Did you know that there are 8 Rotary clubs in the Cedar Rapids Metro area? Metro Club Updates & Upcoming Events
- Daybreak - Highlights: 4 new members in August. We had a great time playing kickball with the kids from 4 Oaks at Jon Cushing Field on the 4 Oaks Campus. Jon Cushing is a former Daybreaker that passed away unexpectedly in 2014. Jon was a longtime, dedicated member of Daybreak. The club has invested a lot of time and money into the field named in his honor.
- Upcoming speakers:
- Oct 07, 2023, Joe Wiegand, 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt
- Oct 13, 2023, Esther Chen, Taiwan Exchange Student
- Oct 20, 2023, Antonio Chalmers, 2nd Annual Iowa Music Awards - T1 Entertainment
- Oct 27, 2023, Samantha Rodgers, “Stay awhile, won’t you” - Employee Retention
- Upcoming speakers:
- Downtown – Events-
- Four-Way Taste & Toast Dessert Auction (Monday, December 18th, 2023, at 12pm): this event is a dessert auction fundraiser benefiting Mission of Hope. We will be collecting dessert donations and during the event, attendees purchase raffle tickets and place them in the jars of the desserts that they would like to win. Winners for each dessert item are announced at the conclusion of the event.
- Grand Impact Event (Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024): our club will be hosting the Grand Impact event again this year, where 50 companies donate $2,000 each to total $100,000 that will be given away to the nonprofit garnering the most votes that afternoon. An independent panel of judges narrows down the nonprofit applicants to three finalists, and those three finalists present to representatives of the donating companies the night of the event where one nonprofit is voted on as the winner.
- Rotarians in the Rough Golf Outing (Monday, June 10th, 2024): our club will be hosting the second year of this golf outing fundraiser at Hunter's Ridge golf course
- Downtown Upcoming Programs Schedule:
- Monday, October 2, John Schultz; Unique Rotary Story
- Monday, October 9, NO MEETING, Columbus Day
- Monday, October 16, Micki Feldman; From Cedar Rapids to Wimbledon
- Monday, October 23, Dr. Chad Overman; Delta Dental Free Clinic
- Monday, October 30, CMC Community Sponsorship Program, Immigrant
- Linn County –
- Oct 11th, Jim Petersen, Xicotepec Project
- Oct 25th, Social and Project Planning
- Marion/East Cedar Rapids –
- Oct 03, 2023, Dr. Ryan Steen, Frey Pet Hospital
- Oct 10, 2023, Robin Boudreaux and Ali Maahs, No Foot Too Small
- Oct 17, 2023, Lindsey Gruber, Business Development Coordinator, Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
- Oct 24, 2023 Jed Eichorn, Founder and CEO, Little Sports Torts
- Oct 31, 2023, 5th Tuesday - OFF-SITE AT MEDCO, Brady Quinn, Business Retention & Small Business Specialist
- Metro North –
- Oct 05, 2023, 11:30 AM, Emma Ritter & Ron Slagle, Honor*Respect
- Oct 12, 2023, 11:30 AM, Nikee Woods, Apple Creek Canine Resort Marion
- Oct 19, 2023, 11:30 AM, Service Project - Kim Hanna with YPN, Diaper packaging
- Oct 26, 2023, 11:30 AM, Jennifer Borcherding, Four Oaks/CR School Board Vote
- Prairie Gateway - Moved our meetings to the CCSD District Office. Prairie Edge/4 Oaks is undergoing updates, new construction. The address is 8005 Prairie Spirit Lane Drive SW. Focus on our Club History and increasing membership for this year.
- October 6th, working with new members.
- October 20th, Dr. Doug Wheeler, Superintendent of Schools; College Community Schools
- October 27th, Board meeting at Village Tap.
- Sunrise –
- Thursday, October 5th, Joe Wiegand; Theodore Roosevelt Reprisor, Rotary Goodwill Ambassador
- Thursday, October 12, Ed Leighton Cyber Security - How to Keep your Data Safe
- Thursday, October 19, Rotary social hour and idea sharing.
- Thursday, October 26, Samantha Rogers Skywalk Group Retaining Employees “Stay a While Won’t You”
- West –
- Oct 04, 2023, John Wasta, Rotary Foundation - What do they do again?
- Oct 11, 2023, Linda McCann, author, "Lost Towns of Linn County"
- Oct 18, 2023, Peter Teahen, Flight to End Polio
- Oct 25, 2023, Club Service Project - No Meeting