Rotary Club of Higginsville, MO

12/05/2022

Help us collect toys for our annual toy drive. See the drop locations on the bottom of the flyer!

Thank you!

11/18/2022

The club was able to complete a community service project this week at The Higginsville Library.

Pictured: Rotarian takes instructions to complete the project from fellow Rotarian .

Thank you to all Rotarian’s who were able to help.

07/07/2022

The Higginsville Rotary Club is pleased to welcome Zack Zach Fisher of Fisher’s Furniture to our Club. Zack is very active in the Higginsville Community and we look forward to having him in the club!

06/03/2022

The HIgginsville Rotary Club is growing. President Kurt Lorenz welcomed new member Carla Struchtemeyer into the club recently! We are excited to have Carla join us!

04/27/2022

ATTENTION!!!

There have been a select amount of Tickets for 2022 Higginsville Rotary Reverse Raffle that have come available last minute. This will the be the best $125 you can spend for:
* Catered Meal for 2
* Drinks ($10 Cups)
* Opportunity to support your local Rotary Club - Which in turns supports multiple other local events, clubs, and organizations.
* Live and Silent Auction Items
* Chance to win prizes
* CHANCE AT THE GRAND PRIZE OF $10,000!!!

This Saturday April 30th - 5pm
4-H Building at the Park.

If you or someone your know would like to attend please contact Ken Gassen to purchase a ticket.
816-217-9002
[email protected]

Don't miss out on the place to be Saturday Night!!
*** MUST HAVE TICKET TO ATTEND

04/12/2022

03/14/2022

It is with great excitement to announce the 2022 Higginsville Rotary Reverse Raffle will be held April 30th at the Fairground Park 4-H Building.

However, The Raffle tickets have SOLD OUT!. If you would like to be on a wait list for tickets, please contact Ken Gassen at [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you there!

10/22/2021

The Higginsville Rotary Club was happy to present the Lafayette County Cancer Coalition with a check for $1,000 today at their weekly meeting. Contributions like this are possible thanks to our generous supporters at events like our reverse raffle every year.

08/15/2021

Justin Wayne Moenkhoff, 41 of Higginsville, Missouri passed away on August 13, 2021.
He was born Sunday, February 24, 1980 in Warrensburg, Missouri, and was the son of Donald Moenkhoff and Pamela Carson (Aversman).
Justin was a graduate of Santa Fe High School class of 1998. He attended Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business and a Master's Degree in Agricultural Business.
Justin married Natalie (Lofquest) Moenkhoff on February 28, 2009. He worked as a financial advisor for Edward Jones in Higginsville. Justin enjoyed working for his community. He loved his colleagues and clients as family. He earned many awards and leadership acknowledgments with Edward Jones. Justin was an Elder and member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Higginsville. He was a proud member of the Higginsville Rotary Club and was a past president. He was a past Board of Director for the Higginsville Chamber of Commerce. Justin enjoyed volunteering and being a part of local charitable organizations.
He loved being outdoors. Justin enjoyed hunting and fishing, golfing and socializing with friends. He was an avid griller, barbecuing and smoking meat in his spare time for friends and family. He spent countless hours as a coach for his children's soccer, T-ball, basketball and football teams. Justin took great pleasure in traveling to Nebraska to spend time with family at the lake.
Justin will be remembered as a loving husband, a doting father who adored his children, caring son, beloved brother, and a friend to all.
He is survived by his wife, Natalie; two children, Lincoln and Layne Moenkhoff; mother, Pamela (Galen) Carson of Concordia, MO; father, Donald Moenkhoff of Alma, MO; four brothers, Joel (Molly) Moenkhoff of Franklin, TN, Joshua Moenkhoff of Leona, KS, Jacob Moenkhoff of Corder, MO and Jarod (Stephanie) Moenkhoff of Higginsville; in-laws, Angie (Dave) Stones of Omaha, NE, B.J. Lofquest of Omaha; Bill and Iris Lofquest of Plattsmouth, NE; Many nieces, nephews, and extended family.
He will lie in repose from 12PM to 4PM, Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at the Lafayette County C-1 High School. The family will receive friends from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, August 19, 2021 at the Lafayette County C-1 High School with Rev. Kurt Brandon officiating. Interment will be private in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Alma, MO.
Casket Bearers: Joel Moenkhoff, Joshua Moenkhoff, Jacob Moenkhoff, Jarod Moenkhoff. Honorary Casket Bearers: Bryce Andrew, YT Boland, Matt Dierking, Kelly Graf, Christian Kincheloe, Kyle McCoy, Jon Stockman, Justin Wulff. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made out to the Higginsville Rotary Club or Immanuel Lutheran Church.
Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Stewart-Hoefer Funeral Home and online condolences may be made to the family at www.stewarthoeferfuneralhome.com

