2022-23 Presidential Theme Revealed Rotary International President-elect Jennifer Jones wants members to imagine the possibilities in the change they can make to transform the world. Jones, a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario, Canada, revealed the 2022-23 presidential theme, Imagine Rotary, as she urged people to dream big and harness their connections and the power of Rotary to turn those dreams into reality. |
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Mesquite Pet Food Drive The Mesquite Rotary Club donated pet food and supplies to benefit the Mesquite Animal Shelter at their club meeting on January 11th. |
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White Rock Rotary Supports Human Trafficking Awareness White Rock Rotary gathered on January 11 to discuss Human Trafficking Understanding & Awareness. They all wore blue to raise awareness to Human Trafficking ( #WearBlueDay) as part of the District Human Trafficking Initiative. |
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Upcoming Guerrero Spring Clinic The upcoming Guerrero Spring Clinic dates are March 28- April 3rd. We are still looking for medical people (An Ophthalmologist who does cataracts, 1 or 2 Dentists, and a General Medicine Doc) and we are still open to a handful of non-medical people. Click to Volunteer. |
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Patriot PAWS Donation President Mark Potter and Community Service Chair Sharon Scott present a $7,000 District Matching Grant from the McKinney Rotary Club to Lori Stevens, Executive Director/Founder of Patriot PAWS Service Dogs. |
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Backpacks for Kids
The Rowlett Rotary Club responded to a request from the Coyle Middle School President, to help purchase clear backpacks for students. Rotarian Russell Dunn presented a check at the school the next morning. |
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Rotary of Coppell Give a Holiday Surprise to Students
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DG Max Duplant's January Message
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. BE SURE TO WEAR BLUE ON JANUARY 11 TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE CAUSE OF ENDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING. And as you do, take pictures and post them on social media. Pam Blankenzee has an EHT graphic you can post with your picture. 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. |
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January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month 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. |
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Camp RYLA 2022 Kick-Off
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December All Wrapped Up When you think of December you often think shopping, gifts, holiday parties, and wrapping. |
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2021 Success It has been a great first half of the Rotary 2021-22 year. |
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Prestonwood Supports Feed My Starving Children 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. |
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Blood Drive on January 29th Melissa Rotary Club in partnership with the Melissa United Methodist Church will be holding a Blood Drive on Saturday January 29th from 8:00 to 2:00. |
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Grand Prairie Metro Rotary Club Gives Back to Nursing Homes The Grand Prairie Metro Rotary Club rallied together to donate goods to nursing homes during the season of giving. |
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Regina Edwards Selected DG 2024-25 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! |
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How To Help Tornado Victims in Western Kentucky 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. |
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Home for the Holidays Project Community Service Chair Sharon Scott and other members of the McKinney Rotary Club present to Marianne Radley. |
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District 5810 Interactors Busy with Service These are only a few of the things happening around District 5810 in Interact . . .
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Thanks to Dallas Rotary For Changing Lives In Ghana 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: |
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White Rock Volunteers at Angel Tree Members of White Rock Rotary helped in shifts at the Salvation Army angel tree in North Park Mall. |
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Christmas Spirit Strong in Greenville 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. |
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Mesquite Rotary Holds Food Drive Benefiting Sharing Life
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Spread the Holiday Spirit! To the left in this picture, we have President elect, Gene Bernard. On the right we have our new member, Karen Hallman. |
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Veterans Day 2021 with Rotary and Grand Prairie 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. |
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Funeral Services for PDG Beverly Grogan
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 Visitation —10:00 AM Funeral Service—11:00AM Internment-After Service Buffet Lunch and Fellowship- 12:15-3:00PM First Baptist Church Grand Prairie (Visitation and Service) 950 Mayfield Road Grand Prairie, TX 75052 972-262-5146 Graveside Service and Interment—Following Funeral Service Laurel Land 6300 South R.L. Thornton Freeway Dallas, TX 75232 214-390-5956 Buffet Lunch and Celebration of Beverly’s Life—Come and go La Calle Doce 415 West 12th Street Dallas, TX 75206 214-941-4304 In lieu of flowers, Beverly requested memorial donations to the Rotary Foundation. To donate to The Rotary Foundation, please go to rotary.org/donate and chose “Memorial or Tribute Gift.” Also, checks made payable to The Rotary Foundation can be mailed to 14280 Collection Center Drive, Chicago, IL 60693. For additional information, call 1-866-9ROTARY. Notification letters or emails will be sent acknowledging your donation and Rotarians will receive Paul Harris credit for their generous donations. |
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Memory Message Rock Painting Provided at AFSP Survivor Day Event The Suicide Prevention and Brain Health Rotary eClub offered attendees of the AFSP Survivors of Suicide Loss Conference in Dallas on November 20 an opportunity to paint memory message rocks honoring their loves ones and to provide messages of hope and encouragement. |
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District Governor Max Duplant's December Message
Unbelievable, we are already at the end of the calendar year. Remember to make those contributions to Rotary Foundation and update your club membership lists by December 31! So how is the year going so far relating to our District goals? Based on the most recent numbers I have seen, Membership in our District has grown by 144 Rotarians! We have achieved 37% of our Rotary Foundation giving goals (please consider increasing your giving). We are continuing our plans for individual club service projects relating to Ending Human Trafficking in January. Please make sure your club has decided on a project and communicated the details to our EHT chair Shirley Hsia. Relating to one of our Strategic planning goals of increasing relations between clubs and Districts, in lieu of a December Roundtable, we are hosting a party at the Haggard Party Barn in Plano on Thursday, December 9 at 6pm. Admission is $20 per person to cover the costs of BBQ from Dickey's. If you have not already done so, please register so we can have an adequate count for ordering food. This party will not have a formal program so that all can mix and mingle with Rotarians across the District. We will also have a representative from at least one of the not for profits dedicated to Ending Human Trafficking present to answer any questions you may have. Are you interested in Rotary memorabilia ? We have been made aware of a collection of various pins and other items looking for a home. If you are interested, please let us know. Wishing all of you and your families the best during this holiday season. Max |
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RYLead (Virtual RYLA): A Very Successful Program
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Barbie Like Me Toy Drive Coppell Rotary is supporting the Barbie Like Me Toy Drive and needs support!. Their goal is to collect 300 dark skin dolls for minority children this holiday season. The Coppell club will be collecting dolls during their holiday party on Dec. 10 or contact chair Crystal Bates at info@cbates.org or text 214-444-8292. |
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Join us in Houston at the Rotary International Convention! Last call for reduced rate! The deadline to register at the reduced rate is fast approaching. You have until 15 December 2021, so sign up and pay today to take advantage of significant savings. |
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Share the Warmth The Rotary Club of Dallas recently collected donated new and gently used blankets for The Bridge Homeless Recovery Shelter located in downtown Dallas. |
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Rotary Club of Dallas’ 3rd Annual Pints for Polio This year's event was held at PT Neighborhood Pizzeria on Lemmon Avenue. We had a very special guest attend our event – Michelle Provan. |
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17th Annual Salute to America’s Veterans The Rotary Club of Dallas held its 17th Annual Salute to America’s Veterans on November 10th at the Frontiers of Flight Museum. |
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McKinney Rotary Support Kids Against Hunger On November 19, 2021, the McKinney Rotary Club’s speaker was Sharon Brian from Kids Against Hunger (KAG). |
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McKinney Rotary Youth Leadership Supports Veterans Day The McKinney Rotary Club’s Youth Leadership Program service project for November was planting flowers at the Collin County History Museum. |
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Veterans Honored at Prosper 11/11/21 Meeting The Prosper Rotary’s November 11th, 2021 Veterans Day event was a huge success. |
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Richardson Rotarian Jimmy Doty Receives Honor Jimmy Doty, long-time member and past president of the Richardson Rotary Club, was honored on November 17 at the Richardson Chamber of Commerce EDGE Awards banquet with the Rotary Service Above Self award. |
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2nd Cookies for Cops Project Beginning with packaging 70 dozen cookies during our lunch meeting on November 3rd, Rotary Club of Dallas members delivered to North Central and Northwest substations of the Dallas Police Department. |
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Trunk or Treat Thanks to the Rowlett Rotary Club & RHS Interact Club, 1000 kids were given bags filled with Halloween candy. |
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Register Now For District Holiday Party Come join us on Thursday, December 9 at 6PM at the Haggard Party Barn in Plano for a Holiday Party! Barbeque will be served and the cost for each attendee will be $20.00 to cover the food costs. We will also invite some of the local agencies that work to End Human Trafficking so that you can visit with them and consider a personal contribution/gift. Click to Register. |
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Veterans Day Melissa Rotary was honored to host a Veterans Day observance for our Veterans. |
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Plano West Rotary Continues Supporting Plano ISD with Meal Distributions Plano West Rotary Club (PWRC) did such an outstanding job supporting Plano ISD’s drive-through meal distributions during this past summer and the preceding school year that the school district has again asked for our club’s support throughout the entire 2021-2022 school year. |
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Prestonwood Rotary Hosts Challenge Air Event Kids with Special Needs Take to the Skies – On Saturday, October 30, Mesquite Metro Airport hosted over 100 children and their parents for a Fly Day with free activities, food, and an opportunity to co-pilot an airplane. |
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Rotary Honors Veterans & First Responders As a field of flags appears this week in Oak Point Park, the Rotary Club of Plano East demonstrates its gratitude for those who have served our nation and communities. Each flag tells the story of heroes whose lives were devoted in service to others, some making the ultimate sacrifice. |
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Pinot For Polio The Suicide Prevention and Brain Health e-Club had a fun time raising funds to end Polio! Cremona’s Bistro hosted the event and donated a portion of the proceeds to this great cause! Mention Rotary when dining at Cremona’s and they will make additional donations! |
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DG Max Duplant's November Message
