Monday, April 24, 2017

ROTARY WEEK VOL 4 NO 28

PRESIDENT SALLY HELD A NICE CEREMONY AT TODAY'S (4-26-17) MEETING
TO WELCOME 4 NEW MEMBERS AND PRESENT THEM WITH THEIR MEMBER
CERTIFICATE.    THEY ARE:  LEFT TO RIGHT:   NIC HOCKENBERRY, JACOB BELLINGS, TED STRAIGHT, AND MARK GARMAN.
SHE ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THERE ARE TWO MORE MEN THAT WILL BE
JOINING SOON AND THAT SARA PINION IS THINKING OF TRANSFERRING
HER MEMBERSHIP FROM THE MARION CLUB, TO MAQUOKETA ROTARY.
ENCOURAGE HER!
OUR MEMBERSHIP IS NOW 34 AND COULD GROW TO 37 SOON.
BRIAN SPANNAGEL HAS CONSENTED TO BE THE NEW MAQUOKETA PRESIDENT EFFECTIVE JULY 1, WHEN PRESIDENT SALLY ENDS ANOTHER
(HER 2ND) YEAR AT THE TOP.    SHE HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB!!
OH...CAN'T FORGET THAT JACOB BELLINGS IS OUR NEW TREASURER-ELECT,
BEING TRAINED NOW BY ASHER SCHROEDER (WHO HAS DONE A SUPER JOB FOR MANY YEARS AS TREASURER)  AND OFFICIALLY  TAKES OFFICE
JULY 1ST, WHEN OUR NEW PRESIDENT ASSUMES COMMAND.
NEW ROTARIAN NICK HOCKENBERRY WORKING SATURDAY AT PRAIRIE CREEK.
SATURDAY, ROTARIANS HELPING WITH FENCE REMOVAL AT PRAIRIE CREEK.  IN THE MIDDLE, CONSERVATION DIRECTOR DARYL PARKER.
ANOTHER PHOTO FROM SATURDAY...,.
ROTARIAN SCOTT WARREN (TWICE PAST PRESIDENT) AND...NOT A ROTARIAN,
RAY MARTIN, BUT ALSO HELPING SATURDAY AT PRAIRIE CREEK.

WE HAD A VERY GOOD PROGRAM TODAY BY PAM BAHR (WIFE OF FELLOW ROTARIAN JIM ENGLAND) ABOUT A GROUP OF WOMEN AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH (A COUPLE FROM OTHER CHURCHES) HELPING REFUGEE CAMPS IN TWO COUNTRIES.

THEY  VOLUNTEER FOR "LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF", A WORLD-WIDE
ORGANIZATION THAT HAS EFFECTED THE "LIVES" OF 500,000 REFUGEES
IN 18 COUNTRIES, DOING IT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
IN 2016, MEETING ONCE A WEEK AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, THEY MADE 248 SIXTY-BY EIGHTY-INCH FULLSIZE QUILTS...153 SCHOOL KITS WITH
MANY ITEMS TO USE IN SCHOOL....125 BABY KITS FOR NEW MOMS WITH
BABIES FROM 6 MONTHS TO 2 YEARS, INCLUDING A CUTE KNITTED BABY
SWEATER AND CAP.....311 PERSONAL KITS WITH MANY ADULT EVERY DAY NEEDS....AND 42 FABRIC KITS.     WHAT A JOB THESE LADIES DO, YEAR AFTER
YEAR.   PAM WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE A "PROGRAM" TO YOUR CHURCH OR
COMMUNITY CLUB.    AND THEY CAN ALWAYS USE MORE PEOPLE TO HELP
WITH THEIR VOLUNTEER WORK.
















































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