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  • June 8 7AM we are visiting the Plumb Heart Center!   Park in the lot  7th Street & 9th Ave (south of 8th Ave). Gather at the Ryan trailer in that lot. Long sleeve shirts, long pants, and closed-toe shoes! 
  • Families Helping Families - "Scramble for Children" Golf Fundraiser Event saw a BEAUTIFUL day for 25 foursomes on May 24! Thank-you golfers and sponsors!  
  • We hold our weekly meetings at 7am Thursdays, at Matthew 25 201 3rd Ave SW. Cedar Rapids.   All are welcome! 
 
    Alvaro Pepe -
    Youth Exchange Update
    Alvaro's 2nd Term classes are complete!   "School's Out For Summer!"
     
    His Rotary party is at Lynette and Andy's home Saturday Noon - 3PM.   139 Greenfield St NE. 
     
    His parents support him to take the 'discover America' youth exchange bus trip leaving next week.
     
    West to CA, return through AZ, TX... deep south, Orlando, up the east coast to Philadelphia and then back to Chicago.
     
    He flies to Argentina July 12.   2:51 PM departure from Cedar Rapids.  Alvaro will start his second (final!) semester in school at home. 
     
     
     
     
     
    Flight to End Polio Report
        

    ONE ENGINE, TWO PILOTS
    AND A 2:1 DONATION MATCH

    CR Gazette front page article April 9:  Read or Print PDF

    FLY WITH US!   
    https://www.flighttoendpolio.com/#

    Track their Progress Here:  https://flightaware.com/  Enter flight # N732WP
     
    June 6 they landed in Pakistan!  
     
    Use this link to Donate and to Track their Flight!   Contribute to Rotary Foundation - Polio Fund! 
     
    Peter Teahen and John Ockenfels are raising awareness for polio eradication by piloting a single engine aircraft all the way around the globe!
    Peter and John departed from Cedar Rapids, Iowa May 5, 2023 in a Cessna T210M (single engine) airplane. Along the way, they will attend events and encourage support of ending polio forever throughout the world.
     
    YOU can promote the flight, start conversations, and raise Polio funds for Rotary with friends and strangers!  
     
    Rotarians and friends may order a t-shirt to support the flight around the world to end polio .  http://endpolionow.itemorder.com/
     
    Rotarians and friends in D6000 and D5970 are promoting awareness and this fundraising effort. Donations will go toward PolioPlus Fund. 
     
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    Rotary Pribyl Golf
    July 21 - August 3 2023
      
    Volunteers are needed!   July 31- Aug 3 2023  4 courses. 
     
    Sign up here for any day and see great golfers: https://form.jotform.com/200726488993065
     
    All Linn County Rotary Clubs organize, fund and volunteer for the annual Pribyl Rotary Golf tournament for youth each August.

    Note the last item below:  Join the Metro planning committee to help this year, and perhaps step-up and lead it in 2024!  
    • We had a record number of total participants in 2022, and we were only one shy of our record number of female participants.
    • Live scoring was introduced in 2022, following a complete website redesign in 2020.
    • Corporate sponsorship for Service Above Self Component continues to be completely subsidized and results in $1,200 being donated to area charities each year.
    • Because of heat concerns in early August, we also received complimentary bottled water last year from Culligan in Marion for all four days of the tournament. 
    • The cost per golfer comes out to just under $12 – and that includes free golf and range balls at all courses and a Rotary-branded keepsake.  It is an incredible value, and it gives us plenty of Rotary and Event visibility through the media, at the golf courses, at area schools and through all the parents and spectators that come out each day to watch the kids.
    • 2023 will be the last year for the committee chairs. Finding new leadership will be essential if the tournament continues beyond this year. Contact Lynette if you are interested! 
    Scramble Fore Kids Golf Event

    Scramble for Kids May 25 was a great event on an ideal-day for golf!  25 foursomes completed their rounds, a great Texas Roadhouse BBQ dinner, and boosted our Silent Auction.   The final report will come soon.  We enjoyed the company of some FHF families at dinner!   Their board worked the even through the day. 

    The event benefited "Families Helping Families" (FHF) serving in Cedar Rapids and the surrounding areas AND Sunrise Rotary. 

    Families Helping Families is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.  Read more here.

    A round of golf included included:

    • Beat the Pro Drive

    • Hole in One Contest

    • Chipping Contest

    • Putting Contest

    • Prizes

    • Silent Auction

    • Texas Roadhouse BBQ Supper  

    Sponsorships including on-course business signs.

    Watch for Event Photos next week on our Cedar Rapids Sunrise Facebook Page and look for Sunrise Rotary Golf to return in May 2024

    What Will Be Our Sunrise 2023-2024 
    Community Service Project?
     
    Suggest Community Service Project for Sunrise Rotary.   
    • Half the cost comes from a Rotary Foundation District Grant we apply for in June 2023.
    • Half the cost comes from our share of the golf fundraising event net proceeds
    Funds are requested in early June.  The money arrives in late August.   
     
    We are fundraising in ONE Event this year - the May 25 Scramble Fore Kids golf event.  That will determine our budget and therefore our project and its size. 
     
    We need ideas before May to quickly apply when the money raised is known.    Email or call Bruce

    Award for Theresa Michelson

    We congratulate Theresa Mickelson earning a

    "Citation for Meritorious Service" from the The Rotary Foundation.
     
    Presenting are District Foundation Chair John Wasta and District Governor Don Meyer! 
     
    Congratulations and THANK YOU Theresa!
     
     
    Club Meeting Serving Duties
     
    Each week, two Sunrise Rotarians are needed to support our meetings.  See table below. 
     
    Can't be there? Just swap dates with another Rotarian on the list. 
     
     
    DateGreeter/InvocationPledge/Drawing Prize
    June 8, 2023Clayton CubbageKaren Nemecek
    June 15, 2023Penny FoyRachel Rigdon
    June 23, 2023Douglas FrancikMary Schell
    June 29, 2023Eric HarrisRobert Schell
    July 6, 2023John HeneckeDavid Stoltenberg
    July 13, 2023Phil HershnerBen Stutt
    July 20, 2023Michael KacherDavid VerWoert
    July 27, 2023Nate KassAnne Wilson
     
    Speakers
    Jun 01, 2023
    Cedar Rapids Community Orchestra
    Jun 08, 2023
    Tour - New Plumb Heart Center - Ryan Companies - details to come
    Jun 15, 2023
    Linn County Trails Association
    Jun 22, 2023
    Cedar Rapids Economic Alliance update
    Jun 29, 2023
    Propect Meadows Sports Complex update
    Jul 06, 2023
    Jul 13, 2023
    Cedar Rapids Schools
    Jul 20, 2023
    Jul 27, 2023
    Working Better with Co-workers and Family
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    President
     
    President Elect
     
    Immediate Past President
     
    Secretary
     
    Student/Youth Protection Officer
     
    Programs Chair
     
    Treasurer
     
    Foundation Chair
     
    Membership Chair
     
    Social Chair
     
    Service Chair
     
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    Cedar Rapids Sunrise
    Thursdays at 7:00 AM
    Matthew 25 Groundswell Cafe
    201 3rd Ave SW
    Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
    United States of America
    We are meeting "in-person" at Matthew 25 Groundswell Cafe. Order your breakfast on your way into the meeting, as our guest!
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    Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids Sunrise
    PO Box 2841
    Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-2841
    Club 17230  District 5970