What a fabulous presentation we had from Rachel, a Trafficking Survivor at our October Roundtable. Her comments have motivated clubs to begin thinking about what they will do as a Day of Service. Shirley Hsia has agreed to serve as our End Human Trafficking chair. Please email her at shirley7239@gmail.com to let her know the details of your January Service Project. Our November Roundtable will start at 9:00am on November 20 at MacArthur Boulevard Baptist Church in Irving. We will conduct 30 minutes of business and then turn the program over to Foundation Chair, PDG Bill Dendy and his team to conduct our annual Foundation and Grant Training which is required to receive a District Grant next year. As always, you may attend in person or through zoom. Hard to believe we are approaching the Holiday season. With that in mind, instead of our regular time and place for Roundtable in December, we will instead host an informal get together at the Haggard Party Barn in Plano on Thursday evening December 9 at 6pm. Barbeque will be served and the cost for each attendee will be $20.00 to cover the food costs. We will also invite some of the local agencies that work to End Human Trafficking so that you can visit with them and consider a personal contribution/gift. |
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Get Your Membership Leads
Attentional all clubs: please reach out to all Prospective Member Leads sent your way and vital to also follow up with Holly Hollenbeck, district membership chair, on the status of your Leads. And please please contact Holly soon to set up a fun program on membership for your club: 402-681-0601 or email Holly, hollyhollenbeck@icloud.com. |
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Foundation & Grants Training - Nov. 20 On Saturday, November 20 at 9:30AM to 12PM, there will be a Foundation & Grant Training Seminar following the November Roundtable at the MacArthur Boulevard Baptist Church, 8001 Mustang Drive, Irving. All Clubs must have at least one attendee to qualify for Grant Certification. Foundation Chairs & Club Presidents are encouraged to attend however open to all Rotarians. |
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Chili Cookoff to Fight Polio For World Polio Day the Melissa Rotary Club held their 5th annual Chili Cookoff and Cornhole Tournament to raise funds to fight Polio worldwide. The Club invited the community to support the effort and enjoy a fun time of Chili, Cornhole and general fellowship with neighbors and friends. |
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DeSoto Adds a New Community Service Project to Delp Needy Families The Rotary Club of DeSoto recently voted to add a new community service project this year, the Parent Resource Center at on the East Middle School campus. |
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Battle of the Badges Blood Drive In the spirit of "giving life to the community," Richardson Rotary and Richardson East Rotary joined forces in the "Battle of the Badges Blood Drive" to support Carter BloodCare and the Richardson Police and Fire Departments. |
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Park Cities Packing Day at the North Texas Food Bank The Rotary Club of Park Cities had a very successful Packing Day Event at the North Texas Food Bank on Saturday, October 16th. |
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Coppell Rotarians Learned How to Save a Few Lives at Life Safety Park
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Prestonwood Rotary Club Law Enforcement Appreciation Day 2021 The Prestonwood Rotary Club recognized three deserving and exceptional officers for their hard work, dedication, tenacity, and commitment to selflessly serve the communities in which they work. Senior Corporals Tanya Gooden #7569, John Lopez #8925, and Gregory “Greg” Ceraso #9415 were spotlighted at a luncheon held in their honor at The Clubs of Prestonwood. |
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Greenville's Pints for Polio The Greenville Noon Rotary club held a World Polio Day, Pints for polio event at the Tin Cup Tavern Sunday October 24, 2021. |
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Avenue K Clean-Up Beautifies our Roadside Areas Bright and early on the morning of Sept. 25, Plano West Rotary Club member Glen Thornton led several club members in the clean-up alongside a stretch of Avenue K between Spring Creek Parkway and Parker Road in east Plano. |
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Rowlett High School Interact Club Promotes RI and Rotaract at school event
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Share with Warmth-Blanket Drive |
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McKinney Mayor George Fuller and McKinney Rotary Support Eradicating Polio McKinney Mayor George Fuller and Rotary District 5810 Governor Max Duplant joined the McKinney Rotary Club on Friday, October 22, 2021 to support the eradication of polio. |
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Branching Out - Tree Planting The Rotary Club of Dallas participated with The Ferguson Road Initiative to help in planting trees at White Rock Hills Park. |
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Rotary Club Of Greenville Celebrates World Polio Day Rotary Club of Greenville had a social and a basket give away on Oct. 24, 2021 for World Polio Day. This group sold chances for a few nice gift baskets and some coupons and raised nearly $500.00 for Polio. |
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Not in My City - Stop Human Trafficking According to a 2016 report from the Statewide Human Trafficking Mapping Project of Texas, there are more than 300,000 victims of human trafficking in Texas, including 79,000 minors and youth victims of sex trafficking and nearly 234,000 adult victims of labor trafficking. |
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Salute to America's Veterans 2021 https://www.dallasrotary.org/sav |
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Pinot for Polio at Cremona Bistro Italian Kitchen on Oct 24The Suicide Prevention and Brain Health Rotary eClub invites you to join us in dining/ordering at Cremona Bistro Italian Kitchen on Sunday, Oct 24 for World Polio Day for an event we call "Pinot for Polio." |
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Please Join the Suicide Prevention and Brain Health Rotary eClub on Oct 30 at the AFSP Out of the Darkness Walk The Suicide Prevention and Brain Health Rotary eClub invites all district clubs and their family and friends to join us as team members (virtual or in-person), resource table/service project volunteers and/or donors for the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention (AFSP) 2021 DFW Metro Out of the Darkness Walk on Saturday, Oct 30 at Globe Life Park (formerly Ballpark at Arlington). |
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RI President Shekhar Mehta asks clubs to support World Polio Day Take action for World Polio Day! Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta says that polio eradication can be achieved if Rotary members stay committed. He calls on every club to offer support this World Polio Day. Watch President Mehta’s World Polio Day video message. |
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North Texas Pride Festival Service Project Supports LGBT+ Community On Sept. 25, Plano West Rotary Club members and non-Rotarians volunteered together at the North Texas Pride Festival in Downtown Plano’s Haggard Park. |
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Park Cities Blood Drive Register today for the Park Cities Rotary Blood Drive on Friday, Nov. 12 from 10am-2pm in the Carter Blood Care Bus in the valet area between Nordstrom’s and Macy’s. |
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Mesquite Rotary Assists with Addressing Mesquite Day A team of Mesquite Rotary members, member friends, and Mesquite ISD volunteers under the leadership of Community Service Director Evelyn Williams and committee chair Leslie Feinglas assisted an elderly Mesquite resident for Addressing Mesquite Day. Since the original day of October 2nd was rained out, the group met and worked on October 5th. The group was successful in completing an extensive yard cleanup. |
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Blackland Prairie Raptor Center In September, Sharon Scott, Community Service Chair, and Mike Bell, Past President, presented Erich Neupert, the Executive Director of the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center, a $500 donation. |
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McKinney Rotary Supports Adam's Animals McKinney Rotary has a challenge in the month of October! Our Club is to provide at least 100 new stuffed animals in support of Adam's Animals. |
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District Governor Max Duplant's October Message
It has been a wonderful experience visiting each of our 63 clubs in the Distrct.Now that official visits have been completed, I will be concentrating on our District goals for the year. Our October Roundtable will focus on Ending Human Trafficking. Farmersville President, Chad Engbrock's has shared links to articles written by his wife, Sonia Duggan, on the subject . |
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Back the Blue Breakfast On Friday, September 3rd, our Rotarians drove to Dallas’ North Central Police Station to surprise their Crime Response Team with a huge and healthy breakfast, as well as snacks for the day. |
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New Satellite Club! The District is proud to announce that the Rotary Satellite Club of Greenville To End Human Trafficking is now official! They meet on Tuesdays at 5:30PM the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at the Landmark on Lee, 2920 Lee St., Greenville TX. All are welcome to attend! |
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Greenville's Cotton Patch Challenge This year's Cotton Patch Challenge was one for the books! They had 801 registered riders (most ever) and made just over $50,000 for the club to give away to local nonprofits, scholarships and veteran support. Almost the entire club was involved and we had great community support as well. |
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3rd Annual Pints for Polio The Rotary Club of Dallas is hosting their 3rd Annual Pints for Polio on October 23rd to celebrate World Polio Day at the Pegasus City Brewery! Support END POLIO NOW by joining us to eradicate Polio One Pint at a Time! |
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Park Cities Rotary’s Collaborative Partner Agape Clinic on the Front Page of the Dallas Morning News The Rotary Club of Park Cities was happy to see that the work of Agape Clinic was being recognized by being featured in a story on the role of community clinics during COVID-19 on the front page of the Dallas Morning News on September 13. |
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Park Cities Rotary Sends A "Candygram" for Walter Reed Recognizing Veterans Day and wanting to do something positive for our veterans, the Rotary Club of Park Citie organized a short-term, pop-up” service project. |
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Salute to America's Veterans The Rotary Club of Dallas is pleased to announce that the 17th Annual Salute to America’s Veterans Committee is in the final preparation stages for the event on November 10th, 11:00am – 1:15pm at the Frontiers of Flight Museum. |
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Patriot Day Service On September 10, 2021, members of The Rotary Club of Dallas gathered at the DFW National Cemetery to help clean the gravestones of military service personnel. |
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Mesquite Rotarians Assist in Sorting, Labeling, and Delivering Books to MISD Second Graders
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Coppell High School Interact Club Earns Rotary Presidential Citation
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Rowlett Rotary Club Donates Flags The Rowlett Rotary Club for partnering with the Parks and Recreation Department to show honor to our First Responders this weekend. They provided 18 American flags that are displayed along the sidewalk at Veterans Park to honor those who lost their lives 20 years ago on 9/11. |
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Covid Awareness Block Walking Helped Increase Vaccinations On Aug. 14, Plano West Rotary Club (PWRC) wrapped up a five-month-long project to help spread flyers with information about the COVID-19 vaccine to our Spanish-speaking neighbors in Plano. |
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DG Max Duplant's September Message
Welcome to September, Rotary Literacy month. We are making plans to hear about one of our Literacy Global Grants at the next Roundtable on September 18. Speaking of which, we will also have all the District awards available for those who were not able to attend the Award banquet in August. |
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Celebrate Your New Rotary Member We want to CELEBRATE & WELCOME your new Rotary Member! We will provide you with a graphic that can be shared on your Social Media Pages and we will also share the graphic on the District Facebook page! Submit here or use the Submit New Member button located on the District home page. |
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New Rotary Year, New Public Image Challenge We are excited to announce the rollout of our new PUBLIC IMAGE CHAMPION GAMES! The Public Image Games wwere designed to help Clubs increase their public image skill set. The more you promote your Club, the better the odds are at increasing your membership. It is a win-win all around! |
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Get Ready for World Polio Day Take action for World Polio Day on 24 October by promoting awareness of Rotary’s polio eradication efforts, raising funds, and planning club events. Let’s engage our communities in the fight against polio, because as long as polio exists anywhere, it remains a threat everywhere. Check out our World Polio Day event page for resources, graphics and fundraising ideas. |
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Park Cities Rotary Recognizes Our Outstanding Public Service
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North Texas Giving Day Just Around the Corner! We have a committee hard at work to make the most of North Texas Giving Day (NTGD), coming up on September 23rd . |
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The Flags Are Flying Out The Window!