05/21/2021

This morning the Higginsville Rotary club added their collection to the Shoe Caravan for Rotary International District 6040. Higginsville collected 1,000 pair of shoes to put towards the current 7,157 pair collected from 38 stops.

04/23/2021

ANYONE LOOKING FOR A GOOD TIME AND WANTING TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY? WE HAVE JUST A FEW TICKETS FLOATING AROUND FOR THE REVERSE RAFFLE. HAPPENING NEXT SATURDAY MAY 1st
Call Ken Gassen to get yours now! 816-217-9002

05/20/2020

To show our support, the Higginsville Rotary Club donated gift certificates to loca businesses to the service men and women of the police, fire, and EMT. We appreciate every thing your departments do for this community.

03/27/2020

From: Lafayette County Commission

03/12/2020

Rotarians, if attending meeting today March 12th 2020 please only enter and exit through the stairwell door to the meeting room.

Thank You

02/16/2020

CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 To Noah and Tiffany Stoll on their $10,000 Grand Prize!! 💵💵💵

02/16/2020

Can’t thank this amazing community enough! Thank you all for everything Tonight 👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌

02/15/2020

This book by Dan Hawkins is Great! Local pictures of farms around Lafayette County

02/15/2020

02/15/2020

We love our town and we love our CHIEFS!!!
Just a sneak peak on a few awesome things we have tonight. HOF Travis Kelce signed jersey and MVPat signed football. For you tailgaters check out this corn hole board! Tom Wegener Eric Lockard Monica Ritter Michelle Davenport Alumbaugh Patrick Slivkov Chad Matthew Nuelle Chase Petersen Clint Bedell

02/15/2020

In honor of district wrestling, we wish the 2019-2020 MRVC champs (first in 46 years) the best of luck at districts today! Go HUSKERS! This Husker Memorabilia is up for grabs tonight only!

02/15/2020

For those experienced attendees, you know there is usually some good opportunities for some exciting trips! This year is no exception. Check out these 2 trips. Cancun and New Orleans here we come! Eric Lockard Jeric McCoy Monica Ritter Jamie Newland Chad Matthew Nuelle Andrew Homfeld Michelle Davenport Alumbaugh Katelyn Homfeld
Tag some one that is going and give them a heads up so they can put these on their calendar in advance 😉😉

02/14/2020

If a Mary Biesemeyer pies aren’t a Rotary Raffle Tradition I’m not sure what is! Who is going to break their New Years resolution on this deliciousness??! 🙋🙋🏼‍♂️

02/14/2020

WHO IS READY TO HAVE A GOOD TIME?! It’s time for the 20th Annual Higginsville Rotary Raffle. In all the excitement of the night let’s take a look at where all of the attendees generosity goes.
Rotary invests over $53,000 straight back into the community thanks to all of you!! 👏👏👏🙌🙌

01/23/2020

Marc Horner our Rotary District 6040 president visited last Thursday to get us some awesome new 2020 goals!

01/23/2020

Last week Rotary gained another great member. Joel Gross -Walmart Manager is now officially apart of the Rotary team. If you see Joel welcome him and thank him for being involved in your community!

