Wednesday, March 25, 2009
REMINDER INFO March 26
LOCATION: Grand Ballroom, Ramada Inn
PROGRAM: “Some Water Problems in Kansas and India” by John Peck, Lawrence Rotary Club
INVOCATION: Scott Teeter
GUEST INTRODUCTIONS: Wayne Probasco
GREETERS: Paul Fink, Ron Francis, Webb Garlinghouse, Fred Gatlin, Ray Gerstenkorn
CUP MONEY: Benefit Performance for Doorstep & Rescue Mission
(Brigham Young University Ballroom Dance Company)
RECEPTION TABLE: Jane Mackey
MENU: Chicken Diablo, Buttered Linguini, California Blend Vegetables, Rolls & Salad
NEW MEMBER TABLE: Joan Wagnon, Bob Clawson, Dick Knoll
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Youth Exchange: We have one host family for a foreign exchange student from France for the school year 2009-2010 and need one or two more. The student’s name is Pauline Vidal, and she is 16 years old. In addition to French she speaks English and Spanish and she is studying Russian. She plays the saxophone and has many other interests including drama, photography, reading, and art history. Host families do not have to be Rotarians but should live in Shawnee Heights school district or be able to transport Pauline to school there. The commitment would be for a 3 – 5 month period, depending on how many host families we can recruit. For more information see David Beck.
GSE Team is coming to Topeka on April 8-12. The team will visit our club on April 9. Volunteers are needed for host families and drivers. Sign-up sheets for the various functions will be on the tables. Contact is Staci Williams
RYLA is May 31-June 4, 2009 at the University of Kansas Memorial Union, Applications can be downloaded from the district website. Deadline for applications is March 27. Contact is Susan Mauch
Golf Tournament, May 7, Shawnee Country Club, 29th & Adams. The Club Meeting will be held there as well prior to the tournament. Contact is Henry McClure
Joe Casper Memorial
100th Birthday Celebration for Eldon Sloan
2008-09 Club Rosters are available. If you have not picked yours up at a Thursday meeting, top by the office and pick one up.
District Conference, May 1-3, Overland Park Marriott at I-435 & Metcalf
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Meeting Reminder - March 19, 2009
REMINDER INFO March 19
LOCATION: Grand Ballroom, Ramada Inn
PROGRAM: “New Views and Old Favorites” by Jim Richardson, National Geographic Photographer
INVOCATION: Unavailable
GUEST INTRODUCTIONS: Brady Robb
GREETERS: Glenda DuBoise, Sharon Durrell, Alvin Dvorak, Phil Elwood, Gary Ely,
Stewart Entz
CUP MONEY: Benefit Performance for Doorstep & Rescue Mission
(Brigham Young University Ballroom Dance Company)
RECEPTION TABLE: Jennifer haller
MENU: Unavailable
NEW MEMBER TABLE: Roy Browning, Susan Mauch, Andy Chandler
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Youth Exchange: We have one host family for a foreign exchange student from France for the school year 2009-2010 and need one or two more. The student’s name is Pauline Vidal, and she is 16 years old. In addition to French she speaks English and Spanish and she is studying Russian. She plays the saxophone and has many other interests including drama, photography, reading, and art history. Host families do not have to be Rotarians but should live in Shawnee Heights school district or be able to transport Pauline to school there. The commitment would be for a 3 – 5 month period, depending on how many host families we can recruit. For more information see David Beck.
GSE Team is coming to Topeka on April 8-12. The team will visit our club on April 9. Volunteers are needed for host families and drivers. Sign-up sheets for the various functions will be on the tables. Contact is Staci Williams
RYLA is May 31-June 4, 2009 at the University of Kansas Memorial Union, Applications can be downloaded from the district website. Deadline for applications is March 27. Contact is Susan Mauch
Golf Tournament, May 7, Shawnee Country Club, 29th & Adams. The Club Meeting will be held there as well prior to the tournament
2008-09 Club Rosters are available. If you have not picked yours up at a Thursday meeting, stop by the office and pick one up.
District Conference, May 1-3, Overland Park Marriott at I-435 & Metcalf
LOCATION: Grand Ballroom, Ramada Inn
PROGRAM: “New Views and Old Favorites” by Jim Richardson, National Geographic Photographer
INVOCATION: Unavailable
GUEST INTRODUCTIONS: Brady Robb
GREETERS: Glenda DuBoise, Sharon Durrell, Alvin Dvorak, Phil Elwood, Gary Ely,
Stewart Entz
CUP MONEY: Benefit Performance for Doorstep & Rescue Mission
(Brigham Young University Ballroom Dance Company)
RECEPTION TABLE: Jennifer haller
MENU: Unavailable
NEW MEMBER TABLE: Roy Browning, Susan Mauch, Andy Chandler
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Youth Exchange: We have one host family for a foreign exchange student from France for the school year 2009-2010 and need one or two more. The student’s name is Pauline Vidal, and she is 16 years old. In addition to French she speaks English and Spanish and she is studying Russian. She plays the saxophone and has many other interests including drama, photography, reading, and art history. Host families do not have to be Rotarians but should live in Shawnee Heights school district or be able to transport Pauline to school there. The commitment would be for a 3 – 5 month period, depending on how many host families we can recruit. For more information see David Beck.
