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Rotary Club of Park Cities
Awarded by District 5810  Club of the Year  2020-2021
 
Want to know more about the Rotary Club of Park Cities?
Watch This!
 
Next Meeting
Maggiano's on October 29
11:50 am
NorthPark

(or watch on our YouTube channel here)

NO prior registration is needed.

Just come on and join us!

 

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 likeness on RCPC and related websites, social media, streaming video, emails, newsletters and similar methods.

This Week's Speaker
Jose Vargas & Orlando Salazar
will speak on 
"History and Future of 44 Farms:
Largest Black Angus Genetics Operation in Texas"
 
 
See The Hub for more on our Program and our speakers' professional biographies and accomplishments.
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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 Notice!
This prior notice is being sent to all members of the club that there will be a vote to amend the RCPC by-laws at the November 5th regular meeting as follows:
 
Amend bylaws to provide that the governing body of the Club shall be the Board consisting of sixteen (16)members of the Club, namely, the President, Immediate Past President, President-Elect, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Sergeant at Arms, Parliamentarian, Director at Large and seven (7) elected directors.
 
There are currently six (6) elected directors.  This additional director will be responsible for Public Image.
The Public Image Director will oversee all of our club's public image efforts. The Public Image area in our club currently includes PCR Marketplace, our club's website, the weekly program update, MyRotary Showcase, The Hub, Shutter Bug, Media Relations, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Videography, etc.
 
Please attend the meeting on Friday, November 5th to assure we have a quorum present.
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Report of the RCPC Nominating Committee
President Elect (2022-23): Jeff Sheehan
Vice President (2022-23): Nolan Duck
Director (2022-24): Marcia Zidle
Director (2022-24): John Brown
Director (2022-24): Jen Hammond
Director (2022-24): Mark Neace*
Director at Large (2022-23): Paul Pirok
Secretary (2022-24): Pat Martin
Treasurer (2022-2024): Mark Kashar
Sergeant at Arms (2022-23): Kathy Wall
Parliamentarian (2022-23): Ley Waggoner
Continuing Officers and Directors
Director (2nd year of term): Sarah Oliai
Director (2nd year of term): Valerie Pelan
Director (2nd year of term): Kyle Marmillion
Immediate Past President: Happy Franklin
 
President (2022-23): PE Jeff McNaughton shall succeed to the Presidency without further balloting after serving one year as President Elect. 
Nominations will be received from the floor following the second reading of the nominations at the regular meeting to be held at noon on October 29, 2020.
The vote will be taken at the Annual Meeting on November 19, 2020

* Dependent on Club approval of the by-laws amendment on Nov 5, 2021

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People of Action!
LAST DAY!
October 29, 2021 Donate Your Extra Halloween Candy!
What: Bring your extra candy to the October club meetings!
Who: Josephine Bryan will collect it and get it donated!
Why: Benefit Hunger Free Phillippines! https://hungerfreephilippines.org/
How: Donate online by clicking here or your bring your candy to any October club meeting!
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Got Your Tickets?
Friday, October 29, 2021, 7:30 pm 
at American Airlines Center (2500 Victory Ave, Dallas)
   Join us for the Dallas Stars vs. Ottawa Senators
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Join us for our November Service Project Opportunity!
Donate Blood!
Click here for a printable copy.
Click here to register.
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from Stan Wright: RCPC had a very successful Packing Day Event on Sat. Oct. 16th. With a combination of RCPC and HHS Interact Members our clubs created around 6,000 weekend meals for Dallas Area school kids. This program is to ensure that these kids are able to have food over the weekend away from the meal programs at their schools. RCPC did a lot of good last Saturday.
 
 
 
 
Boxes = 288
Bags = 1,440
Pallets = 6
Pounds = 7,200
Meals = 6,000!
 

 

 
Read more...
Sign up, Take Action!
•  Friday Afternoons, 3:00 to 5:00 pm at 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.
 
