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Rotary Club of Park Cities
Awarded by District 5810  Club of the Year  2020-2021
Awarded by District 5810 Club Service, Community Service, Spirit of Cooperation AND
Most Fun Club Awards 2022-23
 
Want to know more about the Rotary Club of Park Cities?
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Next Meeting
Friday, December 06, 2024
11:50 am
at
The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center
5554 Harry Hines Blvd.
(southeast corner of Inwood & Harry Hines)
It's Chili Day!
 
No meeting at Maggiano's.next week
The meeting will be at the Dallas Career Institute North
with a tour and box lunch
 
(You can watch most meetings later on our YouTube channel here)

Join us! We'd like to meet you!

Please note that RCPC meetings and other events are public events where photos and video are customarily taken. By attending you are consenting to free use of your liken ess on RCPC and related websites, social media, streaming video, emails, newsletters and similar methods.
This Week's Program
 
Lt. Richard Reynoldson, 
Commanding Officer of
The Salvation Army of Irving, TX
 
will speak on
"The Work of The Salvation Army"
It's Chili Day!
 
See The Hub for more on our program.
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You can access all of our recent meetings on this link to RCPC's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Park+cities+rotary
 
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Important Club Announcements  
   RCPC Office Phone Number:  469-242-9448
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Volunteers Needed for the Transportation Committee! 
Provide a ride to and from meetings for members unable to drive.
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The meeting on December 6 will be Chili Day
at the Salvation Army
 
The meeting on December 13 will be at
Dallas Career Institute North
with a tour and a Box Lunch
You MUST sign up and pay for the lunch!
 
There will be NO MEETING on Friday, Deceember 20, 2024
Go to the Holiday Party!  Enjoy!
 
There will be NO MEETING on Friday, Deceember 27, 2024
Happy Holidays!
 
The meeting on Friday, January 3, 2025 has been canceled!
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Club merchandise!
 
Hats are Back!
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.

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).

Buy a second RCPC club cap with club logo. Click here to purchase. ($20/cap) 
Buy a second RCPC blue shirt with club logo. Click here to purchase ($40/shirt - no price difference between men’s or women's)
Contact Laurie to pick up the shirt and/or hat once you pay for it. 
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District 5810
Tues, December 10,  5:30 - 7:30pm. You are invited to the District 5810 Cruise Party. 
For those attending the District Conference or considering sailing with us
At the Lazy Dog, 5100 Beltline Rd, Addison 75254
Appetizers provided. Cash bar.
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People of Action!
RCPC and City of University Park Tree Lighting
The event was in Centennial Park because there was construction in Snider Plaza
There were BIG crowds and a REAL tree!
Among the fun was an Ice Skating Rink!
RCPC handed out popcorn and water at their tent.
A HUGE Thank You goes to ALL our Sponsors.
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
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Popcorn Packing at Scottish Rite Hospital
 
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What a Great Group of Volunteers for this annual event 
at Scottish Rite Hospital.
They packed popcorn into tins and boxed them ready for mailing.
Selling tins of popcorn for the holidays is a major fundraiser for SRH!
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Sign up, Take Action!
 
Volunteers Needed for the Transportation Committee! Give a ride to and from the meeting to members who are unable to drive.
 
The remaining meetings in December. Bring your new or gently worn (not damaged) shoes of any kind
to one of our weeklymeetings over the next several weeks.
Spread the word! Invite your friends, neighbors, and coworkers to contribute—every pair counts.
The Shoe Drive will support Soles 4 Souls and their impactful 4Opportunity program
 
 Friday, December 6, 11:45 am - 1:00 pm - Chili Day at the Salvation Army
Donate a minimum of the cost of your lunch at Mariano's! Donate more if you can!
 
 Friday, December 13, 11:45-1:00. Regular Friday meeting will at the Dallas Career Institute North, with a Tour
Join us for our club meeting and tour at the Dallas Career Institute North. The address is 10115 Midway Rd Dallas 75229.
Box lunches and drinks will be provided for $15. 
Payment must be made by 12/11 to secure your lunch. 
Qs? Ask Richard Stanford.
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 Saturday, December 14, 11:00 am - 1:30 pm.  Angel Tree Warehouse Distribution
Questions?  Ask Eric Heitkamp
 
 Friday, December 20, 6:00pm. Holiday Party at Tom Rhodes’ home.  NO Regular Meeting.
 
 Friday, December 27. NO Meeting.  Happy Holidays!
 
 Friday, January 3, 2025. The meeting has been canceled.
 
 Friday, January 10, 2025. Back at Maggiano's.
 
 Friday, July 4, 2025.  The RCPC Fourth of July PARADE!!  Planning has started.
Volunteers are needed already for a variety of jobs. Sign up now and learn more about the Parade!
Contact Jill Jordan or Alan Winn to volunteer or for questions.
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ICYMI
Dr. Christa Slejko, 
President of North Lake Campus
will speak on
"Dallas College: Expanding Programs,
Growing Current and Future Educational and Business Partnerships"
 
Listen to this presentation on the
Park Cities Rotary YouTube Channel!
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Coat Drive for Austin Street Center
 
The Rotary Club of Park Cities collected 70 heavy winter coats 
for our fall coat drive benefiting the Austin Street Center.
A heartfelt thank you to all the Rotarians who contributed,
and a special thanks to Atmos Energy and Susan Harris for their generous donation of new coats. 
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The Fall Volunteer Packing Day at the North Texas Food Bank 
was Saturday, October 26.
10,945 cans were sorted = 9,120 meals
 
   
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Trisha Cunningham,
RCPC Member and CEO of the NTFB
gave a special presentation to RCPC
on Friday, October 4
 
Trisha's presentation is here.
 
