Rotary Club of El Dorado, KS

At our meeting on Wednesday, Mike Smith of Weather Data Services will present a new program: CSI Meterology - The Phantom Crashes . We first heard Mike last August talking about tornados, in particular the El Dorado tornado. He was one of the best presentors we've ever had, and I'd encourage you to invite family, or potential members to come hear him speak. Matt Rehder is ROD.

From Geri Appel, the Rotary District 5690 Newsletter editor: > The February 2011 edition of the D5690 Newsletter is available on the District Website www.rotary5690.org . or link directly to http://www.rotary5690.org/IMupload/newsletter/20101216_newsletter.pdf > In this month's issue: > Rotary, Numana & Friends Feed Haiti Update with NEW packaging events planned by district clubs > Dolly Parton Imagination Library a Reality in Andover > February is Rotary Awareness Month & March is Literacy Month > Sue Pearce, Rotary Club of East Wichita, named 2013-14 District Governor > Kansas Governor Sam Brownback to speak to Andover Rotary Club - Reservations required by 2/28 > RYLA scheduled for June 4-8 > Lots of Club, and Interact News > International Students hold Polio Fundraising event > Rotaract Club of Wichita continues to organize and perform service projects > Lots of Rotary Foundation News focused on Polio Eradication > Mo...

Due to the enthusiastic support of Rotarians, The Rotary Foundation will extend the double Paul Harris Fellow recognition incentive to the end of the day on 24 February (23:59 in your local time zone). The incentive is for online contributions of US$100 or more to the Annual Programs Fund. Thank you to all Rotarians who celebrated Rotary's 106th birthday with a generous online contribution to the Annual Programs Fund. The double Paul Harris Fellow recognition promotion has been an overwhelming success. According to preliminary reports, Rotarians have donated nearly $2 million so far through the double Paul Harris Fellow recognition incentive. Due to increased web traffic, some Rotarians may have been unable to access the website or experienced significant delays on 23 February. Rotary International apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused. We assure you that all applicable donations either completed or attempted during that time will be honored and will receive doubl...

photo by Julie Clements Our program this Wednesday noon is the Group Study Exchange team that visited Denmark last year. This is an amazing program that partners a Rotary team leader with non-Rotarians to travel overseas to learn and share with Rotarians in industries and companies throughout an area. Here is some information on the team: Team Leader: DeAnn Sullivan, member of the West Wichita Rotary Club. She is President of Sullivan & Associates, a business and project management consulting and training firm. Community Team (Non-Rotarians): Ben Graber: Police Patrol Officer, City of Andover. Bailey Stiggins: Program Coordinator, Reno County Communities That Care: Hutchinson Other Team Members: (Not Attending) Michael Ellis: Controller Delta Dental of Kansas Wichita Jan Jones: Multi-Tier System of Supports Facilitator USD #259 Wichita Samantha Tull: Consumer Loan Officer Fidelity Bank Goddard We'll also provide one last opportunity to make a donation ...

We meet at noon at Prairie Trails to hear John Blasek, general manager of the Wichita Wild. The Wichita Wild of the Indoor Football League (IFL) are busy putting the finishing touches on the roster for 2011. Visit their website here.

In honor of Rotary's birthday on 23 February, online contributions of US$100 or more to the Annual Programs Fund will receive double recognition credit. To be eligible for the credit, Rotarians must be registered in the secure Member Access section of www.rotary.org . The registration process can take 24 hours, so register before 23 February. Making a secure online gift is the most cost-effective and efficient way to support The Rotary Foundation's life-changing programs. For more information, e-mail RI's Contact Center at contact.center@rotary.org or call 866-976-8279. Read frequently asked questions (PDF).

Friends, I hardly ever send out one of my writings since I blog a lot, but we have developed a new partnership with Cross International of Florida who are doing amazing work in creatively "rescuing" children slaves in Haiti. There is no way on earth to rescue them all by taking them away from their owners because their are hundreds and hundreds of thousands of them, but we now have over 550,000 Numana meals in the pipeline to help in a creative new way to rescue a restavik! Here's the story: "Is she saying what I think she's saying?" I asked my Haitian interpreter as a young mother tried to move her shy, seven-year-old daughter out from behind her hip. "Yes," he replied, "She wants to know if you want to take her daughter?" "But she doesn't even know me?" I replied in disbelief. "She has no idea if I'm a good guy or not!" "It doesn't matter," the interpreter said, "she just can't take ca...

The Rotary Board meeting takes place at 11 am Wednesday at Prairie Trails, just prior to our regular meeting. Our Rotarian of the Day, Kent Williams, brings fellow Rotarian Dr. Jacqui Vietti to us this week, to update us during our regular meeting at Noon on Butler Community College. We'll have the opportunity to support the Foundation by purchasing chances to win the Tornado Memorial Scene picture.

Polio Eradication Update 02/03/11 Dear Polio Eradication Champions, Polio Eradication was highly visible in the news this week with our number one Polio Eradication Champion, Bill Gates, leading the PR effort. Mr Gates released his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Annual Letter and appeared at a press conference with many of the world's top Polio experts and Rotary's Polio Eradication Leaders, including $200 Mil Challenge Chair John Germ, PolioPlus Chair Dr. Bob Scott & Rotary's General Secretary Ed Futa. Mr. Gates is perfectly aligned with Rotarians everywhere insisting that total eradication is possible and we will not stop until we reach our goal! See the press conference here: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/annual-letter/2011/Pages/webcast.aspx See Mr. Gates' appearance on the Jon Stewart show here: http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/mon-january-31-2011-bill-gates Caution - could be adult language See the Gates Foundation Annual Letter here: h...