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Come early and sign the 30 get well cards at the club meeting this Friday (Sept. 10th) for our Marines injured in the Afghanistan IED attack on Thursday, August 26th or stay late and sign cards!
Bring all kinds of candy to the club meeting. We will mail the cards and candy via FedEx to the Marines recuperating at Walter Reed National Military Hospital immediately after the meeting.
This is our first military project of several we will have this Rotary year.
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Below please find information from Diana Kao and Trisha Cunningham about NTFB's upcoming announcement!
First, I wanted to express our genuine thanks for the attached impact that the Rotary Club of Park Cities has had in our community. Thank you for your continued partnership!
I’d also like to invite all Rotary Club members to join us virtually on 11:00 AM on Monday, September 13 to hear about a historic new initiative that we are launching called, Nourish NorthTexas. During the event, members will hear from our CEO, Trisha Cunningham, members of our Board of Directors, and other key leaders about our exciting plans to significantly step up our battle on food insecurity and create lasting change in the community.Register hereto attend.
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VP Jeff Sheehan reports, "here is a picture of the second $5,000 donation the Texas Irish Cycling Team, through our team’s foundation, has presented to Bonton Farms. Scott Carson, our cycling team’s leader, and I met with Stephanie last week. We are hoping to contribute further to Bonton Farms through the Texas Irish Foundation and our team’s partners as this fits right into our team’s wheelhouse of community support…….Collaborative Partnerships!"
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Join us for our September Service Project Opportunity
Benefiting the North Texas Food Bank!
RCPC NTFB Peanut Butter Drive!
Every September during Hunger Action Month, the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) creates awareness about food insecurity, and hosts the Peanut Butter Drive which collects a shelf-stable, kid-friendly protein for our hungry neighbors. The goal for the 2021 drive is 300,000 pounds of peanut butter physically and virtually.
1. Donatedirectly to theVirtual Peanut Butter Drivewhere every dollar is equal to one pound of peanut butter (16oz jar).
Clickhereto donate! It's fun and easy from your phone, tablet, computer, etc.
2. Bringany 16 ounce plastic jar (no glass jars) of any brand peanut butter to a Friday meeting startingFriday, August 27 through Friday, September 24th)
(Nut butters are also accepted.)
3. Take a picture in front of our club's red carpet banner with your peanut butter donation and encourage others to donate.
Postthe picture on your social media using the following hashtags.
•RCPC Members: We want to congratulate and support those who are college bound.
Send name of student, school/city, major, class and relation to RCPC member to Elaine Allen at elainekallen4@gmail.com to be published in The Hub.
•Friday Afternoons, 3:00 to 5:00 pm- Bonton Farms
Volunteers are needed to help sort and pack Meal Bags. If you can help any Friday, please text or email our fellow PCR member Stephanie Bohan: stephanie@bontonfarms.org or 214-989-3513. Bonton Farms, 6915 Bexar Street.
•THIS Friday! September 10, 11:30 to 1:30 - at Maggiano's
1. Come early or stay late to sign 30 get well cards for the service persons injured in Afghanistan.
2. Bring candy to be sent with the cards to Walter Reid Hospital
Favorite Restaurant: Fuentes Cafe Downtown in San Angelo
Favorite Hobby: Dungeons and Dragons
Favorite Travel Spot: When can we safely afford to take Caribbean cruises again?
Favorite Rotary Moment:I've got two: Attending an area Rotary Mardi Gras party with my wife and members of our club; also, filling popcorn cans at Shriners Hospital.
Why did you join Rotary: I wanted to become a better newspaper editor by building stronger connections to the community.
Interesting personal fact: I've met George W. Bush and Rudy (the guy the movie was based on, not the actor) and sung the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
#ParkCitiesRotary #RotarianToKNow
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Name: Holly Hollenbeck
Classification: Legal/Risk Management
Birthday (mo/day): April 29
Favorite Restaurant: Gabriela's and Sofia's Tex Mex
Favorite Travel Spot: Italy: Cinque Terre, Tuscany region & Venice; any Caribbean Island - love Anguilla. In USA: Key West and NYC!
Favorite Rotary Moment: When I was presented with Rotarian of the Year 2018-19 and won Best Project Award, District 5650.
Why did you join Rotary? To help those most in need and be a person of action.
Interesting personal fact: Published author. Traveled to 29 countries to date. Finish a painting about every week. Foodie - love to try new restaurants and work
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
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. Our 35,000+ clubs work together to:
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
Service Above Self is the principal motto of Rotary because it best conveys the philosophy of unselfish volunteer service
From Jeff McNaughton, President-Elect of RCPC and President of the RCPC Foundation - 2021-22
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 grant request approved at our May 2021 meeting includes:
• $4000 grant for scholarships for Hillcrest High School graduating seniors
The Executive Team denied the following two grant requests:
Children First
Family Compass
The Executive Team voted to roll over the remaining $7,152.81 available grant monies until the 2021-22 fiscal year, which starts on July 1, 2021.
According to the Fund’s Policies and Procedures dated November 8, 2011, Section 11. Tenure; Removal Non-Ex Officio members of the Executive Committee serve four year terms. The Executive Team recommended to the RCPC Board that Daniel Drabinski replace Cleve Clinton as a Non-Ex Officio member of the Executive Committee. The RCPC Board unanimously approved his nomination. His term will be held from 2021-2025.
The fund balance as of May 11, 2021 was $1,847,218.00 (almost $400K higher than this time last year). The Communities Foundation of Texas has done an incredible job managing the 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 Kyle Marmillion, reported that the RCPC Foundation fund donations thru 4-30-21 totals $62,822.10 from 89 donors!
To the Foundation Fund: $6,422.10 from 37 donors
To the Bonton Clinic: $56,400.00 from 52 donors
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
