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• $25/person for lunch • $13/person for non-eaters • The buffet will include a salad, a pasta, and a protein. Removing dessert and the side items (potatoes, broccoli, etc.) were ways to keep the weekly costs down.
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from P-E Eric Harrison
The Slate of Nominees for Officers and Directors for the 2027-28 Rotary Year
President: Eric Harrison President-Elect: Jill Jordan Vice-President: Mark Neace Treasurer: Marshall Weaver Secretary: Siobhan Abraham Parliamentarian: Barry Curlee Sergeant at Arms: John Brown Director Leadership: Elisa Garcia* Director Hunger: Susan Glen* Director Health & Wellness: Farshad Marzban Director Club Operations: Tom Swift* Director Membership: Happy Franklin* Director Public Image: Teresa DiFalco Director Youth: Kacey Lambert*
* Denotes second year of two year term
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Club merchandise!
Hats are Out of Stock!!
As a New member, you get an RCPC hat free. Let Laurie know if you don't already have one.
If you are an existing member, you can buy a new one online. The club is waiting for a new vendor to get more hats.
This is only for second shirts and hats! The first shirt and hat new members receive for free as part of their blue badge requisites (during their visit to the Club office).
• Saturday, October 24. 10:00 am,Rotary District 5810 will join Rotary members and supporters across Zone 25B & 29 for the World's Largest Polio Walkin support of Rotary's End Polio Now campaign.
Brookhaven Main Campus, 3939 Valley View Lane, Farmers Branch, TX 75244
Registration – $25 per person. Your registration includes:
• An official World's Largest Polio Walk T-shirt • Paul Harris Fellow Recognition Points for Rotarians • The opportunity to help District 5810 reach its $25,000 event goal supporting Rotary's End Polio Now campaign.
Bring your family, friends, and fellow community members to walk with us and make every step count.
• Friday, Nov. 6, 5:30 pm. TheRYLA 5810 Foundation Fundraising Galais a milestone evening honoring 35 years of impact while securing the next 35. We'd love to see every corner of District 5810 represented in the room. At McKinney Cotton Mill, 610 Elm Street, McKinney, TX 75069
- Dinner alongside inspiring stories of RYLA's impact - Recognition of the clubs, sponsors, and donors who built this legacy
- A live auction supporting RYLA scholarships and programming - A look ahead at where RYLA is headed next Attire: Cocktail or Business
Tickets: Individual= $135, Table for 8= $1000. Purchase on the District website.
•Tuesday, Nov. 10, 5:00 – 7:30pm Rotary Means Business Social Networking Event at 12 Cuts Brazilian Steakhouse 18010 Dallas Pkwy, Dallas, 75287. Network like Only A Rotarian Can!
RSVP on the District website or with this QR code.
• Saturday, Nov. 14, 9:30-12 Noon. Club Leadership Exchange
At our 5th year of running the Foot Care Clinic at Austin Street Center RCPC had a huge turnout of over 150 Austin Street participants served. Most got foot care packets, and all got socks and shoes. Park Cities Rotary had over 20 volunteers working to check in participants, help the nurses, distribute the socks, fit shoes and make it all happen!
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RCPC Cooks at Ronald McDonald House
Join Them on October 19! (See below)
From Kathleen Klaviter: Great time was had by all! We made smothered pork chops, mashed potatoes and green beans for 60 and received many compliments from the families! News: the House has a new chef, Chef Marcus. He was impressed with our teamwork and ability in the kitch
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Save the Date! Next Dentistry with a Heart will be
November 7, 7:30am-3:00pm (See below)
Dentistry with a Heart at Agape Clinic - October 18, 2025
$34,172 of dental services were provided to twenty-six patients
from the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center and Agape Clinic
• October 23, 2026. Texas leads the nation in hunger, with 1 in 4 kids facing food insecurity. NTFB’s Peanut Butter Drive is the perfect way to ensure kids have what they need to thrive. The Peanut Butter Drive is continuing in October !
Use this QR code so RCPC gets credit!
Please pass this on to others who might wish to contribute.
•Tuesday, Oct 27, 6:30-8:00pm. Fall RCPC Program Team Meeting at Richard Stanford's home, 3725 Turtle Creek Blvd # B, Dallas 75219. Bring: great program ideas! Pizza and beverages will be provided. Register on the RCPC website and email Richard so he knows you are coming!
•Thursday, Oct 29, 10:00am-3:00pm. Volunteer Day for theShark Tank Pitch Dayat the men's prison, Sanders “Sandy” Estes Unit, 1100 FM 1807, Venus, TX 76084
Option 1: 10:00 AM, PEP Office Presentation at the Richardson PEP Office for a presentation about PEP. Following the presentation, the group will travel together to the Estes Unit. Option 2: 11:00am. Drive directly to the prison to attend the Second Chance Pitch Competition at Noon.
