Sunrise Rotary News! Sept 13 2022 (Sep 13, 2022)

Highlights

Program this week: Tim Charles, President and CEO of Mercy Medical Center
Program last week: Fall Auction Planning thanks for attending and helping.
Program/Speaker suggestions are always welcome. Contact our new Program Chair- Penny Foy or email CRSunriseRotary@gmail.com
We hold our weekly meetings at 7am Thursdays, at Matthew 25 201 3rd Ave SW. Cedar Rapids. All are welcome!

Fall Fundraiser Auction Preparations

November 4 at El-Kahir Shrine facility. More details will be coming soon.

Things to do now:

Start collecting - ANY items for the auction. Things people need and want.
Bring them to the weekly meetings. Or take for storage to Theresa's Red Cedar Advisory. 129 16th Ave SW. (319) 200-6600
Include the completed Auction Item sheet here for easier auction setup. Copies are at Red Cedar too.
Draft your guest invitation email and list guest names to invite.
Watch for planning meetings to join. Learn about and contribute ideas.

Our 'give back' funding need is still high, with in- and out-bound Exchange Students in the budget.

We will donate to other local groups through this year and next, as you - the members - bring those opportunities to the board.

Rotary Business Advisory Roundtable

The Roundtable events are the 4th Tuesday of each month. Noon to 1PM at Biaggis Restorante Italiano. The theme is "My Life Story and Lessons Learned".

Pre-registration required. Click to Register and Pre-pay $18: https://rotarybar.square.site

This month:

Pre-registration required. Click to Register and Pre-pay: https://rotarybar.square.site

All-Metro Rotary Clubs Events

This story will carry news of upcoming All-Metro Rotary events all are invited to attend. Mark your calendars.

Sep 27 - Rotary Business Roundtable. Noon -1PM Join Rotarians and Guests to learn of Charlie Rohde's Life Story and Lessons Learned as President of Kings Materials. Pre-registration required. Click to register by Sep 27. Pre-pay $18 which includes tip. https://rotarybar.square.site

Oct 15 - NE Iowa "Moto Tour". Drive yourself and guests on a pre-set route. See the leaves, visit landmarks, a winery, a lunch restaurant, a Mississippi dam, and other places. $10 per vehicle for the turn-by-turn directions. Lunch and other costs are paid-your-own. Details coming soon from Downtown Rotary.

Oct 22 - "All Metro Rotary Trail Cleanup" and lunch. Starting point and time will be set. Lunch is at Black Sheep downtown. Bring weed-pulling/clearing gloves and tools. Trash pickers too.

Oct 25 - Rotary Business Roundtable. Speaker to be announced.

Nov 4 - "Sunrise Rotary Chili Supper and Auction" Details coming soon. All Rotarians and guests are welcome.

Exchange Student "Alvaro" is Settled In!

Our in-bound Rotary Exchange Student - Alvaro - arrived Sunday August 21 from Argentina. He began attending Kennedy HS on August 23.

He has finalized his classes, attended his first PEP Assembly, signed up for Soccer, has a KHS Activity App/Pass, a US cell phone Sim card, and his CRB&T "teen" bank account we support. His English skills improved a lot in 1 week! He is a delightful, happy young man. We thank the Globokar family, a kind host-family for him.

Consider hosting Alvaro in his 2nd or 3rd trimester at Kennedy HS. Also ask friends and neighbors as well. Contact Bruce or Mary if you want to discuss.

All Metro Rotary Clubs Service Project Oct 22

Our 2022 All-Metro Rotary Clubs Service Project:

Fall Metro Rotary Trail Clean-up will be on October 22nd. Marky your calendars! While the Metro Rotary Council has a long-standing tradition of supporting the Cedar Lake Park, due to construction in the area the city has asked Rotary to help in another area of the trail this year.

We will be helping with invasive plant removal and trash clean up along the Cedar Trail through downtown starting at 10 a.m. with a social at Black Sheep Social Club afterwards. Bring families too!

Details including the starting location will be announced.

Club Meeting Serving Duties

Each week, two Sunrise Rotarians will support our meetings. Watch for your serving dates in an email from Lynette.

Instructions: see the Serving Schedule on our Home Page (Documents).

Can't be there? Just swap dates with another Rotarian on the list.

Date

Greeter/Invocation

Greeter/Pledge/Drawing

September 15, 2022	Schell, Bob	Rigdon, Rachel
September 22, 2022	Schell, Mary	Schell, Bob
September 29, 2022	Schumacher, Chad	Popenhagen, Jeff

Sep 15, 2022

Tim Charles, President & CEO

Mercy Medical Center

Sep 22, 2022

Michael Johnson

Hall Bicycle Co - All about bicycles

Sep 29, 2022

District Governor Don Meyer

"Doing Rotary" in 2022-2023

Oct 06, 2022

French Pastry by Sandrine

Her business and coming from France

Oct 13, 2022

Jessica Peel-Austin

Brucemore

Oct 20, 2022

Jessica VanDenBerg

Ronald McDonald House Iowa City

View entire list

President

Lynette Markofski

President Elect

Penny Foy

Immediate Past President

Theresa Mickelson

Secretary

Ben Stutt

Student/Youth Protection Officer

Mary Schell

Treasurer

Karen Nemecek

Programs Chair

Chad Schumacher

Foundation Chair

Bob Schell

Membership Chair

Eric Harris

Social Chair

Theresa Mickelson

Service Chair

Rachel Rigdon

Public Image

Bruce Lindholm

Thursdays at 7:00 AM

Matthew 25 Groundswell Cafe

201 3rd Ave SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
United States of America

Send Email to Club

We are meeting "live" at Matthew 25 Groundswell Cafe. A Zoom option is available to join remotely. Send an email for the link, to this address CRSunriseRotary@gmail.com

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