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rotary Club Program for this Week - Emporia Community Foundation
This week Becky Jensen and Ken Buchele will be updated us on the Emporia Community Foundation.
Emma Fornelli - Daughter of Coach Bob Fornelli
Greg Bachman introduced Emma Fornelli, who provided a whole different perspective of ESU baseball from her perspective of being the daughter of the team coach. As a senior at Emporia High School, Emma has enjoyed life at Emporia High as well as getting to participate in ESU baseball as a spectator who has an insight to what is really going on from knowing her father. Her baseball vocabulary is much higher than her non-baseball peers, even though she and her sisters don't even play the game except the occasional game of catch in the back yard. Some of her lesson learned:
  • When you make a mistake, learn from it and move on.
  • Losing builds character.
  • Have a bigger picture than yourself...there are other players on the team, too.
  • Keep your head up
Emma's immediate future is to study biology at KU.
 
Julia Joseph - ESU Volleyball
Greg Bachman introduced Julia Joseph, a junior on the ESU volleyball team. Julia is from Wichita, and said that the best thing about being an athlete at ESU is the people that she meets and gets to engage. She is a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Group, and gets to help organize community projects involving ESU athletes. One of her challenges is balancing a schedule that involves athletic workouts, sleep, class, studying and a social life in college. She has learned about using her time wisely, and has grown as a person as a result. Julia is a health major, studying physical therapy. The ESU volleyball team has 15 members of the team returning for the spring season. They have two new freshmen coming next fall to join their team.
Chuck & Nancy Frazier Wedding Anniversary Invitation
Former Emporia Rotary Club of Emporia member Chuck Frazier, and his wife Nancy sent us an invitation to their Golden Wedding Anniversary celebration on April 7, 2018 at the Didde Catholic Campus Center, 2:00-4:00. Chuck was a long-time member of this club until recent years when they retired and moved to Florida.
Emporia Rotary Club Fund at the Emporia Community Foundation
In the fall of 2017, the Emporia Rotary Club created a local fund through the Emporia Community Foundation. The mission of this fund is to provide a means by which Rotary Club members could donate to our Rotary Club's community efforts in a tax deductible manner. Contributions can be made to the Emporia Rotary Club Fund at the Emporia Community Foundation. Click HERE to donate. 
Daphne Mertens - Healthier Lyon County
Daphne Mertens, who works for Crosswinds Counseling & Wellness and Emporia State University, told our club about the grants that have been administered for a healthier community in Lyon County. There have been several different grants since 2014. 
 
Blue Cross Blue Shield Pathways for Healthier Living awarded a three-year grant for various activities that promote resident and community well-being. Vacant lots are being turned into community gardens in areas known as "food deserts". Grants are available to businesses participating in worksite wellness, with grants of $10,000 available.
 
Kansas Department of Health& Environment has awarded a grant of which a portion is being used for Maynard School cross walks. A bike share is being organized starting at 26 bikes with the MUPP Board coordinating. Other grants include promotions that encourage walking versus riding in the EmporiaCommunity.
Rotary Exchange Student Ariana Bejamaer from Romania
Rotary Exchange Student Ariana Bejamaer from Romania briefly told our club of her positive experience as an exchange student. She told us about her learning about the cultural diversity and developing a mutual understanding with others who she got to know. It was a pleasure to have Ariana at our club meeting.
Dr. Kay Shellenkamp Visit
Former Rotary Club of Emporia member Dr. Kay Shellenkamp visited our club and exchanged Rotary banners. Kay is currently a member of the Northern Black Hills Rotary Club in Spearfish, SD.
Dr. Tim Harris - WS & EC Jones Breast Care Center
Dr. Tim Harris told our Rotary Club that the W. S. & E. C. Jones Breast Care Center at Newman Regional Health already is developing a history of catching early problems that allows faster diagnosis of cases that would develop into cancers later. Started in 2012, the Breast Care Center performs 2,000 mammograms per day, and finds 90 breast cancers annually. This facility in Emporia is saving lives.
Speakers
Mar 20, 2018
Updates at Emporia Community Foundation
Mar 27, 2018
Newman Regional Health Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
Apr 10, 2018
ESU track
Apr 17, 2018
EHS Top 5% of the class of 2018
Apr 24, 2018
Flint Hills Technical College Awards
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Jim Wayman
February 9
 
Kristy Bayer
February 16
 
Paul Dean
February 16
 
Spouse Birthdays
Rachelle Wright
February 17
 
Sharon Miller
February 20
 
Kathy Weaver
February 23
 
Anniversaries
Ken Wright
Margaret Wright
February 9
 
Sharon Tidwell
Dale Tidwell
February 19
 
Join Date
John Patton
February 1, 1980
38 years
 
Ken Buchele
February 1, 1991
27 years
 
Harvey Foyle
February 7, 2012
6 years
 
Mike Helbert
February 7, 2012
6 years
 
Phillip Davis
February 14, 2012
6 years
 
Andy Hawley
February 17, 2013
5 years
 
Robert Ovsak
February 17, 2013
5 years
 
Liz Martell
February 18, 1997
21 years
 
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Rotary Club Membership Proposal
2014 Club Membership Drive Teams
Program Dates 2014-2015
2015 India Polio Immunization Trip
Russell Hampton
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