Club President Jessica O'Brien will be bringing a few decks of playing cards to the meetings in February, and the goal is to collect as many cards as possible. At the end of the month, make the best possible poker hand from the cards you've received, and the best hand will win a $50 gas card!
Here's how you get cards:
Attend a regular lunch meeting in February = receive 1 card Attend the Thirsty Thursday event in February = receive 1 card Bring a guest to a Rotary meeting = receive 1 card Bring a book to donate to the book drive = receive 1 card Make a $20 donation to my memorial bench project = receive 1 card Make a $50 donation to Rotary International = receive 2 cards Sponsor a new member who joins during February = receive 2 cards Additional cards may be given out by the Sarge each week at their discretion
"Ignite the Region: A Regional Strategy for Economic Transformation" Information and Update
In late 2017, multiple organizations and communities in Northwest Indiana launched an ambitious effort to develop the first economic development strategic plan for the seven-county region, including Lake, Porter, La Porte, Newton, Jasper, Pulaski, and Starke. TIP Strategies was engaged in February 2018 to facilitate the planning process and to develop the planning documents. Over the course of eight months, a broad coalition of regional partners and stakeholders came together to guide and inform this initiative. The end product—Ignite the Region: A Regional Strategy for Economic Transformation—was presented to the public in September 2018. Heather Ennis will come and present on that plan and all that had happened in our region since September 2018.
With a new peace center at Makerere University in Uganda, a complete reimagining of the professional development certificate program, and ambitious plans for the future, Rotary's peace program is advancing the push for global harmony. Read about the changes to the program, including the launch of the first peace center in Africa. Apply now for the class of 2021-22.
The Rotary Club of Manila Magic and the Rotaract Club of Manila inaugurated monthly medical visits at a child care center in Tondo, one of their city’s most crowded and hardscrabble slums. The program taps volunteer professionals, including five doctors. Hundreds of patients have benefited from the visits and from medicines purchased by Rotarians and their families. Read more in our monthly roundup of club activities.
Rotarians in the coastal community of Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia, answered the call when the country’s brushfires began burning close to home. Contacted by Emergency Management Services to help, club members provided meals for volunteer firefighters for a month and sorted and distributed relief supplies once the fires were contained.
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Heather Ennis, President & CEO, NWI Forum
With a new peace center at Makerere University in Uganda, a complete reimagining of the professional development certificate program, and ambitious plans for the future, Rotary's peace program is advancing the push for global harmony. Read about the changes to the program, including the launch of the first peace center in Africa. Apply now for the class of 2021-22.
The Rotary Club of Manila Magic and the Rotaract Club of Manila inaugurated monthly medical visits at a child care center in Tondo, one of their city’s most crowded and hardscrabble slums. The program taps volunteer professionals, including five doctors. Hundreds of patients have benefited from the visits and from medicines purchased by Rotarians and their families. Read more in our monthly roundup of club activities.
Rotarians in the coastal community of Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia, answered the call when the country’s brushfires began burning close to home. Contacted by Emergency Management Services to help, club members provided meals for volunteer firefighters for a month and sorted and distributed relief supplies once the fires were contained.