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Cookies for Cops Service Project The first week of August, the Rotary Club of Dallas completed our first service project for the new club year – Cookies for (Dallas) Cops with 30 members participating. Home baked and donated cookies were collected and then repackaged, following all COVID safety protocols, into bags of three. Each bag was sealed and labeled. |
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Carrollton-Farmers Branch Rotary Toliet Paper Drive CFB Rotary is supporting Metrocrest Services' "2021 Great Toilet Paper Drive" for National Toilet Paper Day. Metrocrest Services' goal is to collect 100,000 rolls of toilet paper—approximately a year's supply for the pantry to help our needy neighbors. |
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De Soto Rotary Club's Leadership Participates and Donates to Back to School Give Away The DeSoto Rotary Club partnered with Girlfriends PAC Ministries, a local non-profit organization run by Patricia Coleman (Center), to give away school supplies to over 250 students on the parking lot of Dunkin Donuts, DeSoto, TX on August 07, 2021. |
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School Dictionaries Melissa Rotary Club delivered 125 picture dictionaries in August to the new Elementary school of Willow Wood. |
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Saving Lives North Texas Pioneers Rotary Club is very proud of the work we do for Carter BloodCare. |
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September 11th, 2001 in Holland The following story was provided by Woody Alexander a member of Richardson East Rotary Club: |
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Busy August for Rowlett Rowlett Rotary wanted to Congratulate three extraordinary people. Jami Dooley winner of $1000.00 scholarship going to Tabor College out of Kansas in the Fall. |
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Meet Maylee and the Mayor of McKinney! When the Rotary Club of Collin County chartered on May 11, 2021, incoming President Lenda Fidelman wanted a special program speaker and a dynamic topic for an early Fall meeting. |
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Giving With Meaning Rotary Club or Wylie East Fork worked through the initial steps of Communities Foundation of Texas, Collin County’s GiveWisely Sessions. |
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Salute to America's Veterans 2021 The Rotary Club of Dallas hosted a Kick-Off Salute to America’s Veterans 2021 program on July 28th , attended by our beneficiary partners the USO DFW and the GW Bush Institute Military Service Initiative. |
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Victorian Fencing Society Demonstration Because we have spent so much time apart the Dallas Rotary Club is inviting ALL Rotarians (and potential Rotarians) in District 5810 to come and enjoy a Fencing demonstration at our Luncheon on September 22, 2021. The event will occur at the Park City Club. (near Tollway and NW Highway). |
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Plano West Rotary wrapped up Aug 3, Providing 95,312 meals for Plano ISD students A healthier and better educated population leads to growth in local economies. And this can begin with something as simple as a free, healthy lunch. |
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50 Years Perfect Attendance
Past-District Governor of District 5810 – Judge Nathan White celebrated fifty years of perfect Rotary attendance from 1971 through 2021. In addition, his Rotary club – the Rotary Club of McKinney Sunrise, recently acknowledged at their breakfast meeting the exceptional achievement. |
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Greenville Daybreak Foundation Donation Chart members , Beverly Loss and her husband of the Greenville Daybreak Rotary Club both passed away this past year. Their estate sent a donation in the amount of $10,000 to the Foundation and the Club presented that check to the Governor while she was here. |
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September Membership Minute
Reach out to DMC Holly Hollenbeck for a Club Program on Membership @ hhollenbeck@tcco.com or 402-682-0601. Online learn about strategies for attracting new members in this online course in the Learning Center. (A “My Rotary” account is required and easy to set up.) The course highlights ways to interest prospective members and showcase your club’s strengths. |
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August District Roundtable Recap Thanks to Walt McCool for preparing the following recap (with a few additions from our DG) of last Saturday's District 5810 Roundtable held at MacArthur Blvd Baptist Church in Irving. |
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Rotary Community Corps. Provides Resources to Underserved Communities As rallies for racial justice happened throughout the U.S. in the summer of 2020, members of Plano West Rotary Club (PWRC) located in Plano, Texas felt compelled to find a COVID-safe way to help create equity for the Black community as well as get more Black citizens involved in Rotary’s efforts. |
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"Service About Self" Teacher Awards The Rotary Club of Dallas honored three DISD teachers as Teachers of the Year on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, during the club’s noon meeting at the Park Cities Club, 5956 Sherry Lane Suite 1700. |
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How To Help Hati Earthquake Victims A group of well experienced Disaster Relief Rotarians have once again come together to organize relief supplies, medical assistance, shelter and other necessary commodities for people in Southern Haiti to survive and rebuild after the August 14th earthquake. Haiti is part of Rotary District 7020 which includes 10 countries and 16 islands in the Northern Caribbean. |
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Plano's West Rotary's Avenue K Clean Up keeps Plano Clean and Beautiful On July 31, a team of seven volunteers from Plano West Rotary Club, led by project leader Glen Thornton, collected trash along K Avenue from Spring Creek Parkway to Parker Road in Plano. |
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Selection for 2023-24 Rotary President
Gordon R. McInally, a member of the Rotary Club of South Queensferry, Lothian, Scotland, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International for 2023-24. He will be declared the president-nominee on 1 October if no challenging candidates have been suggested. McInally lauded Rotary’s ability to adapt technologically during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the approach should continue and be combined with the best of our past practices as Rotary seeks to grow and increase engagement. |
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District Award Winners Thank you to all that attended the District Awards Celebration on Aug. 5! The list of the award winners is as follows: |
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Beware of Scam!
It has come to our attention of a scam solicitation that is being emailed to Club Presidents. The subject line "Your website and digital card" with the sender as district5810@crotary.org . Please note this is not us nor do we own that web address. The content goes on to say " With the pleasure of greeting you, it is already August and we have not had answer on your part to know if they will want your page" .. the link in the email is suspcious and SHOULD NOT BE CLICKED. The email is signed Rotary District 4185. This is also a concerning factor. If you have any questions, please contact me at pr@rotary5810.org. |
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Public Image New Year Check List Use the Public Image New Year Checklist for easy steps on how to boost your Club's Public Image! Click here to download. Better yet, check out our Public Image Club Toolbox Resources page for logos, templates, tools and resources. Have a question on public image? Send us an email! |
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Membership Minute Calling all Clubs! This month’s “grow membership” tip is to have a member at each club meeting give a one minute reminder to invite guests and give another quick tips to grow your club. Tips will also be shared here in this Enews each month. |
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RYLead 2021 is kicking off this month! Last year, we launched the first-ever year-long virtual youth leadership program for Rotary District 5810. While we wish we were having our typical in-person summer camp, we're glad to build on the success of RYLead 2020 as we head into RYLead 2021. |
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DG Max Duplant's August Message
One month in and we are off to a terrific start! On July 12 our district had a new club chartered, the Suicide Prevention and Brain Health club with 49 members of which 47 are new Rotarians. How exciting! |
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The Newest Club in District 5810 North Texas Chartering a new club is not for the faint-hearted, but John Moser, District Governor, 2020-21, District 5810, and Rotary International paved the way for a successful start-up of the Rotary Club of Collin County. |
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White Rock Hosts Scholarship Winners
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New E-Club Suicide Prevention and Brain Health Charters Rotary District 5810 - North Texas is proud to announce the charter of our NEW CLUB: SUICIDE PREVENTION & BRAIN HEALTH ROTARY E-CLUB. They chartered with 49 members!! They meey the 2nd & 4th Mondays at 7PM via Zoom. |
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Library Helpers The Melissa Rotary Club performed a service project at the Melissa Library on Thursday July 8th. |
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Mesquite Rotary Inducts New Officers and Board for 2021-22 The Mesquite Rotary Club held induction ceremonies for the group’s 2021-2022 officers and board members at their meeting on July 13th. |
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Clean Your Closet For A Cause Plano West Rotary Club Show Drive Challenge: Goal 2500 Pairs of Shoes. Help support microenterprises in developing countriesand high school students and the homelessness in North Texas. |
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Rotary Club of Coppell Continues to Make a Difference Internationally The Coppell Rotary Club partnered with the Msasa Rotary Club of Zimbabwe to provide a solar electric panel and pump to a well to supply water for the Mutoko Green Project. |
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The Park Cities Rotary Fourth of July Parade is BACK After having to cancel the Parade in 2020, RCPC was eager to put the Parade back on the road, as were the residents of the Park Cities and all of the other spectators who come to enjoy it. |
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Park Cities Is Honored for Dentistry With A Heart Park Cities Rotary Club was honored at the Dallas County Dental Society banquet on May 27th with the 2021 Community Leader of the Year Award for our annual Dentistry with a Heart Program. |
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McKinney Rotary To The WorldCheck out this awesome video about the McKinney Rotary Club and their international projects. |
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Aaron's Well Rotary Project - Seeking Partners The Aaron's Well project in Kenya Africa is seeking partnerships! Currently, they have 3 clubs and two districts participating in the project, including Athens, Texarkana, and Prosper. The project scope: Building a well to service orphanages in the area. Click for more info. |
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Carrollton-Farmers Branch Toliet Paper Drive The Rotary Club of Carrollton-Farmers Branch is “Taking the Toilet Paper Challenge” and is teaming up with a local non-profit agency, Metrocrest Services, to try and collect 100,000 rolls of toilet paper by August 26, 2021 (National Toilet Paper Day). |
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DG Max Duplant"s Message for July |
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Service Project Fun Members of White Rock Rotary and friends collated the newsletter for White Rock Center of Hope at JJs Cafe in June. A good time was had by all! |
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New Cause-Based Club Charter Celebration! Our District’s new cause based club, Suicide Prevention & Brain Health e-Club, will celebrate its charter on July 19th at 7PM CT and you are invited to attend! DG Max Duplant will preside along with PDG Linda Elliott who is serving as the club’s mentor. |
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Flag program spreads honor throughout community Volunteers in Carrollton and Farmers Branch are spreading honor and patriotism one flag at a time. |
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Mesquite Rotary Presents a Successful Post-Covid-19 Rodeo Road Rally Fundraiser The Mesquite Rotary Club completed another smooth and successful Rodeo Road Rally bike ride fundraiser on Saturday, June 12th. |
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Plano Rotararct Installation Event Plano Community Rotaract was joined by North Texas Pioneers and Parck Cities for their Installation Event. Great turnout! |
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Special Guest Visits Carrollton-Farmers Branch Miss Carrollton visits the Rotary Club of Carrollton - Farmers Branch. Pictured with Club President Sonja Dodds. |
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End of Year Giving The Rotary Club of Carrollton - Farmers Branch has its annual year giving luncheon. |
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RC oF Flag Program - Wet Flags? Great Fellowship! Extra care of the Rotary Club of Frisco’s flags was required after untimely rains. |
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Grand Prairie Metro's Adopt-A-Spot Service Above Self - even in the heat! Grand Prairie Metro conducted their first Adopt-A-Street in Grand Prairie. |
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Rotary Club of Plano Celebrates 75 Years
The Plano Rotary Club is hosting a 75+1 Year Anniversary Party on June 24, 2021. Seventy-five years ago, the Richardson Rotary Club sponsored a group of folks in Plano, Tx and we became the Plano Rotary Club. Together six clubs were formed over the years, but the Plano Rotary Club is the grand papa of Plano. |
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People of Action’ supporting communities in District 5810 Whether they’re meeting at sunrise, noon or mid-day, Rotarians across the country — and throughout the world — continue to find ways to serve others while keeping true to their founder’s vision: “So professionals of diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas and form meaningful, lifelong friendships and give back to their communities.” |
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I Got Mugged Twice With stories and fun facts, Ms. McCullough had us in stitches at the Wylie East Fork Rotary June 10th lunch meeting. |
