CAAHT Rotary Meeting
Feb 18, 2025, 12:00 pm Noon
Mattie Vandel
Rotary Global Grant Scholar
 
 
Mattie Vandel is District 5710's 2023 Global Grant Scholar. She is currently pursuing her Rotary-funded Master's Degree in Global Studies through a program with Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. As a part of the program, Mattie has had the opportunity to study in not one but three international universities in Germany, South Africa, and Thailand, in addition to a short intensive course in India. Mattie has completed her courses and is currently working to finish her thesis remotely from Kansas City. She plans to wrap up her Master's program by April. Mattie's professional background includes working with refugee small business owners, supporting homeless communities, and aiding international humanitarian projects. She is a 2019 graduate of Kansas State University with a degree in Cultural Anthropology and Spanish. Her hobbies include photography, poetry, chronic traveling, service, and spending time with her people.
 
Join us CAAHT Rotary via Zoom:

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Six Rotary Clubs in District 5710 collaborate on a District Grant
 
 Often victims and survivors of human trafficking lack the clothing, caps and gloves they need to keep warm on these cold winter days. The Rotary Clubs of Lenexa, Leawood, Shawnee Mission, CAAHT, Topeka South, and Manhattan combined efforts on a District Grant project to make 160 Rotary Cares Winter kits for victims of human trafficking. The total grant was $10,000. Each kit contained a hoodie, sweatpants, stocking cap, scarf, gloves, socks, blanket, hand warmers, mylar blanket, deodorant, chap stick, and protein bars. Rotarians met during November and December and assembled kits at sites in Topeka, Shawnee Mission, and Manhattan. The Rotary Cares kits were then distributed to nonprofit agencies.
RC of CAAHT and Topeka South packed 56 kits and distributed them to the YWCA Day Center and the Intersection to care (ITC) Program in Topeka. 
    
 
 
Intersection to Care (ITC) Rotary Global Grant mission is to provide community reintegration services for vulnerable women leaving incarceration to prevent victimization into trafficking and sexual exploitation.
 Committee membership is open to anyone interested in providing assistance to women leaving incarceration. Please contact Patti Mellard at 785-640-9999, patti@keystaffing.com for more information or if you would like to attend the meeting via Zoom.
 
 
 
We are looking for persons willing to help us support women leaving incarceration.  By volunteering as a Mentor you will provide a supportive relationship for a woman incarcerated at the Shawnee County Adult Detention Center and after release into the community. 
Commitment is meeting your mentee once per week either in-person, via phone, or via email.
 
Your goals as a mentor are to:
  • Build a connection with a participant
  • Assist in goal setting, planning for release from incarceration
  • Connect participant to community resources
  • Guide participants through the Intersection to Care program and reintegration
  • Provide encouragement and nonjudgmental listening
  • Provide ongoing emotional support
 
Contact Melissa Goodman at mgoodman@mirrorinc.org for more information.
 
 
Rotary Club of CAAHT meets via Zoom
 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month.
 
Email CAAHTRotary @gmail.com to receive the Zoom meeting link.
 
ITC Mentors needed! 
Our Intersection to Care project attempts to disrupt the desperate life circumstances faced by women leaving incarceration that makes them susceptible to being sold for sex. As an ITC Mentor, you can help a woman in our program set goals, locate resources and services, and find hope that others care.
For more information contact Melissa Goodman at mgoodman@mirrorinc.org
Thinking about becoming a Mentor?
Watch this video for more information on being an ITC Mentor.
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