Sunrise Rotary News! April 22, 2025 (Apr. 22, 2025)

Highlights

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

> April 24 - 7:15 AM Sunrise Board Meeting - no regular meeting
> May 1 - Jeremy Hardy, Victory Leadership Coaching.
> May 8 - Teeg Stouffer, Fascination Film Studio and Storytelling
> May 15 - 7:15 AM Sunrise Board Meeting
> May 22 - Families Helping Families Golf Fundraiser
> May 29 - Available! contact us to present. CRSuriseRotary@gmail.com

Recent Program Highlights:

> April 17 - Hilary Hershner - Corridor MPO - Roads and Transportation Updates
> April 3 - Katie Oatsvall - Horizons Family Services new Director
> Mar 20 - Leslie Schwarting - Prairiewoods Center and May 5 - 6 events:. Spirituality in the 21st Century

> Mar 13 - Rob Davis - Shared the progress and plans for Iowa Flood Protection in Cedar Rapids

Ashton Knatz - Our International Rotary Scholar has been APPROVED! She will spend a year in Edinburgh Scotland furthering her studies of Environmental Science. Ashton's host club will be Edinburgh Rotary

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!

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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Buy a Duck to Change the World!

Buy a duck to change the world! Click here to purchase one online.

This year’s “Duck Drop” will take place on May 3, 2025. The winning ducks will be dropped from an aerial fire truck at our District Conference in Decorah!

Here’s how it works:

Each club (including individuals from that club) will be represented by a single duck in the race.
The first three ducks to be dropped will be the winners.
Once the winning three clubs have been determined a computer pick at random will occur to choose one winner of a Paul Harris Fellow designation for each of the three winning clubs.
Each club participating in the race will receive Foundation Paul Harris Fellow points for the full amount of dollars contributed by the club through the purchase of ducks.

Ducks are $5 each.

They can be purchased online at district5970.org If you choose to purchase ducks online we kindly request you pay for the credit card fees therefore ducks are $5.42 each.

Club Member Meeting Duties

Each week, two Sunrise Rotarians are needed to support our meetings. See table below.

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

Date	Greeter/Invocation	Pledge/Drawing Prize
April 24, 2025	Board Meeting
May 1, 2025	Robert Schell	Lynette Markofski
May 8, 2025	David Stoltenberg	Theresa Mickelson
May 15, 2025	Board Meeting
May 22, 2025	Golf Fundraiser
May 29, 2025	Ben Stutt	David Murray
June 5, 2025	David VerWoert	Karen Nemecek
June 12, 2025	Anne Wilson	Rachel Rigdon
June 19, 2025	Board Meeting
June 26, 2025	Douglas Francik	Mary Schell
July 3, 2025	Bruce Lindholm	Robert Schell
July 10, 2025	Lynette Markofski	David Stoltenberg
July 17, 2025	Board Meeting

Upcoming Sunrise Programs - read/respond!

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

Send ideas to, or call Bob or Bruce (319-333-4422), with an expert's name!

This is sent only to our Newsletter recipients:

Your ideas...Recommended interesting topics and experts you know, or be an organizer of an off-site meeting!

Need ideas for February and beyond...

What can you organize for us? These were suggested by someone in our club:

Pickleball Palace: Need an Organizer! Better to visit. Morning? After work social? Demos of pickleball, etc.
Retirement Strategies: Recommend some experts... Its about retirement funds.... but also much more!
Visits to Businesses!

Shakespeare Garden

Fall 2024 Shakespeare Garden Cleanup is postponed due to construction.

Sunrise and West Rotary Clubs joined the Shakespeare Garden volunteers April 20 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!