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. |
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. |
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). |
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. |
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. |
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/ |
Coppell Flag Program is GROWING
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October Roundtable |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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). |
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! |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
September RoundtableHosted by the Rotary Club of Grand Prairie Metro |
Rotarian Job Connection In this time of economic crisis, many Rotarians find themselves in an unfortunate state so many Americans are experiencing, unemployment. |
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 . |
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. |
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: |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
District 5810 Interact - Passing the PinPassing of the pin from Zain Kalson to Julia Lin for Rotary Year 2020-21 |
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. |
Celebration of Life 2019-2020 |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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: |
Celebration of Life - Rick Larsen Rick Larsen from the Rotary Club of Irving Sunrise passed away on July 17, 2020. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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! |
And the Winners are ..... |
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! |
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. |
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. |
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”. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
..... 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: |
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. |
DG John Moser's Installation Ceremony |
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." |
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. |
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. |
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! |
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 |
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. |
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 |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Recognition of AHS Interact Seniors |
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. |
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. |
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. |
"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) |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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: |
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! |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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! |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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. |
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/ |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Fun, Fellowship, and Field Trips
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McKinney Donates to Wildlife Sanctuary Sharon Scott, Community Service Chair, delivered a check and the donated items to the Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, our January Charity of the Month. |
Congressman Wright Visits Waxahacie The Rotary Club of Waxahachie was honored to receive Congressman Ron Wright as their Thursday meeting guest speaker. Pictured with Congressman Wright are Rotary Club of Waxahachie President, Mickie Hill and Mayor of Waxahachie, David Hill. |
Frisco's 1st Responders "Service Above Self" Award Each quarter, the Rotary Club of Frisco alternates awarding a deserving member of the Frisco Fire Department and Frisco Police Department. |
White Rock Rotary Monthly Cleanup A crew from White Rock Rotary braved chilly temps to do their monthly trash pick up at White Rock Lake. It was sorely needed after recent rains. Coffee and doughnuts definitely contributed to our energy levels! |
Joint Blood Drive
The Plano Sunrise Rotary Club and N. Texas Pioneers Rotary Club, for their joint Blood Drive, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Catholic Church. Through the efforts of the Parishioners, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, the Carter BloodCare, teams and Rotarians,this Blood drive secured 67, good units of blood, which has the effect to possibly save up to 201, lives. |
Rotary Youth Exchange Needs Your Support!
Are you aware of our District's Youth Exchange Program? Are you involved with the Exchange Program? Do you know where our outbound students are this year? To find out the answers to these questions and much more let our Youth Exchange Program make a presentation to your club. |
You're Invited to the Roaring Twenties Casino Night Click on the photo above to get a sneak peak at some of the fun we are going to have at the Roaring Twenties Casino Night Foundation Gala on Saturday March 28, 2020. You will not want to miss this opportunity for fun and charity! All proceeds go to End Polio Now, so come for dinner, dancing, a casino night and a silent auction.Tickets are $100 per persons. To register: http://bit.ly/D5810CASINO |
Mesquite Rotary Donates to Mesquite ISD Education Foundation Mesquite Rotary Club president John Taylor presented a $7,500 donation check to the Mesquite ISD Education Foundation at their meeting on January 28th. Foundation executive director Randy Lewallyn accepted the check. |
It’s Time To Do A Mid-Year Checkup For The Presidential Citation
1. Are your goals entered /updated in Rotary Club Central? 2. Have you set plans in place to achieve this? 3. Are you using the correct Rotary Logos? All Clubs must be compliant by June 30th. 3. Are you on track to add members to offset any unexpected losses? Now is the time to add members .. a great New Year’s resolution! Every club this year can be a Presidential Citation Winner! Let’s do it! |
White Rock's Annual Chili Gala White Rock Rotary hosted their annual Chili Gala for Family Gateway in Dallas on Saturday. The WRR volunteers supplied food for and served well over a hundred shelter residents. Rotary members and friends also distributed some children's books and enjoyed visiting with the families. A good time was had by all! |
Rotary 2020-21 Theme Revealed “Rotary is not just a club that you join, it is an invitation to endless opportunities. We believe that our acts of service, big and small, create opportunities for people who need our help. Everything we do opens another opportunity for someone, somewhere,” said President-Elect Holger Knaack.Therefore, the theme for year 2020-21 is -- Rotary Opens Opportunities.” |
Join Us For "Feeding Children Everywhere"
On Saturday, February 29th at 10:00AM, the Rotary Club of Dallas will be preparing meal packages for "Feeding Children Everywhere" at Dallas Scottish Rite Hospital located at 2222 Welborn Avemue, Dallas, TX. The event will last about 2 hours and everyone is invited. Members and spouses of the Rotary Club of Dallas, Woodrow Wilson High School and Faith Family Academy Interact will all be participating. |
Greenville Rotary's Trip To Cozumel The Greenville Rotary club had several members recently visit their sister club in Cozumel in January 2020. Club members carried supplies and other items to help the students attending the CAM Laboral Cozumel, a school for students age 12-18 with attention or sensory problems like, blindness, deafness, autism. |
Waxahachie Plants for Tulipalooza The Waxahachie Club of Rotarians and friends planted 25,000 tulips, in the shape of Texas, to be used to advertise for the TULIPALOOZA!! This event (in the Spring) will benefit Daymark Living, whose purpose is to help adults with learning differences and intellectual delays live, learn and thrive. |
Chili Day Benefits the Salvation Army
Over forty-one years ago a Park Cities Rotarian had a great idea! Rather than have their usual Friday lunch, they would eat chili and donate the cost of their usual lunch to the Salvation Army! So, a tradition began. This past December, Park Cities Rotary members, family and guests gathered at the Salvation Army to eat chili. For the forty-first year RCPC member Bob Grossman, Chili Master Extraordinaire, worked overnight to cook gallons of chili. Using donated venison, fifty pounds of onions and a proportional amount of garlic, he cooked enough to be enjoyed by at least two hundred people. |
Plano Senior Scholarship Opportunities
The Plano West Rotary Club would like your help in advertising our Plano senior scholarship opportunity. Graduating seniors that attend a PISD school or any another school system based out of Plano is eligible to apply. If in doubt, have the student apply anyway. Every year we assist Plano seniors in continuing their education by awarding 3 – 5 two thousand dollar ($2,000.00) scholarships. This is a senior’s invitation to apply for one of these scholarships. |
RYLA 2020 Is Off To A Great Start!
With a great turn out of Rotarians in attendance, we leaped into Camp RYLA 2020 (our 30th camp!) at our RYLA Kickoff held January 18th. Each club's RYLA Chairperson is now equipped to recruit, interview, and select the best-fitting RYLA scholarship recipient in the local junior class. Look to your club's chairperson to see how you can get involved--this may be the most fun you have all year. More information also at www.RYLA5810.org |
Rowlett Rotary Service Project Rowlett Rotary provided 64 sleeping bags to the Austin Street Shelter in downtown Dallas. The snow had just started snowing when we pulled up. We also voted to add a service project that we learned about on delivery day: to provide much needed women’s and men’s underwear to the shelter by the end of January. |
Drive For Your Community Joe Henderson, Rotary Club of Lake Texoma, and Blake Utter of Blake Utter Ford, Denison, Texas are shown with a Ford Corporation Check for $1840 being donated to the Lake Texoma Club. The donation is a result of a “Drive for Your Community” event sponsored by Ford and Rotary wherein drivers are provided the opportunity to test drive new Ford products. This is the second such event held by Utter Ford and Rotary. |
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Get Your Wiggle On Put on your “Glad Rags” and grab your Sheba or your Sheik and join us for the “Glitziest” party of the year – District 5810’s Roaring 20’s Casino Gala. A “Bee’s Knee’s" kind of a night, all designed to raise money to donate to Polio Plus. |
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The RYLA Information Roundup for the District 5810 Camp RYLA Program will be held Saturday, January 18, 2020 at the Addison Conference Centre, 15650 Addison Road, Addison, TX 75001. Rotary Club RYLA Chairpersons should attend this training program designed to get Camp RYLA 2020 recruiting and selection started. The meeting is the only chairpersons training of the year so every club should be represented. The training is from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. RYLA manuals and recruiting materials will be distributed, including copies of the new Camp RYLA and Making a Difference video. The meeting is also open to any Rotarian interested in learning more about Camp RYLA prior to the 30th annual leadership camp. July 26 – July 31, 2020. |
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Plano Sunrise Saving Lives
The Plano Sunrise Rotary Club is proud to announce with their last Blood Drive they generated 627 units of blood. Through this effort, they have created the potential to possibly save up to 1887, lives. |
Volunteers Needed!.png) Allen Sunrise Rotary is seeking volunteers to join them for their "Kids' Against Hunger" Service Project on March 28th, 2020 at the First United Methodist Church of Allen. This project is intended to package food to be sent |
Addison Midday Making A Difference For Santa's Heroes' Addison Midday Rotary Club Members Corky Pledger and Cynthia Allison spent December 11 buying $2,000 worth of presents for ‘Santa's Heroes’, sponsored by the Addison Police and Fire Department. |
Dension High School Interact Delivers Christmas Goodies Denison High School Interact Club delivers hand made cookies and cards to residents at local Wesley Village Assisted Living. |
Upcoming Guerrero Rotary Clinic - March 2020 The Guerrero Rotary Clinic in Chihuahua, Mexico is the longest active Rotary clinic of its type as it approaches 40 years of operations. 60,000 indigent patients (Mexicans, Tarahumara Indians and Mennonites) have been treated at no cost to them. While every patient is an eye patient, the clinic provides additional medical services like dental, general medicine and certain specialties. |
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Coppell Brings Holiday Cheer to Metrocrest Seniors Every year, Coppell Rotary Club participates in the Metrocrest Services Holiday Basket Program for Seniors. Many Seniors are forgotten this time of the year, Coppell Rotary Club supplied food and gift items from gift lists supplied by the Metrocrest Seniors. |
Salute to America’s Veterans
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WII Veteran Honored at Plano Flags The Plano Flags of Honors program ran from November 8-16th and was sponsored by the Plano East Rotary Club. A special higlight, was presentation of Bronze Star and POW medals to a WW II veteran's family that survived the Bataan Death March. |
Feeding Children Everywhere The Rotary Club of Dallas will have its “Feeding Children Everywhere” event at Scottish Rite Hospital on Saturday, February 29th from 10:00AM – Noon. |
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Richardson's Veterns Day Program Richardson Rotary Club celebrated Veterans Day with more than thirty Veterans attending as guests of the club. |
Rockwall Rotary Celebrates 80 Great Years of Service above Self
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Why Rotary Challenge Do you remember why you became a Rotarian? What about Rotary inspired you then, and what inspires you now? We all have our reasons for joining and staying in Rotary, and we want to hear your story! We are challenging all Rotarians to share their WHY ROTARY story in 50 words or less. Deadline March 5, 2020. The winner gets free admission to the Foundation Gala to be held March 28. Submit your story. |
An Evening With Santa
Come for and evening of Holiday cheer on December 10th at the Escape Expert, 2201 K Avenue, STE A-200, Plano from 7:00Pm to 9:30PM! Dress will be casual or Holiday theme! If you are bold enough, We encourage you to wear a tacky Holiday sweater and we will have an Ugly sweater contest! Come for fun, conversation, snacks and Santa Shenanigans-everyone will have the opportunity to have the picture with Santa! Cost is $5 per person, family special: If a family has more than 5 kids/ grandkids, all will be admitted for $25. We are asking all attendees to each bring an unwrapped toy for hospitalized children and/or socks for Veterans. Click to buy tickets |
Dentistry with a Heart – and Smiles!
