Our speaker on Friday will be District Governor Stephanie Meyer. This will be her first "official visit" since taking the office on July 1, 2022.
Stephanie Meyer has nearly twenty years of experience in the public and non-profit sectors in a variety of elected, appointed, and volunteer roles. She most recently completed more than six years of service as a Shawnee City Council member, including three as Council President. Prior to that role, she served on the city’s Planning Commission.
Stephanie is a fourth generation Kansan and a native of Wichita. She attended Kansas State University, where she earned a dual bachelor’s degree in journalism and public relations. She later received her master’s degree in public administration from the University of Kansas. Her professional background includes communications, governmental affairs, and business development work.
Stephanie’s community involvement includes serving as a Past President of the Shawnee Rotary Club and Assistant District Governor, Past Chair of the Johnson County Theatre in the Park Advisory Council, Past Board Member for Prairie Paws Animal Shelter, Director Emeritus for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Excellence in Public Service Series, Volunteer “Big” with Big Brothers Big Sisters; and she recently became a living kidney donor. Following that experience, Stephanie joined the National Kidney Foundation’s regional advisory board to help advocate for organ donation, and in March 2022, successfully summited Mount Kilimanjaro with 21 fellow living kidney donors to increase awareness. In 2018, she was honored to receive the Gene Amos Service Above Self Award in recognition of her contributions.
She is an alum of the Centurions Leadership Program (2019), Leadership Kansas (2014) and Shawnee Tomorrow (2013), a member of the American Enterprise Institute’s National Leadership Network, and a delegate to the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) trips to Tunisia and Morocco (2014) and Timor-Leste (2019). She also previously served as the Vice Chair of the National League of Cities First Tier Suburbs Council and was a member of the NLC Young Municipal Leaders Steering Committee and Community and Economic Development Advocacy Committee.
Stephanie and her husband Bryan, a patent and intellectual property attorney, have lived in Shawnee since 2007 (with their rescue mutt Charlie) and are members of the First United Methodist Church of the Resurrection.
I am so honored to serve as your 2022-23 President. We have important work ahead of us, and we are going to have a lot of fun as we do it.
As we enter our Club’s 55 th year, we are working to increase our impact, expand our reach, enhance member engagement, and increase our ability to adapt. The last couple years within and emerging from the pandemic have shown that we — as Rotarians — can realize our goals as we forge a new path for the future.
Without question, the pandemic posed previously unimaginable challenges for Rotary. But within every challenge is perhaps an even greater opportunity.
Rotary’s International President, Jennifer Jones, announced her 2022-23 Presidential theme, Imagine Rotary, that urged people to dream big and harness their connections and the power of Rotary to turn those dreams into reality. In her words: “Imagine, a world that deserves our best where we get up each day knowing that we can make a difference.”
As we build a stronger future for our organization, it’s good that we are reaching out to new people and introducing them to Rotary. It’s important that our Club reflect the communities we serve. More diverse voices in our Club and in our leadership will help Rotary stay in touch with a changing world. Sharing with that world the Object of Rotary is to:
- Provide an opportunity for group service; - Foster high ethical standards in business and professions; - Encourage the application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life; - Foster the advancement
In closing, may I again say that I am humbled to serve as your President this year and look forward to working with the Board and every member as we all move forward into a new Rotary year.
Last week, Lenexa Rotarian April Boyd-Noronha, attended the Annual Giving Hope and Help Scholarship Fundraiser. The Lenexa Rotary Foundation gifted this non-profit a grant towards their scholarship fund. Giving Hope & Help awarded over $60,000 in scholarships and educational tools to 16 deserving Class of 2022, college bound, high school graduates.
Giving Hope & Help is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that compassionately partners with other human service nonprofit organizations, the community, businesses and individuals to meet needs and make a differencee.
First of all . . . we are in desperate need of a Program Chair. The Program Chair is in charge of lining up speakers for our weekly meetings. If we could get 4 people to volunteer, each person can take a quarter of the year. Please seriously consider helping President Ben with weekly programs.
Additionally, we are asking the club members for ideas for speakers. If each member could think of at least one program, it would help solve this problem AND we would have great speakers. Please contact President Ben with your ideas. Email him at ben.harber@besmith.com
THANK YOU to everyone who came out to walk the Community Days Parade with the Lenexa Fire Safety Trailer. Thank you to Christopher Coleman and his family, Bob & Lenet Compton, Pat Thomas, Mike, Dix, Moe Cougher and Bill McCullom (and Matt Janes who was looking for the group) It was a fun, hot day!
We have agreed to help build another ramp with HopeBUILDERS. Two dates are July 9 or July 30.
Please contact Ben Harber if you are interested and indicate the date you prefer -- or both!
Since 2000, HopeBUILDERS has been helping older adults and individuals living with disabilities by providing accessibility and home repair. They envision a safe, accessible and healthy home for every Kansas Citian.
Next year's "Gold Cards" (fine cards) will go on sale this Friday. The cost is $65 for the Rotary year 2022-2023. Use this card for all of your weekly fines and also get a tax deduction.
Checks should be made payable to Lenexa Rotary Foundation and given to Fred Spears.
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.
In 2017, Rotary International took on the call to End Human Trafficking. You are invited to earn your Human Trafficking Awareness badge from Justice U. In one hour, you will learn what human trafficking is, how to see it, and how to report it. And if you want to earn your full digital certification by taking all three courses offered in the Learn How to End Human Trafficking series on Justice U, you can use the code ROTARYSWARM to gain free access to these courses + even more resources from Engage Together, our partners in this effort. Go here to sign up and learn more: https://learnwithjusticeu.com/courses/
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