01/09/2020

Rotary had the pleasure of having Chad Puckett from Show Me Christian Youth Home come to visit. Higginsville Rotary makes an annual donation to this program every year. This is one program our Reverse Raffle fundraising goes to fund. (Raffle coming soon on Feb 15th)
141 placement calls last year. Currently they are looking for house parents for their Mayview, Mo home. If you know someone that is a good candidate and interested please reach out to them.

09/23/2019

Hoefer Funeral Home

Rev. Glenn A. Nowack, 90 of Higginsville, Missouri passed away on Saturday, September 21, 2019, at Meyer Care Center in Higginsville, Missouri.
A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at Salem United Church of Christ located at 1500 N. Main St. Higginsville, Missouri 64037 with the Rev. Dr. Tommy Faris officiating. Interment will follow the service in the Salem Cemetery, Higginsville.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, September 24, 2019, at Salem United Church of Christ. Casket bearers: Don Anderson, Cliff Brugman, Darrell Fiegenbaum, Ron Heinke, Mark Nowack, Stanton Thompson. Eulogies by: David Rauch and Stanton Thompson. Glenn was passionate about many organizations and the family hasn't selected a memorial yet, so memorial contributions may be sent to Family Choice until they select a proper organization. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Hoefer Funeral Home and online condolences may be made to the family at www.hoeferfuneralhome.com
Born Wednesday, July 24, 1929 in Talmage, Nebraska, he was the son of the late Henry Nowack and the late Bessie (Eastep) Nowack. He was the husband of the late Shirley Nowack, marrying June 26, 1949. She preceded him in death July 12, 2018.
Glenn graduated high school in 1947 from Talmage High School in Talmage, Nebraska. He earned a Bachelor's Degree from Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois and attended seminary school at Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO. Glenn loved the Lord and put Him first in all he did. Glenn started his career in Levasy, MO and was the founding pastor of Southwood United Church of Christ in Raytown, MO. He moved on to do God's work with St. Phillips United Church of Christ in St. Louis before settling in with Salem United Church of Christ in Higginsville from 1976-1996. After retiring from Salem he spent 12 years as an intern pastor with St. Paul United Church of Christ in Blackburn, MO before fully retiring from ministry. Glenn started the Youth on Mission program with Salem, was a board member for New Life Home and was a lifelong member of Rotary Club.
Surviving are two sons, Stephen (Michele) Nowack of Lafayette, CO and Dan Nowack of Kansas City, MO; one daughter, Jana Nowack of Higginsville; one son-in-law, Paul Heimsoth of Concordia, MO; one brother, Robert (Joyce) Nowack of Brock, NE; two grandchildren, Hanni Herriott (Michael Stiles), Carter Lange; and one great-grandchild, Nash Stiles.
He was preceded in death by his parents; loving wife Shirley Nowack; two daughters, Deanne Nowack and Julie Heimsoth (Nowack); and one brother, Dean Nowack.

08/27/2019

Many thanks to the Higginsville Rotary Club for supporting Girl Scout Troop 1306 in their Bronze Award project last spring with your generous donation. With the funds raised from Rotary and private donations the girls were able to help establish a large print and audio book section at both the Grandview and Middle/High school libraries. They visited before school started to see the results of the project- a total of 21 large print and 7 "play aways" (which contain everything needed to listen to the book except headphones). The Bronze Award is designed to build leadership and encourage community service, and we thank you for supporting our young women in their work on this.

08/22/2019

Jim King with TTG, INC. of Higginsville stoped by Rotary last Thursday to give us an update on operations. For those who don't know TTG manufactores a type of Tephlon it is a breathable waterproof material. Future plans include an addition of a 38,000sqft shop space and adding up to 20 new jobs in the facility. Pretty great stuff happening right here in Higginsville!

08/02/2019

Higginsville Chamber of Commerce

Please join this historic moment in celebration of Higginsville's Sesquicentennial.

