Welcome to The Rotary Club of Lenexa!

We meet In Person
Fridays at 12:00 p.m.
Lakeview Village-Southridge
14001 W. 92nd St.
5th Floor-Treetop Room
Lenexa, KS 66215
United States of America
Club #1622
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The Lenexa Rotary Club, Lenexa Arts Council and Lenexa Parks & Recreation Department joined together to present the Peace Poles project displayed this year at Black Hoof Park. A Peace Pole is a monument to express the hope of "May Peace Prevail on Earth." Started in Japan after the destruction of World War II, peace poles were first introduced to the United States in 1986. Most recognized the international peace symbol with more than 200,000 poles displayed in almost every country.

35 poles were exhibited along the trail representing 32 artists or groups have decorated poles for the exhibit. These artists put an enormous amount of time into designing and then creating the peace poles you see today. Clearly, the artists are all talented and creative, and they share a passion for spreading messages of peace. In addition, 2 poles were decorated collaboratively by community members at the Lenexa Art Fair in May.

Beginning on 11/11 at 8:00am we will have an online auction that ends Noon on 11/15. It will transition to a silent auction at Lenexa City Hall at 6:00pm until 6:45pm with the 10 highest bidding poles going into an exciting live auction. Bidding starts at $50, and the online auction will have a $500 buy-it-now price (all poles will be displayed the evening of 11/15).

Proceeds benefit Project 1020, which operates a homeless shelter at SMUUC Church in Old Town Lenexa. They serve the homeless population of the county and provide volunteers and support every day from December through March.  Go to this website for more information about the auction https://www.32auctions.com/peacepoles2024?r=1&t=all

 
Looking for Johnson County high school students to enter our annual Wes Fry 4 Way Test Speech Scholarship Contest.  Scan the QR code for more information.  A total of $6,000 in scholarship money!
 
 
 
 
 
 
2024 marked our 33rd Annual ShrimpFest and Bingo Fundraiser.  This was a full-club participating event from gathering donations of Bingo prizes, silent auction items, corporate sponsorships, cooking of the shrimp, organizing desserts to set-up and clean-up.  A special THANK YOU to the Shawnee Mission Northwest Interact Club for helping throughout the evening.
 
 
 
 
 
The Rotary Club of Lenexa sponsors the Shawnee Mission Northwest High School Interact Club. They are an energetic group that helps Lenexa Rotary from time to time and also have their own projects and fundraisers.  In June 2023 and June 2024 members of the Interact Club traveled to Puerto Rico with Woodland Charity.  While there they distributed water filters to residents, picked up debris at Playa Guayanes, painted the community center in Calabazas and worked in a community garden.
 

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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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Speakers
Ben Harber
Oct 11, 2024
Classification Speaker
Mayor Julie Sayers
Oct 11, 2024
City of Lenexa
Phil Hammond
Oct 18, 2024
Classification Speaker
Michael Watson
Oct 18, 2024
After the Harvest
Jody Hammond
Oct 25, 2024
Classification Speaker
James Stowe, Ph.D.
Oct 25, 2024
Center for Practical Bioethics
Doug Gorham
Nov 01, 2024
Classification Speaker
Chief Dawn Layman
Nov 01, 2024
Police Chief of Lenexa
Sarah Donohoe
Nov 08, 2024
Classification Speaker
Tom Gray
Nov 08, 2024
Space and the Military
Mike Dix
Nov 15, 2024
Classification Speaker
Janis Dickey
Nov 22, 2024
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NO MEETING
Nov 29, 2024
Happy Thanksgiving!
Carolyn Debiak
Dec 06, 2024
Classification Speaker
Moe Cougher
Dec 13, 2024
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4 Way Test Speech Finals
Dec 13, 2024
Top 3 Finalists
Christopher Coleman
Dec 20, 2024
Classification Speaker
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Dec 27, 2024
Happy Holidays!
Becca Coleman
Jan 03, 2025
Classification Speaker
Lonnie Cannon
Jan 10, 2025
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J.C. Burcham
Jan 17, 2025
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Jim Bowers
Jan 24, 2025
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Steve Adams
Jan 31, 2025
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