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  • Buy a Wreath and Eradicate Polio

    If it were only that simple.  Well – we're pretty darn close!

    This year Lawrence Central is selling wreaths from Lynch Creek Farms and all the profits from the sales are going to the Rotary Foundation's END POLIO NOW campaign.

    After 25 years of hard work, Rotary and its partners are on the brink of eradicating this tenacious disease, but a strong push is needed now to root it out once and for all. It is a window of opportunity of historic proportions. Reaching the ultimate goal of a polio-free world presents ongoing challenges, not the least of which is a hundreds of million dollar funding gap. Of course, Rotary alone can't fill this gap, but continued Rotarian advocacy like Lawrence Central's drive can help.

    Lawrence Central Rotary Wreath Our reality is that as long as polio threatens even one child anywhere in the world, children everywhere remain at risk and we're doing our part locally to help.

    You can contact any of our members to purchase in person, wreaths are 39.95 and $10 of each sale goes to helping eradicate polio.

    If you'd like to purchase online or something other than a wreath you can use this link http://bit.ly/LCRPolioPlus  – It will direct you to the Lynch Creek Website and 25% of your purchase will come back to Lawrence Central to be sent to the Rotary Foundation.

    The 26" Christmas wreaths are made with noble fir, juniper and incense cedar, topped off with ponderosa pine cones and your choice of a red or burgundy velveteen hand-tied bow.  The price INCLUDES UPS ground shipping. 

    Click HERE to download a pdf form you can fill out and give to a member locally.

    If you have any questions at all email Bob Swan , Tobin Neis or Steve Kesler and they can help you out.

    We're proud to do our part locally for this cause and we invite you to help us!

  • Lawrence Central Rotary helps out with Octoginta

    It was a chilly Sunday fall morning and the riders were out in force.

    Known as one of the best rides in the Midwest, the Octoginta is always a great end-of-season ride. The Lawrence Bicycle Club prides itself in going the extra mile to provide the best SAGs and support along with the gorgeous fall foliage that combined for a great ride.

    Here’s some pix of the SAG stopped our members staffed that morning. Thanks to Qualseths, Huesemanns, and the Brenners! 

  • Lawrence Central Rotary Club set to Unveil New Bike Racks at Van Go, Inc.

     

    Van Go, Inc. is this year’s recipient of an artfully designed bike rack sponsored by the Lawrence Central Rotary Club. The ribbon cutting for the bike rack will be held Thursday, September 27 at 4 pm at Van Go, 715 New Jersey.

    The rack, funded by LiveWell Lawrence, was designed by Rockhill and Associates and was envisioned to complement the building’s architecture. The racks include concrete bases with steel tops with to secure the bicycles. The design was fabricated over the summer and was installed in August.

    The new rack will be highly used by the Van Go’s teens, which frequently use bikes for transportation to and from their work at Van Go. Biking gives the teens independence as well as helping to instill healthy living habits.

    This is event is free and open to the public.

    More information available at:

    https://lawrencecentralrotary.org/

    http://www.van-go.org

  • Lawrence Central Members Attend RI 5710’s All Zone Lunch

    Several members from Lawrence Central welcomed our incoming Rotary President Ron Burton while joining the 300+ attendees of the Zone Institute (Zone is the level above the district and the Institute is a gathering of regional Rotarian leaders) from Mexico to Canada. 

    It was a great event to see a broader vision of worldwide Rotary and what Mr. Burton has planned for his term in office.

  • Interested in Rotary? We’ve got a program for you.

    The members of Lawrence Central Rotary invite you to an hour of

    fellowship and information about Rotary International.


    We are proud of our local impact and international contribution.


    Let us tell you about our club.


    Please join us!

     

    Wednesday, September 26, 2012

     

    5:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.

    Program at 5:50 p.m.

     

    The Eldridge Hotel

    701 Massachusetts Street

     

    RSVP to Kate Campbell,

    ccampbell@sunflower.com