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McKinney Rotary Supports Coll County History Museum Sharon Scott, Community Service Chair, presented $386 to Collin County History Museum for the May Charity of the Month. |
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Melissa Rotary Memorial Day Observance The Rotary Club of Melissa gathered at the @cityofMelissa pavilion out of the rain to remember those who gave it all for our freedom. While the rain kept our Flyover on the ground, many gathered to acknowledge the service of others. A special thanks to Pastor Stacey Piyakhun of @MelissaUMC for opening us with prayer. |
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District Awards Celebration Event Save the date of Thursday, Aug 5th 2021 at 6PM for our District Awards Celebration Event. This will be held at the Edison Event Center, 1724 Cockrell Ave., Dallas TX. The cost is $35 per person. Table purchase is available. Click here to Register. |
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DG John Moser's June Message
This is the final edition of the 2020/2021 District Governor’s report as my term comes to an end, and I hand the reigns over to DGE Max Duplant. Max is eagerly awaiting her turn as District 5810’s Governor. I ask that you join me in giving Max your complete attention and cooperation for her term, as you did for mine. Max’s installation party will be held at 6:30PM on Tuesday, June 29th at the Las Colinas Country Club, 4400 N O'Connor Rd, Irving, TX 7506. |
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Mesquite Rotary Presents $12,000 in Scholarships to Area Students The Mesquite Rotary Club has presented scholarship awards of $1,500 each to students from each of the Mesquite and Sunnyvale area high schools, and to a student from the Mesquite Academy. This investment by the club in the future of these deserving area scholars totaled $12,000. |
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Plano Police Lunch Delivery Plano West Rotary Club coordinated with the restaurant Greek Isles in order to provide lunches on May 11 to the Plano Police Department. Volunteers picked up the lunches from Greek Isles and deliver them to the hard-working officers at their main station! |
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Register Early for District & Club Leader Installation Come join us on Tuesday, June 29th at 6:30PM as we kick-off the new Rotary with the installation of District Governor Max Duplant. The event will be held at the Las Colinas Country Club, 4400 N O'Connor Rd, Irving, TX 75062. Club Presidents are invited to be officially installed at this event, too. Even if your club is planning to hold a separate installation event, you can be installed at this event as well. Open to all Rotarians! The cost is $58.10 per person (a plate meal is included). Click to Register |
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Olympic Day Irving Las Colinas
The Rotary Club of Irving Las Colinas is a proud partner of the Olympic Day Irving Las Colinas. They invite you to join them on June 25-26, 2021, as they celebrate Olympic Day Irving-Las Colinas. Olympic Day Irving-Las Colinas weekend events will include sports, cultural and educational activities including an Olympic Day Run (Family Fun Walk & Run, 5K and 10K distances), sports tournaments, exhibitions, music and educational seminars. |
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Park Cities Kyle Marmillion Is Recognized as one of Park Cities People's '20 Under 40' “Kyle Marmillion is a busy guy, "starts the article on Kyle in the May, 2021 issue of Park Cities People. He is quoted, "I have had tremendous opportunities, and I am very grateful for each of the opportunities I have taken. In the great scheme of things, I still feel like I am just getting started." |
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Park Cities Partners With North Texas Pioneers to Co-Sponsor Plano Community Rotaract Club RCPC has entered a new collaborative partnership to co-sponsor the Plano Community Rotaract Club. We are partnering with the North Texas Pioneer Rotary Club in our sponsorship. |
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Safer Dallas Better Dallas Honors Local Leaders, Raises $100,000 in Partnership With RC of Dallas Rotary Club of Dallas' Annual charity golf tournament and dinner raise funds to help protect Dallas residents, continue ongoing partnership with Dallas Police Department. |
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Clean Water Projects in Ghana The Irving Sunrise Rotary Club and the Dallas Rotary Club agreed to partner on funding 8 water wells and a latrine in various communities in the Accra area of Ghana Africa. |
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McKinney Rotary Supports Covid Relief in India On Friday, May 14, 2021 the McKinney Rotary Club presented a $1,000 check to Fr. Renny Kattel in support of Covid relief in Kottayam, India. Funds will be used for the purchase of 100 PPE kits. |
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Allen Sunrise Tours Newly Expanded Central Fire Station The Rotary club of Allen Sunrise was treated to a tour of Allen Fire Department’s newly renovated and expanded Central Fire Station on May 12. |
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Coppell Rotarians Excel in Coppell Chamber Membership Extravaganza
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Melissa Scholarship Awards The Melissa Rotary Club awarded $12,500 in scholarships to 19 Interact students. |
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Mesquite Rotary’s 24th Rodeo Road Rally Coming Up at a New Location on June 12th
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Wylie East Fork Feeds Hungry Racers Rotary of Wylie East Fork members Becky Welch, Sam Satterwhite, Bryan Brokaw, and Chris Gaston flipped hundreds of hot dogs for hungry racers and spectators. Wylie 500 Pedal Car Race benefits area Special Olympics. Youth ages 2 to 5 years raced 500 inches down Historic Downtown Wylie. |
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District 5810 Four Way Test Speech Contest Finalists Congratulations to the Four-Way Test Speech Contest Finalists! Here is the placement: 1st place – Julia Lin of Plano High School, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Plano West. She will receive a $1,000 scholarship check and a plaque. |
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McKinney Rotary Supports Community Garden Kitchen and Project Graduation On April 27 the McKinney Rotary Foundation presented the MISD Project Graduation a check for $1,000 and to the Community Garden Kitchen a check for $2,500 in support of a security system. |
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McKinney Rotary Supports the Samaritan Inn Sharon Scott, Community Service Chair of the McKinney Rotary Club, presented $2,200 to Emily Johnson for the Samaritan Inn’s ‘Sponsor a Child’ Program. $500 covers the basic needs of one child while in their care. |
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Public Image Olympic Game Winners Congratulations to the 11 Clubs that completed the PUBLIC IMAGE OLYMPIC GAME: Plano West Rotary, Addison Midday, McKinney, Allen Sunrise, Dallas, Rockwall, Coppell, Richardson East, Wylie East Fork, Park Cities and Grand Prarie Metro! Big round of applause to the Rotary Club of Plano West who completed the Olympic Games first!!! GREAT JOB everyone! |
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Armstrong Middle School Food Project Plano West Rotary and other awesome volunteers assisted the administrators, teachers and staff of Armstrong Middle School to organize & distribute food from the North Texas Food Bank through a COVID-19 safe drive-thru to students and their families affected by food insecurity. We contributed 9 volunteers (4 PWRC members) to this effort in combination with their volunteer team, and provided a lot of nutritious food (valued at $1000) for 1.5 hours on a Tuesday afternoon. |
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District Conference a Huge Success The two day conference was held In Allen and we had 120 plus in attendance. Highlights of the conference were the All Club Luncheon with our RI Director, Susie Howe and a special video from our Interactors. Saturday brought more highlights and excellent speakers. The Roaring 20's Gala on Saturday evening was dedicated by DG John Moser to PDG Beverly Groghan who began the event last year but due to Covid was unable to proceed. See the photos. |
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Preston Hollow Rotary Produced Award-Winning Film Preston Hollow Rotary Club joined with two other District 5810 clubs, White Rock and Melissa, and with the Autism Treatment Center in Dallas, to produce and distribute an award-winning short film, “Hide Your Love Away.” |
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Rotarians Produce Service The Marriott Courtyard at Allen Event Center was a center of service when it hosted the Rotary International District 5810 North Texas 2021 conference this past weekend. The City of Allen Mayor and charter member of the Rotary Club of Allen Sunrise, Ken Fulk, welcomed District 5810 Governor John Moser at a Friday luncheon to kick off this two-day event. |
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DG John Moser's May Message
Rotary District 5810 has just finished its version of The District Conference for 2020/2021, and if I may say so myself, it was a smashing success. I want to thank everyone who joined us for this amazing gathering. The event was held at the Courtyard by Marriott in Allen, Texas. This venue was perfect for this size of an event, and the hotel staff really outdid themselves to take care of us. |
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Celebrating Unity In the Community The Rotary Club of Grand Prairie Metro took part in The Big Event on April 24th, 2021. Patterned after similar events on university campuses, the Big Event is one day for city-wide volunteerism. Celebrating unity in the community, we pair volunteers who want to help others with residents who have a qualifying project. Our club paired with the Children First Counseling Center where we helped them move into their new offices and clean up the landscape. |
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Mesquite Rotary Holds Annual Four Way Test Speech Contest The Mesquite Rotary Club hosted its annual "Four Way Test" Speech Contest at the Mesquite ISD David Belt Professional Development Center on April 20th. Covid safety protocols were in place, with only the necessary contestants, teachers, school officials, club leaders, and contest committee members actually present. |
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CFB Rotary Receives Community Award On Tuesday night, April 20, the City of Carrollton presented Carrollton-Farmers Branch Rotary with the 2021 Outstanding Community Organization Award (shared with Inspiring Lives Inc). |
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Hope Supply Easter Baskets 2021 The Addison Midday Rotary Club made 50 Easter Baskets for Hope Supply who distributed them throughout the community. This is our favorite service project of the year. We have lost count on the number of years we have made Easter Baskets. |
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Mesquite Rotary Donates to Three Community Organizations Mesquite Rotary President Dr. Angel Rivera recently presented donations to support the community works of three Mesquite organizations. |
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Veterans Comfort Kits The Melissa Rotary donated the supplies and packaged up 50 Veteran Comfort Kits. These kits will be delivered to the District Conference to be combined with other clubs efforts. |
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 Amy Bosway and Lori Crider represented the soon to charter cause based Rotary Club of Suicide Prevention and Brain Health e-Club in a service project with Dallas Off-road Bicycle Association (DORBA) to prepare the trails for the upcoming mountain bike race at Big Cedar Wilderness in Dallas. |
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Interact Food Drive Coppell High School Interact Club organized a food drive with other Interact Clubs across North Texas for the Salvation Army. Under the leadership of Coppell's Interact President, Yashasvi Karri, enough food was collected to feed 88 families for a week. In addition to food, the packages contained hygiene materials and socks. |
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Run for our Heroes "Our loved ones never really leave us," Rotarian and President of 1LT. Welch Run charity shared as she inspired community members to lace up and run in remembrance for the 10th annual Run for our Heroes event Saturday, April 17th. |
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Get Ready for World Immunization Week During World Immunization Week, 24-30 April, join with Rotary to combat vaccine hesitancy and misinformation by spreading the facts about why #VaccinesWork. With decades of experience fighting polio, Rotary plays a key role in informing people about the power and effectiveness of vaccines. As COVID-19 vaccines become more available, Rotary members are using our experience in fighting polio to help communities with their vaccination education and organization efforts. |
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White Rock Rotary Helps Plant a Garden in a 'Food Desert'
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RYLead….Virtual RYLA….A very successful program Congratulations to all our RYLead campers and staffers--we wrapped up our virtual camp RYLA this last month, and we have so much to celebrate! All students who were selected to attend the in-person Camp RYLA were invited to participate, and in the end, about 90 students participated in our first virtual camp, RYLead. |
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DG John Moser's April Message
Spring has arrived. The days are warmer, the trees are turning green, the flowers are blooming. And my lawn is filled with dandelions!!! As of now, the State of Texas no longer has any restrictions on Covid-19 vaccinations for anyone 16 or older. So, I ask, no encourage each of you to please get your shots…2 shots (unless the vaccine is Johnson and Johnson). |
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Mesquite Rotary Donates $3,500 to Mesquite ISD Education Foundation
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Helping to Improve Nutrition in the Bonton Neighborhood For anyone unfamiliar with Bonton Farms, it was started by Daron Babcock several years ago as a way to bring food and jobs to a very poor South Dallas neighborhood in an area designated as a “food desert.” The farms have prospered and expanded to include the Bonton Market and a café that is open to the public for lunch, among other projects benefiting the community. |
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Rockwall Rotary Club Finds New Way to Honor Local Students
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Little Dresses For Africa The Melissa Rotary and Interact clubs combined to make up "little Dresses for Africa" BY teaming up with other local groups we successfully carried off the 5th year of this project. Kellie Maynard posted the following about the project: |
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Greenville's Raffle Fundriaser - Cozumel for 2
