R o t a r i p o s t

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Rotarians

Serving Others

James

Adams

Money

Table

Merrill

Wautlet

Raffle

David

Wimberly

Scanner-

Greeter-4Way

Test

Tom

Arceneaux

Invocation

Reggie

Abrams

&

Kermit

Poling

Music

Tu es d ay ,

1 2 : 0 0 Noo n

1 2 : 1 3 p .m.

Hi s to r i ca l S t ar t

S h re ve p ort

Co n ve nt i o n

Ce nt er

AM IK i d s Ca ddo

AMIKids Caddo is a new program that

empowers Caddo Parish kids through

care and guidance to reach their potential

and, as a result, breaks the cycle of failure

and poverty.

Even kids with a troubled past have the potential to achieve a bright future.

AMIKids Caddo works every day to separate their troubled past from a bright fu-

ture.

AMIKids was established in 1969 by a juvenile court judge in Boca Raton, Florida.

Each of the AMIKids programs has a local board of trustees made up of local com-

munity leaders who help to make their program make a difference in the lives of

the youths they serve.

On Tuesday, we will hear from two of our own Rotarians who are on the Board of

Trustees of the local program—General Peyton Cole and Tom Arceneaux.

General G. Peyton Cole Thomas Arceneaux

R o t a r i p o s t P a g e 2

New Members Introduced July 11th

Mekkos Jones, a Shreveport native, is a graduate of Southwood High

School and received his business administration degree from LSU-

Shreveport. With over a decade of financial services background,

Mekkos is the president of Catalyst Capital, a recognized leader in

commercial finance providing capital to businesses and real estate in-

ventors nationally and internationally.

Mekkos serves on the City of Shreveport’s Economic Development

Council as an advisor for small and emerging businesses. He has de-

veloped partnerships with the City of Shreveport, America’s SBDC

Louisiana, Cohab and SCORE Louisiana.

He enjoys traveling and spending time with his wife Renell Jones.

Mekkos’ classification is Business Services, Lending and his sponsor

is Karen Johnson.

Born in Kazakhstan, Onega Ulanova graduated with her bache-

lor’s degree in standardization, metrology and certification. She

began her professional career as a quality manager for a major IT

company. When she moved to the United States, Onega found

herself having to build anew as she spent this time learning Eng-

lish and advancing her business knowledge. She soon graduated

with her masters in engineering and technology management on an

accelerated basis.

After graduation, Onega joined the American Petroleum Institute

as a lead auditor. She was the youngest female international lead

auditor. She co-founded the LA New Product Development Team

to combine her love for innovation, brand development and peo-

ple.

Onega is passionate about making the world around her a better

place to live and gives back through her volunteering time. Be-

cause she believes that children are the future, she is also passion-

ate about education and career growth for the youth. When she is

not volunteering or meeting with her clients, you can find her doing yoga, exploring a fun new destination

with husband Konstantin Dolgan or spending time with her doberman pincher.

Her classification is Business Development Services and her sponsor is Rodney Crews.

Mekkos Jones

Onega Ulanova

P a g e 3 R o t a r i p o s t

Rotary Club of Shreveport offers monthly service opportunities with

ALL of our nonprofit members. It is our hope that this will re-

emphasize the SERVICE ABOVE SELF motto and that these organi-

zations will obtain new volunteers!

Contact Judy Bellew to get listed in the August Volunteer Opportunity post-

ing!

Food Bank “Pack the Senior Boxes” project

Tuesday, August 15th—5:00 p.m.

Contact Kim Green to schedule your participation.

Great project to incl15ude kids and grand-kids.

Rescue Mission Supper Service Project

Contact Zelda Tucker NOW to sign up for August 3 and/or August 10.

Free space available! Got a service project coming up? Need volun-

teers to help with your fund-raising event?

N e w s l e t t e r T i t l e P a g e 4 R o t a r i p o s t

Companies on Rotary’s match list:

The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana)

Regions

Arthur J. Gallagher

LPL Financial

Community Bank

JPMorgan Chase

McDonald’s Corporation

AXA Equitable

Morgan Stanley

Merrill Lynch

Northwestern Mutual

P a g e 5 V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 1 R o t a r i p o s t R o t a r i p o s t P a g e 5

(Clockwise from top left)

President Teri Haynes displays the print that was presented by Provi-

dence House in appreciation for receiving a civic grant.

Verni Howard of Providence House with Lawrence Brandon

Dr. Konstantin Dolgan, husband of Onega Ulanova

President Teri pins the Rotary pin on Mekkos Jones.

President Teri congratulates Onega Ulanova as Rodney Crews looks on.

Tommy Williams introduced the presenter, Rick Wedell.

Judy Bellew

Executive Director

P.O. Box 380

Shreveport, LA 71162

Phone: 318-221-3053

Fax: 318-868-6703

shreveportrotary@gmail.com

www.rotaryclubofshreveport.org

R o t a r i p o s t

J ul y Cl u b An niv e rsa r i es * PH F +P a st P r e s i d en t ♦M a j o r Do no r

( i n c l u de s PS p r io r s e rv i ce )

P a g e 6

47 years Juan Watkins+♦

28 years Alan Prater*

16 years Darrell Rebouche*

10 years Kathy French*

8 years Merrill Wautlet*PS

5 years Gil Shanley*, Paul Pratt, Anna Maria Keele,

Wayne Hogue*, Laurel Brightwell*, Willie

White*

3 years Davor Poljak*, Doug Abington

2 years Carl Thibodeaux

1 year Terry Moore

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Paul Demopulos

(Former member 1986-2009)

Partner, Consultant

ARE Consultants

Shreveport

Classification

Engineering

Proposed by

Sherwood Bailey

Program on August 1, 2017

RYLA Campers

Shreveport Convention Center

Rooms 206-208

Raffle Winners Last 2 Weeks

TRF Raffle—John Tuggle & Robert McGowen

Thanks for your donation to The Rotary Foundation—

this goes toward your PHF

Flowers from Rose-Neath Florist—

Reggie Abrams & Greg Juneau

Andy Shehee’s hen eggs—Amanda Simpson &

Carlton Golden

Rotary water bottle—Carol Barnes

Home-grown tomatoes from Jon Lowe—John

Tuggle

Call Judy Bellew if you have any

questions about the club.

Got an item that you’d like to donate for

the raffle?