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Rotary Club of Park Cities
Awarded by District 5810  Club of the Year  2020-2021
Awarded by District 5810 Club Service, Community Service, Spirit of Cooperation AND
Most Fun Club Awards 2022-23
 
Want to know more about the Rotary Club of Park Cities?
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Next Meeting
Friday, November 22, 2024
11:50 am
at
Maggiano's.
at NorthPark
 
No reservation needed at Maggiano's.
Just come on and join us!
 
NO Meeting on Friday, November 29.
Thanksgiving Holiday!
Meerting at the Salvation Army, December 6
It's Chili Day!
 
(You can watch most meetings later on our YouTube channel here)

Join us! We'd like to meet you!

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 liken ess on RCPC and related websites, social media, streaming video, emails, newsletters and similar methods.
This Week's Program
 
Dr. Christa Slejko, 
President of North Lake Campus
will speak on
"Dallas College: Expanding Programs,
Growing Current and Future Educational and Business Partnerships"
 
See The Hub for more on our program.
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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 Announcements  
   RCPC Office Phone Number:  469-242-9448
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Volunteers Needed for the Transportation Committee! 
Provide a ride to and from meetings for members unable to drive.
 
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The club's Annual Meeting and Election of Officers and Directors for 2025-26
will occur at the regular lunch meeting on November 22, 2024
Congratulations to PP Paul Pirok who has been nominated
to replace Leo Avila as the nominee for Treasurer
 
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There will be NO MEETING on Friday, November 29, 2024
Happy Thanksgiving!
 
The meeting on December 6 will be Chili Day
at the Salvation Army
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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).

Buy a second RCPC club cap with club logo. Click here to purchase. ($20/cap) 
Buy a second RCPC blue shirt with club logo. Click here to purchase ($40/shirt - no price difference between men’s or women's)
Contact Laurie to pick up the shirt and/or hat once you pay for it. 
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District 5810
Tues, December 10,  5:30 - 7:30pm. You are invited to the District 5810 Cruise Party. 
For those attending the District Conference or considering sailing with us
At the Lazy Dog, 5100 Beltline Rd, Addison 75254
Appetizers provided. Cash bar.
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People of Action!
Coat Drive for Austin Street Center
 
The Rotary Club of Park Cities collected 70 heavy winter coats 
for our fall coat drive benefiting the Austin Street Center.
A heartfelt thank you to all the Rotarians who contributed,
and a special thanks to Atmos Energy and Susan Harris for their generous donation of new coats. 
 
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RCPC Goes to Total Wine and More for
a Sparkling Wine Tasting Class
A group of RCPC Rotarians enjoyed a sparkling wine tasting class
at Total Wine and more.
They enjoyed a fun evening learning about different wine producing regions
and sampled tastings from Spain, Italy, France, and Napa Valley.
As an added bonus, they even learned the art of uncorking a champagne bottle
with a kitchen knife!
 
 
  
 
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The Fall Volunteer Packing Day at the North Texas Food Bank 
was Saturday, October 26.
10,945 cans were sorted = 9,120 meals
 
 
   
 
   
 
      
 
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Trisha Cunningham,
RCPC Member and CEO of the NTFB
gave a special presentation to RCPC
on Friday, October 4
 
Trisha's presentation is here.
 
Trisha's presentation is here
 
Don't forget to sign up for the NTFB Volunteer Packing Day
on October 26, 2024, 9:00 to 11:30 am!
 
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NEW!
Dentistry With A Heart Impact from Dr. Michael Rainwater is here.
 
Dentistry with a Heart
October 5, 2024
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dental Volunteers
 
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Sign up, Take Action!
 
Volunteers Needed for the Transportation Committee! Give a ride to and from the meeting to members who are unable to drive.
 
• A new Legacy of Leadership cohort is forming, It will meet for eight meetings starting in October and ending in February.
You can join them! See PE Sarah Oliai or PP Cleve Clinton to ask questions or sign up!
 
The remaining meetings in November and December. Bring your new or gently worn (not damaged) shoes of any kind
to one of our weeklymeetings over the next several weeks.
Spread the word! Invite your friends, neighbors, and coworkers to contribute—every pair counts.
The Shoe Drive will support Soles 4 Souls and their impactful 4Opportunity program
 
Friday, November 22 - 11:45am. Club's Annual Meeting and Election of Officers for 2025-26, at the Regular Meeting at Maggiano's.
 
 
 Saturday, November 23, 8:30am (light breakfast), 9:00am - 11:30am. Popcorn Packing at Scottish Rite Hospital
 Friday, November 29 - NO MEETING!  Thanksgiving Holiday!
 
 Sunday, December 1, 1:00pm  Tree Lighting at Centennial Park (formerly Goar Park), benefitting the North TexasFood Bank and The Salvation Army.
Many volunteers are needed - various jobs and times. Sign up on RCPC website.
Questions? Ask Tania Boughton
 
 Friday, December 6, 11:45 am - 1:00 pm - Chili Day at the Salvation Army
Donate a minimum of the cost of your lunch at Mariano's! Donate more if you can!
 
 Friday, December 13, Regular Friday meeting will at the Dallas Institute. Box lunches will be provided
More details coming soon..
 
 Saturday, December 14, 11:00 am - 1:30 pm.  Angel Tree Warehouse Distribution
Questions?  Ask Eric Heitkamp
 
 Friday, December 20, 6:00pm. Holiday Party at Tom Rhodes’ home.  NO Regular Meeting.
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ICYMI
John Ragosta, 
Author and Historian
spoke on
"For the People, For the Country"
The entire book review from the WSJ is here
 
Listen to this presentation on the
Park Cities Rotary YouTube Channel!
 
