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OKC ROTARY NEWS

January 7, 2025| Volume 113 | No. 25
Winter Party - Lively at the Oak | 6:00 - 9:00pm
RSVP Required
NO LUNCHEON MEETING AT ST. LUKE'S - No Attendance Makeup required

RSVP LIST

Winter Party Committee

Terri Cooper, Margaret Creighton, Dean Higganbotham, Anne Holzberlein, Nancy Hyde, Jane Jenkins, Donna Lawrence, Laura Moxley, Jeanette Nance, Marion Paden, Jeaneen Pointer, Sherry Rhodes, John Robberson, Kathryn Wilson Wheeler Lisa Synar, Chair

Menu
Choice of Flank Steak Carne Asada or Grilled Chicken Adobo
Flour and Blue Corn Tortillas

Salsa and Sauces including:
Tomatillo Salsa Verde, Roasted Tomato Salsa, and Habanero Pepper Sauces

Grilled Veggie Mix, Black Bean Puree, Spanish Rice
Toppings including Diced Onion, Shredded lettuce, Pico de Gallo, Cilantro

Tres Leches Cake

Club 29 Breakfast

Quail Creek Country Club | 7:00am | Wingspan Room
2024-2025 Co-Chairs - Susan McVey and Bud Oehlert

Jan. 9, 2025 - Kim Gutowsky van der Wal - "The Great Gutowsky, King of the Wildcatters"

Announcements

In Memory

The Rotary Club 29 Foundation gratefully acknowledges memorial gifts in memory of Ed Porter from Jeff Brown, and Tim Dowd.

Ed Porter July 11, 1943 — December 13, 2024

Services: Friday Jan. 10 - 2:00pm -
First Presbyterian Church - Edmond
1001 South Rankin Street, Edmond, OK 73034
Obituary

Memorials

If you would like to make a contribution to the Rotary Club 29 Foundaion in memory of a loved one, you may do so here.

Accounting Software Change

On July 1, 2024 the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City updated our accounting software to QuickBooks Online. With this change, the email address that sends your statements has been updated to: quickbooks@notification.intuit.com

Please add the above email address to your safe senders list and check your spam/junk folders for communications from our Rotary office. Quarterly statements will be emailed this week and we appreciate your assistance to ensure timely payment.

Pledge or Donate here!

Sign up For Pickleball!! Deadline Jan. 17

RSVP - Winter Party

In the News

If you have good news - honors, awards, new achievements - to share with the club, please let us know!

January Rotary Magazine - for Rotarian Subscribers

In 2009 Julie Mulligan was a few days into a Group Study Exchange trip to Nigeria when she was kidnapped at gunpoint. For two weeks, the Rotarian was shuttled from place to place by armed captors seeking a ransom. In this issue of Rotary magazine, Mulligan opens up about the experience and how nearly 16 years later, rather than withdrawing from the world, she is living an even more authentic life of Service Above Self.

Click here to read your digital copy of the January 2025 issue.

In another of this month’s features, we present expert advice on how Rotary members and the public can protect themselves from fraud schemes, which cost Americans a record $10 billion in 2023.
In the Our Clubs section, we introduce you to a Rotary club created for and by members with disabilities, including one Rotarian who started a soccer league in Uganda for visually impaired athletes.

Prefer to listen? Check out the Rotary Voices podcast for audio versions of the magazine's best storytelling, along with full episodes featuring bonus interviews.

2024-2025 Rotary International Theme

Rotary International President Stephanie Urchick announced that the 2024-25 presidential theme is "The Magic of Rotary" and called on members to recognize and amplify the organization’s power to save lives . "We are not going to end polio or bring peace to the world by waving a wand. It's up to you. You create the magic with every project completed, every dollar donated, and every new member."

Memorials

The Rotary Club 29 Foundation accepts gifts honoring loved ones.
Contribute here.

Auto-Pay offered for Rotary Club Invoices

If you would like to have a credit card on file to charge your Rotary CLUB invoices, please contact the rotary office.

Annual Dues Payment Offered

If you would like to switch from quarterly to annual billing for Rotary CLUB invoices, please contact the rotary office.

Upcoming Events

January 7, 2025 - Winter Party - RSVP Required
January 25, 2025 - Pickleball Tournament - Chicken 'n Pickle 10-1
April 23, 2025 - Rotary Club of Okla. City visits Rotary Club of Tulsa

Address Changes

Please report any changes in business or home here.

Rotary Club 29 Online Directory - APP available in the App/Play Store

Rotary Club 29 has an online membership directory which contains current content information for all club members. The link to access the Club 29 directory can be found at the top of the home page of okcrotary.com or by clicking here.

OKC Rotary has provided this tool as a convenience to help members stay in touch with one another. The online directory, just like the printed roster, should only be used for Rotary purposes. If you need help in accessing the directory, please email the office.

FUTURE PROGRAMS

2024-2025 Program Schedule

January 14, 2025 - Johnny Kuhlman, United States Marshall for the Western District of Oklahoma

January 21, 2025 - Dr. Erik Eden, Oklahoma Children’s Hospital – “First Pediatric Heart Transplant in Decades at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health“

ATTENDANCE & MEMBERSHIP

Attendance
Dec. 17, 2024 - In-Person, Online, Makeups: 200
Total Present & Makeup: 35%

Membership Dec. 17, 2024 - 588

Birthdays

Happy birthday to those Rotarians born in January!

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Joe Kernke

Ann Felton Gilliand

Address Changes

Share Good News

Nominate a new Rotarian for membership

Club 29 Online Directory

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625 NW 13th Street, Ste 105, Oklahoma City, OK 73103

625 NW 13th Street Ste 105 | Oklahoma City, OK 73103 US

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