Welcome to Holland Noon Rotary Club
Holland

Service Above Self Since 1920

We meet In Person
Thursdays at 12:10 p.m.
Boatwerks Waterfront Restaurant
216 Van Raalte Ave
Holland, MI 49423
United States of America
1st, 4th, and 5th Thursdays of the month are luncheon meetings. The 2nd week of the month is a service activity. The 3rd week is an evening social gathering.
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October 29, 2026 Committee Meetings
For this week, we will be sitting at tables for lunch by committee. Instead of a program, we will be having some committee discussion as a follow-up to our visioning of last year.
 
Those who serve on more than one committee can choose one or move between their committees. 
 
Committees are: 

Youth Services (Chair: Jim White) 
International Service Committee (Chair Kathy DeVries)
 Membership (Jim Crozier)
Sergeant at Arms (David Meier)
Program Committee (Lori Varner)
Communications/PR (John Hoekstra)
-Community Service (Mike Moraw) 
 
Last week at Holland Rotary - Oct 22, 2026

Communications in Ottawa County

Scott Vanderburg is one of several communications specialists who work for Ottawa County. He is from West Michigan and received a Photography and Film degree from GVSU. His main job requirement is to help the politicians make connections with the voters. This requires the following.

  • Information - What? This is judged by accuracy.
  • Motivation - Why? This is judged by emotional content that spurs action.
  • Transparentation (made-up word) - Trust? Accessibility of information to citizens.
  • Presentation - Who? Judged by relatability to government officials.
  • Entertation (another made-up word) - Competition for attention. This is judged by engagement.

Without good communication from government, you can get caught in a doom loop.

→ distrust → disengagement |

^negative experiences ← poorly informed decisions

Scott tries to break this loop by crafting messages that lead to the intended action, tailored to the audience and in an appropriate format.

The strategy is to: reach a diverse audience, make good content, show the people behind the work, and explain complex issues.

The county has 22,000 followers on Facebook and 5,000 viewers on TikTok (which they have only been using for a year).

Holland Rotary Seeks to Outfit Hospitals in Kenya

Image 1 of 1The Holland Rotary Noon Club and Holland After Hours Club are seeking donors and partners for a Rotary Global Grant to equip three medical facilities in Kenya with critical, lifesaving equipment. Population growth and aging or absent equipment severely strain local healthcare capacity. Urban hospitals face extreme overcrowding—often forcing four to five patients to share a single bed—while rural facilities lack the resources to acquire, maintain, or replace medical tools across geographically spread communities.
 

See what the needs are at https://app.givegrove.com/medicalequipmentfundraiser. Click on Fund A Need (top right of the page) to read the details.

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Speakers
Club Committee Reports
Oct 29, 2026
Bob Nida
Nov 05, 2026
Foundation Month
Barbara Lee Van Horrsen
Dec 03, 2026
Momentum Center Update
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October is Economic and Community Development Month