SUPER-SUPPORTERS NEEDED so we can make 2022 even bigger!

(with many thanks to Brad Vaughan and Mike Meyer)

This is what ROTARY CARES distributed:

56 pallets of food and household products to Avenue of Life and 50 pallets of food and household products to Giving the Basics? (The above organizations provide support to more than 120 charitable organizations in the Kansas City metro area.)

24 pallets of household products to Johnson County Christmas Bureau

12 pallets of food and personnel care items to KC Shelter

1400 cases of snack foods, cookies, assorted chips and candy to 4 local fire districts which encompass 35 fire stations with more than 700 personnel.

This is what ROTARY READS gave away:

7,400 books to the Eisenhower library in Abilene, Kansas

2,800 books to Avenue of Life

4,900 books to the Johnson County Christmas Bureau

25,000 books to the Mahome’s Foundation “15 and the Mahomies”. These books augmented the “Read for 15” program by gifting books to children in 15 low reading proficiency schools.

The monetary value of the Overland Park Rotary Club “Rotary Reads” donations exceeded $640,000.

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CAN WE COUNT YOU IN? Our club’s premier service endeavor has moved to bigger warehouse space, has increased need and needs your help!

WAREHOUSE HELP - weekdays, weekends, random availability if you’re flexible. Organize, lift a little, we’ll let you know when there’s shipments to deal with.

OFFICE HELP - we need a spreadsheet person, an order-tracking person, inventory help, and folks to make phone calls. Are you good with details?

GET YOUR NAME ON OUR LIST OF SUPER-SUPPORTERS!

 Contact either:

Mike Meyer, upliftmike@gmail.com

Brad Vaughan, bvaughan52@gmail.com