•  Friday, November 12, 2021, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm at NorthPark
   Blood Drive
   The Carter BloodCare Bus will be in the North Parking Lot
   (Valet area between Nordstrom's and Macy's)
   Click
here to Register to Donate
   Click here to print the flier
 
•  Friday, November 12, 2021, 4:00 pm
   Van Gogh and the Olive Groves
   Dallas Museum of Art
 
•  Saturday, November 13
   Rotaract Cookbook Tasting
   More information to come
 
•  Saturday, November 18
   Canvas and Silk: Historic Fashion from Madrid's Museo del Traje
   Meadows Museum at SMU
   Complimentary Tour Given By Curator Amanda Dotseth
   Parking: Meadows Museum Parking Garage (no charge)
   Click here to register. The Museum needs an accurate count.
   Complimentary tour. Please consider joining the museum.
   Click here to become a Meadows Museum Member.
   
•  Sunday, November 21, 2021, 1:00-3:00 pm
   Snider Plaza Tree Lighting
 
•  Saturday, December 4, 2021, 1:00 - 3:00 pm at Salvation Army Christmas Distribution Center, 
   9216 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75235
   RCPC Volunteers at the Salvation Army Christmas Distribution Center!
   Help sort gifts for children for the holidays!
   Register early to secure your spot! There are only 30 volunteer spots!
   Click here to register with the Salvation Army!
   Click here to register, so RCPC knows your're attending!
   Deadline to register: November 24th                     
 
•  Sunday, December 5, 2021, 2:00 pm at Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre: Potter Rose Performance Hall
   RCPC Goes to see A Christmas Carol.  Brimming with joyful songs, magical spirits and holiday cheer, Dallas Theater Center’s A Christmas Carol boldly reimagines Dickens’ classic tale of joy,redemption and the spirit of Christmas.
   • Call the Box Office to Receive the Discount and Purchase Your Tickets: 214-522-8499  Tickets are selling quickly! Buy your tickets soon to secure your seats!
   • Discount Code: ACCRCPC (20% off adult single tickets in any section) (Youth tickets are 50% off adult single tickets)
   • Click Here to Register So We Know Who Is Attending!
 
• Save the Date! Thursday, December 9th, 6:30 – 8:30pm, Holiday Party!
Tom and Suzy Rhodes’ Home, 3517 Drexel Drive, Dallas, Texas 75205
More details to follow
 
•  Wednesday, February 23, 2022
    Rotary International's 115th Birthday!
 
•  Save the Date! June 4-8, 2022
   RI Convention in Houston
 
 
Read more...
ICYMI
Our program on October 22
 
Ralph Cousins
spoke on 
"The Courage of Jury Service in the Time of Jim Crow"
See it on YouTube here
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The Legacy of Leadership cohort discussed Gallup
CliftonStrengths at their October meeting.
Curious?  Join the next cohort!
 
 
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Member Spotlight
   
 
Name:  Marcia Zidle
Classification:  Executive Coach
Birthday (mo/day):   October 4
Favorite Restaurant:   Seasons 52
Favorite Hobby:   Travel
Favorite Travel Spot:  Beaches, especially Tahiti
Favorite Rotary Moment:  4th of July Parades
Why did you join Rotary: To serve and make a difference.
Interesting personal fact:  Flew on the Concorde with my family on our return to the US after Toby's five-year assignment in Stavanger, Norway.
#ParkCitiesRotary   #RotarianToKNow
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Name:  Chris Blackman
Classification:   Real Estate
Birthday (mo/day):   November 21
Favorite Restaurant:   Ojeda
Favorite Hobby:   Cars/Motorcycles
Favorite Travel Spot:  Rockport, TX
Favorite Rotary Moment:  4th of July Parade
Why did you join Rotary?  I like to give back
Interesting personal fact:  Been in Residential Real Estate for 9+ years, love what I do!
#ParkCitiesRotary   #RotarianToKNow
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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!
   
 
                                Click here ! 
 
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Marketplace Advertiser of the Week
ACT NOW
There is still one spot available
to advertise your business.
 
Contact Mark Kashar at mkashar@yahoo.com or
call him on his cel 214-766-1792. 
The cost is $350 a year but the benefits are priceless.   
 