The Rotary Club of Greenville and The Rotary Club of Cozumel are teaming up for an amazing fundraiser! Cozumel Vacation for 2 ... How many tickets do you want? Raffle ticket- $50 each. To purchase tickets, contact Katy Ridge |
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Take Advantage of Virtual Club Leader Training Join us on Saturday, April 10th at 8:30AM for our virtual District Assembly. Meet incoming District Governor Max Duplant for Rotary 2021-22 Club Leader Training. Courses: President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, Membership, Foundation, Public Image, and Strategic Planning. This is a free training event however you must register to receive the Zoom link. All Rotarians are welcome!! Click to Register. |
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Volunteers Wanted for District Service Project VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! We need your support with our DISTRICT SERVICE PROJECTS for District Conference. Our theme is Sanitation, and clubs will be able to participate in multiple ways, working to assemble three types of Hygiene kits for our North Texas community. For more info & to sign up: https://rotary5810.org/sitepage/hygiene-kits-service-project |
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Rotary’s Learning Center Available on Mobile Devices
Rotary’s Learning Center now available on mobile devices! You can now take Rotary’s online courses on most mobile devices. See our how-to guide for detailed instructions or follow these steps to get started: |
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Congratulations Essay Winners Congratulations to our essay winners for the Four Way Test essays from the Bobby Summers Middle School interact Club! Avery Bilotte -1st, Bernabe Solis 2nd, and Marissa Flores 3rd. Great job students! |
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Brown Bag Lunches for Homeless in Dallas On February 26th, the University of Dallas Rotaract club held a service project called the Brown Bag Lunch Program. 200 brown bag lunches were prepared for Mother Teresa food pantry and the following day they were distributed to the homeless in downtown Dallas. |
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White Rock Rotary Steps Up to Sit Down White Rock Rotary assisted the White Rock Rock Center of Hope (WRCH) with collating their quarterly newsletter. WRCH is a non profit that serves several Zip Codes in East Dallas. WRCH assists with food, clothing, and sometimes, financial assistance to those in need. The newsletter helps keep donations coming in for these activities. |
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Richardson East Rotary Club's first virtual Games and Gala – Big Success! On February 27th, Richardson East Rotary Club held its Games and Gala, the first ever virtual! When planning started back in July 2020, there was still a chance to hold an in-person event, however rather quickly it was apparent that it would be very questionable and therefore all efforts were put into a virtual event. |
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Register For District Flag Summit Our 3rd District 5810 Flag Summit will be a Zoom Meeting on Saturday, March 20, 2021 from 9:30 AM to Noon. As in the past our primary focus is on Sharing Best Practices. District 5810 has over 20 clubs that have flag subscription programs, each with unique ways of organizing and implementing their program. |
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DG John Moser's March Message
When the Covid-19 Pandemic struck, it seemed as if most of our activities came to a stop. Now, it seems the District is getting busier and busier. In February, our District Governor-Elect participated in a virtual International Assembly where our incoming Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta introduced his theme for 2021-2022, “Serve To Change Lives”. |
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First there was COVID, and then there was Snovid ... and a whole new set of challenges for the North Texas Food Bank and all the people they serve. Trisha Cunningham, CEO of the Food Bank, knew that the demand was increasing with little way to mobilize for immediate action. Their trucks were grounded, the supply change to grocery stores was fragile, and most people were trapped in their homes. For those with food insecurity, this was a crisis in the making. |
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Rockwall Rotarians Adopt Local Seniors for Valentine’s Day
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John Hewko Visits Plano West RotaryRotary International CEO & General Secretary John Hewko featured guest speaker at Plano West Rotary on Feb. 23rd to celebrate RI's 116th Anniversary. |
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The Addison Midday Rotary Club had a Souper Meeting The week before the Super Bowl, Metrocrest Services asked for soup donations. The Addison Midday Rotary Club of 25 members was challenged to fill up the trunk of Club Member Mary Jo’s car with soup for Metrocrest Services at our weekly meeting. The challenge was met and exceeded expectations - the soup donations ‘spilled’ over to the back seat of her car. |
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30-Day Acts of Kindness Challenge "We cannot do great things on this earth, only small things with great love." - Mother Teresa Rotary has two official mottoes: 1) Service Above Self, 2) One Profits Most Who Serves Best. Plano West Rotary leads outdoor, mask required service projects each month. It also leads "passive" projects volunteers can do from the safety of their home. |
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It's Time For Our Annual District Conference Celebration It is time to CeLeBrAte what WE as a District have done this Rotary year. Friday, April 23 and Saturday, April 24, those are the dates – write them down. You can attend in person or virtually. |
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Plano Rotary Feeding Collin County One Meal at a Time Plano Rotary Club was on track to celebrate 2020-2021 as its 75th anniversary when Covid-19 hit and our club saw an opportunity to serve the community in a new way. Since our dues included our lunches, we took that part of our dues and bought meals for various non-profits that are busy serving others every day. |
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Grand Prairie Metro Brings Smiles to Seniors Seventy-five residents at Heritage Nursing Home received essential goods (shampoo, conditioner, body wash), a warm blanket, and a stuffed animal thanks to the Grand Prairie Metro Rotarians! Even Grand Prairie Police Officer Seitz stopped by Main Event to lend a hand!! |
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Collin County Covid Vaccination Rotarian Kathy Mixson of the Melissa Rotary Club has been serving at one of the Collin County Covid Vaccination sites for the past few weeks. The large site has been working daily to admirer the available vaccines to first responders and those over 65. Thank you Kathy for service above self. |
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Carrollton Farmers Branch International Service Update Carrollton-Farmers Branch Rotary set a new Valentine's Day sale record for West Haven and Blessed Assurance children's homes! |
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White Rock Rotary Explores the Caribbean Last Friday, one of our White Rock Rotary members, Enid Jones, arranged a wonderful joint Zoom with Regina Edwards of the Farmers Branch Club and Dominica Pradere of the Montego Bay Rotary Club in Jamaica. |
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Rotary Club of Allen Sunrise Supports Local Blood Drive The Rotary Club of Allen Sunrise supported a local blood drive at Watters Creek at Montgomery Farms in Allen, TX. The drive occurred on a chilly afternoon on December 30, 2020. In one afternoon, 15 units of whole blood were collected, which has the potential to impact 45 community members. Due to Covid-19, blood donations are critical, and the club's donations will help address a a nationwide shortage. |
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Rotary 2021-2022 Theme Revealed President-elect Shekhar Mehta encourages members to be changemakers and announces his theme for the 2021-2022 Rotary year, Serve to Change Lives. Learn more: http://on.rotary.org/3j6bVuc |
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Mardi Gras Time! Since we have spent so much time apart, who’s ready for a party? 5810 Rotarians, that’s whom! Let’s gather VIRTUALLY on Fat Tuesday evening and enjoy some visiting with District Rotarians. Dust off that Boa, get out the beads, wear a funny hat, or beautiful mask, sequins and let’s PARTY! |
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Celebration Of Life - January John Edward Gay, a 3-term Mayor of McKinney, passed away at the age of 91 on Tuesday, January 26, 2021. He dedicated his life to public service, family, church and community. |
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DG John Moser's February Message
Here’s hoping each and everyone is looking towards a very happy Valentine’s day, and a really great month. |
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Celebrate Rotary's 116th Birthday Plano West Rotary Club is being honored with the privilege of having Rotary International's General Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, John Hewko, speak to their club at on Rotary's 116th Anniversary on February 23rd club meeting over Zoom. All Rotarians are welcome to join!! |
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Rockwall’s Future Rotarians Help Neighbors in Need
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District 5810 Four-Way Speech Contest 2021 The District 5810 Four-Way Test Speech Contest will be held on Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., live via Zoom! |
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Earn Cash Prizes for Public Image Olympic Games We are excited to announce that CASH PRIZES will be earned for the Public Image Olympic Games! These games were developed to help your Club MAXIMIZE your Rotary Club Public Image. Clubs that complete all six games will be entered into a raffle at our District Conference on April 23-24. There will be 3 Clubs chosen - with the top prize of $500 and (2) $250 prizes. |
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New Year, New Officers, Big Plans!! Faith Family Academy Interact, 1st LIVE meeting. |
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Rotary Club Supports Local Outreach The Melissa Rotary Club performed a Service project at the Melissa Community Outreach. A local youth group collected over 10,000 hygiene items over the weekend and the Club sorted all of them into categories for placement into hygiene kits to be handed out to local clients. Half the club sorted and the other half made up the hygiene kits. The club was joined by District Governor, John Moser who helped to make up the kits. Thanks John for your support to our club. |
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Camp RYLA 2021 Kick-Off and RYLead 2020
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Rockwall Rotarians Help the Troops for the Holidays
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The Rotary Club of Dallas – Feed the Need
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The Importance of Rotary's Visual Identity Some brands are recognized around the world just by their logos. When people see the logo, they instantly know what it means and what to expect from the product. Building that kind of visual recognition requires effort, including years of using a logo widely and consistently. Companies work at this because earning that global recognition benefits their business. |
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Addison Rotarians Make the Trains Run Smooth! On the afternoon of December 9, members of the Addison Rotary Club continued the Club's long legacy of service to the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas (RHMD) by hosting visitors to the "Trains at NorthPark" (Trains) exhibit. |
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Christmas Came Early for Ronald McDonald House of Dallas On December 21, the Rotary Club of Addison gave the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas an early Christmas gift - a check for $170,000 from the proceeds of the 30th Addison Rotary Open, held on September 14, 2020. |
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Rotary Club of Park Cities Adapts the Snider Plaza Tree Lighting to Collect Toys for the Salvation Army From a smaller beginning thirteen years ago, the Snider Plaza Tree Lighting has become one of the signature events of the Rotary Club of Park Cities, attracting about 6,000 people last year. The community was entertained with music, food and beverages, while the kids could visit the Fun Zone or talk to Santa. Well, that was last year! |
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DG John Moser's January Message
WOW! What a year 2020 was. I know I’m glad it’s over, and I’m looking forward to a new and improved year – 2021. As a District, we did actually pull off some pretty neat things:
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Melissa Volunteers at County Outreach The Melissa Rotary conducted a service project at the Melissa Community Outreach, a food pantry for the area. The Club came out to help sort items and organize the MCO Food Pantry. |
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Cleaning Up Plano Thanks to our 9 volunteers of Plano West Rotary club, other Rotarians, and friends who helped with their Adopt-a-Highway clean-up they do every other month, over on Avenue K, between Spring Creek Parkway and Parker Road. It looks "marvelous"! :) |
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Pajamas for Children of Veterans Plano West Rotary didn't want to just 'write a check' to support veterans. Its members wanted to serve veterans. They partnered with American Legion and Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center to give over 450 comfy pajamas to children of veterans. |
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Richardson Rotary Club Becomes a 100% Paul Harris Club Richardson Rotary Club reached a momentous milestone in December 2020. The Club's Foundation Committee Chair, Radi Al-Rashed had a vision at the beginning of his term as Chair to make the club "100% Paul Harris" by the end of the year. That goal has now been achieved. |
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Rotary International Dues Invoices
In January, Rotary International will send each Rotary Club its semi-annual dues invoice for all active club members on the club roster as of January 1, 2021. Also reflected on the Rotary International statement is a pro-rata dues invoice for any active club member who joined the Rotary Club between July 2, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Invoices from Rotary International are payable to Rotary International upon receipt. |
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McKinney Rotary Spreading Christmas Joy Yesterday, the McKinney Rotary club made a huge Impact with $7500. We gave Samaritan Inn $2500 which will provide 1350 meals. |
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Coppell Rotary & Metrocrest Services Making Senior Citizens Holidays Bright!
