Cedar Rapids West Rotary 
"Service Above Self"

Volume 45 | Issue 43

April 23rd, 2025
Welcome to another issue of our weekly bulletin! Find out who our upcoming speakers are, what we covered during the last weekly meeting, and learn more about our monthly Service Project.
Last Week: Dennis Green: KCCK
Last week we heard from our very own West Rotarian, Dennis Green, who is the General Manager at the 88.3 KCCK station! He enlightened us about the history of the station, how the station helps support young local jazz artists, Cedar Rapidian's that have went on to become very notable jazz players, and also upcoming jazz events in the area.
This Week: Service Project(no meeting) Cops n' Kids
This week we have our April service project, Cops 'n Kids, which will be held at the Matthew 25 201 3rd Ave SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
 
If you wish to have lunch at Groundswell Cafe please arrive 15-20 minutes early
 
Sign-up is below, hope to see you there!
Next Week: 5th Wednesday Event at the Museum
Next week we will have our 5th Wednesday Event at our regularly scheduled meeting time and place(noon-1pm at the NCSHM)
 
He will have some fun games and activities planned to get to know our fellow Rotarians better!
Announcements
 
Big Drop Committee Meeting will be held right after our regular scheduled meeting on Wednesday!
 
This year’s “Duck Drop” will take place on May 3, 2025. The winning ducks will be dropped from an aerial fire truck at our District Conference in Decorah!
Here’s how it works:
  1. Each club (including individuals from that club) will be represented by a single duck in the race.
  2. The first three ducks to be dropped will be the winners.  Once the winning three clubs have been determined a computer pick at random will occur to choose one winner of a Paul Harris Fellow designation for each of the three winning clubs.
  3. Each club participating in the race will receive Foundation Paul Harris Fellow points for the full    amount of dollars contributed by the club through the purchase of ducks.
Ducks are $5 each.
Click here to purchase one online, or follow the instructions below to send a check to David Manning.
Checks can be made payable to: The Rotary Foundation
and mailed to (must be mailed to arrive by April 23, 2025):
  David Manning
  227 Lake Avenue
  Storm Lake, IA 50588
 
Phone:  701-238-4845       
 
Weekly Zoom Link Launch Meeting - Zoom
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