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TODAY'S MEETING
Sep 03, 2024 12:00 PM
Sep 10, 2024 12:00 PM
Rotary District Booth @ the Kansas State Fair
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MEETING NOTICES
  • September 3 & 10 - No club meetings
  • September 9 - Rotary Board Meeting
  • September 17 - Final Wine Dinner Committee meeting immediately following club meeting
 
DISTRICT ROTARY BOOTH 
at the Kansas State Fair
Pride of Kansas Building
We are implementing our Club Visioning Plan of canceling a meeting to designate as a Service Day so we will not have a meeting on Tuesday, September 10, in order to provide an opportunity for our members to serve. A big thanks to those who signed up to help!
9:00 am-11: 00 am
Maurice Linnens & Colby Reynolds
11:00 am-1:00 pm 
Bob Nelson & Paul Blissett
1:00 pm-3:00 pm 
Randy Bowles & Brent Groves
3:00 pm-5:00 pm 
Ed Frey, Marv Fisher, Julie Butler & John McDonald
5:00 pm-7:00 pm 
DeAnn Sullivan, Geri Appel, Strom Sloan & Paige Koeppen
7:00 pm-9:00 pm 
Ed Frey
Reminder: wear your Rotary tshirt (if you have one), bring a chair if more than three are signed up for the booth. 
RESERVATIONS FOR THE DINNER
ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 10!
Annual Wine Dinner Event
TOAST TO ARGENTINA:
A Culinary Tango
Saturday, September 21
Doors open @ 6:30 pm
                     Dugan-Gorges Conference Center
                  Newman University
Tickets: $85 per person or purchase a Table of 6 for $480
Whiskey Tasting: $25 each (only open to the first 25 advance reservations) We currently have 8 spots left so get your name on the list if you haven't yet! 
 
We had fun over the weekend, shopping for our "Fall Decor" silent auction basket items! Be sure to bid on it at the event!
Pictured: Mindy, Diane, Heidi
& Joy (Heidi's daughter)
 
Money raised from this event helps fund our club's charitable activities. Thank you for your support!
 
             
INTERACT CLUB
Rotary club for high school students
Meets on the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays each month, starting September 17th, 2024 through April 16, 2025
Pizza Ranch, 21st & Tyler
WHY JOIN INTERACT?
*  Volunteer hours
*  Scholarship opportunities
*  Helping communities
*  Develop leadership skills
*  Resume building
*  Job opportunities
*  Meet other HS students
*  Social events
*  Fun educational meetings with free pizza!
If you know of any high school students from Northwest, Bishop Carroll, Andale, Colwich, Maize, Maize South, Maize Complete, Goddard, Eisenhower, or Challenger, encourage them to come check it out!
Contact Randy Bowles, Interact Coordinator, with any questions.
 
CLUB INFORMATION
Last week:
Attendance: 66%
Membership: 77 (62 RCWW + 16 Satellite)
Last year:
Attendance: 67%
Membership: 61
Guests
Colin Hawk
Brought by Paul Blissett
Mike McCorkle
Prospective Member
Mitch Drees, Shannon Reed &
Erica Whitney
Attended with the speaker
Happy Basket: $29
Holiday Raffle: Diana Fredelake won $3 in the raffle last week. For our next drawing, the pot will be worth $64 plus half of the meeting's ticket sales if an Ace is drawn. Proceeds from the raffle are used to buy groceries for families in need at Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
 
Next STAR Class: September 17
Topic: Vocational Service
 
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT 
September 17: Jacob Beckman
 
SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS
Member Birthdays
Mark Day
September 20
 
Doug Brewer
September 28
 
Paige Koeppen
September 28