News & Notes April 11, 2017

Posted by Carolyn Spencer
 
 
Boots & Shoes   $176 Great job Dave Hellmich & Jerry Binder
50/50 - $88  No winner today
 Student Guests - Lakin Waldschmidt - NHS  future plans include attending college on a softball scholarship and entering the nursing field
Maddie Ferris - NHS future plans include attending Knox college, playing volleyball and studying speech pathology
Eye shared with us that she attended several birthday parties and did some shopping in the Quad Cities.
Rotary Guests - Roger Wait of the Sunrise Club
 
Program -     DeShawn Johnson provided an update on the Salvation Army.   DeShawn spoke about the Pathway of Hope program which supports families with child(ren) under the age of 18 by creating a personalized action plan, finding resources within the community that may be helpful to them. Genny Gassner assists families with this program.  The Salvation Army reaches their 125th Anniversary this year and will be celebrating with a Business After Hours on May 18 as well as a Luncheon scheduled for June 7.  Thank you DeShawn for sharing the important work of the Salvation Army.
Announcements:
  • Jon Behrens announced he will accept the YEO position and head a committee which included Dana MCoy and Jan Anderson.  Thanks to this Trio for taking on this responsibility.  Jon also announced we will be receiving an inbound student from Taiwan for the next school year.  Need the first host family as soon as possible.
  • April 18 - No Meeting 
  • April 19 - Student Excellence at Abiding Word Church - Please attend -this is a great evening
  • April 28 - 30 District Conference 
  • May 2 - Membership Day Greg Baise is our speaker.  Please let Kevin know if you are bringing a guest, so we can order enough lunch.