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Coppell Rotary and Partners Bring Life –Saving Training and Treatment to Premature Births Worldwide
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All Assessible Playground Now Open The Rotary Club of Carrollton-Farmers Branch in partnership with the City of Carrollton, officially opened the All Assessible Playground at Rosemeade Recreation Center on Saturday November 9th. |
Rotary Club unveils 'Waves of Glory' Dozens gathered near City Park in Commerce on a chilly Friday night to honor local veterans. There, they witnessed the official dedication of the new “Waves of Glory” installation across the street from the park. Created by the Commerce Rotary Club, “Waves” has been a big undertaking for the local club. |
Sharing Life Food Drive At today's, Mesquite Rotary Club meeting, we asked our members to help Sharing Life with their holiday food drive, and the members performed very well. We literally collected a truck load of food and cooking supplies to be donated to the Sharing Life food pantry. This will help many families have a better Thanksgiving. |
McKinney Rotary - Supporting Our Troops McKinney Rotary is once again going to collect items to be sent to some of our active service members who are overseas as a way to help them celebrate the Christmas holidays and know folks back home are appreciative of their efforts to keep us safe. |
Addison Rotary Open Presents Check to RMHD We are proud to announce the Addison Rotary Club presented a check for $175,000 to the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas from proceeds of the Addison Rotary Open held on September 9th. |
McKinney Supports Kids Against Hunger The MRC packaged 360 meals and made a financial contribution on Friday Oct.18th to Kid's Against Hunger. Each package will serve 4 meals. These meal packages went to elementary school children in Honduras. |
Waves of Glory
Finding a unique way to say “thank you” to our family, friends and neighbors who have served, or are currently serving, in the armed forces is a constant effort. The Commerce Rotary Club would like to provide a venue whereby you can do just that. Beginning this November, The Commerce Rotary Club will begin a new tradition in our community. A venue will be provided for businesses, families and individuals to say “thank you” to those who protect our freedom – the Veterans of Hunt County. |
White Rock Volunteers at Texas Discovery Gardens Members of White Rock Rotary enjoyed volunteering at the Texas Discovery Gardens during the State Fair of Texas. (Photo taken by a member of Midlothian Rotary Club, who was also volunteering there). |
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What are your desires in your own personal education of Rotary? As I attended the Zone Institute this past month, the word training was mentioned several times but not what you typically think in Rotary. RI Larry Dimmitt was the first one in his speech to share about training and the importance of education in Rotary. He defined training as more like what we do with our animals, such as how to shake or catch a stick. And education is more about understanding and knowing. So Rotary is not about training but rather about education. |
Our Rose Parade Tradition Travel, Decorate and Celebrate December 29-January 2 Travel to California, December 30- Decorate the Rotary Float & Join Local Rotarians for Dinner with the RI President, December 31 New Year Eve in LA, January 1st, Excellent Tickets for the Tournament of Roses Parade Spaces are LIMITED, PLEASE email rotary5810@gmail.com for more information |
District 5810 Partners with the Cozumel Rotary District 5810 partners with the Cozumel Rotary club for service projects. Providing clean water and sanitation systems is an international goal of The Rotary Foundation. The Sunspring Water Purification System in Cozumel bears the Rotary International emblem and a plaque expresses gratitude for the TEXAS Rotarians. |
2019 Plano Flags of Honor From November 9 - November 17 at Oak Point Park, the Plano East Rotary Club will hold the third annual Plano Flags of Honor program at Oak Point Park. For seven days 1,000 3’ x 5’ American flags fly in honor of those who have served and continue to serve today. |
Dallas' 15th Annual Salute To Veterans
This will be the Rotary Club of Dallas’ 15th Annual Salute to America’s Veterans. This event honors our veterans and raises funds to benefit two extraordinary organizations: USO DFW and the George W. Bush Military Service Initiative. Come join us: https://dallasrotary.org/sitepage/events/sav The Keynote speaker is Admiral Patrick Walsh, USN, Ret. He is a former four-star Admiral, retired (2012) after 34 years of service in the US Navy. He last served as the Commander of the Pacific Fleet, the largest naval force in the world with over 180 ships, 2,000 aircraft and 125,000 personnel. |
6th Annual Men Who Can Cook
The Rotary Club of Dallas-Uptown will be hosting our sixth annual Men Who Cook on Saturday, Nov 2 from 4 to 7 PM at the Lawley Art Group, 1507 Dragon St. in the Design District. The event features 25 celebrity Rotary chefs, a wine pull, silent and live auctions and live music for an elegant evening of gustatory adventure and fun. For more information and to purchase tickets and/or donate online please check our website at dallasuptownrotary.org." |
Wounded Warriors Webinar
Howard berg of the E-Club of North Texas presented a 4 1/2 national webinar on Sept 7 for 50 wounded warriors to prepare them for new careers. He worked with Sgt. Major Bob Burton at Ft. Bragg NC who coordinated with the wounded warriors around the country to help put this together for us. The wounded warriors were taught 1) how to read 100% faster 2) increase comprehension of even techincal information 3) develop sharp memory 4) how to study for degrees and 5)eq skills. Another seminar is planned for next spring. As many of you know, Howard holds the Alec Guiness record for the world's fastest speed reader ar 25,000 words per minutes. |
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North Texas Pioneers and Plano Sunrise Rotary Clubs joined togetther to hold blood drives at Collin College. Our Carter BloodCare friends, did a great job of screening and taking blood from the 106, students that attempted to donate, today. At this blood drive we solicited 106, students to attempt to donate and we did secure 68, good units of blood. Thus giving the potential of saving 162 lives. |
Coppell Rotary Interact Club The first meeting of the Coppell Rotary Interact Club of Coppell was a success! Sponsored by the Coppell Rotary Club, this is a service organization for students in grades 9-12. Members have fun, develop new friendships while gaining leadership skills and serving our local and international community. Home schooled and students from all 9-12 grade campuses in Coppell are welcome to join. For more information, please email info@coppellrotary.org |
A New Sign in Melissa TX We wanted to share our new sign with our friends around the District. We had this made by a local family and it is now installed outside our Melissa ISD administration office, the location of our weekly meeting. We’re excited to increase our visibility in Melissa! |
Skyline Interact Attends Leadership Summit
Last spring, all the members of Skyline Interact Club graduated. The club, sponsored by White Rock Rotary, is regenerating this school year with new members. Five of them attended the Interact Leadership Summit, along with their White Rock Rotary sponsors. |
The Haunted Landmark: Greenville Club Scares Support Scholarships
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Working Together To Make A Difference McKinney Rotary Club expects to collect in excess of 110 stuffed animals for Adam's Animals this month. Adam’s Animal’s has donated 75,000 new stuffed animals to the oncology wards and ERs in various Collin and Dallas hospitals. Adam Hurst was a vibrant 18 year old Collin College students who was diagnosed with leukemia July 1999 and suddenly died 26 days later. During those 26 days he kept a stuffed frog that had been given to him as a gift on his head or shoulder during chemo, blood transfusions, spinal taps and many sleepless nights—it became his friend and ally. To honor his memory his parents started Adam’s Animals. |
Congressman Allred Kickoffs Another Interact Year at Hillcrest High School
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Habitat House in Royse City
The Habitat House in Royse City is nearing completion and the Royse City club has done some painting, caulking and clean up. They are planning on helping with a kitchen shower when it is completed! Pictured, Mike and Jackie Gilbert work on finishing touches. |
Coppell Rotary awarded "International Service Award" The Coppell Rotary Club has been awarded the distinguished "District 5810 International Service Award" for the club's work in 2018-2019. Coppell Rotary Club partnered with Rotary host club, Hubli Mid-Town (India) and our local Train and Help Babies(TaHB) organization. |
Shelterbox Response to Dorian ShelterBox is sending an assessment team to the Bahamas to work with Rotary International and other local partners. They will be assessing the damage from the Category 5 storm to determine if there are any gaps in the need for emergency shelter that we can fill. Learn more about Hurricane Dorian and how you can help families affected by disaster here: https:// |
Interact Leadership SummitTo register, find links at REGISTER FOR EVENTS |
Dallas Rotary Presents Lifetime Achievement Award Thursday evening, August 29th, more than 30 Rotarians from our Club showed up to surprise Joe Turecky and present him our Club’s Lifetime of Service Above Self Award. Joe is a highly decorated war hero and longtime member of the Rotary Club of Dallas. Now in his 90’s, Joe lives in an assisted living facility in Addison. |
Get Ready for World Polio Day 2019
24 October is World Polio Day! World Polio Day is a time for Rotarians all over the world to raise awareness about our efforts to eradicate polio for good. Join us by hosting an event in your community. Not sure what to do for World Polio Day? Here are a few ideas: |
White Rock Hosts RYLA Campers
White Rock Rotary hosted their three Ryla Campers and heard about their experiences. The camp was a life changing experience and even lead to a family reconciliation after camp in one case. The campers came from three different high schools, Conrad, Bryan Adams, and Lake Highlands. White Rock Rotary sponsors an Interact Club at Lake Highlands High School. |
ShelterBox's Livesaving Work In Syria Syria is experiencing the worst humanitarian Crisis since World War II. Over 400 lives have been lost, 5 million refugees, and 6.5 million internally displaced people. Click the photo to see how ShelterBox is helping. |
Allen Rotary Club Online Canned Food Drive Allen Rotary Club members answered the call recently and provided 5,000 meals for local children. The Allen Community Outreach agency provides lunch for approximately 500 needy students each day over the summer. The ACO food supplies were gradually running low and a call was put out to help fund meals for 500 students for the last 10 days of summer before school began. |
Rockwall Rotary Supports North Texas Food Banks Rockwall Rotary is a proud supporter of the North Texas Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry. They have supplied volunteers to help sort fruit and vegetables for all of the 24 months that the Mobile Pantry has been coming to serve hungry families in Rockwall County. The Mobile Pantry comes to the Church Of Prayer on the third Thursday of each month. |
Mesquite Rotary Donates $2,500 to Support Addressing Mesquite Day The Mesquite Rotary Club’s president John Taylor presented the City of Mesquite’s manager of neighborhood vitality Yolanda Wilson a donation of $2,500 at their meeting on August 13th, to assist with underwriting expenses for the annual Addressing Mesquite program. |
McKinney Rotary Club, Recognizes Member John Gay After more than 54 years of McKinney Rotary Club membership former Mayor John Gay stepped down from the Club. On August 2nd, the club honored John and the current Mayor read a proclamation making 8.2 John Gay Day in McKinney. Texas House Rep and McKinney Rotary Club member Scott Stanford presented John with a Texas Flag from the capital and Club President, Mike Bell presented John with a plaque from the club. There were over 80 members/guests in attendance. |
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Frisco Presents Service Above Self Award Det. Derek Fowler, of the Frisco Police Department, was recently honored with the Rotary Club of Frisco’s 1st Responders “Service Above Self” Award. Det. Derek Fowler, of the Frisco Police Department, was recently honored with the Rotary Club of Frisco’s 1st Responders “Service Above Self” Award. |
RYLA Camp District 5810's Camp RYLA 2019 is a huge success! Almost two hundred students and over ninety alumni and staff members were on site at Camp Hoblitzelle in Midlothian for a week of leadership training, personal development, and a ton of fun. Students were grouped into eight cabins, all of which seemingly focus on friendly battles of athleticism, talent, humor, and strategy, but the most important lessons are in the undercurrent--goal-setting, growth, and grit. |
Inspiring Youth Across The Ocean Allen Sunrise Rotarian Vatsa Ramanathan is proud to announce that she and her brother have started an Interact Club in the school that they own and run in Mysore, India. The school is called Sri Sharada Public School ( http://www.srisharadaschoolmysore.com/ ). The Interact school is sponsored by her brother's Rotary Club and will partner with the Allen High Interact school sponsored by Allen Sunrise Rotary. |
District Grant Deadline This Month!
