Parkville Rotary

This Week's Program: December 11, 2020 Please join us for a virtual ZOOM meeting this Friday at noon: https://park.zoom.us/j/298478705 Meeting ID: 298-478-705... Topic: Beekeeping Basics Parkville Rotarian, Dalyn Novak, will give a presentation on all you ever wanted to know about honeybees and MORE! She could talk about honeybees and her love for them all day but she has agreed to limit her talk to what will fit within a Rotary meeting. Come learn about breeds of bees, hives, how to care for honeybees, honey processing, and lots more interesting facts! You won't be disappointed and hopefully you will start to love bees as much as Dalyn!

The Park University Rotaract Club is sponsoring a special online event Monday night Nov. 23 at 6pm dealing with Suicide Prevention. Here is a blurb about the event: Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death, yet 93% of adults believe that it is preventable (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention). Watch via livestream as three panelists discuss their personal experiences and give expert advice regarding the important topic of suicide prevention. Sponsored by the Park University Rotaract Club. The live event will be streamed on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCurNDQnffEP4FlefnHN-mIA . There is no password--just click on the link at 6pm Monday.

Lee McLain, Dalyn Novak, Alderman Dave Rittman, and Mayor Johnston posed for a photo outside of City Hall with the City's Proclamation for World Polio Day in Parkville, MO - October 24th.

Tonight, during the Board of Aldermen Meeting, Mayor Nan Johnston announced a Proclamation for World Polio Day as Saturday, October 24th in Parkville, MO. Thank you to the City and the Aldermen for their support in eradicating polio worldwide! We are so close!

Thanks City of Parkville! We love seeing Rotarians at work!

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Today we had a great presentation by John Nonnemaker with Veterans Without Orders (VWO) and Rotary's WASHRAG action group (previously WASRAG). Here is a video of some of the things they are doing to help get clean water to those who need it the most.

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If you like Randy Steinman's Rotary baseball jersey and want one for yourself leave a message below and we will contact you for more information. They are $20 and sales benefit the CART Foundation, a wonderful organization fighting Alzheimer's. GET YOURS TODAY!

Parkville Rotary would like to send out a huge congratulations to Amy Montalbano for being selected for the inaugural Rotary District 6040 Youth Peacebuilder Award! Amy Montalbano, a senior at Park Hill South High school and Parkville resident, was selected by a district committee to receive the award, which includes a $2500 scholarship. Selection committee chair Steven Youngblood, District 6040 Peacebuilding Ambassador, said Montalbano’s application was beyond outstanding.... Her commitment to peace and building bridges of understanding is impressive for anyone, let alone someone just coming out of high school. Montalbano’s volunteering includes extensive work at Harvester’s, through HOSA-Future Health Professionals, and as an active Girl Scout. The committee was also impressed with her initiatives as president of her school’s Young Republicans, including efforts to reach out to and collaborate with the school’s Young Democrats on a Veteran’s Day program. In her recommendation letter, Park Hill South teacher Brad Peck notes, When I take a step back and look at all the things that she is involved in, and that she excels in, I wonder how she fits it all into a 24-hour day. She exemplifies all the character traits and academic excellence that an institute of higher education is looking for in prospective students. The Youth Peacebuilder Award is given to a student who is engaged in peacebuilding locally, nationally, or globally in activities that assist the disadvantaged and marginalized; build bridges between groups; and prevent or mitigate conflict. The Youth Peacebuilder Award will be presented to Amy Montalbano at an upcoming meeting of the Parkville Rotary Club by Rotary District 6040 President Marc Horner. Because of the Covid-19 shutdowns, the date of the award presentation is still to be determined. Montalbano plans to attend Michigan State University in the fall, where she will major in supply chain management.

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Join us Friday at noon for a VIRTUAL meeting. Dr. Gunderson, President of Park University, will be speaking! See the event posted on this page.Join us Friday at noon for a VIRTUAL meeting. Dr. Gunderson, President of Park University, will be speaking! See the event posted on this page.

Thank you to everyone who joined our first virtual meeting today! We intend to have another virtual meeting next Friday on April 10th! Hope to see you there!

Parkville Rotarians! We are having a virtual meeting tomorrow with GoToMeeting! Look in the events for more information on tomorrow's meeting. We hope to see you there!

