As the Rotary year comes to an end, incoming President Shelly McColm addressed the club, discussing her Presidents training experience. She indicated training was very productive and creating a five year action plan was strongly… Read More »Presidential Plans

Michelle Shepherd, Community Education and Outreach Manager for the Parkinson’s Foundation, asked for a show of hands of people who had a friend or a relative affected by the disease. About half of the assembled… Read More »Living with Parkinson’s

LCR Rotarian Lori Trenholm addressed the club in her role as President of the Lawrence Central Rotary Club Foundation. Lori is in charge of Community Investments for the Douglas County Community Foundation (LCRCF) and was… Read More »Serving the Community: The Lawrence Central Rotary Foundation

Heather Schwenk is a former Peace Corps volunteer and a retired program administrator. Heather grew up in Iola and attended Kansas State University. Upon graduation she joined the Peace Corps and worked for two years… Read More »Soft Diplomacy and Doing Good Abroad

LCR’s own Leticia Cole reported on the 2025 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA). RYLA is a week long leadership camp fo high school students who will be sophomores, juniors and seniors next year. The program… Read More »Rotary Youth Leadership Camp