Rotary Club of El Dorado, KS

The two websites Carmen mentioned in the Rotary presentation today at Rotary included: Father's House International at http://www.fathershouseghana.com/main.htm and Numana: Saving the Starving at http://www.numanainc.com/

Good Morning Rotarians, Please join us this Wednesday when we hear from Rick McNary about all Numana has accomplished. Hope you are getting pledges for the Polio Plus Walk which is this coming Saturday. Bernie

The April 2010 edition of the D5690 Newsletter is available on the District Website. In this month's issue: Governor's Message Remembering PDG Ray Gaskill Special thoughts for special Rotarians Our Polio Walk in El Dorado! RYLA, Rotary Night with the Wingnuts Haiti updates from RI and The Rotary Foundation Rotary Foundation News & Polio Update Hugoton District Simplified Grant success Club News from around the District Attendance Report Monthly Membership Conference Call this month 2010-2011 PETS/SETS photos (pgs. 7 & 11) Much, much more . . . club, district and RI news Send us your club news. Share with all of us what is happening in your club and community. Photos with your story are always welcome! PDG Geri Appel Direct link to the newsletter is: http://www.rotary5690.org/IMupload/newsletter/20100415_newsletter.pdf

El Dorado Rotary Board Minutes April 7, 2010 Present: Bret, Steve, Kurt, Matt and Bernie Steve gave the treasurer’s report. It was decided to make a $100 donation to SCARF. Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) was discussed. It was decided to pay half of the $260 registration for two El Dorado high school students. April 20, 2010 is our club’s 90th anniversary. Bernie has checked the RI website and has ordered two DVD’s. One tells the Rotary story and the other is a free DVD about the Polio Plus program. We discussed the importance of monthly program committee chairs to communicate their list of programs with Matt so it can be published in the Bullwheel. The 2nd annual Polio Plus Walk will take place May 1. It will begin at 10:30 at North Main Park. Red Devils will cook and a picnic for all walkers and their families will follow the walk. Steve encouraged members to secure pledges from others in the community. Bring your spouse, children and grandchildren and enjoy the fu...

Good day Rotarians! Hope you can join us this week for Tom Spencer who will be discussing the CAST for Kids fishing program. Bernie

Greetings to my fellow Rotary Club members from the fabulous Rotary Club of Las Vegas West. Why is this club so fabulous all of a sudden? Well, it isn't that recent. We've always been fabulous. But we're even more talked about these days because of our club's new fundraising effort. We call the fundraiser It's Vegas, Baby. It's a global Internet-based effort to raise money for our charitable works for underprivileged youth with a raffle to win a four-day, all expenses-paid vacation for two people to our exciting home town, fabulous Las Vegas. Some lucky couple in Paris or Peru; Kazakhstan or Katmandu; Sydney or Salt Lake City will win a vacation to a town filled with the world's grandest hotels; glittering global stars; exquisite restaurants with the most palate-tempting menus; and round-the-clock gaming excitement, all bathed in the brilliant sunshine of a desert oasis. That's our home town. That's Vegas, baby. But there's another side of Las Ve...

Dear Members, The El Dorado Rotary Club will hold its second annual Polio Benefit Walk and Family Picnic on Saturday, May 1, 2010. This year, the Polio Walk will start at 10:30 A.M. at the North Main Park, 900 N Main. The course will cross the recently renovated North Main bridge and follow the Bike Path along the West Branch of the Walnut River. The turnaround point will be just short of the Burlington Northern railroad bridge on East Central.. Construction work on the railroad bridge has caused us to change the course this year. Members are urged to collect pledges from the general public. Once again, the money raised will be matched by the Bill Gates Foundation. Mr. Gates has pledged $355 million to the End Polio Now campaign if the local Rotary Clubs raise a cumulative total of $200 million by 2012. Last year, our club raised $1,616.00 in our inaugural walk. It will be a challenge to match last year's total but every dollar raised brings us one step closer ...

Hello Rotarians, Hope you can join us this week when we hear Katie Banks perform. Also, if you have not sent in your dues payment, please do so as soon as possible. Have a wonderful day! Bernie