Valentines with Darel Leipold

Our Program on Valentine’s Day, February 14^th, was presented by Darel Leipold, and commemorated the day.

Darel began his talk with a description of the legends of the day, and how the custom of gifts and greetings began. He then talked about the development of the Valentine Card, and had samples of many of the early types which he showed the audience.

 

He closed with a number of cards specially made for his friends in the club.

 

STRIVE:  On Thursday February 16^th Dave Peterka presented on Financial Management and Planning.  Dave helped the students understand the importance of credit scores, wise use and security of credit cards, the importance of practiced saving and cautions about debt and student loan debts.  This is a great eye-opener for our STRIVE kids!

 

From “The Rotarian” The fittest kids in the world are Tanzanian according to a study conducted by  ”British Journal of Sports Medicine”. 1.1 million children were tested in 50 nations, and the top five included Iceland, Estonia, Norway and Japan, The US placed 47^th out of 50. Mexico placed last in this study.