Sunrise Rotary News! June 24, 2025 (Jun. 25, 2025)

Highlights!

Weekly Rotary Programs
Now at NewBo City Market 7AM Thursdays!

> June 26 - Jennifer Borcherding - The District update (New Bo, Czech Village)
> July 3 - NO MEETING - Enjoy Independence Day weekend!
> July 10 - Save CR Heritage - http://www.savecrheritage.org/

> July 17 - Sunrise Board Meeting at 7am Board Meeting. No regular meeting.
> July 24 - Citizens’ Police Academy | Sergeant Jen Roberts
> July 31 - AI Micro Park - Solar powered learning park in Wellington Heights.

Recent Highlights:

> June 19 - Sunrise Rotary served lunch to Vets at the Freedom Foundation. A Rotary donation of $500 was also presented.
> June 5 - CR Fire Department - Important home safety actions!

> May 8 - Teeg Stouffer, Fascination Film Studio and Storytelling
> May 29 - Jeremy Hardy, Victory Leadership Coaching.

Upcoming:

Rotarians serving lunch June 19 at the Freedom Foundation on Center Point Road. Join us at 11:15am.

Ashton Knatz - Our International Rotary Scholar: She will spend a year in Edinburgh Scotland, furthering her studies of Environmental Science for a Masters Degree. Ashton's host club will be Edinburgh Rotary! She departs Cedar Rapids on August 28, 2025. Her application to be a "Resident Assistant" for her building was accepted!

Sunrise 2025-2026 District Grant Submitted - We are supporting Indian Creek Nature Center, to clean up not-natural growth in the forest and plant pollinators. Details will follow if our request is approved.

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

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

Club Member Meeting Duties

Each week, someone provides a drawing prize.

You can't be there? Just contact swap dates with another Rotarian on this list.

Meeting Date	Door Prize
June 26, 2025	Mary Schell
July 3, 2025	No meeting
July 10, 2025	David Stoltenberg
July 17, 2025	Board Meeting
July 24, 2025	Ben Stutt
July 31, 2025	David VerWoert
August 7, 2025	Anne Wilson
August 14, 2025	Bruce Lindholm
August 21, 2025	Board Meeting
August 28, 2025	Lynette Markofski
Sept 4, 2025	Theresa Mickelson
Sept 11, 2025	David Murray
Sept18, 2025	Board Meeting
Sept 25, 2025	Karen Nemecek
October 2, 2025	Rachel Rigdon
October 9, 2025	Mary Schell
October 16, 2025	Board Meeting

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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Upcoming Sunrise Programs - read/respond!

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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!