Downtown Kansas City Rotary Club 13

At last week's Changing of the Guard meeting, we showed this "Year in Review" video. We thought we would share it here in case you missed it! We did a lot of great things last year IN SPITE of Covid! Here's to a new Rotary year and more great things to come! https://vimeo.com/566712869

Enjoy and stay safe!

The Rotary Club of Kansas City, Club 13, the club with the camp for kids, celebrated our annual Changing of the Guards at the Rotary Youth Camp. Steeped in tradition, the Rotary Club of Kansas City Changing of the Guards ceremony kicks off yet another year of service above self. Care to join us? #Rotary #ServiceAboveSelf #Club13 #rotaryclubofkansascity

We want to wish all Rotarians a Happy New Rotary Year, and send heartfelt congratulations to our new President Tony Andresen and also to Rotary District 6040 District Governor, our own Club 13 Rotarian David McCaughey! #ServeToChangeLives

Today's meeting is the COG

This week's meeting is the Changing of the Guard. You can watch President David hand the gavel to President Tony live on Facebook at Noon Thursday.

Our guest speaker is Dr. Barbara Pahud.

Our speaker this week is Dr. Barbara Pahud. Her topic is "The Covid 19 Vaccine: What You Need to Know. Dr. Pahud works in the division of Pediatric Infection Diseases at Children's Mercy - Kansas City, where she serves as the Director of Infectious Disease Research. She is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UMKC and serves on the Advisory Commission for Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) through the Health and Human Services (HHS) Agency. Dr. Pahud is an internationally recognized expert in the field of vaccine safety, hesitancy and the impact of clinical trials. You can join us on Facebook Live Thursday at Noon!

It's #nationalpizzaday!

The "Monday Morning Gang", as they call themselves, meet every Monday morning at the Rotary Youth Camp, doing whatever maintenance projects that need to be done. Since the Fall, they have been working to build an equipment shed attached to the maintenance barn to house the Bobcat, two Gators and golf cart. You can learn more about this project in this week's newsletter on our website rotary13.org!

I'm virtually attending the Rotary Large Club Conference from Austin TX! Great start with RI President-elect nominee Jennifer Jones.

Today's speaker is District Governor Don Gladhart.

Thank you to Kathy Quinn and Fox 4 KC for helping us spread the word about Rotary!

Happy Halloween!

Dick had the best KC Chiefs jersey in town!

Our speaker this week is Kirsten Mosier, Consultant at Hogan Assessments. Her topic will be "Humility in the Workplace: An Important Effect on Leadership." You can watch this program live on Facebook Thursday at Noon. Hope you can join us!

Members of our Community Service Committee, Women of Rotary group and Satellite Club have all pitched in over the past several days to complete many needed maintenance projects at the Rotary Youth Camp. Thank you to all the volunteers!

Join us for this World Polio Day event.

Our speaker this week is Program Chair Steve Burger who will be speaking about his personal experiences with Polio. Saturday is World Polio Day and it's Rotary's mission to #EndPolioNow.

This week on our Facebook and Instagram, we will be highlighting Rotary's efforts to End Polio Forever.

Today is the last day for the Community Thrives grant challenge! Make your last minute donations online up till Noon today https://acommunitythrives.mightycause.com//Rotary-Club-You

First meeting back downtown since March 3rd. 23 people in person, 26 joined via Zoom.