Our speaker this Friday will be District Governor Michell Sink.
Michelle was born and raised in Pratt, Kansas, and has called Manhattan home since 1995. She’s a proud mom to two kids — Macey and Mason — as well as a small flock of chickens, two cats, and a thriving plant collection.
Professionally, Michelle serves as the Area Director for Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters Area 3, where she helps create lasting impact by connecting caring adult mentors with youth, building relationships that change lives today and shape brighter futures for generations to come.
Known as the district's "Fun'Gineer," Michelle believes the best way to create lasting impact is to make service meaningful, relationships authentic, and Rotary fun. Since joining the Manhattan Konza Rotary Club in 2016 (and earning a Rotary tattoo along the way!), she's served as Club President, District Membership Co-Chair, and a champion for Interact and Rotaract. As District 5710 Governor for 2026–27, she hopes to inspire every member to discover their Rotary moment and create lasting impact—in their own lives, their clubs, their communities, and around the world.
President Kevin announced last Friday that member and Past President of Lenexa Rotary, Steve Nettles, died suddenly on September 23, 2026. Steve was a loyal member since 2015 and was currently the District Chair for Anti-Human Trafficking.
No services are scheduled at this time, but the family will have a Celebration of Life for Steve in the next couple of months.
October will mark the start of the Lenexa Fire Department's Fire Safety Trailer visits at Lenexa-area elementary schools in honor of Fire Safety Month.
Below is an Online Sign-Up with the preliminary schedule of volunteer slots (it includes the school, date, and a roughly 9-11:30am shift and 11:30am-2pm shift), available at:
We have secured a date to build a handicap ramp with HopeBUILDERS. We will be building the ramp along with Shawnee Rotary and Shawnee Mission Northwest Interact. To sign-up please CLICK HERE
No experience is necessary. All supplies will be provided except gloves. Please bring your own gloves.
You will need to create an account in their volunteer system if you don't already have one, and then you can sign up. If anyone has problems, please email Jill at HopeBUILDERS
Our Sergeant-At-Arms, Fred Spears, is starting a Book Drive to benefit the Learn to Read program, whose representatives spoke at our Club several weeks ago.
The drive will run through October. Fred will have a collection bucket at our upcoming meetings for new or gently used books. Information sheets with a preferred book list will be available on the tables at this week's meeting. If you prefer to make a monetary contribution to purchase books, donations will also be accepted that way. Thank you for your support.
Fred stated that he would like to have a pile of books 20 feet high!
What is/was your job or profession? Director of Woodland Charity
What is your favorite sports team(s) and why? The Spanish soccer teams, both the men’s and women’s national teams. They are both excellent teams and have achieved great success on the international stage
What is your favorite vacation destination, and why? Tikal, Guatemala, because of its fascinating history and the incredible legacy of the ancient Maya civilization
What is your ideal sandwich? Classic roast beef
If you are at a trivia night, what category would you know most about? Latin American history and geography, especially the history and culture of the Maya civilization in Guatemala
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