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2015 OnePledge

November 17, 2015

Rotary Club 29 Membership: We invite you to review the OnePledge form and take this opportunity before the end of the year to support our Club 29 key programs that have a significant positive impact on our community and around the world. Rotary is about “Service Above Self” and we […]

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Rotary Club 29 Veterans

November 9, 2015

Veterans who are members of Rotary Club 29 listed here

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Club 29 Mentorship

November 6, 2015

You’ve heard of “Thunder- Up ”….well, what about MENTOR-UP? Remember what it was like when you became a new Rotary member? You may have been anxious about attending the luncheons, wondered how to get involved in a committee, or just felt disconnected and a little ill at ease. Like any new experience, it takes time to feel you are “part of the group.” Well, […]

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Disruption

October 23, 2015

– Larry Stone “Disruption is not about what happens to you. It is about how you react to what happens to you.” – Jay Sammit From its start, Rotary has served as a vector for “disruption,” a disturbance that interrupts a standard event or process. While we often think of disruption in negative terms, it […]

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Wings of Rotary 2016 – Deadline 12-18-15

October 8, 2015

Japan 2016! It is THE place to be for two weeks in June. Be a guest of Rotary District 2520 as it hosts Rotary District 5750. Visit 4 to 5 cities, English-speaking guides (Rotarians, of course, and their associates). Tour the wonderfully obligatory museums, shrines, temples, and castles. Experience the culture of tea ceremony, onsen, samurai, and Japanese […]

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Hungarian Refugee Crisis

September 20, 2015

Refugees are streaming across Eastern Europe. Humanitarian needs are many. The Budapest-City Rotary Club is developing a plan of action to address the most pressing issues in the most appropriate areas. One area is in northern Serbia. Club 29’s first Matching Grant project involved joining the Budapest-City and Senta Rotary Clubs to help upgrade cardio monitoring equipment in […]

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OCU Rotaract Club Update

September 11, 2015

– From Marty O’Gwynn The club hosted an info table (with cookies and flyers) at the university’s version of a “campus organization fair” on Thursday, September 3. We had about 30 students (mainly freshmen) sign up to express interest in the club. (The event was focused on freshman students.) Our first official club meeting of […]

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Downton Rotarians – Service Saturday Committee

August 19, 2015

Members of the Rotary Club 29 Service Saturday Committee helped answer phones and take pledges for the annual OETA “Augustfest” on Sunday, August 16th The volunteer crew consisted of 9 people: Ellen Fleming, Community Service Group Chair; Ron Suttles, Service Saturday Committee Chair; Ron Stakem, Service Saturday Committee, Vice-Chair; Steve Rassmussen, Jay Hoey and his […]

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Samantha Murch, August Teacher of the Month

August 11, 2015

Samantha Murch has been named Teacher of the Month for August 2015 by The Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools and Rotary Club of Oklahoma City. Samantha has been teaching for five years, four of which have been at Star Spencer High School. Samantha received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Communication/Theatre from the Western […]

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Looking For a Host Family

August 11, 2015

Incredible, life-changing, self-discovery, amazing: these are words Rotary Youth Exchange students have used to describe their experience. Rotary Club 29 has hosted many exchange students in the past. This year we’re excited to welcome Malo LeChevalier from France. Malo needs a host family for the months of December, January and February. Please contact Nathaniel Harding […]

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Denta Project Dedication Trip

July 20, 2015

Join us in Cluj, Romania, September 24-29 for the Denta Project dedication and visits to Rotary Clubs in Cluj and Bistrita, Romania. Bob Medley and Mary Jane Calvey will arrive in Cluj, Romania, September 24. The Rotary Club in Cluj has arranged a hotel for us that is part of the Hampton/Hilton chain on the September […]

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Rotary Point

July 13, 2015

Rotary Point was conceived as a potential Signature project to combine the Annual Project with a significant one time legacy project. Early discussions in May,2014 between Bud Oehlert, Mike Knopp, Tim Strange and Judge Holmes centered on the Youth Pavilion and the Festival/Medal Ceremony Stage as possible projects. In September and October, 2014 the combined […]

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