Tuesday April 14th Speaker is:
David McCaughey (pronounced McCoy) has been a member of Kansas City Rotary Club 13 since 1999. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Club and is a past Club treasurer. Currently, David serves as President of the Rotary Youth Camp Association.
Since the late 1920’3 the Rotary Youth Camp has been helping the youth of Greater Kansas City. Today, the Rotary Youth Camp is intended for any child with a physical limitation which would make it difficult or impossible to participate at other camps. The camp enables campers to grow in self-confidence and to experience success in physical activities and human relationships. The Rotary Youth Camp serves the youth of Greater Kansas City without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability.
David was born and raised in Independence, graduating from Truman High School in 1979. His mother still lives over by Crysler Stadium at 23rd Street and Crysler Road.
In his professional life, David is founder and President of KelCon Technologies, Inc. For the past 15 years KelCon has been providing IT services for small businesses.
David’s other volunteer activities includes Boy Scouts. David has been Scoutmaster for Troop 195 for eight years. Recently, he was recognized as the Kansas City 2014 Scoutmaster of the Year.
David’s topic will be Rotary Youth Camp’s history of helping kids