Don’t forget! August 15 is the deadline to submit District Grants. If you have any questions, contact district5810grants@gmail.com For Global Grants, there is no deadline! Invite Paul Gorman, Global Grants Chair, to your club meeting, and discover how you can be a part of our annual theme, Rotary Connects The World! To have him speak at your club, contact Paul Gorman pgorman@san.rr.com. |
Rotary Club of Park Cities Fourth of July Parade What would be the Fourth of July without a parade! For the seventeenth year the Rotary Club of Park Cities’ Fourth of July Parade brings the community together – and out on the street – to celebrate Independence Day. Approximately 10,000 residents and guests lined the streets to watch the over 300 entries this year, ranging from the children’s bicycle parade, to city, county and state dignitaries, to antique vehicles, riders on horses, and floats. |
Rotary E-Club Sponsors Wounded Warriors Workshop
The Rotary E-Club of North Texas will be sponsoring a free workshop for the Wounded Warriors given by club member and Sec'y Howard Stephen Berg, the world's fastest reader. The workshop is on September 7th from 12 PM to 4:30 PM CDT. The link to sign up for wounded warriors is howardwarrior.com. |
RYLA North America Conference Congratultaions to Jadan Cro of DeSoto High School, DeSoto Rotary, and the entire state of Texas Rotary Youth Leadership for representing us at the RYLA North American Conference in Washington D.C.!! |
Rotary Youth Exchange - Host Family Needed!
About 5 years ago we had 5 exchange students, one of those was a girl from Japan. During her inbound orientation in early September, she said maybe 3 words and only if asked. A very shy and quite person. In October, we took the exchange students to the Texas State Fair. Expecting our Japanese girl to be shy and might need some help in fitting in on this event we were blown away to have her talking up a storm with our Austrian exchange student. Rotary Youth Exchange is amazing program that is enjoyable & enlightening for both the student and host family! We need a host families for an inbound exchange student, a girl arriving from France in late August! If you happen to know these previous host families, Bill Moser, Fritzie Roop and Toni Collins, you know that their time hosting has been very positive. |
White Rock Rotary Serves Up Burgers at Family Shelter On July 14, White Rock Rotary supplied and served a hamburger and hot dog dinner with all the trimmings to the residents of Family Gateway Shelter in Dallas. There were 10 volunteers serving the meal for about 85 residents, adults and children. A good time was had by all. |
Mesquite Rotary Inducts New Officers and Celebrates 60 Years of Service The Mesquite Rotary Club held induction ceremonies for the group’s 2019-2020 officers and board members at their meeting on July 9th. All 33,000 local clubs in Rotary International change their leadership in July each year. This provides for fresh vision and energy throughout the worldwide organization of business and professional leaders, which was established in 1905. The ceremonies were performed by the Rotary District 5810 governor-elect John Moser. |
A Year End Note From District Governor Bill Slicker
We’ve had a Wonderful year together! I’ve been blessed to have Rotarians that have worked tirelessly in serving their community and in projects around the world. Innovative thinking, organization and action have allowed us to grow in new ways. We continue to experiment with our meeting structure and service. Our efforts will continue to harvest dividends for many years to come. Our focus this year has been on supporting our Rotary Clubs. We have emphasized finding, involving and training young people. Our emerging leaders are the key to Rotary’s continued success. |
What's Cooking In Allen The past two years saw Mother Nature rain out the City of Plano’s hot air balloon festival and, in doing so, also washed away the Rotary Club of Plano West’s funnel cake fundraiser, a primary source of income. |
McKinney Rotary Clubs' Park Dedication Ceremony The McKinney Parks and Recreation Department held a grand opening celebration June 15 for Phase II of Bonnie Wenk Park. Renovations to the 170-acre park include an all-abilities park, a skywalk, zipline and ropes courses, concrete hike and bike trails, two additional parking lots, five play pods and two multipurpose sports fields. The all-abilities playground is designed for children of all ages, abilities and needs. This playground is a joint effort between the city and the Rotary clubs of McKinney. It was the biggest donation in District 5810 to date when the Rotary Clubs of McKinney collab to bring Bonnie Wenk park Phase II to life. |
Sherman Rotary's Cherry Street Park Dedication Ceremony The Sherman Rotary club was proud to donate $10,000 to make this playground at Cherry Street Park possible. Last year the Club donated funds for the Hawn Park. The club has a goal of donating $10,000 per year for more equipment for the next few years. |
Park Cities Announces the Grand Marshal for the 2019 Fourth of July Parade After requesting nominations from the membership for the 2019 Fourth of July Parade Grand Marshal, the decision has been made! Qualifications for nominees are that they are individuals who have made a meaningful contribution to the Park Cities, who demonstrate the Rotary ideals of the 4 Way Test and Service above Self, and who is well-known and respected in the community. The announcement is made at the Annual Announcement Luncheon honoring the current Grand Marshal and all past Grand Marshals. This year Park Cities Rotary is pleased to recognize Francie Moody-Dahlberg as the 2019 Grand Marshal. |
District Officer Installation Come join us kick-off the new Rotary year at the District Officer Installation on Thursday, June 27 at 6:30pm to 9:30pm at Ruthe Jackson Center in Grand Prairie. This event will include dinner along with the festivities. Register before June 15 for Early Bird pricing of $45. After tickets are $58.10. To register: http://bit.ly/2VoJmvr |
Mesquite Rotary Inducts Dr. James Terry into Mesquite Grove of Honor
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Honoring Those Who Have Served Grand Prairie Metro Rotary Club Members came together this Memorial Day with their Mayor, Key City Leaders and Distinguished Veterans, to Honor and Remember those who served and gave their lives to Preserve our Freedom and Way of Life. |
Spring Fling 2019 On Saturday April 13, 293 Rotarians, Interactors, and volunteers came together at McKinney North High School to celebrate the accomplishments District 5810 achieved over the course of the year at Spring Fling. Twenty eight Interact clubs were named as a Club of Excellence and six were recognized for some of their greatest achievements such as the Highest Earning Fundraiser by John Paul II High School Interact Club ($6000) and the Most Service Projects by Singley Academy Interact Club (16 service projects). |
NoPolio 100 The Rotary Club of Lake Texoma completed its second annual NoPolio 100 Bike Rally in April 2019. Proceeds from the two rally’s resulted in a total contribution of $11,000 donated to RI’s polio worldwide polio eradication effort. The rallies were held in south Grayson County with riders coming from as far away as Round Rock, Texas. |
McKinney's All-Abilities Playground Opens As District 5810 Largest Project
Saturday, June 15th, at 9:00 AM, “trumpets will sound, bands will march” and McKinney Rotarians will celebrate the fruition of the largest fund-raising project in District 5810’s history! Okay…no trumpets or bands but the two McKinney Rotary clubs, Sunrise Rotary Club and McKinney Rotary Club joined into a public/private partnership with the City of McKinney in the spring of 2015 for the first All-Abilities Playground in McKinney to be a part of Bonnie Wenk Park Phase II and just a few short years later, four to be exact, the Grand Opening will give children and young adults with special needs a place to be outdoors and play! |
White Rock Rotary Scholarship Winners
A photo of some White Rock Rotary members with our 2019 scholarship winners from Lake Highlands High School. Several of the students had overcome great hardships in their lives before finishing high school. We were glad to be able to help them on their future college journeys. |
Bonham Rotary Teaches Water Conservation Bonham Rotary with the assistance of Alicia Caylor Lewis, a teacher at the I. W. Evans Elementary School, they have for the past 5 years helped teach their 6th graders about water conservation and why it is so important. |
Mesquite Rotary Presents Donations to Sharing Life and Dentists with a Heart
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Rotarian Of The Year Congratulations to DGN John Moser! He was named Rotarian of the Year. |
2018-2019 Club Award Winners
New Generations Irving Las Colinas Service Above Self Park Cities Rotary Foundation East Dallas Membership DeSoto Club Service Greenville Vocational Service Mesquite Community Service Richardson International Service Coppell Spirit of Cooperation North Texas Pioneers Public Image McKinney |
"I Like Me" Reading Day
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Mesquite Rotary Presents $12,000 in Scholarships to Local Students The Mesquite Rotary Club hosted its annual Scholarship Recognition and Awards Luncheon at the Dallas Athletic Club on April 23rd. At the event, the top one percent students in the Class of 2019 from each Mesquite ISD high school, Sunnyvale High School, and Dallas Christian School were honored. |
Camp RYLA 2019 is Well Underway
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White Rock Vounteers For Project Safe Neighborhoods Volunteers form White Rock Rotary and several other Rotary clubs helped with Project Safe Neighborhoods. This was a joint project between Rotary, the Department of Justice and the local police. |
Prestonwood Presents Awards to Firefighters and EMTs Prestonwood Rotary presented awards & gifts to Lieutenant Jon Henson, Lieutenant Jeffrey Aleem, Fire Rescue Officer Tamika Denise Lamb, & Fireman EMT Jeremy Hill for their service to the city. |
Coppell Receives Second Grant To Help Babies.jpg) We are so excited to announce that our 2nd global grant application for funding to provide neonatal equipment to Vivekananda Hospital and a vocational training team will provide |
Dallas Rotary Celebrates 108 Yrs On April 20, the Dallas Rotary Club celebrated 108 years of Service Above Self! |
Rockwall Breakfast Supports Rainbow Room The Rockwall Breakfast Rotary Club was very pleased to present a check for $2000 to Carol Miskin, the President of Rockwall County Rainbow Room. This non-profit organization works closely with Rockwall County’s Child Protective Services and provides physical needs for neglected and abused children in Rockwall County. |
Cedar Hill Donates Easter Items.jpg) Cedar Hill Rotary donated Easter items to Plummer Elementary for their annual Easter Hunt. |
Addison Midday Rotary Club Supports Hope Supply Again this year, the Addison Midday Rotary Club made 50 Easter Baskets for Hope Supply. Hope Supply told us that they were about 200 Easter Baskets short of requested baskets. This is a good project for a Rotary Club, group or individual. We make the baskets for less than $10 each and we assemble them in 20 minutes. |
4 Way Test Speech Contest Winners (L to R) FINALISTS - Peter Brown, Midlothian Rotary Club, Midlothian High School; Emily Henry, Rockwall Breakfast Rotary Club, Rockwall High School; Kayson Bridges, Sherman Rotary Club, Sherman High School 1ST Place - Natalia Simons, Grand Prairie Metro Rotary Club, South Grand Prairie High School 2nd Place - Gouzia Sivarajah, Frisco Sunrise Rotary Club, Heritage High School 3rd Place - Jordan Favors, Dallas Trinity Rotary Club, Tyler Street Academy |
Mesquite Rotary Assists with MARSE Book Project A team of Mesquite Rotary Club members worked side-by-side with retired Mesquite teachers on March 28th to sort and label books to be delivered to all Mesquite ISD first graders. |
Allen Sunrise Packs Meal For Kids Aganist Hunger On Saturday, March 23, Rotary Club of Allen Sunrise members, along with members from three (3) other local Rotary Clubs, and volunteers from the Young Men’s Service League from Lovejoy High School, gathered at the First United Methodist Church of Allen’s Fellowship Hall; |
Park Cities Rotary Is Recognized by the Freedoms Foundation
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Mesquite Rotary's Four Way Test Speech Contest The Mesquite Rotary Club hosted its annual "Four Way Test" Speech Contest at the Mesquite ISD Professional Development Center on March 19th. Contestants from all Mesquite I.S.D. high schools, Dallas Christian School, and Sunnyvale High School participated in the event. |
“Spring”-ing Into Action for 2019-2020!
