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New Billboard Ad!

Look for the new Iowa Great Lakes Rotary Club on the GrapeTree billboard starting in June 2020! The ad will run one week a month for the next six months and highlights all the great work Rotarians are accomplishing in the Iowa Great Lakes. Many thanks to Kathy Fahy for designing the sign ad.

May 20 Noon Speaker

Our noon speaker for May 20th will be Adam Lybarger from Camp Autumn (Seasons Center). The zoom link will be sent to members in a separate email.

Dr. Mary Berge to present on May 6th

Psychologist Dr. Mary Berge, a Rotarian since 2002, will present to us on staying sane during the COVID-19 pandemic. She will give practical tips on improving mood, decreasing anxiety and coming out of this uncertain time emotionally stable and perhaps even better. Dr Berge will present on our zoom meeting link at noon on May 6th.

Rotary Rush Extended!

Due to the slow-down in conducting business as normal, the District is extending the deadline for the Rotary Rush opportunity to June 10, 2020, the end of the Rotary year. As you remember, any gift made to the Annual Fund that gets you - half of the way - to your first or next multiple Paul Harris Fellow level, will be matched with recognition points from a generous donor in our District - up to the next level. For example, if you are $400 away from your first or next Paul Harris Fellow level, you may give $200 to the Annual Fund, and it will be matched with 200 points to get you there.

Because their offices are currently shut down, The Rotary Foundation staff is strongly encouraging us to make our gifts online at www.rotary.org/donate . Please be sure to designate your gift to the Annual Fund. When you receive your gift confirmation email, please forward that to John Wasta at john.wasta@gmail.com and he will file the proper paperwork to get your matching points added.

Past VP of Rotary International to Address IGL Rotary Club

UPDATE: Mary will email a link in the next few days of the recorded presentation. Fellow Iowa Great Lakes Rotary members - please join us Wednesday April 19th for a very special Zoom Rotary meeting! This Wednesday at noon as our guest will be Jennifer Jones, a current Rotary Foundation board trustee and past Vice President of Rotary International. She is a program you won't want to miss! Kathy Fahy says, "I've known Jen for quite a few years now and she has not only been an inspiration to me, but is a mentor and dear friend to me as well. She is dynamic and engaging, and is simply an amazing person who I am excited for you all to meet. She is a fantastic story teller and has some experiential Rotary stories that I'm sure will inspire you as well. Rarely would we get a chance to have a Rotary speaker of her caliber able to join us at one of our weekly meetings, so this is truly a treat to have her be our program." Please plan to attend if you are able and if you have any questions about any aspect of Rotary, Jen will be happy to answer them as well.