Club President Ron Auxier
"Understand that the person you are speaking to will always know something you don't know."
District 6040 Governor Jodi Sundaram
Zones 30/31 Director Brian Hall
Rotary International President Francesco Arezzo
The club checks out the newly installed outdoor area that was this year's District Grant project for the new Life Unlimited Dayhab program. Bill McCammon shows off the gazebo and new bench
District grant completed!
Thank you to life unlimited for hosting the club at their new facility today
The Rotary Club of Saint Joseph assembled with a fair of about 25 this Wednesday, June 3 at Life Unlimited. Joining the club today were Nathan Spencer and Ryan Hicks of the North Kansas City Club, as well as Andrea Black, Chief Programs Officer for Life Unlimited.
Life Unlimited provided a HyVee catered boxed lunch spread, consisting of sandwiches, chips, apples, and cookies. The cookies were quite the rage.
Black Bowls donations for this quarter (4/1 to 6/30) go to Camp Geiger Scout camperships. We forgot to bring the bowls to our offsite meeting, but Brendon collected a few bucks anyway. These support Cub Scouts and Scouts BSA Scouts to attend summer camp, with campership awards reviewed by a committee based on financial need. Members can contribute on our Square site online or bring the cash to meetings.
Food at the dinner will be provided by Chaun's Catering.
Meals on Wheels delivery assignments:
June 4 will be Susan Campbell with a co-worker and Will Woods with Brendon Clark.
June 11 will be Barb Burns with Tammy Rivera and Heather Shearin (solo).
Shoes for Orphan Souls Update (for 2026-2027 Campaign):
We have approximately 57 pairs of shoes so far, unofficially.
Wednesday, 6/10: Rotary Club meeting at Noon at the AKMA... speaker is Dr. Darin Pollard from St. Francis Xavier School speaking about the Hearts, Hands, and Hope for Africa program
Wednesday, 6/17: Rotary Club meeting at Noon at the AKMA... speaker is Brandon Johnson, Chair of the St. Joseph Human Rights Commission
Thursday, June 18: Rotary Club of Saint Joseph's 114th Anniversary Party at Parkway Distillery
Wednesday, 6/24: Rotary Club meeting at Noon at the AKMA... speaker is Rick Lipira of Pivotal Point
Save the date... Friday, November 6: District 6040 Rotary Foundation Dinner at the Carriage Club in Kansas City... event chair is Saint Joseph Rotarian Shelly Hulet
The Annual Fund-SHARE exists to empower Rotary clubs and districts with implementing impactful district grants, global grants, and scholarships.
Participating in the Rotary Foundation board is an easy way to contribute as we close out the 2025-2026 Rotary year. Our club will match up to $144 per Rotary year for all members who contribute.
Or if you prefer to send a check, we can assist with the details of this. Please talk to Don or Erik if you have any questions.
The Rotary Club of Saint Joseph's 2025-2026 District Grant project has been to install an accessible outdoor area for the new Day Program at Life Unlimited's St. Joseph location.
Here is the latest status of the Rotary Foundation Board. As of today, we have sold 173 of the 200 squares and have just 27 remaining. The final push!
1 Square is $50. 3 squares are $100. 7 squares are $200.
The pot is up to $5,200. 1/2 goes to the winner (drawn at the 6/18 Anniversary Party, need not be present to win) and the other 1/2 goes to the Rotary Foundation Annual Fund in the names of the purchasers.
Please let Erik know if you would like to purchase any squares or any additional squares, or perhaps some squares for a favorite charity or family member. We can bill you or you can bring funds to Rotary.
