The poles serve as a daily reminder that goodness comes from acts of kindness and that peace comes from goodness.
Steven Nettles
It is my privilege to serve The Rotary Club of Lenexa as President. Our 20-21 Rotary International President, Holger Knaack, provided the theme “Rotary Opens Opportunities”. I hope that we find opportunities for all of our existing and new members to participate in the club’s service projects. We have learned this spring that opportunities grow out of crises. No one suspected that we would be meeting via Zoom on a regular basis. However, we have successfully done so, and have the opportunity to continue to do so even when we can safely meet face-to-face in the future. This option provides our current and future members the opportunity to get together for our meetings in the manner that best fits their lifestyle on any Friday noon. My hope is that the Rotary Club of Lenexa will continue to offer many opportunities for service and friendship on a local and global basis to all those who are interested.
President
President Elect
Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
Director
Director
Membership
Sergeant-at-Arms
Program Chair
Immediate Past President
Executive Secretary / Director
Rotary Int'l Foundation
Na nex se, Prominent Shawnee and namesake of Lenexa
Welcome to The Rotary Club of Lenexa!
Lenexa Fire Safety Trailer
Rotary and Interact in Guatemala
HopeBuilders
ShrimpFest
Lenexa Rotary's 50th Anniversary Party
Adopt-A-Spot
Rotary Youth Exchange
Heart to Heart International
Hygiene Kits
Dictionary Project
4 Way Test Speech Contest
Lenexa Art Fair
District 5710 Conference
Tree Planting
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. - Martin Luther King Jr.
What we are currently witnessing is borne from a long history of systematic racial oppression that perpetuated discrimination and suppressed generational wealth. This condition has permeated our society for centuries and has created economically depressed pockets within our communities. An injustice has sparked a reckoning, and today we face that reckoning even as we navigate the effects of a global pandemic and economic crisis. Violence has no place in this conversation, but all Americans must listen to the voices raised in protest and take action.
Rotary has served the needs of our area for more than 100 years, and we intend to learn from this pain and help lead our communities on an unwavering path to affirming every citizen’s unalienable rights to equity, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. As Rotarians, we support peaceful protest against injustice and oppose all inequalities within our great nation. This is in keeping with Rotary’s focus on Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution to enhance the capacity of individuals and communities to transform conflict and build peace.
Rotary is not a political organization and will continue to serve the community and strengthen the ties that bind us together as one human race. Rotarians live by a code and hope all will consider these questions in every action. Of the things we think, say or do:
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Rotary has served the needs of our area for more than 100 years, and we intend to learn from this pain and help lead our communities on an unwavering path to affirming every citizen’s unalienable rights to equity, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. As Rotarians, we support peaceful protest against injustice and oppose all inequalities within our great nation. This is in keeping with Rotary’s focus on Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution to enhance the capacity of individuals and communities to transform conflict and build peace.
Rotary is not a political organization and will continue to serve the community and strengthen the ties that bind us together as one human race. Rotarians live by a code and hope all will consider these questions in every action. Of the things we think, say or do:
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
District 5495 (northern central AZ) is working on a Rotary Foundation Global Water Grant to provide homes on the Navajo Nation with inside running tap water. There are over 200,000 Native Americans living on 25,000 square miles of land with 40 percent without inside tap water and/or a toilet along with 44 percent of the children in poverty.
It is estimated that the average American home consumes 100 gallons of water per day while the average Navajo home consumes seven (7) gallons per day. Or putting it another way, todays toilet uses 3.5 to 5 gallons per flush. So, two (2) flushes per day can exceed a day use of water. And what about: Laundry? Bathing? Cooking? Having a glass of water?
Many of these people, our Arizona neighbors, presently have their water delivered into 50 gallon holding barrels in their yards by a water truck and then into the home by small container. Our goal is to install underground cisterns which pump running tap water into or selected homes (need-based) at a cost of $4,500 per home. The homes are located within a 70-mile radius of Thoreau, New Mexico which is close to Gallup, New Mexico.
The District Global Grant is working with with DigDeep which supplies and installs the total water system at each home. The water system consists of a 1,200 gallon in ground cistern, electric pump, sink, solar panel, battery, filter, heater and gray water leach field.
Please view Navajo Water video:
More information on DigDeep:
https://www.navajowaterproject.org/project-specifics
Moe Cougher with Lenexa Rotary and Olathe Noon Rotary set up another great packaging event with Heart to Heart International. Our District 5710 and Clubs already donated over $38,000. This is the second Rotary hands on packaging event. As with our last event we had great participation from Overland Park, Ambassadors of West Kansas City and Western Johnson County. We also had Lenexa's in-bound exchange student Elvira Gonzalez Acosta from Canary Islands and members of the Lenexa Community Corps.
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Thank you to Marshall Rimann for taking so many great photos of our fun anniversary celebration on Feb. 3rd! We had close to 90 people in attendance--wow! If you haven't already seen the pictures on Facebook, you can check them out here:
On Jan. 17, 2017, Lenexa Mayor Mike Boehm presented a certificate of recognition to the Lenexa Rotary Club on behalf of its 50 years of service to the community and the world. A handful of club members, including Pat Thomas, Phil Hammond, Jason Leib, Milton Jeffries, and Jerry Harper were in attendance. Charter president Charles Smith and current president JC Burcham accepted the award. Charlie shared some history about the club and its role in the community.
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Lenexa, KS 66285-4323
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