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Coppell Rotarians Participates in “Allies in the Community Summit”
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Grand Prairie Metro Provides Clean Water On February 6, 2019, a team of volunteers and staff working with the charity Mayan Families delivered 40 Eco Filter water filters to the small village of Peña Blanca in the municipality of Camotan, Chiquimula, Guatemala. They were thrilled to receive the gift of clean water! |
Welcome New Interact Club The Rotary Club of Denison is proud to announce the sponsoring of a new Interact club at Dension High School. Pictured are chart members and advisors. Looking forward to seeing how this group will make an impact in their community! |
Our Mardi Gras Party was a Success! Thank you to all who participated in anyway in making our Mardi Gras PolioPlus fundraiser a terrific event. Our party was an amazing success! We had 218 Rotarians and guests registered. On the night of the event we received $9,240 in contributions. When added to amounts sent directly to The Rotary Foundation for PolioPlus, a total of $54,860 has been contributed by District 5810 this Rotary year! |
Rowlett Supports Local Food Pantry Rowlett Rotary members partnered with Life Message at their food pantry to prepare 200 boxes of food for needy north Texas families in February. The monthly event is called ‘Pack a Box’ where food is boxed assembly line style for maximized efficiency. We plan in making this a quarterly volunteer project. |
Don't Mess with White Rock Lake White Rock Rotary has adopted part of the shoreline of White Rock Lake. Each month, usually on the second Saturday, we clean up the shoreline and help keep the lake beautiful for all to enjoy. Sometimes, members of our Interact clubs from Skyline and Lake Highlands High schools help us. Come join us, it's good exercise and fun! |
Celebrating World Rotary Day in Service Originally the plan was for four North Texas Rotary Clubs from District 5810 -The Rotary Club Of Frisco, Sunrise Rotary of Frisco, Rotary Club of Celina, and Rotary Club of Prosper to be building on two separate habitat for humanity houses on that day, however, the massive rainfall the days before, left both home sites unavailable to be worked on. |
Successful “Dentists with a Heart Day” Event Assisted Area Citizens Dental professionals and volunteers worked together for the benefit of area people in need at their 11th annual “Dentists with a Heart Day” on February 15th. The event was sponsored by the Mesquite Rotary Club, and occurred at the Mesquite dental offices of Dr. Byron McKnight and Dr. Ken Taylor, who donated their services and facility for the day. In a very successful effort, this team served over 50 area patients in need, providing them with life-changing care through free dental services that would normally have been worth a total of $55,000. The patients were referred for the event from Sharing Life Ministries, Grace Place, International Church Street, Mesquite ISD, and even from people in need that the participating dentists had met throughout the year. |
Coppell Rotary Supports Local Theatre Members of the Coppell Rotary gathered to support the Coppell Arts scene in February. The Theatre Coppell feature of “Arsenic and Old Lace”, starred Coppell Rotarian George Ritcheske and his wife, Bobbi Ritcheske. |
Richardson Supports City Employees.jpg) The Richardson Rotary is proud to support the City of Richardson Employee and Supervisor of the Year program for over 30 years. On Monday, February 4, Richardson Rotary Club honored the 2018 City of Richardson Employee of the Year, Edward Martinez, and Supervisor of the Year, Eric Robison. |
North Texas Pioneers Donates Backpacks.jpg) North Texas Pioneers created smiles for some children in Uganda with their donation of backpacks, school supplies, tooth paste and brushes. The supplies were distributed by Rotarian Jolly Grace Okot Andruvile of the Gulu Rotary Club. |
Rockwall Breakfast Club Celebrates Flag Program The Rockwall Breakfast Club has begun their 5th year with their US Flag program, which covers 7 national holidays each year. They started in 2015 with 61 initial flags in Rockwall County. It has steadily grown each holiday and they placed 441 flags for Presidents Day 2019. |
Habitat for Humanity - Collin County On February 16 was the Raise The Wall Ceremony for the Habitat of Humanity Build sponsored by the Rotary Club of Frisco and Frisco Sunrise for the Flores Family. |
Royse City Pack Meals For Students Royse City Rotary Club finished their day of service by packing food bags for Paw Packs, a program organized by Luna Burke & Associates. The program helps to feed students that may only get meals at school. |
My Rotary Story Contest Enter the Rotary District 5810 North Texas "My Rotary Story" Contest. Prizes will be given out for: Most Creative, Most Moving and Best Overall Story. Submission requirements - video (2 minutes or less). Open to all Rotarians in the district! Must include your name, Club Name and date with submission. For rules & guidelines: https://rotary5810.org/sitepage/my-rotary-story-contest. |
Help Support North Texas Scout Food Drive.jpg) Combating Hunger and Malnutrition are service focus areas that many of our clubs work. This month Rotarians and Rotary Clubs have an easy way to participate in a regional food drive that has been conducted in north Texas for two decades by Scout. On, February 16th approximately 500,000 donation bags, which this year features the Rotary Logo, will be distributed by Scouts in North Texas |
Mentors Wanted! The Rotary Club of Dallas is on the hunt for potential mentors for the Dream Team for our high school kids at Woodrow Wilson High School! Many of our students are first generation students. To qualify for the program, the students have financial challenges and may not even consider attending college. |
White Rock's Annual Chili Gala
Members of the White Rock Rotary Club gave and were given a warm welcome at their annual Chili Gala at Family Gateway in Dallas. They prepared and served a nourishing meal for about 150 residents and staff. It was truly a heartwarming and tummy warming event! |
Rotary Supporting Metrocrest Services Rotary Club of Coppell provides support to many around the globe and in Coppell. In our own backyard, we are especially proud of our supporting Metrocrest Services. In times of crisis, Metrocrest Services assists individuals in the Coppell, Carrollton, Farmers Branch and Addison. |
Frisco Leaders Hit The Hardwood For Charity.PNG) What's better than raising money for local charities? Watching local dignitaries compete against an out-of-their-league basketball team to do it. That's the idea the Rotary Club of Frisco had when coming up with plans for its annual fundraiser this year. |
Habitat for Humanity Build in McKinney
On February 23rd, on World Rotary Day, the Rotary Club of Celina, the Rotary Club of Prosper, Frisco Sunrise Rotary Club and the Rotary Club of Frisco are getting together to do a Habitat for Humanity Build in McKinney. They will be building a home for the Quintanilla family. Mauricio and Irene are no strangers to hard work and determination. Mauricio works for Hopper Mechanical and Irene works with Mckinney ISD. Within two months of being approved by Habitat for Humanity, they completed over 25% of their required 500 community service hours. They are excited about their opportunity for homeownership in their local community of McKinney. |
Addison Health & Fitness Expo On January 15, the Addison Midday Rotary Club partnered with the Addison Athletic Club staff to expand their annual open house into a “Health and Fitness Expo”. The Addison Athletic Club showed off their exercise facilities to the town of Addison. |
Youth Exchange Student Selected For Art Show Greg Dreyfus, Rotary Youth Exchange student hosted by the Rotary Club of Fair Park, has won an award for his digital art project and was selected to represent Woodrow Wilson HS in the Dallas Young Artist Exhibition at the Blue Print Gallery, 2701 Fairmount Street, Dallas, Tx 75201 on Thursday, 1/17/19. |
Lake Texoma Annouces 2nd Annual No Polio 100 Bike Rally
The Rotary Club of Lake Texoma (Pottsboro) will be holding its second annual No Polio 100, Bike Rally, April 13, 2019. Last year’s rally resulted in raising $7000 for the RI Polio Plus Program. This year’s rally will attempt to raise even more money for polio eradication. Joining Lake Texoma Rotary is the Rotary Club of Melissa who has signed on as a rest stop sponsor. All bike enthusiasts are encouraged to register at www.nopolio100 Contact Joe Henderson at joehend@myrhinomail.com for additional information. |
RC of Park Cities Donates $10,000 From Snider Plaza Tree Lighting The receipts have been gathered and the bills have been paid. The proceeds from the twelfth annual Univeristy Park Tree Ligting in Snider Plaza on November 18, 2018, have been calculated. Despite the inclement weather, the event generated $10,000.00, through sponsorships and contributions, to be donated to the North Texas Food Bank. |
Ann Eisemann Inclusive Playground Groundbreaking Ceremony Richardson East Rotary Club, with assistance from the Rotary Club of Richardson, did a incredible job of raising over $500K for the Ann Eisemann Inclusive Playground at Cottonwood Park in Richardson. The ground breaking was very well attended despite frigid temperatures. Congratulations in helping getting this done Rotarians! |
2019-2020 Presidential Theme Revealed Rotary International President-Elect Mark Maloney has revealed the 2019-2020 theme "Rotary Connects The World". In his address at International Assembly, he explained his vision for building a stronger Rotary, calling on leaders to expand connections to their communities and to embrace innovative membership models. Read the story. |
