The Downtown Wichita Action Plan (Action Plan) will help shape the future of downtown Wichita for the next decade. The Downtown Wichita team has been working since January to gather input from the public- including residents, visitors, developers and community leaders. Three open houses, multiple pop-ups and numerous meetings provided an opportunity for 1,000 people to give input into what will become the final plan. Join executive director of Downtown Wichita, Heather Schroeder, as she shares how they will attract development, cultivate strong place identities, amplify cultural assets, build strong connections between neighborhoods and encourage strategic, well-designed urban infill.
We’re proud to announce that our club received top
awards and recognitions at the Rotary District Conference last weekend! These honors for Rotary year 2024-25 reflect the incredible service, leadership, and commitment
of our members throughout the year. Thank you to all who contributed to these achievements — your dedication to service is what makes our club truly exceptional!
Awards/recognitions received for the 2024-25 Rotary year as shown above:
Club Excellence Award
Rotary District 5680 Club of the Year
Club President Award (Ed Frey)
Certificate of Appreciation for financial support of the End Polio Now campaign
Left: Colby Reynolds, 2023-24 Club President, Mindy Wagner, 2025-26 Club President & Ed Frey, 2024-25 Club President.
Right: Ed Frey receiving the "Club President of the Year" & "Club of the Year" awards presented by our 2024-25 District Governor, Jeff Horlacher
MAP PAINTING LAST SATURDAY
Project leads: Randy Bowles & Paul Blissett
Thanks to a great crew, a map was repainted at Gordan Parks Elementary over the weekend!
The crew consisted of: several Interact students, Randy Bowles, Paul Blissett & Virginia Al-Birekdar, a Downtown Rotarian, Rick Oglesby, Sondra Stieber & her husband, Mark, Sean Babjack & his two sons, Connor & Cooper, Kathy Collmann (Satellite) and Dale Rein.
DILLONS COMMUNITY REWARDS
Dave Abbott, Chair
Quarterly Report: Jul–Sept 2025 Households Participating: 20 Total Donations: $66.02
Our West Wichita Charitable Foundation gets a percentage of every purchase made with a Dillons card by our club members who are signed up for the Dillons Community Rewards Program.
If you aren't already signed up with another organization, please consider linking our club's Foundation with your Dillons card. It's easy and it doesn't take away from your personal Dillons rewards! If you are interested in signing up go to: https://www.dillons.com/i/community/community-rewards
We’re happy to welcome Paula Uttinger as the newest member of our Satellite Club! She was officially inducted at their meeting last week by Ed Frey. Pictured also with her sponsor, Heather Harrison.
SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
Wilbur Middle School is looking for a volunteer who knows how to play chess and can lead their chess club that meets once a month over the lunch hour.
Benton Elementary is looking for volunteers who can read to kindergarten through 5th grade students during their intervention times.
If you are available to help, contact Satellite Member, Nancy Estep
(nancy@gracepointchurch.tv) and she
can put you in contact with the school representatives.
DATES TO SAVE!
November 13
The Satellite Club will be preparing breakfast at the Ronald McDonald House.
November 15
Annual Bookshelf Building project Saturday, 9:00 am, at Keystone
Solid Surfaces, 1655 N Wabash Ave. EVERYONE is invited to help!
Vern Klassen, Project Chair, along with John Mosley & Bob Broeckelman will do the prep work before the assembly.
November 18
Annual Soup Luncheon, held at Starkey, 144 S. Young St., during our regular club meeting time. We’re already off to a fantastic start with sign-ups! The Chili and Bread categories are now full – thank you to all who signed up. We still need 2 more soups and 3 more desserts.
Can your recipe top Rick Oglesby's winning soup from last year OR Meliss Hamilton's dessert? Find out by signing up to be part of the fun and the friendly competition. The goal is to raise funds to donate to ShelterBox, a Rotary affiliate. ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity established in 2000 that provides emergency shelter and other aid items to families around the world who have lost their homes to disaster or conflict.
STAR Class is cancelled that day since we won't be at RHCC. Be sure to attend our November 4th club meeting highlighting The Rotary Foundation which is the STAR Class topic for November.
November 25
Our meeting will be cancelled since many of our members will be busy with Thanksgiving plans that week.
HOLIDAY RAFFLE: Sondra Stieber won $5 in the raffle last week. The pot this week will be worth over $155 if the Ace is drawn. Proceeds from the raffle help fund our Monthly and Holiday grocery projects so thank you for supporting this effort!
IF YOU READ THIS BULLETIN, let Diane know at the meeting so your name can be included in a drawing for a $5 QuikTrip gift card! THANKS for reading!
