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17
Jun
2022
Lisa Deatherage

Club Assembly

Jun 17, 2022
21
Jun
2022
Della Lamb Refugee Resettlement Training
Jun 21, 2022 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Della Lamb Refugee Resettlement Training
    • Participation required to participate in our upcoming volunteer project to help resettle a yet-to-be-selected refugee family.
    • Where: Della Lamb
      • 500 Woodland Ave.
      • Kansas City, MO 64106
      • Board of Directors Room
    • When: Tuesday, June 21, 2022 5:00 PM-8:30 PM
23
Jun
2022
Changing of the Guard - Installatiion
Jun 23, 2022 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

The Kansas City Plaza Rotary Club

Changing of the Guard Installation

 

The Culinary Center of Kansas City

7920 Santa Fe Dr, Overland Park, KS 66204

 

Chef’s choice of 4 heavy appetizers and full cash bar.

4-6 workstations set up with 4-6 participants at each station. Aprons will be provided, and casual attire is suggested.

 

Each station works as a Team to provide 6-8 pies.

 

Thursday, June 23, 2022

 

5:30 – Guest arrival to appetizers and beverages

5:40 – Welcome by Lisa Deatherage

5:45 – Intro by The Culinary Center of Kansas City

6:00 – Cooking activity & Pie Packaging

7:30 – Recognition of Past Board and Installation of Officers

8:00 – Event end time   

 

Cost per person $30 and spouses and guests are welcome.

Payment options include:

Checks to : The KC Plaza Rotary Club – note COG in the memo line

Mail to: 

PO Box 30359

Kansas City, MO 

64112-3359

Or bring to a Friday meeting

Venmo@KCPlazaRotary2021

 

Contact Denise Holt with questions:

dholt@linccc.com

913-526-3381

23
Jun
2022
Changing of the Guard

Teams! Culinary Center of Kansas City in Overland Park

Jun 23, 2022 5:30 PM

The Kansas City Plaza Rotary Club

Changing of the Guard Installation

The Culinary Center of Kansas City

7920 Santa Fe Dr, Overland Park, KS 66204

Chef’s choice of 4 heavy appetizers and full cash bar.

4-6 workstations set up with 4-6 participants at each station. Aprons will be provided, and casual attire is suggested.

Each station works as a Team to provide 6-8 pies.

Thursday, June 23, 2022

5:30 – Guest arrival to appetizers and beverages

5:40 – Welcome by Lisa Deatherage

5:45 – Intro by The Culinary Center of Kansas City

6:00 – Cooking activity & Pie Packaging

7:30 – Recognition of Past Board and Installation of Officers

8:00 – Event end time   

Cost per person $30 and spouses and guests are welcome.

Payment options include:

Checks to : The KC Plaza Rotary Club – note COG in the memo line

Mail to: PO Box 30359, Kansas City, MO,  64112-3359

Or bring to a Friday meeting

Venmo@KCPlazaRotary2021

Contact Denise Holt with questions:   dholt@linccc.com.  913-526-3381

24
Jun
2022
Meeting canceled

Jun 24, 2022
24
Jun
2022
No Meeting
Jun 24, 2022

This meeting is canceled because of the Changing of the Guard on June 23.

01
Jul
2022
Meeting canceled

July 4 Holiday

Jul 01, 2022
01
Jul
2022
No Meeting
Jul 01, 2022

The meeting is canceled for the July 4 weekend.

08
Jul
2022
Mary McMurray

Johnson County Museum Rediining Exhibit

Jul 08, 2022

Topic Title: An Exploration of the Johnson County Museum's Special Exhibit, REDLINED: Cities, Suburbs, and Segregation     The Johnson County Museum's newest special exhibit takes visitors on a deep dive of the history of redlining and how it both shaped and was shaped by Johnson County and the region.

Mary McMurray is the Director of the Johnson County Museum. She holds degrees in history from MU (Bachelors), UMKC (Masters), and KU (Doctorate). She is passionate about civic engagement and using lessons from the past to inspire, empower, and embolden people to make a brighter future. Prior to her role at the Johnson County Museum, Mary worked in various roles for two presidential library foundations and as Superintendent of Historic Sites and Outdoor Education for Jackson County. She lives in Prairie Village with her 4 year old daughter, Mabel, and husband, Sean.  

13
Jul
2022
Redlining Exhibit and Tour
Jul 13, 2022 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Redlining Exhibit Tour, July 13

         Our club chairs, Roger Samuel for Vocational Visit and Nancy Shawver for the Justice Committee have worked together to plan a tour of the Johnson County Museum Redlining Exhibit.  The guided tour will be on July 13, 4:00 p.m. and is limited to 25 people.  There will be an $11 fee ($10 seniors).  RSVP to Nancy or Roger to reserve your spot on the tour and obtain more information.  nancy@nancyshawver.com  roger.runner@gmail.com

15
Jul
2022
Lucy Betteridge

Interesting Outcomes in our Immigration System

Jul 15, 2022

Lucy's presentation will cover issues that arise from people thinking they know the answers to their immigration problems and the interesting outcomes that result. It will cover visa preference categories/priority dates/quotas; bars to admissibility to the USA for seemingly innocuous things and finding out that you are a U.S. Citizen without realizing it. 

Lucy Betteridge grew up on a cattle farm in central Missouri. She received her J.D. from Washburn University School of Law. While pursuing her law degree, she studied the law of the European Union at Universiteit Maastricht, in the Netherlands. Lucy is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She has also volunteered for the Cara Family Detention Pro-Bono Project in Dilley, TX. Her passion is helping people find creative solutions for their immigration case.  Lucy is a member of the Kansas City Plaza Rotary Club and will serve as president in 2024-2025.