Coppell Rotary Supports Metrocrest Seniors over the Holiday This year the Coppell Rotary Club, for the 2nd year adopted 5 needy Seniors from Metrocrest Services for the holiday. We appointed 5 Team Captains, their responsibility was coordinating a basket for each senior and Club members have been assigned to a team. |
Gorundbreaking Ceremony For Ann Eisemann Inclusive Playground |
It's Time For Mardi Gras! Our Mardi Gras Party is coming fast and the room is reaching full capacity! Join us on Saturday, February 16, 2019, for our Mardi Gras party at 6:30 in the evening at Prestonwood Country Club, 15909 Preston Road, Dallas,TX 75428. Everyone is invited. Bring your friends and neighbors! Tickets are $50 each. You can find all the information to register on the District website: https://rotary5810.org/sitepage/mardi-gras-party |
McKinney's 19th Annual Parade Of Lights The 19th Annual McKinney Rotary "Parade of Lights" held in downtown McKinney on Dec 20, 2018. It was a huge success after rescheduling and was enjoyed by all. The McKinney Rotary Club parade attracts groups from all over McKinney and Collin County area such as: Boy Scout and Girl Scout Troops, McKinney High School Marine Corps JROTC Color Guard Cadets, McKinney Fire and Police personnel, and many other worthy participants. This annual McKinney Rotary Club event has proven to be a great way to continue expanding our Rotary brand, visibility and service effectiveness within the City of McKinney and surrounding communities. See the photos |
Santa receives surprising request, delivers Christmas miracle As a professional Santa Claus, it’s not unusual for Bill Dendy to get Christmas requests and letters from kids. What is unusual is the email he received just a few weeks ago. “Yeah, I got a letter and it was not from a kid, but it was actually from their mom,” Dendy said. |
RYLA Roundup for All Clubs to Kick Off the 2019 RYLA Year
The RYLA Roundup for the District 5810 2019 Camp RYLA Program will be held Saturday, January 26, 2019 at the Addison Conference Centre, 15650 Addison Road, Addison, TX 75001. Rotary Club RYLA Chairpersons should attend this training program designed to get Camp RYLA 2019 recruiting and selection started. The meeting is the only chairpersons training of the year so every club should be represented. The training is from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. RYLA manuals and recruiting materials will be distributed, including copies of the brand new Camp RYLA video. The meeting is also open to any Rotarian interested in learning more about Camp RYLA prior to the 29th annual leadership camp. July 28 – August 2. |
RYLA Volunteering for Angle Tree Over 20 years
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North Texas Pioneers "Fur Angel Tree" North Texas Pioneers Rotary brought some much needed Christmas cheer to the Plano Animal Shelter this season. Each member choose an angel off the tree and bought the items listed. They gathered many small beds for cats and small dogs, lots of toys, cat nip, dog and cat treats, cat litter, etc.... And many other items the shelter needs to keep all the sweet creatures comfortable. |
All Assessible Playground - Rosemead Park The Rotary Club of Carrollton-Farmers Branch in partnership with The City of Carrollton is raising money to purchase and install All Assessible Playground Equipment for the park located at Rosemeade Rec Center. |
Rotary Club of Park Cities and Scottish Rite Popcorn When years ago the polio epidemic necessitated specific programs to treat the children, some of the pediatricians of the time did not want the children to dread coming to a place that smelled like a hospital. Their solution was to pop popcorn and keep popping it, so the children would be greeted by a much more appealing smell. |
Wreaths Across America The Rockwall Breakfast Rotary participated in the December 15, 2018 Wreaths Across America at Resthaven Cemetery and Memorial Park, Rockwall, TX. |
McKinney Collects For Troops.PNG) The McKinney Rotary Club collected items in November 2018 to send to U.S. Troops that are overseas. We joined a group collecting for 33 soldiers and collected 11 donation boxes of goodies. The boxes were shipped this week in order to reach the troops before Christmas, and also included 33 Holiday Cards signed club members. We not only wanted the soldiers to have something for Christmas but we wanted to express our appreciation for all they do for us. We were told many do not receive anything from family members or home so we wanted to ensure everyone received something. This was our first time on this project and feel it was a great success. |
Heros On The Water
On Saturday, December 1, five Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Allen Sunrise met at Frito Lay in Plano, Texas to volunteer and serve lunch, provided by the Club, to about 40 veterans and their family members. A 501(c)(3) non-profit charity, this organization creates alternative no-cost therapeutic programs that relax, rehabilitate and reintegrate through kayak fishing and the outdoors, while providing much-needed camaraderie and support. Founded in 2007, Heroes on the Water is dedicated to providing these services to veterans. In 2018, services opened up to first responders and their families. |
Formal Notice Of Selection Of The 2021-22 District Governor.jpg)
On December1, 2018 the Nominating Committee for District 5810 selected Max S. Duplant for the district's District Governor Nominee Designate for Rotary Year 2021-2022. Ms. Duplant is a longtime Rotarian and is a past president and current member of the Rotary Club of Irving/ Las Colinas,Texas. Please join us in congratulating Max on her selection and wish her well in the new chapter of her Rotary leadership. |
Carrollton-Farmers Branch Serves It Up At Dallas County Promise Carrollton Farmers Branch Rotary partnered with the Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD in conjunction with the Dallas County Promise. It was their first year to participate and they furnished 1000 hotdogs! |
White Rock Rotary Spreads Christmas Spirit White Rock Rotary got into the Christmas spirit early by helping at the Salvation Army Angel Tree in North Park Mall. Their club members and Interact students volunteered in shifts over 4 days. It was great to see holiday shoppers think of others while buying for their own families and friends. |
Park Cities Hosts the Snider Plaza Tree Lighting Despite the cold weather an enthusiastic crowd filled Snider Plaza on November 18 for the twelfth annual University Park Tree Lighting. The Tree Lighting is a project of the Rotary Club od Park Cities and the Snider Plaza Merchant’s Association. |
Rotary in North Texas Has an Opportunity to Join
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Prestonwood Helps Challenge Air Celebrate It's 25th Anniversary Among the more than 300 guests at Love Field’s Frontiers of Flight Museum celebrating the 25th anniversary of Challenge Air for Kids and Friends were members of the Prestonwood Rotary Club, and they had a particularly good reason to join the festivities. |
Dallas North Partners With Services Of Hope Dallas North Rotary partners with Services of Hope to create Thanksgiving food baskets. |
Congratulations Bailey Wilson, Plano Community Rotaract
Congratulations to Bailey Wilson from the Plano Community Rotaract Club for being selected as 1 of 60 Rotaract Leaders from around the world to attend the Rotary International Assembly in January!!! Bailey started her Rotaract career as a member of Collin College Rotaract, eventually becoming President of the club in 2015. She successfully campaigned for herself and 2 other Rotaractors to attend the 2016 Rotary International convention, where she decided that she wanted to pursue a position of leadership to help guide the education and growth of Rotaract. Upon her return she joined the Plano Community Rotaract Club. |
Richardson Rotary Partners With Rotary Club Bratislava Richardson Rotary partnered with the Rotary Club Bratislava to help support a local shelter of theirs. One of their members, Radi, was able to visit the Rotary Club Bratislava in Slovakia and the shelter they are helping. Richardson Rotary is extremely proud of the positive impact they can have by working with Rotary clubs around the world! |
Coats for Kids in Rockwall Each year the Rockwall Breakfast Club plants many smiles on many faces as we provide coats for underprivileged elementary school children in Rockwall. The event is held each November in partnership with Old Navy and the Rockwall ISD. |
Ribbon Cutting At Jaycee Park Beautiful day for a ribbon cutting at the new Fitness Court at Jaycee Park. The Rotary Club of Ennis was a major donor to getting it made. Be sure to check it out. Free to the public! For more information about the Fitness Court, please visit the pagehttps://nationalfitnesscampaign.com/fitness-court/ |
Rotary Reads Service Project Cheers to the Sherman Rotary Club for their Rotary Reads service project which has the members read to the classroom. Today members had the honor to meet many gifted students and dedicated staff members at Neblett Elementary School. |
Addison Rotary Making A Difference Addison Rotary presented a check to the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas for a whopping $185,000! Their members worked so hard to be able to give so much to their partner charity, and we are proud of every single one of them! |
Are you a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer?
