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.
Beginning in January, the cost of lunch at Maggiano's
will increase to $22.00 for lunch and $7.00 for non-eaters.
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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).
The District 5810 Nominating Committee is proud to announce that Michael Pugh is our new District Governor Nominee Designate! Michael will serve as District 5810 Governor for the 2028-29 Rotary year, following Dawn Gulley.
• Saturday, January 24. 9:00am-Noon. Public Image Brubch. Join us for a hands-on working brunch to sharpen your club’s visibility and credibility, designed for Rotarians who want real traction, not theory. At the Movie Institute, Willow Bend Mall, Plano. RSVP to rotary5810.org. Bring your real challenges, stalled ideas, confusing platforms, or content questions, and get direct, actionable input you can use immediately.
•Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, 5:00pm – 7:30pm. Rotary Means Business Social Networking Event at 12 Cuts Brazilian Steakhouse, 18010 Dallas Pkwy, Dallas, TX 75287. Network Like Only A Rotarian Can!
•Thursday, Feb. 12, 6:00-9:00pm. District 5810 Foundation Gala, at Prestonwood Country Cub, 15909 Preston Road, Dallas 75248.
Reception 6:00-7"00pm, Dinner and Program 7:00-9:00pm.
Attire - Cocktail, Black Tie Optional
- There will be a silent auction with many items you will want, including Frisco RoughRiders game packages, several boat tours onarea lakes, and other treasures! In addition, we will be auctioning off three Unite For Good banners autographed by RI leadership.
- The Richardson Symphony String Quartet will be featured as our evening's musical entertainment.
- Our guest speaker, Greg Podd, Vice Chair of the Rotary Foundation, is a retired CPA and personal financial specialist. He joined Rotary in 1982 and has served in many capacities, including RI vice president and director, in addition to his current role on the Board
of Trustees.
- Your $125 ticket price includes a $50 personal donation to the Rotary Foundation, credited to your name.
- Clubs or individuals who buy tables ($1000 for a table of 8) will receive a $400 credit to the Foundation.
- Sponsorships are available, starting t $250 and will receive special recognition according to level.
•Feb. 14, 2026, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Club Leadership Exchange at Dallas College Richland Campus Sabine Hall, SH118
• Saturday, March 21, 2026 Fly Day Service Project, hosted by Commemorative Air Force at Dallas Executive Airport, 5651 Mariner Dr, Dallas 75231.
Join us for Challenge Air's Dallas Fly Day where leaders come together create unforgettable experiences for children with special needs.
Volunteer Positions: •Set up team • Registration • Parking • Food service. • Load team • Runner
Register using the QR code on Pam Blankenzee's email, dated Jan.15.
•Ongoing. RCPC's Meals on Wheels Committee needs six more volunteers to deliver hot, nutritious meals to those who cannot obtain or prepare their own food. The routes are in the Casa Linda area and take about an hour to run. Meals are delivered Monday through Thursday around midday. Ask Jim Weichel for details and the routes and dates available.
•Monday, Jan. 19, 4:00pm. Make dinner for families at Ronald McDonald House. It will warm your heart!
Ronald McDonald House, 4707 Bengal St Dallas, TX 75235.
Bring your license to enter building. Wear long pants and closed toe shoes
Sign up on the RCPC website to book yourself directly online and view available slots.
Call Kathleen if you have questions 214-422-3010
• Saturday, January 31,Strategic Planning Session, 8:30-Noon at the Meeting Place, 6th Floor, 13612 Midway Rd #601, Dallas, TX 75244 (at Alpha/Midway). You are invited to our next Strategic Planning session (Year 2 of our 3 Year Plan) where we will share ideas, set priorities, and shape what is next for our club. This will be a fun, interactive conversation and everyone's input, from new members to experienced members, is welcome.
We will have water, coffee, breakfast tacos, bagels, and fruit.
Please let President-Elect Mark Kashar know if you can make it here
•Thursday, February 12, 6:00-7:30 pm, Wine and Chocolate Tasting at Total Wine and More, 9350 N Central Exp, Dallas,75231
Perfect for Valentine's - Wine and chocolate! Pairing the right wine with the right chocolate creates new and unexpected tastes to delight the senses. Featuring premiere chocolate from a world-famous maker, this is a delish class for wine lovers with a sweet tooth!
Bringour government ID/drivers license. Also family and friends.\
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
Pres. Sarah Oliai has set a Club Goal equal to 85% participation.
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 Mark Kashar, 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.
