eNews for February 9: Cassandra Taylor and Terry Martinez - Let's Help New Location Tour (**OFF-SITE**) (Feb. 08, 2024)

UPCOMING MEETINGS

February 16 - Carrie Williams: St. Jude (Kansas Room)

February 23 - Ken Schmanke: Development in Topeka (Kansas Room)

March 1 - Isaac McNary: The Outreach Program (Kansas Room)

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Lunch Bunch:

- Next: 2/14/24

- Second Wednesday of the Month

Sole Mates:

- Next: 3/5/24

- First Tuesday of the Month

ITC Project

- Looking for mentors to work with women in the ITC grant project helping women leaving incarceration

- Contact: Patti Mellard

Wanting to volunteer on your own? Check out Topeka Volunteers for opportunities you can do from home or in the community.

www.topekavolunteers.org

Member Birthdays

Laura Sidlinger

February 3

Jeff Sorensen

February 20

Brenda Flanagan

February 21

President

Angela Dailey

President Elect

Murray Moore

Treasurer

Candy Williams

Secretary

Jeremy Poling

Rotary Foundation

Marlou Wegener

Membership

Lindsay Freeman

Public Relations

John Babb

2nd Vice President

Cassandra Taylor

Immediate Past President

Jessica Lehnherr

Club Administration/Socials

Caleb Current

At Large

Adam Feldhausen

At Large

Konni Flynn

Service Projects

Jenny Barricklow

Sergeant-at-Arms

Bob Carmichael

Cassandra Taylor and Terry Martinez: Let's Help New Location Tour

Please join us this Friday, February 9, 2024, as Cassandra Taylor and Terry Martinez open the doors to the new Let's Help location for a tour!

The address is 245 SW Macvicar, although your Maps program may not recognize this yet. Enter the site from the new drive off of Macvicar. This is the first drive north of the Neighborhood Walmart entrance. Follow the drive to the right, around the north side of the building. Park in the yellow highlighted area south of the building. Enter the building at the new metal warehouse addition, on the southwest side of the existing brick building. Please note, Vehicles should drive and park on paved areas ONLY. Not all the drive has been completed. The contractor will be taping off where we shouldn’t drive. If you see caution tape do NOT go beyond it. It is important that vehicles not travel over the unpaved subgrade, if they do it may have to be proof-rolled again. (i.e. it will cost $$$)

Here's a list of the items we can bring to help out:

February Wish List

Menstrual and Period Products
Men's Coats and Jeans
Dog/Cat Food (Dry or Wet)
Travel-Sized Toothpaste
Diapers/Pull-Ups (Size 4 and up)
Home Decor
Pots and Pans
Storage Bins

Announcements will begin promptly at 7:45 am, with breakfast and coffee being served at 7:30 am!

Fireside Chats

Fireside Chat Options — 4 to choose from

To sign up contact Murray Moore – mmoore1@tps501.org, text — 785-640-4809

We had a wonderful fireside chat on Monday January 15, despite the cold and the snow. Thank you Paul Bossert for opening your home so that we could learn about Rotary and enjoy a make up. Please enjoy one of our other opportunities to sign up here if you have not previously sign up.

Jan 24 — Ashley Charest Hosted — 12:00pm -1:00 pm
TSCPL — 1515 SW 10th — Library – Menninger room

February 7 — Jared Holroyd Hosts —7:30am-8:30 am
Kansas Pharmacist Association – 1020 SW Fairlawn

February 20 — Jessica Lehnherr Hosts — 12:00pm-1:00pm
United Way - 1527 Fairlawn - Still available via zoom

Murray Moore

TSR President Elect 2024

785-640-4809

Lunch Bunch - February 14

Our next Lunch Bunch will be Wednesday, February 14th.

Please see the attached flier for details. Here is some additional information not included in the flier:

Once you have located the main entrance, you will be buzzed through a set of outer doors. Once inside, go up the stairs to be buzzed through a second set of doors. The school office will be immediately to your right. You will sign in on a volunteer sheet so the office will know who is in the building. We will be using a classroom this year instead of the library. The office secretary will know which class we will be using that day.

If you are a new TSR member, the flier provides an explanation of what the volunteers do. For anyone who has never tried this program, we would love to have you. If you have previously volunteered for Lunch Bunch, thank you so much and I hope you can join us again this year. If your schedule does not permit you to volunteer in-person at the school, you are always welcome to help by donating books, especially 2nd-5th grade levels.

My contact information is on the flier. Please let me know if you can join us.

Lori Rowe

Lunch Bunch Coordinator

Medicaid Unwind - How Rotarians Can Help

From Kate Gramlich:

Recent changes to Medicaid are impacting Topekans - if you or someone you know is on KanCare (KS Medicaid), here are some quick facts:

Annual renewals paused in 2020 and re-started 2023. Almost ALL KanCare households will need to renew regardless of eligibility.

Renewal forms are coming through the mail. If there's any chance KanCare doesn't have your correct address, use the Chatbot to update: https://kancare.ks.gov/ or call 1-800-792-4884.

Check your mail at that address and respond ASAP. Sign your form and return it quickly even if you don't have all the info - KanCare will follow up. Not responding on time means your household loses benefits until forms are returned.

Parents may not be eligible, but kids often still are!

Call the Clearinghouse to find out if your renewal has already been sent or if it's coming soon: 1-800-792-4884.

If you don't qualify for KanCare insurance and want to check out Marketplace insurance, call 1-866-826-8375 to talk with a Navigator at no cost.

Kate has offered her email address if you have any additional questions: kgramlich@communitycareks.org

Rotary Foundation Giving

Will You Help Us Reach our Goal for Rotary Foundation Giving?

As you know, Topeka South Rotary has been superior in meeting our goals that the board sets for our club each year.
One of those goals is for our club members is to contribute to the Rotary Foundation to meet our annual goal (for this
Rotary year our annual giving goal to the Foundation is $13,000).

You all should have received an email from Faron Barr on November 27, asking you to consider giving to the Rotary
Foundation in honor of Giving Tuesday. Faron included a lot of great information about the Foundation and its projects.
Even though Giving Tuesday is past, we hope that you consider a gift to the Foundation. I don’t know about you, but I
am always inclined to learn more about the Rotary Foundation, so in the next few months, you will be learning about
the Foundation as well through speakers and testimonials from our members that have given.

So, my ask to you not only includes giving to the Rotary Foundation, but if you are already a donor, would you be willing
to provide a brief testimonial at club meeting about why you choose to give to the Foundation? If so, please contact me
at my work email (marlou.wegener@bcbsks.com) or you can also reach me on my cell phone - 785-230-4378. Please
consider this as it will definitely make an impact to our members!

We started off the 2024 program year on January 5 by hearing from Roger Aeschliman, who presented on major
gifts to the Rotary Foundation! And I hope to hear from you about wanting to give your
testimonial about why you give to the Rotary Foundation. Thank you for your consideration.

Marlou Wegener

P.S. Oh, and if you are ready to go ahead and contribute to the Rotary Foundation, you can go to
https://my.rotary.org/en/donate!

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