Has your club done projects with Peace Corps Volunteers? Rotary and Peace Corps has just signed their second three year partnership agreement. The agreement was initiated by a group of RPCVs Rotarians in Colorado District 5450. That group is looking to leverage the partnership at a local district level. If you are an RPCV Rotarian, please contact Michael Wald (mwald999@gmail.com) of the Prestonwood Rotary Club with Peace Corps in the subject line, and also go to RPCV Rotarian input form and add your name to the database. |
McKinney Sunrise ShelterBox USA Program President Jeff Caserotti presented Bruce Heller, board member of the ShelterBox USA program with a check for $2,000 from McKinney Sunrise Rotary Club for two ShelterBoxes, and the weekly basket collection for the month of November will also be donated to ShelterBoxUSA. This is a huge operation that serves millions of people around the world. |
Save the Date: November 7th - The 14thAnnual Salute to America’s Veterans
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Something's Cooking: The Uptown Club Presents The Fifth Annual Men Who Cook
On Saturday, November 3, Rotarians around the area should be prepared for an abundance of hearty home-cooked food, delicious wines, exciting opportunities and warm spirit as the Rotary Club of Dallas-Uptown presents its fifth annual Men Who Cook fundraiser. The event takes place at The Lawley Art Group, 1507 Dragon Street in the Design District from 4-7 o’clock PM. Tickets are $35 each. Click here to purchase. |
Melissa Rotary Presents Donation To Fire Department President Bob Wales and members of the Rotary Club of Melissa were on hand at this week's City Council meeting to present a check for $4,000 to the Melissa Fire Department in support of a new KNOX Home Box program being launched in the coming weeks. |
World Polio Day Proclamation Frisco Sunrise Rotary Club requested and received a proclamation from the Mayor of Frisco for World Polio Day on Oct 16th! Pictured left to right, Krista Ryan FSR President and the City of Frisco Mayor Cheney. |
Rotary Club of Park Cities Hosts Dentistry with a Heart! Dentistry With a Heart is a collaborative project between the Rotary Club of Park Cities, Agape Clinic, volunteer dentists and hygienists, and student dentists from the Texas A&M College of Dentistry. It was begun ten years ago by the three dentists who were members of RCPC to provide free dental care to people who could not otherwise afford it. Among the thousands of dollars worth of services provided include cleanings, fillings, extractions, root canals and partials. |
White Rock Serves Up Smiles Some members of White Rock Rotary organized and helped serve lunch for about 200 refugees from Burma and various African countries last Sunday at St. Patrick's Church. The refugees enjoyed their meal and the Rotarians shared in the happy vibe, as you can see! |
McKinney Rotary's Centennial Celebration On October4th, the McKinney Rotary Club celebrated its 100th year of service in the city. “We are so fortunate to have a Rotary Club that is active and engaged in our community,” Lisa Hermes, president of the McKinney Chamber of Commerce, said in a news release from the Rotary Club. “As they celebrate their centennial anniversary, it’s really a celebration of the dedicated men and women who roll up their sleeves and serve not only our community but people and places around the world.” Adding to the celebration, was the recipient of a Texas Senate Resolution for the Centennial and a proclamation naming Oct 4., 2018 as "Rotary Club of McKinney Day". |
Addison Rotary Volunteers At Ronald McDonald House Dallas On Oct. 12, Addison Rotarians volunteered to feed guests at the Ronald McDonald House in Dallas. They love what this organization stands for and enjoyed being able to make a difference! |
White Rock Rotary Supports Interact White Rock Rotary is a small, friendly, and growing club. We enjoy many community service projects, including White Rock Lake clean up, provision and serving meals for Family Gateway, lunch service for refugees, and newsletter assistance for White Rock Center of Hope. We recently sent students from three different Dallas schools to Camp Ryla. We sponsor two Interact clubs, one at Skyline High School and one at Lake Highlands High School. Here is a picture of some of our Interact students and club sponsors at the Interact Summit. Come visit us, you will be made very welcome! |
Mesquite Rotary Donates $2,500 to Retired Educators' Book Project The Mesquite Rotary Club presented a donation of $2,500 to the Mesquite Association of Retired School Employees book project at their meeting on October 2ndt. In accepting the check from Rotary president-elect John Taylor, MARSE president Elaine Whitlock expressed her thanks for Rotary’s assistance, and noted that the funds would greatly support the project’s goal of providing a book of their own to each Mesquite ISD first grader. |
World Polio Day is October 24 Now’s the time to start planning your World Polio Day event. Spread the word in your community about the ongoing fight to end polio. Together, we can — and will — make history by ending polio for good. |
Enter the World Polio Day Competition
World Polio Day Competition – Your Club could win $500 for its WASH Projects! World Polio Day is celebrated on October 24th. World Polio Day was established by Rotary International to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis. Use of this inactivated poliovirus vaccine and subsequent widespread use of the oral poliovirus vaccine, developed by Albert Sabin, led to the establishment of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Polio is a disease caused by a virus that affects the nervous system and is mainly spread by person-to-person contact. Polio can also be spread by drinking water or other drinks or eating raw or undercooked food that are contaminated with the feces of an infected person. |
Mesquite's Donation to Addressing Mesquite Day The Mesquite Rotary Club’s president Les Clark presented Mesquite Mayor Stan Pickett a donation of $2,500 at their meeting on September 25th, to assist with underwriting expenses for the annual Addressing Mesquite program. |
Coding Camp sponsored by Coppell Rotary & UTD Computer Science Outreach.jpg) Since 2017, students who attend Riverchase Elementary School, a Spark STEM Academy CFB ISD school, located in Coppell (serving Coppell & Carrollton families), have the opportunity to participate in a Coding Camp sponsored by Coppell Rotary & UTD Computer Science Outreach. |
Rotary Club of Park Cities - Now Live Streaming!
A key component of our 2017-2018 Social Media and Public Image initiative at Rotary Club of Park Cities was to significantly upgrade our audio and video recording capabilities. Completion of this significant project allows us to now live stream our weekly programs and special events to our club Facebook page. |
Farmers Rotary Encourages Civic Duty The Farmersville Rotary Club sponsors a Voters Registration station at Farmersville High School to encourage civic participation through voting. Rotarians Bob Collins and Jim Foy help high school students who are eligible to register to vote. |
Keep Rowlett Beautiful Service Project The Rowlett Rotary Club is a committed partner of KEEP ROWLETT BEAUTIFUL . We have two service projects coming up in support of that on going effort. |
Frisco Sunrise Sponsors STEM Workshop On September 8, 2018 Frisco Sunrise Rotary Club sponsored a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEaM) workshop for students in grade 4th through 12th. The STEaM workshop provides an opportunity for the business community and industry professionals to expose our campers to career opportunities they might not have considered. Additionally, the hands on and interactive approach encourages critical thinking, creativity and problem-solving skills. The combination of fun and learning allowed the Sunrise Rotary club the opportunity to introduce the values of Rotary and interact to a new audience. |
Irving Colinas Installs Labor Day Flags.jpg) Hard-working Irving-Las Colinas Rotarians got a head start on the Labor Day weekend with their flag installation at the Irving Convention Center, the first corporate “subscriber” to this key club fundraiser. |
McKinney Rotary Celebrates 100 Years of Service
For the past 100 years, the McKinney Rotary Club has served the community — both locally and worldwide — in ways that have made a positive impression on the community. “ I am so very grateful for our McKinney Rotary Club. They took a lead role in bringing the All-Abilities Playground Project to fruition, once again demonstrating their commitment to serve all in our community. Thank you Rotary! ,” said McKinney Mayor, George Fuller. On Thursday, October 4, 2018, the McKinney club will celebrate its 100 th anniversary with a formal dinner at the Eldorado Country Club. This event will include a video presentation of the impact McKinney Rotary has had on the community, and is by invitation only. |
Greenville Rotary Gives Back To Community What's great about Rotary? Giving back to your community! Greenville Rotary donated $2,500 to their local Salvation Army. David Weiland presents to Col. David Hodge as President Jessica Harrell presides. |
Welcome Inbound Students! These are our inbound students this year. From the left, Camilla from Italy, hosted by FRISCO Sunrise, Ginevra from Italy, hosted by the Rotary Club of Dallas, Gregoire from France, hosted by the Fair Park Rotary, and Jasper from Germany, hosted by Preston Trails. |
Coppell Rotarians to participate in Human Library Cozby Library in Coppell, TX is thinking outside the box – and outside the books, for that matter – in an effort to bring stories to life in a whole new way. For the event, people will be able to “check out” five people for 30-minute conversations – where no questions will be off-limits - designed to create dialogue and increase understanding of subjects that are often misunderstood. For the event, people will be able to “check out” five people for 30-minute conversations – where no questions will be off-limits - designed to create dialogue and increase understanding of subjects that are often misunderstood. |
McKinney Supports Community Food Pantry McKinney Rotary in support for the Community Food Pantry held a food drive that collected over 100 cans of fruit in less than a month. Great job! One person can be fed on $2.65 a day. |
East Dallas Goes Above And Beyond The Rotary Club of East Dallas went above and beyond for their "Annual Back To School Drive" for the Daniels D. Rodgers Elementary. School. Not only did they deliver back packs and school supplies, they also supplied uniforms and teacher's tools. AWESOME JOB!! |
Back To School Bash Nothing makes a Rotarian happier than when they serve to make a difference! Check out all the smiling faces from the Royse City Rotarians at the city's Annual Back to School Bash. Not only is this an awesome service project but lots of fun was had from giving out the schools supplies to the students. Thanks to our members who participated! |
Dallas Rotary Honors Teachers Three Dallas ISD teachers who go above and beyond in their classrooms and their communities were honored by the Rotary Club of Dallas. |
Carrollton-Farmers Branch PomPom Patrol The Carrollton-Farmers Branch Rotary PomPom Patrol was on the scene for the first day of school at Farmers Branch Elementary School this week to greet each student and wish them a successful 2018-19 school year. Want to get more involved with Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District this year? Give our club a shout - we have an amazing mentoring program that’s changing the world one buddy at a time. |
Coppell Announces it’s 2018 Rotary Scholarship Winners The Rotary Club of Coppell would like to congratulate the CHS graduating class of 2018! We are exceptionally proud of the seniors that were chosen to receive the Coppell Rotary Scholarships. While all of the students who applied for the scholarships were exceptional, there were four seniors who stood out and each won a $1,000 scholarship. |
District Awards 2018 Thank you to all that came out to the Annual District Awards Dinner!!! Congratulations to all the winners! See the photo album. Check out the list award winners |
Miles Of Backpacks Irving Colinas Rotarians were among the many hands helping the young ones in their community to get ready for the new school year. Miles and miles of backpacks packed thanks to the giving hearts and hard work of this community. |
Royse City Supports Shoes For Kids Shout out to the Royse City Rotary Club for their volunteer work at Shoes For Kids, distributing toothbrushes and toothpaste! Thank you for your Service Above Self! |
