opened the meeting at the Pyramid Event Venue at 12:15pm and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance followed with the Four-Way Test.
Guests
None
Student Rotarians
Happy Bucks
Karen - Adopted a dog from a shelter!
Brian B - Appreciation for first responders, Brian and his wife now have a downtown office for their businesses
Tara T - amazing article about Lily K, past student rotarian working at their shop
Zach - School year starts tomorrow, but he should still be able to attend virtually
Ann - Found a new app to listen to books called Hoopla
Fines
None
Birthdays
Jenny M
CLUB BUSINESS - Announcements and committee reports
Email received from district gov. Rotary club in iowa is looking for donations to help with storm relief
Gene's wife Betty had a stroke and is now in the hospital
Jim Brey's daughter is donating $2000 to the club
Board met on monday - approved a car raffle idea to replace the beer and wine event as a fundraiser. The beer and wine committee will meet next week after the meeting to discuss
Sept 22nd organizational meeting - each committee head should plan to give an update. Please explain what your committee does so new members understand what you do
No concession stand this fall (board voted)
Batting cages are up and running
Denny asked if the paul harris committee is still operational
PROGRAM
No program today
Jim W - Spoke about the Rotary Foundation
The foundation was created in the 90s in response to a financial crisis. The club was unable to fund the number of scholarships that we promised. So, the foundation was created to make a vehicle for tax deductable donations from rotarians, but to also create an endowment that would some day fund a full scholarship. As of June, there is approx $91,000 in the foundation. It was first started with about $45,000. The club can make decisions on what to do with some excess funds.
