Well, the Rotary year is almost half over. Carol and I are enjoying our visits to Clubs. We have now visited 43 of the 55 Clubs and have met many new friends and found out some extraordinary stories about what you and your Clubs are doing in your communities. I am also pleased that 56% of our Clubs have participated in Rotary Foundation grant projects (either Global or local or both).
I appreciate the fact that all 55 Clubs have established and posted goals both for membership and financial support for the Rotary Foundation. Also 20 Clubs are now participating in the IGNITE Membership program. Overall District membership is net +31, with almost all of the growth attributable to Clubs that have adopted IGNITE.
Also four new Interact Clubs and one new Rotaract Club have been created, many Youth clubs participated in the World Polio Week Awareness project and the $40,000 Global Grant Scholarship for applicant Amanda was approved and she leaves for the Netherlands next month.
Carol and I will be temporarily winding down our Rotary focus later this month to spend time with family and focusing on the importance of the holiday season. In such regard, we wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.
Just so everyone will be ready for an even greater Rotary year in 2015, the following is our District Event Calendar for January-April, 2015:
When
What
Where
2015:
1.
January 17
All District Rotary Foundation Fiesta Fundraising Dinner/Gala
Laredo
(Embassy Suites)
2.
January 24
Regional District Best Practices Workshop for Membership Development and Public Image of Rotary
Victoria
(Country Club)
3.
February 6-9
RYLA
Mathis (Lake)
4.
February 21
Rotary International 110th Birthday Party and Dance for Major Donors, Bequest Society Members and Paul Harris Society Members
Corpus Christi
(Town Club)
5.
February 28
Regional District Best Practices Workshop for Membership Development and Public Image of Rotary
Harlingen
(TBD)
6.
March 5-8
President Elect Training Seminar (PETS)
Dallas (Hyatt DFW)
7.
March 21
Rotary Foundation Stewardship Qualification Training for 2015-16 and Rotary Foundation Club Awards Luncheon
Corpus Christi
(Town Club)
8.
March 28
District Four-Way Test Speech Contest and District Rotary Youth Luncheon
Corpus Christi
(Ortiz Center)
9.
April 17
All Club Luncheon
Edinburg
(Renaissance Center)
10.
April 17-19
District Conference including All District Luncheon
Corpus Christi
(various locales including Ortiz Center)
Carol and I hope to see many of you at the District Rotary Foundation Fiesta fundraiser dinner on January 17 in Laredo. Reservations are available on the District 5930 website.
Each month the Rotary Club of Southside Corpus Christi recognizes and honors top students who exhibit the motto of Rotary to give “Service above Self.” The students honored on October 22, 2014 were from the club’s partner school on this project John Paul II High School in Corpus Christi. Each student received a certificate, a Four Way Test coin, and a gift card from Southside Rotary President John Owen. Pictured from left to right in the photo are Tabitha Lee Sang and Evan Rodriguez.
The Southside Corpus Christi Rotary Club “Ramp Champs” donated their time and materials on Saturday morning November 1st to build a wheelchair ramp for Ms. Amalia Martinez at 4410 Green Grove Drive, Corpus Christi, TX who recently left rehab and needed a ramp at her house upon her return. Ms. Martinez was very independent prior to her injury and this ramp gives her back the quality of life that she was accustomed to. She was extremely appreciative of the Southside Rotarians building the ramp for her and tested it out after it was finished.
The Rotary Club of Southside Corpus Christi welcomed District Governor Art Zeitler and his lovely wife Carol on Wednesday October 15, 2014 at noon at the Corpus Christi Country Club for the annual club visit and members were inspired by the great talk they received from Governor Zeitler. His message was uplifting and empowering to do Service Above Self and to spread the message of the good works Rotary does in the community and the world. As a thanks for the visit, Southside Rotary President John Owen presented DG Art and Carol with certificates showing donations to polio plus in each of their names. In addition, Gerene Beckley, daughter of Lt. Governor for Membership Debbie High, received a New Member Sponsor Recognition Program pin for bringing in a new member who happens to be her grandson! She was very proud to receive this honor from DG Zeitler. For more information on the Rotary Club of Southside Corpus Christi please visit our website http://www.southsideccrotary.org/ or “like” us on Facebook.
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