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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 May 5 RCPC meeting will be at the North Texas Food Bank, 3677 Mapleshade Lane, Plano, Texas 75075
Cost: $20/person for eaters and non-eaters. Register and payhere.
Deadline to register is May 3 Enjoy a fajita lunch from Rosa's Cafe and a tour of the facility!
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2022-2023 RCPC Awards.It is time for Nominations! We recognize members of our club with these special awards named after some of our club legends.
We do not have to declare a winner of each award should we determine that no one is deserving for this year. It is nice to present eight awards but it is not mandatory. Typically the award is not given to the same individual twice and these awards are for club members other than current officers and members of the selection committee. The selection committee is made up of the executive committee, Fred Brown and Karen Farris. Please email your nominations to Fred (fred.brown.tx@gmail.com)or Karen (kfarris7238@gmail.com)at the email address shown below - no later than May 11.
• Buy our new RCPC club cap with club logo for wearing to the RCPC parade, club events/service projects/socials, and around town. This cap will replace the club straw hat. The cap is made with moisture wicking material, so it is a higher end baseball cap. Click here to purchase. ($20/cap) • Buy a blue and white Santa hat to wear at any November/December RCPC service project, social, and RCPC Snider Plaza Tree Lighting event. Click here to purchase. ($7/cap). • Buy a RCPC Tumbler to enjoy your favorite beverage.Click here to purchase. ($20/tumbler) • Click here to buy all three for $47.
On Friday, April 21, a group of RCPC members met at the Bush Library for a tour
and to see the Freedom Matters exhibit. RCPC members Karen Farris, Herb Hammond and Tom Swift are all docents
at the Bush Library.
Looking Presidential!
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RCPC at the North Texas Food Bank
Rotarians from the RCPC came together on Saturday morning, April 22nd, with Interact Members and Students from Hillcrest High School for RCPC / NTFB Volunteer Day! We packed the equivalent of 14,500 meals on Saturday morning for their “School Pantry” program, bringing nutritious food to children impacted by food insecurity!
Total for the morning for the School Pantry: 13 Pallets, 624 boxes, 17,472 pounds, 14,560 meals!
•Volunteers Neededfor the Transportation Committee! Give a ride to and from the meeting to members who are unable to drive.
•Volunteers Needed! Interact is back at Hillcrest H.S.!!If you like to work with highschoolers, this is for you! Contact Tracy Gomesherefor details. It's not too late to sign up!
•The RCPC Fourth of July Parade is coming!
Sign up to volunteer before, during or after the Parade. Something for Everyone. Contact Jill Jordan.
•May 5, 2023. The regular RCPC meeting will be at the North Texas Food Bank, 3677 Mapleshade Lane, Plano, Texas 75075
Cost: $20/person for eaters and non-eaters. $20/person. Register and payhere.
Deadline to register is May 3 Enjoy a fajita lunch from Rosa's Cafe and a tour of the facility!
•May 15, 2023From District 5810:
Rotary Peace Fellowships equip peace and development leaders from communities around the world to become effective catalysts for peace. Applications for the 2024 fellowships are being accepted until 15 May. Please contact PDG Linda Elliott Rotarygovernor1011@gmail.com for more details, or 214-952-7337.
• Bourbon Tasting, Thursday, May 18, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, at Total Wine and More, Best Buy Plaza. 9350 N. Central Expwy, Dallas 75231
•District 5810 Rotary Leadership Institute, Graduate Course: Motivating Volunteers.Saturday, June 17, beginning at 9:00am. This online graduate course consists of one 3-hour session.
Course requirements: RLI Part I, II and III must be completed before enrolling in Graduate Courses. Attendance for entire session; a computer (desktop or laptop), audio, video (camera) and internet access are required. Class is limited to 24 participants.
Registration confirmation and link will be emailed to registered participants. This course is $50. Registration is not yet open.
•June 30, 2023. NO meeting. Prepare for the Parade!
•June 29, 2023From District 5810:
DG John Curtis, District Leadership, and Club President Installation, Thursday, June 29, 2023, Cocktail Reception 5:00 to 6:00 pm, Dinner and Installation 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Park City Club, 5956 Sherry Lane, Suite 1700, Dallas 75225. Tickets: $70 per person. Sponsorship opportunities available.
• From District 5810:
Take Me Out To The Ballgame…..
Yes, come join with your Rotarian friends and families on July 22 at the ballpark (Globe Life Field) and cheer the home team on as they play those dastardly Dodgers from Los Angeles.
We want to begin the new Rotary year with some fun and fellowship. We are inviting our Rotarian friends in our neighboring District 5790 (Fort Worth and beyond) to join us , too.
This is an opportunity for clubs to come to the game together and, course, for individual Rotarians to bring their families to the ballpark for a fun afternoon.
Tickets are $52 each(include a $20 contribution to Polio+), our way of supporting Rotary’s effort to end this terrible disease while being able to enjoy the fun of being together. Tickets will go fast,buy now!
There is also an opportunity for clubs to share a tailgate party before the game with all Rotarians and friends attending the game. See attached flyerhere.
[Starting this Rotary year, our District Roundtables will be returning to the 2nd Saturday of the month – please mark your calendars. You can also find them on the District Event Calendar.]
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
From Jeff Sheehan, President-Elect of RCPC and President of the RCPC Foundation - 2022-23
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.
