Sunrise Rotary News! Nov 18, 2025 (Nov. 18, 2025)

Highlights!

Weekly Rotary Programs
at ROTARY HALL in NewBo City Market

7AM Thursdays

> Nov 20: History of Cherry Building and creative businesses there today - David Chadima, owner. Details

> Nov 27: Enjoy your Thanksgiving!

Our Recent Program Highlights:

> Nov 13: Hailey Held - What is the Raygun story?

> Oct 30 - Trilby Sedlacek - Green Angels Herbs and Healing Arts Speaker Details including website and business
> Oct 23 - Abigail of ABC Acres - Fresh raw milk, beef and more! https://www.abcacresiowa.com/ She now has a shop in New Bo Market!
> Oct 2 - Sydney Rieckhoff - Founder of Almost Famous Popcorn Company. Almost Famous NewBo Store tour followed. A wonderful family business story!!
> Sep 25 - Visited the Indian Creek Nature Center at the Old Barn. Sunrise Rotary's $5000 Grant Project area

Ashton Knatz - Our International Rotary Scholar: Ashton is busy studying at Edinburgh University. She will spend a year furthering her studies of Environmental Science for a Masters Degree. Ashton's host club is Edinburgh Rotary!
This is her October Report

Program/Speaker suggestions are always welcome. Contact Bruce Lindholm or email CRSunriseRotary@gmail.com

We hold our weekly meeting at 7am Thursdays at NewBo City Market 1100 3rd Street SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa All are welcome!

Grant Approved for Indian Creek Nature Center

Sunrise Rotary annually applies (and usually receives!) a Rotary District Grant. Half is from our fundraising, half is from our Rotary District 5970 Foundation funds.

This year our $5000 grant project at the Indian Creek Nature Center has been APPROVED!.

The project is removing undesirable underbrush in the forest south of the "Barn"... their original facility. New undergrowth trees will be planted in Spring 2026.

Undergrowth will be removed this fall, with the help of AmeriCorps, our Rotary Members, and perhaps Boy Scouts. Rotarians from other clubs in the area are invited to assist.

AmeriCorps focuses on community service and civic engagement, offering opportunities for individuals to serve in various sectors like education, environment, and disaster relief. AmeriCorps was recently re-instated and will operate until Nov 15, 2025.

Sunrise Rotary at NewBo City Market

Sunrise Rotary is now meeting at NewBo City Market!

Also known as "Rotary Hall"
Enter and turn left. We meet in the "Teaching Kitchen"

NewBo City Market
1100 3rd Street SW

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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What's happening in our community? Are you curious about a topic?

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Shakespeare Garden

June 9 2025 the Shakespeare Garden was the site of an 'open house' showing progress and selling flowers. The area has really transformed! 2 Gazebos are complete.

8 Rotary Clubs in the Cedar Rapids area have supported these improvements. Barnes Manufacturing in Marion supplied the steel structures.

Visit the garden in Ellis Park facing Ellis Boulevard. The Northwest Neighborhood Association leads the improvements.

April 20 2024, Sunrise and West Rotary Clubs joined the Shakespeare Garden volunteers for a clean up effort.

The Shakespeare Garden is our 2024-2025 Linn County Rotary Community Project, funding major improvements and supported by ALL Eight Linn County Iowa Rotary Clubs!

The metal gateway feature was fabricated by Marion/East Cedar Rapids Club, Rotarian Tom Barnes (Barnes Mfg, Marion, IA), and installed at the Ellis Boulevard entrance in June 2024!

Other updated features are shown below.

Fundraising continues for this beautiful riverside garden! https://friendsofshakespearegarden.org/