Join Us Thursday for our Scholarship Awards Program
YMCA / Platte Co. Community Center South
8875 Clark Ave, Parkville, MO 64152
12pm / noon
This year is Parkville Rotary's 17th year of the Scholarship program. Michelle Sparks is this year's Scholarship committee chair. Join us Thursday as she presents this year's scholarships to high school senior recipients.
Please join us for this wonderful event as we honor the achievements of the student winners and their families.
Lunch will be served for guests and Rotarians.
Don't miss out on this once-a-year event!
This Saturday, June 9th!
Fly the Flag Program
Parkville Rotarians,
Flag deployment starts soon, and we always welcome new volunteers to help put flags out. Here are a few facts about the deployment operation to let you know what all is involved.
We put flags out 4 times per year, and we pick up those same flags 4 times per year. They are left in the customer’s yard for 7 to 10 days, around the 4 major holidays. Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day and Veterans Day.
Our primary storage location is Meyer’s Funeral Home in Parkville. Volunteers are given a route that is computer generated and covers a specific geographic area following a logical route. Some teams are solo, others are 2 or more people. Each route takes about 2 hours to complete.
We currently have about 400 active flag subscriptions. We always welcome new volunteers. New recruits are paired with a veteran team at first. Also, if you can agree to be a sub, that is very helpful as there is always holes to fill during vacation season. Also, it is also OK to ask a friend or neighbor to participate.
If you have not yet signed up, please consider it, and contact me!
Steve Bleish
Flag Chairman
816-868-6697
Click on the blue box below to go to the Flag Website to sign up for a flag in your yard or to renew your current subscription.
Parkville Area Chamber & EDC is looking for volunteers for the Yearly Golf tournament at The Bluffs formerly The Deuce at The National. Parkville Rotary volunteered last year, and they have requested our presence again this year.
This year's event is on Monday June 10th.
Below are the details please RSVP if you would like to volunteer.
7:15 AM Arrival
7:45-9:00 AM Registration & Grab-n-Go Breakfast
9:00 AM Shot Gun Start
Thank you for your consideration! Hope to see you there!
Sandy Knoernschild
President 2023/2024
Geeks for Kids Power to Play Event
This Sunday - June 9th
We invite you and all our fellow Rotarians to join us on June 9 as we give kids with movement limitations the #Power2Play.
Over the last 4 years, Rotarians have played a vital role in getting these kids racing - either as volunteers, donors or sponsors. I am one of those folks, and I can say gifting kids custom, electric cars and other assistive devices to get them moving has been one of the best experiences of my life. Join me and find out for yourself what a heart-busting experience it is! Read on for more info.
Happy day!
Rebecca, President of Geeks for Kids
Volunteer for Cultivate KC
Are you looking for a way to volunteer and help out Cultivate KC?
Courtney (who spoke at our club last week) sent this email and I wanted to share with you:
Cultivate KC will be operating a beverage tent at Boulevardia at Crown Center this year on Friday, June 14th and Saturday, June 15th. A portion of proceeds from the event itself and all gratuity earned at our tent will support our organization! If you know of any individuals who would like to volunteer for a few hours serving beer and cocktails (pre-made), I've attached the link for the sign-up HERE. This is a super fun event, and anyone who volunteers gets a free t-shirt, free admission to Boulevardia the day they volunteer, as well as a free ticket to use the other day, or to give away to a friend. It's going to be a great time!
Please use the sign up sheet above if you would like to help out!
Michelle Sparks
EREY: Every Rotarian Every Year
It's that time of year again! Every Rotarian is asked to donate $100 each year to Rotary International. Please talk with Sandy K. or Joe if you'd like the $100 added to your next invoice.All funds need to be in to Joe in early June to count for this Rotary calendar year.
Member News!
Member News is a new section in the weekly newsletter. Have news
you want to share with Parkville Rotary members? Email Dalyn Novak
at dnovak@wskfarch.com to have your news added.
Rotary Fact of the Week!
The Rotary Club of Papeete, Tahiti, which is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is the club that is most remote from any other.
The Membership Committee has been hard at work putting together new membership forms! All members can `access the forms by clicking on the blue box below which will take members to a dropbox link with the forms. Give these to potential members! The new spouse forms can be found here as well.
The following forms can be found in the link:
Standard Rotarian Membership Packet
Corporate Membership Packet
Spouse Membership Packet
Please submit the forms filled out to Dalyn Novak (dnovak@wskfarch.com) so she can get new member information added to ClubRunner after the board's approval!
When you have a speaker scheduled please make sure to provide the following information to Michelle Sparks, michelle@audraheller.com, who is managing our events calendar.
Speaker Name
Speaker Bio
Speaker Topic
Any other information you think members would like to know about your speaker, photos are welcomed too!
This information is included in this weekly newsletter and can really get people excited to come listen to our weekly speakers!
