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Favorite Travel Spot: Europe, especially UK and Switzerland
Favorite Rotary Moment:My most memorable moments are building houses in a day in Tijuana, Mexico.
Why did you join Rotary: I joined Rotary in 2007 for the community service opportunities, camaraderie, and networking. I served as club president of a San Diego club (2017-18). I am currently District 5810 Global Grants Chair.
Interesting personal fact: I am a retired Navy Commander and helicopter pilot. I still fly for the Civil Air Patrol.
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Name: Eric Harrison
Classification: Book Publishing
Birthday (mo/day): February 9
Favorite Restaurant: Lawry's
Favorite Hobby: Golf
Favorite Travel Spot: 30A Florida. We usually go to Watercolor or Water Sound but anywhere and everywhereon 30A is heaven on earth to me
Favorite Rotary Moment: Packing Food for Children at the North Texas Food Bank
Why did you join Rotary: To become more involved in the communityand to dedicate myself to more focus onserving others
Interesting personal fact: I grew up in the Carrollton-Farmer's Branch area and playing golf at Brookhaven Country Club with guys who eventually played on the PGA tour such as Andrew Magee, Scott Verplank, Brandel Chamblee, and Brian Watts. It was a great place to grow up.
The 4th of July Parade Committee hosted a thank you pizza luncheon for all the shifts in the Highland Park and University Park Police Departments as a thank you for helping our club with our July 4th on the 3rd Parade this year. Stan Wright is shown with a few members of one of the three shifts of the Highland Park Police and Fire Department on Aug. 9th.
•RCPC Members: We want to congratulate and support those who are college bound.
Send name of student, school/city, major, class and relation to RCPC member to Elaine Allen at elainekallen4@gmail.com to be published in The Hub.
•Friday Afternoons, 3:00 to 5:00 pm- Bonton Farms
Volunteers are needed to help sort and pack Meal Bags. If you can help any Friday, please text or email our fellow PCR member Stephanie Bohan: stephanie@bontonfarms.org or 214-989-3513. Bonton Farms, 6915 Bexar Street.
•Thursday, August 19, 7:30 - 9:00 am
PCR Connect Breakfast
at Yolk, 8515 Westchester Dr.
No RSVP necessary.
Hope to see you there!
•Friday, August 20, 7:05 - 10:05 pm
RCPC Night & Fireworks At Rough Riders Field
Frisco Roughriders vs Arkansas Travelers
Tickets are only $22.50 and include the following:
• $10.00 Concession Credit
• Hot Dog / Hamburger Meal Basket
• 2 and Under Get In Free!
Deadline to order tickets is Friday, August 13th!
To order tickets and parking, please contact Alex Sandborn, Group Sales Executive for the RoughRiders.
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
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. Our 35,000+ clubs work together to:
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
Service Above Self is the principal motto of Rotary because it best conveys the philosophy of unselfish volunteer service
From Jeff McNaughton, President-Elect of RCPC and President of the RCPC Foundation - 2021-22
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 grant request approved at our May 2021 meeting includes:
• $4000 grant for scholarships for Hillcrest High School graduating seniors
The Executive Team denied the following two grant requests:
Children First
Family Compass
The Executive Team voted to roll over the remaining $7,152.81 available grant monies until the 2021-22 fiscal year, which starts on July 1, 2021.
According to the Fund’s Policies and Procedures dated November 8, 2011, Section 11. Tenure; Removal Non-Ex Officio members of the Executive Committee serve four year terms. The Executive Team recommended to the RCPC Board that Daniel Drabinski replace Cleve Clinton as a Non-Ex Officio member of the Executive Committee. The RCPC Board unanimously approved his nomination. His term will be held from 2021-2025.
The fund balance as of May 11, 2021 was $1,847,218.00 (almost $400K higher than this time last year). The Communities Foundation of Texas has done an incredible job managing the 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 Kyle Marmillion, reported that the RCPC Foundation fund donations thru 4-30-21 totals $62,822.10 from 89 donors!
To the Foundation Fund: $6,422.10 from 37 donors
To the Bonton Clinic: $56,400.00 from 52 donors
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
Our program on August 6 featured 
