Sunrise Rotary 2022 News! (January 4) (Jan 04, 2022)

Highlights -

We are back together Jan 6 at Matthew 25. Todd Olson, new President of Mt. Mercy U will present. Hope to see everyone there!
One Rotary Summit - Saturday Jan 8 (in-person) or 15 (virtual). Sign up today! See below.
Rotary Blood Drive Challenge: Sign up for Jan 17 - 22. See story below.
Program/Speaker suggestions are always welcome. Contact Phil or write to CRSunriseRotary@gmail.com
Our weekly meetings are at Matthew 25 201 3rd Ave SW. Cedar Rapids. Zoom is available. Contact Bruce Lindholm.

One Rotary Summit - Jan 8 or Jan 15 10AM

Are you or could you be a Sunrise Rotary Leader? Please read...

Bruce is driving to Cedar Falls for the in-person summit.

Explore “Let’s Talk Rotary – Serve to Change Lives” at one of this year’s District 5970 One Rotary Summits. You may attend either of the following two options:

Saturday, January 8—In person at the Hilton Garden Inn, 7213 Nordic Drive, Cedar Falls, Iowa. The session begins at 10:00 am and concludes at noon. The $25 registration fee includes lunch at noon. Register here.

Saturday, January 15—Virtual beginning at 10:00 am and concluding at noon. Register here. A Zoom link will be sent the week prior to the event.

This session is designed for new and experienced Rotarians and Rotaractors to come together and share discussion about service opportunities and the relationship of Public Image, Membership, and The Rotary Foundation.

As a participant you will…

Be excited to ‘Serve to Change Lives’.
Be inspired and ready to tell the stories of what is accomplished because of Rotary and The Rotary Foundation.
Understand and be ready to share “What’s in it for me and others because of Rotary.”
Be inspired and act to increase Rotary’s impact and reach in your community and beyond.
Understand and support club efforts to increase member engagement.
Appreciate and support the work of your club in increasing adaptability.

Do you want to grow your club? Try some new ideas to make your club more vibrant? Be inspired and excited about your Rotary journey?

Then this is the event for you! Please register at your earliest convenience.

Yours in Rotary,

Rotary Rush is On! Foundation Giving Incentive

Reminder – Rotary Rush is on for the Foundation!

This is a program where a very generous Iowa donor will help you attain your first (or next level) Paul Harris Fellowship.

For more information, please click here. Talk to Bob Schell to get started.

Our donor is offering a 1 Points to $1 Dollar Match to help a member get to their first or next Paul Harris Fellow level. In other words, for every $1.00 given 1 point is earned. $100 minimum gift is needed to begin. $500 maximum gift for matching. Your donation plus the match, must get you to the next level.

Rotary Blood Challenge Jan 17 - 22

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Tell them you are in the Rotary Challenge when you arrive!

3 Sunrise District Grants - Underway Today

Three grants are approved. We will have a lead Rotarian on each grant as we work as a team, together.

Catherine McAuley Center - Refurbish a Child Care room for children of immigrants, while their parents are in classes. Mary Schell leading this today.
AbbeHealth/Aging Services - Connecting the older folks in our commuity to others with tablets, and providing apprecition gifts to them. Bob Schell is leading.
ChildServe - Providing learning/testing tools for this organization to serve their kids. Rachel Rigdon leading.

Our Board has reviewed the budget. The first 2 are in our budget. The third is on hold.

Volunteering is an essential parts of these grants and our club:

Volunteering members with the 3 grant organizations. The engages us with serving our community.
Raise your hand to lead our Community Service projects. Doug has led us well to this point.

Catherine McAuley Center child care room looks like this today. Immigrant clients need this room updated for children during their classes. New tables and chairs, security cameras, and tablet electronics will be installed soon, for better care of the kids.

Rotary (Your!) Support for Prospect Meadows

Metro area Rotary Clubs are continuing our five year support committment for Prospect Meadows. Our fundraising efforts support our club committment!

Here is a recent report from Jack Roeder:

The final base of the Prospect Meadows vision is the Economic Impact of the weekend tournaments. This year’s highlights are listed below, and we will continue to increase all of the bullet points in 2022.

Over 10,000 hotel rooms were used in the area.
A ten-million-dollar economic impact to the community.
Over 800 teams from 17 different states, attended tournaments at Prospect Meadows this season.
112,000 people entered the gates at Prospect Meadows in 2021.
Nearly 700 local youth baseball and softball games were played.
15 extra events were held, including the Metro High School tournament.

Even though we have many things to do and fundraising will always be top of mind for our organization, listed below are some of the improvements we have added to the facility since we opened in June of 2019.

June 1, 2020-Four permanent restrooms located near the main entrance were completed
May 1, 2021-Opened a 2^nd entrance for teams playing on the Transamerica Quad
November 1, 2021-Anticipated completion of the front entrance building allowing all staff to work from offices on site
November 30, 2021-Planting of 30 trees planned on grounds of complex to be completed

On behalf of the entire Prospect Meadows team, thanks again for your support of Prospect Meadows and we look forward to an even better year in 2022.

Jack Roeder