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OKC Rotary NewsMarch 25, 2025| Volume 113 | 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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bethany children's center
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Nico Gomez joined the staff at Bethany Children’s Health Center in 2020. As Chief Executive Officer, Gomez provides leadership, direction, and administration of all aspects of hospital activities to ensure compliance with established objectives and the realization of quality, economical health care services, and other related lines of business. Prior to joining the hospital, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Care Providers Oklahoma.. READ MORE
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Chair of the Day: Farooq Karim
Attendance Scanner/Greeters: Richard Smith, Byron Jackson
Registration: Kathy Williams, Kathryn Wilson Wheeler
Introduction of Guests: Rachel Hubbard
New Member Welcome Table: Paul Moore
New Rotarian Introductions: Sherry Fair
Invocation/Pledge Leader: Jerome Holmes
Microphone: Bailey Perkins Wright, Bart Binning
Menu: Mixed Green salad; Asian Slaw; White Rice; Egg Roll; Steamed broccoli and Carrots; Edamame and Mushrooms; Pepper and Onion; Sweet and Sour Chicken; Roasted Honey Soy Shrimp
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club 29 breakfastMarch 27, 2025 | 7:00am
Quail Creek Country Club | Wingspan Room
Chairs: Susan McVey, Bud Oehlert
Speaker: Kimberly Walker, Publisher, Oklahoma Gazette, “Honoring the Past, Embracing the Future: Reviving a Legacy of Trusted Journalism.”
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Mine, Mine, Mine
by Byron Jackson
My parents were very loving to my brother and me. They did their best to take care of us. As we grew older, I eventually learned that I had to choose which family traditions to carry on. We were taught to protect what we have and not to give to others unless they were family. The belief was that what was yours should also be mine, and there was no obligation to share. There was no giving to charity or volunteering our time to help others.
I remember watching a story on television about three boys who found a box of money by the railroad tracks in Denver. They turned it in because it didn’t belong to them, andmy mother called them “idiots.” This shaped my understanding of the world as a place where I had to take from others to get ahead. People told me I was too sensitive and advised me that others would walk all over me. So, I toughened my skin and adopted a mindset of taking what I wanted.
However, this philosophy left me feeling isolated and troubled, and deep down, I was unhappy with the person I had become. I eventually hit rock bottom and realized I needed to reevaluate my perspective on life. READ MORE
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| New Rotarians
Sherry Fair will introduce new Rotarians Matt Wilson, Patrick Duffy, and Amy Spring.
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| Foundation Election - Closes March 31, 2025 - 11:59pmDon't forget to Vote!! A link from Simply Voting was sent to your email address.
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4-8-25 AfterHours - Tequila Chulos RSVP Cash Bar | Bring Guests!
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All Aboard for Tulsa! RSVP | |
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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, contact Mary Jane Calvey
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| =>Accounting Email 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 the Rotary office. Quarterly statements were emailed and we appreciate your assistance to ensure timely payment.
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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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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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Rotary Magazine - March 2025 - Rotarian Subscribers
A few miles from Seattle's glittering downtown, home to some of the world's richest tech companies, lies "the track," a stretch of roadway home to a darker industry. Girls, some not even teenagers, have been forced into the commercial sex trade here. A Rotary club is fighting back. In this issue of Rotary magazine, one of its members takes you inside the operation to help women break free.
Click here to read your digital copy of the March 2025 issue
Also this month, we find out what drives Rotary’s 2025-26 president, Mário César Martins de Camargo of Brazil, what he’s learned about leadership as a Rotary member, and why he’s known as Super Mario.
For Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Month, we assigned a photographer in India to document the work of an industrious group of Interactors whose club has made tens of thousands of menstrual pads.
Finally, in the Our Clubs section, we go to Houston to visit a Rotary club whose members have been a who’s who of the space program since the first class of astronauts.
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Upcoming Events
April 8, 2025 - Rotary AfterHours
April 23, 2025 - Rotary Club of Okla. City visits Rotary Club of Tulsa RSVP Required
April 25, 2025 - May 3, 2025 - Open World Legal Scholars
July 1, 2025 - Rotary Inaugural
January 31, 2026 - Pickleball Tournament
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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 1, 2025 -
High School Rotarian Day – “Accessible Health Care Panel-” Senator Carri Hicks, Jeanean Jones
April 8, 2025 - Sean Burrage, Chancellor, Regents for Higher Education – “The Power of Higher Education: Transforming Lives and Building Oklahoma’s Workforce”
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ATTENDANCE
March 18, 2025- Online, In-Person, Makeups: 180
Total Present and Makeup: 32%
Membership
March 18, 2025 - 573
Makeups
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