Prayer: Kay Winkelman Quote of the Week: Mark Wicks
Guests: Jim Coloff and Jamie Nelson, North Iowa Broadcasting
Secretary's Report: 31 members present
Treasurer's Report: None
Honors and Illnesses:
A special collection was held during the meeting to support a new initiative from the Charles City Community Schools designed to help students and families that are temporarily homeless. $500 was collected - thank you for your generosity!
Announcements:
Rotary Lights Road Trip - Dec. 8 - The Club will take a group road trip to see the Rotary Lights in LaCross. There are a couple of open seats if you still want to go - See Linda.
Call Santa Project - Dec. 14 - The Club will once again host a Santa hotline for kids to call Santa from 1-4pm. Male voices are needed to be Santa and any voices are need to be elves or Mrs. Claus. See Chris Garden to sign up and share the Facebook event to help spread the word!
Christmas Caroling - Dec. 17 - The Club will go caroling to the hospital and care centers starting at 5pm. The group will end for dinner and social at Pizza Ranch about 6:15pm. A signup sheet will be available next week so we can get a headcount.
Salvation Army Bell Ringing - Dec. 19 at K-Mart - This list is full, but see Kay if you would like to pair up with someone already on the list. This is certainly more fun with more than one person!
Soup Supper - Jan. 18 - The soup committee has started meeting. See Kay if you would like to join in the planning for this event.
Rotary Radio Auction - Feb. 1. - Keep the auction in mind as you start your holiday shopping! You can now start taking items to Circle K. We will start promoting the auction items on Jan. 2.
Meal Opt-Outs are due for next quarter -January through June the meals will be provided by Daves. A menu is coming soon. Please turn in your meal opt-out forms by December 30.
Charles City Singers and Chamber Orchestra Concert - Sunday, December 8 at 2pm- See Marcie or other singers or orchestra member for tickets. More info here
CCHS Choir will be our program next Monday. Remember guests are welcome!
Holiday Meeting Schedule -
December 23 - NO MEETING December 30 - Regular meeting
Fun & Frolic: Chris Garden lead us in a round of the A, B, Cs of thankfulness. We have a lot to be thankful for!
Program: This week's program was presented by Jim Coloff with North Iowa Broadcasting. Charles City's 1580 AM is celebrating 70 years on the air! Jim shared some of the current changes and trends in radio including new products like digital AM and radio DVR as well as new happenings at the location station with the return of Chris Berg in the morning, local alumn Cater Melrose joining the team and expanded sports programming. We also learn a bit about music licensing.
The Rotary Motto is "Service Above Self." The first motto of Rotary International, “He Profits Most Who Serves Best," was approved in August 1911. The phrase was first stated by a Chicago Rotarian, Art Sheldon, who made a speech in 1910 which included the remark, "He profits most who serves his fellows best." At about the same time, Ben Collins, president of the Rotary Club of Minneapolis, Minnesota, commented that the proper way to organize a Rotary club was through the principle his club had adopted-"Service, Not Self." These two slogans, slightly modified, were formally approved to be the official mottoes of Rotary at the 1950 Convention in Detroit- "He Profits Most Who Serves Best" and "Service Above Self." The 1989 Council on Legislation established "Service Above Self" as the principal motto of Rotary since it best explains the philosophy of unselfish volunteer service.
