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Sunrise Rotary welcomes all who have a desire for community service, fun, fellowship and have an interest in growing friendships with other service-minded community members. We invite you to come join us and experience the camaraderie of Sunrise Rotary!

Sunrise When:	Where:
Friday mornings 7:30 - 8:30 am	LS Fire Fighters Union Hall 322 SE Douglas St. Lee's Summit, MO 64063 (also via Zoom)

Want to Visit one of our meetings?
Contact: Cutter Gale
cgale@galecommunities.com
(816)805-5308

Club Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1576, Lee's Summit, MO 64063

Who We Are:

Lee's Summit Sunrise Rotary was chartered on March 26, 1999, has 43 members and has become the 'Little Club that Does' through our outreach to and impact on our community. Sunrise is strongly committed to the ideals of Rotary as depicted in our club vision statement: To Be A Vibrant Service Club That Is Engaged In The Community At Home And Abroad.

Sunrise Rotary has a reputation for local and international service.

Local Service:

Our Feed Lee's Summit (formerly Empty Bowls) fundraiser over the past 16 years has raised over $735,000, to assist local agencies who provide support to the food insecure. Feed Lee’s Summit has grown and from 2019-2024 the event has provided the four major food providers $870,000 to help fight food insecurity in our community.

Our Fly a Flag program raises $20,000 annually and funds various projects in the Lee's Summit community.

Sunrise raised over $100,000 to construct a Legacy Park playground for children with special needs.

Through the Adopt-a-Street program, the club takes responsibility for periodically cleaning up trash and debris on 3rd Street between Pryor Road and Forest Park Blvd.

International Service:

It has hosted multiple international delegations from Africa, Russia, France, Chile, Australia and the Dominican Republic, expanding our understanding of and appreciation for global medical, construction, education and legal systems. The club has also participated in school literacy programs for children in Central America and has built eight water purification plants at schools in Central Thailand.

Club News

On June 25^th, 2024 we celebrated 25 years of Sunrise Rotary! We’ve made a significant impact in our community and around the world in the past 25 years. We’re looking forward to continuing to make the world a better place for everyone.

The Rotarians pictured below were a part of our club from the beginning, (L-R) Joe Willerth, Jeanné Willerth, John Wisniewski, Richard Powell and Dave Gale.

We said goodbye to Brent Kappler as our president and welcomed in new President, Karla Williams.

We’d also like to thank Diametric Brewing Co and Burn Theory Fire Kitchen for the great drinks and food!

On March 30th a group of Sunrise Sunset Rotarians cleaned up trash along 3rd Street here in Lee’s Summit.

#CreateHopeInTheWorld #rotary6 Change 040

Disbursing Feed Lee's Summit Funds

What a special meeting on the morning of December 20, 2024! The Feed Lee’s Summit Committee made check presentations in the total amount of $87,500 to Boost4Success, Coldwater, Lee’s Summit Social Services, Meals on Wheels and One Good Meal. We raised this money from the 2024 Feed Lee's Summit Event Co-chaired by Julie and David Fritz. More information can be found at the Feed Lee's Summit website: https://feedls.org/

We also had an excellent presentation from 6040 District Governor, Erik McGuire.

Rotary Club of Lee's Summit Rotary District 6040 Feed Lee's Summit

#TheMagicOfRotary #rotary6040 #FeedLee’sSummit

Feed LS website

On January 18th Club Members collected items for Hope House, a Women's Domestic Violence Shelter. We were at HyVee on Ward Road in Lee's Summit handing out flyers to incoming shoppers. They purchased items from the list and left them with a Club Member when leaving the store.

Thanks goes out to HyVee and Eric Schroeder for allowing us to partner with them for this event.

FEED LEE'S SUMMIT

Feed Lee's Summit 2024, was hosted by the two Lee’s Summit Rotary Clubs on November 15, 2024, at the John Knox Village Pavilion in support of our beneficiaries Coldwater, Meals on Wheels, One Good Meal, Lee's Summit Social Services and Boost 4 Success. Every year the Rotary Clubs of Lee's Summit team up to host this special evening of live entertainment, delicious food tastings from 15 + Lee's Summit restaurants, silent & live auctions and much more!

Feed Lee's Summit has raised over $702,000 in its five-year history. From its origins as Empty Bowls, it has been able to give more than $870,000 to our nonprofit food providers in Lee's Summit! Our thanks to the Lee's Summit community for your generous support!!

We look forward to seeing you on November 14, 2025, at the Unity World Headquarters at the R.D. Goppert Event Center for Feed Lee’s Summit – 2025!

More information can be found at the Feed Lee's Summit website: https://feedls.org/

From Oct 27th to Oct 31st Sunrise Rotary welcomed our fellow Rotarians and members of the 2021 African Group Study Exchange Team from Rotary District 9210. These Rotarians hailed from Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Sunrise Rotary members hosted each GSE member in their home for the week. The Club took the GSE team on tours of Powell Gardens, Pro Deo Youth Center, Truman Presidential Library, Negro Leagues Museum, and provided a special experience of meetings and outings for the group while they were in our area.

On May 28th, 2025 the Shoes For Orphan Souls caravan was in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. This “Little Club That Does” LS Sunrise Rotary Club donated 117 pairs of new shoes and 582 pairs of socks!

We appreciate Larry Lunsford and his 24 years of dedication to this incredible project. We are so blessed to partner with the amazing folks at Buckner International.