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Learning Something New Member, Dr. Joel Davis, gave members a hands-on lesson on his new hobby teaching us how stained glass art is created. We had a great time and lots of laughs and walked away with a special ornament. |
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A Little Collaboration With Big Impact Rotary Club or Wylie East Fork launched a toy drive as we made the decision to cease our in-person meetings. We understood this would create enough of a challenge that our participation might suffer. |
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 The Greenville Rotary Club’s 24th annual Cotton Patch Challenge was a big success this year. The bike ride held on the third Saturday in September had a large participation and fantastic weather. |
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Mesquite Rotary Sponsored Successful Food Drive Benefiting Sharing Life
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CFB Rotary Celebrates Sixty Years of Service CFB Rotary celebrated its sixtieth birthday with a festive lunch at noon on Thursday, November 19, at the Brookhaven Country Club. President Sonja Dodds joined two of our most senior members, John Dodd and Dick Calvert, in displaying the Club's original charter! |
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In the Season of Giving, Park Cities Feeds the Hungry Locally
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Rockwall Rotary Club Feeds the Hungry
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'Masketeers' at White Rock Lake A group comprised equally of members of White Rock Rotary and Lake Highlands High School Interact picked up trash during a shoreline spruce up at White Rock Lake. |
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Promoting Your Club As People Of Action You have the power to increase people's understanding of Rotary by showing your members as people of action! Our Public Image Olympic Game II was created to introduce Clubs to the People of Action public image campaign. |
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Collin College – Wylie Campus treats Rotary Club of Wylie East Fork to an Education Collin College – Wylie Campus treats Rotary Club of Wylie East Fork to an education. |
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Operation Christmas Child Rotary Club of Wylie East Fork looks forward to this project every year. Members of the club bring items that might interest teen boys and pack 20 boxes for Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse. |
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DG John Moser's December Message
Holiday Season! We all have so much to be thankful for, and a season of love and giving. Since Service (Giving) is essential to Rotary, I would like to encourage everyone to remember that any funds contributed to the Rotary Foundation help those in need. There are so many in need, and our Foundation helps people locally, nationally and internationally. So, if your circumstances allow, remember the Rotary Foundation in your gifting plans. |
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Love Where You Live Plano Sunrise Team 10 Members of the Plano Sunrise Rotary Club rebuilt a family in need home fence and porch railing. We also redid some of the landscaping. |
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Allen Sunrise Feed The Hungry On Nov. 8, several members (their children & grandchildren) from the Rotary Club of Allen Sunrise (and proposed members-to-be) turned out to help package food for Honduran families under the Kids Against Hunger program. |
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Addison Rotarians Answer 'The Call to Feed Area Families' On October 14, members of the Rotary Club of Addison gathered at the Metrocrest Food Pantry in Farmers Branch to pack and distribute food 'care packages' for over 100 families. |
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New Cause-Based Rotary Club Forming! Get ready to welcome a new cause-based Rotary Club to our district - D5810 Advocates for Suicide Prevention and Brain Health! |
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Grand Prairie Metro Rotary Shops for Christmas Gifts The Grand Prairie Metro Rotary Club of Texas shopped until they dropped for families in need. In support of the Grand Prairie Police Department's Santa Cop Foundation, Rotarians masked up and headed to "Santa's Workshop". |
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Garland Rotary and the Rotary Club of Chennai Renaissance On November 17, 2020, the Garland Rotary club had a joint meeting with our sister club, the Rotary Club of Chennai Renaissance, India. Our guest speaker was Garland Rotarian, Dr. Grace Smart, DDS. |
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Melissa's Veteran's Day Tribute Melissa Rotary observed Veterans Day with a gathering of Vets, family and neighbors. Melissa Mayor Greer spoke thanking the Veterans for their service and for allowing us to live in a Free Nation. |
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McKinney Sunrise & Collin County College Foundation
At today's Club Assembly, on a unanimous vote, the club confirmed initiating a scholarship granting relationship with the Collin County College Foundation. The scholarship granting will be a partnership relationship whereby the Rotary Club of McKinney Sunrise will provide the initial funding of one scholarship Endowment by seeding the endowment with $5000. |
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People Of Action Shoe Drive Local Rotarians hit the pavement with both feet to exceed our shoe drive goal. With 203 pairs donated, our club doubled our goal and was glad to support the work of Rotary District 5810 - North Texas. Pictured Wylie East Fork Club President Brenda modeling the haul as she drops them off. |
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Alzheimer's Walk-A-Thon Rotary Clubs of Rockwall Breakfast and Wylie East Fork serves beyond our city limit. Sachse, Texas tucks right in with our service area with many of our members residents so we feel it’s a natural and companionable fit. |
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Sachse Chase Wylie East Fork club members Lynn Fagerstrom and Brenda Byboth manned a stop for Sachse Chamber of Commerce’s Fallfest Wild Goose Chase Scavenger Hunt. |
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Rockwall Rotary’s Hot Rocks Bike Ride Gets a Temporary COVID-19 Makeover, and Community Responds in a Big Way Facing a year of extreme challenges, the Rockwall Rotary Club gets creative to raise money for student scholarships—and successfully hosts a modified version of their premier annual event. |
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Donate Pajamas For Kids The Plano West Rotary Club in partnership with American Legion, VA are seeking donations of pajamas for kids of Veterans all through the month of November. Donations can be dropped off at the Greek Isles in Plano. |
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November Deadline for Public Image Olympic Games II and III The deadlines for the PUBLIC IMAGE OLYMPIC GAME 2 and GAME 3 are quickly approaching! Game 2 has you create a People Of Action photo. See here for details & deadline dates. Click here to see where you Club stands on the Scoreboard. |
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RYLA News District 5810's RYLA programming is busier than ever as we head into the fall academic year. We kicked off Modules One and Two of RYLead, our online leadership training program that launched in order to fulfil our promise to the students who were unable to attend camp in person this summer. |
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DG John Moser's November Message
Wow! The year 2020 continues to Open Opportunities for Rotary. We’ve still to visit two clubs, however we are really impressed with the clubs who have hosted Rotary Clubs have distinguished themselves with their dedication to service, even during this period of pandemic. |
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Mesquite Rotary Assists at Annual Addressing Mesquite Day A big team of Mesquite Rotary members, Poteet High School football players, and volunteers under the leadership of Mesquite Rotary past president John Taylor and PHS coach Joseph Huber assisted a disabled Mesquite resident on Addressing Mesquite Day, October 3rd. |
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Supporting YMCA Youth Programs in Irving Club President Robert Allsup presents to the YMCA Serves Irving an annual check for $5000 to support Youth/Children Programs in Irving to Tricey Love (Executive Director), Brandy Perryman (YMCA COO), Mazhar Ali (Irving Board Chair) & Sandhya Padala (Irving Board Member). |
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Grand Prairie Metro Rotary Feeds Homeless The Grand Prairie Metro Rotary Club gathered at a local church to fill bags of food for our homeless population. |
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Dictionaries for Our Children
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Virtual Food Drive for Metrocrest Services
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Park Cities Rotary Plans Field Trips It’s finally fall; the weather is inviting. The Rotary Club of Park Cities continues to have informative and interesting speakers, but the club is taking it a step further. Our always happy President Elect Happy Franklin has been planning field trips to some of the locations represented by our speakers. |
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Dallas Rotary Salute to America's Veterans The Rotary Club of Dallas requests your attendance for our free on-line event; the 16th Annual Salute to America’s Veterans. Capacity is limited, so we encourage you to register early! Register here: https://sav.hosted.events/ |
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Coppell Flag Program is GROWING
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October Roundtable |
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Take action for World Polio Day: 24 October Every year, Rotarians and Rotaractors across the globe mobilize for World Polio Day to raise awareness about eradicating polio for good. If we stay committed, polio will be the second human disease ever to be eradicated. |
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Prestonwood Rotary Club Foundation Grants Continue Club's Commitment to Children
Two recent grants by the Prestonwood Rotary Club Foundation have added to the club‘s long-standing dedication toward helping children throughout Dallas. |
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Pumpkin Run - Grand Prairie Metro Rotary VIRTUAL 5K Let the (virtual) race begin! COVID-19 is changing a lot of things this year, but Grand Prairie Metro's mission is to raise money for Alzheimer's Association, Rotary International, and our local Grand Prairie Charities remains the same. |
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Carrollton-Farmers Branch Supports Metrocrest Services With the continuing impact of COVID-19, many in our community are in serious lack of sanitation and hygiene supplies. To help, CFB Rotary's Bill Bexley (center) hand-delivered a check for $1,150 to Metrocrest Services Chief Operations Officer Nicole Newkham-Binkley (left) and Chief Executive Officer Tracy Eubanks (right). |
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New Speakers Bureau Do you have a dynamic guest speaker that you believe other Rotarians will enjoy? Every Rotary meeting benefits from dynamic, informative, and entertaining speakers. Exciting and worthwhile meetings keep members engaged and attract new members. We're excited to launch the new ROTARY DISTRICT 5810 SPEAKERS BUREAU! Check it out today! |
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DG John Moser's October Message
Trudy and I have had a really great time visiting District 5810 clubs, both virtually and in person. We’ve visited 45 clubs so far with 16 left to go. I continue to be very pleased at the way our Rotarians are handling this Pandemic and continuing to meet as a Rotary Club. |
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Rockwall’s Shoe Drive Success
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Richardson East Diaper Drive On September 5th Tommie Wright and her husband Roy from the Richardson East Rotary Club delivered SEVENTEEN pallets of diapers, paper goods, cleaning products & food to the Network of Community Ministries. |
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Addison Rotary 2020 Open The Addison Rotary Club held the 30th Annual Addison Rotary Open (ARO) was held on September 14 at Gleneagles Country Club. The club took extra efforts this year to follow COVID-19 safety guidelines including staggered starting times, barriers in golf carts, social distancing and mandatory masks. |
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Melissa Rotary Honors 911 and First Responders The Melissa Rotary participated with the Melissa High School Football team to honor the memory of 9-11 and first responders. Melissa Cardinals Football team came onto the field carrying Rotary Flags with a tribute to those who lost their lives on 9-11 and the first responders. |
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Mesquite Rotary Honors John Todd for 50 Years of Service in the Club
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Plano West Earns Hometown Hero Award Congratulations to the Plano West Rotary Club who received this award from Congressman Van Taylor of the Texas’s 3rd Congressional District. |
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McKinney Rotary Club Wins District Awards
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Frisco Sunrise Rotary Club Feeding those in Need! Frisco Sunrise Rotary Club Sponsored Friendship Baptist Church of The Colony (FBCTC) Food Pantry Program. The Food Pantry provides a significant supply of groceries for families to prepare nutritional meals for a family of four. |
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Denison Raises Funds for New K-9 Unit The Rotary Club of Denison recently raised $25K to present to their local Denison Police Dept. to purchase a new k9 unit. The money was raised by two years of golf tournaments. The funds were received through sponsors, players and raffle items. |
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Adopt A Spot  On Saturday September 19th, the Irving Sunrise Rotary Club participated in the City of Irving's 29th Annual Trash Bash. We added this to our monthly Adopt-a-Spot program. |
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Congratulations 2019-20 Rotary Citation Awardees! Congratulations to the following clubs for earning the 2019-20 Rotary Citation: Addison Midday, Dallas Uptown, Grayson County, Greenville, McKinney, Park Cities, Waxahacie, East Dallas, Plano East, Plano West, Prestonwood and White Rock. |
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September RoundtableHosted by the Rotary Club of Grand Prairie Metro |
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Rotarian Job Connection In this time of economic crisis, many Rotarians find themselves in an unfortunate state so many Americans are experiencing, unemployment. |
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North Texas Giving Day Just Around the Corner !! We have a committee hard at work to make the most of North Texas Giving Day (NTGD), coming up on September 17th . |
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RYLA Programs Update
Camp RYLA has not been "business as usual" in 2020, but when we make a promise, we keep our promise. The students you chose are still getting a change to take part in something incredibly special and powerful. |
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Public Image Olympics Game 1 WELCOME to the 2020 PUBLIC IMAGE OLYMPIC GAMES. These games were developed to help your Club MAXIMIZE your Rotary Club Public Image. The Games will be played throughout Rotary 2020-21. Here is GAME 1: |
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Presten Center Rotary Flattening The Curve Preston Center Rotary Club is very committed to help flatten the curve for COVID-19. One effective way is to not only “mask up” but to use face coverings that shields the eyes as well. |
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Community Blood Drive
Allen Sunrise is partnering with the Allen Noon club on a Blood Drive on Wednesday, September 2nd at Watters Creek at Montgomery Farm in Allen, TX. The drive is open to both Rotarians and to members of the community and is being managed by Carter BloodCare, which is one of Texas' largest blood donation centers. |
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Rotary Club of Coppell, Little Club with a Big Flag Program!
