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April 21, 2021
5:30 PM Tony's La Pizzeria
 
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Meeting ID: 843 9234 4580
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The District Conference is for EVERYONE! You do not have to be a club officer or committee chair to attend. Best of all, this year its FREE and on ZOOM! Everyone in our club is encouraged to register, log-on, and tune in as you can! The District Conference is an excellent way to get to know Rotary beyond our club.
The District Conference is going virtual!  Join us to learn about what is going on in District 5970 on April 30 and May 1. Check out the District Conference tab on the website - www.district5970.org for a great video!

Friday, April 30

Session 1: "Reimaging Clubs and Starting New Ones”: Tom Gump, District 5950 Governor 
Session 2: “Hope, Rebounding, & Energy Looking Forward - Ideas to Share for Your Clubs”: PDG Tina Hall, Decorah Rotary Club
Session 3: Polio Update: PDG Newell Krogmann, District 5960
Rotary International Awards Ceremony
Zoom social and wrap up presentation

Saturday, May 1

Welcome video and message from DG Lowell Stoolman
Session 4: National anthem performed by ICC Interact students
Session 5: Keynote:“The First 15 Seconds,” a presentation about making first impressions by Michael Angelo Caruso
Session 6: “Membership Strength is in Our Diversity” by Emily Tucker, Regional Membership Officer
Auction Bidding and Duck Pluck
Session 7: “Global Scholarship Experience: A Year in Brighton, England” by Connor Roth, 2019-2020 Global Scholar 
Session 8: “Three Ways Interact & Rotaract Can Boost Your Club” by Katie Wilford, District Rotaract/Interact Chair    
Session 9: “Unconscious Bias” by PDG Michelle Bell
Video by Rotary International President Nominee, Jennifer Jones
Session 10: “District Grant Seminar” by Don Meyer DRFCC 
Session 11: “Going Hybrid – Engaging In-Person/Virtual Club Meetings" by John Crudele, District 5950 

Saturday Optional (Awesome) Sessions with Katie Wilford:
“Nuts and Bolts of Interact”
"Wholly Wrapped Rotaract”

 
Buy a duck and change the world!
This year’s “Duck Pluck” will take place on May 1, 2021, virtually. The winning ducks will be plucked out of PDG Michelle Bell’s hot tub during the District Conference!
Here’s how it works:
1. Each club and individuals from that club will be represented by a single duck in the race.
2. The first three ducks to be plucked will be the winners. Once the winning three clubs have been
determined a computer pick at random will occur to choose one winner of a Paul Harris Fellow
designation for each of the three winning clubs.
3. Each club participating in the race will receive Foundation Paul Harris Fellow points for the full
amount of dollars contributed by the club through the purchase of ducks.
Ducks are $5 each and checks can be made payable to The Rotary Foundation and mailed to (must be mailed to arrive by April 20, 2021):
Are you interested in leading our club into the future?
 
We are currently looking for Rotarians to take on leadership roles for the 2021-2022 Rotary year.  There are Board positions that will be opening up and you could be the right person for the job!  Please contact Tom Marquez or Cynthia Gitta if you are interested, or would like more details. 
 
Last week we heard from Cedar Falls and Waterloo Mayors Rob Green and Quentin Hart! Mayor Rob Green shared with us updates on Cedar Falls community projects including a river recreation project , the groundbreaking on the new high school, a possible new pool, new development along University Avenue, the Main Street Street Scape project , the new Plaza area , and a new Racial Equity Task Force. Waterloo Mayor Quentin Hart also shared updates about his community . He shared that this past year while a difficult time to be in leadership it has been an extremely good year for investment and development in Waterloo. Some developments he shared included the new roundabout at Fletcher in Waterloo , the collaboration between the city and the University of Iowa on a number of projects, the new Lost Island Theme Park, the revitalization of the Convention Center, and the new Live Learn Project which will focus on education and housing in the downtown area. We thank both mayors for joining us and for all they are doing to make Cedar Falls and Waterloo great places to live!
Upcoming Events
Service Committee Meeting
Tony's La Pizzeria/Zoom
May 05, 2021
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
 
New Member Orientation
Tony's La Pizzeria
May 05, 2021
6:45 PM - 7:45 PM
 
Board Meeting
May 12, 2021
6:45 PM - 7:45 PM
 
Service Committee Meeting
Tony's La Pizzeria/Zoom
Jun 02, 2021
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
 
New Member Orientation
Tony's La Pizzeria
Jun 02, 2021
6:45 PM - 7:45 PM
 
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Ryan Giarusso
April 1
 
Anniversaries
Jessica Rucker
Josh Rucker
April 18
 
Photo Albums
December Meetings
November Meetings
October Meetings
September Meetings
August Meetings
July Meetings
2019-2020 Annual Dinner
Rotary Opens Opportunities
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.
Club Information
We meet Wednesdays at 5:30 PM
Tony's LaPizzeria
407 Main St.
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
United States of America
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