Our Marketplace Advertiser of the Week
 
 
Cleve Clinton
and
Gray Reed
Attorneys & Counselors
 
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35 Members contributing $100 or more for fiscal year 2021-22 $11,200
 
 
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
 
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.
ElaineAllen EREY 
RuthAlhilali EREY
RickAmsberry PDG PHS
CubAmos EREY
Phillip Bankhead PHF
CharlieBond PHS
FredBrown EREY
PamCarvey EREY
DeanChance EREY
C.C.Collie PDG PHS
KarenFarris PHS
DougGill PHS
PaulGorman EREY
BobbieGrossman EREY
TylerHolcom EREY
MarilynHilberth EREY
FredHunter EREY
BarbJeffries EREY
JillJordan EREY
MarkKashar EREY
CharlotteKroeker EREY
PatMartin EREY
ScottMcLaughlin EREY
GregPape PHS
Bob Patton EREY
BobbieQuick EREY
JodieRay EREY
ValeriePelan EREY
TomRhodes EREY
RichardStanford PHS
LindaTunnel EREY
LeyWaggoner EREY
JamesWeichel EREY
JohnWhaley EREY
StanWright EREY
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The RCPC Foundation
 
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:
  1. Children First
  2. 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
From Our Sergeant-at-Arms
From Scott McLaughlin, our Sergeant-at-Arms
 
Please make your annual donation
of at least $100 to our RCPC Foundation
 
Current contributors Rotary Calendar year 2020-21 are:
 
RCPC Foundation:
Bankhead, Phillip
Carvey, Pam
Clinton, Cleveland (Cleve) G.
Cowser, Tammy
Farrell, Mark
Farris, Karen
Gomes, Tracy
Harper, Anne H.
Hobbs, Kita 
Jeffries, Barb
Johnson, H. Scurry
Marmillion, Kyle
Means, Douglas A.
Miller, Samuel 
Pape, Gregory 
Pirok, Paul
Carl & Eloise Pohlad Family Foundation
Surls, Lynn
Von Bieberstein, Karl
Weichel, James (Jim) D.
Zidle, Marsha
 
Bonton Medical Clinic:
Allen, Elaine K
Atmos Energy Corporation 
Bohan, Stephanie
Donnenfield, Susan
Drabinski, Daniel
Farrell, Mark
Foster, Shawn
Freidline, Roger
Freidline, Alice
Glancy, W. John J.
Hargrave, Maryllyn P
Heitkamp, Eric
Hilberth, Marilyn L.
Hollenbeck, Helarie (Holly)
Johnson, H. Scurry
Jordan, Jill
Kashar, Mark
Levy, Robert
Marmillion, Kyle
McDaniel, Jina
McNaughton, Jeff
Means, Douglas (Doug)
Patton, Robert S
Pelan, Valerie
Carl & Eloise Pohlad Family Foundation
Ray, Jodie
Sleeper, William
Solemene, William A Charitable Foundation
Stanford Richard
Taylor, William
Tunnell, Linda
Von Bieberstein, Karl
Wilson,  Addison G.
Waggoner, Easley B. "Ley"
Watson, Patsy
 
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RCPC Market Place Advertisers

The Market Place page is being updated.

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 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
Upcoming Events
November Theme: Rotary Foundation Month
Nov 01, 2021 – Nov 30, 2021
 
Canvas & Silk RCPC Private Group Tour
Meadow Museum
Nov 05, 2021
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
 
RCPC Blood Drive
North Park Mall
Nov 12, 2021
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
 
Board Meeting
Nov 17, 2021 8:00 AM
 
PCR CONNECT Happy Hour
Wok Star
Nov 18, 2021
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
 
Snider Plaza Tree Lighting
Nov 21, 2021
 
Set Out Holiday Trees at Scottish Rite Hospital
Scottish Rite Hospital
Nov 22, 2021
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
 
Dec. Theme: Disease Prevention & Treatment Month
Dec 01, 2021 – Dec 31, 2021
 
Dec. 3rd RCPC Club Meeting
Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center
Dec 03, 2021
11:55 AM – 1:00 PM
 
Salvation Army Christmas Distribution Center
Salvation Army Christmas Distribution Center
Dec 04, 2021
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
 
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