Washington Community School District Foundation

Last week Susan Wellington's guest was Jeff Cuddeback who spoke to us about the Washington Community School District Foundation.
Jeff is currently president for the Washington CSD Foundation and wanted to bring awareness to the foundation.  Founded in 1994, the Washington CSD Foundation seeks to bridge the gap between what taxes and other public funds provide and what the school and it's students are still needing to receive the finest education possible.  The Washington CSD Foundation works independently from the school district and board.  Currently the Foundation is providing scholarships to graduating students ranging from Ag to Music Scholarships.

Jeff Cuddeback and Susan Wellington

Jeff would love to see the Foundation and it's ability to impact the Washington CSD students grow. 

Jeff discussing his involvement with the Washington CSD Foundation.

Thank you , Jeff , for presenting all this great information to our group!

Upcoming Events:
June
20: TBA
26: Awards Dinner @ Country Club - 6pm
27: No Meeting!
July
4: No Meeting - Independence Day
11: Kurt Sorenson
18: Sue Basten

The Purple Martins

This past week we had a great presentation about purple martins by Randy Fehr's guest, Adam Todd.  Adam is a Washington High School grad (class of 2017) and is currently working for the Department of Natural Resources at Lake Darling.  He is also currently taking classes at Des Moines Community College.
Adam shared with us that the purple martin is the largest member of the swallow family.  They are also 100% dependent on humans for housing.  Adam helps maintain and monitor the purple martin houses at Lake Darling and his grandfathers house!  Purple martins are a popular bird that people encourage to their properties because they eat so many insects. 

Adam Todd presenting on the purple martins

Purple martins typically return to Iowa in March/April and leave around late July/early August.  Even though they are only here for a short time, they have many fans in Iowa!

Adam Todd and Randy Fehr

Upcoming Events:

June 

13: Ed Lins

20: TBA

26: Awards Dinner @ Country Club - 6pm

27: No Meeting

July

4: Independence Day - No Meeting

11: Kurt Sorenson

The Village Community

This past week we had a great presentation from Todd Kurtz on The Village Community.  Todd is Cheryl Kurtz's son and is one of the founding families for The Village Community outside of Iowa City.  The Village Community is a place that provides services and support for individuals with intellectual disabilities.  The Village was started in 2013 and has provided excellent day therapy and after school care for several individuals and families for the past 6 years.  They have also received outstanding remarks on any review of their services and even CARF Accreditation.

Todd and Cheryl Kurtz

Todd gave us a great overview and it was wonderful to hear all the great things The Village Community is doing!

Todd Kurtz speaking on The Village Community

We also have to give a HUGE thank you to Gary Murphy for volunteering for Family Day last weekend for Ridiculous Days!  Thank you, Gary, for supervising the pony rides and representing our club last week!  Also, thank you to Michelle Redlinger for the great photo!

Gary supervising the pony rides for Ridiculous Days 2019 

Upcoming Events:
June
6: Randy Fehr
13: Ed Lins
20:
26: Awards Dinner @ Country Club
27: No Meeting