- After a year hiatus, the Humboldt Rotary Club was able to hold their annual fly in breakfast. Read more here.
- Save the date - the All Iowa District Conference will be held in Coralville on April 22 and 23, 2022. Registration is now open. Register here before January 1, 2022 to receive the early bird rate.
- NCPETS will be held on February 24 and 25, 2022 at the Mystic Lake Convention Center in Prior Lake, Minnesota. Watch for details.
- Do you want to run a hybrid meeting and need some help? Click here to get information from Minnesota District 5950's website.
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September, 2021
Welcome to the September District 5970 District newsletter.
Congratulations to the fifteen clubs that have won approval for the eighteen projects that will be funded this Rotary year. Click on "Read More..." to read about:
- The clubs and projects in District 5970 that received District Grant funding
- Information about the Global Scholar program
- Arrange for someone from the Foundation Committee to present at your club
Yours in Rotary,
John Wasta
District 5970 Foundation Chair
Chris Lindell, Golbal and Peace Scholarship Committee ChairMy name is Chris Lindell and I’m the chair of our district’s Global and Peace Scholarship Committee. I recently interviewed Katie Wilford, Global Scholar from our district. A link to the video follows:
https://vimeo.com/592919339
To meet our district goal to successfully nominate a global scholar each year requires the help of Rotarians through out our district to identify candidates and at least one club being wiling to be a sponsor for a global scholar. The Global and Peace Scholarship Committee and other members of the District Foundation are ready to help clubs through the nomination process. The costs for a global scholar are paid for by a combination of funds from District 5970 and the Rotary International Foundation. The following link provides more information on the process and the application forms:
https://www.district5970.org/
https://vimeo.com/592919339
To meet our district goal to successfully nominate a global scholar each year requires the help of Rotarians through out our district to identify candidates and at least one club being wiling to be a sponsor for a global scholar. The Global and Peace Scholarship Committee and other members of the District Foundation are ready to help clubs through the nomination process. The costs for a global scholar are paid for by a combination of funds from District 5970 and the Rotary International Foundation. The following link provides more information on the process and the application forms:
https://www.district5970.org/
On Saturday, June 26, 2021 District Governor Lowell Stoolman passed the torch to 2021-2022 District Governor Jeff Hassman. The installation was held virtually. If you would like to see the video of the installation, click here.
RYLA 2021 was held at Coe College in Cedar Rapids July 19 - 23, 2021. Rotarian volunteers are pictured here with Head Counselors Ally O'Meara and Ben Stutting.
"Read More" for more pictures from RYLA 2021!
Rachel Harms and Betsy Kutter open the YRYLArians portion of the Forest City Rotary Club being held this week at Waldorf University. The camp is sponsored by Rotary District 5970. Click "read more" to see more pictures from YRYLA.
Shannon Duncan of the Decorah Rotary Club has been selected as the District Governor for the 2024-2025 Rotary Year. Congratulations, Shannon!
Even during this pandemic year, 20 clubs were able to receive the Club Excellence Award. See the video showcasing them here.
Shekhar Mehta
President 2021-22
President 2021-22
September 2021
I am sure you are having an enriching experience as you Serve to Change Lives. One of the ways you can make the greatest change in a person’s life is to help them learn to read. Literacy opens up the world to us. It makes us better informed about life in our own communities and opens vistas to other cultures. Reading and writing connects people and gives us another way to express our love for one another.
Jennifer E. Jones, a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario, Canada, has been nominated to become Rotary International’s president for 2022-23, a groundbreaking selection that will make her the first woman to hold that office in the organization’s 115-year history.
Jones will officially become president-nominee on 1 October if no other candidates challenge her.
Read more here.
RI President-Elect Shekhar Mehta theme for 2021-22 - "Serve to Change Lives"