Parkville Rotary meetings have been cancelled until May. Next Meeting: Noon on May 1st at Parkville YMCA!!Parkville Rotary meetings have been cancelled until May. Next Meeting: Noon on May 1st at Parkville YMCA!!

We all need some good news during this COVID-19 pandemic.

Our club, in partnership with RC San Juan (D7000), got some wonderful news today! Our global grant was approved by Rotary International! This grant will educate children of high risk communities affected by trauma from Hurricane Maria and provide school teachers and parents in basic life skills that will lead to a change in attitudes and behavior to promote a positive, peaceful and safe social environment in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. We are so excited to be part of this global grant and are ready to see it in action!

Parkville Rotary is still meeting today at noon! Join us for lunch today!Parkville Rotary is still meeting today at noon! Join us for lunch today!

Rotary District Governors have agreed to establish a central fund into which all Australians can donate to support the victims of the devastating bushfires rava...ging our country. Due to unprecedented interest, we can now take international credit cards. A link to the fund can be found on the main page of the RAWCS website here https://rawcs.org.au

Happy New Year Parkville Rotarians!! See you Sunday night at our annual Snowflake Party!!

It’s Giving Tuesday! Please consider a donation to Rotary! Here are a few reasons to donate to Rotary on Giving Tuesday? 1. We fight disease around the world.... For decades, Rotary has been a leader in the battle against polio and has kept the pressure on as worldwide cases plummeted from 350,000 in 1988 to about 100 cases this year. We’re closer than ever to ending this devastating disease. Your impact will be even greater, thanks to a 2-to-1 match from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. All donations (up to $50 million) to end polio will be tripled, providing critical funding to our work to create a polio-free world. 2. We teach people to read. Our goal is to strengthen the capacity of communities to support basic education and literacy, reduce gender disparity in education, and increase adult literacy. We support education for all children and literacy for children and adults through mentoring, scholarships, teacher training, and access to learning opportunities. 3. We build peace. Each year, armed conflict and persecution displace, injure, or kill millions of people. More than 90 percent of them are civilians, and half are children. Rotary projects provide training that fosters understanding and provides communities with the skills to resolve conflicts. Our members are taking action to address the underlying causes of conflict, including poverty, inequality, ethnic tension, lack of access to education, and unequal distribution of resources. 4. We grow local economies. Nearly 800 million people live on less than $1.90 a day. Rotary is working to strengthen local entrepreneurs and community leaders. We know that one solution doesn’t fit every problem, so we work with people to help them help themselves. We help Tanzanians with albinism find safe, healthy livelihoods. In Ecuador, Rotary has made 250 microloans and trained more than 270 people in job skills and business management. In Arkansas, USA, we worked with Heifer International to extend the growing season for farmers and help them find new customers. 5. We save mothers and children. An estimated 5.9 million children under the age of five die each year because of malnutrition, inadequate health care, and poor sanitation. More than 800 women die every day from birth- and pregnancy-related complications. Rotary is saving lives by supplying birthing kits, immunizations, neonatal care equipment, and medical training. With access to quality care, mothers and children live longer and healthier lives, and Rotary is providing that care. You can start the holiday season on a charitable note by donating on Giving Tuesday, December 3rd. Please visit http://Rotary.org/donate to make your gift.

No meeting Friday! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! No meeting Friday! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Thanks to everyone to volunteered at Harvesters tonight making Feed Northland Kids packs! We packed a total of 1,800 packs!! Our group won with 1,100! Big thanks to the Park University Rotaract Club, the Platte County R-3 Interact Club, Park University Student Government, and the KCI Rotary Club, for teaming up! What a great night!

Congratulations to all of our members for making 2018-2019 a great year! The image below is from the Foundation Dinner Saturday night. The photo notes the club's achievements for the 2018-2019 year. Dalyn Novak attended for the club as Past President. Great work Parkville Rotarians!

Reminder! Our noon meeting today is at the YMCA!Reminder! Our noon meeting today is at the YMCA!

