Jan. 21, 2025| Volume 113 | No. 27
In-Person and Livestreamed from Christian Life Center - St. Luke's Methodist Church | 11:55 Link to the Livestream 11:55am
First Pediatric Heart Transplant in Decades at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health
Dr. Erik Edens is the Medical Director of Heart Failure and Transplant at Oklahoma Children's Hospital OU Health Heart Center in Oklahoma City. He specializes in pediatric heart failure, heart transplant, and mechanical circulatory support. In September 2021, Dr. Edens came to Oklahoma to build the advanced pediatric heart failure and heart transplant program at Oklahoma Children's Hospital OU Health READ MORE
Chair of the Day: Jayme Phillips Attendance Scanner/Greeters: Mark Neumeister, Jeanette Nance Registration: Evan Walter, Johnny Settle Introduction of Guests: Tim Dowd Introduction of New Rotarians: Miles Pringle Invocation/Pledge Leader: Byron Jackson Microphone: Richard Smith, Bobby Mills Menu:Beef Tenderloin with Mushroom Cream Sauce; Shrimp Scampi Pasta; Green Beans; Roll; Caesar Salad; Mixed Greens Salad
club 29 breakfast
Jan. 23, 2025 | 7:00am
Quail Creek Country Club | Wingspan Room
Chairs: Susan McVey, Bud Oehlert
Speaker: Clotiel Howard, Founder/Executive Director, Hope for the Future, “Supporting Foster Children and Families”
reflections
Reflections At the Start of a New Year
by Paul Moore
Some years are hard to let go of. Others, we’re glad to see in the rear-view mirror. I’m ready for a new year! 2024 had its joys, but it was also a year in which advancing age was painfully (literally) apparent, for me and my wife.
I was born in 1949. My mother had emigrated from Newfoundland to marry my father and they were just two years into what would be a 70 year marriage, living in a new little house in New Jersey. There was no way for my grandmother to make the trip from Newfoundland in the winter, and so she corresponded with my mother by mail. In one of her letters, she enclosed a beautifully printed card with the following message: I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year, “Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.” And he replied, “Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way.” READ MORE
Announcements
=>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.
New Rotarians
New Rotarians Clotiel Howard, and Michael McClintock will be introduced by Miles Pringle.
The Rotary Club 29 Foundation gratefully ackknowledges memorial gifts in memory of Ed Porter from Tom Roe, and Barney Semtner.
Memorials
The Rotary Club 29 Foundation accepts gifts honoring loved ones. A contribution can be made here
In the News
If you have good news - honors, awards, new achievements - to share with the clubplease let us know!
Upcoming Events
January 25, 2025 - Pickleball Tournament - Chicken 'n Pickle 10-1 February 11, 2025 - Rotary AfterHours April 23, 2025 - Rotary Club of Okla. City visits Rotary Club of Tulsa
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.
Jan. 28, 2025 Fireside Talk featuring Ryan McNeil and Tammy Fate – “OAK: Bringing a Major Masterplan Development Back to Your Hometown" Feb. 4, 2025 Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell – “Company is Coming: Ready or Not”
ATTENDANCE
January 14, 2025- Online, In-Person, Makeups: 210 Total Present and Makeup: 37%
