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2019/20 Scholarships availableYoung people start college or tech school with the best of intentions and perhaps money they have saved and a scholarship or two. The first year goes well, but what about the second, third or fourth year? Is the money still there? Life can get in the way with family issues, a job loss or health issues. What happens to the money to stay in college? The Village West Rotary wants to help! For the fifth year we are offering six $1,000 scholarships through our funding raising and Rotary District 5710 grant funds. Three of the $1,000 scholarships will go to full-time existing college or tech school students. These scholarships are paid in January for the winter session. The other three $1,000 scholarships will go to three high school seniors intending to be full-time students in the Fall of 2020 at a college or tech school. Applications are now available! Applicants must be a graduate or current senior of a Wyandotte County public or private school. The Application is downloadable on this website and must be completed and returned along a 300 word essay on how this scholarship will make a difference to you this year and a letter of recommendation from a former instructor, employer, social service agency applicant has volunteered with by Midnight, December 25, 2019. For more information, contact scholarship chair, Jack Manahan kckjayhawk1@yahoo.com |
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Rotary members invest in the future by giving scholarships to Wyandotte County adult students who have the potential to change our communities. Village West proudly supports the CLJ Foundation. CLJ prepares Wyandotte County adults with developmental disabilities for living and working in their community. See attached flyer for details. .jpg) |
2017 Service with Taste |
5th Annual Seafood Fest |
4th Annual Seafood Fest |
6th Annual Parade of Heroes!
Thank you to our Parade of Heroes sponsors and dedicated participants. On behalf of the Village West Rotary Club volunteers, we apologize for the cancellation of the parade. The safety of our participants and attendees is too important and a difficult decision was made to cancel. We are truly sorry for any inconvenience this has caused. We truly appreciate your time and energy for this important community event to honor our men and women in uniform! With the help of our community and generous sponsors like Sam's Club, Village West WineFest, DeGoler's Pharmacies and Dave and Buster's, we raised almost $10,000 to support Helping Our Own at Home-a local organization providing assistance to wounded veterans and their families. Village West Rotary Club is proud to support such a worthy organization. Due to many factors, the 2012 Parade of Heroes will not be rescheduled. We ask for your understanding and hope to see you in 2013 for an even better Parade of Heroes! Please feel free to contact us at paradeofheroes@gmail.com with any questions. Thank you! The Village West Rotary Club |
6th Annual Parade of Heroes
Thank you to our generous Parade of Heroes sponsors and dedicated participants. On behalf of the Village West Rotary Club volunteers, we apologize for the cancellation of the parade. The safety of our participants and attendees is too important and a difficult decision was made to cancel. We are truly sorry for any inconvenience this has caused. We truly appreciate your time and energy for this important community event to honor our men and women in uniform! Due to many factors, the 2012 Parade of Heroes will not be rescheduled. We ask for your understanding and hope to see you in 2013 for an even better Parade of Heroes! Please feel free to contact us at paradeofheroes@gmail.com with any questions. Thank you! The Village West Rotary Club |
4th Annual Parade of Heroes
The Village West Rotary hosted another amazing Parade of Heroes on Thursday, September 30th at the Legends in Kansas City, Kansas. The late John Glaser, falle Shawnee firefighter, was honored for his service to our community. The Glaser famly joind the Parade along with the Shawnee Fire Department, local law enforcement and our many of our Veteran's. |
5th Annual Rotary Books for Kids Project by the Johnson County Club
For the past four years many Rotary clubs in our District have partnered with other metro Rotarians to provide more than 16,000 books for the six-county area of Head Start programs. Thousands of KC area children have profited from the Head Start experience. There will be an additional two thousand children entering the program this year so many more books will be needed. |
Have A Drink On Us!
Join the Village West Rotary Club on Thursday, September 16 from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. at Cheeseburger in Paradise for a FREE DRINK!
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Village West Welcomes Jozze!
The Village West Rotary Club officially welcomes Jozze, an exchange student from Ecuador, as an honorary member of the Village West Rotary Club. Mark and Shelly Fabac will be hosting Josie during the 2010-2011 school year.
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8th Annual Parade of Heroes
Join Village West Rotary Club for the 8th Annual Parade of Heroes on Thursday, October 2, 2014. Parade begins at 6:00 p.m. Parade participant entries are being accepted until September 28, 2014. Please contact us at paradeofheroes@gmail.com or visit our parade website at www.paradeofheroeskc.org for more information.
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Village West Rotary Makes the News!Village West Rotary Club honors Veterans at the Parade of Heroes, as featured in the Kansas City Kansan. Cut and paste the link below for more information about the parade and these special heroes.
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