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Oct. 19, 2020 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The Rotary Club of West Polk County will have their regular meeting on Monday, October 19th, beginning at 12 Noon. Members and guest are welcome to participate in person at The Food Depot in Grimes, Iowa (back room) or they can join via Zoom (contact brianb@grimesiowa.com to request login information). Spencer Johnson, a phenomenal gymanst and former American Ninja Warrior will be our guest speaker. Now the owner/operator of Emerge Academy in Grimes, Iowa, Spencer will share his story with our group. Hope you can participate! |
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Oct. 26, 2020 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
In lieu of their regular meeting, the Rotary Club of West Polk County will have a special, limited attendance, service opportunity on October 26th. A handful of volunteer Rotarians will gather to put together sack lunches that will be delivered to Freedom for Youth, so that they can serve them to their clients. It's been a trying year to identify service opportunities, so we encourage Members to support this limited, yet important, effort. Please contact President Mark Watson with questions. |
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Nov. 02, 2020 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The Rotary Club of West Polk County will have their regular meeting on Monday, October 19th, beginning at 12 Noon. Members and guest are welcome to participate in person at The Food Depot in Grimes, Iowa (back room) or they can join via Zoom (contact brianb@grimesiowa.com to request login information). Clayton Ender is a Planner with the City of Johnston. If you haven’t noticed Johnston, like so many communities in the Des Moines metro, has a lot of great stuff happening. Clayton was invited by Adam Bunge (City State Bank) to be our Featured Presenter at the regular meeting of the Rotary Club of West Polk County. Hope you can participate! |
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Dec. 07, 2020 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The Rotary Club of West Polk County will have their regular meeting on Monday, December 7th, beginning at 12 Noon. Members and guests are welcome to participate via Zoom (contact brianb@grimesiowa.com to request login information). We will be discussing our planned 2020 Holiday Service Project at the meeting, in addtion to general discussion and networking. Hope you can join us! |
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Jan. 11, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Danny Akright will be the Featured Presenter at the January 11th, 2021 meeting of the Rotary Club of West Polk County. This will be our first meeting of the New Year! Danny is the Director of Communications for Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity. He represents an organization whose mission Rotarians respect. He has been invited by Rotarian Tod Ellis (Raccoon Valley Bank), who is a member of the Board of Directors at Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity. As a communications guy, Danny knows how to share information, so you don’t want to miss this presentation. Members and guest are welcome to participate in person at The Food Depot in Grimes, Iowa (back room) or they can join via Zoom (contact brianb@grimesiowa.com to request login information). |
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Jan. 25, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Allison Piazza will be our Featured Presenter at the January 25th meeting of the Rotary Club of West Polk County. Allison is the Chief Development Officer for Easterseals Iowa; an organization that provides exceptional services to ensure that all people with disabilities or special needs and their families have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play in their communities. Members and guest are welcome to participate in person at The Food Depot in Grimes, Iowa (back room) or they can join via Zoom (contact brianb@grimesiowa.com to request login information). |
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Feb. 01, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Gary Wilgenbusch will be the Featured Presenter at the February 1st meeting of the Rotary Club of West Polk County. Gary is a Senior Manager at BerganKDV and is well versed in all things “accounting”, and will likely be able to provide some insight on what to expect in the coming months regarding new tax policies, things businesses should be considering in the current economic environment, etc. We look forward to Gary’s presentation and hope that you can join us! Gary was invited by Rotarian Jason Kerndt (Liberty National Bank). Login information is below and is also included in the attached meeting agenda. Members and guest are welcome to participate in person at The Food Depot in Grimes, Iowa (back room) or they can join via Zoom (contact brianb@grimesiowa.com to request login information). |
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Mar. 01, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Janet Fisher, Resource Development Manager at MOSAIC will be our Featured Presenter at the March 1st, 2021 meeting of the Rotary Club of West Polk County. Mosaic recognizes that people with intellectual disabilities desire and deserve greater independence and closer ties to the community. By developing and expanding community connections, they create new social, volunteer and employment opportunities. We look forward to Janet’s presentation and hope that you can join us! Janet was invited by Rotarian Jeff Holladay (US Bank). Members and guests are welcome to participate in person at The Food Depot in Grimes, Iowa (back room) or they can join via Zoom (contact brianb@grimesiowa.com to request login information). |
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Mar. 29, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Melissa Clarke-Wharff and Dylan DeClerck are Co-Founder of the organizationknown as CAN PLAY SPORTS. They will be our Featured Presenters at the March 29th meeting of the Rotary Club of West Polk County. Courage League Sports and Opportunity on Deck joined forces to increase the positive impacts on youth through the growth and evolution of adaptive and no-cost sports programs. Both organizations have created programs for undeserved youth to give them the opportunity to play and build self-confidence. Every child CAN PLAY. All children have the courage to play, but barriers such as limited family budgets or the need for an adaptive environment can keep them from participating. Can Play will supplement the cost of playing sports and adapt the play to the skill level for each child. Creating the opportunity to play despite the barriers. We look forward to the presentation and hope that you can join us! Members and guest are welcome to participate in person at The Food Depot in Grimes, Iowa (back room) or they can join via Zoom (contact brianb@grimesiowa.com to request login information). |
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Apr. 05, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Please join us either in person at the Food Depot (Grimes, Iowa) of via the below Zoom link at our regular meeting on April 5th at 12:00 PM. Our featured speaker will be Luis Arredondo. Luis is an Urban Area Rep with Central Iowa Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He was invited by Rotarian Dave Applegate. We look forward to Luis’ presentation and hope that you can join us! He was invited by Rotarian Dave Applegate. Members and guest are welcome to participate in person at The Food Depot in Grimes, Iowa (back room) or they can join via Zoom (contact brianb@grimesiowa.com to request login information). |
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Apr. 12, 2021 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Dr. Andrew Offenburger, Associate Profess of History at Miami University will be our Featured Presenter at the April 12th meeting of the Rotary Club of West Polk County. He will be presenting on the topics of "The History of Storm Lake, Iowa" and "The American Road Trip Genre". We look forward to Dr. Offenburger’s presentation and hope that you can join us! Andrew was invited by Rotarian Mark Watson. Members and guest are welcome to participate in person at The Food Depot in Grimes, Iowa (back room) or they can join via Zoom (contact brianb@grimesiowa.com to request login information). |