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Due to a lower than normal number of attendees at the Rotary Youth Leadership Academy (RYLA), the deadline for applications to be submitted this year has been changed to May 25th. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who will be a high school sophomore, junior, or senior next year to learn leadership skills and the importance of community involvement. RYLA will be held on the KU campus on June 3-7th. If you know of someone who may benefit from attending RYLA (i.e. your child, grandchild, friend or student) please contact Faron Barr at 231-9921 or e-mail at fbarr@t-mfinancial.com. |
| Posted by Paul Bossert
The 2012 District 5710 conference was a huge success. Thank you to all of the TSR members who volunteered. Those include...
Faron Bahr and President Kip Slattery – Sole Mates presentation
Mark Boranyak - Photographer
Gary Lucas – Golf Tournament
Bob & Maureen Koopman – Wine Tasting
Bryce & Roslyn McHenry – Wine Tasting
Karen Linn – House of Friendship
January Scott – Gift Basket
Liviu Florea – Selling Raffle tickets
Patti Bossert - Event Chair
Jamie Bossert - Venue and Catering
Kyle Smith - House of Friendship and Photographer
Thanks to all of the TSR members who attended and helped, we are representing our club very well at the district level.
To view the photo album click on the District Conference 2012 photo album on the right side of the page.
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Don't miss out. Join us at New City Cafe starting at 5:00pm. See you there! |
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Johnny Morgan was this year’s recipient of the Sana Kaufmann Memorial Scholarship sponsored by Topeka South Rotary. Johnny is a senior from Shawnee Heights High School, he plans on attending Emporia State University this fall. His aspirations are to become a math teacher. |
| Posted by Paul Bossert
When Friday April 27, 2012 at 1:00 PM CDT -to- Sunday April 29, 2012 at 11:30 AM CDT Add to my calendar Click here for event information page
Where
Prairie Band Casino & Resort
This year’s conference will be held at the Prairie Band Casino & Resort Conference Center. http://www.pbpgaming.com/ Please make your reservations by calling 785-966-7777 or 866-966-7822. We have reserved a block of rooms under the name of S04ROTY. Room rates for the group are $99.00 per night for Friday and Saturday. Volunteer InfoContactLinda Ireland
Eastern Kansas Rotary D5710
linda@rotary5710.org
785-232-7216 |
| Posted by Paul Bossert
RYLA stands for Rotary Youth Leadership Academy and will held from June 3 – June 7, 2012
We have only received 1 out of the 5 applications we had slotted for Topeka South Rotary. We strongly encourage your consideration and influence in getting Topeka South Rotary participation. This is an very fun event that teaches leadership and civic responsibility. Contact Faron Barr ASAP at 231.9921 or fbarr@t-mfinancial.com.
Click here for the brochure
Click here for the application
This year’s RYLA camp will be held at the KU campus. Any student who will be a sophomore, junior , or senior in high school next year is eligible to attend. Topeka South Rotary has five slots available for this year’s event. The cost to the student or their sponsor is $25. Topeka South will pick up the rest. Don’t hesitate to give someone you know this wonderful experience. |
| Posted by Paul Bossert
Sole Mates continues to big a huge success. Many smiles, and many happy feet, including some kids hopping around the store like bunnies in their new shoes. It is definitely a must see, so we have added a new album to our website for the most recent event. If you haven't visited our photo albums scroll down on the website and you will see the albums in the right column. |
| Posted by Paul Bossert
When Friday April 27, 2012 at 1:00 PM CDT -to- Sunday April 29, 2012 at 11:30 AM CDT Add to my calendar Click here for event information page
Where
Prairie Band Casino & Resort
This year’s conference will be held at the Prairie Band Casino & Resort Conference Center. http://www.pbpgaming.com/ Please make your reservations by calling 785-966-7777 or 866-966-7822. We have reserved a block of rooms under the name of S04ROTY. Room rates for the group are $99.00 per night for Friday and Saturday. Volunteer InfoContactLinda Ireland
Eastern Kansas Rotary D5710
linda@rotary5710.org
785-232-7216 |
| Posted by Paul Bossert
India has been removed from the polio-endemic list by WHO. It's a tremendous accomplishment that shows we can End Polio Now.
