Len Froyen Shares Gratitude

Wednesday, November 27, 2019 - One of the most interesting people in the locality, Len Froyen, authored a book entitled “Gratitude: Affirming One Another through Stories” which gave insight on the topic. Len said that everyone wants to write a good story and everyone is a story. Our relationships with others and being accepted by them as well, makes a great quality of life. We come in contact with many good people and we need to take time to pause and contemplate about what their voices say and the wisdom it brings. We should take some quiet time and dwell on the ultimate virtue of gratitude. We can never take too much for granted on the higher plateau of gratitude. Written by Lynn Barnes

Sustainable Development Goals Support Our Planet's Survival

November 20, 2019 - As the planet’s population grows and uses available resources, we have to use what we have wisely and to the best use. Dr. Leigh Zeitz, professor of Instructional Technology at the University of Northern Iowa, presented us with a discussion of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. These goals aim to find global solutions to create a world that has no pollution, no world hunger, no abject poverty, good health, quality education for all, gender equality, and 11 more problems in today's world to reach a total of 17 goals. One hundred and ninety-one countries of the 193 countries on the planet signed this proposal to address these goals and strive to reach the outcome by 2030.

The Sustainable Development Goals provide a good framework for working hard to make the world a sustainable place. This could provide a forward-looking structure for organizing and selecting the service projects that our club chooses to do. We should organize our program using this framework and give our work to improve the world more direction.

Productive Business Meeting Today!

 GREAT MINDS
AT WORK

We had a productive business meeting today.  Many issues were considered and multitudes of problems were solved.

"Now if only we could find some more sponsors, we would be able to help more kids in the Cedar Valley"

We have divided the work between four committees.  Here is the list of members for each of the committees. Contact these teams if you have any specific questions or suggestions for furthering our club's goals.