The Rotary Club of Westlake-Bay Village held its weekly Wednesday meeting on July 16, 2025. The meeting was a hybrid with 19 participants meeting via zoom and in person.
President Amy Kubacki called the meeting to order at 7:30 a.m., began with a prayer and meditation, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and the Rotary Four-Way Test. Amy welcomed everyone and shared club news.
Club News:
- Rotary will celebrate End Polio Now at the Guardians game on August 15th. Tickets are available.
- Providence House is hosting a Stuff the Truck event on July 18th. Rather than providing diapers for our 5th Wednesday, we ask that you bring them before the 18th so we can participate in their event. They are in particular need of size 4-6 diapers. Anyone wishing to participate will leave the library at 6:00 am.
- The Art Fest is in need of volunteers. Jeff will have sign-up sheets at the meeting, or you can sign up on the Google sign-up. We are currently at 65 artists and our sponsor total has exceeded $15,100.
- Joe Kraft is heading up a walk team for Walk to End Alzheimer's, October 4th at LCCC. Please plan on joining to walk and/or making a
donation to the team. There will also be Alzheimer's night at the Crushers stadium on July 25 th . - Save the date, our golf outing and clambake is tentatively set for October 3rd. More details will follow.
Club business:
- The were two requests from the donation committee. Jim moved, and Joe K. seconded the motion that we donate $500 to Peace Jam and $1000 to the Texas Flood Relief Fund. Motion carried.
Our speaker today was our own DGE Terri Speck, who gave a wonderful presentation on her recent trip to the Rotary International Conference, which was held June 21-25 in Calgary. The theme of the conference was "Magic All Around," and it attracted over 16,000 participants from 140 countries. There were several keynote speakers, and Terri brought home several great ideas to help our club and our District.
We had time for our happy thoughts, and the meeting adjourned at 8:28.