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23rd Year of Shoes for Orphan Souls

23rd Year of Shoes for Orphan Souls

Greetings to each of you in the Rotary Clubs of District 6040!

After another successful year of shoes collection for orphan and vulnerable children, I am honored to again serve as the Shoes Cheerleader for Rotary District 6040.  Thank you.
While each year of this service project is great, our 23rd year will be special.  Rotary District 6040 will be joined by District 6060 and District 6080 in this year’s collection, and I am extremely excited about this development.

Our District 6040 Governor, Randy Steinman, has encouraged the Rotary Clubs throughout the great state of Missouri to join the Shoes for Orphan Souls efforts.  District 6060 Governor Valerie Sorensen, and District 6080 Governor Jimmy Standfast, are joining Randy to spread the word as we hope to collect 50,000 pairs of shoes across the state of Missouri this year.
 
I know I can count on each of your Rotary Clubs to participate at meaningful levels again this year.  I must say that District 6060 has begun a “Let’s Bury Larry (in shoes)” campaign…and from what I have seen on social media, they are off to a great start.  
 
In April 2024, we will again do our Shoes Caravan, and on the weekend of April 19-21, 2024 our efforts will culminate alongside the efforts across the state of Missouri at a Joint District Conference at the Margaritaville Resort at the Lake of the Ozarks!
 
With it being Back to School Season, it is a perfect time to secure the current deals at your local retail stores, and I encourage you to do so.  Let’s make our Shoes collection efforts this year a year-round effort!
 
I was privileged to recently speak at the Trenton Rotary Club about the Shoes project, and it certainly raised my excitement levels once again for Shoes for Orphan Souls.
 
If you have any questions, please reach out to me at larrylunsford@b-r.com
 
I am here to serve you.  Grateful for this 23rd Year of Shoes for Orphan Souls.
 
Larry Lunsford
District 6040 Shoes Cheerleader 

 

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2023 SHOES CARAVAN
April 25, 2023
 
Shoes Cheerleaders in Rotary District 6040 Rotary Clubs –
 
Two things today.
  1. SHOES CARAVAN ----- I am excited that we are just days away from our Shoes Caravan on April 26 through April 29.  The current caravan path is outlined below.  Check to be sure this works for you.
  2. SHOES ROLL CALL OF CLUBS (in a program slot between 3:45pm and 6:15pm on Saturday, April 29 ----- I am excited that for the first time in 4 years we plan to hold an IN-PERSON Shoes Roll Call on Saturday, April 29 at the District Conference – the entire program segment of the Conference is from 3:45pm to 6:15pm on Saturday, April 29.  I’ll be very hopeful that each club will plan to have a representative to participate in the lively Shoes Roll Call of Clubs..  The Shoes Roll Call will be near the end of the afternoon program segment, likely 4:45pm to 5;30pm or so.
I look forward to seeing you this week.  Thank you.
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Keeping Our Club Alive
Our club was founded on March 26, 1999. I joined Rotary in 2018 and often heard our founding members talk about the glory days of our club when membership hovered around 50. By mid-2020 we were closer to 30 and one founding member expressed concern that our club was dying. Like many clubs, we’d add a new member only to turn around and lose a  member. We weren’t growing and were certainly smaller than many years ago.
 
I had only been a Rotarian for two years when the concern surfaced. Being president nominee at the time, I was determined it wouldn’t happen on my watch. I really liked our club and, more importantly, the people who made up our amazing club. Wanting us to change our growth trajectory, I began to explore changes we could make to avoid dying.
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People of Action
 
Rotary is made up of People of Action.  Rotary clubs throughout northern Missouri have been hard at work on grant-funded projects that improve lives throughout the District. If you want to make a real difference in your community, join your local Rotary club!

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