Today is World Polio Day! Today, on World Polio Day, Rotary and its Global Polio Eradication Initiative partners announced that wild poliovirus type 3 (WPV3) has been eradicated worldwide. WPV3 is only the third infectious human disease-causing pathogen to be eradicated in history, following smallpox and wild poliovirus type 2. This achievement means that two of the three wild polio strains have now been wiped out, an important marker of progress against the disease. The ann...ouncement comes on the heels of recent news that Nigeria has gone three years without a case of wild poliovirus, which means that the entire African region could be certified wild poliovirus-free in sometime in 2020. The eradication of wild poliovirus type three is a critical step in Rotary’s fight to eradicate polio, said Michael K. McGovern, Chair of Rotary’s International PolioPlus Committee. Even as we’re addressing major challenges in Pakistan and Afghanistan, we continue to make historic progress that shows us that eradication is possible. Today is World Polio Daya time to reflect on our efforts, how far we’ve come, and the work that still needs to be done to fulfill our promise of a polio-free world. It’s important that we remain optimistic and harness the momentum of this good news as we tackle the remaining challenges in the global effort to end polio. Anyone can help Rotary and its partners continue to make progress against polio. Donate to End Polio Now. CC: RI Board of Directors, TRF Board of Trustees, International PolioPlus Committee, District Governors, Club Presidents, 2019-20 EPN Countdown to History Campaign Committee, Polio Eradication Advocacy Task Force for the US, PolioPlus National Advocacy Advisors, National PolioPlus Committee Chairs, Regional Leaders, End Polio Now Zone Coordinators. https://www.endpolio.org/ ONE ROTARY CENTER 1560 SHERMAN AVENUE EVANSTON, ILLINOIS 60201-3698 USA ROTARY.ORG

Parkville Rotary, KCI Rotary, & Gladstone Rotary are so proud of all the hard work from the Park University students in starting a Rotaract Club this fall! This week (Oct 6-12) they are promoting mental health awareness at Park University! Way to go Rotaractors! #parkrotaract #ParkUniversityRotaract

Parkville Residents! Did you see our ad in the City of Parkville - Fall 2019 Newsletter? Check us out on Page 7! https://parkvillemo.gov//newsletters/Fall2019Newsletter.pdf

It has been such a great week at Park University! Today the Parkville Rotary presented Park University with a $5,000 gift toward our proposed new business schoo...l. We expect final approvals of the proposed design later this fall with a projected completion date of August 2021. The Rotary continues to support our community in significant and meaningful ways; I am so grateful to be a part of this group and part of the KC Northland community! Thank you, Rotary!!! See more

Help support Smithville Rotary with the Smithville Dam Run - 5K Walk/Run! Register Here: https://www.runreg.com/smithville-dam-run-5k

Our very own, Steven Youngblood as District 6040's Peacebuilding Ambassador!

An interesting story on the history of Candy Land and the fight to treat children with polio. Remember, polio is still not eradicated everywhere in the world. T...here remains a need for the work of Rotarians and health agencies to immunize every child. #endpolionow #waldobrooksiderotary #rotary https://www.theatlantic.com//how-polio-inspired-t/594424/

Please help us welcome the new Parkville Rotary Board! We are going to have another great year with this amazing group of people!

Happy 4th of July everyone!! We hope you and your family have a safe and relaxing holiday this year! No meeting tomorrow! We will see everyone for our next meeting on Friday, July 12th!!

Historical Polio Photos Thanks to Rotary International and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for all the work they have done to rid the world of this terrible disease.

Happy News Alert! Today, the Parkville Rotary presented a check for $1,000 to Park University's Pirate Pantry! I was completely surprised and very grateful!! ...I volunteer in the pantry and know first-hand that our students (the majority of whom are working and going to school) are humble and grateful. If we can get students to graduation and into well-paying jobs, I believe they will give back to their communities, emulating the values they saw exhibited by their community during their time at Park. I'm grateful to be a part of the KC Northland! This community is incredibly caring! The Rotary gave checks not only to the pantry but also to Synergy, the Nature Sanctuary, and several others, too. We are all blessed by the Parkville Rotary's generosity and hard work in ways most of us may be unaware!! Pictured with me is Dalyn Novak who ably leads the Rotary and who is passionate about community service! If you're at all inspired to be a part of this excellent group that is devoted to making the world a better place, we would love to have you! Let me know! See more

Thank you to Dalyn Novak and the Parkville Rotary Club for their generous donation to their hometown non-profit organization, Synergy Services. #SafeTodayStrongTomorrow

Many thanks to Ryan Lawn & Tree for all of their help with the Rotary Triangle in Parkville! The landscaping looks great!! #RLTInTheCommunity #RyanLawnandTree #CommunityOutreach #Rotary #PeopleofAction

Parkville Rotary has awarded three scholarships to graduating seniors this year: Trista Amos, Platte County R-111 High School Sierra Charlson, Platte County R-111 High School Sarah Hibbeler, Park Hill High School... This year we received more scholarship applications than we have received in many years. These three students are so deserving of these scholarships and we are so proud of them! Thank you to the committee that consists of Mark Comfort, Robert Kersey, Sandi Schmude, Kathleen Leibrand.

