Fines
None
Birthdays
Scott - Jan 22, Denny H
CLUB BUSINESS - Announcements and committee reports
- Fun facts
- Madeline started dancing when she was 3 and is a competitive dancer for the last 14 years
- Claudia introductory speech
- Board discussed the Dean Sanders memorial funds and possibility to get a grant to supplement the $1500. We have some park equipment ideas so far but are open to further ideas
- 2021-2022 budget is being worked on. The amount will be $8000 for scholarships similar to previous years, with a possible additional $1000
- A Bi-Law review committee was formed to review and propose changes to the bi-laws
- The board also approved a $700 stipend for the interact advisor at the high school
- Paul Harris Award - Mick S
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Rotary Meeting adjourned
Rotary Foundation Meeting Started at 12:27
Janine was nominated to the open board seat
Ed moved to close nominations. 2nd by Ken. All were in favor
Rotary Foundation Meeting adjourned
PROGRAM
Pam introduced Sandy Whisler with the campaign "Keep Covid Out"
Pam served on the Jefferson Co Health Dept as a contact between the dept and schools in jefferson co. By attending all the school board meetings in the county, she heard how much schools wanted to open, but an underlying question was, what are communities willing to do to make this work? The program "Keep Covid Out" was created to assist communities in doing what they can to reduce the spread of covid.
There are 10 people on the leadership committee of Keep Covid Out, including two students at the high school. They started with a booth at the Fall Festival to educate the community on the program. They found there were 14 organizations interested in joining the initiative, including our rotary club. They received a $400 donation from the Lake Mills Arts Alliance to kick off their campaign. They are promoting social distancing, mask wearing, and hand washing.
They also wanted to include local businesses. They asked businesses to join and display posters showing they are part of the keep covid out campaign and they also highlighted these businesses on social media.
The group received $1250 from the community foundation which became $25 gift certificates. Each day a community member name is drawn for a gift certificate.
So far, 63 businesses have signed on and gift certificates are still being drawn.
Their next step is a final sweep of businesses to join. At the end of Feb, the list of people who have been a part of the initiative will be published.
They are active on social media with instructional facebook posts supported by evidence.
The final phase of the initiative is to help with vaccine education. Their message is it is safe and effective. They will post facts and evidence about the vaccine.
Community organizations or events have started soliciting advice from Keep Covid Out on how to hold their activities safely.
Yesterday, they were interviewed by NBC 15 news.
Meeting adjourned 1:00pm
