Parkville Rotary Club
Weekly Newsletter
December 1, 2021 
 
This Week's Program: December 3, 2021
 
 
HYBRID MEETING
 
Please join us in person: 
 
OR

Please join us for a virtual ZOOM meeting:
https://park.zoom.us/j/298478705
Meeting ID: 298-478-705
 
 
Topic: Launching Civic Saint
 
Godfrey Riddle, MPA is a creative social entrepreneur driven to build inspiring communities where people reach their full potential. His specializations are fundraising, program development, and nonprofit administration. He is the Director of Resource Development for ArtsKC - Regional Arts Council and previously worked with Rightfully Sewn and Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey. Godfrey founded ArtsKC’s Arts Leadership Series to cultivate diverse arts nonprofit leaders. He is an alumnus of AmeriCorps VISTA and CORO KC and serves on the board for BlaqOut, a grassroots initiative to end HIV/AIDS in Kansas City’s Black queer community. In 2017, Godfrey was honored as one of INK Magazine’s “30 Under 30” for his career and community involvement. Following cancer treatment and the 2020 summer of social unrest, Godfrey launched Civic Saint (CivicSaint.com), a purposeful lifestyle company with a mission to create beautiful, meaningful objects while advancing racial and social justice. Civic Saint’s mission is in tribute to his late parents Cecil and Goldie.
 
 
 
Friday is Dave Napoli Day!
 
This Friday come here Dave Napoli talk for five minutes about his time in Rotary. He has a long history that he's ready to share with us as part of our series, "Rotary Mean Business."
 
Here is a brief overview: 
  • Membership Start - April 1980 w/ KCI Rotary Club
  • Secretary 1983/1984
  • Treasurer 1984/1985
  • President 1985/1986
  • District Governor 1996/1997
  • RYLA Board for several years
  • Transferred to Parkville Rotary club in 2004
  • Ran the Rotary Friendship Exchange for 6 years
  • Participated in the District GSE Program for several years
  • Parkville Rotary Board member for over 20 years
  • Worked with Kent Mayfield to start the Flag Program in 2015
  • Three trips for Rotary International to Mexico to check progress of the water project to provide potable water to schools and school projects where computers, etc. were sent
  • Rotarian of the Year 1994/1995 and 2008/2009
 
 
 
The Parkville Rotary Book Club - Book 3
THIS WEEK! 
 
Book 3 will be Dare to Lead by Brene Brown.
 
Thank you to all those who participated in reading Books 1 & 2! The goal of this group is to read a leadership or personal development type book & discuss with your fellow community leaders at Rotary.  We will discuss for 10-15 minutes or so after the meeting on Friday, December 3, 2021.
 
No need to RSVP, we’re going to keep this very informal.  We hope you’ll join us! 
 
 
 

Membership Committee Meeting
NEXT WEEK! 
 
The membership committee will be meeting Tuesday, December 7th at 4pm at Central Bank. 
 
If you are interested in joining the committee please plan on attending.  The current committee members include: Debbie Hopkins, Don Breckon, Scott Walterbach, Stine Kyhn, and Kathy Leibrand.
 
Central Bank of the Midwest
8401 NW Highway 45
Parkville, MO 64152
 
We hope to see you there! 
 
 
 
 
 
Thank You to Our Ring the Bell Volunteers! 
 
Thank you very much to those who volunteered for The Salvation Army bell ringing this past holiday weekend.  Looks like the weather was perfect!
 
Thank you to Sandy Knoernschild for setting up the event.   
 
 
 
SAVE THE DATE:
Snowflake Party @ the Rittman's House
 
Sunday, Jan 16, 2022 – 5:30 PM
 
The Parkville Rotary Snowflake banquet will be reinstated for this coming year – Jan. 16, 2022. The location is at Dave and Cheryl Rittman’s home on Riss Lake in Parkville.
 
The heavy appetizers provided by Guy Tamburello, a local prestigious caterer will include:
 
. Oven Roasted stuffed Mushroom caps
. Shrimp cocktail
. Bacon wrapped water chestnuts
. Beef Tenderloin medallions in Peppercorn sauce
. Caprese Sticks
. Lobster Mac and Cheese
. Chicken Piccata Skewers
 
There also will be an open bar with quality champagne, beer, wine, other beverages
 
Please RSVP through Bob Stone early – while the home can host a good size event (about 55), it’s possible that we could sell out due to space limitations – thus first come, first serve in terms of reservations. Similar to our last snowflake in Jan 2020 – there will be a flat rate amount TDB charged to your Rotary account. We regret that cancellations cannot be accepted within 7 days of the event due to catering guarantees, unless another last minute member reservation is received that can offset the fixed catering cost.
 
While one week later in January than typical due to caterer availability .. the house will be left decorated for Christmas, both inside and outside. Should the Chiefs be playing in the wild card games scheduled that Sunday during the Snowflake – arrangements will be made for the game to be viewed at several points within the home while the event goes on, of course.
 
It’s going to be a great night – mark it down on your calendars and email Bob Stone (rd_stone@icloud.com) as he is taking RSVP's for the event. 
 
 
Memo: written by Dave Rittman
 
 
 
 
Upcoming Programs
Dec 03, 2021 12:00 PM
Kyhn
Dec 10, 2021 12:00 PM
Knoernschild
Dec 17, 2021 12:00 PM
TBD
Dec 24, 2021 12:00 PM
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Neil Davidson
November 13
 
Bill Quitmeier
November 19
 
Tony Tognascioli
November 20
 
Dave Rittman
November 21
 
Join Date
Bill Quitmeier
November 1, 1985
36 years
 
Betty Knight
November 17, 1999
22 years
 
Carolyn Payne
November 17, 1997
24 years
 
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