We are so excited to welcome our newest corporate member: Park University!

Parkville Rotary recently donated 1,000 pairs of new shoes and 525 pairs of new socks to our District's Shoes for Orphan Souls project. This year's shoes are heading to Kenya along with some distribution in the United States!

Have you heard about our Fly the Flag program? For $60 you can have a Rotarian put an American flag in your front yard (home or business) four times a year (Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, & Veteran's Day). The flag stays up for 4-5 days around that holiday and then we take it down. The house or business must be in Parkville or in the near vicinity of Parkville. The 100% of the funds raised go to our charity, a 501c3, to support our community, the nation, and the... world! If you are interested in purchasing a subscription please message us or leave a comment below! https://www.parkvillerotary.org/page/nbsp-us-flag-project

Parkville Rotary is asking for donations to support the relief efforts in the state of Nebraska. Our board decided we would match up to $1,000 donated by our members and at our meeting last week we raised $1,136! If you are interested in donating as well please send a check to: Parkville Rotary Charities (a 501c3 organization) PO Box 12064 Parkville, MO 64152... Parkville Rotary will then be writing a check to an organization in Nebraska that formed called Platte/Colfax Counties Flood Recovery which is a group of churches that have banded together to help with the recovery. They are a 501c3 under Camp Luther which is a summer camp for children. 100% of the funds raised by this group is going to the flood relief. Their website is: https://www.floodreliefne.org/ if you would like to learn more about them. Thank you in advance for your donation!

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Join us for lunch today! Our meeting is in the lower level of Platte Valley Bank at 8401 MO-45, Parkville, MO. Our speaker is Nicole Kirby of Park Hill School District to talk about Park Hill Schools Under Construction!

Hey Parkville Residents! Did you see our ad in the City of Parkville Spring 2019 Newsletter yet? The newsletter is out so check your mailboxes or see the link below! Our ad is on page 9! https://parkvillemo.gov//newslett/Spring2019Newsletter.pdf Be our guest at one of our upcoming lunch meetings and learn more about Rotary!

Come out TOMORROW MORNING and buy a paper from your local Parkville Rotarian! We will be all along Hwy 45 selling newspapers for this great organization. By purchasing a newspaper you are helping support Rotary Youth Camp and other local charities. Rotarians will be all over the Kansas City metro selling papers so even if you don't buy one in Parkville with us - buy one somewhere! We appreciate your support and generosity!

Tomorrow’s lunch meeting has been cancelled due to inclement weather! Stay warm everyone!!! EDIT: Our program/meeting will be pushed back to Friday, February 22nd which will in turn cancel our Third Thursday event for the month of February. See you at noon next Friday! Stay warm!

A big thanks to Cathy Kline Art Gallery tonight for hosting a wonderful Third Thursday event! https://cathyklineartgallery.com/

Help support our District 6040 GSE Team going to Australia soon by liking their facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/Rotary6040GSE/ You will be able to keep up with them while they are on their trip with this page!

The Parkville Rotary Club recognized thirteen new members of the Paul Harris Fellowship at our Club's annual Snowflake Party Sunday night. Paul Harris Fellowship is an honorary designation for Rotarians who make significant contributions to Rotary International's Foundation. The Foundation funds international peace building initiatives, health and human services, maternal and child health needs, clean water projects, educational upgrades and improving local economies. Meda...llions were presented by Rotarian Don Breckon and Club President Dalyn Novak. From left to right, Don Breckon, Scott Walterbach, Joe Carroll, Lee McLain, Joe Parente, Kristian Allen, Nan Johnston, Kathy Liebrand, Sandra Knoernschild, Bob Kersey, and Club President Dalyn Novak. Additional new Paul Harris Fellows not pictured are Larry Cory, Todd DeMint, Dominic Santomassimo and Larry Vawter.