Sushil Kumar Gupta Selected To Be 2020-21 Rotary President
Sushil Kumar Gupta, of the Rotary Club of Delhi Midwest, Delhi, India, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International for 2020-21. He will be declared the president-nominee on 1 October if no challenging candidates have been suggested. Gupta wants to increase Rotary’s humanitarian impact as well as the diversity of its membership. “As individuals, we can only do so much,” Gupta said in a statement. “But when 1.2 million Rotarians work together, there is no limit to what we can achieve, and in the process, we can truly change the world.” |
Membership Message from RI President Barry Rassin Click on photo to play video |
Superior General visits Rotary Club of McKinney.jpg) In the year 2017, Rotary Club of McKinney did an International Service Program with the St. Joseph’s Sisters in Kerala, India. With a matching grant with District 5810 the Club purchased modern equipments to support St. Thomas Asylum, an institution to house and support women with mental and physical challenges. |
It's The Wylie Way Wylie East Fork club members are quick to act! Knowing backpacks are hard to come by for Wylie ISD's Back To School Fair, they all donated to fill the need. It's The Wylie Way! Thank you for your service above self! |
Park Cities Annual July 4th Parade The annual 4th of July Parade is arguably the best and largest single day event in the Park Cities. The 2018 Fourth of July parade took place on Wednesday, July 4th, 2018 and attracted a crowd of more than 15,000 people. |
District Governor Bill Slicker's December Message
I've had a wonderful time visiting our Rotary clubs. I am grateful to be with dedicated Rotarians serving their communities. At every visit, I highlight the importance of Rotary's Clean Water Initiative. RI theme for December, is Disease & Prevention Treatment. John Hewo, general secretary of Rotary International, says, "As trusted leaders leaders attuned to the needs of their communities, Rotary members are well-positioned to help find grassroot solutions to local conflicts." In the December 2018 Rotarian Magazine, my friend Sushil Kumar Gupta has been selected to be 2020-21 Rotary President. I met Sushil in 2004 at a National Immunization Day in India. On Saturday, Max Duplant, past president of the Irving-Las Colinas Club, was elected to be District Governor Nominee Designate for the Rotary year 2021-2022. Please welcome Max as she joins our Governor team. THIS IS A GREAT DAY TO BE A ROTARIAN! |
Register Now For District Awards Dinner.png) The Rotary District Awards Dinner will be held this year on Saturday, August 18th from 6:30PM to 9:00PM at the Haggard Party Barn, 5948 McKamy Trail, Plano, Texas 75024. The dress is "Western Dress". This is sure to be a fun event! Tickets are $25. Seating is limited to 200 guests! Register Now |
July Roundtable Recap
We kicked off the new Rotary year with the first Roundtable meeting last Saturday. The Rotary Club of Dallas provided the breakfast spread & mimosas. Dana DeVance, Club President of the downtown Dallas club and her team, shared the progress of the projects of the club. They highlighted their "Salute to the America's Veterans Program" & "Ghana African" project. Charlie Mohrle of the Dallas Club shared the highlights of our recent RI Convention in Tornto, Canada |
Hosting A Rotary Day
RI President Barry Rassin has challenged clubs and Rotarians to Be The Inspiration in 2018-19. One of the ways Rassin would like to see clubs do this is by hosting a Rotary Day. Any club big or small can host a Rotary Day, and several clubs can combine to share ideas, talent, and resources. President Rassin is urging clubs to organize fun, informal community events called Rotary Days. Any club, big or small, can host a Rotary Day. Pooling resources with neighboring clubs to co-host and event is a great way to build Rotary Fellowship. Link to additional information on how to host a Rotary Day https://my.rotary.org/en/why-and-how-host-rotary-day |
Membership Recruitment Video - What is Rotary? Check out this cool video we created on "What is Rotary and what Rotarians Do" - a perfect tool that can be used on social media and Club websites for membership recruitment. |
Coppell Rotary Volunteers at Metrocrest Services Talk about #PeopleOfAction! These volunteers from Coppell Rotaryfilled over 430 sacks of food at Metrocrest Services in under 2 hours! |
Serving in Ghana | The Rotary Club of Dallas Amazing work being done by the Rotary Club of Dallas in Ghana. |
Radical Leap Mastermind This video defines 4 prinicpals for being an #InpsiredLeader and how to be successful as defined in "Radical Leap" a book by Steve Farber that was recommended by RI President Barry Rassin at PETS. |
Volunteers Needed - Dallas 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb
The Dallas 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb is looking for volunteers to assist with numerous areas of our event on 9/8/2018. The event is not a race, but rather a tribute honoring the sacrifices of fallen heroes - both near and far. Fulfilling a promise to "NEVER FORGET" their brothers and sisters who have died in the line of duty, over 600 firefighters from across DFW and the nation climb 110 floors in downtown Dallas to represent the 110 floors of the twin towers. It takes about 200 volunteers to make our event a success. You do not need any experience or association with emergency response, just a willing spirit and a servant's heart! All volunteers must commit to attending the volunteer orientation from 9am-12pm on Saturday, August 25 as well as the event from 6am-12pm on Saturday, September 8. Sign up to volunteer or contact Sarah Jenkins, interior@dallasstairclimb.com, with any questions. More information can also be found at http://www.dallasstairclimb.com/ |
Plano Metro Donates $65,000 to H.E.R.O.E.S The Plano Metro Rotary Club recently gave $65,000 to H.E.R.O.E.S., a Richardson-based provider of educational programs for individuals with disabilities. The nonprofit was the winner of the club’s first Plano Metro Rotary Foundation Grant. Funds were used to purchase a wheelchair-accessible bus, allowing students with mobility impairments to attend excursions such as zip-lining, bowling and group art lessons. The Plano Metro Rotary Foundation was established in 2002, as a way to provide funds for Plano ISD vocational scholarships and other community needs identified by the club. |
Mesquite Rotary Annual Bike Rally Shout out the Rotary Club of Mesquite on their Annual Bike Rally! This year, they had over 1,200 riders. Monies raised will go a long way to support the Club's programs in 2018-19 fiscal year. Great turnout!! See the video |
Carrollton Farmers Branch Celebrates Successful Fundraising Club President, Dr. Paul Lonquist, challenged members on one of their fundraising projects "that if they raised $10,000.00, the three leaders (from left to right, Dr. Paul Lonquist President; Jerry Bates, Incoming President Steve Patrick, Immediate Past President) would have a bucket of ice and water poured over them. They called it the Ice Bucket Challenge. Members who donated an additional $100.00 each had the privilege of pouring the buckets. They are from left to right, the members are John Dodd, Dick Calvert, and Gary Embrey. John Dodd also had his grandson, Justin Dodd, assisting. |
New Hawn Park playground equipment unveiled thanks to Sherman Rotary The Sherman Rotary Club donated $10,000 to build a new playground at Hawn Park off South Dewey and East Thomas streets. The upgrade has been in the works for almost a year, and the playground equipment company matched Sherman Rotary's $10,000 to make it happen. The rotary club said they're now trying to remodel one park every year. The rotary club also presented another $10,000 check today to Parks & Recreation for their next project: New equipment for Cherry Street Park. |
Irving-Las Colinas Flag Program Expands This year, for the Fourth of July, on the suggestion of a local resident to dress up a city-owned park with flags, our club launched its first “commercial” component of the flag program. Fifty flags, one tagged for each state, were anchored around the city’s Millennium Park Fountain at City of Irving, Texas - City Hall; then, through community outreach (primarily through the club’s social media efforts which were amplified by the Mayor), 44 of those 50 flags were quickly sponsored by residents at $100 each (some club members, but many not) with a connection to those states. |
2018-2019 Rotary Theme |
Richardson East Makes Inclusive Playground Reality More than $227,000 has been raised for the inclusive playground at Cottonwood Park. That was among the good news announced at the Picnic for the Playground last weekend. There was a great crowd throughout the event put on by Richardson East Rotary Club. The Richardson East Rotary Club presented a check to the city recognizing another $95,000 it has raised for the project. |
Coppell Rotary Club issues Citations of Appreciation Maureen Corcoran and Janell Straach of Coppell Rotary Club issue “Citations of Appreciation” to Coppell law enforcement officers. |
Mesquite Rotary's Rodeo Road Rally Fundraising Bike Ride Register now for the Mesquite Rotary Club’s 22th Rodeo Road Rally coming up on June 30th. The annual charity fundraising bike ride will start at Mesquite’s Rodeo Convention Center, 1700 Rodeo Drive (near Military Parkway and I-635 L.B.J. Freeway) at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 30, 2018. Cyclists will be able to choose the controlled route that best suits their abilities and interests, including the choice of 20, 42, or 65-mile courses. |
June 2nd - Peace Building Conference Photo op with RI President Ian Riseley at the Peace Building Conference with the Rotary District 5810 Interact Model United Nations Team and District Conference attendees in Chicago. |
Plano Metro Rotary Foundation Grant The Plano Metro Rotary Club was proud to present their first Rotary Foundation Grant this year to HEROES Camp. Many wonderful non-profits applied, and it was a difficult decision. They awarded them $65,000 to purchase a new accessible bus that will allow more students who use wheelchairs to attend off-site events.Way to Make a Differnce! |
30 Yr Women In Rotary Celebration  The Carrollton-Farmers Branch Club hosted our 30 Yr Women in Rotary celebration at the Brookhaven Country Club. We celebrated and honored the accomplishments of our female members and acknowledged what a vital and important accomplishment woman make to the success of Rotary. Our guest speaker was District 5840 PDG Lisa Herring and we heard from three of our own outstanding women - Karen Farris (Park Cities), Karen Maxwell (Commerce) and Dana DeVance (Dallas). In addition, First Lady Lisa Asmberry made a check presentation to AWARE. See photos |
Coppell Rotary Teams Up With Train and Help Babies For Walkathon Train and Help Babies Walkathon volunteers ready for the race to begin! Coppell is making a difference in reducing infant mortality worldwide, as over 300 people gathered at Andy Brown Park East on Saturday to walk and talk about lowering infant mortality and the impact it has on communities worldwide. Despite warming temperatures the Austin Elementary Marimba band played to the delight of the attendees with walkers and watchers enjoying the buzz of activity, food and conversations with some of the top practitioners of pediatrics in Texas. The Coppell Rotary Club joined with Train and Help Babies, a local organization dedicated to bringing lifesaving equipment and advanced medical training to hospitals in high infant mortality areas to improve maternal health and infant survivability, as the major sponsor in sending a team of neonatologists and pediatricians to several locations in Karnataka, India to |
It Started With A Dream R F Hartman Elementary Principal Ballast expressed an interest in an Outdoor Science Center. Wylie East Fork Rotary joined Wylie ISD Maintenance Dept, Chase Oaks Church - Woodbridge Campus & Wylie ISD Education Foundation in funding this newly celebrated and elaborate garden. |
Waxahachie Celebrates 30 Yrs Women In Rotary Great photo from the Rotary Club of Waxahachie for their Celebration of 30 Yrs Women in Rotary! |
Rockwall Noon Awards Major Donor Shout out to to Rotarians Kathy & David Howe from Rockwall Noon Rotary. They received the Major Donor Award! Thank you for your Service Above Self! |
Rotarians In Action Rotarians in action! The Rotary Club of Wylie East Fork gave away over 500 hot dogs at Saturday's Peddle Car Races in downtown Wylie. Many thanks to all the Club members who volunteered their time at this event! |
