Work Hard and Be Nice to People
Kathleen Holmes, the Development Director at Legal Aid of Western Missouri will be our speaker this Friday December 18th. Legal Aid of Western Missouri provides free civil legal assistance to people who need it most and can afford it least. With offices in downtown Kansas City, Joplin, St. Joseph, Warrensburg and a neighborhood office on Kansas City’s west side, we serve a 40-county area where 288,000 people live in poverty.
Legal Aid is the only organization in western Missouri that provides free, comprehensive civil legal services to low-income people. Our work is highly cost-effective and addresses root causes of community problems. Legal Aid collaborates with other community organizations working on housing, health care, public assistance, domestic violence and other issues to solve community problems.
 
 
At the 2015 Games for Good event, we raised $11,670.62. As many of you know, planning for the 2016 Games has already begun! Games for Good will be October 1st at the Liberty Memorial.  Saint Luke’s Health System has agreed to be our 2016 Title Sponsor again.  If you know anyone or any organizations that may be interested in being one of our sponsors, we have brochures! The brochures will be available on our web-site as well as our facebook page no later than this weekend.  If you need a brochure prior, please contact Bob Merrigan or Jacquelyn Blake for a copy or PDF
 
 
2015 Bridge Home Weekend Meals
The signup sheet will be available again this Friday. Meals must be delivered prior to 4:00 pm on Saturday evening. Erik Dickinson still needs help with meals! He still needs an entrée for this Saturday (Erik has done the last two entrees himself, your help would be most appreciated!!). Please contact Erik at  erik.dickinson@urckc.org Thank you in advance for your help!
 
 
THIS FRIDAY, DON'T FORGET YOUR CHRISTMAS SWEATERS!!! 
 
 
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Take Part in Touring the J. Rieger & Co. Distillery

Friday afternoon on February 5, 2016, the Plaza Rotary Club will tour the facilities of J. Rieger & Co.'s distillery in Kansas City (2700 Guinotte Ave, KCMO).  Following the tour, plan on sampling J. Rieger spirits plan on gathering for Happy Hour at a Cross Roads Art District pub before heading out to see the First Fridays art exhibits. Jacob Rieger & Company was founded in 1887 in Kansas City’s West Bottoms Livestock Exchange district. The brand offered over 100 alcoholic products and offered mail-order delivery services, until Prohibition was enacted in 1919.  In 2014, Andy Rieger formed a partnership with Ryan Maybee that has resurrected the iconic J. Rieger & Co. brand here in its Kansas City birthplace. The distillery tour will take a deep dive into the history and legacy of J. Rieger & Co., the East Bottoms, and the ins and outs of the liquor industry.

RSVP online:  http://whoozin.com/RTX-QHF-63EU