GSE Team is coming to Topeka on April 8-12. The team will visit our club on April 9. Volunteers are needed for host families and drivers. Sign-up sheets for the various functions will be on the tables. Contact is Staci Williams
RYLA is May 31-June 4, 2009 at the University of Kansas Memorial Union, Applications can be downloaded from the district website. Deadline for applications is March 27. Contact is Susan Mauch
Golf Tournament, May 7, Shawnee Country Club, 29th & Adams. The Club Meeting will be held there as well prior to the tournament
2008-09 Club Rosters are available. If you have not picked yours up at a Thursday meeting, stop by the office and pick one up.
District Conference, May 1-3, Overland Park Marriott at I-435 & Metcalf
Saturday, March 14, 2009
3rd Annual Career Day
Friday March 13, 2009 Downtown Rotary held the 3rd Annual Rotary Career Day at Kaw Area Technical School (KATS).
Again this year all six middle schools in USD 501 sent at least a bus load of youth from 6th, 7th and 8th grade. A number of other classes from other USD 501 schools and individuals attended for a total of about 350 youth attended. A number of Rotary members stopped by or assisted with six to ten Rotary members helped for extended time. KATS students and group of young women from Highland Park also assisted.
“Mike Welch’s vision has become a process that can be repeated annually,” said Fred Gatlin, the club’s organizer for the event. “It is our hope that we have touched many middle school youth and broadened their options”.
This year we had a lesser number of exhibitors but more programs from KATS participated and more active involvement from the exhibitors. We feel comfortable that we are now prepared to expand to more schools. We are considering moving to a later date for better weather, if we can find a date that will allow us reach out to more school districts.
“We appreciate the continuing support of the Rotary Club,” Gatlin said.
Click for WIBW Television Coverage
Again this year all six middle schools in USD 501 sent at least a bus load of youth from 6th, 7th and 8th grade. A number of other classes from other USD 501 schools and individuals attended for a total of about 350 youth attended. A number of Rotary members stopped by or assisted with six to ten Rotary members helped for extended time. KATS students and group of young women from Highland Park also assisted.
“Mike Welch’s vision has become a process that can be repeated annually,” said Fred Gatlin, the club’s organizer for the event. “It is our hope that we have touched many middle school youth and broadened their options”.
This year we had a lesser number of exhibitors but more programs from KATS participated and more active involvement from the exhibitors. We feel comfortable that we are now prepared to expand to more schools. We are considering moving to a later date for better weather, if we can find a date that will allow us reach out to more school districts.
“We appreciate the continuing support of the Rotary Club,” Gatlin said.
Click for WIBW Television Coverage
New member class helps serve community
Members of the 2007-2008 class of new members of the Topeka Rotary Club took on a class project this year. The goal was to help them get more involved in their club.
That project came to fruition last month when the club held a clothing drive to benefit the Topeka Rescue Mission. Club members brought in dozens of bags of clothing which were loaded onto a truck and taken to the mission.
"The Rotary mission is to help people locally and globally," Kim Gronniger, a new member of the Topeka Rotary Club, told the Topeka Capital-Journal., "This was an opportunity for our new members to participate in a charitable activity that would benefit our community."
That project came to fruition last month when the club held a clothing drive to benefit the Topeka Rescue Mission. Club members brought in dozens of bags of clothing which were loaded onto a truck and taken to the mission.
"The Rotary mission is to help people locally and globally," Kim Gronniger, a new member of the Topeka Rotary Club, told the Topeka Capital-Journal., "This was an opportunity for our new members to participate in a charitable activity that would benefit our community."
Kathleen Williams, member of the Topeka Rotary Club and one of the organizers of the clothing drive, used the club’s new Facebook page to promote the project.
The Editor's Blog
Literacy. It’s something we take for granted. Whether it is reading the morning paper, a book or even this newsletter, reading is something we do everyday. Rotary has taken a positive step by partnering with country music Legend Dolly Parton ‘s Dollywood Foundation’s Imagination Library which provides a book each month to children from birth until aged five. The program is designed to help in underserved areas. Today, the project which began in 1996, serves 47 states and has provided more than 15 million books.
The Topeka Rotary Club has been involved with promoting literacy on a local scale for years. Each week, we donate a book to Avondale East Elementary School in honor of the week’s speaker. We also donate books through other projects like Ross Elementary School.
When we promote literacy, we promote learning. Preschoolers who are at least exposed to books are far more likely to finish high school and go to college. Reading also promotes family interactivity. District Governor Vickie Randel.
This month we also recognize the work we have done for our youth in our community with the 3rd Annual Rotary Career Day at KATS. Twenty community businesses were on hand to help provide career information to sixth, seventh and eighth graders at Topeka 501 schools.
We also helped our community this month through a clothing drive to benefit the Topeka Rescue Mission. I commend the new member class for working together to make a difference in our community. (see p. 3). Hopefully the idea of the new member classes will continue for years to come.
