This week we will be getting an update about Iowa Irishfest from Jocelyn Williams. We will be hearing about the annual event, which is slated for Friday August 6th through Sunday August 8th, and possible volunteer opportunities.
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”
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.
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.
