296 Rotarians have not selected a committee for the 25-26 year!
296 Rotarians have not selected a committee for the 25-26 year!
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Rotary Club of Oklahoma City

CLUB 29 Breakfast

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


June 12, 2025 -  Bill Orr, Ph.D. “The Basics of Blood:  What Everyone Needs to Know.”
June 19, 2025 -. Tammy Fate, Director of Retail Development and Recruitment, Greater OKC Chamber of Commerce, “Destination OKC:  Where Retail Meets Lifestyle:  Placemaking, Prosperity, and the Power of Retail and Mixed-Use Development.”
June 26, 2025 -  Organizational meeting for 2025-26 Club 29 breakfast committee programs

2024-2025 Awards were presented at the June 10, 2025 Rotary Meeting

  Club 29 Service Awards: These individuals supported the club in the five areas of service: club, community, vocational, international, and new generations  Club Service: Blake Cherry, Kelley Dowd, Leann Farha, Jennifer Hamer, Bobby Mills, Paul Moore, Chip Oppenheim, Lexi Skaggs, Charlie Smith, and Emily Stratton   Community Service: Elizabeth Inbody, Byron Jackson, Kelly Kay, Jake Krattiger, Ron Stakem, Ron Suttles, and John Wilkins Vocational Service: Lou Kohlman, Heidi Russell, and Lisa Synar  International Service: Andy Anderson, Matt Bown, Steve Shepelwich, and Clayton Taylor  New Generations Service: Amanda Harding and Katy Leffel   
Presidential Citations
10 members who have gone above and beyond in their service to the club by awarding them a Presidential Citation Award.  Alex Kaiser who has led an outstanding committee working on Membership Recruitment.
Jane Jenkins for leading our Member Engagement and Retention committee and bring some outstanding new features to the club including the new member welcome table
A big thank you to Jordan Gould for helping to kick off the start of our program year with an inaugural to remember at the Girl Scouts’ Camp Trivera!
For their hard work and dedication in organizing our weekly breakfast meeting, thank you to Susan McVey and Bud Oehlert

It also takes a lot of work to coordinate our monthly Rotary After Hours events. Thank you to Jill Farrand for leading her committee and the outstanding events they coordinated. Thanks to  Keith Oehlert for her continued support of our international programs and the works she does on the Care & Compassion committee and the care she puts into reaching out to our members in need. 
Thanks to Lisa Hammond,  who helped to coordinate another great Open World program for our recent visitors from Mongolia! A big thank you to Chris Moxley and Ashley Smith who led another successful OnePledge committee through project selection and fundraising.

The first Rotarian of the Year has been a leader in our club for many years continuously living his professional, personal, and civic life working to improve our community and further the mission of our club. As you learned several weeks ago, he has also made an incredible contribution to our Rotary Club 29 Foundation that will help ensure our club can address challenging issues in our community for generations to come.  First Rotarian of the year: Chuck Wiggin

From day one, she has been invested in working to coordinate an outstanding line-up of speakers and programs, a role critical to the Club’s success.  The  second Rotarian of the Year:  Melissa Pepper!

Congratulations to all the 2024-25 Award Winners!

=>Accounting Email Change - 4th Q Statements were emailed April 1, 2025 


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 were  emailed and we appreciate your assistance to ensure timely payment.
 

World Community Service Travel Opportunity

We have a travel opportunity available through our World Service Committee. Thanks to your contributions to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, we were able to complete an Auto Mechanics Training Global Grant in Piura, Peru.

Mary Jane Calvey is leading the efforts of planning a trip to celebrate the successful implementation of this grant in Peru and invites any Rotary member plus their spouse who may want to travel to the celebration and meet fellow Rotarians from the Miraflores Rotary Club of Piura.  Travel dates will be September 20 through September 27, 2025 and a travel agent in country is assisting in lodging and transport accommodations.  Should you wish to join, you can even choose to add time in Peru if you want to explore other parts of the beautiful country. For more information, please contact Mary Jane Calvey.
Inform the office of any Business or Residential Address Changes

Newly Elected Officers and Directors - Taking Office July 1, 2025


President Ross Plourde; President-Elect Lance McDaniel; Treasurer  Miles Pringle; Assistant Treasurer Evan Walter; Secretary Farooq Karim; Sgt- at-Arms Kathy Williams; Past President Suzanne Mitchell
Directors 2 yr: AJ Griffin, Jill Farrand, Mark Neumeister, Cori Loomis, Joel Alberts |Directors 1 yr: Brooke Haneborg, Steve Kerr, Heidi Russell, Drew Edmondson, Anne Holzberlein


Congratulations! 

6-10-2025 Program

Chad Warmington – State Chamber of Oklahoma – “Making Oklahoma the Best Place for Business”

Video Makeups

Club 29 Rotarians may watch the program video as an attendance makeup- 2 per quarter.  The form to submit your video makeup is located underneath each video in the description section, in the "Members" section of okcrotary.club or  you may access it here.
Pre-Register Tuesday Luncheon Guests

Memorial Gifts  

Memorial gifts honoring a loved one can be made to the Rotary Club 29 Foundation here.

2024-2025 Committee Structure

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 billing to Annual billing for Rotary CLUB invoices, please contact the rotary office.

Upcoming Events


July 1, 2025 - Rotary Inaugural - RSVP Required
July 29, 2025 - Vocational Tour Day
Jan. 31. 2026 - Rotary Pickleball Tournament
2024-2025  Program Schedule 

June 17, 2025 - Fireside Chat with Governor George Nigh
June 24, 2025 - No Luncheon Meeting, No Attendance Makeup Required
July 1 - 2025 -  No Tuesday Luncheon Meeting
Inaugural -  UCO Boathouse 6:00pm-8:30:   Reservations Required

Happy Birthday to Rotarians born in June!

Rotary Club 29 Online Directory

DACdb has an app!  Access it in the Play store, or App 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.club 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.

Update your contact information

If you have an update or correction to your business or residential contact information that has not been reported to the Rotary office, please update it here. 

Membership

You may nominate a prospective Rotarian by using this online nomination form This form is also found in the "Members" section of okcrotary.club 

In the News

If you have good news - honors, awards, new achievements - to share with the club please let us know!
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625 NW 13th Street, Ste 105, Oklahoma City, OK 73103
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