Early purchase of tickets to guarantee seats will be November 1st.  During the month of November tickets will be promoted widely and it will be SOLD OUT.
 
Main Partner Club: Rotary Club of University Area.  The NW Sunset Club is also joining.
Event overview: A movie about a great Texas lady; Blossoms in the Dust, to celebrate women in this 30th year of Women in Rotary. The University Area Rotary Club will pay for the venue and manage tickets sale and keep revenue from tickets. The partner clubs could set up a table to showcase the project in order to raise funds. There will also be 15 - 20 minutes of speaking time, and Jim Kite has agreed to attend and assist in promoting the project. The partner clubs would keep all funds not raised through ticket sales.
 
Area of Focus:  Child and Maternal Health
We need your help to improve lives of newborns in Chinendega, Nicaragua. Small actions can make a big difference! Our club will be partners with two Rotary clubs for two fundraiser events to send Rotary Layette bags to the women’s shelter in Nicaragua.  The women arrive at the shelter from remote mountain villages to give birth in the government hospital, but do not have funds to stay safely in hotels.  Many had been sleeping on park benches alone near the hospital.  A shelter has been built to house these women which also provides prenatal care, medical evaluation (including untrasound), hot meals, hot showers, and a brief return to the center after giving birth to assure the new mom that she has the skills to care for her newborn. 
 
The impact of our help
The layette bag program and the education provided at the Women’s shelter saves hundreds of lives each year. The infant mortality in the area is 50%. But Jim Kite advises that none of the children whose mothers stayed at the shelter have died in infancy. So you are really going to be part of something special.

Rotary Layette Bags: A collection of clothing for a newborn child, shampoo, ointment, diapers, towels, etc.  A specified list of contents so all receive the same items.   The Rotary emblem is prominent on the front side of a nice zippered blue canvas bag.
 
Sundance Cinema:  510 Texas Ave, Houston, TX 77002
With the purchase of a movie ticket, Sundance Cinemas provides validation for three (3) hours of free parking upon presentation of your white Theatre District parking ticket at the box office. Upon presentation of your “blue” Theatre District parking ticket, Sundance Cinemas will reimburse $10.00 of the event parking fee.