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East Wichita

Service Above Self

We meet Wednesdays at 12:00 PM
Wichita Country Club
8501 E. 13th Street
Wichita, KS  67206
United States of America
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WHAT'S "NEW AND EXCITING" ....
5th Annual March Madness "Battle of the Brackets"
Wow!  When the tournament tipped on March 16th, who would have thought that this tournament would have so many “firsts” in tournament history, so many upsets and a Final Four that looked nothing like we all would have predicted!  Last night Connecticut hoisted the trophy as National Champions, having beaten San Diego State 76 – 59!  Connecticut now joins some other blueblood programs that have at least five national championships! 
 
Tammie Rhea, one of our East Wichita Rotarians, won the pool!  She had Connecticut making it to the championship game, albeit not winning it.  However, she was the only one in the pool who had one of the teams still playing in the final game and, because the points increase as the tournament progresses, she had enough points to overcome Tanner Hearson, adult son of EW Rotarian Denise Hearson, who had Miami, CT’s Final Four opponent, going to the championship game.  Besides Tammie and Tanner, the rest of us had all the points we could possibly get after the Sweet 16/Elite 8 weekend.  Shucks! 
 
But remember there are still three non-winning bracket members, drawn at random, who win $50.  This year, those three winners are …. drum roll please ….. Sean Dennehy, Eileen Kludt (#1), and Jamie Pearson, highlighted on attached standings   Many thanks to Rotarian Dave Sproul, who did not have a bracket in the pool, for helping out and drawing the names.  He was very impartial and quite a sport to help with the drawing! 
 
The fundraiser has become an annual tradition for East Wichita Rotary!   Many of you “bracket buddies” this year were not East Wichita Rotarians, so a special thank you to each of your for saying “yes” to an ask to buy a bracket or two and play!  And thank you to EVERYONE, on behalf of the East Wichita Rotary Foundation, for your support in making this the most fun, successful year yet, profiting $2075 for our Foundation, surpassing last year’s profits by 30%!  Lastly, many thanks again to EW Rotarian, Shane Pullman, of Nugent-Pullman Realtors, for sponsoring this year’s prize purse.
 
Until next March, have a great year!
  
 
Fun and Fellowship while volunteering at the Kansas Food Bank
A group of nineteen East Wichita Rotarians, their family and friends, came together for a rewarding service project, filling "food packs" for the underserved children in our community!  The 22 volunteers enjoyed fun and fellowship and offered "Service Above Self" at the Kansas Food Bank.    
ANNOUNCING THE SEDGWICK COUNTY KANSAS IMAGE ARCHIVE 
 
From:   The Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum
204 S. Main, Wichita, KS 67202
 
An online local history resource available for use October 21
Funded through a Rotary Foundation Grant by the Rotary Club of East Wichita, The Rotary International Foundation, Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum and a gift by J Eric Engstrom
 
A public reception and short program introducing the new archive was held Thursday, October 20th, at the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, a sampling of pictures of which is above.

The funding awarded has enabled Museum to achieve a unique digital publishing initiative, featuring an archive of historic Sedgwick County photographs and images for use by public and private schools, home educators and the general public through a free, open access, web-based resource.
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Mixer  --- at The Candle Club --- planned to celebrate turkey delivery success .....
2022-23 Calendar of meetings
This Rotary year, our Club has moved to a 3-meeting-a-month model, allowing us the opportunity to often have a week available to volunteer in the community, in place of a weekly meeting.  This model supports Rotary's mission of "Service Above Self"!  For the most part, the first meeting of the month, unless it is a holiday week, is a Wednesday available for lending a hand in the community, whether at a school we support, a local non-profit or at an organization of an individual member's choice.  The calendar below shows our meeting dates, indicated by a "sunflower" around the Wednesday date.  Come join us at a weekly meeting to enjoy the dynamic speakers we have scheduled, or feel free to lend a hand on a Wednesday we are volunteering in the community!   The listing of upcoming speakers is shown below left. 
EAST WICHITA ROTARY AWARDS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
The East Wichita Rotary Foundation has awarded $11,000 in scholarships to 10 Sedgwick County students attending Kansas universities for the upcoming 2022-23 academic year. 
 
New scholarships were awarded to the following students:
Carlos Sosa, South High/Wichita State University (George Fahnestock Scholarship)
Delaney Luann Bradshaw, Garden Plain/Kansas State University
Kimberly Vivan Rader, West High/Wichita State University
 
 
Renewal scholarships were granted to the following students:
Brian Alan Stuhlsatz, Kansas State University
            Chloe Nicole Brown, Wichita State University
Elda Ivonne Santos-Trevizo, Wichita State University
Fatima Ortiz, Newman University
Heather L. Mills, Kansas State University
Miriam Mangaza, Wichita State University
Niki Wood, Benedictine College
 
Congratulations to the following scholarship recipients who graduated during the 2021-22 academic year or have decided to continue their studies beyond the Rotary scholarship renewal limits:
                Ashok Sharma, Wichita State University
                Christopher Burrell, Kansas State University
                Kamryn Villa, University of Kansas
                Noah Betlach, WSU Tech
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Rotary Notary - May 17, 2023
Rotary Notary - April 26, 2023
Rotary Notary - April 19, 2023
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Speakers
Jeff Turner
Jun 14, 2023
Former President/CEO of Spirit Aerosystems
Lily Wu
Jun 21, 2023
Rotary Scholar to Hong Kong
Changing of the Guard!
Jun 28, 2023
NO MEETING - because of July 4th holiday week
Jul 05, 2023
Brett Sweeney, Butler Country Assistant Cty Atty
Jul 12, 2023
Bob Moulette
Jul 19, 2023
General Manager - Wichita Wind Surge
Sheree Utash
Jul 26, 2023
WSU Tech
NO MEETING - Let's volunteer in the community!
Aug 02, 2023
Kathy Willay
Aug 09, 2023
Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center (WASAC)
Tentatively scheduled - FIRESIDE
Aug 16, 2023
The Landing at Catholic Care Center
Gloria Homeier
Aug 23, 2023
District Governor
NO MEETING - Mixer TBA
Aug 30, 2023
NO MEETING - because of Labor Day holiday week
Sep 06, 2023
Dr. Richard Muma, President
Sep 27, 2023
Wichita State University
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PRESIDENT
Dane Estok
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Darin Kater
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Michael Moeder
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Brittany Sweeney
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Deb Brinegar
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Greg Ek
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Tom Church
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Denise Hearson
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Elizabeth Farha
MEMBERSHIP Chair
Alex Kruse
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Anthony Ndungu
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Jessica Dunbar
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Dave Sproul
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Kim Hurtig
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