20
Jul
2022
Plaza Board Meeting
Jul 20, 2022 7:15 AM - 8:30 AM
23
Jul
2022
Swope Parkway Clean-Up with Urban Ranger Corp
Jul 23, 2022 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
  • Where: Starting at URC HQ
    • Cleaning roadside trash/debris from 55th to 63rd
    • 5908 Swope Pkwy, Kansas City, MO 64130
    • When: Saturday, July 23 @ 9:00am
    • Clean-up materials will be provided by URC
    • Usually lasts about an hour  

 

29
Jul
2022
Sean Putney

World-Class 600,000 Gallons Aquarium, New to K.C. Zoo.

Jul 29, 2022

Kansas City Zoo Aquarium Update

A world-class aquarium will be opening in 2023 at the Kansas City Zoo to enhance visitors’ experience and open new pathways to ocean conservation, education and research. Zoo visitors will enjoy an up-close and personal experience, beginning at the warm-water shore habitat and traveling “deeper” through mangrove forests, sandy shores, tropical lagoons, and coral reefs. Then they'll “ascend” through a kelp forest and end at a cold-water rocky shore. Each habitat will showcase a variety of fascinating ocean life, immersing visitors in the experience of being at the ocean. The 600,000-gallon aquarium will be situated near Helzberg Penguin Plaza, within easy distance of the front gate and accessible year-round.

 

 

 

Sean Putney

Executive Director/CEO

On January 1, 2022, Sean Putney took the reins of the Kansas City Zoo as its new executive director/CEO. Sean was not a new face at the  Zoo, however, as he had been serving as its Chief Zoological Officer.

 

A native of Pennsylvania, Sean began his 29-year career at the Catalina Island Marine Institute in California and then spent 12 years at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo working his way up through animal care and curator positions. In 2007, Sean joined the Kansas City Zoo as an animal curator and spent five years in that position before being named Director of Living Collections. In 2016, he became Senior Director of Zoological Operations and in 2019, was promoted to Chief Zoological Officer, overseeing

the Zoo’s animal collection, animal care staff, conservation program, veterinary health department, and facilities.

 

Sean has been instrumental in the new and renovated animal habitats that have been accomplished at the Kansas City Zoo in the last decade, as well as the increased customer satisfaction the Zoo has achieved. Sean now oversees the biggest project in the Zoo’s history, a $75-million aquarium that will open in 2023. 

 

Sean has been an active member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), the primary accrediting body of zoos and aquariums in the United States. He graduated from the AZA’s Executive Leadership Development Program in 2018 and is a current member of the AZA Government Affairs Committee. He continues to serve as the coordinator of the AZA’s Wyoming Toad Species Survival Plan (SSP), leading efforts to reintroduce this species to its native habitat. He also spent five years as an AZA accreditation inspector.

 

Recently, Sean spearheaded the Kansas City Zoo’s own accreditation efforts, leading to an extension of the facility’s accreditation to 2026. AZA accreditation is considered the national standard and is granted to less than 10% of animal exhibitors licensed by the USDA.

 

Sean and wife Cyndie have been married 26 years, have raised

two sons, and are now proud grandparents of one grandson.

 

 

 

05
Aug
2022
Phyllis Hardwick

Community Capital Foundation

Aug 05, 2022

Phyllis Hardwick is the Executive Director of the Community Capital Fund (CCF).  She leads the CCF team and guides strategic direction. Her work focuses on the development of relationships with community partners, awareness of the CCF community and economic development programs, and advancement of collaborative strategies with CCF’s sister organizations, AltCap and Equity2.

12
Aug
2022
Monsignor Stuart Swetland, S.T.D.,

Donnelly College

Aug 12, 2022

Monsignor Stuart Swetland, S.T.D.,

President Donnelly College

 

Before arriving at Donnelly, Msgr. Swetland served as the Vice President for Catholic

Identity and Director of Pre-Theology at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD,

where he also held the Archbishop Flynn Chair of Christian Ethics. Msgr. Swetland received

his undergraduate degree in Physics from the United States Naval Academy, where he was

first in his class academically. Elected a Rhodes Scholar in 1981, he entered the Catholic

Church while studying at Oxford and was ordained a priest in 1991.

 

He holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from Oxford University where he studied

Politics, Philosophy, and Economics; a Master of Divinity and Master of Arts from Mount

St. Mary’s Seminary; and earned his Sacred Theology Licentiate and Sacred Theology

Doctorate from the Pontifical Lateran University, in Rome. Msgr. Swetland was named a

Prelate of Honor in 2000 by St. John Paul II. Additionally, he has been awarded two

honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters. One was received from Benedictine College and

the other from Walsh University.

 

In addition to his role at Donnelly, Msgr. Swetland is a Knight Commander for

the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre and a fourth-degree Knight of Columbus

and was the Executive Secretary for the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars for

twenty years. A convert to Catholicism, Monsignor Swetland has hosted for over 20

years various television and radio shows presenting and defending Catholic social

teaching. Pastorally, he serves as pastor of Our Lady and St. Rose Catholic Church, and as

a chaplain to the local chapters of Legatus and the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre in Kansas

City, KS.

17
Aug
2022
Plaza Board Meeting
Aug 17, 2022 7:15 AM - 8:30 AM
21
Sep
2022
Plaza Board Meeting
Sep 21, 2022 7:15 AM - 8:30 AM
19
Oct
2022
Plaza Board Meeting
Oct 19, 2022 7:15 AM - 8:30 AM
16
Nov
2022
Plaza Board Meeting
Nov 16, 2022 7:15 AM - 8:30 AM

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