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It is hard to believe but our 2024-2025 Rotary Year is almost over. What a great year we have had.
For the benefit of our new members, each year at our installation banquet, we recognize members of our club with these special awards named after some of our club legends.
For your review and use are two attachments. The first one is the Award Nomination Ballot and the second is the description of each award and a list of the past winners. We do not have to declare a winner of each award should we determine that no one is deserving for this year. It is nice to present eight awards but it is not mandatory. Typically the award is not given to the same individual twice and these awards are for club members other than current officers and members of the selection committee. The selection committee is made up of the executive committee, Fred Brown and Karen Farris.
The Theme for the 2025 RCPC Fourth of July Parade is "America the Beautiful."
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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).
• Rotary District 5810 needs to find host families for 3 exchange students. The families will go through an orientation as well as have support throughout their hosting. We need two families living in the same school district, per student. The sooner we get the families lined up the better.
Please help us give these students the opportunity of a lifetime. Step up to be a host family.
• CONGRATULATIONS to Dawn Gulley who has been chosen District Governor Nominee Designate. She is a member of the Dallas Uptown Club, and currently serves as an Assistant Governor. She previously held many positions of responsibility at the club level and in the District. If confirmed by Rotary International, she will follow Mike Callahan as District Governor for Rotary year 2027-2028.
* Tuesday, April 29, Program Meeting at 6:30 to 8:00 pm at the Moody Y on Preston Rd.
Every RCPC member is a member of the Program Team. Bring your ideas!
That is how we have so much variety in our programs! Programs are needed for a few meetings for the rest of this year and for next year.
Pizza will be served. We hope to see everyone there!
• Saturday, May 3 , 9:00am-11:30am. RCPC /North Texas Food Bank Volunteer Packing Day
Come and be a part of the incredible impact we make on fighting to eliminate food insecurity in our community!
It’s Cinco de Mayo weekend! Those of you who can join us for lunch at ROSA’s (across from the Food Bank) after we serve at 11:30am, please comeE and celebrateATE Cinco de May
The event will be at the NortH Texas Food Bank’s Main Distribution Center at: 3672 Mapleshade Ln., Plano 75077 (about 2 miles west of 75 off of the George Bush Toll Road). You will see the address and map when you sign-up so you can put the address into your GPS. We only have a limited number of spots, so sign-up today! Children, 12 or older, are welcome.
•Monday, May 19, 4:00pm. Help make dinner for the families at Ronald McDonald House, 4707 Bengal St Dallas, TX 75235
Wear long pants, comfy shoes and long hair tied back
Need your license to enter building
Come join the team and warm your heart, You can wear your blue stocking cap too.
Click on Sign Up to view available slots and book yourself directly online.
• Saturday, May 24, Start time is 7:05pm. Rotary Club Night at Riders Field
Whether you're a die-hard baseball fan or simply looking for a fun night out with family and friends, this is the perfect opportunity to enjoy America's pastime and watch the RoughRiders take on the Midland Rockhounds.
There will also be a networking opportunity to connect with other Rotarians in the area from 4:30-5:30 PM.
Tickets are only $27.00 and include a $10.00 Concession Credit.
Parking Passes are extra.
Deadline to order tickets is Thursday, May 22nd.
To order tickets and parking passes, please contact Ty Young, Group Sales Executive, at 972.334.1991 or via email at ty@ridersbaseball.com.
Hope To See You There!
• Save The Date!June 27 at Ozona Grill. Installation and Awards Luncheon!
•Friday, July 4, 2025. The RCPC Fourth ofJuly PARADE!! Planning has started.
Volunteers are needed already for a variety of jobs. Sign up now and learn more about the Parade!
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
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.
