Reflections – Susan McVey
The Club 29 Thursday morning breakfast meeting had a month long focus on mental health issues in January. There were presentations about nonprofits that are providing programs and services that are helping to improve lives and outcomes, a view from the justice system on how untreated individuals are impacting it, and finally a family perspective […]
Rotary Point – Giving Levels
On May 6, 2016 Rotary Point, the Signature Project of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, will be dedicated. In honor of those Rotarians who have donated, a commemorative plaque is being planned, with all the donors’ names listed. If you haven’t pledged, there is still time, but this is the Last Call. Please read the information […]
Tracy McDaniel
Tracy McDaniel is the Founder and Director of KIPP Reach College Preparatory. McDaniel has twenty -six years teaching and administrative experience. KIPP was awarded the prestigious Blue Ribbon Award from the U.S. Department of Education in the area of high performance and was selected as one of the “50 Best Middle Schools in the U.S” […]
Bob Ross – Inasmuch Foundation
Robert J. Ross – Inasmuch Foundation Robert J. Ross currently serves as President and CEO and member of the Board of Directors of Inasmuch Foundation and Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation. The Foundations were founded by Edith Kinney Gaylord in 1982. He previously was employed as an Attorney with the Oklahoma City law firm […]
Reflections – Leonard Sullivan
Rotary Reflections By Leonard E. Sullivan Shoe repair A man working in a men’s clothing store told me recently that he had never had a pair of shoes half-soled or repaired. This was difficult for me to grasp. There was a time when everyone had their shoes and boots repaired. If you wore only one […]
Mohammad Farzaneh
Mr. Mohammad Farzaneh serves as the Chief Executive Officer of IROK Holdings and Presudent of Construction of Home Creations. Mr. Farzaneh earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design from the University of Oklahoma and a Masters in Architecture from the University of Oklahoma. Mr. Farzaneh is licensed in Architecture abroad. Through Grassland Investment and […]
The Will to Survive – Ron Page
“The Will to Survive” By Ron Page The soil in my home area of northern Illinois is black silt loam of glacial origin. The terrain is flat as a pool table and trees are seen only in farmyards. In the middle part of the twentieth century, we tilled the soil with mouldboard plows that cut […]
Hamid Biglari
“Iran: Cause or nation, opportunity or threat?” Hamid Biglari is currently a Managing Partner at TGG Group, a private firm that advises Fortune 100 companies on the transformational impact of behavioral science and big data analytics. Until 2013, Dr. Biglari was Vice Chairman at Citigroup. Du ring his 13 years at the institution, he held […]
Wings of Rotary
The Wings of Rotary program of our Rotary District 5750 will be hosting 9 Japanese high school students and their team leader from Rotary District 2520 from March 13 to 24. Club 29 will host them March 21, 22, 23, and 24. They will be present at the March 22 meeting. We are looking for […]
Refugee Crisis Disaster Relief
Dear all, I would like proudly to announce that the Rotarians did it again. We have gather the donation to the one in need and show to the world that Rotarians are there to help to the society. Find below translation of the brief that was all over Macedonia in many TV’s and news today: […]
Karen Youngblood
Karen began her career in the printing and promotional products industry, eventually turning around an office set to close into record profitability. From there she spent five years working for Devon Energy Corporation, a Fortune 100 company, acquiring and building out facility space for a growing and fast-moving company. After her son was born, she left […]
How Safe Do You Feel?
-Paul Moore OK, I’ll admit it. I do Facebook. Having lived in 9 places during my career, plus 3 before and one since, I have scattered friends like breadcrumbs, from New York to California. I must admit, I sometimes wish my life were more like some of yours. You’ve lived in Central Oklahoma all your […]