07/25/2019

Teri Ray with and Donna Brown with City if Higginsville, Missouri came to the meeting to discuss the Sesquicentennial (150 yrs) events. Kicking off with the unearthing of the Centennial Time Capsule on August 28th. Check out the schedules below and PARTICIPATE!!!

07/15/2019

This week in Rotary:
July 1st marks the new year for the rotary club. This means we install new officers/board members. Your 2019-2020 officers
President: Eric Lockard
Vice: Jamie Iles
Secretary: Kurt Lorenz
Treasurer: Aaron Knipmeyer

Leslie Mitkos presided over the installation ceremony.

Thank you to these members who have stepped up to lead such a great group!

05/30/2019

Amy Wilder with Lyceum Theatre came to visit the Club. They have an amazing line up for this season. If you want something fun and to change up your plans check out one of their 2019 shows

05/30/2019

Sonja Begemann came to HIgginsville Rotary Thursday May 16th. Sonja is a writer for the Farm Journal Magazine Writer/Editor. She shared some great information about the Ag industry in the United States right now.

04/22/2019

Our Club does like to have fun, but it’s not often that we get live entertainment at the meetings! Let alone this caliber! Pictured left to right Tanner Sears, Kylee Frank, Maia Nikkel, Jayden Wahn, vocal teacher Sarah Cook, and hiding in the back row accompaniest Matt Limback. These four students have qualified for the Missouri State Music Competition to be held in Columbia, Mo this Friday. Good Luck to each one of them and congratulations on such an accomplishment already!

04/22/2019

IT’S SHOES WEEK! It has been an amazing year for Shoes for Orphan Souls. Miss Shelly brought in just a few members of her Pre-K Hero’s. Their class decided on their own to participate in the shoe drive. They were able to collect an awesome 42 pairs!! Thank you so much to Miss Shelly’s class for your hard work

04/18/2019

Rotary District 6040

Check it out!!! Higginsville shoes get picked up next week!

Attention Shoes Enthusiasts of District 6040 - Please take a look at this thank-you message from Dickson Masindano, the Executive Director of Buckner Kenya. We send shoes to Kenya every year that include D6040 collections, but this year our caravan (coming up next week!) is specifically highlighting Kenya. He’s thanking our District all for all of the shoes we have sent in the past, and for all of the shoes we will collect this year. Please note -there is a huge danger of jigger parasites for children in Kenya, so the shoes we collect this year will not only send children to school but they will also keep their feet clean, healthy, and free from jiggers. Let's make this shoe drive the best so far! ;

04/17/2019

Higginsville Chamber of Commerce

Thank you Higginsville Rotary for continuing your philanthropic work collecting shoes for the impoverished.

Thank you for asking HYDRO to be are part of this effort.

So proud of these HYDRO (Higginsville Youth Directing Realistic Opportunities) members as well as our Miss Higginsville Country Fair Hope Reeves for packing up well over 1,000 pair of shoes!

Pictured with Rotarians Eric Lockard and John Frerking is HYDRO members: Dawson Kouril, Sarah Payer, David Payer, Halle Theno, Kylee Kent, Gabe Betances, Miss Higginsville Country Fair Hope Reeves and Sr Service helper Zach Bowman

Thanks to Tabby Reeves for helping as well — with Tabby Reeves and 2 others.

04/11/2019

Fellow Rotarian David Pearce came to visit Higginsville Rotary Club. David is an advisor to the Missouri State Treasurers office. Fun fact for the presentation jump on www.showmemoney.com and search the unclaimed property database. A few members found they had over $50 in unclaimed property!!!

04/04/2019

Everyone give a big shout out to Jami Homfeld who took her pledge as a Rotary Member today! Jami is a Higginsville resident and has been a key part of setting up the Reverse Raffle for many years now.
Jami is the Central Business Office Director for the Rural Hospital Group. Welcome to the Club Jami!