A big thank you to new District Governor, Robert Rapp, for his visit with our board and inspiration to the club!
We also appreciated Assistant District Governor Bill Harvey joining us from the Rotary Club of Omaha.
Robert shared Top Priority Action Plan goals for the next 3 years.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR FOCUS
Top Priority Action Plan Goals – 3-year Plan
- Strategic Plan – up-to-date for the next 3 years
- Club membership – end of Rotary Year goal
- Service Participation –unique members participating
- Annual Fund contributions
- PolioPlus Fund Contributions
- TRF Endowment: Benefactors or outright gifts to Endowment Fund
Robert shared the history of the worlds first international peace park, Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.
What can our club do to promote peace?
Do you have an idea to share with the club?
Are you interested in joining the Rotary Action Group for Peace? Read more about their mission and vision below.
https://www.rotaryactiongroupforpeace.org/about-us/.
We are looking forward to the new Rotary year and how we can promote goodwill and better friendships through peace.
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
Glacier National Park and Waterton Lakes National Park together comprise the world’s first international peace park, where both countries cooperate peacefully to resolve controversial natural resource issues that transcend international boundaries. We support the efforts of Parks Canada to educate visitors and residents about the values of the international peace park, the world heritage site, and the biosphere reserve program.
In 1932, through the work of the Rotary Clubs of Alberta and Montana and Rotary International, the Canadian Parliament and the United States Congress designated Waterton Lakes and Glacier National Parks as units of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. The designation was established to foster the long relationship of peace and goodwill between Canada and the United States. The peace park today illustrates the need for cooperation in a world of scarce but shared resources. It is a symbol of the peace shared by two great nations and serves as an example for other countries whose borders straddle the world’s special wild places.
The two national parks, their international designations and recognition, and the magnificent natural and heritage resources shared by the peace park region offer an opportunity for the two countries to promote and encourage environmental stewardship as these resources become more affected by climate change. By encouraging employees’ and visitors’ greater understanding of each country’s national park mission and heritage values and the common purpose of both countries, the international peace park can be an example to all nations that share scarce natural resources or the heritage of humankind across their boundaries. And by doing so peacefully, Glacier and Waterton Lakes together can model behavior that may help secure for future generations the bounty and promise of the remaining wild places on earth to all peoples.
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/waterton-glacier-international-peace-park-world-heritage-site.htm
Robert Rapp Omaha Morning Rotary District Governor 2025-26
