We started our new Rotary year off with 2 amazing speakers in July!
On Tuesday 7/11, we heard from Trey Meyer, Supervisor of Umpires at 3&2 Baseball of Johnson County. Have you ever wondered what 3&2 stands for? It's a reference to a full count in baseball (3 balls and 2 strikes). Trey shared with us he supervises a staff of roughly 425 umpires who work more than 11,000 games each year across 27 fields at their complexes in Shawnee and Lenexa! Trey also talked about the shortage of umpires at the local, state, and national levels. 3&2 Baseball is actively looking for more folks to join their organization as umpires. Umpiring opportunities are available to both teenagers and adults, men or women. 3&2 Baseball will provide new umpires with training, hands-on experience, and support through the process of becoming an umpire! If you are interested in learning more, please CONTACT US and we'll get you connected to Trey!
At our meeting last Tuesday 7/25, we welcomed our new 2023-2024 District 5710 Governor Jenalea Randall! As DG, Jenalea supports 41 clubs in our District (northeast Kansas) with over 1,900 members. Jenalea talked about RI President Gordon McInally's vision for the 2023-2024 Rotary year of "Creating Hope in the World". One of the great things about Rotary is Rotarians can Create Hope at a local community level, while also partnering with other clubs to Create Hope around the world through the connections and power of Rotary! Jenalea shared her areas of focus this year for our District include 1) helping solve the mental health crisis we have in Kansas (did you know Kansas ranks LAST in the nation for mental health?) and 2) empowering girls by supporting projects and creating opportunities for them to feel empowered to share their views, ideas, and opinions!
Thank you to both Trey and Jenalea for visiting our club in July! We'll be hearing from the Shawnee Police Department Community Outreach Team at our next meeting on Tuesday 8/8. If you're interested in joining us for that, please CONTACT US. We'd love to have you visit!
