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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?
Watch This!
 
Next Meeting
Friday, July 12, 2024
11:50 am
at
Maggiano's.
at NorthPark
 
No reservation needed at Maggiano's.
Just come on and join us!
 
 
(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
Talmage Boston
will speak on
"How the Best Did It"
 
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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Congratulations to our RCPC Award Winners!
Sergio Poppe
Linda Tunnell NeLinda Tunnell New Member Awardw Member Award
presented by Linda Tunnell
Eric Harrison
Wilbur Hawkins Spirit of Rotary Award
Mark Kashar
Hugh B. McAfee, Jr. Service Above Self Award
Alan Winn
Col Robert Q. Smith, Jr. Club Service Award
Kathy Allred
C.C. Collie Distinguished Leadership Award
Tom Rhodes
Stan Wright Community Service Award
presented by Stan's wife, Laurie, and his daughter, Stacey. 
Karen Farris
Lifetime Achievement Award
  
The Cleveland G. Clinton Collaborative Award will be awarded later.
Passing the Pins
Thank you PP Jeff for a great year!
Welcome President Nolan! Looking forward to your year!
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The RCPC Dues for 2024-25 are OVER due!
One payment for the full year of $420.00 or the 1st of two split payments of $230.00 are due by 5/31/2024.
A late fee of $25.00 will be added to any payment received on or after 6/1/2024.
or mail your check to Laurie Aldredge at the Club's office address - 8350 N. Central Expressway, Ste. 1900, Dallas, TX 75206.
Dues payments are non-refundable.
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Club merchandise!

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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People of Action!
It Was a Fabulous Parade!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Huge Thank You to Our Festival and Parade Sponsors
 
 Allie Beth Allman Sewell Origin Bank Anne Oliver/Allie Beth Allman 
Frost Bank  Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International The Rhodes Group
 
Burger House Culwell & Son Dave Perry-Miller Hayne Boone  
Kathy L. Wall State Farm Insurance The Preston of Park Cities
Methodist Hospital Pegasus Bank Public Service Plumbers PC Short Stop
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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.
 
 Monday, July 15 - 4:00 to 6:45pm. Your help is needed on Monday, July 15th
Ronald McDonald House, 4707 Bengal St., Dallas. 75235
Join the team to prepare, cook and serve to the families staying at Ronald McDonald House. The resident families are there receiving hospital care for their seriously sick children. You will have fun and warm your heart.
You can sign up directly on The Rotary Club of Park Cities website bclicking here.
Questions?  Ask Kathleen Klaviter.
 
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ICYMI
Richard Stanford
spoke on
Bonnie and Clyde
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Highlights of the Luncheon Honoring
the 2024 Parade Grand Marshal
Hon. Joel Williams, III
and previous GMs
 
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Parade Co-Chair, Jill Jordan introduced our 2024 Parade GM
prior to Jeff Brady interviewing him.
 
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Some of the previous Parade Grand Marshals were introduced.
Our 2024 Grand Marshal was presented a Proclamation signed
by the Mayors of Highland Park and University Park.
 
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Some of the representatives of our sponsors were introduced.
Our sponsors included The Agency, and other corporate sponsors, 
Frost Bank, The RCPC Foundation,
Atmos, Oncor and PCP Patrons.
Megan and Damon Williamson, owners of The Agency, our title sponsor,
spoke about life in the Park Cities and the importance of the Parade.
 
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CEO of the North Texas Food Bank, Trisha Cunningham, thanked the sponsors and RCPC
for the huge financial support provided by the Parade.
Greg Pape honored Joel Williams by making him a Paul Harris Fellow.
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The final beam was put in place for the new Health and Wellness Center at Bonton Farm.
PP Karen Farris and PP Fred Brown represented RCPC
and were among those who signed the beam.
The building will be completed by 2025.
The RCPC Foundation will be making a major contribution
once the building is finished.
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Gabe Madison, CEO of Bonton Farms, with PP Fred and PP Karen
in front of the structure with the final beam in place
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The Hub for this week

   CLICK HERE to read this week's Hub.   

The link to the Rotary International Foundation 2022-23 Annual Report: A Year of Impact and Inspiration. read the annual report

 You can read all archived editions of The HUB at the Park Cities Newsletter-"The Hub".

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Read more...
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!
 
Scott McLaughlin 
and 
Vista Bank
 
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EREY FIscal Year End Total to Rotary International Foundation $33,960
 
 
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 DRF PHF
ElaineAllen EREY
RichardAmsberry PDG PHS
CubAmos EREY
PhillipBankhead PHF
LynnBerman EREY
CharlieBond PHS
FredBrown EREY
PamCarvey EREY
DeanChance EREY
CleveClinton EREY
C.C. Collie PDG PHS
CindyCummings PHF
TrishCunningham EREY
BettyDawson EREY
RosemaryDomecki PHF POLIO
NolanDuck PHS
KarenFarris PHS
ShawnFoster EREY
HappyFranklin PHS
AliceFreidline EREY
RogerFreidline EREY
RichardGilman PDG PHS
RozelleGilman PHS
JohnGlancy PHS
TracyGomes PHS
BobGrossman EREY
MaryllynHargrave EREY
AnneHarper EREY
SusanHarris PHS
EricHeitkamp EREY
EricHarrison PHS
HollyHollenbeck EREY
BarbJeffries PHS
RichardJodry EREY
ScurryJohnson EREY
JillJordan EREY
MarkKashar EREY
KathleenKlaviter EREY
PatMartin EREY
ScottMcLaughlin EREY
Jeff McNaughton EREY
DougMeans EREY PHS POLIO
SamMiller EREY
SarahOliai PHS
VanOliver PHS
BobPatton EREY
GregPape  PHS POLIO
PaulPirok EREY
JodieRay EREY
TomRhodes EREY
TiffanyRichmond EREY
Jeff Sheehan EREY Pres. RCPC 
RichardStanford PHS
LynnSurls PHS
TomSwift PHS
KarlVon Bieberstein EREY
WilliamTaylor EREY
LindaTunnell EREY
LeyWaggoner EREY
KathyWall EREY
JamesWeichel EREY
AlanWinn  PHS POLIO
 
*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
 
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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
July Theme: Maternal and Child Health
Jul. 01, 2024 – Jul. 31, 2024
 
Ronald McDonald House July 2024
Ronald McDonald House - Dallas
Jul. 15, 2024
4:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
 
August Theme - Membership & Club Development
Aug. 01, 2024 – Aug. 31, 2024
 
September Theme - Basic Education & Literacy
Sep. 01, 2024 – Sep. 30, 2024
 
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