Nearly 350 Rotary presidents-elect, secretaries-elect and other Rotarians from the three Rotary districts in Missouri met for training March 28-29 at the Capital Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City.
Kids at Springfield’s Pershing Middle School played Jeopardy! with “Clues Crew” host Kelly Miyahara. The message of the this game is “Don’t Meth with Me.” Springfield’s Rotary Club helped develop the game for the classroom.
LAKE OZARK, Mo. – The Lake Area Chamber of Commerce announces the winners of the 2013 Community Awards, presented on Thursday, Oct 10 at the Lodge of Four Seasons during the Lake Area Chamber Annual Fall Dinner. Four prestigious awards were given throughout the evening in the following categories: Non-Profit of the Year, Small Business
Rotarian James Weiberg received these pictures of an installation of 15 more water filters in the mountains 4 hours from Panama City done on Saturday the 18th of January. This is a school and community center with no potable water.
Come to our Wine Tasting Fundraiser on Friday, February 28 at Sir Winston’s in Fulton, MO and support Humanity for Children’s Bright Light Campaign to provide solar lights to school children in Rwanda.
Rotarians Ned Caldwell and Jim Conley have worked on Springfield’s Rock ‘n’ Ribs celebration for many years, and they have prepared an overview of what it takes to pull off something that large. The attached Powerpoint and summary sheet were shared at the 6080 District Conference in October.
For Tiffany Eis, everyday life now includes walking the halls of schools and teaching the dangers of meth and drug use from a firsthand experience. She’s part of the Rotary clubs’ “Don’t Meth With Us” program. She says the drug changed her life, forever.
During the month of October, the Warrensburg Early-Bird Rotary Club collected “warm weather gear” as a community service project. Although the Club is small in membership, they gathered a large amount of socks, mittens, gloves, scarves, hats and coats. They presented the clothing to staff at Sterling Elementary. The clothing will be given to children in need through the school.
Rotarian Rosalind Pride served as a presenter for the Choices Program at Waynesville Middle School. Through interactive sessions, students learned how the decisions they make today can affect the rest of their lives. Volunteers from the Waynesville-St. Robert Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club of Pulaski County presented the program on four different mornings.
On week five the Rotary Peace Fellows of Chulalongkorn University went for a field trip to work on the topic of human trafficking. The entire week consisted visiting organizations and people working to prevent the practice of human trafficking in Thailand and internationally. I took my sweet time writing this blog because I had to