"If every country follows the model set by the Indian government, we will soon achieve global eradication of the virus," said William Boyd, Rotary Foundation chair. RI partnered with the Indian government in the polio campaign, along with WHO, Gates Foundation, and UNICEF.
Read more at www.livemint.com/2012/02/26223206/How-India-fought-the-wild-poli.html?atype=tp |
| Posted by Paul Bossert
If you are interested in sharing a little bit of information about yourself in our weekly Meet a TSR Rotarian section of the website and on the eBulletin please email your bio and picture to paul@premierks.com. If you would like to use your picture from the directory please specify in your email.
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 For more information and to register click here. |
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Rick Higgs - President, Higgs Financial Services, Inc.
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"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told methat happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what Iwanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down "happy". They told me Ididn't understand the assignment. I told them they didn't understand life." ~ John Lennon |
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Jared Holroyd, Senior Executive Director at Atria Hearthstone
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 Anne Wardner, LUTCF - Career Agent with FarmBureau Financial Services
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Allen Towle - President of Fidelity State Bank and Trust Company
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There were 15 members and 8 spouses that attended the TSRsocial at the Blue Moose, needless to say we all had a great time. The 23attendees breaks the record for attendance at the monthly socials. Thanks to Kim Gronniger for organizing these efforts. Look out for information on our next TSR social coming soon! |
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Kimberly N. Gronniger - Manager, Consumer Services at Westar Energy |
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This is just a friendly reminder that make-ups must be completed within two weeks before or after the missed meeting. If you don't make it to a meeting to report them you can send an email to jsorensen@cstonegroup.com. |
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Jeff Sorenson has replaced Paige Eikert as the Club Secretary. If you need to report make-ups please report them to Jeff at jsorensen@cstonegroup.com. It is important from a district reporting standpoint that our club reports accurate and strong attendance numbers. Even if you are in good standing attendance wise, there may be events or meetings that you attend and don't report that could bump up individual attendace success. it is important that you report your make-ups so we can continue to report increasinglyl successful numbers and report more members with perfect attendance.
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Tom Ellis - VP of Development for Washburn University Foundation
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Faron Barr - Financial Advisor with T& M Financial, Inc. |
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Jeff Sorensen - Financial Advisor, Cornerstone Group
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Marlou Wegener - Manager of community Relations at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas and the Chief Operating Officer of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation
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We sadly report to you that Albert Dimmit has passed away. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 29, at First Congregational Church in Topeka. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First Congregational Church, Metropolitan Community College Scholarship Fund, the Brewster Foundation, or a charity of the donors choice. May all of our thoughts and prayers be with Jean, Albert's wife, and their families! |
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President Kip Slattery - SeniorAccount Manager with Luminous Neon Inc. |
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 Bob Koopman, Principal - Professional Engineering Consultants |
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DVDs For Vets is an excellent way to clear the shelves ofunwanted DVDs and to benefit those who have served our country! In addition to providing entertaining DVDsfor use in the VA Hospital, money donated to the project will be used tobuy portable DVD players for use at thebedside of those veterans whose worlds are greatly limited by illness anddisability. What an excellent way toopen up their world by providing much needed distraction. It has been shownthat 15 minutes of laughter reduces the perception of pain for hours! THE DETAILS: The project runs through Friday, December 16. Bring any commercially produced DVD to Friday's TSR meeting. No VHStapes please. Cash donations in anyamount are welcome. Make the check outto TSR with" DVDs for Vets"on the memo line. If you have a working PORTABLE DVD player todonate, it would be most welcomed! Consider putting up this content in your Facebook or Twitter to involveyour circle of people in the project. For any questions, please contact JamesSlover at jestopeka@aol.com or text/call845-4901. |
