Here's What's Happening at East Polk Rotary
Good Evening Rotarians,
On the last Wednesday of the month of January, Mike Hamilton presented us with speaker Joe Solem(sic) of the American Red Cross. Joe spoke about his work as a government liaison in the Des Moines chapter. His work focuses on coordinating the Red Cross response to disasters with the official government response. We learned there are 80 counties in the Iowa region of the Red Cross.
Mostly he responds to fires but disasters also include floods in Iowa as well. Some fast facts that he shared: last year the Iowa region of the Red Cross responded to over 440 disasters, trained over 15,000 people in disaster preparedness, and mobilized over 1,500 volunteers. He also mentioned that they are currently taking nominations for their Heroes of the Heartland award. We have an upload on our website for those with a name in mind.
Tomorrow Clay Willey serves as Sgt. at Arms and Steve Pettit is the Rotarian of the Day. Tomorrow is also Food Pantry Day and Larry O'Connor has requested that our club supply chili beans. If you forget, Bruce Mason will pass the collection basket for cash donations.
Finally, if you haven't signed up to be a lane sponsor, volunteered to bring a gift basket or registered a team, you still have opportunties to do so. As of last week, we only had two teams registered. On a personal note, if anyone wants to split a Kitchen Collage basket (retail value ~$200), see me. Most items were purchased on deep discount, so your 1/2 would be in the neighborhood of $60. Or three club members could ante up around $40 apiece.
Don't let a little snow stop you. See everyone at 7:00 AM sharp!