Jennifer White is the Founder and Executive Director of ICT SOS. The organization has been the recipient of local, state, and national recognition including the Volunteer Leadership Group Award from the National Children's Alliance and the Director's Community Leadership Award from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Jennifer also serves on the Human Trafficking Advisory Board for the Kansas Attorney General's Office as well as the Human Trafficking Working Group for the US Attorney's Office. She is a statewide presenter for the Children's Alliance of Kansas.
Jennifer is the mom of two awesome kids, a lover of people, tacos, and Mister Rogers. We welcome Jennifer to our meeting!
1:00 pm - Board of Directors Meeting. Please remain in the regular meeting room following today's club meeting.
UPCOMING GALA PLANNING MEETINGS REMINDER Please mark your calendar for remaining committee meetings on August 18, September 1, September 22 at 1:00 pm.
Reserve your seat now!
Tickets are on sale now for the 2026 Gala presented by Rotary Club of West Wichita
Saturday, October 3, 6 pm, Newman University
Enjoy a fabulous Italian buffet, great silent auction items and some serious live auction items.
Proceeds benefit the charitable works of the club.
CREATE BASKETS OF FUN & RAISE FUNDS!
SIGN UP FOR SILENT AUCTION GALA BASKETS: As we prepare for our October Fundraising Gala, we’re assembling our silent auction baskets — and we’d love your help. If you can secure items, please contact Mindy Wagner or sign up at an upcoming club meeting.
CLUB INFORMATION
VISITING ROTARIANS:
Doug Stark, Tiffany Fisher
Downtown Club
GUESTS:
Ronda Bowles
Guest of Randy Bowles
Last meeting on August 4:
Attendance: 58%
Membership: 73 (55 RCWW + 18 Satellite)
Last year:
Attendance: 52%
Membership: 72 (54 RCWW +18 Satellite)
HAPPY BASKET: $16
HOLIDAY RAFFLE:Paul Blissett drew the last Ace winning $273 in the raffle on August 4. The pot this week will be half of the meeting ticket sales and will start with a new deck. Proceeds from the raffle are used to fund our Monthly & Holiday Grocery project so thank you for supporting this effort!
SATELLITE CLUB PROVIDES ESSENTIAL SUPPORT
The Laundry Love Project kicked off the month providing laundry assistance and hygiene items to community members in need on August 6 at Aqua Blast Laundromat.
Carol Molz, Leslie Burghart and Paula Uttinger sack up hygiene items.
SATELLITE AUGUST ACTIVITIES
The Satellite Rotarians encourage everyone to check these out!
August 10 - Marble Monday, 2 pm Via Christi Ridge, 3636 N Ridge Rd.
August 19 - Satellite Monthly Meeting, 11 am, Chico's Restaurant, 4407 W Maple.
