ESpoke for April 9, 2025 (Apr. 08, 2025)

THIS WEEK'S MEETING

April 9, 2025

DoubleTree Hotel - Sedona Room

Startup Rewind

Go Explore Local – Court Allam (court@goexplorelocal.com; 913-908-0976)

BIO: Court Allam is a restaurant marketing consultant who partners with restaurants nationwide to grow their customer base, boost sales, and build lasting loyalty. He has guided countless businesses in crafting effective strategies to connect with their communities and transform first-time visitors into lifelong customers.

OVERVIEW: About GoExplore Local - Court is also the founder of Go Explore Local, a platform designed to drive foot traffic to local merchants while building meaningful customer relationships. Think of it as a digital passport for your community—connecting local businesses with their community through exclusive offers and experiences. By helping merchants collect valuable customer data, such as email addresses and purchase behaviors, Go Explore Local empowers businesses to drive repeat visits, improve marketing efforts, and grow their bottom line.

Contact Court at court@goexplorelocal.com or visit GoExploreLocal.com to learn more!

Raise Health - Craig Mason (craig@raisehealth.ai)

BIO: Craig Mason is the Co-Founder & CEO of Raise Health. Before Raise, Craig was the Chief Innovation Officer at Signature Performance, a health tech company based in Omaha, leading efforts into new markets and tools to reduce administrative burdens in healthcare. Prior to that, Craig was an executive and principal architect at Cerner (now part of Oracle) delivering health tech innovation to some of the world's largest healthcare providers.

OVERVIEW: Raise Health is focused on delivering upstream mental health impact for organizations like healthcare providers and colleges through their early detection and resource coordination platform. This ensures the right person is getting the right support at the right time as the safety net to prevent people slipping through the cracks and suffering in silence.

CRAWFISH FESTIVAL

The SignUp Genius is ready for the 2025 Crawfish Festival. Please click here to view the online sign-up sheet and register for any and as many volunteer opportunities you would like.

We are also looking for team leaders in the following areas:

BBQ Team
Equipment Retrieval Team
Lights and Power
Setup Team
Crawfish Team
Front Desk Team
Food Prep Team
Food Service Team
Table Service Team
Beverage Team
Cleanup Team
Event Support Team
Fund Raising Team
Financial Controls Team
Promotional Team
Event Photographer

Team leaders essentially serve as a coordinator and central point of contact for other volunteers in their group. If you have any questions or would like to volunteer as a team leader, please reach out to Glenn Bates at gbates51@gmail.com or Barry Rogers at brogers@americanindustrialgroup.us.

RYLA

If you have a high school student who could benefit from a leadership camp, check out RYLA! Click this link to download the brochure and the application.

YOUTH EXCHANGE

Host families needed for Inbound Youth Exchange Students for the 2025-26 School Year. You do not have to be a Rotarian to be a Host family. See Harold Frye or David Austin with questions.

MILLION DOLLAR CHALLENGE

Posted by Marc Shaffer

Our District 5710 Million Dollar Challenge is in full swing, and we need your support to reach our goal by the end of the year! This initiative is a tremendous opportunity to make a lasting impact through the Rotary Endowment, ensuring that our work in service and philanthropy continues for generations to come.

Bekiw, you'll find more details about how you can participate. Whether through outright gifts, estate planning, or other giving strategies, every contribution brings us closer to our goal.

If you’d like to learn more about how you can be part of this legacy, feel free to email me at marc@searcyfinancial.com. Let’s make a difference together!

Yours in service,

Marc Shaffer

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT

THE MILLION DOLLAR CHALLENGE

1 – Rotary International is racing the clock to increase the RI ENDOWMENT FUND to $2.025 BILLION by the end of 2025.

2 – There is about $180 MILLION remaining on that goal.

3 – District 5710 has agreed to raise $1 MILLION – hence the MILLION DOLLAR CHALLENGE!

4 – Every club is challenged to participate by naming a Foundation Chairman and Committee, by doing two programs about the Rotary Foundation and Endowment annually, and by asking your members if they would please consider making an endowment gift in support of this campaign.

5 – See the attached Million Dollar Challenge giving pyramid; this is the major donor portion of the Challenge. Later this year we will be asking every District 5710 Rotarian who has not already participated to make some endowment gift in any amount.

CONTACT: Roger Aeschliman, 785-267-8782 or raeschliman@corefirstbank.com

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Apr 16, 2025 7:15 AM

CAPS Presentations

Apr 23, 2025 11:30 AM

Col Duane Mosier & CSM Vanessa Sun

History of Ft. Leavenworth & Shaping the Future

Apr 30, 2025 4:30 PM

Happy Hour

May 07, 2025 11:30 AM

Jeff Stewart, Johnson County Parks & Rec

What's New at JCPRD?

Jun 04, 2025 4:30 PM

Happy Hour

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Happy Hour

Apr. 30, 2025 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Crawfish Festival

May 17, 2025

Happy Hour

Jun. 04, 2025 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

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Geeks for Kids

Saturday, April 12

It’s "all hands-on deck" for Build Events. Over the course of each Build, 40 to 75 volunteers strive to assemble 10 to 12 cars in a day.

No tech skills are necessary for many tasks. Build events run from 8:30a to 4:30p, and volunteers may choose to participate for the whole day or only for the morning or afternoon shift.

Click here to sign up!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Gift of Life, which educates primarily high school students about organ and tissue donation in this region and beyond and co-founded by OP Rotarian Nate Harbur, is in need of volunteers for food preparation for our annual fundraising event GoSeeDo which will be held on April 26. If you or any fellow Rotarian can help with this service project, please respond by Thursday, April 10. In order to volunteer, it is mandatory to attend the food prep workshop on April 16 from 6:30-8:30pm.

Required Attendance

Wednesday 4/16/25 6:30pm-8:30pm | Instructions for prep and food handling

Wednesday 4/23/25 3pm-8pm

Shift 2 5:30-8:00 need 4 volunteers

Thursday 4/24/25 3:30pm-8pm

Shift 2 5:30-7:30 need 4 volunteers

Friday 4/25 3:30p-9pm

Shift 1 3:30-6:00 need 4 volunteers food prep

Shift 2 6:00-9:00 need 4 volunteers food prep

Saturday 4/26 6am-11am

2 shifts (6:00am-8:30am & 8:30am-10:30am) need 3 volunteers per shift for food prep

Requirements are:

Attend the class on 4/16 from 6:30-8:30 for prep and food handling
Able to stand the entire time you are preparing food, no sitting allowed per kitchen rules (not our rules)
Follow safety and preparation guidelines at all times
Times may vary so please be patient
Please email kim@giftdonor.org with your requested time in the kitchen.
Kim Harbur | Cell 913.269.6967
Drive to the back of the building and you will see parking. Look for dock doors. To the right of the dock doors is a ramp to a door. Enter that door, keep walking to the left down the hall and you will enter the prep kitchen area.