Rotary Honors Ozzie Goering

For many years our Rotary District 5690, which includes the Oklahoma Panhandle and much of Southwest Kansas, was blessed to have Ozzie Goering as an inspirational force for worthwhile international aid projects.  Ozzie was best known for the Heifer International program which, through Rotary International supplied heifers and other livestock to farmers in rural and under-developed areas of the world.  Through Ozzie=s efforts around 7000 animals were placed in Uganda,  Ukraine, Viet Nam, Thailand and the Chernobyl region of Russia.  All animals were personally placed by Rotarians with education concerning their care and the commitment that the first offspring would be placed with a needy neighbor, with the same commitment.

A number of individuals in the Boise City area were so impressed with the success of this project that they made significant contributions to the Heifer International project through the Boise City Rotary Club.  One hundred percent of those contributions went directly to support that project and to buy and transport livestock for delivery.

The work and many accomplishments of Ozzie Goering are now being recognized with a special award which is endowed thanks to the generous donations of Mike and Helen Barnes and the Guymon Rotary Club.  A Paul Harris Fellowship is awarded each year to the newest member of the Rotary Club in the District that receives the District=s annual International Service Award.  The Paul Harris Fellowship recognizes that $1000.00 has been donated to Rotary International in the name of the recipient of the Fellowship.

The Ozzie Goering Paul Harris Fellowship Memorial is an effort, not only to recognize the great work of Ozzie Goering, but to also inspire the recipient, and all who learn of the self less efforts of Mr. Goering to follow in his foot steps by placing service above self.

Boise City Rotary Club Inducts New Member

Boise City Rotary officers,  John Miller, left, and Terri Weaver, right, welcome Mandy Hitchings, center into the club.

The Rotary Club of Boise City is pleased to announce the addition of Mandy Hitchings to its roll of business owners and community leaders.  Mandy has already proven to be an active asset to the club and its many community projects. Rotary International is the oldest and largest secular service organization in the world with 1.2 million members in 208 countries worldwide.  The organization was founded in 1905 in Chicago by Paul Harris to encourage community service, vocational advancement and fellowship of its members.  Rotary sustains many thousands of projects throughout the world, ranging from the near-completed eradication of the scourge of Polio, to building play grounds to establishing scholarships, reading projects, and youth programs.  Rotary’s current focus is on clean water, health, and literacy projects.  Many millions of dollars and man hours are spent each year throughout the world benefiting mankind. Mandy is an insurance agent affiliated with the Aim Agency in Keyes and Boise City and will be located at the new office on East Main in Boise City when the construction is completed. The members know that Mandy will be a valuable asset to the club for years to come.

Rotary Tries to Make Polio Only a Memory

  Tadataka Yamada, president of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Health Program, however, underscored that Rotary’s future is just as important.“In the history of polio, there are three names that are synonymous with hope and progress: Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin, and Rotary International,” Yamada told the audience. “Thanks to your work, polio is an increasingly distant memory in most countries.”  The Gates Foundation has pledged $200 million to finish the initiative to rid the world of Polio and it is a global effort. 

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February Rotary Student of the Month

Casey Hurley is the February Rotary Student of the Month.  She is the daughter of Brad and Weisa Hurley.   Casey is involved in STUCO and is an Oklahoma Academic Scholar.  Hurley plans to attend University of Central Oklahoma and major in biology with a pre- veterinary emphasis.  She plans to attend Oklahoma State University’s veterinary school and open her own small animal practice.

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Part of every Rotary club is the vocational service each Rotarian volunteers to do.  Rotarians volunteer vocationally in their respective vocations each year.  Rotarian Terri Weaver goes each year to the second grade and teaches the students oral hygiene.  Each student is given a toothbrush kit complete with toothbrush, paste, floss and a chart to help the student keep up with their daily brushing.  Weaver has done this for the past 27 years and the rewards are a hug from each student.  Mrs. Gerald and Mrs. Crossley’s second graders are showing off their new toothbrush kits.

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Rotary is one of the largest international humanitarian service organizations in the world.  Its members are business, professional and community service leaders who are committed volunteers working together to improve communities. More than 1.2 million men and women worldwide belong to 32,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries and geographic areas. Rotary’s motto is Service Above Self.  The organization serves the needs of communities around the world, with its most important current philanthropic goal being the eradication of polio.  In recent months, this Rotary initiated program has received contributions totaling in excess of $600,000,000.00  That is correct, Six Hundred Million Dollars, US. 

