Pictured left to right are Bryant Lazenby (La Monte), Laura Honn(Sacred Heart), Jessica Hoskins(Northwest), Heather Howell(Green Ridge), and Melissa Williams (Smithton)

Sedalia Rotary Awards Scholarships to High School Students

The Sedalia Rotary Club awarded scholarships to exceptional students from each High-School in Pettis County on May 5th during a lunch time ceremony. Each student received a $500 scholarship. A committee of Rotarians interviewed all of the applicants and chose the winners of this scholarship based on academics, extra curricular activites, community involvement, and interview ability. The following, in order that they appear in the attached photograph, each received the $500.

Each of the above students received Student of the Month recognition by the Sedalia Rotary Club earlier this year. In addition to the $500.00 award, Laura Honn received the Student of the Year scholarship by the Sedalia Rotary Club. This scholarship provides $2,000 over 4 years.

Laurie Sunrise Beach Rotary Coordinates Matching Grant for Computer Lab in Soke, Turkey

District 6080, the Laurie Sunrise Beach Rotary and the Aydin Soke Rotary Club recently joined forces to provide a computer lab for a middle school in Soke, Turkey. This project was in response to a law that was recently enacted in that country increasing the compulsory education to 8 years, thus requiring that all students complete both an elementary and at least a middle school education. This new law resulted in a tremendous increase in financial obligations to fund existing schools and required that new schools be constructed. Unfortunately, the Ministry of Education's budget in Turkey has been unable to meet the needs required by this new law. For that reason, the Laurie Sunrise Beach Rotary and District 6080 stepped in to "lend a hand". The lab, which consists of one server and 32 terminals was funded by a Matching Grant in the amount of $15,800.

Laurie Sunrise Beach Rotary Helps to Save Lives

As a result of a cooperative effort between the Laurie Sunrise Beach Rotary Club, the Mavisehir Rotary Club in Turkey, Rotary District 6080 (central Missouri), District 5650 (southeast Iowa), District 5440 (Wyoming) and a Matching Grant from Rotary International, lives will be saved. $20,000 was contributed to purchase a kidney transport machine that will allow doctors to harvest a kidney from a donor and then transport it to a recipient in another local hospital or in another part of Turkey. In the past, persons in need of a kidney transplant have not been able to receive viable organs due to the lack of ability to transport them from one location to another. By providing this equipment, persons in need of a kidney transplant will now have a much better chance of survival. This is the only such device in all of Turkey.

Rotary Breakfast Club of Rolla President John Petersen presents $500 check to Dorothy Parrot, G.R.A.C.E for Christmas.

Rotary Breakfast Club of Rolla Presents Donations

Monday morning the Rotary Breakfast Club of Rolla presented $500 checks to Russell House and G.R.A.C.E. for Christmas. Russell House provides shelter for abused women and their children.

G.R.A.C.E. for Christmas provides needed living supplies and Christmas gifts for families in Phelps County. The money donated was raised by the Rotary club through ticket sales for the Rotary Holiday Celebration.

Rotary Breakfast Club of Rolla Presents Scholarship

The Rotary Breakfast Club of Rolla presented a $1,000 scholarship to Amanda Fisher, a recent graduate of Rolla High School.
Amanda will attend Drury University in Springfield, MO, majoring in secondary education. She plans on becoming a high school teacher.
Each spring the Rotary Breakfast Club presents two scholarships to deserving seniors.

Rolla Rotary Breakfast Club Donates $3,000 to Rolla Public Schools

Monday morning, July 31, the Rotary Breakfast Club of Rolla presented $3,000 to the Rolla Public Schools. President Joel Kramme presented the check to Rolla High School Activities Director, Kelly Hinshaw. The donation represents the club's continuing support of the Bray Sports Complex and will assist in construction of a concession stand at the complex.
The money was raised by the Rotary Breakfast Club of Rolla at the Annual Rotary Golf Tournament held May 7. The tournament was conducted by the two Rolla Rotary clubs.
Supporting the Bray Sports Complex was one of the Rotary Breakfast Club's projects to celebrate the Rotary Centennial in 2005.

The Branson-Hollister Rotary Club presented the Taneyhills Library with a check for $1,900 to go towards renovations to the library. In addition to the cash contribution, the Rotary club also collected numerous children's books which were donated to the library on the same day.