| We have had wonderful speakers all year. A different person volunteered every month to be in charge of speakers… and it was a very good year for speakers. Each speaker had a book given in their name to the Bixby Public Schools. This amounts to over 50 books per year going to the schools. |
| We had wonderful Table Greeters all year and we appreciate all that stepped up to the plate. |
| We want to thank all of Ericka’s “Quote – UnQuote” Volunteers for their praying, pledging and singing talents each week. |
| Cell Phone fund raising project continues. |
| Albertson’s fund raising project continues. |
| Board Members Attended District Conference in October in Rogers, AR. |
| The Rotary Club of Bixby agreed to work in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, the Homebuilders Association, and Tom Wenrick on the STREET OF DREAMS Project.Chaired by Shari Beguin, with lots of help from Karen Byrd and Candice Bingham. Due to weather delays this project that was scheduled for the fall was actually completed in the early spring and netted our club $22,000. |
| Proud of Dennis Loudermilk. Just a note to say how proud we were of Dennis Loudermilk for his efforts to be elected to the Oklahoma State Senate. |
| August 14th we had 11 Bixby Rotarians working at the Medical Supplies Network. Rotarians from our club visit the Rotary District 6110 Medical Supplies Network, Inc (MSNI) warehouse twice a year to inventory medical supplies and equipment that has been donated to us. We also just finished our second trip there. |
| Bixby Rotarian Debbie Majors helped the LPGA have a successful event at Cedar Ridge. Some of our other members also volunteered. |
| 3 Bixby Rotarians hosted Rotary youth in their homes for the South Central Rotary Youth Exchange. |
| SOCIAL SUCCESS!!!!!! It was a beautiful sunny afternoon with a few white fluffy clouds wistfully floating by as I neared 11th and Harvard. The smell of hot dogs, burgers, booze, brats and burning charcoal floated by in the breeze. The view as I entered Skelly Stadium was magnificent. There were over 35 Bixby Rotarians and Family members attending our first social as T.U. took on Navy. |
| September 28th District Governor Gerald Harp spoke to the Rotary Club of Bixby. |
| Mike Gately chaired the 3rd Grade Dictionary Project not only for Bixby, but Leonard, Liberty and Mounds. We reached out and touched additional third graders. |
| The Christmas Parade was chaired by Karin Loudermilk. Once again another outstanding parade. We worked in conjunction with the U.S. Marines Toys for Tots Campaign and the Optimist Club. |
| We collected money all year for the Rotary International Wheel Chair fund. |
| Nominating committee met. Nominated for President–Elect 2006-2007 Sean Kouplen; Secretary – 2005-2006 Kay Farris; Treasurer - 2005-2006 Preston Smith; and Sgt. at Arms Wayne Choisnet and they were approved by the general membership. |
| Shop With a Cop was a new adventure this past December chaired by Kay Davis This program is designed to pick out at-risk kids in Bixby and have them shop with a Bixby Police officer and a Rotarian at the Wal-Mart store. The program provides a Christmas to kids and their family that would not have a meaningful Christmas otherwise, and it begins to build a relationship and communication link between these kids and the police department. |
| The Rotary Club of Bixby has sponsored the Bixby Christmas Parade since 2002. This includes the organization, lining up of floats, picking a Grand Marshal, etc. |
| The Rotary Club of Bixby rang The Salvation Army bells Christmas holiday at Doc’s Country Mart to raise money for the Army. The chair was – Jim Ferris. |
| Robert Bodily, Jr. gets us on the internet with a great looking web page. |
| Rotary Club of Bixby Amphitheater. This was a 3-year project and was the The Bixby Rotary Club’s Centennial project. It was a public-private joint venture between the City of Bixby and our not-for-profit foundation the Rotary Club of Bixby Fund. A $200,000+ amphitheater was built using $104,000 Rotary money and matching monies of $88,000 from the City of Bixby Council. Rotary was the Project Coordinator and we worked with General Contractor and local builder, Tim Remy, to build the project. Ground breaking ceremonies were held on July 15, 2004 and the Amphitheater was dedicated on February 23, 2005, the 100th year anniversary day of Rotary International. |
| We sponsored 2 Bixby High School juniors to go to the RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) this year. This is a Rotary District program where junior class leaders are able to meet and compete with other junior class leaders from school systems in the 4-corners of AR, KS, MO, and OK. This program has a ropes course and is held at the Salvation Army Camp near Tahlequah, OK. |
| Dr. Wayne continued our relationship with the Be Wise – Immunize program. |
| New member orientation on Power Point was held for new members on April 26. |
| Up With Trees HUGE Success. 24 Trees were planted and the sign indicating it was contributed by the Rotary Club of Bixby has been put in place at 111th and Memorial in front of the Walgreen’s and Kum & Go. |
| Polo shirts and denim shirts. New shirts with our club name and Rotary Wheel were purchased. They look great. |
| Had Bixby High School Students compete in 4 Way Speech test. We heard the three best at our meeting and then our winner went on to get 2nd place in District 6110 Competition. |
| Dennis and Karin Loudermilk will be hosting an In-Bound Youth Exchange student from Columbia. |
| The District 6110 Public Relations Award went to the Rotary Club of Bixby. |
| The Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival, which funded the Amphitheater and every thing else we do. This year we had 9 bands and a record 59 BBQ teams. The results are in and we profited between $55 and $56K.Just a hair above last year, but still a great year. |
| At year end the club had approximately $80,000 in cash in treasury and Foundation. |
| We increased our membership by over 10 percent |
| We added 4 new Paul Harris Fellows. |
Things we contributed to:
- The Polio Plus Program of Rotary International – This program started in 1985 and continues.
- Our club worked with Rotarian Bob Scroggs from Bixby on the Nicaraguan water well drilling project. In February 2005 they drilled 21 wells of which 19 were water producing and the Bixby club paid for 2 of them.
- We gave $1500 toward a New Sign for Washington Irving Park
- We contributed $1400 to the Bixby Senior Citizens after their government funding had been cut.
- We contributed $1000 to the Bixby Family YMCA to help finance an elevator to allow seniors to get to the walking track on the second floor.
- We gave $1500 to the Hospitality House, a mirror of the Ronald McDonald House that will serve anyone, regardless of age, needing a place to stay while their loved one is in a Hospital.
- We donated $1500 to the Fraternal Order of Police for their continuing help with the Shop with a Cop program and traffic control at the Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival.
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