ROTARY DISTRICT 5810 EPRESENTING 65 ROTA Y CLUBS IN NORTH TEXAS 3 RD ROTARY QUARTER 16-17
Governor’s Message When I was a boy, we had a gas stovetop and I loved setting the flame down low, to warm up flour tortillas one at a time. When they were hot and toasty, I would flip them off the stovetop onto the counter, where I would quickly apply butter. As the pat of butter passed over the tortilla, it would disappear as it melted into liquid deliciousness; and I had a perfect snack. Occasionally, the flame was not set quite low enough, and resulted in slightly burned tortillas or tortillas on fire. My mother would caution me to respect the fire and that if I was not careful that it may jump out of control. This lesson, like so many others, made more sense to me after I actually experienced the subject first hand. On one particularly busy day of making hot tortilla snacks, one caught fire. Normally this was only a mild nuisance, remedied by turning down the stovetop and blowing out the flame on the tortilla. However, because this tortilla had been inadvertently dragged through the copious puddles of melted butter that dotted the countertop, the breath of air that would normally extinguish the flame, actually caused the fire to flare up…and then jump from dot to dot on the countertop. “Now I see,” ran through my mind as I remembered my mother’s words. Now I see the jumping flames of Rotary fellowship and good works moving through our district as we close the 3 rd quarter of this Rotary Year. I love the way our young folks are inspiring each other after their experiences with RYLA, Nicaragua & Cuba Service trips, Interact Spring Fling, and the Human Rights/Peace Symposium. It is so uplifting to see our Rotary Clubs working together on projects, fundraisers, and fellowship events. But I am most excited when our District Rotarians ignite the flames of service and fellowship by inviting others to join our tremendous organization.
In this issue…
• Conference Cruise • 100 th Birthday Party • Membership Growth • Mission Trips • Preparing for the Future • And So Much More…. Rotary District 5810 5420 LBJ Freeway – Bldg 2, Suite 275 Dallas, Texas 75240 3 rd Rotary Quarter 16-17 Newsletter Produced by Rotary District 5810 Supported by DG Bill Dendy Created by Rotarian Sandra Moudy Email feedback and your Rotary story to rotry5810@gmail.com Thank you to our contributors: Ken, Tom Ryan, Karl. Melissa , Rick, Beverly, Bailey, Ean, Cheryl, Owen, Dave
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Rotary District 5810 Conference Cruise Nearly 300 Rotarians, family and friends are ready to board the cruise ship on Sunday, April 23 rd .
Come Celebrate with us in Atlanta. June 10-14, 2017 This year celebrating our Foundations 100th Birthday could be the biggest RI convention in our history. We encourage you to join us in Atlanta! It will be an amazing week of sights, learnings and meeting Rotarians from around the world! Manjit Sawhney, Rotary Club of Delhi South Metropolitan, India, is going... This will be my 15th Convention. It gives me an opportunity to meet old friends especially the Polio Warriors who were always besides us to make India Polio Free and now to see that we remain Polio Free. Make new ones, know what is going on in the Rotary World. This is a special convention as we are celebrating Rotary Foundations 100th year. See you in Atlanta. Ugonma Mbaka Nwazuo, Rotary Club of Sapele Metropolitan, Nigeria, is going… Wao!! It's going to be an experience of a life time you know. Can't wait to experience it by God's grace. It's going to be my 2nd attendance @ International conventions. Looking forward to experience the House of Friendship again, meet new friends I made @ Seoul in 2016 and to also make more Rotary friends internationally @ personal & club levels. See you there!! REGISTER TODAY at reconvention.org
The busses heading to Galveston will begin boarding at 6:30am Sunday morning with two buses originating in Plano and one in Dallas with a side pick-up in Hutchins. Destination: Liberty of the Seas
Ahoy . A week aboard
the ship presents: Rotary Conference,
Lunches, Jamaica, Dinners, Excursions, Cozumel, Mid- night Buffets, Celebration of Life, Mission Trips, Fellowships, Breakfasts, Distillery, Grand Cayman, Beaches, Entertainment, Food and more food. And so much more.
The Missions to Cozumel and Jamaica We are bringing for distribution medical supplies, medical equipment, dental supplies, wheelchairs, school supplies, books, back packs, goodie bags, and more. We are visiting children, schools, hospitals and more. We will clean, paint, repair and more. We will visit a playground for challenged children. We will visit an animal shelter. We will do more. We are experiencing Global grants at work, first hand, at its finest. We are Rotarians. We are Rotary. We are Serving Humanity .
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In 1988, when the Global Polio Eradication Initiative began, polio paralyzed more than 1000 children worldwide every day.
