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Value of Volunteering

Kathy Fahy shared this recent report on volunteering with Rotary:

The Value of Rotary Volunteering

Have you ever wondered about Rotary’s collective effort and global impact? A special report prepared by the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies found that Rotary members had volunteered a total of 5.8 million hours within a four-week survey period. Extrapolating those results over an entire year, the report gave a conservative estimate of nearly 47 million hours of volunteer effort generated by Rotarians in a typical year.

General Secretary John Hewko said, “This is just the beginning of using the most innovative tools of measurement to capture and enhance our impact.” Download the full report The Impact of Rotary Volunteering --- 47 Million Hours a Year and Counting to learn more about the top ten findings and view visual data and infographics on Rotary's global impact.

Here is the link to the study:

February 26th Noon Meeting

REMINDER: The February 26th Meeting is off-site at the Dickinson County Courthouse. Please come to the Dickinson County Community Room on the first floor. We will hear from the Communication Center Administrator about the activities with 911 and the amount of calls they receive each year. A tour will follow.

Rotary Rush!

IT’S ROTARY RUSH TIME!

District 5970 “Rotary Rush” is on again! For the months of February and March 2020, the District is offering a significant incentive to all Rotarians who give to the Rotary Foundation Annual Fund.

A generous Rotarian Donor has offered their points as an incentive to help Rotarians easily reach their first or multiple Paul Harris Fellow level. The Donor is offering a 1 for 1 points to dollars match if a Rotarian contributes a minimum of $100 cash toward their first or next Paul Harris Fellow level. For example, you may have accumulated $500 in contributions to The Rotary Foundation. Then, if you add $250 in cash in February or March, our Donor will match 250 points to your giving account which allows you to receive your first or multiple PHF award. The match is up to a maximum of 500 points.

If you choose to participate in this challenge, you will need to fill out Form 123-EN which is available at the Foundation tab on the District’s website at www.district5970.org , or click the link below. Please email the completed form to john.wasta@gmail.com or mail the completed form to John Wasta, 221 Kent Ct. NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402. If you are paying by check, please make it payable to “The Rotary Foundation”, please include the check with the form.

You may also make your gift online at www.rotary.org. If you do, please make a note of the amount of your gift on the form and send the form to John to receive your match. Please do not send credit card information via email.

https://my.rotary.org/en/document/contribution-form-rotary-foundation

February 19th Noon Meeting

Brandon Rohig will be presenting on the No Boundaries Program on February 19th at noon.

No Boundaries is about helping students learn in a passions-based, real-world setting by connecting curriculum with our community to help them become future ready! The No Boundaries team will be touching on the history of the different projects they have done and delve into details about the Hunger Coalition, sharing bins, food pantry videos, and put a plug in for this summer’s Bike N Bite.

Check out Ryan and Will's TedxOkoboji talk on the subject: https://youtu.be/lV8Cupfd6qI

Hope Haven New Member Induction

IGL Rotary Corporate Membership Induction On February 5, 2020

The Iowa Great Lakes Rotary Club inducted Hope Haven into Rotary as a corporate member .

Pictured is membership chair Brad Jungers along with new Rotary members from Hope Haven Danette Tolan , LeAnn Blau and Lora Elsenbast and their Rotary Sponsor Kathy Fahy.

Danette has lived in the Lakes area since 1997 and has been with Hope Haven for 13 years. LeAnn is a native of the lakes area and has been with Hope Haven for 21 years.

Hope Haven is a Christian organization that is over 50 years old and has been serving Dickinson County since the mid-1990's. Hope Have offers services and support to meet a broad range of needs for children, adults, and families - from physical, mental and intellectual to residential, vocational, and spiritual.