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Indianola Country Club

1610 Country Club Road
Indianola, IA 50125
United States of America

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Service Above Self

Julie Masters was a friend who served our Rotary Club board meetings at Crouse Cafe for many years. We were sad to hear that health conditions took her so early in life. In recognition of her "Service Above Self", Rotary Club of Indianola, along with Indianola Parks and Rec, planted a Kentucky Coffee Tree at Pickard Park, next to the All-Inclusive Playground, on May 31st, 2024.

End Polio

Together We End Polio

Eradicating polio is Rotary's top humanitarian priority. Since Rotary and our partners formed the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988, the incidence of wild polio cases has decreased by 99.9%. But polio anywhere in the world puts children everywhere at risk. Learn about why it’s so important that we maintain our efforts to end polio and how you can take action. Ending Polio

October 24th is "World Polio Day".

Help Rotarians around the world eradicate this disease from our planet.

Donate To End Polio

RI President's Message

Presidential Message

Stephanie A. Urchick

President 2024-25

October 2024

With World Polio Day on 24 October, I’m proudly rooting for Rotary as we team up around the world to End Polio Now.

I had the honor of attending a Strike Out Polio event in July at PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates MLB team. The Rotary Club of Delmont-Salem hosted the event, which raised $1.3 million for PolioPlus.

Later in the summer, I joined members of our Rotary family in supporting the Más Millas Menos Polio (More Miles Less Polio) bike ride. Felipe Meza Chávez and his team rode all the way from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, to One Rotary Center in Evanston, Illinois, to raise money and awareness. The ride took 12 days, and Felipe and his team collected more than $100,000 to support the fight against polio. It was a joy to greet them as they arrived in Evanston.

And I was thrilled to see Team End Polio raise global awareness around the 2024 Paris Olympics. This world-class roster of athletes, global leaders, and polio eradication supporters came together to advocate for a world where no child has to live in fear of being paralyzed by polio. Some of the athletes on Team End Polio are polio survivors themselves, adding weight to their advocacy.

Highlighting our Community

A Dictionary and 3rd Grade Students

What a joy it is to be in a school, standing in front of 4 classes of 3rd Grade Students and see the reaction when they are told there is going to be a test. Maybe you are one of those past students? What do you suppose went through those young minds when hearing the word test and not knowing what the topic of the test would be???

As a member of Rotary Club of Indianola, it has been a privilege to help distribute over 5,500 personal dictionaries to Indianola 3rd Grade students over the past 20 years. What a joy it is to listen to their discovery of the "Longest Word" or "Sign Language" or the Planets.

We take for granted, today, that the technology we carry around in our pockets is all we need, yet it is from books that we learn. Today, I do more reading online or listening to books online. Why? Because the technology allows me to take multiple books and resources with me where ever I go. But I'm still reading a Book!

Oh, about the test? Look up the word 'vex'....... our parting words? "Don't Vex your teacher today!"

If your child is in elementary school, engage them every day. What books did they read today? Sit down and read a book with them....It is a life-use they will never out grow.

The Warren County Helping Hand

Warren County Helping Hand Food Pantry

Current Needs

Dish Soap
Canned Soup
Pasta Sauce
Peanut Butter
Cereal

Help us help The Helping Hand.

Follow the QR Code to donate funds that can be used to purchase needed grocery items for local residents.

The Helping Hand is located at 107 E Clinton Ave. Indianola.

Rotary Youth Exchange - Local Level

Rotary Club of Indianola has been involved with Rotary Youth Exchange since the 1960's. When travel restrictions and other issues created reluctance by host families to participate the Club was unable to host inbound students. Club officials are working diligently to restart the inbound program for the 2024/2025 School year.

Last year our Club approved an application for outbound studies for a local student to study in France. Norah came home in June 2024 with a new perspective and appreciation for Rotary.

Candidates for Rotary Youth Exchange are students 15-19 years of age and leaders in their schools and communities.

Rotary Youth Exchange requires long-term planning which makes it advisable to contact Rotary Club of Indianola a year or more before the planned visit.

Contact:

Email: indianolarotary@gmail.com

website: Rotary Club of Indianola

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Object of Rotary

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in
particular, to encourage and foster:

First. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

Second. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

Third. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;

Fourth. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

Rotary International