Rotary Global Water and Sanitation Update Great evening with a group of Rotarians passionate about water and sanitation hygiene issues where Rotary is striving to make a difference. We were honored to be in the company of Rotary International President Ian Riseley and his wife Juliet (Rotary Club of Sandringham, Victoria, Australia), DG Rick Amsberry and incoming DG Bill Slicker and spouses. Featured speaker Dr. ISIS Mejias 2012 Global Grant Scholar & 2017 Rotary International Global Service Award Recipient. |
Dallas Trinity Rotary Making A Difference 11 Rotarians and friends packed 12,833 meals for the North Texas Food Bank. They are #PeopleOfAction and #MakingADifference! Great job!! |
Addison Midday Supports REACT.JPG)  On May 1, 2018 the Addison (TX) Midday Rotary Club presented two checks to REACT Neuro-Rehab in Addison, TX. REACT offers a comprehensive multi-modal approach to neurological recovery through a blend of neuroscience and strength training principles. The first donation is for a scholarship to REACT’s ‘No Athlete Left Behind’ program. This program allows REACT to serve a population that, due to their injury and the financial burden that consumes families affected by these conditions, is unable to fund their participation in REACT’s Neuro-Restorative training program. This elite one-on-one training program offers customized training prescriptions. The focus is on restoring motor function, building strength and enhancing overall independence. The second donation is for a scholarship to REACT’s ‘Legacy Project’. The Legacy Project, a free program offered to applicants, is a 12-week high-intensity, group training program that combines strength training and sport. Participants are given a unique opportunity to overcome their physical limitations and inspire others to achieve what many view as impossible. |
Addison Midday Anwsers Tree Challenge Addison Midday responded to the 1.2 Million Tree Planting Challenge with the planting of 27 minature Crepe Myrtle trees in two parks in the city of Addison this past weekend. Great job! |
Frisco Rotary's Farmer's Market.PNG) The Frisco Rotary Farmers Market is the Rotary Club of Frisco’s top fundraiser and contributes significantly to Frisco and the surrounding communities. The market is held weekly every Saturday from April 21 through October 27, 2018 and the third Saturday of each month in November, December, January, February and March. |
Mesquite Rotary Donates $1,000 to Mesquite Veterans Memorial Project Shown, left to right, are WWII veteran Josephine Moncrief, Mesquite Mayor Stan Pickett, and Mesquite Rotary president Michael Hooker as the donation check to the Mesquite Veterans Memorial project was presented. Mesquite Rotary Club officials donated to the new Mesquite Veterans Memorial project as they participated in city ceremonies honoring one of the few living World War II Army nurses at the Town East Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center on Thursday, April 26th. The American Flag Ceremony honored Lieutenant Josephine Moncrief, 97, who is one of only 15 living Army nurses who served in that conflict. Mesquite Rotary president Michael Hooker presented a $1,000 check to mayor Stan Pickett in support of the Historic Mesquite funding effort to build a new Mesquite Veterans Memorial at City Lake Park. |
Mesquite Rotary Presents $13,500 in Scholarships The Mesquite Rotary Club hosted its annual Scholarship Recognition and Awards Luncheon at the Dallas Athletic Club on April 24th. At the event, the top one percent students in the Class of 2018 from each Mesquite ISD high school, Sunnyvale High School, and Dallas Christian School were honored. Also, scholarship awards of $1,500 each were presented to students from each of these schools, and to a student from the Mesquite Academy. Additionally, two students from the Eastfield College Rotaract Club received $750 scholarships. This investment by the club in the future of these deserving area scholars totaled $13,500 |
Addison Rotary Volunteers at Metrocrest Services Addsion Rotary Club showing how they are People Of Action. They volunteered at one of their favorite local charities Metrocrest Services. Thank you for you Service Above Self! |
Interact Spring Fling Spring Fling 2018 was a hit! Games, service projects, awards, lunch, training, and dancing - See the photo album |
McKinney Sunrise Partners With Crape Myrtle Trails McKinney Sunrise is proud to partner with "Crape Myrtle Trails Of McKinney" with their project to distribute crape myrtle trees to McKinney I.S.D 5th graders for Mother's Day. Board Member Phil Wheat of "The Crape Myrtle Trails Of McKinney" visited them this week and gave President-elect Jeff Caserotti a plaque of appreciation for our club's participation. |
Austin College Rotaract Raises Funds For Childhood Cancer Sherman Rotary Club President Elect FY19, Eric Ross, helped by shaving students heads at the Annual St. Baldrick's Foundation event at Austin College to raise money for a cure for childhood cancer. Students brave the shave to raise awareness and money. This event is sponsered by the Austin College Rotaract Club. |
Waxahachie Plants Trees For Earth Day In honor of Earth Day, the Waxahachie Rotary Club, Interact Clubs and Boy Scout Troop 232 planted 110 trees in Mathew's Park on Garden Valley Parkway today, Saturday. They were planted at the direction of the Waxahachie Parks & Recreation Department in groves around the park. They are making a difference!! |
McKinney Celebrates 100 Yrs! Congratulations to the Rotary Club of McKinney!! They celebrate 100 yrs of #ServiceAboveSelf!! We are #District Proud! |
Rotarains At Special Olympics Bonham Rotary working hard at the Special Olympics this past Saturday - Starting and timing running races, announcing, helping with field events, cooking hot dogs, preparing ribbons and cheering for the participants! Enjoyable event and smiles on all the faces made it an awesome day! |
Coppell Rotary Participate In Volunteer Program Coppell Rotarians Steve Graybill and George Ritcheske participate in the Cozby Library Volunteer program. Doing a great job for getting their club noticed in the community! |
2018 Four Way Test Speech Contest Winners 1ST Place - Conor McNamara, Plano Rotary Club, Big Bend School 2nd Place - Justin Lord, Prestonwood Rotary Club, JJ Pearce High School 3rd Place - Dominique Lange, Mesquite Rotary Club, Poteet High School FINALISTS - Johyna Ballout, Allen Sunrise Rotary Club, Allen High School; Bentley Payne, Greenville Noon Rotary Club, Caddo Mills High School; Dante Curry, Farmers Branch Rotary Club, R. L. Turner High School |
Preston Center Plants 55 Trees Preston Center responded to the Tree Planting Challenge , along with the West Kessler Native Arbor Initiative, the Tree Foundation, Boy Scouts (Troop 5) and West Kessler United Methodist Church planted 8 trees in Roberts Park and gifted out to local residents 55 native trees in March! Great job!! |
Personal Invitiation From RI President Ian RiseleyRI President Ian Riseley talks about the Presidential Peace Conference and how it will benefit you by attending. To register for the Partnerships for PEACE District Conference, click here: http://bit.ly/2slBC3i |
Mesquite Rotary's Annual Four Way Test Speech Contest The Mesquite Rotary Club hosted its annual "Four Way Test" Speech Contest at the Dallas Athletic Club on March 27th. Contestants from all Mesquite I.S.D. high schools, Dallas Christian School, and Sunnyvale High School participated in the event. Each student gave a five-to-seven minute original speech about applying the Rotary Four Way Test in our everyday relationship with other people and students. The simple, four-question ethical test of all that we say and do was developed in 1932 by Herbert J. Taylor, who became the 1954-55 Rotary International President. The questions are, "Is it the truth?"; "Is it fair to all concerned?"; "Will it build goodwill and better friendships?"; and "Will it be beneficial to all concerned?" Taking first place in the contest was Dominique Lange of Poteet High School. Joshua Bills of Dallas Christian School took second place, and the third place winner was Terron Williams of West Mesquite High School. The winners received prizes of $250, $150, and $100. |
Grand Prairie Rotary Gives Back Grand Prairie Rotary working hard in the community this week with a ramp building project! Thank you for your Service Above Self! |
Irving Sunrise Celebrates National Puppy Day.jpg) Irving Sunrise sponsors both Canine Companions and MacArthur Hills Senior Living and on #NationalPuppyDay they brought over 20 service dogs in training to visit the seniors living at MacArthur Hills senior living center in Irving, Texas. Smiling faces for all involved! #RotaryMakingADifference#DistrictProud |
Addison Midday Supports Hope Supply at Easter On March 20, the Addison Midday Rotary Club made 50 Easter Baskets for Hope Supply to pass on to children who will not get Easter Baskets this year. Hope Supply says these baskets are already designated and they could use more. They made the baskets during their noon meetings. As you can imagine, this is one of their favorite projects and this is the fifth year they have made baskets. |
Mesquite Rotary's Work with Retired Teachers A team of Mesquite Rotary Club members worked side-by-side with retired Mesquite teachers on March 22nd to sort and label books to be delivered to all Mesquite ISD first graders. The Rotarians will also assist the retired teachers in delivering the books to the schools on March 29th. Since 2015, the Mesquite Rotary Club has donated funds each year in support of the Mesquite Association of Retired School Employees’ Book Project. Combined with funds donated by MARSE members, this allows the project to give a book to each first grade student in the district. |
Tree Planting Day at Bonton Farms This past weekend, members of Dallas-Uptown Rotary gathered together at Bonton Farms, Dallas' first urban farm. Uptowners planted 17 peach trees that could be ready to begin bearing fruit as early as this summer! From the Bonton Farms website: "What started as a small garden in a vacant lot in this little inner-city neighborhood, quickly turned into the City of Dallas’ first urban farm. The original farm is 1.25 acres boldly situated in the South Dallas community of Bonton, an area ravaged by generational poverty, crime, and classified by the USDA as a food desert." From this small beginning, the farms have expanded to a extension unit of 20 acres of food producing land. Bonton Farm employs members of the Bonton community and welcomes volunteers of all ages! |
Tree Planting at City Hall Carrollton Many of our members, guest, as well as members of our Interact Clubs from RL Turner and Newman Smith gathered at City Hall to complete our tree planning project for 2017/2018. This was part of our goal to plant 62 trees, one for ever member as of June of 2017, in both Carrollton and Farmers Branch. A total of 31 trees was planted in Carrollton and 31 trees planted in Farmers Branch last year. Many of the trees in Carrollton were planted at Rosemeade Recreation Center in the new Dog Park. We had lots of help with City of Carrollton landscape crews and Lorri Dennis, Certified Arborist. |
Mesquite Rotary Donates $1,275 to Mesquite Community Band
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Allen Sunrise Responds to Tree Plant Challenge Rotary Club of Allen Sunrise responded to the tree planting challenge of RI President Ian Riseley this past Saturday. They planted one tree per every member of their club, plus additional trees to honor Rotarians who have past on for a total of 37 trees. The tree planting was done at the Allen Spirit Park. |
Ennis Rotary Donates to ACROSS The Rotary Club of Ennis welcomed board members from A-CROSS (A Christian Response of Shelter and Service) and presented them with a check for $3000. |
Farmers Branch Rotary Supplies Water Farmers Branch Rotary have joined in partnership with Montego Bay Rotary to provide water to school children. The water tank provided to Barrett Town All Age School will allow children at the school to have a consistent water supply. We can accomplish great things when we work together! Awesome job!! #ServiceAboveSelf |
Multi-Club Nicaragua Service Trip A team of 30 Rotarians, Rotaractors and Interactors left Saturday, March 10th for a one week service trip to Nicaragua. They will work on building a stage and a water project at two schools in Granada and San Juan Del Sur. Members are from The Rotary Club of Frisco, Plano West Rotary Club, Rockwall Noon Rotary Irving-Las Colinas Rotary Club&nb |
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