Program for November 13, 2017: International Mission Project -Trudy Lafoon, Nurse with UHIC
Invocation: Tony Joseph
Happy News: Mary Fitzpatrick guest of Paul. Mike Ruby happy to be home!! Glad Terry Geiger is here today and the Bike Project has reached 612 bikes and $90,000. Naomi DeWinter invited Vets to a dinner at MCC on Friday from 4-6pm in honor of their service. Diana Gradert was happy about those Hawkeyes and asked all other Hawkeyes to put a $1 on the table!! Keith Porter noted the changing of the guard so to speak at the Stanley Foundation... by honoring Dick Stanley and his 30 years of loving service. Caitlyn Ryan is only 12 days away from her Caribbean Cruise. Scott Ingstad is working on the Ohio Coach's retirement fund after the Hawkeye victory !!
Erika reminded the members of the New Member Meeting tonight at DaBeet's Bistro and WineBar from 5-6:30. There was a nice article in the Muscatine Journal about the West Liberty Rotary Exchange Student. Rotary will be supporting the Red Kettle Campaign on Saturday, December 2. Sign up sheet is available. Paul Fitzpatrick was recognized by Terry Geiger for completion of the Rotary Leadership Institute.
Program: Shane Orr introduced Terry Geiger, District 6000 Foundation Chair, who provided an update on the Foundation and the three funds: Annual, Endowment and Polio. The mission of the Foundation is to "Do Good in the World". The Annual Fund works to support the Grant Process. In 2014-2015 $406,000 contributions were held for 3 years so that now we have half going to the World Fund and 1/2 to the district for Community Service and Global Grants. The Global Grants are for long term, sustainable.larger projects that align with the areas of focus. They are matched by the World Fund and also provide Vocational Training and Scholarships. The focus areas are: peace and conflict resolution, Disease Intervention, Water and Sanitation, Maternal and Childrens Health, Basic Education and Economic Growth. In Muscatine we contributed $149.78 per member. Our goal this year is $13,000. Our club has contributed $800,000 in all time giving with 97 Paul Harris Fellows, 64 donors and 1 Rotary Direct support.
District Grants are for Community Service and are for Education and Humanitarian efforts. These are local, smaller projects that are decided upon at the local level. The application deadline is June 1, 2018. The Polio Fund supports the annihilation of Polio. There are 13 current cases of Polio (Pakistan -5, Afghanistan - 8). Our club contributed $1700 last year. The "Let's Drop to Zero" is the theme for the riddance of polio. Grant management seminars are in February and March. West Liberty on February 17, February 24, West Des Moines and Newton on March 18.