Remembering Martin Luther King Luncheon on 1/19/2009 at 11:30 a.m.

Received the following from the United Way of East Central Iowa today...



Remembering Martin Luther King Luncheon
United Way of East Central Iowa and the Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids, will honor 19 area students at the annual Remembering Martin Luncheon on Monday, January 19, from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm at the Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hotel, 350 First Avenue NE, in Cedar Rapids. The keynote speaker for the event is Akwi Nji-Dawson, Language Arts Instructor and Director of The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success.

The luncheon is open to the community. Cost is $9 per person and reservations must be made by Wednesday, January 14. If you would like to attend, please RSVP at 398-5372, ext. 36 or jsweeney@uweci.org.

The luncheon commemorates the life and vision of Dr. King by recognizing student leaders who demonstrate his honorable characteristics through their volunteer work, school attendance and positive behavior. One student from each middle school and high school in the Cedar Rapids area is selected for this award by their school administration. Click here to view the MLK Luncheon poster.

Also, from the desk of Robin Tucker: we want to remind you of an event at 7 p.m. at St. Paul's UMC in Cedar Rapids:

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration at St. Paul’s UMC

The St. Paul's UMC event is not a Luncheon and no reservations are requested. Celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday and day of service.

Robin Tucker

January 5, 2009: One of my New Year's Resolutions

One of My New Year's Resolutions for 2009: Better Health Choices

• AlegentHealth When the Heart Stops Beating: http://tinyurl.com/7ho69h


• AlegentHealth Health Tip: Help Prevent Toy Injuries: http://tinyurl.com/9y85z7


• AlegentHealth Health Tip: Budget Your Calories: http://tinyurl.com/78x7k6


• gwredcross Just launched NEW & IMPROVED online training for CPR, First Aid and many other courses at http://www.grantwood-redcross.org/

Like the Switch program promoted by the Cedar Rapids Community Schools. Learn more about Switch on WMT Radio 600 on Tuesday, January 6, 2009.

Robin Tucker

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January 4: Happy Birthday Julie

Agree, Happy New Year Everyone

My mother passed on her New Year's Day Resolutions recently... We truly wish everyone a great 2009 as we remember the good, the bad, and the ugly of 2008.

• The Good: Family, Community, Rotary, Church
• The Bad: the Economic and Financial Crisis: locally, nationally and globally
• The Ugly: the Flood of 2008, Greed in the World, Crime, War, Poverty and Hate

Enjoying a lovely day at home with family to kick off the New Year. I am watching New Year's Day college bowl games, making some calls or texts to friends and family, while doing some IT work from home mixing it up with a variety of chatter.

Congratulations to the University of Iowa football team in their 2009 Outback Bowl victory today over the University of South Carolina in Tampa, FL to kick off the January 1 college bowl games today. Iowa defeated South Carolina 31-10 and should be a very competitive team again in 2009. RT

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A Family Tradition of New Year's Resolutions

Over the years, my mother would often hand us a sheet of paper on New Year's Day during our family's New Year's Day dinner.

She would give a piece of paper to all her guests with the following writing on it, written straight down the left side of the 8-1/2 x 11 sheet of paper...

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Using the beginning letter, the guest can make a New Year's Resolution statement for each letter, by creating a sentence using each beginning letter for each resolution. By the way, she often would do the same for Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas at other holiday events that my mother has hosted over the years. A mother's tradition of New Year's Resolutions and Holiday cheer... one of the many Tucker family traditions celebrated over the years.

Over the years, I have walked away with the believe that Making New Year's Resolutions is healthy, whether one is either formal or informal about it. I hope you appreciated today's reflection. Most importantly, Happy New Year...

Respectfully submitted by Robin Tucker.

Merry Christmas Everyone

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

http://twitter.com/robin_tucker

Peace

Update on Robin B. Tucker

The Flood of 2008 for Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA was certainly the event of the year for Cedar Rapids and the State of Iowa.

I joined twitter, http://twitter.com/robin_tucker
Name: Robin B Tucker
Location Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA
Bio 3rd generation entrepreneur and Rotarian. Service Above Self is the motto of rotary.org; What are you up to today?

Just 140 characters...

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