Shoes for Orphan SoulsThank you, Toni Shelton, for all your efforts towards the "Let's Bury Larry" state-wide shoe collection efforts! Your leadership helped us send the below conference room full of shoes to the District FUNvention. Thanks to Chuck McCloskey for help assembling, and to Charlie and Emily Jernigan for transportation of all these shoes!  |
International VisitorsOur club was pleased to welcome Jo Soothill and Andrew Hurst of the Rotary Club of Wynnum and Manly from the bayside of Brisbane, Australia. Jo and Andrew shared with us about their club's community involvement, fundraising activities, and later participated in a flag exchange. It was wonderful meeting them.  |
InterCity Lunch Celebration Webster Groves Rotary 100 Birthday |
Ringing for the Salvation ArmyOur club returned to the Schnucks Crossing on an unusually warm day in December to raise money for the Salvation Army. Thank you, Dave Powers, for organizing our efforts.  |
Holiday Party 2023A memorable night for our club at the annual holiday party. Thank you, Curt Ittner, for planning such a wonderful event.  |
Scouting for FoodOur volunteer efforts led by Larry Levy at the annual Scouting for Food drive resulted in a record amount of items collected. Thank you to all the club members who participated in this project!  |
A Visit from our District GovernorDistrict Governor Valerie Sorenson joined us for lunch on October 18th to discuss all the great things happening in 6060. We also collected a few shoes for the ongoing project to collect 20,000 pairs of shoes to help "Bury Larry (In a Good Way)."  |
Rotarian of the YearChuck McCloskey, long-time club member, accepts the Lester M. Abbott Rotarian of the Year Award from President Khary Floyd.  |
Book Star St. LouisEllen Meyer and Vicki Lesage joined our club to share the mission of Bookstarstlouis: "Editing and publishing services to bring your book to life. You focus on writing, we take care of the rest!"  |
Top Golf FundraiserGreat night at Top Golf in Chesterfield! Congratulations to Team Toni Shelton for their win on the evening. Thank you to Toni and Bob Staniforth for their sponsorship of the event.  |
Remembering Mike HardgroveThe Rotary Club of Clayton-Ladue extends our deepest condolences to the family of our long-time member and Past-President, Mike Hardgrove.  |
St. Louis Teachers' Recycle CenterSusan Blanford joined us to share her work through the St. Louis Teachers' Recycle Center.  |
Ascension Charity Golf Classic Clayton Ladue Rotary member Dave Powers and his son Tim were volunteers at the Ascension Charity Classic at Norwood Hills Golf Club September 5th through 11th. Padraig Harrington won the PGA Tour Champions event with a score of 14 under par. |
Humanity In The MiddleThe Rev. Charlin M. Hughes and Capt. Clay Farmer presented to our club on the efforts of their organization to make a positive impact in the St. Louis Community with our youth and law enforcement.  |
2022-2023 Installation DinnerOur club welcomed new President Khary Floyd at our annual installation dinner held at Algonquin Golf Club.  |
May 11th Ukraine Relief Top Golf FundraiserCongratulations to Event Sponsor Bob Staniforth and his team on their win at our Top Golf Event on May 11th.  |
The Clayton Education Foundation Sandi Straetker, APR joined us to deliver a presentation on the Clayton Education Foundation. Our club was quite pleased to learn about the positive impact Rotary had on her own personal life in addition to CEF. Sandi's presentation is located in our Home Page Download files on the left hand side of our website. For more information about CEF, please visit them online at: |
Kids Against HungerClub members pitched in to help with Kids Against Hunger's Community Event. |
Scouting For FoodA dozen members of our club showed up Saturday at the University City Firehouse to help collect a substantial amount of food donated by the U City community as part of the Scouting for Food drive by the Boy Scouts.
