Lenexa Rotary Club
 
Chartered 1967

Welcome to The Rotary Club of Lenexa!

Lenexa
Fridays at 12:00 PM
Blue Moose
10064 Woodland Road
Lenexa, KS 66220
United States of America
Club #1622
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This Friday . . . 

Our speaker will be Christopher Leitch the Community Relations Director with the Johnson County Library. Some of the things Christopher is in charge of is:
 
Communication, media relations, volunteer/member liaison for 13-branch County library system.
- Organizational Public Information Officer media relations for print, broadcast, new media outlets.
- Special internal and external communication planning for system-wide, large scale projects such as building renovation, library master planning, hours changes and new service introductions.
- Liaison with Board and staff, Friends of Johnson County Library.
- Department interim manager during organizational restructuring.
- Organizational communication liaison for County-level PIO group.
Rotary Matters
*2nd Quarter Meals Payment*
 
Second Quarter meals money is now due
 
The cost for this quarter is $150.00
 
Please bring a check to the meeting on Friday or mail a check to:
 
Nathalie A. Brech
c/o Park University
17101 W. 87th St. Pkwy
Lenexa, KS 66219
 
Make checks payable to:
Lenexa Rotary Club
 
Credit card payments are also accepted at our weekly meetings
Lenexa FD Fire Safety Trailer
 
 
 
  • Plan to arrive 15 min before your shift so you can review what the firefighters would like you to do. Remember, 3rd graders receive fire safety instruction (generally you’ll re-set the fire hazards the kids have corrected in each room, answer a mock 911 call (script provided), while 5th graders receive storm safety instruction. 
 
 
 
Tuesday, October 25th - Lenexa Hills Elementary
8650 Haven St., Lenexa
 
9:30 - 10:30 am - Ben Harber
12 - 2 pm - Ben Harber
 
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Friday, October 28th - Rising Star Elementary
10 - 12 am - Jason Leib
1 - 2 pm - Tedd Maxfield
 
 
 
 
 
 
World Polio Day-October 24th
 
World Polio Day is observed on October 24 every year to raise awareness for polio vaccination and eradication of polio. The World Polio Day was established by Rotary International over a decade ago to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis.
 
Mayor of Lenexa Presents Lenexa Rotary with Proclamation declaring October 24th World Polio Day in Lenexa
 
 
District 5710 PolioPlus Society
 
Last year, District 5710 established a PolioPlus Society.  This is where Rotarians pledge to give at least $100 per year to Rotary International PolioPlus.  Below is more information regarding the PolioPlus Society.  Please seriously consider becoming a member of the PolioPlus Society.
 
 
 
 
 
Pints for Polio
 
Village West Rotary
 
October 27, 2022
 
4:00 - 9:00 p.m.
 
Olde Mill Properties
611 W. 2nd St., Bonner Springs, Kansas
 
Village West Rotarians is having a Pints for Polio event on October 27, 2022, from 4:00-9:00 pm at The Fuel House - Olde Mill Properties (611 W 2nd Street, Bonner Springs) to raise money to eradicate polio! Outfield Beer Company is donating $1 of every beer purchased and Olde Mill Ice Cream is donating 10% of sales to the cause. Plus 50/50 raffle, Quentin's BBQ, Ten & Two Coffee Bar, and tours of the members' only section of the Fuel House.  
Wes Fry Four Way Test Speech Contest
 
Lenexa Rotary is now accepting entries for the Wes Fry Four Way Test Speech Contest.  Please share this information with anyone you know that may be interested.  All high school students are eligible to enter.  Here are some key dates:
 
We hold two Help Sessions to help the students make sure they understand the topic.  Those will be held November 10 and 14 in the evening. 
 
Then the preliminary speeches will be held on December 5 and 6 in the evening. Each student is assigned one of those nights to speak. Four Lenexa Rotary members serve as judges each night.
 
The top 3 speeches will be presented to the Lenexa Rotary Club during their meeting on December 9th at noon.  The scholarship amounts are as follows:
 
1st place - $2,500
2nd place - $2,000
3rd place - $1,500
 
Below is a QR code which routes you to all the information about the speech contest.
 
Please feel free to forward this information to anyone you think would be interested.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Matt Janes
 
 
 
 
 
Johnson County Christmas Bureau
 
 
Volunteer in the Holiday Shop
 
December 2, 2022
 
TIME:  Afternoon - time to be announced
 
PLACE:  to be determined
 
Please contact Becca Coleman to volunteer
 
Collecting Egg Cartons
We are collecting egg cartons to be given to a local food pantry.  They only need the 12 egg cartons, not 18.
If you have some to donate, please contact Steve NettlesYou can drop them off at his house, bring them to a meeting, or drop them off at Rimann Liquors at 87th & Lackman.
Menu
Breakfast Buffet!!
 
Speakers
Oct 28, 2022
Classification Speaker
Oct 28, 2022
Kansas City Ballet
Nov 04, 2022
Classification Speaker
Nov 04, 2022
Shawnee Mission School District
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Upcoming Events
Board Meeting
Nov 01, 2022
5:45 PM – 6:45 PM
 
Wes Fry 4 Way Test Speech-Help Session
Park University
Nov 10, 2022
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 
Wes Fry 4 Way Test Speech-Help Session
Park University
Nov 14, 2022
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 
Johnson County Christmas Bureau-Holiday Shop
Dec 02, 2022
 
Wes Fry 4 Way Test Speech-Preliminary
Park University
Dec 05, 2022
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 
Board Meeting
Dec 06, 2022
5:45 PM – 6:45 PM
 
Wes Fry 4 Way Test Speech-Preliminary
Park University
Dec 06, 2022
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 
Rotary Holiday Party (Tentative)
Dec 10, 2022
 
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