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Foot Care Clinic for the Homeless
September 28, 2024
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
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NEW!
from Emily Davis at Dallas ISD
"I'm excited to share the video recapping the book vending machine unveiling 
at Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary! 
We are so thankful to the Rotary Club of Park Cities and Atmos Energy
for bringing this innovative initiative to our students.
 
The Book Vending Machine Has Arrived!
 
 
 
 
 
 
This fall's Legacy of Leadership cohort's Capstone Project is a Book Vending Machine,
installed at Jack Lowe, Sr. Elementary School.
Students will earn tokens to use to vend books from the machine.
RCPC has funded the books for the machine and has added inserts with activities and 
information on healthy lifestyles, eating, play, etc.
What a great way to encourage reading!
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Members of the 2023-24 Legacy of Leadership cohort are inserting health and nutrition inserts from the NTFB into the supply of books before being loaded into the cohort’s capstone project of placing a book vending machine in the Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary School.  

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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!
 
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Marketplace Advertiser of the Week
To advertise your business as an RCPC Marketplace Advertiser,
contact Mark Neace at mark@synclabmedia.com
The cost is $425 a year.  
Purchase your ad on the RCPC website! 
Our Marketplace Advertiser of the Week
Could Be YOU!
 
Cleve Clinton
and
Gray Reed
Attorneys and Counselors.
 
 
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EREY Rotary International Foundation Giving
 
 
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
 
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.
RuthAlhilali PHF DRF MD
RickAmsberry  PDG PHS
CubAmos EREY
FredBrown EREY
JohnBrown PHF
PamCarvey EREY
DeanChance EREY
CleveClinton EREY
C.C.Collie PDG PHS
CindyCummings PHF
NolanDuck RCPC Pres & PHS & MD
KarenFarris PHS
ShawnFoster PHF
HappyFranklin PHS
RogerFreidline EREY
AliceFreidline EREY
DougGill PHS
RichardGilman PDG PHS POLIO
RozelleGilman PHS POLIO
BobGrossman EREY
HerbHammond PHF POLIO
EricHarrison PHS
HollyHollenbeck EREY
BarbJeffries PHS
MarkKashar EREY
ScottMcLaughlin EREY
PatMartin EREY
GregPape PHS POLIO
JodieRay  EREY
OrvilleSalmon EREY
PattiSchaub PHF
TomSwift PHS
JeffSheehan PHS
RichardStanford PHS
LeyWaggoner EREY
 
*Total Contributions include Annual Fund, PolioPlus, approved Foundation Grants,
Other Giving, and Endowment contributions for the reporting period.
EREY Every Rotarian Every Year $100
PHF Paul Harris Fellow
PHS Paul Harris Society
DRF Disaster Relief Fund
PDG: Past District Governor
MD: Major Donor
 
Read more...
The RCPC Foundation
 
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.
Please consider making a contribution today. https://portal.cftexas.org/donate-park-cities-rotary
From Our Sergeant-at-Arms
From Herb Hammond, our Sergeant-at-Arms
 
Please make your annual donation
of at least $100 to our RCPC Foundation
 
Current contributors Rotary Calendar year 2022-23 are:
 
RCPC Foundation:
Anonymous
Brown, Fred
Carvey, Pam
Clinton, Cleveland (Cleve) G.
Dallas Jewish Communities Foundation
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Foster, Shawn
Freidline, Roger
Gomes, Tracy
Hargrave, Marilyn P.
Johnson, H. Scurry
Levy, Robert H.
Martin, Patricia
McLaughlin, Scott
Means, Douglas A.
Oliai Law Firm
Oliver, Van
Pape, Gregory 
Patten, Robert S.
Pelan, Valerie
Pershing Investment Manager
Pirok, Paul
Ray, Jodie
Rotary Club of the Park Cities
Rhodes, Tom
Schaub, Patricia
Tesmer, Kristin
Von Bieberstein, Karl
Waggoner, Easley B.
Wright, Stan
 
 
Bonton Medical Clinic:
Anonymous
 
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RCPC Market Place Advertisers

To place an ad, contact Mark Neace at mark@synclabmedia.com

To upgrade your add, 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 the requirements for the ad on the website.
 
 
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
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Upcoming Events
November Theme - Rotary Foundation
Nov. 01, 2024 – Nov. 30, 2024
 
Ronald McDonald House Nov 2024
Ronald McDonald House - Dallas
Nov. 18, 2024
4:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
 
Scottish Rite Popcorn Packing Event
Nov. 23, 2024
8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
 
December Theme - Disease Prevention & Treatment
Dec. 01, 2024 – Dec. 31, 2024
 
Tree Lighting at Centennial Park
Dec. 01, 2024 1:00 p.m.
 
RCPC & City of UP Annual Tree Lighting
Centennial Park (aka Goar Park)
Dec. 01, 2024
3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
 
District Roundtable
Dallas College-Brookhaven Campus, Building H Room 125
Dec. 14, 2024
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
 
Salvation Army Angel Tree Warehouse Distribution
Salvation Army Distribution Center
Dec. 14, 2024
11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
 
Holiday Party at Tom Rhodes'
Dec. 20, 2024 6:00 p.m.
 
January Theme: Vocational Service Month
Jan. 01, 2025 – Jan. 31, 2025
 
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