Bell Ringing is set for December 23 from 10am to 6pm. Please sign-up here.
NOTE: Our WEDNESDAY, November 15th meeting will be hosted by the Lions Club at Immanuel Lutheran Church 1237 E. Coolspring Ave, Michigan City. Click here for directions.
This is a Joint Meeting hosted by Lions Club at Immanuel Lutheran Church 1237 E. Coolspring Ave, Michigan City.
Ron has a unique and integral knowledge of each city department and every city entity. He knows how the city works because he has been active in Michigan City government for many years. He has 25 years combined experience in city government: 8 years on the Michigan City Council, three times president of the City Council, 6 years on the Human Rights Commission, and he served as a Michigan City municipal employee for 20 years. In addition to his city experience, one of Ron's first jobs was with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources working offshore on Lake Michigan. It was there that he grew to be a defender and advocate for Lake Michigan, our most important natural resource.
Ron has lived in Michigan City for 50 years and has been married to his wife Agnes for 19 years. They have five children and they all attended Michigan City public schools. Ron went through the entire Michigan City Area School system: grade school, middle school, and graduated from Rogers High School in 1982. In fact, many of his family members went to Elston, which is the first high school in Michigan City. Ron's uncle, Newt Meer, was the Athletic Director at Elston for many years. Ron affirms, "There is a lot of Elston Red Devil blood that is still running strong in Michigan City."
Rotary's fifth annual World Polio Day event co-hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation brought together more than 100,000 viewers from around the world for a global update from health experts and celebrities on their progress to eradicate polio. If you missed the livestream, you can still view a recording.
On 18 November, Rotary General Secretary John Hewko and a team of Rotary staff will join Rotary Senior Leaders, members from Arizona, and around the world in El Tour de Tucson to raise funds for polio eradication. The team has set a fundraising goal of $10 million, including the 2-to-1 match from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.Read a blog post from a member of the team, and learn how you can support the effort.
Magdalena Zurita, a Rotary Peace Fellow at International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan, is completing her applied field study in Bolivia. In May, Skype calls and email exchanges connected her to another Peace Fellow who has been working in the country for years. Through Rotary, aspiring leaders are coming together to take action and promote peace.
Pathways to Peace Series: Peace in the Age of Uncertainty
The 21st century has ushered in an era of rapid and at times incomprehensible change. Citizens in communities great and small are living in a near constant state of social, political, economic and cultural upheaval. Simply put, people no longer feel safe and secure in their lives. From crime on the streets of Chicago to human rights violations in Syria and unending war in Afghanistan, people are increasingly convinced that the world is falling apart. The reality is that in many ways, the world is healthier, more prosperous and more peaceful than at any time in history. Thus we face the paradox of a world that is both turbulent and tranquil at the same time. How do we calm the unrest, spread prosperity and show that the world can be, and in fact is, a better place to live?
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Pathways to Peace Series: Peace in the Age of Uncertainty