The Gates Foundation is currently matching all Rotarian raised polio donations $2 for each $1 contribution (up to $35 million yearly). Our Rotary-wide 2016-17 Rotary year polio fundraising goal is $45 million + the Gates Foundation match.
Our goal is Global Polio Eradication! Polio Plus: Zero is the magic number!
Advocate, Donate & Educate to END POLIO NOW & FOREVER! 15,600,000 children saved from the paralysis of polio since 1988. 2017 total total total Total paralysis cases year-to-date 2016 2015 2014 Globally 5 37 74 359 - in endemic countries 5 37 73 340 - in post-endemic countries 0 0 0 19
Rotary Club of Rowlett (Paddle Creek Point) Cleanup Event An event we do five times annually. We adopted a area in Rowlett to support 'Keep Rowlett Beautiful'. This includes the park, lake shoreline, wooded area, and the adjacent railroad track section. 2017 polio case breakdown by country Endemic Countries – 2 Pakistan (20 in 2016) 3 Afghanistan (13 in 2016) 0 Nigeria (4 in 2016) Source: Terry Ziegler, bigzlumber@aol.com District 5890 Rotary Foundation Committee Chair (Polio Eradication Update as of 4/8/17)
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The Rotary Clubs of District 5810 will host The 100th Birthday Party of The Rotary Foundation on Saturday, May 13 from 6-9 pm at the Frontiers of Flight Museum located at 6911 Lemmon Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75209.
As of press time, sponsors for the Party of the Century include Silver sponsor Mohrle-Morris & Associates. Bronze sponsors: DG Bill Dendy - Elite Financial Management, DGEN Bill Slicker, Cheryl Drane- Skipworth - Broker Realtor, Faith Family Academy, Rotary Club of Carrollton- Farmers Branch, Rotary Club of Dallas, Rotary Club of Coppell, Rotary Club of Dallas-Uptown - Memory of Shane Simpson, Rotary Club of Dallas-Uptown - The Jordans, Rotary Club of East Dallas, Rotary Club of McKinney, Rotary Club of McKinney Sunrise, Rotary Club of North Texas Pioneers, Rotary Club of Park Cities, Rotary Club of Plano. Copper sponsors : Le Caveau Vinoteque and Education Patron, Rotary Club of Lake Texoma. Contact Melissa Jordan at mel.jordan@hotmail.com or 469-245- 8893
“We will be celebrating the extraordinary accomplishments of our Foundation during the past 100 years with a true party,” noted event organizer, Melissa Jordan, Rotary Club of Dallas-Uptown. For this incredible evening we will have a fun celebration featuring a band, dance floor, casino, fun, buffet, two complimentary drinks, caricature artists, live auction, fun, birthday cake, fellowship, a vintage DC-3, and no keynote speaker. A fun time is planned to be had by all. Local businesswoman and member of Rotary Club of Dallas, Wendy Krispin, will be catering the event. The buffet will feature grazing stations with teriyaki pork skewers, assorted cheeses, dips, a carving board of beef sirloin, artichoke and mushroom stuffed chicken breast in white wine sauce, new potatoes, seasonal vegetables, a southern comfort salad, assorted rolls, biscuits and an assortment of desserts including panna cotta, cheesecake bites, brownie bites, lemon tarts, pecan tarts and cookies and a coffee bar. Eloquently exquisitely delicious!
Sponsorship levels range from $500 to $10,000 with individual party goer tickets at $100. Net proceeds
benefit The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. To purchase your sponsorship go online, click on the following: https://www.crsadmin.com/EventPortal/Registrations/PublicFill/EventPu blicFill.aspx?evtid=7a82dc15-45e4- 4c04-ab42-12103289243e
All reservations will be held at the door. Advance payment is required.
Attire for the evening is cocktail dress . Cocktail attire is considered dressy-casual for both men and women. For example, a nice dress shirt and slacks suffices for men; a moderately decorative top and pencil skirt works well for women.
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Your Generosity is to be Applauded The Arch Klumph Society, named after the sixth president of Rotary recognizes The Rotary Foundation's highest tier of donors — those who have contributed $250,000 or more during their lifetime. Major Donors to The Rotary Foundation are those individuals, married couples, non- Rotary affiliated Foundations and Corporations who contribute an outright or cumulative gift of at least $10,000 to the Annual Programs Fund and/or to the Permanent Fund of The Rotary Foundation. There are 96 major donors and/or members of the Arch Klumph Society in District 5810; 11 new added this year-to-date.
The power of Rotary is opening doors for community service that ordinarily would be missed opportunities.