Have a great month,
Greg Hill,
Editor
The Topeka Rotary Club has been involved with promoting literacy on a local scale for years. Each week, we donate a book to Avondale East Elementary School in honor of the week’s speaker. We also donate books through other projects like Ross Elementary School.
When we promote literacy, we promote learning. Preschoolers who are at least exposed to books are far more likely to finish high school and go to college. Reading also promotes family interactivity. District Governor Vickie Randel.
This month we also recognize the work we have done for our youth in our community with the 3rd Annual Rotary Career Day at KATS. Twenty community businesses were on hand to help provide career information to sixth, seventh and eighth graders at Topeka 501 schools.
We also helped our community this month through a clothing drive to benefit the Topeka Rescue Mission. I commend the new member class for working together to make a difference in our community. (see p. 3). Hopefully the idea of the new member classes will continue for years to come.
Have a great month,
Greg Hill,
Editor
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Weekly Reminder - March 5, 2009
REMINDER INFO March 5
LOCATION: Shawnee Country Club, 29th & Adams
PROGRAM: “Kansas Bioscience Authority” by Gary Sherrer
INVOCATION: Stan Teeter
GUEST INTRODUCTIONS: Gina Millsap
GREETERS: H.W. Craig, Dick Crawford, Sam Crow, Jamie Dultmeier, Lucky DeFries
CUP MONEY: Benefit Performance for Doorstep & Rescue Mission (Brigham Young University Ballroom Dance Company)
RECEPTION TABLE: Joyce Martin
MENU: Italian Buffet
NEW MEMBER TABLE: Ray Browning, Bob Clawson, Staci Williams
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
New Member Introduction: Mark LeNeave, CEO, Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital
Youth Exchange: We have one host family for a foreign exchange student from France for the school year 2009-2010 and need one or two more. The student’s name is Pauline Vidal, and she is 16 years old. In addition to French she speaks English and Spanish and she is studying Russian. She plays the saxophone and has many other interests including drama, photography, reading, and art history. Host families do not have to be Rotarians but should live in Shawnee Heights school district or be able to transport Pauline to school there. The commitment would be for a 3 – 5 month period, depending on how many host families we can recruit. For more information see David Beck.
GSE Team is coming to Topeka on April 8-12. The team will visit our club on April 9. Volunteers are needed for host families and drivers. Sign-up sheets for the various functions will be on the tables. Contact is Staci Williams
Dictionary Distribution: Volunteers are needed to distribute dictionaries to all 3rd Graders in USD 501. Sign-up sheets will be on the tables. Contact is Glenda DuBoise
Career Day, March 13, 9:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M.: Volunteers are needed. Contact is Fred Gatlin
RYLA is May 31-June 4, 2009 at the University of Kansas Memorial Union
Applications can be downloaded from the district website. Deadline for applications is March 27. Contact is Susan Mauch
2008-09 Club Rosters are available. If you have not picked yours up at a Thursday meeting, top by the office and pick one up.
The February Rotopeka is online. Read it here.
LOCATION: Shawnee Country Club, 29th & Adams
PROGRAM: “Kansas Bioscience Authority” by Gary Sherrer
INVOCATION: Stan Teeter
GUEST INTRODUCTIONS: Gina Millsap
GREETERS: H.W. Craig, Dick Crawford, Sam Crow, Jamie Dultmeier, Lucky DeFries
CUP MONEY: Benefit Performance for Doorstep & Rescue Mission (Brigham Young University Ballroom Dance Company)
RECEPTION TABLE: Joyce Martin
MENU: Italian Buffet
NEW MEMBER TABLE: Ray Browning, Bob Clawson, Staci Williams
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
New Member Introduction: Mark LeNeave, CEO, Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital
Youth Exchange: We have one host family for a foreign exchange student from France for the school year 2009-2010 and need one or two more. The student’s name is Pauline Vidal, and she is 16 years old. In addition to French she speaks English and Spanish and she is studying Russian. She plays the saxophone and has many other interests including drama, photography, reading, and art history. Host families do not have to be Rotarians but should live in Shawnee Heights school district or be able to transport Pauline to school there. The commitment would be for a 3 – 5 month period, depending on how many host families we can recruit. For more information see David Beck.
GSE Team is coming to Topeka on April 8-12. The team will visit our club on April 9. Volunteers are needed for host families and drivers. Sign-up sheets for the various functions will be on the tables. Contact is Staci Williams
Dictionary Distribution: Volunteers are needed to distribute dictionaries to all 3rd Graders in USD 501. Sign-up sheets will be on the tables. Contact is Glenda DuBoise
Career Day, March 13, 9:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M.: Volunteers are needed. Contact is Fred Gatlin
RYLA is May 31-June 4, 2009 at the University of Kansas Memorial Union
Applications can be downloaded from the district website. Deadline for applications is March 27. Contact is Susan Mauch
2008-09 Club Rosters are available. If you have not picked yours up at a Thursday meeting, top by the office and pick one up.
The February Rotopeka is online. Read it here.
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