Mark your calendar for a new way to connect with fellow Rotarians! 3rd Wednesday meetings will continue at the Matheson Memorial Library from 7:15-8:30am on Wednesday, July 15. Breakfast will be served for those on the meal plan, or drop $10 in the Lunch Box. Please enter through the side glass door.
WEEKLY MEETING RECAP:
Club Budget & Fundraising
On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, new Elkhorn Rotary President Kristin Belongia held her first Club Assembly to talk through the 2026-27 budget and discuss upcoming activities. Key points:
A BIG THANKS to Heather Leasure, who has stepped up as the club's new Service Chair! She will be organizing community service activities throughout the area.
Mariann distributed the 2026-27 Sponsorship forms. Do you know a business that may be interested in supporting Rotary? Talk to the Fundraising Committee!
The club's big fundraiser will be… GLOW BINGO! Stay tuned for more details. Event will be held Feb/March 2027.
OTHER UPDATES:
NEW MEETING LOCATION ALERT: Our July 22 meeting will be held at Babe Mann Park with a large group of Rotarians from Argentina! Please bring a chair if you have one.
Jean Henderson has graciously agreed to host an evening social at her house on July 22 - stay tuned for more details next week.
The first District Minute has been uploaded. CLICK HERE to view. These will go live on our district YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/@RID6270 every first and third Sunday of the month. Be sure to subscribe and check in regularly for the latest District 6270 information and highlights from clubs across our district!
PERSONAL OR BUSINESS SPONSORS NEEDED!
The Elkhorn Rotary Booster Club Golf Outing signups are going well. The date is set for Friday, July 31, 2026. We still need 5-6 more hole sponsors; please see below for flyer and contact Ted if you are able to golf or sponsor a hole for the event, which funds our club's three $1,000 scholarships to EAHS seniors.
All the volunteer slots are now full to help the club fundraise by bartending at one of Elkhorn's biggest festivals of the year. The club gets paid for each person who can help out. Volunteers should wear their Rotary swag (see Katie if you need a shirt, hat, etc.) and arrive at the assigned area about 10 minutes before your shift. Must be able to stand on grass for the entire shift and serve drinks.
This year, we have an additional shift too: Running the main stage bar during one of the wild concert nights too! Tips galore!!! For this special shift, energetic folks must be able to lift 25lbs., rush around in a fast-past environment, and tolerate LOUD music and a late night.
Yinka Babalola ’s message for the 2026-2027 term is structured around a strong injunction: “Create Lasting Impact”.
For the second African president in Rotary’s history, genuine change begins from within.
He invites each member to first transform their own club by making it more open, inclusive and welcoming, because “if we change ourselves, we will change the world”.
Yinka Babalola also calls for going beyond the simple logic of giving to engage in concrete and collaborative service.
He pushes clubs to surpass themselves by analyzing their past successes to do “even better than their best”.
Finally, he places the definitive eradication of polio and the strengthening of peace — through sustainable solutions implemented at the local level — at the heart of its overall action priorities.
