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Lunch Bunch
March 7
 
Let's Help Monday
March 11
 
Let's Help Saturday
March 30
 
Lunch Bunch
April 4
 
Lunch Bunch
May 2
 
UPCOMING SPEAKERS
 
Pat Finan, St. Patrick's Day Presentation
March 15
 
TBD
March 22
 
Jane Blocher, Red Cross "Sound the Alarm"
March 29
 
ORIENTATION DATES
 
April 26
 
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Member Birthdays
Bob Carmichael
March 5
 
Tyler Levier
March 5
 
Chuck Engel
March 8
 
Michael Land
March 9
 
Jamie Stafford
March 10
 
Jared Holroyd
March 12
 
Robbie Smith
March 17
 
Penny Morgan
March 19
 
Thomas Ellis
March 19
 
Adam Feldhausen
March 23
 
Paul Bossert
March 24
 
Jeff Wagaman
March 30
 
Jim Reardon
March 31
 
Executives & Directors
President
 
1st Vice President
 
2nd Vice President
 
Treasurer
 
Secretary
 
Past President
 
Rotary Foundation
 
Sergeant-at-Arms
 
Club Membership
 
Club Service
 
Director-At-Large
 
Club Administration
 
Club Public Relations
 
Director-At-Large
 
Russell Hampton
National Awards Services Inc.
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3/8: SHANNON REILLY & IN THE HEIGHTS, TOPEKA CIVIC THEATRE (BRADBURY THOMPSON ALUMNI CENTER)
 
Shannon Reilly, Artistic Director of the Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy, will be LIVE at the Friday meeting. He'll be bringing with him a few special cast members from In the Heights, along with a special secret guest STAR appearance. This will be one early Friday morning you won't want to miss. Coffee is hot at 7:15 am and breakfast will be served at 7:30 am at the Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center.
 
FIRESIDE CHAT SURVEY
If you were unable to attend a physical fireside chat then we have the next best thing for your voice to be heard...a SURVEY! Click to take it by March 12 and your input will be consolidated in with the rest of the 7 meetings' attendees. If you don't have (or don't want to) take it online, click here to download the survey, print it out, fill out and scan/email it back to Roger Underwood. Don't miss out!
 
DISTRICT CONFERENCE IN TOPEKA APRIL 26-27
The Rotary District Conference 5710 will be held at the new Cyrus Hotel in downtown Topeka, April 26-27. To register online today, click here.
 

If you have never attended a conference before, this is the conference for you. You can attend for the discounted price of only $69, limited to the first 30 to register.

Friday begins at 1:00 with One Rotary Summit, a leadership session with DGE Jason Leib and Neil Wakefield. At 5:30 the fun ramps up with a casual cocktail party, featuring our own PDG/RI Director Larry Dimmitt and his bluegrass band, "Bluemont Singer Revival." Then we take the party to the streets for more FUN, music, magic, FUN entertainment wrapped around a scavenger hunt involving the Pennant (food, drink, bowling, arcade), the Iron Rail Brewing, a fine arts gallery and many specialty shops (Chocolates, Popcorn, Local Art, Art Glass) on Kansas Avenue. And a fabulous prize for the winners.

Saturday begins at 7:45 for an early breakfast that begins your journey to "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" . . to Inspiration. Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Todd Jenkins - "Dr. Bowtie" - an animated and inspirational national speaker. He has been featured at Zone meetings and Rotary International Conventional. Other speakers will include PDG Shirley Grace (RI President's Representative), Kansas Attorney Derrick Schmidt and the very entertaining Marvin Stottlemire.

A District project is planned for Saturday afternoon. The Conference will close with a cash bar reception and Celebration Banquet - all casual dress. The dinner will end about 8:30 pm for those who want to head home to their families.

Throughout the conference we will honor the memory of Rotarians that are no longer with us, celebrate our club presidents, and welcome our presidents-elect. There will be LOTS of ways to win prizes and awards!

Mingling with Rotarians will be encouraged - and rewarded! Sorry, no club tables allowed! The purpose is the get to know and network with Rotarians from all over the district.

As a bonus, the Cyrus Hotel has a fully stocked bar that includes many local beers. Purchase a drink and bring it to the conference meetings if you like - open bar all day - a request from many Rotarians in the pre-conference survey!

Get ready for some FUN!

 

Club Information
Topeka South
We meet Fridays at 7:15 AM
Washburn University Memorial Union
1700 S.W. College Ave.
Topeka, KS  66621
United States
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