Community Grant 2018-2019

• 2018-2019 community service grant: working with the WL Park & Rec department regarding a new piece playground equipment for Kimberly Park…UPDATE – PIECE HAS BEEN INSTALLED, follow link here for pictures on update.

Signature Projects 2018-2019

• Operation Warm – providing nearly 300 new winter coats to children in need in the West Liberty School District.
• Digging Water Wells in Haiti – donation of $2,000
• Ongoing support of WLHS Interact club – throughout the calendar year
• Highway Cleanup – Fall and Spring activity
• Distribution of Christmas Care Boxes – December activity

Activities of 2018-2019

• Picnic in the Park – July 15th, 2018 – serving turkey legs, ice cream and water – raised money for planting trees along the Hoover Nature Trail in West Liberty
• July 18 – 22 Muscatine County Fair Food stand – sold out  OF turkey legs and turkey tender sandwiches- also assisted the WL Interact club selling Yotty Bars, other ice cream and over 800 corn dogs
• July 28 – RAGBRAI food stand – partnered with the Rotary Iowa City Downtown Club to raise funds for Prevent Child Abuse Iowa staying locally in Muscatine and Johnson County.
• Blood drive – sponsoring on Aug 6th from 2-7 pm at the WL Community Center 
• WLCSD Staff Back-to-School lunch (Aug 22)
• Provided corn hole game and distributed children’s books at the West Liberty Children’s Festival (Sept 15)
• Planted 4 trees along the Hoover Nature Trail in West Liberty (Sept 18)
• PUBLIC FORUM 6:30 p.m. on October 2, 2018- Prof. Carolyn Colvin, UI College of Education. Citizenship classes and youth mentorship in West Liberty.
• Installed playground equipment @ Kimberly Park (Oct 13th and 16th)

Financial Support Provided 2018-2019:

·       Shop with a Cop 2018 West Liberty

·       Reading Celebration literacy program at WL Elementary School grades 1 – 5 and a literacy related project at preK and Kindergarten

·       Rotary District polio eradication statue at Blank Children’s Hospital, Des Moines

·       Two scholarships for WLHS graduates

·       Support for two children living at Casa Hogar in Manzanillo, Mexico

Past Community Grants

• Ron-de-Voo Park
• Wapsi Park shelter and Trash Bins for Downtown West Liberty
• Solar lighting on trail

Past Projects

Rotary Booth at Iowa State Fair

Group Study Exchange Hosts

Cookies with Santa Sponsorship

Middle School Dictionary Project

National Special Olympics Sponsorship and Volunteering

Sign at Main Entrance to West Liberty High School

Kids Against Hunger Food Drive

Project Green at Mini-Parks in West Liberty

Kitchen Equipment for Casa Hogar Los Angelitos Orphanage in Manzanillo, Mexico

School Bus for Casa Hogar Los Angelitos Orphanage in Manzanillo, Mexico

Supplied 200 corndogs to PTO Back-to-School Bash (Aug 19, 2017)

Hosted a community forum on human trafficking (Sept 5th, 2017 & June 12th, 2018)

Game at Children’s Festival (Sept 16, 2017)

Sold Yotty bars at Fire Dept Train Ride (Sept 30, 2017)

One Rotary Summit hosted by WL Rotary club (Oct 3, 2018)

Highway Cleanup (Oct 21, 2017 & April 21, 2018)

World Polio Day:  collection of funds at football game and club meetings.  Viewing short polio videos.

Ongoing activities with youth exchange during the 2017-2018 student Elisa and outbound 2018-19 student Evren

Purchased bicycles, winter coats, “I Can Read” DVDs, made a donation to hurricane relief, and supported the showing of “Wonder” at the New Strand for all middle school students.

A team from our club participated in the Iowa City A.M. Rotary Club Trivia Night fundraiser to benefit Table to Table.

Co-hosted a gubernatorial forum with the Democratic Party candidates for Governor of Iowa

Distribution of Christmas Care Boxes

International Children’s Day Food Stand [/one_half_first]