Rotarians Respond Again- Reading, KS Clean-up

Rotarians Respond Again to the Needs from the

 May Tornado – now in Reading, KS

 

 

Reading, Kan: Seventy volunteers from eleven central and eastern Kansas Rotary Clubs spent Saturday with chain saws, wood splitters, backhoe and hand saws clearing trees damaged in the EF-3 tornado that hit the town of Reading on May 21. The tornado killed one person and demolished 54 of the town's 101 homes, nearly all of its businesses and its post office.

The trees and brush threatened a bridge over Mud Creek.

"After our work in Joplin, Kelly Wolfert (Overland Park South Rotarian) and I felt the need to help in tornado torn Reading, Kansas which is within our district boundaries, about a two hour drive from Kansas City." said Joni Pflumm, Shawnee Rotarian.  In June, a group of Kansas City area Rotarians restored a public park in Joplin.

Joining the Rotarians were volunteers from Heart to Heart International with a mobile health unit on site for unexpected injuries. With their medical staff they provided general medical checkups, laboratory and flu vaccines for Reading residents. Also joining the team were international exchange students from Taiwan, Chile, Switzerland, Belgium and Romania.

At the end of the day, approximately 300 yards of the creek channel were cleared, resulting in 12 cords of firewood for the residents of Reading and several large piles of brush, that were burned. As the group was packing up its gear, a resident who lost her home in the tornado, Sonya Parker, came to pick up some firewood – several of the volunteers stayed to load her truck.

Barbara Schlobohm, a member of the Reading Long Term Recovery Committee, summed it up in a note to the organizers. "What an absolute shock to see how much was accomplished! Thank you, thank you, for organizing this project – it was desperately needed". 

 

The Rotarians who traveled to Reading came from Clubs in Rotary District 5710 in eastern Kansas: Lenexa, Shawnee, Overland Park South, Johnson County-Sunset, DeSoto, Gardner, Emporia, Topeka South, Leavenworth, Garnett and Manhattan Konza.  Lunch for the volunteers was provided by Oklahoma Joes, Olathe, Kansas

 

Grocery Grab10 Finalists Named!

Yesterday, we drew our 10 finalists for the Grocery Grab, which is coming this Saturday, Nov. 5th.

The finalists have been notified and will be in attendance! All seemed very excited for the chance to be our ultimate winner--the winner of the 5 minutes in the store grabbing groceries!

The other 9 will walk away with either a gift card or a grill!

Heather Embry- Spring Hill

Paul Hughes-

Todd/Lisa Oswald - Gardner

Kristy Sanchez- Gardner

Gardner Multi-Service Center- Gardner

Douglas Lerner- Gardner

Ralph Schoffstall - Gardner

Brice Bickford- Gardner

Laurie Henricks- Olathe

Phillip Brown- Ottawa

Gardner Rotary Presents RYCOE Award to 4 Middle School Students

The Gardner Rotary recently presented the RYCOE award to four middle school students.

The award, which stands for "Rotary Youth Character of Ethics", was presented to the following students for the first Quarter of the 2011/2012 school year.

Wheatridge Middle School: 
7th Grade - Mat Sampson presented by Shaunak Patel, Dave Drovets and Jan Dodds
8th Grade - Lauren Strick presented by Gini Liveley, Mellisa Mundt and Jan Dodds

Pioneer Ridge Middle School:
7th Grade - Kennedy Meyer presented by Sandy Rieger and Jan Dodds
8th Grade - Parker Lammers presented by Dianne Piel, Cherlyn White-Conklin and Randy Tedford

 

http://www.gardneredge.com/news/2011/11/01/5062-gardner-rotary-presents-rycoe-award-to-4-middle-school-students

Whole-person Wellness

About our 7/14 program:

 

Thank you for all your kind words concerning my presentation. Below is the summary that I submitted.  A very helpful website for physical wellness is http://www.livestrong.com/themyplate/   I have found it to be very helpful and parts of it are free.  Have a fabulous weekend.

 

Linda Townsend

 

Whole-person wellness is a way of viewing ourselves and others as multi-dimensional beings. 

We are encouraged to focus on wellness in all areas of our life.  We learn to give ourselves positive messages, and surround ourselves with positive people who give us those same messages.  Retirement communities are adopting the whole-person wellness principle to develop a culture of wellness for residents and employees.  By giving employees and residents access to gym memberships, educational programs, support groups and other tools, their lives, and the community is enriched.

 

Speaker for July 28th /Del Sawyer

Jim Andera  K0NK

Alternate Emergency Coordinator

Jo. Co. Amateur Radio Emergency Services.

 

 

Amateur Radio in Emergencies and Disaster Relief Efforts

 

 

Emergency communications is a critical component of all emergency response and relief efforts. During a large scale disaster, it can be expected that critical infrastructure such as power and telecommunications will be severely impacted and unavailable.  Amateur Radio operators can help fill the communications gap.

 

 Amateur Radio operators across the country and around the world bring a unique set of skills and services that are used to supplement existing communication networks. They can serve as a vital communication links when established methods of communication fail.  This presentation takes a look at what Amateur Radio is and how it can support Emergency and Disaster Relief Efforts.

 

 

July 14th program

I will present a program on July 14th about Whole-person wellness. Whole-person wellness is a way of viewing ourselves and others as multi-dimensional beings. We are encouraged to focus on wellness in all areas of our life. We learn to give ourselves positive messages, and surround ourselves with positive people who give us those same messages. Retirement communities are adopting the whole-person wellness principle to develop a culture of wellness for residents and employees. By giving employees and residents access to gym memberships, educational programs, support groups and other tools, their lives, and the community is enriched.

June 23rd Presentation

Hi everyone!  Next Thursday I am in charge of the presentation and will have Todd Fleischer from the Kansas Optometric Association presenting information on the 'See to Learn' program.  Hope to see you there.


Jon Stoppel
Rotary Club of Gardner