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Highlights of September 3 Meeting

President Connie Bunyard opened the meeting, and John Pennypacker led the pledge, Dick Myren gave an invocation, and John Bunyard led the Four-Way Test. Today’s guests included Ryan Parkhouse, Don Croyell, and Officer Bill Peters.

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Guaymas Gift of Hearing 2023 Memorialized

Mesa West Rotary Club's volunteer service vests were very visible the evening of November 8 after the Gift of Hearing 2023 volunteers arrived at their destination and were enjoying an evening meal.

After returning to Arizona Sunday, Erica Williams expressed appreciation for all the volunteer hours invested in this year's mission. She reported 232 patients were served, again making an impact for the hearing health of the Guaymas community. True to the Rotary Service above Self motto, Rodolfo will continue to travel back a few times during the year for mini clinics to help meet needs until next November. She said they have been training the Mexican doctors on some of the more advanced testing needs as well to bring back to their community.

Erica said they are targeting the same week/weekend for 2024, with more information to follow in the future. CLICK HERE for a link to an article Bob Jensen came across to reflect about why the team does what they do.

If you haven't already seen the reel about the project that was posted on our club's Facebook page, CLICK HERE or on the image to view it.

Support Westwood HS Interact with Tax Credit Donation

Posted by Ed Koeneman

As most of you know, Arizona has a very unique state tax credit program. If you pay taxes to the state of Arizona, you can specify where your tax dollars go (state taxes only). These instructions are for your reference only. Please consult a tax prep professional with any specific questions about state tax credits.

There are many different nonprofit organizations that AZ recognizes as authorized recipients of these tax funds. Mesa West sponsors the Interact Club at Westwood High School, and they are a qualified recipient of these tax credit funds in the Extra Curricular Activities (ECA) category. Here's how you can donate up to $200 as an individual or $400 as a couple filing jointly and deduct that amount from your state tax burden.

Go to

https://westwood.mpsaz.org/page/eca/ and click on the link to pay on the district's website.

Or go straight to

https://mpsaz.sites.thrillshare.com/o/mpsaz/page/pay-donate in lower right, click on Pay Online

If you have children currently enrolled in Mesa Public Schools, you can use your existing login information. Otherwise, it's easy to setup a guest account.

Once you are logged in, select 'Items At All Schools' under the 'Shop/Donate' list on the Home page.

On the next page select 'High Schools', then select 'Westwood High'

Select the link for 'ECA Tax Credit', and then 'Programs G-K' on the following page.

Interact - ECA is under code 8646. Enter a dollar amount in the box, and click the Add button. That dollar amount should then appear in your cart (highlighted in green at the top of the page).

You can then proceed to the Checkout process and pay with a credit card. You will receive a receipt that you can print out and save for when you do your taxes.

Thank you for supporting Westwood Interact and all of our youth programs.

The Big Four - Ways to Support Rotary in Mesa West

As Rotarians, we are regularly exposed to opportunities to support various causes with our time, talent and treasure. Sometimes it is hard to sift through all the information and decide where we are going to use our available financial resources.

It would be wonderful if every Mesa West Rotarian would make the following BIG FOUR their Rotary charities of choice and support every one of them every year, we could make a bigger difference than we are making today.

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Transforming Communities,
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Impacting Youth

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Sep 10, 2026

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Sep 17, 2026 12:00 PM

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Sep 24, 2026

Jarod's Project

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Oct 01, 2026

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Oct 08, 2026

It's OK to not be OK

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Oct 22, 2026

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Oct 29, 2026

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Nov 05, 2026

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Nov 12, 2026

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Jan 07, 2027

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Feb 25, 2027

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Sep. 15, 2026 5:30 p.m.
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Sep. 24, 2026
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Mesa West Rotary Board Meeting
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Oct. 20, 2026 5:30 p.m.

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Transforming Communities, Creating Opportunities, Impacting Youth

Transforming Communities,
Creating Opportunities,
Impacting Youth