive a text reminder from time to time with the link. You can also click the link below to donate directly from the newsletter! Thank you Eashaan for making this possible!
Everyone should have received their invoice for 2021/22 Rotary Dues. Please pay, or make arrangements for a payment plan no later than June 23, 2021
Last week we heard from Lindsey Pieters (subbing for Tavis Hall) and Kim Manning about Summer in the Valley , highlighting all of the major summer events in both Waterloo and Cedar Falls. In Waterloo, My Waterloo Days is this coming weekend the 11-13 and July 28 will see the return of RAGBRAI to our community (the last time was 11 years ago).Waterloo will be the largest overnight stop and there will be entertainment on 2 different stages including a Prince Tribute Band to headline. Lindsey also discussed the need for volunteers for the event and how it will showcase all of the new developments in Waterloo. Irish Fest and Pride Fest will follow in August and there will be Riverloop Rhythms concert events throughout the summer. In Cedar Falls , Sturgis Falls will be the last full weekend in June and will combine as in the past with the Cedar Basin Jazz Festival. There will also be Party on the Patio music events at Hearst Center for the Arts and Concert events at the River Place Plaza , as well as the Live to 9 Series. The Movies under the Moon Events will also be returning. Kim Manning also drew attention to other options in the Cedar Valley and directed all to the website cedarvalley365.com which pulls together community events from Facebook in both Waterloo and Cedar Falls . We thank both Kim and Lindsey for speaking with us and congratulate Kim Manning on her impending retirement!
Rotary is not just a club you join. It is an invitation to endless opportunities. It opens opportunities to serve in a project as big and historic as End Polio Now and also in a small community project, where you just plant a tree. It opens opportunities for you to live a richer, more meaningful life, with friends around the world, based on our core values. Everything we do opens another opportunity for someone, somewhere.
The 2020-2021 theme is: Rotary Opens Opportunities.
