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OKC Rotary News
August 19, 2025 | Volume 114 | No. 8
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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James Lankford served four years in the US House of Representatives for central Oklahoma, until he was overwhelmingly elected to the United States Senate in 2014.
He and his staff enjoy serving people from all backgrounds across Oklahoma. James is Chair of the Government Operations and Border Management Subcommittee, which covers border security, management, and operations; regulatory reform; and the federal workforce. He demands we have a secure, more fiscally responsible, and transparent federal government, and our nation remains the world leader. He believes that the federal government has an important role in our nation, but empowered families, individual people, and private businesses grow our economy and pass down our values.
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| Chair of the Day: Mike Turpen
Invocator/Pledge Leader: Ted Streuli
Introduction of Guests: Tim Dowd
New Rotarian Welcome Table: Brooke Haneborg
Scanners/Greeters: Kathy Frankenfield, Jennifer Hamer
Registration: Anne Holzberlein, Bobby Mills
Microphone Q&A: Ellen Fleming, Richard Smith
Menu: Greek Salad; House Salad; Zucchini & Squash; Wild Rice; Hummus & Pita Bread; Chicken Shawarma; Gyros
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Club 29 Breakfast August 21, 2025
Quail Creek Country Club | 7:00am | Wingspan Room
Co-Chairs: David Hull, Aaron Collins, John D. Williams
Speaker: Maressa Treat – “The Clerk Works: an initiative to highlight the FREE and critical services offered by the Oklahoma County clerk’s office"
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|  | ED Megan and Pres. Ross with Wings of Rotary Representatives at the June, 2026
RI Convention in Calgary
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| Calgary Reflections
by President Ross Plourde and Exec. Director Megan Law
The Canadian Rockies were the backdrop for the Rotary International Convention in Calgary, Alberta, Canada this year. Megan Law and I got together with about 15,000 fellow Rotarians from 142 countries around the world to meet, mingle, learn, be inspired and share ideas.
We were a little over a week too early for the Calgary Stampede, the annual 10-day festival celebrating Calgary’s western heritage, but Rotary showed up ready in white straw cowboy hats. The cheer of the Stampede is “Yahoo,” featured in six-foot high stand-alone letters outside the convention center, that from the back (which was my initial vantage point) spell “OOHAY.”
Megan was the best, assuring that we spent the appropriate time with the leaders of the three other largest clubs in the U.S., the District Governor for the Japanese Rotary district..... READ MORE
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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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Save the date and join President-Elect Lance McDaniel in Taipei, Taiwan for the 2025-2026 Rotary International Convention June 13 – 17, 2026! Early-registration discounts are available now through December 15, 2025 when pricing increases so don’t wait to get your place reserved.
If you are interested in attending, please contact the office to learn more about hotel reservations avilable through Club 29.
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August 2025 - Rotarian Magazine for Rotarian Subscribers
"It's one of the only places in the world I can go where I don't need my wheelchair." So says Bill Bogdan, describing the joy of scuba diving. Eager to share the experience, Bogdan volunteers with Diveheart, a nonprofit run by a pair of Rotarians that introduces people with an array of disabilities to adaptive diving. For this issue of Rotary magazine, we spent a few days at a Diveheart training pool to see the excitement up close.
Click here to read your digital copy of the August 2025 issue.Also, check out the latest installment in our Decade of Doers series celebrating 10 years of People of Action Honors. And find out who was awarded this year's $2 million Programs of Scale grant.
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
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| =>Accounting Email Change - Statements were emailed August 14
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. Membership dues 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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| Rotary Club 29 Online Directory - App is 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
August 26, 2025 -
Chief Justice Dustin P. Rowe – Supreme Court District 2
Sept. 2, 2025 -
Sunny Cearley – Allied Arts
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attendance & MEMBERSHIP
Attendance
August 12, 2025 - Makeups, Online, In-person: 220
Total Attendance: 39%
Membership: August 12, 2025 - 576
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Upcoming Events
September 9, 2025 - Rotary AfterHours - Truckyard Lower Bricktown
December 5, 2025 - Salvation Army Bell Ringing
January 6, 2026 - Rotary Winter Party
January 31, 2026 - Pickleball Tournament
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