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Installation Dinner 2021Our club ushered in the Dan Feichtner Presidential term in fine fashion at Algonquin Golf Club on Wednesday, June 30th. With great food and fellowship, we also welcomed in the new officers and directors as outgoing President Dave Powers also presented awards to various members.  |
Believe with Julius AnthonyClub President Dave Powers, officers Khary Floyd and Tim Durbin attend the Grand Opening of The Believe Project at Halls Ferry Intermediate School as part of the club's support for Julius Anthony and the St. Louis Black Authors of Children's Literature. Photo credit to Lance Omar Thurman and for more pictures from the event, please look to your left and click on the link under "Home Page Download Files"  |
Investing in Clean WaterJordan is what is called a water challenged country. They are struggling to educate the children of millions of Syrian, Iraqi, and Palestinian refugees in crumbling buildings that run on double shifts. UPDATED AS OF April, 2021 - our partners in Jordan report that our work has improved the lives of 14,227 refugee children!!   |
Remembering Bobby PlagerRemembering the late Bobby Plager, the Rotary Club of Clayton-Ladue looks back on our "Luncheon of Champions" six years ago. What a great event this was, including a story by Bobby about a near altercation in a Philadelphia bar during his playing days. Rest in peace, #5.  |
Rotary and Conscious Choice Success StoryTen years ago, Barbara Harris spoke to our Rotary about her desire to become a nurse. Her mother and sister both had not graduated from high school. She could not afford UMSL so Rotary provided her with a scholarship to Forest Park Community College. When she finished there, she went to Prairie View College in Texas and lived with her aunt. She returned to UMSL two years ago and has now graduated! She is a Conscious Choice girl and the Rotarians helped her become a successful graduate and now a nurse! Rotary is helping young people succeed!   |
Julius B. Anthony of St. Louis Black AuthorsOur club was pleased to welcome Julius B. Anthony as our featured speaker for our final club meeting of 2020.  |
Clayton-Ladue Club in the News Big news recently for the Clayton Ladue Rotary Club. We were recognized as a major sponsor of World Food Day and our own Kirk Stange and his wife Paola Arzu Stange were the chairs of the Old Newsboys Day fundraiser. We’ve also moved back to virtual meetings and are sharing the Rotary brand with these face masks we will wear while serving our community. Happy Thanksgiving all!
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Mississippi River Clean Up Clayton Ladue President –Elect Dan Feichtner and President Dave Powers are pictured at the Gateway Arch with District Governor Tom Drennan and Joy Drennan at the Mississippi River Clean Up on Saturday, September 26th. The Clean Up was conducted by various organizations including Rotary from the source of the Mississippi in Minnesota to Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico. Plastic waste including plastic bags, bottles, drinking straws and cups were the worst polluters on the riverfront!
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Best of Luck, Terrell!Our club has re-connected with Terrell Clay, an his essay contest winner in 2017 after a writing mentorship program sponsored by Rotary, UMSL and Conscious Choice. Terrell is off to Highland Community College on August 20th to pursue his dream of playing college football and beyond. Our club was proud to provide Terrell with a $1,000 scholarship towards his education expenses at Highland.   |
Farewell Address from President JudyPresident Judy Cochran reflects on a memorable year as President of our Club. Relive her comments during her outgoing address just prior to our installation ceremony.  |
Charitable Giving Supports St. Louis Community Foundation and othersThe charitable giving committee recently approved a $1,000 contribution to the St. Louis Community Foundation's Gateway Resilience Fund in addition to other worthy organizations.  |
Clayton-Ladue Goes VirtualWhen COVID-19 keeps us safe inside, Rotarians adapt! Listening to Hugh Murray right now as today's speaker.  |
Clayton-Ladue Continues World Food Day TraditionPresident Judy Cochran and team return to John Burroughs school for another year of meal kit preparation for St. Louis World Food Day  |
Supporting Innsbrook InstituteThe Rotary Club of Clayton Ladue has sponsored a student annually at the Innsbrook Institute for many years. Several members enjoyed a private concert at a member's chalet prior to attending the evening's concert at the Innsbrook Alpine Center. A great evening, supporting a great cause.
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Coach John Parker Shares His Story
Coach John Parker provided our club with a memorable, captivating presentation of his story on July 27th. With humor, candor and seriousness, John detailed life as a poor kid in Ferguson, MO that took him all the way to the NFL and back to his community.
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Rotary Night at the Races
And, they're off!
Clayton-Ladue members enjoyed a different kind of make-up meeting on Friday, July 8th at Fairmount Park. Immediate Past President, Jack Dudek, arranged for our club to sponsor three races and visit with the winning horse, jockey and owners in the victory circle.
A good time was had by all watching from the skyboxes and the sidelines.