A fine example of this is when Susan Cowley, a Dallas North Rotary member saw a need at Faith Family Charter School. Susan is unique from other members of society. Because her son has severe autism, Susan is proactive in training and programs to learn about the brain, exercises and therapies to help the program to become smarter and healthier. She volunteers at least 3 days a week at FFA early childhood development. She does very specific exercises with the young students. One girl, in particular, was quite disruptive, had ADHD while also having a hard time focusing. After several weeks of Susan’s volunteer hours, this student’s focus has improved; her grades have improved along with her behavior. This is an example of how when we partner with our community, organically, things start to happen. This event was not on the “punch list” of Dallas North Rotary’s To Do list, instead, through the power of networking, partnering, volunteering, and asking to fill a need where vision is, shows how One person Can be the Change in a Sea of over a million Rotarians. ~ Article contributed by Cheryl Drane Skipworth, Rotary Club of Dallas North Do you have a story you would like to share? Email to Sandra Moudy, Fair Park Rotary Club, thechocolateeo@gmail.com
Individuals who have contributed more than $1000 to the Annual Program Fund, the Polio Plus
Fund or the Humanitarian Grants Program of the Rotary Foundation are recognized as Paul Harris Fellows . Additionally, individual Rotary clubs may from time to time honor individuals as Paul Harris Fellows. There are about 1,100 Paul Harris Fellows in District 5810; 266 new PHF's were added this year-to-date. Sustaining Members. Rotary Foundation
Sustaining Member is a person who contributes $100 or more per year to the Foundation's Annual Programs Fund. Are you sustaining?
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EarlyAct FirstKnight Rotarians have always made it a priority to cater to our youth with programs that include leadership camps, scholarships, top student recognition events, and immunization programs. We also recognize that we see a steady decline in discipline, respect, and responsibility among our students toward their teachers, students and elders. Rotary Clubs have an opportunity to work with their schools and teachers and implement an award winning "Character" building program called Early Act/First Knight (EAFK) which is built around gallant knights and chivalry. It starts at the elementary school level. Rotary Clubs sponsor the program, work with the schools and the EAFK organization and have had great success. EarlyAct FirstKnight® (or EAFK) is a powerful, daily character education program for elementary and middle schools, made available by The Knights of The Guild and many Rotary Clubs. Created by Dr. Randall Parr, EAFK creatively teaches and motivates students to become more civil, service-oriented people during their most formative years.
Find out why EAFK is the best character education resource available and how your club can have a project which benefits students, teachers, their schools, community and ultimately society. For details contact District Chair of EAFK Bud McBrayer, PDG of District 5810 at budmcbrayr@aol.com or Karl Clauss at khclauss@gmail.com.
Membership growth as of March 7, 2017 10 or more Addison, Dallas-Uptown, Fair Park (Dallas), North Texas Pioneers 5-9 Greenville, Park Cities, Rockwall, Grayson County, Rowlett 1-4 Bonham, Fairview, Frisco Sunrise, Grand Prairie Metro, Lake Texoma (Pottsboro), Melissa, Midlothian, Dallas, Duncanville, Prestonwood , Royse City, Dallas North, De Soto, McKinney Sunrise, Preston Trail, Whitesboro, Allen, Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Coppell, E-Club of North Texas, Irving Sunrise, Plano Sunrise, Richardson, Terrell That is 129 new Rotarians, so far, this year. Way to go new member recruiters! Membership guru Randy Watkins at randy.watkins@academymortgage.com
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Nicaragua Heart of Service San Juan Del Sur March 4-11 Granada March 12-19
Granada
San Juan Del Sur
Painting concrete is harder than it looks.
Built 2 water towers to provide running water in school rooms at two schools.
Everybody Zip Lines in Granada.
For a presentation to your club contact Sandra Moudy at thechocolateeo@gmail.com Preparations have begun for next year’s Heart of Service Trip. Please contact Sandy Forster for more information sassysdy@gmail.com
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CUBA - HEART OF SERVICE TRIP District Governor William (Bill) Dendy, along with a group of 24 Rotarians, Rotary Youth and family members traveled to Cuba on a service trip March 11-16, 2017.
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Loading the bus after breakfast on day one
• Bicycle tour of Camaguey • Service Projects in Cespedes-
o Delivered medical supplies and equipment we brought in our luggage o Distributed clothing and other supplies to needy families that we brought in our luggage o Cleared a jungle overgrown with banana trees and underbrush and loaded with garbage dumped by locals for use as a park o Painted several buildings at a church camp and made plans to manufacture seats for playground equipment to be delivered on the next trip • Spent a day at the beach at a 5 star resort. Brought all the young people we had worked with along with us to experience something they had never done
The Rotaractors and Chris Levario and the Cubans we brought with us to the beach resort.
We refer to this as the most Cuban photo ever. When trying to take a picture of the sign and the horse drawn carriages, the car drove into frame as the picture was snapped.
