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Director, Membership/ Communications: Happy Franklin
Director, Fostering Leadership: Elisa Garcia
Director Club Operations: Tom Swift
Director, Public Image/ Marketing: Mark Neace
Director, Youth Services: Kacey Lambert
Director, Supporting Health/ Wellness: Herb Ziev
Director, Tackling Hunger: Susan Glen
Sgt. at Arms: Jack Carpenter
Parliamentarian: PDG Richard Gilman
Director at Large: Jeff McNaughton
Immediate Past President: Sarah Oliai
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Your Dues Are Due!
Paul Pirok, Club Treasurer, has announced that the Dues for the 2026-27 Rotary Year will NOT increase over this years Dues,
He asks that you pay them prior to June 1. He said there are three ways to pay:
• Bring a check to the meeting or mail it to the RCPC Office.
• Pay by credit card through the RCPC website (a fee for the credit card processing cost will be added)
• Pay using Zelle, also through the RCPC website (NO fee will be added)
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2026 Fourth of July Parade Theme!
America 250!
Volunteers Needed Before, During and After the Parade!
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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).
•Saturday, July 11,8:00 to 10:00 am. Beat the Heat Service Project at Irving Cares, Irving. ving
Multiple volunteer opportunities will be available, including indoor roles, making this a great opportunity for Rotarians of all ages and abilities to serve together. The Senior Source Beat the Heat Campaign impactful initiative, which will serve as Mike’s spousal project during his year as District Governor, focuses on helping provide air conditioning support to 900 seniors throughout the community during the intense summer heat. Click to Volunteer
• Friday, August 21,at the Drury Plaza Hotel Dallas in Richardson.
It’s time to celebrate the incredible service, leadership, and impact happening across our district at the Emerald City Awards Gala! Tickets for the banquet will be available in July.
Stars & Stripes Sponsor: Park Cities People Newspapers
Pat Martin
Stars & Stripes Sponsor: Sewell
Stars & Stripes Sponsor: Turf and Earth Golf Carts
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Members of RCPC volunteered at the North Texas Food Bank on April10.
They packed 10,800 pounds of food equaling 9,000 meals into 2,160 bags on 9 pallets
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Join them Monday, July 20!
Cook and Serve Dinner at Ronald McDonald House,
On the menu on February 16 were Swedish Meatballs and Mashed Potatoes for 60.
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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
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Foot Care Clinic for the Homeless at Austin Street Center
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Assisted by volunteer nursing students and other volunteer medical professionals, about 130 homeless people had their feet washed, cared for and given basic foot health checks. If needed, they were referred for medical treatment asap. After having their feet washed, each person received a new pair of shoes and socks and “care packages” with small sizes of over-the-counter Tylenol, allergy medicine, travel-size toiletries, bars of soap, etc.
• Saturday, July 3, 9 am - ?. Volunteers are needed to be Walking or Standing Marshals!Information on how to sign up is on the RCPC website. These are very important to help keep our Parade safe. Please sign up asap!
•Ongoing. RCPC's Meals on Wheels Committee needs volunteers to deliver hot, nutritious meals to those who cannot obtain or prepare their own food. The routes are in the Casa Linda area and take about an hour to run. Meals are delivered Monday through Thursday around midday. Ask Jim Weichel for details and the routes and dates available.
•Volunteers are needed every week to sell raffle tickets. There are dates available.
This is a great way to meet and engage with members before the Friday meetings.
Tickets are $1 or 7 for $5 and as a reminder the proceeds generated goes to the RCPC Foundation.
See Pat Martin to volunteer!
•Friday, May 8 and ongoing. Club 250. The current cohort of the Legacy of Leadership has created Club 250. You can join by donating $250 thru RCPC to the North Texa Food Bank. The first 300 donors will receive a commemorative coin recognizing both Rotary and America's 250th birthday.
•Monday, June 26, Your dues were due prior to June 1st! They are now LATE!
•Friday, June 26.Ask Jill Jordan how you can help with the Parade NOW prior to the Fourth and AFTERthe Parade.
•Saturday, July 4. If you will be in town and can work the day of the Parade, please sign up as soon as possible. HP and UP are concerned about security and want to have the names of all the volunteers soon!
•Monday, July 20, 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
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
ANNUAL FUND, POLIO, PHS, PHF,EREY
$36,253
PERMANENT FUND
$25,000
TOTAL
$61,253
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
From Mark Kashar, 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.