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Addison Midday Rotary Club donates dry erase markers to the George Bush Elementary School For the past four years, at the beginning of the school year, the Principal of the George Bush Elementary School (the only public school in Addison) has spoken to the Addison Midday Rotary Club. |
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Rockwall Rotary’s Blood Drive to Honor Heroes
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Melissa Rotary Installs New Leadership The Melissa Rotary Club installed their new leadership board. Past President Brian Riddle was honored for his service to the club and presented with a thank you gift, his ever own Rotary Bell. |
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Rotary Club of Dallas Honors Three DISD Teachers With “Service Above Self” Awards Three Dallas Independent School District teachers who go above and beyond their job descriptions to help their students were honored by the Rotary Club of Dallas on Aug 12. |
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A Little Help for Our Friends
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Wylie Rotary Teacher's Lunch Rotary Club of Wylie East Fork adopted Hartman Elementary years ago and looks for ways to show our support and appreciation the teachers and students. This year is different with outside meals requiring different management. |
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It’s a New Rotary Year – But COVID Continues
Here we are, six months after the first shelter-in-place order, still masked and distanced. Yet with every problem comes opportunity. One of Park Cities Rotary’s collaborative partners, Agape Clinic in East Dallas, has been open throughout. |
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African Region Declared Polio Free It is with great pleasure that we announce to you that the African region has just been certified wild poliovirus-free. |
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Improving Lives and Fighting for Social Justice Through Rotary Community Corps Mose Stimpson was a slave transported to a small farm town in Texas called Plano. The master bought him to be his daughter’s playmate. When she grew up and got married, she gave him his freedom. |
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Board Meetings in the Time of Covid White Rock Rotary decided to have an in person Board Meeting in the great outdoors. We were all masked and distanced and enjoyed a great view of the lake. We followed the meeting with our usual monthly shoreline spruce up at White Rock Lake. |
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Mesquite Rotary Club Inducts New Officers and Board
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Rotarians Recognized By Circle Ten Council and Scouting
On Saturday August 8th Circle Ten Council recognized all the Scouts who attained the rank of Eagle Scout during Calendar year 2019, as well as adult volunteers involved in Scouting. The 2019 Eagle Scout Class, totaling almost 1,000 young men, was named in honor of Past Rotary Club of Dallas President and Past District 5810 Governor, Linus D Wright. |
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District 5810 Interact - Passing the PinPassing of the pin from Zain Kalson to Julia Lin for Rotary Year 2020-21 |
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Jennifer Jones Selected RI President 2022-23
Jennifer E. Jones, a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario, Canada, has been nominated to become Rotary International’s president for 2022-23, a selection that will make her the first woman to hold that office in the organization’s 115-year history. |
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Celebration of Life 2019-2020 |
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RYLead - Rotary Youth Leadership Education & Development This notice below had been going out to the 2020 Camp RYLA students and alternates that clubs selected in anticipation of this year’s camp program. |
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Plano West Rotary Club Partnership Serves Douglass Community As rallies for racial justice happened throughout Plano and the rest of the U.S. this summer, Alex Johnson, president of Plano West Rotary Club, wanted to get involved but didn’t feel safe attending events in person because of the COVID pandemic. |
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DG John Moser's August Message
We’re almost through July and the Covis-19 pandemic continues cloud our horizons. But, being true Rotarians, District 5810 continues to fight on. Congratulations to all those who submitted applications for District Award, with special congratulations to those who brought back the trophies. Now is the time to start working on an awards program for your club. |
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Making A Difference Virtually The Rotary Club of Coppell is working hard virtually to make a difference in our community. We donated 500 masks to the City of Coppell for Texas State Primary Runoff Elections. |
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Women of the Rockwall Rotary Club Shine in Public Service
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Irving Sunrise Awards Paul Harris Fellows This past week, Rotary Club of Irving Sunrise was to proud honor the service of 7 Rotarians as they join the international network of the Paul Harris Fellows: |
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Celebration of Life - Rick Larsen Rick Larsen from the Rotary Club of Irving Sunrise passed away on July 17, 2020. |
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Join your fellow Rotarians - Save Lives
To host a Rotary Club Blood Drive is a great and easy way to do some good and to introduce new people to Rotary. What a great community service, and to help add new members to any Rotary club. |
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Rotary Club of Coppell Makes a Big Difference Internationally
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Life Time Membership Award Jim Little was awarded a Life Time Membership and a Life Time Achievement award by the Melissa Rotary Club on July 9th. |
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The Rotary Network ... A New Tool This initiative helps Rotarians connect their business with Rotarians, find assistance for challenges both professional and personal, and access career advice and leads. It's Rotarians helping Rotarians! Check it out now. www.therotarynetwork.org |
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Greenville Texas Cotton Patch Challenge 2019 Established in 1996, the Greenville Texas Cotton Patch Challenge is ready to roll out for 2020. Coming on 9/19/2020 you can look forward to great biking and lots of family friendly events while you ride. |
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Rotary Club of Park Cities’ Fourth of July Celebration! For seventeen years the Rotary Club of Park Cities has put on the Park Cities Fourth of July Parade, which draws as many as 10,000 people who line the streets and who participate in the festivities in Goar Park after the Parade. NOT this year! |
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And the Winners are ..... |
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2019-2020 Rotarian of the Year Congratulations to Glen & Vickie Campbell from the Rotary Club of Prestonwood for being awarded "Rotarian of the Year" this past year. Thank you for your dedication to Rotary International and our District! |
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Bill Dendy Receives Top Award Congratulations to PDG Bill Dendy on receiving the Rotary Interantional for Service Above Self! This is a top award at Rotary International and only 150 of these awards are given out annually throughout the world. |
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Rotary Supports Local Libraries The Carrollton-Farmers Branch Rotary Club awarded 2020 Community Service Grants to both local libraries–the Carrollton Library and the Farmers Branch Manske Library. CFB Rotary has long supported the libraries' work. |
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DG John Moser's July Message
Wow, what a finish to the 2019-2020 Rotary year, and it appears the upcoming year is going to present more new and challenging opportunities, But that’s our theme this year, isn’t it…”Rotary Opens Opportunities”. |
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District Awards Event Please plan to attend the Annual Awards Celebration Saturday, July 18 at 5:30 p.m. All clubs who submitted award nominations should plan to attend and celebrate the winners. And those who didn’t submit should attend for inspiration next Rotary year. |
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Flag Summit Follow-Up One of the innovations this past year was the Flag Summit held to discuss best practices of clubs who utilize this fundraiser. Sharing this information proved to be economical. Recently, the Rowlett Rotary Club needed to purchase some additional flags. |
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Dallas Rotary's Dream Team Mentoring Program Oh what a year! Every year we participate in DREAMTeam, it just gets better! DREAMTeam (which stands for Dallas Rotarians Enabling Achievement through Mentoring) is a group of Rotarians who work with students at Woodrow Wilson High School starting in their sophomore year. |
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Rockwall High School Interact Ends Year On High Note
The Rockwall High School Interactors were pretty busy despite not able to physically attend school and the required quarantines. In May and early June, they completed two projects. First, the Interactors wrote 174 letters Mother’s Day cards to three nursing homes in Rockwall. |
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Rockwall Noon Rotary Celebrates Seniors The Rockwall Noon Rotary, in conjunction with the Edward Jones office of Kelly D. Connel, celebrated seniors in the Rockwall Community this year by delivering Mother's Day and Father's Day baskets. |
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Richardson East Rotary Club 2020 Scholarship Recipients
As they have done for over 30 years, the Richardson East Rotary Club of Texas, through their annual scholarship application process, once again responded to the needs of the local community’s graduating high school seniors. |
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Addison Midday Rotary Club Donates to Education Plus Nicaragua Club President Jerry is pleased to report the Addison Midday Rotary Club raised $2,400 for Education Plus Nicaragua, a charity he worked with on his Rotary trip to Nicaragua. members donated $1,200 and the Addison Midday Foundation matched the donations for an additional $1,200. |
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Through Thick and Thin! Neither storms, mud, nor Covid prevented White Rock Rotary from completing an end of the Rotary year clean up at White Rock Lake. |
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Irving Sunrise Adopt-A-Spot The Irving Sunrise Rotary hasn’t missed a single Adopt-a-spot where we pick-up trash once a month along a main road in Irving. |
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Interact Students Participate In Flags Over Irving Jack E Singley Academy Interact students just finished their 1st Full Holiday (Flag Day) Flags Over Irving volunteer opportunity. This club has doubled in size from last year & has a full head of steam with service projects, volunteer opportunities, & revenue producing ideas. |
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McKinney Rotary Particpates in the Battle of the Badges
The McKinney Rotary Club participated at the BATTLE OF THE BADGES between Law Enforcement and the Fire Fighters sponsored by CARTER BLOOD BANK. They donated 28 units. |
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..... and not a drop to drink? In keeping with Prestonwood Rotary’s long-standing commitment to international service, our chair for these projects, Glen Campbell, was able to provide the near-completion of yet another water project in Africa: |
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Plano East eClub-to-be creates a Positive Impact In Costa Rica Even prior to COVID19 shutdowns, select members of the Plano East Rotary club have been leading the effort towards a 100% virtual Rotary experience. This effort is referred to an “eClub,” in anticipation of its spinning off, once the required numbers are reached. |
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DG John Moser's Installation Ceremony |
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Carrollton-Farmers Branch Supports Beas Kids The Carrollton-Farmers Branch Rotary Club has long supported the work of Bea's Kids, a local non-profit whose mission is "to provide educational and personal development programs to children from low income families so they will stay in school and break the cycle of poverty." |
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Coppell Rotary is supporting “Celebrate Coppell Red, White & Views Celebrate Coppell has always been a celebration of people, events, and traditions; encouraging the citizens of Coppell to celebrate our nation’s independence. |
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Community Connections The Melissa Rotary Club held a Flag Day Food Drive in support of the Melissa Community Outreach. MCO supports those in need in the greater Melissa community with food twice a week. |
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Rotary's Statement on Racism
Rotary has dealt with many crises and changes recently, but our diverse, inclusive organization has issued a policy statement based on the recent social injustice activism that has taken place. Please review, embrace and help Rotary connect the world but change the world! |
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Plano Mayor Harry LaRosiliere Gives COVID-19 Update
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Virtual Aloha "Farewell" Party Come join us of our Virtual Aloha Farewell Party on Friday, June 19 at 7PM. We are going to take a virtual tour of the Hawaiin islands and recap our year. Plus, we will be joined by special guest Rotary International President Mark Maloney. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7367348174 |
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Staying Connected-Even at 1:30 AM
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Coppell Rotary Flag Program Brings Community Together
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Plano Metro Supports Local Non-Profits Plano Metro Rotary Club (PMRC) has not held an in-person meeting since early March—but that has not stopped its members from giving back to their community in its time of need. |
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RYLAcast District 5810 Leadership Podcast
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McKinney Purchases Meals for Frontline Workers The McKinney Rotary Board decided to keep collecting the meal portion of the quarterly dues. These funds were to be allocated to helping members in need $325 TD, buying meals for frontline public service & health personnel |
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Students Destined For Grace School, Haiti In early 2020 WHITE ROCK ROTARY CLUB [DISTRICT 5810] embarked on a matching grant project with Rotary Club District 5240 Carpinteria, CA called “Unite to Light” that concluded this month. |
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Generosity Can Kill the Hunger
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Melissa Rotary Sponsors Memorial Day Observance The Melissa Rotary Club sponsored a Memorial Day observance honoring those who have given their lives in service to our country, our First responders, and the Health Professionals who are servicing our community during the COVID pandemic. |