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Kyle Kessler - KVC Health Systems
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Thanks to all of the Rotarians from Topeka South Rotary and Rotary District 5710 for helping make an impact on the Reading community. Thanks to KSNT, The Topeka Capital Journal, and Kansas City Action NBC Action News for covering the event. Read the CJ Online article and view more pictures by clicking the link below. Rotarians Chip in - CJ Online |
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Brad J Noller - American Family Insurance
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Paige Eichert - Scott, Qunlan, Willard, Barnes & Keeshan
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In celebration of Rotary Foundation month, Topeka SouthRotary will be awarding extra recognition points for anyone who donates between$100 and $500 to the Rotary Foundation through the month of November. If youdonate between $100 and $500 to the Rotary Foundation, you will receive doublethe recognition points for your donation. For example, a donation of $100 wouldbe awarded the normal 100 recognition points from Rotary International andTopeka South Rotary would also award you 100 points for this donation, whichwould be a total of 200 points awarded for the same $100 donation. If youdonate $500 dollars, you will receive 1,000 points which is enough to receiveyour Paul Harris Fellow. Topeka South Rotary will only award a total of 10,000recognition points from the points available for our club on a first come,first serve basis. Remember this is only for the month of November, so don’tmiss out. Get your donations in for the month of November and take advantage ofthis great opportunity while helping the world and your local communities withhumanitarian efforts through the Rotary Foundation. |
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David Smith, the superintendent of the Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education National Historic Site
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November 19th 6th Annual District 5710 Foundation Banquet November 19, 2011 6:00 to 9:30 pm Overland Park Sheraton |
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Lunch bunch is this coming Friday, October 28. Notethat the start time has moved to 11:45, we will be finished by 12:15.
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Bryce McHenry, Director of CorporateDevelopment at US Alliance Corporation |
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Our old facebook group was set for archival because of new facebook changes that did not allow for out types of groups so we created a brand new facebook non-profit page for Topeka South Rotary. Please follow the link and like our new page... http://www.facebook.com/pages/Topeka-South-Rotary/244382178942250 We have also set up a twitter account account for those of you that like to use twitter. Our user name is topekaSrotary. Please go to the link and follow us on twitter... https://twitter.com/#!/topekaSrotary |
| Posted by Paul Bossert
Eight timid students arrived at Payless Wednesday intattered shoes and flip flops and left 30 minutes later with huge smiles ontheir faces and brand new shoes and socks on their feet. The nine TSR Rotarianswho assisted them in choosing the right sized tennis shoe were all grins too.Of course, the smile could be because their student FINALLY chose a shoe and itwas available in the right size! Our first Sole Mates outing was a success thanks to thePayless employees who measured feet and the 9 Rotarians who were paired withthe students. The students and their teachers came from Quincy Elementary andScott Magnet school and earned the privilege to get a new pair of shoes andsocks by performing a chore in class or in the cafeteria. The students wereexcited to share the details of their accomplishments with us. Thank you to the following Rotarians who assisted on thefirst Shoe Day: Craig Beougher Cristina Carper Faron Barr Karen Gehle Jamie Stafford Barb Ballentine Joe Beuerlein Bill Conn Patti Bossert The next Sole Mates Shoe Day is October 26th @2:00 pm at the north Topeka store. |
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Topeka South Rotary has committed to putting shoes on kids' feet that would otherwise not have comfortable fitting shoes. Thank you to our first group of volunteers... Craig Beougher
Penny Morgan
Cristina Carper
Faron Barr
Karen Gehle
Barb Ballentine
Joe Beuerlein We will see you at the South Topeka Payless on Wednesday, September 29th @ 2:00pm.
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Thanks to all of those who participated in and sponsored our Annual Golf Tournament. It was a huge success once again. Final numbers and an announcement will be coming soon!
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Please keep Terry Carney in your thoughts in prayers. His surgery was successful and he is recovering well!
