After 40 years of service, Todd Eipperle has retired from the US Army Reserves and all Rotarians are invited to attend an open house reception in his honor on Saturday, November 11th, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Magee's Irish Pub & Eatery - The King's Head, 1610 SW Main St. There will be a short program at 3:00 PM. Plan to attend and help honor fellow Rotarian Todd Eipperle.
The committee for the 2024 Ankeny Rotary fundraiser has decided there will be two "Paddle Raisers" at the"Ankeny Rotary Runs for the Roses" to be held on May 4, 2024. The two organizations selected will be given two complimentary tickets to the event and will be asked to make a brief presentation to describe their mission. The auctioneer will then ask the guests to raise their paddles to make donations to these two organizations and the total funds raised will be split equally between the two.
Club members are invited to nominate a non-profit to be one of these paddle raisers by completing a nomination form that will be available at the weekly meeting on October 10th. All nominations are to be forwarded to Noel Fiscus at Noel@fiscusdiamond.com prior to November 15, 2023. Club members will then have the opportunity to vote on the nominations to make the selection of the two paddle raisers for the fundraiser.
President Steve SchraderBachar announced at the meeting on October 3rd that Jenny Fields has agreed to become the Club President for the 2026-2027 Rotary year. She will follow Kent Patterson, 2024-2025 and Brandon Converse, 2025-2026. Jenny is the Associate Director of Relationship Events for the Iowa Alzheimer's Association and is currently serving on the Club's Board of Directors as the Chair of the Public Relations Committee.
Ankeny's 2023-2024 Rotary Youth Exchange student, Sofia Aberturas Puga was the guest speaker at the noon Rotary meeting on Tuesday, October 24th and also spoke to the Evening Club on October 31st.. She is attending Ankeny Centennial High School and is in the 11th grade. Sofia’s first host family is Steve and Brenda Wieneke. The second will be the Bill and Victoria Ogier's family. The final will be the Jason and Jacquelyn Duke's family.
Sofia shared her experiences, in Iowa, so far, including getting to attend her first homecoming. In her home city of Madrid, Spain, her school doesn't have homecoming or prom and she was looking forward to experiencing that here in the US. Sofia also shared much about her culture, family and local Rotary club. Sofia enjoys volleyball, basketball, cooking, hanging out with friends, and trying new foods. She is very much looking forward to attending a 28 day United States bus tour along with other Rotary exchange students in mid-June through mid-July 2024.next summer.
Ankeny Rotarians attended a Halloween social, in full costume, at Magee's Irish Pub on October 24th. The Grim Reaper was recognized as being the best costume. Then several members wore costumes to the noon meeting on Halloween, October 31st.
Joseph Herst, the Director of Development for Special Olympics, Iowa was inducted into the Rotary Club of Ankeny on October 3, 2023. He was sponsored for membership by Brandon Converse.
William C. Strong, was inducted into the Rotary Club of Ankeny on October 24th. He is a Partner in the law firm of Lamberti, Kilian Luetje, & Strong and will be an additional member of the corporate membership in the Club. Laura Kilian Luetje, Managing Partner, was an Active member of the club and will be the primary contact for the corporate member.
On Friday, November 3, 2023 the Rotary Club of Ankeny Evening hosted 8 guests for a Murder Mystery Dinner at the home of Steve & Brenda Wieneke. This was a silent auction item from the Fundraiser last April. Doug Beech and friends had a great time!
The theme was Mardi Gras and the guests had fun trying to figure out who the murderer was. The guests dressed in costumes which made the night even more fun. A special thank you to Noel & Amanda Fiscus, Victoria & Bill Ogier, Marie Kline, Sofia Aberturas, and Steve & Brenda Wieneke for helping host this event. Also a special thank you to Cathy Maher and Ann & Doug Wright for donating items for the evening.
We were down to eleven cards left in the deck and Hans Hoeksema had his number drawn. He chose to gamble on drawing one of the cards instead of choosing the sure $10 gift card from Tim's Amoco. His gamble paid off when he drew the Jocker and won the pot worth $250. Then when a second ticket was drawn for the gift card, Hans had that winning tickets too!! Congratulations Hans!!!
The Rotary Club of Ankeny will be ringing bells for our local Salvation Army units this holiday season onSaturday, December 9that the South Ankeny Hy-Vee, 2510 SW State St., from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM. The Evening Club will be ringing the bell at the North HyVee. We would like two people to sign up for each shift. You can sign up your spouse, child, co-worker, or a friend to work with you, as long as there is at least one adult for each shift. Please include the best phone number to reach you. To sign up, you can go to the Sign-Up-Genius link below or put you name on the sign-up sheet that will be available at the next few Rotary meetings.
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