15th Anniversary

District Governor, Waukee Rotarians, Rotarians, Family and Friends, thank you for joining us today to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the chartering of the Rotary Club of Waukee.  It is great to see so many of you here this morning. I have received apologies from members who are out in Washington DC with the annual Greater Des Moines partnership, or who were unable to be here with us.

In 1999 on May 18th our club was chartered and the club had weekly Thursday meetings at Immanuel Lutheran Church. These 15 years we have built on the work of our previous leaders and our Waukee Rotary Club is  what it is today because each president has picked up the baton and through the changes the Club has evolved in a positive way. 

Today I would like to honor and congratulate  7 of the original members in our club:

Craig Butterfield

John Wemer

Paul Kerkhoff

Jim Riordan

Mike Stifel

Roger Schlaefer

Dave Horner

Thank you and congratulations. Would all of our presidents stand up now and let us show you our appreciation. To honor them, we have a certificate for each of the charter members and presidents to commemorate his or her service.

I have asked all our past president to e mail me a memory or highlight of their year in office and  you will find those memories on our club runner web page(www.waukeerotary.org). I encourage you to spend a few minutes reading the highlights.

It’s a dutch tradition that when a person has a birthday or anniversary , everyone congratulates all that person’s family members. Because I am Dutch, I am going to congratulate every Waukee Rotarian for the Club’s 15th anniversary.

There is a framed certificate for each one of you, which we are going to distribute now. 

You should all congratulate your selfs on the growth of a great club and our 15th anniversary.

Erna Morain,

President 2013/14

Rotary Club of Waukee