Square Number
Purchaser- 1 for $50, 3 for $100, or 7 for $200
1
Ryan Dowell
2
Bill McCammon
3
Don Gladhart
4
Mary Beth Revels
5
Ryan Jones
6
Shelly Hulet
7
Shelly Hulet
8
Tim Curry
9
Jim Ingle
10
Ryan Swafford
11
Tim Curry
12
Ryan Jones
13
Erik McGuire
14
Dana Matt
15
Heather Shearin
16
Dana Matt
17
Dana Matt
18
Bill McCammon
19
Jim Ingle
20
Tim Curry
21
Tim Curry
22
Ryan Jones
23
Ryan Jones
24
Hod Symes
25
Tim Curry
26
Faith Parker
27
Shelly Hulet
28
Jim Ingle
29
Oakley Coleman
30
Hod Symes
31
Kirby Brooner
32
Kirby Brooner
33
Don Gladhart
34
Mary Beth Revels
35
Marci Bennett
36
Jodi Sundaram
37
Dianne Dewey
38
Hod Symes
39
Dianne Dewey
40
Dianne Dewey
41
Marci Bennett
42
Joan Brewer
43
David Bolander
44
Ryan Swafford
45
Mark Sundet
46
Skye Pournazari
47
Jim Ingle
48
Heather Weddle
49
Heather Weddle
50
Heather Weddle
51
Kirby Brooner
52
Oakley Coleman
53
Erik McGuire
54
Ryan Jones
55
Joan Hickman
56
Ryan Jones
57
Greg Smith
58
Faith Parker
59
Marci Bennett
60
Jim Ingle
61
Heather Shearin
62
Oakley Coleman
63
Susan Campbell
64
Louie DeLeon
65
Doug Schmitz
66
Julie Walker
67
Don Gladhart
68
Ryan Jones
69
Louie DeLeon
70
Ron Auxier
71
Ron Auxier
72
Julie Walker
73
Louie DeLeon
74
Susan Campbell
75
Janice Keith
76
Ron Auxier
77
Louie DeLeon
78
Julie Walker
79
Joan Brewer
80
Jim Ingle
81
Heather Shearin
82
Ryan Swafford
83
Hod Symes
84
Jim Ingle
85
Shelly Hulet
86
Doug Walter
87
Doug Schmitz
88
Doug Schmitz
89
Susan Campbell
90
Ryan Dowell
91
Amy Spaeth
92
Amy Spaeth
93
Marci Bennett
94
Ralph Schank
95
Erik McGuire
96
Ryan Jones
97
Ralph Schank
98
Heather Shearin
99
Jodi Sundaram
100
Skye Pournazari
101
Amy Spaeth
102
Hod Symes
103
Hod Symes
104
Hod Symes
105
Ryan Jones
106
Ryan Jones
107
Shelly Hulet
108
Ralph Schank
109
Ralph Schank
110
Matt Porter
111
Matt Porter
112
Matt Porter
113
Heather Shearin
114
Amy Spaeth
115
Jodi Sundaram
116
Hod Symes
117
Hod Symes
118
Hod Symes
119
Hod Symes
120
Hod Symes
121
Hod Symes
122
Hod Symes
123
Hod Symes
124
Hod Symes
125
Hod Symes
126
Ralph Schank
127
Shelly Hulet
128
Ryan Jones
129
Ralph Schank
130
Amy Spaeth
131
Ralph Schank
132
Erik McGuire
133
Erik McGuire
134
Erik McGuire
135
Ryan Jones
136
137
Bill McCammon
138
139
Amy Spaeth
140
Shelly Hulet
141
142
Ryan Dowell
143
Ryan Jones
144
145
Heather Shearin
146
147
Louie DeLeon
148
Louie DeLeon
149
Louie DeLeon
150
Janice Keith
151
Ryan Jones
152
Ryan Jones
153
154
Joan Brewer
155
156
Skye Pournazari
157
158
159
Mark Sundet
160
161
Ryan Jones
162
Ryan Jones
163
Heather Shearin
164
165
166
Bill McCammon
167
168
169
Mark Sundet
170
171
172
173
Ryan Dowell
174
175
Janice Keith
176
177
Faith Parker
178
179
180
Amy Spaeth
181
182
183
Bill McCammon
184
Bill McCammon
185
Bill McCammon
186
Louie DeLeon
187
Louie DeLeon
188
Louie DeLeon
189
Louie DeLeon
190
Louie DeLeon
191
Louie DeLeon
192
Louie DeLeon
193
194
195
196
197
Ryan Dowell
198
Ryan Dowell
199
Ryan Dowell
200
Mary Beth Revels
The following Rotarians shared Happy Bucks at this week's meeting:
Jeanne Chavez is now off of dialysis!
Heather Weddle enjoyed the cookies we had at lunch
Jim Ingle was celebrating Rosalie Ingles 35th birthday!?
Susan Campbell wasn't happy about it but had her copper roof stolen yesterday morning off of her office... irony... Jim Ingle and Ron Auxier build that building
Bill McCammon is headed to Florida for 2 weeks
Skye Pournazari's doctor stopped her poison ivy from spreading
Ron Auxier paid $1 for $100 worth of a story about his granddaughter's traffic ticket that somehow involved Judge Bolander but it didn't really involve Judge Bolander because it was in Clay County
This Week's Program
Life Unlimited's Chief Programs Officer, Andrea Black, provided some updates about the new Dayhab program that is opening soon in St. Joseph at the location we had lunch at today.
There are some nice areas for the individuals to use, including a kitchen with lots of microwaves, a cushy reading area, a game room, personal lockers and an outdoor space.
They hope to start operating the day program this month and have 3 individuals so far. It takes a while to get up and running.
Life Unlimited also offers other services in St. Joseph and Northwest Missouri, to include Consumer Directed Care, assistive technology, nursing home transition, and more. To learn more, please visit their website at https://www.meril.org/.
