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01 Sep 2022 Hearts for Guatemala Sep 01, 2022 - Jun 30, 2023 Every child deserves a quality education and every person deserves the opportunity to overcome, dream and achieve.v Our club has been approved for a District Grant to enhance our club's contributions to develop a library for a school in Antigua, Guatemala for underprivilaged children. We hope to collect books in both Spanish and English and to facilitate the hiring of a school librarian. The space is alread allocated for the library in the school. A trip is planned to deliver and help organize the library in late January - early February, 2023. A second trip to Antigua is planned for the end of our Rotary year to deliver more books and to hold an event at the school with refreshments as children select their own books. We will also hold our new officer installation in Antigua in 2023 to co9ncide with this trip. We currently have three club members residing in Antigua who will be instrumental in facilitating this project. Any questions about the project should be directed to Kim Rogers or Stan Edwards. ery Every child deserves a quality education and every person deserves the opportunity to overcome, dream and achieve
20 Oct 2022 ALAN WYLIE History of the Apollo Mission/NASA Oct 20, 2022 6:30 PM Alan graduated fromKilgore High School in 1963 and Texas Tech University in 1967. His career with NASA began after graduating form college. He transitioned to Rockwell in 1986. Alan supported Apollo missions and the space shuttle programs as flight controller before moving into management. In 2010, after 43 years in the NASA Space program, Alan retired. He has been an active member of the Rotary Club of Space Center for 40 plus years. His passion in "Service to Others" is the Rotary Youth Exchange Program. He is married to Gaye (a previous member of our Rotary club before transferring into Space Center Rotary). He has five children and twelve grandchildren. He is a member of University Baptist Church, enjoys singing in the choir, and enjoys the game of golf.
20 Oct 2022 SPEAKER SERIES Oct 20, 2022 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM TBA
22 Oct 2022 WORLD POLIO DAY FUNDRAISER - 2022 DUCK RACE Oct 22, 2022 Join the FUN while raising money to END POLIO NOW. We are participating in this district-wide polio awareness campaign to raise funds which will be matchd by the Gates Foundation two for one. This means that if we raise $50,000 it becomes $150,000! Each club is selling ducks for $20 each or 6 ducks for $100. The actual duck race will be held at the Jordan Ranch Recreation Center. It will also be streamed onlinelive on the district Rotary Facebook page and on Youtube. You do not need to be present to win. We must keep track of our own member's donations so we may submit your donations for Rotary Foundation credits to Polio Plus. There will be prizes for the top finishers. Numbers will be assigned to ducks in order of payments received (no requests for specific numbers, please). There will be 25 heats of 100 ducks with the top finishers moving on to the final round. For every individual who donates $1,000 or more, a pair of purple, (YES, purple) Converse high tops will be awarded.
24 Oct 2022 WORLD POLIO DAY Oct 24, 2022 TBA
30 Oct 2022 HALLOWEEN SOCIAL - PUMPKIN CARVING & MOVIE NIGHT Oct 30, 2022 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Let's have some Halloween Fun with Rotaractors, Interactors, and our Exchange Student! Hosting a pumpkin carving contest with online and in-person voting for (1) Scary Pumpkin, (2) Happy Pumpkin, (3) No-Carve Pumpkins (adornments allowed, but no carving); (4) It's NOT a Pumpkin (pumpkin base, but looks like anything other than a pumpkin); (5) People's Choice. Provide your own pumpkin which may be prepared ahead of arrival OR live pumpkin carving. Where: The Charlesworth's. 11407 Hylander Dr. Houston, TX. 77070 Movie: Hocus Pocus. The family-friendly comedy stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy star as three Salem, Massachusetts witches, resurrected just in time for Halloween. Food & Beverages: Provided by Rotary e-Club of Houston
05 Nov 2022 Harvest for the Hungry Fundraiser Nov 05, 2022 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM A farm-to-table dinner fundraiser to support a community farm near Freeport, Texas. Many Rotarians support this project and our e-club has held volunteer workdays to work on the farm. Join us for a one-of-a-kind evening including dinner, live music, and a special program featuring NewsRadio 740 KTRH's Randy Lemmon. Guests will hear about Harvest for the Hungry's pivotal work and enjoy dinner featuring locally sourced products. Lake Jackson Civic Center Ballroom Seating is limited. Tickets: $50ea Purchase tickets at: harvest for thehungrytexas.org/donate
10 Nov 2022 Annual Veteran's Golf Tournament Nov 10, 2022 7:30 AM - 2:30 PM Annual Veteran's Day Golf Tournament on Thursday, November 10, 2022 sponsored by Rotary Club of Cypress-Fairbanks. 7:30 am Registration and Breakfast 9:00 am. Shotgun Start 1:30 pm. Scoring and Lunch; one hour hosted bar; presentation of winners & raffle prizes 4 Person Scramble: $225 per player/$200 early registration/$175 per Veteran 900 per team or $800 early registration. Includes Green fees, shared golf carts, range balls, breakfast, lunch and one hour hosted bar. For early registration contact Emi Chemat at 832-331-4066 or email Emi at emichematrotary@gmail.com Supporting Camp Shield, a non-profit organization that helps women heal and grow focused on PTSD -see www.campshield.org.
10 Nov 2022 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING & ALL-CLUB MEETING Nov 10, 2022 6:00 PM This is a Board of Director's Meeting and All-Club Meeting beginning at 6:00 pm. It will conclude by 7:30 pm. Please save the date!
23 Nov 2022 OPERATION TURKEY Nov 23, 2022 - Nov 24, 2022 The Rotary Club of Greater Houston Veterans has organized "Operation Turkey" to provide Thanksgiving meals in the Houston community to those in need. There wll be opportuniities to shop, prepare/cook food, and serve meals. More information and specific signups to follow.
23 Nov 2022 OPERATION TURKEY Nov 23, 2022 - Nov 24, 2022 Members may help prepare Thanksgiving dishes for the underprivileged in our local Houston community on Wednesday, November 23 OR help serve the Thanksgiving Day Feast on Thanksgiving Day. Registration for time slots will become available close to work days.