Hope the holidays were wonderful for all!. We have reached the half way mark for our Rotary year and thing are going very well. As of the latest report, we have increased membership by 164 members. About a third of this is due to the formation of the Suicide Prevention and Brain Health club but also congratulations to the Commerce, Greenville, Grand Prairie Metro, Park Cities and Preston Trail clubs for increasing membership by 8 or more.
January is End Human Trafficking month. In my visits I requested that each club conduct a service day relating to Ending Human Trafficking. Please contact Shirley Hsia at shirley7239@gmail.com to let her know the nature and date of your projects. If you are still looking for ideas, we will hear from a few of the clubs on their project at our January 15 Roundtable.
Finally, mark April 22 and 23 on your calendar for our District Conference. Details are currently being finalized but we plan to host a competitive bowling event on the evening of Friday April 22 at Pinstack on I635. We are hoping to have teams from the Presidents, PDGs, AGs, Rotaractors and Interactors as well as club teams.
If you are a President elect or President Nominee, please go to the Lonestar PETS site to register for PETS scheduled in person from February 24-27.
Saturday April 23 we will gather at Brookhaven Country Club for our conference presentations. Finally, that evening we will hold a gala at Brookhaven to recognize all levels of Paul Harris recipients.
Every year since 2010, January has been proclaimed as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Take time in January to learn more about human trafficking and action steps your Rotary Club and each Rotarian can take to prevent human trafficking.
District Governor Max Duplant is pleased to announce the selection of Regina Edwards of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch as the District Governor for Rotary year beginning July 1, 2024. Congratulations Regina!
You can help victims in Western Kentucky through donations to the Rotary District 671 Foundation Relief Fund or if you want to drop off supplies, contact Kaytlin Flowers at 270-287-2214.
You have the power to increase people's understanding of Rotary by showing your members as people of action - telling and showing the public how you make a positive difference in your community.
It is time to start the process to prepare and work toward a RYLA 2022!!
We are beginning a lot of activities to start the process of getting ready for Camp RYLA 2022, which will be held as usual at Camp Hoblitzelle this coming summer! Dates are May 29, – June 3, 2022.
The Grand Prairie Metro Rotary Club was honored to serve lunch to veterans and all those who attended the City of Grand Prairie’s Veteran’s Day Celebration.
Prestonwood Rotary donated to the Feed My Starving Children in the amount of $2,231 which will include the cost of a pallet of $1,866 which feeds a classroom for a year, and $365 which feeds a family for a year.
Rotary Club of Greenville collected Gift Cards at their Christmas Party to donate to CASA, for the little ones who come in after the Angel Trees have already been done. We have done this for years.
It is with great appreciation to Rotary District 5810 and Dallas Rotary Club for such a huge impact on 70,531 lives with three projects in Ghana. Here's the summaries of the projects:
Rotary Club of Coppell entertained 130 Coppell students and families to an afternoon of theater, enjoying Merry Cirque at the Coppell Fine Arts Center.
These are only a few of the things happening around District 5810 in Interact . . .
South Grand Prairie HS Interact just completed a “Virtual Caroling for Cans food drive” (passing out flyers with a QR code linked to a video of SGP Varsity Choir singing in order to prompt donations to the Grand Prairie Homeless Outreach Organization. Donations collected December 16); Assisted living home Virtual Bingo via zoom- December 1st; Arbor Day Nature Center field trip booth (made "tree cookie" necklaces and passed them out to elementary school kids) - November 1 (just to name a few);
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