Newsletter-Feb. 21, 2020 (Feb 18, 2020)

Lenexa Rotary Club

Chartered 1967

Welcome to The Rotary Club of Lenexa!

We meet Fridays at 12:00 PM

Southridge Building at Lakeview Village

14001 W. 92nd St. (5th floor, turn right when you exit elevator)
Club #1622
Lenexa, KS 66215
United States of America

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President Lenet has created a reoccurring meeting for the Zoom link. Below is the information:

Topic: Lenexa Rotary Club Friday Zoom Meeting
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Our speaker will be Walt Schley. He will be speaking to us about Purple Heart Cities.

The Purple Heart is the country’s oldest military decoration, having had its start as the Badge of Military Merit, which was established by Gen. George Washington, then commander of the Continental Army. It is a prestigious medal awarded to any member of the armed forces who has been wounded or lost under combat conditions. The Military Order of the Purple Heart, which was chartered by Congress as a veterans’ organization whose members have received the medal, presides over the Purple Heart City designation.

Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking

Awareness & Action Conference

On March 6th, DG Jason Leib welcomed over 100 attendees to the Leawood and Lenexa Rotary Club's first ever Human Trafficking Awareness and Action Conference.

Moms, law enforcement officers, government officials, Rotarians and the concerned public came to learn how they can help stop human trafficking. This became a regional conference with people driving in from as far away as western Kansas, Manhattan, Topeka and St. Louis to name a few.

Kansas Attorney General, Derek Schmidt, exhibitors and workshop presenters shared their frontline, in-depth knowledge of the problem, the challenges and hope for the future.

The positive feedback from attendees and presenters leads the organizers to believe another conference might be in the future.

Slipper Contest Highlights

Lots of fun at the Slipper Contest on Tuesday morning at Black Dog Coffee House. And the winner is . . . . RON TENNISON! Thanks to everyone who came. Ben Harber was out of town but his work team represented.

Steve Nettles along with Ben Harber's work team

The contestants

The winning slippers -- Ron Tennison!

Orientation Social

The ONLINE orientation social for April will be THIS THURSDAY, April 9, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Bottle #11 was pulled and the topic will be Lenexa Rotary Foundation and the groups in which we partner. Lenet has sent out out Zoom link earlier in the week. See you there!

ShrimpFest

THANK YOU to EVERYONE who helped on the 31st Annual ShrimpFest last Saturday! We had a great turn-out and the shrimp was great! Pat yourselves on the back for another successful event! Here are some photos from the night.

New member Pam Hughey, an avid baker, baked 300 (yes 300!) gourmet cupcakes. Her business is "Cupcakes by Sweetpea" Contact information is cupcakesbysweetpea@aol.com Thanks Pam!

SMNW Interact students eating before the doors open

Steve Nettles presenting the Business of the Year Award to Missy Jones and Tara Wandtke with Community America Credit Union

Pat Thomas cooking shrimp!

Past District Governor Deb Rodenbaugh-Schaub came from Manhattan with her husband and grandson

Some of the Kohl's workers playing BINGO after being a big help at the dessert table

Volunteer Opportunity

A message from Shawnee Rotary

One of the beneficiaries of our 2019 Taste of Shawnee was Sleep in Heavenly Peace. This organization provides bunk beds to families in need. One of its missions is that no child goes to sleep without a bed. The beds go to families on the Kansas side from KCK to Baldwin City.

We will have a Build Day on March 28th at Heartland Seating on Johnson Drive in Shawnee. We will need between 60-100 volunteers! We will build between 10-15 beds. They provide materials and power tools, etc. Rotarians, Interact members, families, kids 10 and older that can work independently and friends are welcome.

Contact Joni Pflumm if you are interested in helping out.

RYLA-Deadline FRIDAY

Do you know a high school junior or senior who has what it takes to become a dynamic leader and change themselves and the world?

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is an intensive leadership experience organized by Rotary clubs and districts where high school junior and seniors develop skills as a leader while having fun and making connections.

District 5710 puts on RYLA each year at the University of Kansas. This year it will be held May 31-June. If you know anyone who would be interested, please contact Lenexa Rotarian Sarah Donohoe

Highlights from Last Week

Last week we had our online meeting with --- Editor of the Shawnee Mission Post as our speaker. We had 30 members, 1 guest and our speaker makes 32!

Youth Exchange News

The Corona Virus is changing Laure's plans. She is not sick! But she is going back to Belgium early -- really early! She will be on United Airlines flight 3490 departing at 3:10 pm THIS THURSDAY! You are welcome to help send her off at the airport. You are also welcome to help send her off at the airpoert.

You are also welcome to come by Lenet's house TODAY (Wednesday) to say goodbye. Bob and Lenet will host an open house from 5:30-8:30 pm. There will be snacks and burgers.

She would very much like to see you all! Lenet's address is 20300 W. 99th Street, Lenexa. Bring a beverage.

