Kylie Stupka was born and spent her primary years in northeast Colorado. Her mother was as a bookkeeper and her father worked his way up through the ranks of a natural gas company. His promotion to management moved her and her two brothers, of which she was the middle, to northwest Kansas where she attended Colby High School and Colby Community College. She completed Colby Community college with an AA in Pre-law and with academic All-American volleyball honors. After completing her post-secondary education at Kansas State University with a BS in Accounting, Kylie went to work for BKD CPAs and Advisors in Wichita, KS. During her time with BKD she specialized in manufacturing and NPO accounting and consulting while heading up the recruiting and hiring practice. This specialization lead her to Youth Entrepreneurs.
Youth Entrepreneurs (YE) cultivates an entrepreneurial mindset through its experiential learning model and opportunities to apply those learnings, fostering personal transformation and self-actualization in educators and their students, who in turn positively impact their communities. Through its eight Foundational Values, YE focuses on Principled Entrepreneurship® which emphasizes key principles and character traits such as integrity, responsibility and respect in addition to teaching core entrepreneurial and economic concepts.
Youth Entrepreneurs (YE) allows educators the freedom to implement its experiential curriculum in the way they deem is best for their students, regardless of the class’s subject matter or setting. Through this flexibility and customization, YE educators are able to focus on developing the individual characteristics and innate abilities of the students in their class – moving them towards becoming a contributing member of society – without a need to seek conformity through standardization.
YE seeks to ignite a passion for learning across the nation that taps in to the talents of educators who can unlock the incredible gifts each student has to offer. Educators are encouraged to utilize an entrepreneurial mindset and truly own their classroom by offering engaging and hands-on activities of their choice that help build self-confidence and provide real-world experiences for their students. Resources, tools and support are offered by YE to ensure educators are successful.
CLUB VOTE TODAY: The membership will vote to allow our President-Elect, Colin McKenney, to approve the proposed DISTRICT BUDGET on behalf of our club when he attends PETS later this month.
LAST CHANCE TO BRING SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR PANAMA
Bring school supplies, deflated soccer balls, etc. to our club meeting for our Interact students to take to distribute to schools in Panama during their service trip March 15-19.(please no reams of paper, notebooks, or anything that would be too heavy to transport.)
If you would rather make a monetary donation for supplies, please make checks payable to: Sunrise Charitable Fund.
ATTENDANCE & MEMBERSHIP Last meeting: 65% Membership: 62 Last year: 54% Membership: 57
HAPPY BASKET: $26.00 (boosted by some EXTRA happy news from Kandace Day!)
HOLIDAY RAFFLE WINNER: Dan Kreis The pot will be worth over $85 if an Ace is drawn. Proceeds from the raffle are used to purchase groceries for needy families at Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The Four-Way Test of the things we think, say or do:
This is for the show only. Eat dinner before you come. Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase on your own at the venue.
Our club members + 1 guest: No charge
A reservation total has been turned in, HOWEVER, we can still add a few more. If you are interested in going, sign up at the meeting or e-mail Diane today.
REMINDER: Reservations made and not kept will be charged
These selected 1st graders from Benton Elementary, shown with their teachers, were recognized at our meeting last week for their good citizenship in the classroom.
Due to the success of the Rotary Club of West Wichita’s fundraising efforts for our West Wichita Charitable Foundation (WWCF), we occasionally have a limited amount of funds available for additional charitable or educational initiatives. This year, a total of up to $7,500.00 will be used from our club’s Foundation fund; $5,000.00 will be spent on gift cards for Lawrence & Benton Elementary teachers to help them buy supplies at the beginning of the school year and up to $2,500.00 will be available for additional scholarships to fund worthy projects in support of an educational initiative. If a member of the Rotary Club of West Wichita would like to sponsor a project eligible to receive funding, that member should complete and submit the Grant Request form. A project must be sponsored by a member in good standing of the Rotary Club of West Wichita.The WWCF is under no obligation to disburse these funds if no eligible projects are deemed worthy of funding. All grant requests should be submitted to Diane by April 30, 2020.
ROTARY NIGHT WITH THE WIND SURGE(an event initiated by the Wind Surge)
Come bring the entire family for an evening of baseball, good, fellowship and fun as we celebrate the 1st Annual Rotary Night here with the Wind Surge on Monday, May 18th. Rotarians are encouraged to come early and participate on the field during our pre-game recognition ceremony as we celebrate and honor all the work done by Rotarians for our communities!
For more details, contact: Nick Schriever at 281-904-8620 or email at nschriever@windsurge.com
OUR WEST WICHITA ROTARY CLUB OUTING is scheduled for Friday, June 12, in the picnic area at the new stadium. No charge for our club members + 1 guest for the game and an all-you-can-eat buffet. Additional guests are $35 each. John Oswald is organizing this event.
CROWN UPTOWN THEATER
These selected 1st graders from Benton Elementary, shown with their teachers, were recognized at our meeting last week for their good citizenship in the classroom.