This week's speaker is Scott Holsman. His topic is: "AI: What is it? And why should I care?"
After a successful career in radio, in 1994 Scott transitioned into the talent acquisition industry, opening an Express Employment Professionals franchise that grew into a top-ten office nationwide, employing more than 600 people daily at companies such as 3M, Square D, and Quaker Oats. In 2004, he shifted into recruitment marketing, tackling the challenges of job boards, applicant tracking systems, and online recruiting. Recognizing the impact of artificial intelligence, Scott began studying AI in early 2023 and has since merged his recruitment marketing business with Motive Workforce in Long Beach. Today, he helps organizations learn, adopt, and implement AI solutions to strengthen hiring and workforce performance.
Through the month of October there will be a fundraising campaign for the Kansas City Rotary Club Foundation. The Rotary Youth Camp serves nearly four thousand campers each year and the Foundation assures that will continue for years to come. The Foundation contributes to the Camp’s operating budget and helps fund improvements to the facilities and grounds.
Many thanks to the existing Foundation Fellows and Sustaining Members for your past support. Your contributions are greatly appreciated!.
If you are not a Fellow, please note that it takes a $1,000 contribution to become a Fellow of the Foundation or you may become a Fellow by first being a Sustaining Member with a series of smaller contributions.
Through October, there is a special discount for new contributors. Contribute $800 and you’ll be a Fellow! If you prefer to be a Sustaining Member, you can make a series of smaller contributions over a period of time until reaching the $1,000 Fellow level. Through October, all new Sustaining Members contributions will be matched $1 for $1 - up to $200. There are two options for the donation. The traditional option is to donate a minimum of $100 per year until you have reached $1,000. There is now a second option; that is, to use the Donate Now button on the Rotary 13 web site and contribute a minimum of $25 per month until you have reached $1,000. The donation can be through Pay Pal, credit card, or debit card plus there is an option that the donation will be made automatically each month.
If you have questions or want to make a donation, please contact Foundation President Marc Horner or Foundation Resource Development Chair Sally Bibb.
Please join the Rotary Book Discussion Group for the discussion of the book The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. All Rotarians and guests are welcome.
Date: Monday, October 13, 2025, 6:30 PM
Location: Tony Andresen’s Home
6520 Sagamore Road
Mission Hills, KS 66208
About the book:
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing development, the last thing they expected to uncover was a human skeleton. Who the skeleton was and how it got buried there were just two of the long-held secrets that had been kept for decades by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side, sharing ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, which served the neighborhood's quirky collection of blacks and European immigrants, helped by her husband, Moshe, a Romanian-born theater owner who integrated the town's first dance hall. When the state came looking for a deaf black child, claiming that the boy needed to be institutionalized, Chicken Hill's residents—roused by Chona's kindess and the courage of a local worker named Nate Timblin—banded together to keep the boy safe. When the truth is revealed about the skeleton, the boy, and the part the town’s establishment played in both, McBride shows that it is love and community—heaven and earth—that ultimately sustain us.
There was a lot happening at the Rotary Youth Camp during the month of September! The renovation on the east side of the residence is well underway, the basement is dug and walls are poured. The Compass Homeschool Academy had their opening family event at camp and have been meeting at the camp on Fridays all month. We had Scouting USA troops each weekend in September and tours were given to 2 organizations interested in using the camp in the future. The migrating hummingbirds visited and the monarchs are starting to show up now on their way south. We are finishing the month with the Raytown Rotary Club social event at the dining hall and Foundation fire circle. October looks to be just as full!
And check out Troop 74 Special Needs Scouts being recognized at halftime of the Ottawa University football game. These are some of our Summer Campers!
Through the month of October there will be a fundraising campaign for the Kansas City Rotary Club Foundation. The Rotary Youth Camp serves nearly four thousand campers each year and the Foundation assures that will continue for years to come. The Foundation contributes to the Camp’s operating budget and helps fund improvements to the facilities and grounds. 
Through October, there is a special discount for new contributors. Contribute $800 and you’ll be a Fellow! If you prefer to be a Sustaining Member, you can make a series of smaller contributions over a period of time until reaching the $1,000 Fellow level. Through October, all new Sustaining Members contributions will be matched $1 for $1 - up to $200. There are two options for the donation. The traditional option is to donate a minimum of $100 per year until you have reached $1,000. There is now a second option; that is, to use the Donate Now button on the Rotary 13 web site and contribute a minimum of $25 per month until you have reached $1,000. The donation can be through Pay Pal, credit card, or debit card plus there is an option that the donation will be made automatically each month.
Please join the Rotary Book Discussion Group for the discussion of the book The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. All Rotarians and guests are welcome.
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