Service Above Self

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Thursdays at 7:15 a.m.

Hallbrook Country Club

11200 Overbrook Road
Leawood, KS 66211
United States of America

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Rotary Meeting
Hallbrook Country Club

Mar. 20, 2025 7:15 a.m.
Board Meeting
Hallbrook Country Club

Mar. 27, 2025 7:15 a.m.
Service Project - Tomahawk Trail Cleanup
Tomahawk Park

Mar. 29, 2025
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Rotary Meeting
Hallbrook Country Club

Apr. 03, 2025
Rotary Meeting
Hallbrook Country Club

Apr. 10, 2025 7:15 a.m.

“Service is the Rent I pay for the space I occupy on the earth.” - Dr. Mahesh Kotbagi, President Rotary International

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Upcoming Meetings + Speakers:

March 27th, 2025

Board Meeting - all are welcome

April 3rd, 2025

Blue Valley Educational Foundation

April 10th, 2025

Pomerol - Human Trafficking

April 17th, 2025

Listyning Room

April 24th, 2025

Board Meeting - all are welcome

May 1st, 2025

Chuck Udell - Cambodia

This week in Rotary News:

At today’s Rotary meeting Dr. Wade Roberts of Robert’s PT presented an informative program on how to increase strength, mobility, and how to improve quality of life.

In addition, Roxann Kerr Lindsey was presented the Hero Award for the 1st quarter of the year for all her work behind the scenes to make Leawood Rotary a great club.

Other News:

At this week's meeting, Denise Ogilvie with Catholic Charities spoke about the impact they make on Johnson County and other counties in NE Kansas.

On March 6th, the Leawood Rotary Club wine group (We Make Pour Choices) met for our monthly meeting. Hemi and Reena Vats hosted the event and we sampled Merlot from around the world. It was another fun event. In addition to service projects, Rotarians enjoy social time together.

Leawood Rotary volunteered at Flourish Furniture on Saturday, March 1. The club also presented Flourish with a $1000 check. We had fun cleaning rugs, moving furniture, woodworking, sewing and packing to help individuals and families who need home furnishings. We learned that Jake has an amazing ability to select the right box to fit any challenging-to-pack item!

On Wednesday, February 26, Gail Weiss hosted a wonderful women’s social, featuring delicious Mexican food prepared by a chef. It was a fun evening!

Today's Rotary program featured LaTasha Jacobs (Executive Director) and Vince Clark (Vice Chairman) of Pathway Financial Education, a non-profit committed to providing comprehensive financial education to individuals, youth, and business owners in under-resourced communities. The impact of the organization has been profound in its support of financial literacy and outreach.

Leawood Rotary presented a $4,080 check to the Miracle of Innocence, an organization that provides assistance to those who have been wrongfully imprisoned after release from incarceration.

Dr. Ted Higgins, who operates the Higgins Brothers Surgicenter for Hope in Haiti, presented today on the Haitian health care crisis. The Surgicenter provides a tremendous positive and needed impact on Haitian health care.

Davis Harrison was given a Paul Harris Fellow award by Jonn Wullschleger.

A very interesting program on the Tusonge Ministry in Uganda was given by Jonn Wullschleger.

January 29th - the We Make Pour Choices wine group met at the home of Rick and Martha Robinson. Our wine theme was Malbec. A good time was had by all!

Our Leawood Rotary Club, as well as additional volunteers from the National Honor Society at Blue Valley North High School, participated in The Outreach Program where we purchased ingredients, equipment, bags, and boxes by pallet, resulting in assembling multiple pallets of dried ingredients then shipped to disaster relief victims from recent tropical storms in North Carolina as well as fire victims in Southern California.

Brad Moore provided a presentation on club history.

Several charter members of the club were in attendance.

New member Don Keith was inducted into the Club!

We had a great turnout for our special 30 year history presentation!

Thursday, January 23rd, 2025 was a celebration of 30 years of the Leawood Rotary Club.

The Leawood Rotary Social Committee hosted a wonderful winter social that was held on Thursday, January 9, at Aixois French Restaurant in Park Place, Leawood.