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Park Cities Members Stay Connected During the Shutdown Now that venturing out is encouraged, RCPC’s last meeting of May will be a socially-distanced tailgate in the parking lot of the Biblical Arts Center. |
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Park Cities Adapts For Service During Shutdown Faced with the “previous present,” which we are glad will not be the “new normal,” RCPC’s Leadership and Committee Chairs began to adapt for life during shutdown – and the complications that would bring. |
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Royse City Brings Smiles to RYLA Students Royse City Rotary Club wanted to do something special for the seniors who attended RYLA last summer so we gave them RYLA cords to wear at graduation. |
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Mesquite Rotary Presents $12,000 in Scholarships to Area Students
The Mesquite Rotary Club has presented scholarship awards of $1,500 each to students from each of the Mesquite and Sunnyvale area high schools, and to a student from the Mesquite Academy. |
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Recognition of AHS Interact Seniors |
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Fire Chief Jon Boyd Named 2020 Friend of Education
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Carrollton-Farmers Branch Host an International Zoom Meeting Zoom Rotary meetings have become the new norm for many clubs during this world crises. While clubs would rather meet in person, one of the huge benefits is the opportunity for those members and clubs that have a connection to a club, can join in from around the world. |
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Rotary Feeds The Need The Rotary Club of Dallas has launched Rotary Feeds The Need a matching fund supported by The Rotary Club of Dallas encouraging members watching via Facebook to donate their lunch funds through the Dallas Rotary Club Foundation to a worthy organization that supports our affected Dallas community by feeding those left hungry or our first responders working tirelessly. |
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Going Viral Against The Virus A really unique opportunity was presented to Plano East Rotary from Darren Collins, a Rotarian in the DeSoto Rotary club. He called PDG Ean Sullivan, a member of our club, to tell him that the Kenyan Ministry of Health had contacted him and asked him to create a video for Kenyan TV using puppets to teach the WHO procedures for hand washing, social distancing, and coughing techniques, specifically targeting children. |
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"This We'll Defend", Covid-19 Music
When the national, state, and local governments added ’stay-at-home’ to the collective vernacular and called on Americans to practice new social distancing guidelines in an effort to help flatten the pandemic curve, Lindsey Lloyd, a retired army veteran military bandsman and Rotarian in the Allen Sunrise Club, placed calls to his friends and neighbors around the country to cheer them up during the quarantine by playing requested familiar eventful songs on his trumpet. (https://youtu.be/Oiwj8qr6Nek) |
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Rotary Club of Coppell Donates $4,000 to Metrocrest Services
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District 5810 Still Going Strong Despite Challenges of Covid-19 District 5810, despite having a generous year of sharing Local and world-wide grants, scrambled to identify any surplus funds that could be used to help during the Crisis. It was decided that local food distribution points needed help, and a challenge was issued to the clubs, allowing for a matching grant. |
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White Rock Rotary Supports Sisters' Garden
Life is a little different for us now. You will not see many fun photos of Rotarians at work in person at the moment.. However you can find a plethora of evidence of Rotary at work! This somewhat 'boring' photo show fruits and vegetables growing in the Sisters' Garden, an enclosed garden run by nuns (Mother Theresa's order) as part of a convent in South Dallas. |
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Sharing a Little Edible Love to the Essential Staff at Agape Clinic Agape Clinic, which provides medical services in East Dallas to the homeless, the poor and the working poor, and a collaborative partner of Rotary Club of Park Cities, remains open to provide crucial medical care. |
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Unprecedented Service During Unprecedented Times
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Preston Hollow Supports Inspired Vision Food Bank Interview with Jeet Solanki regarding Preston Hollow Rotary Club project supporting Inspired Vision Food Bank in Dallas. Click photo to listen to interview. |
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Sunset Satellite Helps to Meet Needs
When local non-profits in McKinney described mounting needs at a time when their scheduled fund-raising activities were cancelled due to the coronavirus quarantine, McKinney Sunset, a satellite of the Rotary Club of McKinney Sunrise stepped up. |
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YEA! Frisco Graduate helping those in need! Frisco Sunrise Rotary Club sponsored Frisco Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) graduate, founder and CEO of Generations Hope’s mission to bring memorable experiences and meaningful relationships to underprivileged youth living in multi-family residences. |
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Plano East Helping The Local Community
There is a company called Trusted World that provides services to a variety of 501 C 3 entities. It is a unique company started by Michael Garrett from his garage about 10 years ago. If you think of them as a clearinghouse for other 501's to shop for the needs of their recipients that is accurate. |
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Rotary Responds Covid-19 Telethon
Join this live event on Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 10AM to hear stories of hope, inspiration and gratitude from Rotarians, Rotaractors and friends of #Rotary from across the globe as they share what they are doing to help their communities. The telethon will also showcase how our polio eradication infrastructure is helping to combat COVID-19. The goal is to raise more than $1 million dollars! To watch, visit facebook.com/rotary. Here is how you can participate: |
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Helping Those Who Help Those Who Cannot Help Themselves
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Project Volunteer Surge The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed our healthcare system to its limits. We can take action now through a citizen volunteer opportunity called Volunteer Surge! Rotary Clubs across the country are partnering with Volunteer Surge to recruit one million volunteers to participate in a new program that provides training online, for free, to become a Telehealth Worker or a Community Health Worker. Rotarian founded nonprofit The Global Impact Group is leading this effort. Click here to join the effort called Volunteer Surge! |
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Addison Midday Donates $4500 to Metrocrest Services On March 24, 2020 the Board of the Addison Midday Rotary Club approved a $2,000 donation to Metrocrest Services to support their programs including their food pantry. |
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Rotary Club of Allen Sunrise Boosts Community Spirit Last week, the Rotary Club of Allen Sunrise decided that their community’s spirits might welcome a boost.This week, volunteer-teams began a special deployment of 600+ flags to their flag customers’ neighborhoods, without financial impact to their current dues and in addition to the year’s seven flag holidays. |
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Mesquite Rotary Donates to Sharing Life and Mesquite Social Services Mesquite Rotary president John Taylor has sent donation checks of $500 each to support the work of Sharing Life Community Outreach and Mesquite Social Services during this time of the coronavirus crisis. |
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Connecting during the COVID-19 response
For more than a century, Rotary has connected the world through fellowship and service. The COVID-19 pandemic has altered our daily routines and forced the cancellation of many in-person Rotary and Rotaract club meetings and events. But even when we can’t hold our usual events, members have lots of ways to stay engaged, connect with one another, and serve their communities. |
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District 5810 News and Invitations!
Well, life gets stranger everyday. With many of us now firmly sheltered in place, it is time to get Rotary moving again, maybe redefined for 2020. I challenged the Presidents Sunday to go virtual... use Zoom, Vimeo, Facebook Live ... whatever vehicle works. Anyone with a telephone can call in, but on a computer or an IPAD, we can actually see each other! The cost is low for it the benefit received. Rotary gets a discount from Zoom. Call Lynne McNamee, our District Public Image guru, if you need any help with set-up or acquisition. Let’s get back to the Business of Rotary... it is an essential organization! |
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Use Virtual Meetings To Stay Engaged Consider the creative use of technology to host “virtual meeting” experiences for your members until you can resume in-person meetings and events. Below are a few ideas and favorite tools for virtual meetings. Each suggestion includes links to helpful how-to guides and/or other information to assist you in navigating these tools. |
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Tips For A Zoom Meeting
Here are some handy tips for hosting a Zoom meeting: · Set an agenda. · Don’t sit with a window behind you. A little effort of lighting goes a long way. · Sit close to the screen. Your face should fill the screen. · When you’re not talking, hit mute. |
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RI Convention Cancelled
Rotary International just announced that the Rotary International Convention, scheduled for 6-10 June 2020, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, has been canceled in response to the ongoing threat of COVID-19. Read more at riconvention.org |
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Rotary Connects the World-Online Meeting
Join us for the first Rotary Connects the World-Online district-wide meeting on Zoom and Facebook Live open to Rotarians AND Non-Rotarians. March 19, 2020, Thursday, 7:00pm Central time. Join Us @ https://zoom.us/j/728314956 |
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Important District Updates
Every hour we have dramatic changes from our National and Local health officials, and reflecting those changes, here is some late breaking news for 5810 Rotarians. 1. District Assembly will now be scheduled for May 16, at the same location in McKinney. If you had registered for the original date, your registration will be transferred to the new date automatically. If you cannot make the May 16 date, it is important to let us know so that a refund may be given. You can send an email to Pam Blankenzee or Sandra Moudy, John’s aide. This training is so important for all club officers and committee chairs, So please make every effort to attend. |
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Rotary’s Role in Battling Coronavirus
The COVID-19 coronavirus is affecting every aspect of our lives in real time, and this puts Rotarians in an unfamiliar place. As People of Action, we are most comfortable when we are fully engaged in the world – moving freely, meeting openly, and offering helping hands. These are very difficult times for people who, like us, are at our best when we are learning, growing, and serving—together. We are also leaders in our communities, and these times call for leadership. In many ways, this also is our time. We have proven abilities to reach out and collaborate to offer immediate help to people in need at a rapid pace. These are precisely the skills needed all over the world today. The global effort against COVID-19 depends on actions taken in every country. Rotary has the unique ability to help improve those efforts in every community and every country. |
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District Assembly - Postponed!
Our District Assembly that was scheduled for March 21 has been postponed! We will send out an email of the new date and the location. Stay tuned. |
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District 5810 and the Coronavirus
Due to the coronavirus epidemic, some activities may be moved or canceled. Please check then local Rotary club’s website to confirm Meeting times and events. Roundtable for Saturday , March 14 is canceled. |
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Mesquite Rotary Creates Personal Care Bag Program for the Homeless The Mesquite Rotary Club has created a new personal care bag program that is designed to assist area homeless people in need. Suggested by John Heiman, a past president of the club, the bags are kits that include such items as |
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Register for District Assembly - March 21 Get ready for Rotary 2020-21 and prepare for Rotary opportunities at District Assembly on Saturday, March 21, 2020 at Collin College in McKinney. Meet incoming District Governor John Moser for Club Leader Training. Play video for more details. Cost is $20. Click here to register. |
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You're Invited to Frisco's Steak 101 event March 21st D5810 Rotarians are invited to join the Rotary Club of Frisco for a night of steak: Rotary Night at Steak 101 on March 21, 2020. We’ll get to sample 15 different cuts of steak (including Wagyu) and enjoy the humor and knowledge of famed rancher Matt Hamilton on the different types and cuts of steak and insights into the meat industry – all in a fun, party environment with other Rotarians. $120 per person or $200 per couple (or sponsor a table of 8 for $1200 and have your sponsorship info on the table for all to see). For more info and to buy tickets: https://friscorotary.org/event/rotary-night-at-steak-101/ |
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Get Involved With the RYLA Selection Process Now Underway
RYLA student scholarship selections are now underway across the district. Your club is looking for the right recipient(s)— high school juniors with leadership potential who can expand their leadership in a growth-oriented, fun, high energy week at camp. |
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Service Above Self Teacher Awards
The Rotary Club of Dallas is working very hard to recognize outstanding teachers in the Dallas Independent School District. If you know any really special teachers, please have them consider submitting an application for our awards program. |
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11th Annual Safer Dallas Awards Rotary Club of Dallas held it’s 11th Annual Safer Dallas Awards on Wednesday, February 26th at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital. The program recognizes a Dallas Police Officer for Distinguished Service. |
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Annual Scouting For Food Drive Once again Rotarians have an opportunity to participate in the annual Scouting For Food Drive conducted by the Circle Ten Scouts across North Texas. |
