Lawrence Central Rotary

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  • Lawrence Central Helps with Salvation Army & Christmas Parade

    The Lawrence Central Rotary family was busy Saturday 12/4 as we worked double duty on Mass Street downtown.  We staffed the Salvation Army Kettle drive in front of Weaver's Department Store for the day and also helped with crowd control for the annual Downtown Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas parade.  It was a little chilly, but it was great to be out supporting our community and seeing old friends and new.

    The Lawrence Journal World did a story about past president Scott Wagner and his family manning the kettle collecting donations for the Salvation Army. Click HERE to see the entire story.

  • RI District 5710 Governor John Vandewalle Visits Lawrence Central

    Rotary International District 5710 District Governor John Vandewalle spoke to our club 9/22 to discuss his goals for the district and motivate everyone at the club level to think bigger and bolder.
     
    One great point he made was that as Rotarians we need to attract younger members to help us make the our communities and the world a better place and to be proud of our association with this impressive organization.
     
    Thanks John for the inspiring talk.

    Steven, John & Carolyn
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Left to right:
     
    Stephen Lane,  immediate past President
    John Vanderwalle, our District Governor

    Carolyn Chin-Lewis, our current President

  • Another Great Year at the Tour of Lawrence

    We had a wonderful time staffing the kids zone @ the Tour's Sprints and Criterium over 4th of July Carolyn and Jane Staff the bouncy houseweekend were greatly appreciated again this year.
    We held off on the 4th just until the rain started and managed to get everything put away before the skies broke open.
    We also had a booth set up to sell bottles of water on the hot day as well as our swanky new RideLawrence T-shirts.
    We still have a few shirts left.  EMAIL us if you are interested.

    Lawrence Central's water & T-shirt stand

  • 2010 Teacher of the Year & Local Rotary Exchange Students Visit

    Lawrence Central Rotary is proud to announce Jane Phelps as LCR's 2010 Teacher of the yearour 2010 Teacher of The Year recipient.  Jane's signature phrase "Grab a root and grunt" sums up Jane's approach of seeing a challenge, analyzing it, and coming up with a plan to overcome it.  Then, get busy.  Jane is retiring this year from Schwegler Elementary – where she taught fifth grade for over 20 years. Jane has instilled her work ethic and stick-to-it attitude to so many students over the year, and for that, we thank her.

     
     
     
     
    Becky Castro presents the award to Jane Phelps.
     
     
     
     
     
    Camille and Pauline (here pictures with members Steve and Carolyn) areLocal French Exchange student visits exchange students from France.  Camille spent the last year living with Carolyn and attended Free State High School.  Pauline attended Shawnee Heights.  When we asked how our high schools compare with the schools they attended in France, Camille said that they are more enjoyable here – and that she was not used to being able to pick her courses.  Pauline was more critical saying that our schools offer lots of great classes, but that the expectations are low and that the curriculum is too easy.

  • Lawrence Central Rotary Welcomes Leslie Miller and Amy Risely

    Leslie Miller and Amy Risely were recently inducted in to Lawrence Central Rotary Club. Leslie is an attorney at Stevens & Brand, L.L.P. while Amy is the President of Resolution Services, LLC. Both are from here in Lawrence and we are very excited to have them as a part of our Lawrence Central Rotary family.

          

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