OP Rotary E-Spoke for Week of June 7, 2020 (Jun 05, 2020)

Overland Park Rotary

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Overland Park Rotary E-Spoke for Week of June 7, 2020

MEETING INFORMATION!

ZOOM MEETING ON MONDAY, JUNE 8 --

11:30 AM - 12:15

Speaker: 2019-2020 outbound exchange student Matthew Murphy

Topic: Enjoying the exchange experience while experiencing a pandemic...in France!

Topic: Overland Park Rotary Club Virtual Meeting 0608 1130A Exchange Student Matthew Murphy
Time: Jun 8, 2020 11:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84054789163

Meeting ID: 840 5478 9163

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FOOD DRIVE FOR JOCO PANTRIES!

OUR LOCAL PANTRIES ARE LOW ON FOOD!!!

Johnson County has three food pantries, and all of them are asking for immediate donations. They need nonperishable food, personal hygiene products and cleaning supplies. Think peanut butter, jelly, pasta, canned tuna, dish detergent, soap, toothpaste...

Carol Watts will be waiting for you to drop off any contributions by the entry of The OP Doubletree Hotel next week on TUESDAY, JUNE 9TH from 9 - 11 AM.

(Can't go shopping? Drop off cash or a check in an envelope!)

Thank you!

HERE'S WHAT OUR FOUNDATION'S BEEN UP TO

Just recently, the OPR Foundation has done the following!

1. The OP Rotary Foundation will make a $500 contribution to the Officer Mike Moscher Scholarship fund in honor of Officer Moscher's memory and his service to our community. If any club member would like to make a personal contribution to this fund, you can do this at https://oppof.org/

2. The OP Rotary Foundation will also make a $1500 contribution to the Rotary Foundation for Polio Plus in an effort to take advantage of the Polio Plus 6x challenge through District 5710. You can make an individual contribution as well to this important Rotary focus to eradicate polio.
You can donate directly at https://my.rotary.org/en/donate and choose Polio Fund. Our Club ID is 1630 if needed. If you would prefer to make a donation directly to the Overland Park Rotary Foundation for Polio Plus please denote this in the memo portion of your check and the Foundation will forward your donation accordingly. You can also make an OP Rotary Foundation donation through Club Runner using the member portal for online bill pay. Make sure to indicate Polio Plus in the memo portion if you choose this option.

AN IRON LUNG STORY - as a reminder

You may never have seen an iron lung, or know anyone who had polio as a kid. You may not personally even remember when polio was a threat. You may question why Rotary International still makes this effort to eradicate the disease in other parts of the world when children here don't get polio any more.

There are only two people in America who still live with an iron lung. Here is the story of one of them. Take a few minutes to read this and then, if you can, send in your PolioPlus contribution.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/26/last-iron-lung-paul-alexander-polio-coronavirus?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1

Thanks to Jeff Ellis for forwarding.

MORE SNACKS TO THE HOSPITALS

So a nursing student at St. Luke's says: WHAT ROTARY CLUB ARE YOU IN?

And Carol Watts told her. And she said, OH, THERE WAS THIS SIGN IN THE BREAK ROOM THAT SAID ...

... that, on our behalf, Mike Meyer and Brad Vaughn once again were delivering pallets of goodies to some area hospitals. THANK YOU.

Required Notification from our Foundation

The required announcement from our Club Foundation is found here:

OP Rotary Club Foundation Announcement & Request for Nomination of Board Members. You may access the document at the Club Foundation Website page.

SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES

ROTARY ZOOM BOOK CLUB MEETING

TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 8 - 9 AM

June book: GLASS HOUSES: Privacy, Security and Cyber Insecurity by Joel Brenner

Email Carol for logon directions carolwattsks@gmail.com

WIC COMMUNITY GARDEN

TUESDAY, JULY 7, 7:30 - 9:30 AM

Get outside and help grow the things that allow local families to get some fresh food.

Ask Dave Stallings for the details, David@DavidAStallings.com

CELEBRATIONS!

SOME OF OUR MEMBERS ARE CELEBRATING the week of JUNE 7-13!

BIRTHDAYS

Laurie McCormack June 7, Kate Allen June 11, Doug Davidson June 12

ANNIVERSARIES

Dave & Donna Ackerman 46 years, Emerson & Marge Hartzler 59 years, Dave & Joan Morgenson 57 years, Stan & Susan Holm 13 years, Trish & Dan Reedy 8 years, Steve & Wanda Wilkinson 49 years, Bill & Bobbie Gochis 55 years, John & Carol Yorke 47 years

YEARS IN ROTARY

No one this week ... they were all at weddings...

FAMILY OF ROTARY

We're a family. So, this is like "call your mother."

Let us know if you get sick. Let us know if you are in a pinch. Let us know if a loved one passes away.

Let us know. We have certain powers.

Need someone to deliver some food or personal care items to you? We have shop and drop volunteers. If you'd rather not get out and would like a friend to run a shopping errand for you, make your wishes known: Carol 816-806-0242.

Let the Family of Rotary know via

carolwattsks@gmail.com

Jun 08, 2020

Matthew Murphy

2019-20 Rotary outbound exchange student

Jun 15, 2020

Shane Foster

Headmaster & President of the Barstow School.

Jun 22, 2020

Fred Logan

Johnson County Education Research Triangle

Jun 29, 2020

Foundation Annual meeting

Jul 13, 2020

Kevin Rousseau

Chair for Intelligence Studies at the Command and General Staff College

Jul 20, 2020

Col Tom Gray (retired)

Space Force and the Army’s Space Command

Jul 27, 2020

Jeff Martin

Vice President, Customer & Community Operations Evergy

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WIC Community Garden
WIC Community Garden
Jul 07, 2020 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM

WIC Community Garden
WIC Community Garden
Aug 04, 2020 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM

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