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Congratulations to Patti Bossert for being appointed to the Kansas Governor's Council of Economic Advisors. This is a very key position in which Patti will help direct the strategies for our states economic development resources. Congratulations Patti! |
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Please keep Ward Whelan, former TSR member,in your thoughts and prayers as he enters hospice care at his home. |
| Posted by Paul Bossert
Group Study Exchange applications for TeamLeader and Team Members to Finland are due July 31st. The outgoingvisit to Finland will be from March 16th to April 16th,2012. If you are interested in being a team leader and would like moreinformation, please feel free to contact Andrea Norris, GSE co-chair for theoutgoing team, at 785-766-7854 or asnorris@earthlink.net. |
| Posted by Paul Bossert on May 12, 2011
Follow the link to view photos of the 2011 Rotary District 5710 Conference. We had a lot of support and attendance from Topeka South Rotary. District Conference Photos |
| Posted by Paul Bossert on May 12, 2011
Thank you for the great support you have already shown for Helping Hands. They will be most appreciative of all of our "stuff" that we no longer use that they need. We will be collecting on Friday, May 13 and 20. Please go through your cupboards and closets, the garage and the storage to find items that Helping Hands can use. Their wish list includes: For the Animals: Dog Toys, Cat Toys, Stuffed Animal Toys, Shoe Boxes, Puppy/Kitten Formula, Collars & Leashes, Cat/Kitten Shampoo, Kong Toys, Volunteers, Old Towels & Blankets, Old Throw Rugs, Old Pillows
For the Office: Pens, Post It Notes – 3” x 3”, Legal Pads, Postage Stamps, Tote Containers, Highlighters, Standard staples, Scotch tape, 8.5 x 11 colored copy paper, 8.5 x 11 white copy paper For Pet Care: Manual Can Openers, Heating Pads, Grooming Supplies, Pet Taxis – new or used, Puppy/Kitten Bottles, Rubbing Alcohol, Tongue Depressors, Rectal Digital Thermometers, Shredded Paper, Band-Aids, Latex Gloves, Cookie Sheets w/sides, Dish Soap, Laundry Soap, Paper Towels
HHHS also accepts donations of aluminum cans throughout the entire year and donations of plastic pop bottles or milk jugs during the summer months only. If you have any questions contact Maria Wilson, 785-224-6745 or email at marirusso@hotmail.com or Rob Briman, 785-357-4438 or email at rbriman@cox.net |
| Posted by Paul Bossert on Apr 20, 2011
Through the participation and donations from our members and friends, we were able to raise more than $1900. A small portion will go towards administration and a large donation will be made to the Rotary International Foundation. Thanks to James Slover, all those that volunteered, and all who participated to make this a continued success for the second year in a row. We hope that your time and money brightened someone’s day and that your efforts will help the ongoing support of the Foundation. For more information on the RI Foundation visit www.rotaryinternational.org, click on “About Us,” and then click “The Rotary Foundation” tab.
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| Posted by Paul Bossert on Mar 08, 2011
The Rotary District Leadership Conference will be held April 29,30, and May 1 at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park. We invite ALL Rotarians to attend to learn more about your District and the 51 clubs in it! This is not just for officers or experienced Rotarians, this event is your opportunity to learn about the exciting projects and opportunities that are happening across our District! Spouses and significant others are also invited and encouraged to attend all events and meals. JCCC is offering a “Free College Day” on Saturday that they can also take advantage of by signing up at www.jccc.edu/freecollegeday. Conference Program and Outline Conference Registration Form |
| Posted by Paul Bossert on Feb 07, 2011
Don't be alarmed. Things have changed, however, everything that you could previously view on our old website can now be found here...plus much more. You will find upcoming meeting speakers in the left column and events in the right column. We now have a photo album that you can easily access and also have international and district news on our own home page - these can both be found in the right column.
Updating your information is easier than ever before. To login for the first time click the login button on the upper right hand corner of your web browser and then on the next screen follow the "forgot password" options.
Look for more announcements regarding the website and a quick introduction during an upcoming meeting. If you have immediate questions email Paul Bossert at paul@premierks.com. |
| Posted by Paul Bossert on Jan 31, 2011
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