Laure went with Lenet to Cincinnati last weekend. Here are some pictures from the trip. The other person in the picture is Lenet's niece, Lauren.

Laure and Lenet's niece, Lauren having a Belgian waffle at Findlay Market. It received Laure's stamp of approval!

(The newsletter editor could not get the pictures to post the correct way!)

Outbound Student

Nyah Noronah - Colombia

Nyah in the mountains in Colombia

RLI - NEXT WEEKEND

Rotary Leadership Institute ("RLI") classes will be held three times this Rotary year. Classes are scheduled from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm both days.

March 14 and 15 - Leavenworth

To register CLICK HERE

RLI seeks to provide quality education in Rotary knowledge and leadership skills to Rotarians interested in developing their Rotary participation and to those identified by Rotary Clubs as having a potential in club leadership. These educational opportunities will teach skills that will benefit the members in their lives and in their volunteer service. All Rotarians are welcome!

What are you having?

Need a Make-Up?

When a member misses a meeting, there are several ways to make up for the absence:

Attend a Club function -- board meeting, committee meeting, project, Youth Exchange
Attend a District or International function -- Rotary Youth Exchange, PETs, District Conference
Online make-up - Rotary eclub One - go to www.rotaryeclubone.org
Attend another Rotary Club meeting
- While out-of-town for vacation or business
- In-town around the KC area
- Download the app "Rotary Club Locator" and find a Rotary club anywhere in the world.

Rotarians can make up for an absence at their club meeting within the same Rotary year. If a member attempts to make up at another club and that club either did not meet that week, or changed venues, the club member can let their club's secretary know the date and time of the attempted make-up and it will count as a makeup toward a missed meetings. Make ups also qualify if you attend an eClub meeting. Send all make-ups to our club secretary, Bill McCollum via email.

Here is a list of area Rotary clubs:

Monday

11:30 am - Overland Park - Doubletree Hotel, 10100 College Blvd., Overland Park

11:45 am - Bonner Springs - Twisters Grill & Bar, 13100 Kansas Avenue, Bonner Springs

Tuesday

7:00 am - Gladstone - Fairview Christian Church, 1800 NE 65th St., KCMO

12:00 pm - Kansas City, Kansas - Reardon Community Center, 500 Minnesota Ave., KCK

12:00 pm - Spring Hill - K & M BBQ, 603 N. Webster, Spring Hill

12:00 pm - Independence - The Ennovation Center, 201 N. Forest Ave., Independence

12:00 pm - Raytown - Raytown Schools Wellness Center, 10301 E. 350 Hwy, Raytown

5:15 PM - Western Johnson County - Blue Moose, 10064 Woodland, Lenexa-2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month

Wednesday

7:15 pm - Overland Park South - Deer Creek Golf Club, 7000 W. 133rd St., Overland Park

12:00 pm - Shawnee Mission - Down Syndrome Guild of Greater KC, 5960 Dearborn, Mission

12:00 pm - Olathe - Hilton Garden Inn, 12080 S. Strang Line Rd., Olathe

12:00 pm - Kansas City South - Margaritas, 13401 Holmes Rd., KCMO

12:00 pm - KCI Airport - Granite City Pub-Zona Rosa, 8461 NW Prairie View Rd., KCMO

5:30 pm - Waldo-Brookside - Waldo Pizza, 7433 Broadway, KCMO

Thursday

7:15 am - Johnson County - Holiday Inn OP-West, 8787 Reeder Rd., Overland Park

7:15 am - Leawood - Hallbrook Country Club, 11200 Overbrook Rd., Leawood

7:15 am - Village West - Famous Dave's BBQ, 1320 Village West Pkwy, KCK

7:30 am - Gardner - Gardner Community Center, 128 E. Park, Gardner

7:30 am - Olathe Santa Fe Trail - Mid American Nazarene College, 2030 E. College Way, Olathe

7:30 am - Eastern Independence - Stoney Creek Hotel, 18011 Bass Pro Dr., Independence

12:00 pm - Kansas City, Club 13 - The Gallery, 61 E. 14th St., KCMO

Friday

7:15 am - DeSoto - DeSoto United Methodist Church, 8760 Kill Creek Rd., DeSoto

7:15 am - Shawnee - Shawnee Town 1929 Town Hall, 11600 Johnson Dr., Shawnee

7:15 am - Kansas City, Plaza - Grand Street Cafe, 4740 Grand Ave., KCMO

12:00 pm - North Kansas City - NKC Public Library, 2251 Howell St., NKC, MO

12:00 pm - Parkville - Park University, Distance Learning Center, Gault St., Pier 224

May 29, 2020

Dayna McDaniel

Seed Savers

May 29, 2020

Melissa Sindt

Classification Speaker

Jun 05, 2020

Dylan Evans

Fraud Protection

Jun 05, 2020

Ashley Sherard

Classification Speaker

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Board Meeting-CLICK for ZOOM link
Zoom Meeting
Jun 02, 2020 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM

Orientation Social
Zoom Gathering
Jun 11, 2020 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

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