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OKC Rotary NewsMarch 26, 2024 | Volume 112 | No. 36
In-Person and Livestreamed from Christian Life Center - St. Luke's Methodist Church | 11:55
Link to the Livestream 11:55am
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| Jeremie Kubicek is the Executive Chairman of GiANT, which certifies coaches to serve companies and their employees. Before founding GiANT and Leadercast (and writing numerous books), Jeremie had one of those near-death experiences you see in the movies. It led him on a journey to discover that leadership starts with knowing and leading yourself. Once you lead yourself well, you can lead others.
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Chair of the Day: Justin Smith
Attendance Scanner/Greeters: Stacy Murray
Registration: Dawn Byram, Emily Stratton
Introduction of Guests: Mary Jane Calvey
Invocation/Pledge Leader: Charlie Smith
Microphone: Bobby Mills
Menu: House salad; Pasta Salad; Green Beans; Mashed Potatoes; Honey Roasted Chicken; Chicken Fried Steak
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club 29 breakfastMarch 28, 2024 | 7:00am
Quail Creek Country Club | Wingspan Room
Chairs: Susan McVey, Bud Oehlert
Speaker: Edd Karlan – Director of Sales & Marketing OKANA Resort & Indoor Water Park
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Serving together: How Rotary raises awareness, connects us to the Community
by Charlie Price
As Rotarians, we recognize service above self as one of our core values. Our members engage in volunteer service along with thousands of like-minded individuals through chapters here at home and across the world. From helping local students and others in need in Oklahoma City to setting up vaccination clinics in other countries, that impact matters.
In addition to planned community service, Rotary also gives us the opportunity to hear from nonprofit sector champions. Servant leaders representing causes throughout our state help us better understand community needs. Knowing where to focus our time, energy and resources is also guided in the spirit of service with that improved awareness. I’ve joined many conversations with “We were just hearing about that topic at Rotary.”
We are better citizens and more informed residents because of our participation in Rotary. As an organized force for good, Rotarians have the advantage of long-standing traditions around community service. We host a forum for engaging conversations but the momentum doesn’t stop there. Words turn to actions when we choose to participate in activities in fulfillment of the seeds planted, with better days ahead. READ MORE
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| | New RotarianNew Rotarian Salvador Ontiveros will be introduced by Anne Roberts.
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| Foundation Officers & Directors Election - Don't Forget to Vote! A link from Simply Voting was sent to your email address. For those who have not voted, reminder emails will be sent periodically. The election closes March 31, 2024.
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| Memorials
The Rotary Club 29 Foundation gratefully acknowledges memorial gifts in memory of Page Dobson from Wes Milbourn, Floyd Skarky, Joseph Mathis, Mike & Gail Grady, Willliam McAlister, and Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Elam.
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Memorials
The Rotary Club 29 Foundation accepts gifts honoring loved ones.
A contribution can be made here
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March 2024 District 5750 Newsletter
Dear District 5750 Rotarians,
Spring is in the Air! We have added to our District Governor Line with the selection of Mr. Michael Trewitt joining our leadership team! Mid-America President Elect Training is this weekend as we equip, inspire and motivate the next year’s leaders. I am especially excited about our Tri-District Conference in April! Our District Governor Team with Immediate Past District Governor Deena Fisher, District Governor Elect Jack Werner, District Governor Nominee Mukesh “Mack” Patel, and following DGN Mack, is Michael Trewitt. Our District is in great hands!
If you haven’t already, please make plans to attend the District Conference and Foundation Dinner from April 26-28! You can register for the District Conference on the District website:
READ THE FULL NEWSLETTER
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Dr.Dan Perlman on the far left - with Alice Atemo, a past president of the Kakamega Rotary Club. She is also the founder of the Overcoming Faith Schools for Orphans in Western Kenya
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Trip to Western Kenya, February 10-18, 2024
ROTARIANS AGAINST MALARIA-GLOBAL (RAM-G)
by Dennis Shockley, Ph.D.
We carefully negotiated the small dirt passageways of corrugated metal and clumsily plastered concrete walls stepping over stones, interrupted by occasional sunlight, and arrived in a narrow alleyway where we were surrounded by about 50 bug-eyed, shiny headed small children of God. They were gathered there for what would perhaps be their only meal that day, rice, beans and flatbread. We were in the heart of Kibra, the worst slum town in Nairobi. Alice brought us here.
Last month I had the privilege to accompany 17 other US Rotarians to Western Kenya on a RAM-G educational and humanitarian safari. The goal was to learn about interventions against malaria in partnership with Rotary District 9212. The group was led by Dr. Dan Perlman, a retired epidemiologist and Rotarian from the Denver area. We were accompanied for the entirety of our adventure by Alice Atemo, a past president of the Kakamega Rotary Club. She is also the founder of the Overcoming Faith Schools for Orphans in Western Kenya. She rescues kids from Kibra, but is restricted in student body size by the government. READ MORE
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Rotary Magazine - March 2024
They're the missing link between farms and food banks: the volunteers who collect crops left behind in fields. Harvest Against Hunger takes it a step further. Rotary District 5030 in Greater Seattle serves as a model for addressing food insecurity, not by building new infrastructure but by forging so many connections between community partners that one farmer dubbed it "a benevolent octopus."
Click here to read your digital copy of the March 2024 issue.
In another example of improving existing systems, polio vaccinators have a powerful new tool to fight outbreaks: cellphones that track their progress as they go door to door, ensuring fewer children are overlooked. In the Our World section, learn how polio mapping is going high tech.
March is Rotary Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Month. In the "Where are they now?" column, we introduce you to a Rotary scholar who has made it her life's work to expand access to safe water.
Prefer to listen? Check out the podcast for audio versions of the magazine's best storytelling, along with full episodes featuring exclusive bonus interviews
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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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| Address Changes Needed Now!!!!!
If you have any unreported business or home contact information changes or if you would like a new photo for your listing in the Rotary Membership Directory, please make those changes here
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| Rotary Club 29 Online Directory
DacDb has a new App 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.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.
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FUTURE PROGRAMS
April 2, 2024 - Osage Nation, Chief Standing Bear
April 9, 2024 - Jamie Molbert, Vice President of Pediatric Behavioral Health at OU Children’s Hospital. High School Rotarian Day
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ATTENDANCE
March 19, 2024- Online, In-Person, Makeups: 193
Total Present and Makeup: 34%
Membership
March 19, 2024 - 598
Makeups
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Happy Birthday to those Rotarians born in March!
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Celebrating Years of Service in Club 29 - March 2024
These Rotarians have been members of Club 29 from 43 years to 1 year.
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