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Clayton Ladue Notches Another Century Club AwardWe did it again! Assistant District 6060 Governor elect Jim Durbin presents Immediate Past President Terry Baer and Rotary Foundation Chair Sandy MacLean with the coveted Century Club award. The Rotary Club of Clayton Ladue has consistently been recognized with this honor over the past decade. |
Welcome Mary Ems!Welcome, Mary! President Jack Dudek and IPP Terry Baer formally welcome Mary Ems as the newest member of our club. |
Luncheon of ChampionsA big thank you to everyone who joined us Wednesday, January 21st at the Westport Sheraton Chalet for a one-of-a-kind lunch to support former St. Louis Cardinal Kyle McClellan's Brace for Impact 46 and the Rotary Club of Clayton-Ladue.
Special thanks to former Cardinals Manager and Hall of Fame inductee, Whitey Herzog, former Blues defenseman and current front office man Bobby Plager, NFL Super Bowl Champ and former Ram Grant Williams, and long-time St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bernie Miklasz. The panel discussion on St. Louis sports was informative, entertaining and thought-provoking. Our gratitude again to KSDK's Newschannel 5's Rene Knott for his energy and enthusiasm as our moderator.
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Rotarians Return to World Food DayOur club returned to John Burroughs High School again to participate in the St. Louis World Food Day program. Members including President Terry Baer, Sergeant At Arms Marshall Galliers, Immediate Past President Travis Liebig, Larry Levy, Andy Crossett, Yao Shi and Tim Durbin took part in scooping, bagging, weighing and sealing part of 26,000 meals for delivery to needy recipients in St. Louis and Tanzania, Africa.
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Congratulations, Madeleine Chilton!The Rotary Club of Clayton-Ladue is proud to celebrate the accomplishments of Madeleine M. Chilton, who recently completed her outbound foreign exchange program in Germany. We wish to thank her and her family for the interest and support, as well as those in our club and District 6060 who helped make this possible. Madeleine represented all of us extremely well by completing this once in a lifetime experience.
Madeleine will be studying at American University this fall, and will be pursuing a certificate in German translation in addition to her other degrees.
Congratulations! To view her Certificate of Achievement, click on the Article link and view in the Page Download Files.
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Congratulations to our winners!We are pleased to announce the below winners in our Drivin' for the Blues Mustang Raffle:
Richard Fischer 1st Prize (1965 Mustang)
Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets for their support! We look forward to giving back to this generous community from our proceeds, and to the National Blues Museum.
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Installation Dinner Highlighted by Dr. Jeetu Nanda's ROY award and Incoming President Terry Baer Welcoming Us to Light Up RotaryOutgoing President Travis Liebig arranged for a magnificent dinner and tribute to his fellow Rotarians Wednesday, June 25th to close out the 2013-2014 Rotary year. Several Presidential awards were handed out, including the club's highest honor going to Dr. Jeetu Nanda as the Rotarian of the Year. Dr. Nanda was recognized for his significant achievement and service through an international cataract surgery effort back in his native India. Incoming President Terry Baer delivered a wonderful address highlighting club goals and welcoming us all to "Light Up Rotary."
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Bill DeWitt III Talks Cardinals
Bill DeWitt III updates our club on the latest with Ballpark Village, the 2014 season and the overall health of the franchise.
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Drivin' for the Blues - A Raffle to Benefit The National Blues MuseumPlease join the Clayton-Ladue Rotary in supporting The National Blues Museum and enter to win a custom-restored 1965 Ford Mustang convertible. Only 1,000 tickets will be sold, with a 2nd prize of $1,000 cash or 3rd prize of a catered BBQ for up to 40 people.
Visit https://blues.raffleready.com/drivin-for-the-blues for complete details. For more pictures of this restored beauty, scroll your mouse to the right and look under Photo Albums.
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Clayton Ladue Rotary Continues Membership GrowthPresident Travis Liebig welcomes two more new members to our club at our last lunch of 2013 on December 18th.
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We're Ringing the Bell!Several brave Rotarians fought off the rain, wind and cold on Friday, December 13th at the Ladue Crossing Schnucks to benefit the Maplewood Salvation Army. Pictured below Marshall Galliers.
