- Incoming 2018-2019 Club Presidents raise $2000 for "End Polio Now" Read the story below. The $2000 will become $6000 with the 2:1 Gates Foundation Match!
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As I write my final greeting for the Foundation First newsletter, it isn’t exactly the message I planned on sending. Instead I’d like to express my gratitude to all the Rotarians in District 
5970. You have been a pleasure to serve in my role as the District 5970 Foundation Committee Chair. You have shared wonderful stories and experiences with me. Many of you have become friends and have provided support and encouragement.
5970. You have been a pleasure to serve in my role as the District 5970 Foundation Committee Chair. You have shared wonderful stories and experiences with me. Many of you have become friends and have provided support and encouragement.(Read more in the Newsletter. Click the link above)
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nternational is launching a campaign called, “Countdown to History.” Goals were set and pledges were made, and we can’t do it without you, as Rotarians. We are asking for Rotarians across District 5970 to give a minimum of $40 to End Polio Now. This will get our District to the goal set by Rotary International.A New Polio Banner is available for Club Events! See it here. Contact foundationchair@district5970.com to borrow it!
Incoming Iowa Rotary club presidents in District 5970 celebrated their organization’s dedication to the worldwide eradication of polio with a $2,000 gift to The Rotary Foundation’s End Polio Now campaign.
The presidents-elect, who take office in July, contributed the funds during a recent training seminar in Rochester, Minnesota. Their contribution will be matched 2 for 1 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a total of $6,000 toward the eradication of polio.
“While every Rotary Club can select ways to serve its community, ending polio is Rotary’s common goal,” said Lisa Pritchard, president-elect of the Cedar Rapids Daybreak Rotary Club. “Thanks to efforts big and small — even a roomful of Rotarians at a training seminar — we will end polio.”
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Brenda Cressey, vice chair of the Rotary Foundation Trustees, left, accepts gifts totaling $2,000 for the eradication of polio from Lisa Pritchard, Cedar Rapids Daybreak Rotary Club, and Kathy Getting, Webster City Rotary Club. Don Meyer of Waverly, right, is District 5970’s 2018 Foundation Team leader. The district Rotary club presidents-elect donated the funds, which will be matched 2 for 1 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Suellen Kolbet of New Hampton will succeed John Last of Mason City as Executive Secretary for Rotary District 5970, effective July 1. Our District encompasses 53 Rotary clubs across the northern half of Iowa.
District Executive Secretary John Last will continue to support the District and Clubs until the transition is complete on July 1. Continue to contact John.
“I am looking forward to having Suellen on the District 5970 team,” District Governor Smith said. “Her professional experience, her dedication to Rotary and her positive attitude will provide a great contribution to our district.”
Suellen Kolbet is a University of Northern Iowa graduate with a degree in office administration. She returned to her hometown of New Hampton to accept a position as financial clerk. She spent 10 years as deputy city clerk and became city clerk in 1994. She retired from that position on May 25.
She joined the New Hampton Rotary Club in 1994 and was club president in 2001-02. Suellen has been the club’s secretary/treasurer since 2001. This year, she completed two decades of service as Chickasaw County representative on the United States Selective Service Board. She also serves on the New Hampton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and the Iowa League of Cities Executive Board.
John Last became the District 5970 executive director in 2004. He is an active member of the River City Sunrise Rotary Club in Mason City.
