Last week's speaker was Laura Kann, past Rotary District 6420 Governor, and now District Foundation chair. She reviewed the Rotary International Foundation funds makeup and the benefits the foundation brings to those in need.
Laura spent the first part of her presentation talking about her volunteer Rotary work in India -- vaccinating the children for Polio in the slums. Laura and her team would spend all day on the roadside of a busy highway, stopping any vehicle -- cars, trucks, carts, wagons, buses, bicycles that had children aboard -- looking for any child that did not have their finger marked showing that they had been vaccinated. She and her Rotary team would also go door-to-door, checking homes, looking for children, vaccinating them with a single drop of serum, and then going on to the next.
She also talked about our Rotary Foundation, and the good that it is doing in our country and in the world.
Moline Rotary Club has provided funding for a new pavilion built near the newly redesigned Riverside Waterpark facility at Riverside Park. The Pavilion will be named in memory of Moline Rotarian Glenn L. Medhus.
Moline Rotarians are invited to attend the public City of Moline dedication ceremony on May 24th at 2:00pm near the new swimming pool area.
Anika Martin reported on the success of the 2024 Literacy Projects.
2nd Grade Guest Author Event at Moline Public Library:
Thank you, Anika!
2024 Dictionary Presentations:
Rotarians had a blast at the 3rd Grade Dictionary presentations in the 11 elementary schools:
R J Jacobs: Washington Ms. Melina Lodico’s class at Washington. RJ reports he presented 62 books to three classes. All high energy and great fun to do the word searches with the kids.
Joyce Contreras, parent of Senior Joseph Massa, and previous host parent to three Rotary Exchange students. Gary Francque recognized Student Rotarian Joey Massa and his mother and stepfather Joyce & Sergio Contreras for their dedication to Rotary International Youth Exchange. The Massa - Contreras family has hosted three Rotary Exchange Students, Tenfu Matsushita from Japan (2016-17), Apoorve Gupta from India (2018-19) and Lucas Molle from Belgium (2019-20) and sponsored their son Zachary Massa to France in 2016. Kudos to the Massa - Contreras family!
From President Mark Carlson:
This weekend is the 2024 District 6420 Conference on April 26th & 27th at Stoney Creek Inn, Moline.
Reminded members of the flower planting happening at Butterworth Center on Saturday May 18, from 9:00am to noon. Alan Anderson reminded all that this will be a Moline Rotary volunteer event in lieu of our annual community cleanup event.
Scott Lohman announced the 2024 Heart Walk on Saturday June 8th at 8:00am starting at Schwiebert Recreational Park, Rock Island. Rotarians are encouraged to join the Rotary Heart Walk team by scanning the QR code.
John Deere Classic Birdies for Charity:
Rotarians reported on the launching of the 2024 JDC Birdies campaign. The Moline Rotary Foundation is once again a Birdies charity. Members are encouraged to complete and submit their pledges soon. Download a copy of the pledge sheet here.
Youth Exchange
Gary Francque reported that Exchange Student, Joao Miguel, served as guest speaker at Illinois Quad Cities Rotary Club on May 15th. Joao's presentation was about his home country of Brazil. Joao was not present due to several tests he needed to concentrate on this last week!
Student Rotarians:
We said goodbye, and good luck, to our most recent group of Student Rotarians!
Photo l-r: Nishitha Mekala, Natalie Jensen, Ankit Rajvanshi, Kelsy McCormick, Joseph Massa, and Annie Hazen
2024 Jordan School Boosters 50th Anniversary Golf Outing
Gary Francque is seeking golfers for the 2024 Jordan School Boosters 50th Anniversary Golf Outing on May 11th at Highland Springs Golf Course. Jordan School is the only elementary school in the Quad Cities that sponsors a Rotary EarlyAct Club for middle school students. Gary is a team sponsor, so golfers on his team are already paid for. The event format is 4 - Person Scramble with shotgun start at 1:00pm and included dinner at 5:50pm. Contact Gary Francque or put together your own team. Flyers at April 29th meeting.
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