Vinita Rotary Club #2502 (via Instant Mobilizer)

Vinita Rotary Club

Bulletin

December 02, 2009

The Vinitian

Chartered 1919

Vinita, Oklahoma

District 6110

Club #2502

www.VinitaRotary.org

President

Dr Bob Green

President-Elect

Marsha Emerson

Secretary

Amy DeVore

Treasurer

Linda Scott

Sergeant-at-Arms

Bob Young

Past President

Rod Couch

Foundation

Bud Ronsse

Club Service

Joe Gardner

Public Relations

Angela Martin

Club Administration

Jim Sellers

Membership

Dr Jimmie Ownbey

Catered by

Golden Spike

Rotarian of the Day‚ Jandra Mayer-Ward

Jandra Ward was born and (almost entirely) raised in Vinita. She is a 1991 graduate of Vinita High School and attended OSU for 3 years before moving on to the OU Health Sciences Center for degrees in both Nursing (1996) and Dentistry (2000). She married Grady Ward, an Oklahoma City native, in 1998 and moved with him to Vinita in 2000. Grady is an Accounting Supervisor for Williams Co. in Tulsa. They have 3 boys: Parker (10 on Dec. 3), Payton (8) and Price (7 on Dec. 12). Her boys are very much the center of her universe. Jandra served as the youngest ever Oklahoma Dental Association President from 2008-2009. She is currently serving as Chair of the ODA's PAC as well as keeping up with the various duties of Past-President. She was inducted in 2008 into the American College of Dentists, an ethics and professionalism society to which less than 3% of dentists are ever named. She was Oklahoma‚s Young Dentist of the Year in 2005. Jandra is a Cub Scout Den Mom, President of the VPS Educational Foundation, board member for the GATE program, the Owner & Moderator of the Vinita Freecycle group, a frequent school volunteer including chairing the Boxtops for Education program for both Hall Halsell and Will Rogers, and a 2-time past Rotary President. She has been employed by Mayer-Ward Dental Care since 2000. If there is any time left after those things, she enjoys taking art classes at Waterworks Studio in Tulsa and exploring various art forms on her own. If only there were more hours in the day . . .

Today's Program

Jandra Mayer-Ward

Oklahoma Mission of Mercy.

Rotarian of the Day Schedule

December

Jimmie Ownbey

Dee Robison

Bud Ronsse

No Meeting!

Rotary Christmas Party

Thursday, Dec. 17 at 6:30 p.m.

Crystal Ballroom, Vinita, OK

Please RSVP to Bob Green by 12-7-09

Only $10 per person

Happy Birthday!

Joe Gardner‚ December 3

Welcome Senior Rotarians

Abi Day

Ben Sooter

Board Meeting Reminder

Monday, December 7 12:00 Noon Vinita City Council Room, City Hall

Peace...

--from "This Is Rotary" Rotary builds understanding through international scholarships, exchange programs, and humanitarian grants. In 2002, Rotary launched the Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution, an innovative program designed to educate tomorrow's peacemakers. Hosted at seven leading universities around the globe, the program funds 70 World Peace Scholars each year for graduate studies in international relations, conflict studies, and negotiation—providing promising leaders the tools to further the cause of peace. Some 35,000 students from 110 countries have also studied abroad since 1947 as Rotary Ambassadorial Scholars. Rotary's Group Study Exchange has helped more than 45,000 young professionals explore their career fields in other countries. And, each year some 8,000 secondary-school students experience life in another country through Rotary's Youth Exchange Program.

Rotary Foundation Educational Programs

--Rotary Basics

The Rotary Foundation of RI is a not-for-profit corporation whose mission is to support the efforts of Rotary International in the fulfillment of the Object of Rotary, Rotary's mission, and the achievement of world understanding and peace through local, national, and international humanitarian, educational and cultural programs.

Educational Programs These programs promote international understanding by bringing together people from different countries and cultures.

Ambassadorial Scholarshipsthe world's largest, privately funded international scholarships program for university-level studies, sends about 750 students each year to serve as ambassadors of goodwill while abroad.

Rotary World Peace Fellowships are awarded to individuals for study in master's degree programs at the Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution.

Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies Fellowships are awarded to individuals for study in a short-term certificate program at the Rotary Center for Peace and Conflict Studies in Thailand.

Group Study Exchange is a short-term cultural and vocational exchange program between districts in different countries for professionals ages 25-40.

Rotary Grants for University Teachers are awarded to higher-education faculty to teach abroad in an academic field of practical use to people in a low-income country.

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