Bicycle taxis in Cespedes at the beginning of our city tour.
Bill Dendy and the Rotaractors in airplane seats the morning of departure.
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Rotary Club of White Rock Sister’s Garden Planting
“This is a perfect service project for us because it gets us all together; it gets us outside doing real work.” The sisters weed in preparation for our rototilling and planting of okra, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, eggplant and more. The purpose of the
vegetables from the garden is to feed the unwed mothers and their young children and the Sisters for pretty much the whole year. “ So it like really, really like helps benefit the needy and the poor.” For more information https://youtu.be/blTNL-OZd8k
Thank you Craig Jeffrey, John Curtis, and David Crist for the pose. I asked them to smile. David said “This is my smile”. Ok then. They are part of the 15 member AG team and 3 alternates that represent Governor Bill Dendy and take his message to District 5810 Clubs. They are also at clubs to help where needed. They are all past presidents and have great experience. I personally appreciate their efforts. They have my respect and admiration. ~ PDG Tom Ryan
Let’s be POSITIVE ENERGETIC EFFECTIVE MESURABLE As we begin our 4 th quarter, we have so much to celebrate and so much more fun to have. We are in the final stretch in this Rotary year. It is a sprint to the finish. Are you with me? We have had 3 vigorous quarters carrying on the impact of Rotarians Serving Humanity in our community that has spread all the way around the world. The final quarter is the most exciting. The greatest gains are won in the final quarter. We have so many events coming up in the next few months. I encourage you to list your events in the District Calendar. This is our invitation to attend and participate. Membership is growing; I encourage you to continue inviting others to join us in Rotary. It is time to make a gift of special contribution to the Foundation. Bring your financial donation to our 100 th birthday party. If it is more convenient, contact me and I will personally pick up and bring your gift to the party. Let us all make our contribution commitments to the Rotary Foundation. Join me in Rotary’s momentous historic giving of the century. There are so many more opportunities to get involved with your club and our district. How about attending RILI (Rotary International Leadership Institute) on May 20. There is the District Business Meeting to be held on
June 3 – select your club electors and make plans to attend – all clubs must be represented for the vote. How about taking a trip to Atlanta to attend the Rotary International Convention June 10-14. And there is so much more happening. What are you doing this 4 th quarter?
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DGE Rick Amsberry has just completed a whirlwind month of training and strategic planning, all aimed towards building a very energetic start to his upcoming year of leadership as District Governor. He has trained 60 of our incoming club presidents at PETS in late February
Rick has worked with over 40 Rotarians from across the District at two strategic planning sessions. Many thanks to George Ritcheske and Kathleen Klaviter for facilitating Strategic Planning events. Rick has convened a remarkable Club Leadership Training (aka District Assembly) at the University of Texas at Dallas in late March. Over 150 Rotarians attended. Many thanks to the Rotary Club of Richardson and the Rotaract Club of UTD for registration and hosting Club Leadership Training.
Join District Governor Elect Rick Amsberry as we celebrate his Installation on June 29, 2017 from 6:00 to 8:30 at the Dallas Country Club. Officiating will be Past RI VP and Trustee, Noel Bajat.
DISTRICT GOVENOR LEADERSHIP TEAM District Governor Bill Dendy, Rotary eClub, 214-239-4715, rotary5810@gmail.com District Governor Elect Rick Amsberry, Rotary Club of Park Cities, 214-662-3811 rickamsberry@gmail.com District Governor Nominee Beverly Grogan, Rotary Club of Grand Prairie Metro, 214-460-6511 bgrogan@gptx.org District Governor Nominee Designate William Slicker, Rotary Club of Dallas, 469-955-2826, billslicker@gmail.com Past District Governor Larry Webb, Rotary Club of Prestonwood, 972-822-1243, webb0079@att.net We are going to have a great Rotary year in 2018-19, and I am looking forward to serving you! It is an Honor to be a Rotarian, and even more so to be able to serve District 5810 as Governor. We do have an AMAZING district! It’s your participation that makes it great, and I am planning programs and activities that should energize our members to increase their dedication to Service and Rotary. I will be filling positions on my Leadership Cabinet in the next few months, and I know dedicated people will step up to serve. If you have ideas or suggestions, please forward those to me at bgrogan@gptx.org . We will plan together and make that year meaningful and memorable to so many! DGN Beverly Grogan This is a great day to be a Rotarian! DGND Bill Slicker Registration will open on the District website on May 1, 2017. Cost for the plated dinner is pending. The dress will be black tie optional - which means if one wants to dress up they can, but if they want to wear business attire that's OK too. Nobody will be excluded because of dress. Contact Fred Brown at fred.brown.tx@gmail.com
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