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• $25/person for lunch • $13/person for non-eaters • The buffet will include a salad, a pasta, and a protein. Removing dessert and the side items (potatoes, broccoli, etc.) were ways to keep the weekly costs down.
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from P-E Eric Harrison
The Slate of Nominees for Officers and Directors for the 2027-28 Rotary Year
President: Eric Harrison President-Elect: Jill Jordan Vice-President: Mark Neace Treasurer: Paul Pirok Secretary: Siobhan Abraham Parliamentarian: Barry Curlee Sergeant at Arms: John Brown Director Leadership: Elisa Garcia* Director Hunger: Susan Glen* Director Health & Wellness: Farshad Marzban Director Club Operations: Tom Swift* Director Membership: Happy Franklin* Director Public Image: Teresa DiFalco Director Youth: Kacey Lambert*
* Denotes second year of two year term
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Club merchandise!
Hats are Out of Stock!!
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. The club is waiting for a new vendor to get more hats.
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).
• Friday, Nov. 6, 5:30 pm. TheRYLA 5810 Foundation Fundraising Galais a milestone evening honoring 35 years of impact while securing the next 35. We'd love to see every corner of District 5810 represented in the room. At McKinney Cotton Mill, 610 Elm Street, McKinney, TX 75069
- Dinner alongside inspiring stories of RYLA's impact - Recognition of the clubs, sponsors, and donors who built this legacy
- A live auction supporting RYLA scholarships and programming - A look ahead at where RYLA is headed next Attire: Cocktail or Business
Tickets: Individual= $135, Table for 8= $1000. Purchase on the District website.
•Tuesday, Nov. 10, 5:00 – 7:30pm Rotary Means Business Social Networking Event at 12 Cuts Brazilian Steakhouse 18010 Dallas Pkwy, Dallas, 75287. Network like Only A Rotarian Can!
RSVP on the District website or with this QR code.
• Saturday, Nov. 14, 9:30-12 Noon. Club Leadership Exchange. A Zoom option will be available. Additional details to follow.
for "Pints for Polio" on the dock at White Rock Lake.
The event was organized by the Dallas RC as a fundraiser for
Rotary International's ongoing efforts to eradicate polio worldwide
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Volunteer Food Packing Day at
the North Texas Food Bank
October 17, 2026
RCPC Volunteers helped package 16,800 meals!
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Foot Care Clinic at Austin Street Center,
September 26 2026
At our 5th year of running the Foot Care Clinic at Austin Street Center RCPC had a huge turnout of over 150 Austin Street participants served. Most got foot care packets, and all got socks and shoes. Park Cities Rotary had over 20 volunteers working to check in participants, help the nurses, distribute the socks, fit shoes and make it all happen!
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RCPC Cooks at Ronald McDonald House
Join Them on October 19! (See below)
From Kathleen Klaviter: Great time was had by all! We made smothered pork chops, mashed potatoes and green beans for 60 and received many compliments from the families! News: the House has a new chef, Chef Marcus. He was impressed with our teamwork and ability in the kitch
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Save the Date! Next Dentistry with a Heart will be
November 7, 7:30am-3:00pm (See below)
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
• October 30, 2026. Texas leads the nation in hunger, with 1 in 4 kids facing food insecurity. NTFB’s Peanut Butter Drive is the perfect way to ensure kids have what they need to thrive. The Peanut Butter Drive is continuing in October !
Use this QR code so RCPC gets credit!
Please pass this on to others who might wish to contribute.
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,
Permament Fund (Benefactor or Bequest Society)
Contributions may be earmarked to but not limited 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 Eric Harrison, 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.
