Our speaker will be Tara Maxfield with Unbound. Unbound partners with families living in poverty, empowering them to become self-sufficient and fulfill their desired potential When you sponsor a child, young adult or elder through Unbound, you invest in personalized benefits that support goals chosen by the sponsored individual and their family. And with 92.1 percent of Unbound’s expenses going toward program support, you can rest assured your contributions are working hard to meet the needs of your sponsored friend.
Double-check you’ve got your shift(s) on your calendar and the dates/times are correct – No reminders will be sent.
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 18th - Christa McAuliffe Elementary
9 - 11:30 am - Tedd Maxfield
12 - 2 pm - tentatively Christopher Coleman
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Wednesday, October 19th - Manchester Park Elementary
Lenexa Rotarians have been delivering student dictionaries to 3rd grade students in the area. Here is a picture of Moe Cougher and Mike Dix at Prairie Elementary in Prairie Village.
Here is Steve Nettles at Apache Elementary
A note from Vicky Kopp at Rising Star Elementary
Hello- we recently received dictionaries from Steve Nettles with the Rotary Club of Lenexa. I am the school secretary, and I just wanted to share a picture I happened to get in the office. I had a student bring the book to me, share with me the longest word, the periodic table and something about Roman numerals. He then proceeded to sit and just look through it- it was so nice! Thank you so much! He was not the only student I've seen enjoying their book, just the only one I've captured so far- we appreciate your donation so much, and I wanted to share that the students very obviously do as well.
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.
Through the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), CDC works with partners to eradicate polio and end the suffering from this devastating disease. Stopping polio in all forms will require us to be resilient, adapt, and innovate to deliver a polio-free world. Through the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), CDC works with partners Rotary and the Bill & Malinda Gates Foundation to eradicate polio and end the suffering from this devastating disease.
The last stronghold of poliovirus is in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Several critical challenges stand in the way of achieving eradication, including the global pandemic.
Polio is a crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease. There is no cure, but there are safe and effective vaccines. Polio can be prevented through immunization. The Polio vaccine, given multiple times, almost always protects a child for life. The strategy to eradicate polio is, therefore based on preventing infection by immunizing every child until transmission stops, and the world is polio-free.
There is great news as to how clubs around Rotary District 5710 are preparing to celebrate World Polio Day with a variety of Polio Plus Fundraising events and by recognizing the day in their cities by following the example set by Kansas Governor Laura Kelly who has signed a proclamation declaring "October 24, 2022 as World Polio Day in Kansas".
Tuesday, October 18th
7:00 p.m.
Lenexa City Hall
The City of Lenexa will present a Proclamation to Lenexa Rotary recognizing October 24, 2022, as World Polio Day. Everyone is welcome to attend the City Council meeting on October 18th.
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.
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.
THANK YOU to everyone who helped sell drinks at the Lenexa Chili Challenge last weekend.
Receipts from the Chili Challenge was $2,928. Lenexa Rotary and Western Johnson County Rotary sold drinks at three events and netted a total of over $4,000 for each club. We were able to promote our signature projects to over 30,000 attendees and participants. Thank you to Phil Hammond for organizing these events.
John & Amy Ruo and Matt & Misty Wright working the drink tent on Friday night. We were right across from the stage and the band was great!
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 Nettles. You can drop them off at his house, bring them to a meeting, or drop them off at Rimann Liquors at 87th & Lackman.
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John & Amy Ruo and Matt & Misty Wright working the drink tent on Friday night. We were right across from the stage and the band was great!
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