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Holiday Party - Tuesday, December 3 at Deer Creek Club
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Rotarians Assemble for a Great CauseA small but determined group of Rotarians led by our President, Travis Liebig, gathered at John Burroughs School October 11th to package meals as a part of St. Louis World Food Day. Backed by a generous donation from our Charitable Giving committee, our club not only made a financial impact to the outcome of the event, but also were able to get our "hands on" in the process. All told, the event spearheaded by a JBS senior resulted in over 300,000 meals to be sent to famine-affected areas of Africa.
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The Liebig Era Begins
Clayton-Ladue Installation Lunch
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A New Era BeginsInstallation Luncheon 6/26/2013 - Incoming President Travis Liebig and outgoing President Tim Durbin exchange gavels after Travis is sworn in by District 6060 Representative Stacey Self. Photo by Scott Dieckgraefe.
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Clayton-Ladue Recognized at District Conference
Stacey Self, DG Tim Cudd and guest speaker Ed Futa present the latest major donors to the Foundation with their recognition. |
Success Story from Charitable Giving
I've included a link about one of our Conscious Choice students, Barbara Harris. Clayton/Ladue Rotary gave her monetary assistance a few years ago.
Thanks again for your support. Sincerely, Linda Beteet Bell RITE Facilitator E. Desmond Lee Regional Institute of Tutorial Education 206 Marillac Hall - UMSL 314-516-6829 or 7268 |
Ambassadorial Scholar Erin RaabSandy MacLean recently updated our club on the progress of our former ambassadorial scholar Erin Raab. For those who have never seen the photographs of her work in Africa, we are proud to present links to her Facebook page and YouTube video. We hope you enjoy seeing the fruits of her labor. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.613296496772.2165099.3111601&type=1&l=ffdd81229f https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx0jfUfskXE
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CAP Grant Recap |
Welcome new member Kim Kann! |
Recent Visitors
Jim Lukeman and Dean Tonya Gallagher discuss the Center for Wounded Veterans at the University of Illinois.
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Rotary Video from Show Me Rotary
This pro bono video was produced for Seattle 4 Rotary by ProMotion Arts, a Seattle video production company specializing in corporate communications, commercial production, and non-profit outreach and development.
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Rotary Dinner Auction - April 21, 2012 at 7:00 pm
For more information, follow this link.
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What Is Rotary? Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world.
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Rotary Club of Clayton Ladue, Missouri
The Rotary Club of Clayton Ladue, Missouri accepts membership applications, and invites guests to attend, for those seeking
service, charitable, humanitarian, educational and/or business networking opportunities throughout the St. Louis Metropolitan Area,
including but not limited to residents of St. Louis County, Saint Louis City, Clayton, Ladue, Frontenac, University City, Webster Groves,
Kirkwood, Brentwood, Rock Hill, Maplewood, Creve Coeur and other communities in St. Louis County and St. Charles County, MO.
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Quote of the Week - Who Said It?
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
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Thought for the Week - Who Said It?
An optimist is the human personification of spring.
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Mark Your Calendars!
Here you can post little tidbits of information, reminders, or anything else!
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Demoff Returns to Ethical SocietyKevin Demoff, COO of the St. Louis Rams, addresses our club during the pre-season. He told a memorable story regarding the Rams' pursuit of head coach, Jeff Fischer, along with some humorous references to cutting players so they can be future Rotarians. 
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A TRIBUTE TO BLANCHE TOUHILL
Please join the Rotary Club of Clayton-Ladue as we celebrate and honor the contributions of Blanche Touhill to the St. Louis Community. Proceeds from the event will benefit UMSL's Music Department and Rotary Charitable Works. Saturday, April 6th, 2013 Algonquin Golf Club - 340 N. Berry Rd - St. Louis, MO 63122 Contact Jeannine Stuart at 314-983-2319 to make your reservation $125 per person / Tables of 8 available |
Clayton Ladue Rotarians Participate in Old Newsboys Day |
Please Join Clayton Ladue Rotary for Intercity Fellowship LuncheonPLEASE JOIN THE CLAYTON LADUE ROTARY CLUB FOR INTERCITY FELLOWSHIP LUNCHEON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10TH at 12:00 Noon The Ethical Society, 9901 Clayton Road, St. Louis, MO 63117 RVSP: tim.durbin@pnc.com or call 314-898-1583 * Lunch is $15
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Pictures from the Deer Creek Club Holiday Party. Great job again, Jeannine!