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      Last week’s A Good Citizenship article in The Boise City News gave great advice on how to choose a charity to support.  Knowing how a charity actually performs is the key.  It is important to know that your gifts of time, treasure or talent actually produce results and benefit to the intended recipients.  One way that you can be absolutely sure that your gift is accomplishing the results you intend is to become a member of an organization that furthers the worthwhile causes you wish to support.  

    Your local Rotary Club, through its affiliation with the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is one such organization. The Rotary Foundation prides itself in causing 100% of all financial donations to be used for the purpose for which the contribution was made.  The administrative expenses of the Foundation are supported by interest earned on contributed funds, but all of the principle amount of each contribution reaches the intended beneficiary or program. As a member of Rotary you also have a voice and an opportunity to initiate new worthwhile projects.

    Recently our Rotary District and our local Rotarians were personally involved in providing both necessary man power and financial support for the rebuilding of Greensburg,  Kansas, after their devastating tornado.It is a great feeling to know you have contributed to a worthwhile project to be a success.  If you have not enjoyed that feeling lately, contact any local Rotarian.  We would be pleased to share the joys of service with you!

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For the 29th consecutive year, your Rotary Rose Parade Float Committee is entering a float in the annual Tournament of Roses Parade on January 1, 2009 in Pasadena, California.  The Rose Parade theme is “Hats Off to Entertainment”.  The float theme will be the same as International Rotary President D. K. Lee selected for the Rotary theme.  Over a million people view the Rose Parade in person while approximately 400 million television viewers worldwide see the float and hear the story of Rotary.  This float will represent all Rotarians and include Eight Rotary International Youth Exchange Students from around the world, emphasizing that Rotary is truly an international organization.

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The Boise City Rotary Club has a history of making the youth of our community a first priority item in its community service projects.  From the Pee Wee Baseball program in the summer months to the Rotary Student of the Month program throughout the school year, together with the AI Like Me@ books for first graders, the dictionaries for third graders, and the alcohol and drug free Senior Graduation night party, youth are a definite priority!

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Rotary Student of the month of December.

Ross is the son of Mr and Mrs Troy Mayfield and is involved in National Honor Society, Interact, FFA, and Math club.  Ross is also in the BCHS band, choir and Student council.  Ross plays in a local band and works at the Pizza Hut. He has plans to attend university and get a degree.   

High School Rotary, Interact Club

The Boise City Interact club placed Christmas lights on the bushes around the museum the Sunday before Thanksgiving.  Members working are Shaylin Adair, Josh Faulkner, Drew Faulkner and President Barbara Weaver.  Interact is the high school Rotary Club and has several projects each year.  This year the club has community service projects including the lights and the Wish Upon a Star campaign.  Each Interact club is required to also complete an international project.  The third world countries have such a high mortality due to unsanitary conditions at birth and Interact is collecting funds to pay for a kit that has all the necessary tools to provide a sanitary birth.  These kits cost a mere $3 and to fund this the Interact club sponsors a nutrition break each Thursday at the high school.  By selling muffins and water, the club can pay for many kits and are still looking for more money making ideas.  The club meets the first and third Thursday at noon in the Wildcat Pride room and the only qalifications are that the member is a high school student and that they attend the meetings and projects.  This club has a four year history of quality community service projects in Boise City. 

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Although Rotary International is most famous for its highly successful Polio eradication project, its local clubs, in cooperation with Rotary International are involved in a host of other international projects addressing Health, Hunger and Humanity.

Rotary clubs and Rotary International are currently concentrating efforts on water, literacy and hunger projects because 30,000 children under the age of five die each day, primarily from water-borne diseases.

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   Rotary International, the oldest and largest secular service organization in the world, has many thousands of projects underway across the country and around the world. In 208 countries, 1.2 million Rotarians are working on local and international projects. Since the first Rotary service project, a public convenience station on the streets of Chicago in 1905, Rotary clubs have built playgrounds, established reading programs, given scholarships, built schools, libraries, and hospitals, as a few examples.

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Boise City Rotarians Attend District Conference

On Friday, October 31, four members of the Boise City Rotary Club, a Rotary Exchange Student and six member of a visiting Group Study Exchange Team from Great Britain traveled to Wichita, Kansas to attend the Rotary District 5690 Conference. The club members, Ron Kincannon, Terri Weaver, Mike and Helen Barnes are all district officers and Barbara Weaver is a Rotary Exchange Student, who recently returned from Australia.

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The district conference is an annual event held in each of the 532 districts of Rotary International worldwide. District 5690 includes 30 clubs in south Kansas and the Oklahoma panhandle. The conference is held in a different city of the district each year.

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