Topic: The National WWI Museum & Memorial - The Last 100 Years
Karis Erwin is the Director of Marketing, Communications and Guest Services at the National WWI Museum and Memorial. Previously, she was the Director of Marketing at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., a museum dedicated to a free press and the five freedoms of the First Amendment. Karis served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Vinnytsia, Ukraine and holds a Masters in Public Administration with an emphasis in Nonprofit Management. She grew up in Wichita/Newton, Kansas and recently moved back to the midwest to be closer to her family. As an avid baker, Karis can frequently be found covered in flour and taste-testing sugary treats for her creative outlet/home bakery, Butterbomb Bake Shop.
Learn about why the National WWI Museum and Memorial is in Kansas City, the restoration in the 1960's, and the reopening and congressional designation of the Museum and Memorial in the 2000's. Also, hear about the future of the Museum and Memorial and how you can be a part of it.
COVID-19 UPDATE: Parkville Rotary has been meeting virtually since mid-March due to the pandemic. Our club will continue to meet virtually until the Parkville Rotary Board determines it is again safe for our members and guests to meet in-person.
A Night of Zoom Bingo - September 30
The Rotary Club of KC would would like to invite you to attend a night of bingo benefitting the Platte County Back to School Fair. The deadline to purchase bingo cards is Tuesday, September 29 at 12:00pm.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
1) Pick out the number of BINGO cards you want and pay via, check, Venmo or Paypal. Email Jacob jrwilson@bankofweston.com and let him know how many cards you want and how you want to pay for them.
2) You will receive your cards via email. Print them out and get ready to have some fun!
3) Click on the zoom link at game time and play! Please check in 15 minutes prior to start time for instructions.
4) Each winner will receive $100 (4 games will be played)
5) BINGO!!!
Rotary Zone Summit - October 10th
The 2020 Virtual Summit is designed to let Rotarians share information, build connections, and exchange ideas about Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation.
This will be a unique opportunity to:
network online with other Rotarians;
get a quick, 20 minute overview of four key Rotary initiatives;
take a deeper, 60 minute dive into one of six specific areas of interest;
get a quick, 15 minute update on Rotary’s progress toward global Polio eradication;
hear a humorous and motivational message about Rotaract;
get new ideas on building your club’s membership;
hear from the Rotary International President-Elect Shekhar Mehta or Foundation Trustee Ian Risely;
get tips on leading your Rotary or work team through a crisis;
support our Zone service projects
and more, all without having to pay for registration, meals, travel or lodging!
Our 2020 Virtual Summit will start at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 10th and will wrap up at 3:30 p.m. when the last breakout sessions conclude. The entire event is online, so you’ll incur no travel, lodging, or food costs.
In the morning, we’ll get updates on our final push to end Polio, timely thoughts on diversity, an energetic pitch on “Do Goodery”, and learn how to be better leaders in times of crisis and disaster. For first-timers, there will be quick overviews of Rotary’s Membership, Public Image, and Rotary Foundation initiatives.
Afternoon breakouts chosen at registration, will engage you with in-depth discussions about our new Area of Focus, Supporting the Environment, Grant ideas for your club or district, engaging younger members, continuity in planning from year-to-year, public speaking, and more.
Visiting our House of Friendship will allow you to dive deeper into a variety of Rotary experiences, shop our vendors and network with old, and new, friends.
There is no registration fee, so be sure to invite others in your Club to join you in attending. If you can do so safely, you and others may want to get together in one place to watch on a big-screen TV, where you can also enjoy each other’s company. I look forward to seeing you virtually on October 10th.
Don Gladhart
District Governor 2020-21
Rotary International District 6040
816.244.2571
We are starting a new Rotary year so here are a few reminders to help you find a speaker for your date.
1) All members are assigned a date to provide a Friday program. Please find a speaker to present that day. You will be finding a speaker about once a year. It is much easier to find a speaker a few months in advance vs. a few weeks so PLAN AHEAD! You can also be your own speaker if you have an interesting topic to talk about!
2) Remember to keep your topic free of politics and religion!
3) When you know who you are having talk let Scott Walterbach (scott@bw-llp.com) and Dalyn Novak (dnovak@wskfarch.com) know so they can add it to the event list in ClubRunner.
4) Have your speaker email you a short biography and description of their speech and email it to Scott Walterbach and Dalyn Novak for the weekly newsletter. Please email this to them no later than the Friday before your speaker is to present! Earlier is always preferred! This is key so that there is enough time to get the information into the weekly newsletter. Please don't make us hunt you down! No one has time for that!
5) Make sure you provide the Zoom meeting information provided above to your speaker so they can join our virtual meeting! They will be able to present a powerpoint, etc.
6) If you are having a hard time finding a speaker email Scott Walterbach (scott@bw-llp.com). We get emails often from people who would love to come speak to our club.