We need 10 to 15 Rotarians to secure this volunteer opportunity. A car pool might be arranged if there is a need.
- You will need to bring a valid photo ID.
- You may not bring anything inside with you except for your ID. We will hold all other items at the front. If you have any medication you need to take around midday, it will be held at the front.
- For planning and facility security purposes, we would need the first and last name, driver’s license number, email address, and phone number for each participating individual.
- Sign up on the RCPC website or thru Farshad's email dated 10-19-2026.
Qs? Email, call or text Farshad Marzban at farshad@marzban.law or 214-458-7443.
•Thursday, November 5, 8:00-9:15am. RCPC Breakfast at Sweet Paris in Snider Plaza! at Sweet Paris Creperie & Cafe, 6632 Snider Plaza, Dallas, 75205. Please click on the link on the website to attend or decline. You can also book family and friends.
•Saturday, November 7, 7:30am-2:00pm. Dentistry with a Heart at Agape Clinic.
Two shifts available = 7:30am to 10:30am or 10:30am to 2:00pm.
Sign up and pick your shift on the RCPC website. Qs? Contact Fred Brown
•Monday, November 16, 4:00pm. Make dinner for families at Ronald McDonald House. It will warm your heart!
Ronald McDonald House, 4707 Bengal St Dallas, TX 75235.
Bring your license to enter building. Wear long pants and closed toed shoes
Sign up on the RCPC website to book yourself directly online and view available slots.
Call Kathleen Klaviter if you have questions 214-422-3010
•Friday, Nov. 20 at the regular Noon Meeting: RCPC’s Annual Meeting. Annual Business and vote for the Officers and Board members for 2027-28 will be conducted.
•Friday, Nov. 27. NO Meeting. Happy Thanksgiving!
•Friday, Dec. 4, 11:45 am. Meeting at The Salvation Army.More detailscloser to the event.
•Friday, Dec. 11, 11:45 am.Meeting at Bonton. More detailscloser to the event.
•Save the Date! Thursday, December 17. Holiday Party at Tom Rhodes’ home
Your donation makes a difference to those who need our help most.
EREY: Every Rotarian Every Year contribute $100 or more to THE Rotary Foundation
Checks payable to the Rotary Foundation
Contribution levels include EREY, Paul Harris Fellow, Paul Harris Society, Major Donor,
Permament Fund (Benefactor or Bequest Society)
Contributions may be earmarked to but not limited to SHARE Annual Fund, Polio, Disaster Relief Fund
The mission of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.
Rotary members believe that we have a shared responsibility to take action on our world’s most persistent issues. Over 46,000+ clubs that work together to provide 7 areas of focus:
Promote peace
Fight disease (including but not limited to the Global Eradication of Polio Initiative)
Provide clean water, sanitation, and hygiene
Save mothers and children
Support education
Grow local economies
Protecting the Environment
POLIO: Rotary has reduced cases by 99.9% since 1988. ONLY(2) countries remain endemic, Afghanistan and Pakistan
Service Above Self is the principal motto of Rotary because it best conveys the philosophy of unselfish volunteer service
From Eric Harrison, President-Elect of RCPC and President of the RCPC Foundation - 2025-26
The Rotary Club of Park Cities' Communities Fund was originally sponsored in the 1960’s by the Rotary Club of Park Cities (“RCPC”) for the purpose of providing an enduring legal entity through which members and friends of the Rotary Club of Park Cities might make donations for the good of mankind and the Dallas community. The fund continues to this day to consider internal and external grant requests submitted on the RCPC Foundation online grant portal found on the club website.
The following grant requests were approved at our November 2022 meeting:
• $1,000 grant for scholarships for Hillcrest High School for scholarship to honor RCPC long term member C.C. Collie
• $5,413.44 grant for Equest
• $6,000 grant for the Agape Clinic
The Executive Team denied the following grant request:
• Addison Midday grant request for Genesis Women's Shelter
The fund balance as of November 30, 2022, was $1,710.729.17. The Communities Foundation of Texas manages the RCPC Foundation Fund. The amount available each year for grants is derived from an average over 16 quarters (4 years), then, 4.5% of that amount is the amount available for distribution the following year.
Our Sgt. at Arms Kathy Wall for 2022-2023, reported that the RCPC Foundation Fund donations thru 11-30-2022 totals $9,116.00 from 37 donors!
To the Foundation Fund: $9,116.00 from 37 donors
To the Bonton Clinic: $200.00 from 1 donor
Your contributions make an incredible difference in the amount we are able to distribute to worthy local organizations.
