June 3, 2025 - Morgan Hines and Luis Barcelo from the Teen Lifeline organization gave us an overview of the activities and operations of their organization. The organization has existed since 1986 and has found that teens are far more willing to talk with other teens. Over 46,000 teens contacted the organization via call or text in 2024 - 1 in 3 talked about suicide. The presentation they gave to our club can be seen by clicking HERE
May 27, 2025 - Dayna gave us an informative presentation on various aspects of the Asperger's Syndrome. The photo shows Dana's grandmother, Dana, President Dave and long-time member Harry.
May 13, 2025 - Our Kyrene Rotary Club recently listened to the stories of two local charities (CEE Lombok and ASU's Global Resolve). We gave each of them a donation to support their causes. Check out CEE Lombok by clicking HERE. And check out ASU's Global Resolve by clicking HERE
May 20, 2025 - Joy Klein, the Executive Director of Treasures 4 Teachers (T4T), gave us an update on the many changes that have been made to this organization over the past year since she joined the organization.
An overview of the current staff can be found by CLICKING HERE
April 29,2025 Rotarians Yoshi Budiyanto and Dayna Gustke present Shelbe White of Higher Octave Healing with a check to help support their work.
Speaker Shelbe White, CEO, Higher Octave Healing, a Tempe based organization that provides music therapy to those who need it.
Board-Certified Music Therapists use their specialized training in music, neuroscience, psychology, sociology, human development, and related fields to help people improve their physical, cognitive, social, and psychological well-being.
Find out more about this organization by CLICKING HERE
April 07, 2025 - Today, Erik Chazin from Mill RCITY told us about their major recycle/recovery project here in the Valley. He described their operations and philosophy. They have existed since 2023 and are rapidly growing.
Quote from a customer - "Ask anyone who’s lived with it: Mill makes you feel good. Because you’re not putting garbage into the world. Because your home smells clean. Because you’re not wasting food — or time."
March 27,2025 Teacher Danielle Wilkins and Rotarian Rich are helping students at Cesar Chavez Leadership Academy find "bloom" in their new dictionaries. Students were so excited with their new dictionaries that many of them took the dictionaries with them to lunch so they could look up more words.
April 1, 2025 Teacher Molly Ryan at C. J. Jorgensen Elementary School reports, "The kids loved the presentation, and they LOVE their new dictionaries!" Rotarians Rich and Sharon delivered dictionaries to third graders in classes of Ms. Ryan and Mr. T.
March 20, 2025 - Dave and Lourdes delivered over 100 dictionaries to the 3rd graders at JFK Elementary School. An excited noise level rose as kids opened their books and began exploring.
Unfortunately, this year the delivery of dictionaries to all Roosevelt schools was very slow, but all will be completed soon.
March 20, 2025 - Over 80 people attended the District 5495 Women in Rotary Tea Party. Kyrene Rotary Club members, Barb Feder and Jackie Wasik, are with the featured speaker, Deepa Willingham. Deepa is a past Rotarian of the Year and founder of PACE (Promise of Assurance to Children Everywhere), an organization established to combat human trafficking. She also helped found a school for girls just outside Calcutta in India. She is a remarkable woman with lots of inspiring deeds.
March 18,2025 - Susan Perez gave an excellent description of the "Justa Center" organization in Phoenix. The Center is a resource and day center exclusively for seniors experiencing homelessness. It is located at 10th Ave and Jefferson.
The Human Services Campus is a collaborative of 16 partner agencies with the mission of ending homelessness everyday.
February 26, 2025 - About a dozen members of Kyrene Rotary and their guests visited the Hall of Flame Firefighting Museum in Phoenix, near the old Legend City site. Our tour was guided by Gary Bohling, Sr. Volunteer Docent, who is a former fire chief and Rotarian Rob's brother-in-law.
The museum galleries contain a wide variety of exhibits, including fire apparatus, artwork, uniforms and equipment, firemarks, alarm room equipment, and a large fire safety exhibit which includes a two room safety house, a mini-theater, and many hands-on exhibits for children. The National Firefighting Hall of Heroes honors American firefighters who have received a national award for heroism, and we also recognize American firefighters who have died in the line of duty.
February 18, 2025 - Amanda Schneider, Executive Secretary, gave us an informative overview of the organization.
Amplify Voices was created to empower individuals who have been silenced, misunderstood, or oppressed. The organization now helps them share their stories powerfully and concisely, stand in their truth, and use their voices to break down stigmas, foster understanding, and drive meaningful change in their communities. More information can be found athttps://amplifyvoices.org/about
January 7, 2025 - Tonight we had John LeBeau and his friend Don join us to give us some insight into the status, history, and future of 3D Printing. President-elect Yoshi is taking a closer look. John told us that 3D printing has been around for over 20 years and it continues to rapidly improve both with respect to processes and materials. While John was telling us about the various kinds of head and bed motions, he was printing out a simple model - took about 30 minutes. Very impressive. Thank you John and Don - we hope to visit your facility in the near future.
If you are a busy person who wants to have fun while making a difference, then be our guest for lunch on Monday (not holidays) from 12:00 to 1:00 pm at the Olive Garden. Currently our meetings are in person and via Zoom. We are men and women in ages from 30's to retired. Check our Facebook page - Kyrene RC as well. The URL for this page is KyreneRotary.org
January 7, 2025 - Tonight we had John LeBeau and his friend Don join us to give us some insight into the status, history, and future of 3D Printing. President-elect Yoshi is taking a closer look. John told us that 3D printing has been around for over 20 years and it continues to rapidly improve both with respect to processes and materials. While John was telling us about the various kinds of head and bed motions, he was printing out a simple model - took about 30 minutes. Very impressive. Thank you John and Don - we hope to visit your facility in the near future..png)