Trisha's presentation is here
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NEW!
Dentistry With A Heart Impact from Dr. Michael Rainwater is here.
 
Dentistry with a Heart
October 5, 2024
 
RCPC Volunteers
 
Dental Volunteers
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The Hub for this week

   CLICK HERE to read this week's Hub.   

 You can read all archived editions of The HUB at the Park Cities Newsletter-"The Hub".

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Happy Birthday!
 
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Marketplace Advertiser of the Week
To advertise your business as an RCPC Marketplace Advertiser,
contact Mark Neace at mark@synclabmedia.com
The cost is $425 a year.  
Purchase your ad on the RCPC website! 
Our Marketplace Advertiser of the Week
Could Be YOU!
 
Thank You to All of our Advertisers!
We wish you a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
 
 
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EREY Rotary International Foundation Giving
 
 
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
 
Contributions may be earmarked 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
 
To donate contact Greg Pape (gregpape@att.net
or donate online at https://www.rotary.org/en/donate and email Greg Pape so he can give you club credit.
RuthAlhilali PHF DRF  MD
RickAmsberry  PDG PHS
CubAmos EREY
FredBrown EREY
JohnBrown PHF
PamCarvey EREY
DeanChance EREY
CleveClinton EREY
C.C.Collie PDG PHS
CindyCummings PHF
NolanDuck RCPC Pres & PHS & MD
KarenFarris PHS
ShawnFoster PHF
HappyFranklin PHS
RogerFreidline EREY
AliceFreidline EREY
DougGill PHS
RichardGilman PDG PHS POLIO
RozelleGilman PHS POLIO
BobGrossman EREY
HerbHammond PHS POLIO
EricHarrison PHS
HollyHollenbeck EREY
BarbJeffries PHS
MarkKashar EREY
ScottMcLaughlin EREY
PatMartin EREY
GregPape PHS POLIO
BobPatton EREY
JodieRay  EREY
OrvilleSalmon EREY
PattiSchaub PHF
TomSwift PHS
JeffSheehan PHS
RichardStanford PHS
LeyWaggoner EREY
 
*Total Contributions include Annual Fund, PolioPlus, approved Foundation Grants,
Other Giving, and Endowment contributions for the reporting period.
EREY Every Rotarian Every Year $100
PHF Paul Harris Fellow
PHS Paul Harris Society
DRF Disaster Relief Fund
PDG: Past District Governor
MD: Major Donor
 
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The RCPC Foundation
 
From Sarah Oliai, President-Elect of RCPC and President of the RCPC Foundation - 2024-25
 
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.
Please consider making a contribution today. https://portal.cftexas.org/donate-park-cities-rotary
From Our Sergeant-at-Arms
From Herb Hammond, our Sergeant-at-Arms
 
Please make your annual donation
of at least $100 to our RCPC Foundation
 
Current contributors Rotary Calendar year 2022-23 are:
 
RCPC Foundation:
Anonymous
Brown, Fred
Carvey, Pam
Clinton, Cleveland (Cleve) G.
Dallas Jewish Communities Foundation
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Foster, Shawn
Freidline, Roger
Gomes, Tracy
Hargrave, Marilyn P.
Johnson, H. Scurry
Levy, Robert H.
Martin, Patricia
McLaughlin, Scott
Means, Douglas A.
Oliai Law Firm
Oliver, Van
Pape, Gregory 
Patten, Robert S.
Pelan, Valerie
Pershing Investment Manager
Pirok, Paul
Ray, Jodie
Rotary Club of the Park Cities
Rhodes, Tom
Schaub, Patricia
Tesmer, Kristin
Von Bieberstein, Karl
Waggoner, Easley B.
Wright, Stan
 
 
Bonton Medical Clinic:
Anonymous
 
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RCPC Market Place Advertisers

To place an ad, contact Mark Neace at mark@synclabmedia.com

To upgrade your add, please send a digital color or black and white version of your business card to bedawson@swbell.net,
such as an email or web version, a printer's proof or a high resolution scan.
Click here for the requirements for the ad on the website.
 
 
Click here for a more legible or printable copy
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The Four Way Test
The Four-Way Test
 
of the things we think, say or do
Is it the truth?
Is it fair to all concerned?
Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
 
scripted by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor in 1932
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Rotary Club of Park Cities
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Upcoming Events
November Theme - Rotary Foundation
Nov. 01, 2024 – Nov. 30, 2024
 
December Theme - Disease Prevention & Treatment
Dec. 01, 2024 – Dec. 31, 2024
 
Tree Lighting at Centennial Park
Dec. 01, 2024 1:00 p.m.
 
RCPC & City of UP Annual Tree Lighting
Centennial Park (aka Goar Park)
Dec. 01, 2024
3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
 
RCPC Club Meeting and Tour on 12/13
Dallas Career Institute North
Dec. 13, 2024
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
 
District Roundtable
Dallas College-Brookhaven Campus, Building H Room 125
Dec. 14, 2024
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
 
Salvation Army Angel Tree Warehouse Distribution
Salvation Army Distribution Center
Dec. 14, 2024
11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
 
Holiday Party at Tom Rhodes'
Dec. 20, 2024 6:00 p.m.
 
January Theme: Vocational Service Month
Jan. 01, 2025 – Jan. 31, 2025
 
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