Join us for our next monthly meeting on January 21, 2025 at noon via Zoom.  We will hear vocational talks from several members  and "Build Better Friendships" as part of the Rotary Four-Way Test of the "Things we Think, Say, and Do".     Vocational service in Rotary International is a commitment to using skills and expertise to help the community. It's a core part of Rotary's service to communities around the world.  January is "Vocational Service" month in Rotary International.

On January 26, 2024 we will have a social gathering at Mutiny Wine Room in the Houston Heights area.  Anyone in the Houston area is welcome to attend.  It will be Buy Your Own Drinks and Food.  They have a special Paella meal and I will need to know how many plan to order this special selection.   Please rsvp to Robin Charlesworth, Club Director, at 970-880-0960 (text or call).  

 

 

We built Mutiny Wine Room to bring together a community of "wine-lovers" and "foodies" searching for diversity in Houston. Our mission is to bring the Napa Valley wine tasting experience to our neighborhood while enjoying our seasonal dining menu.  Our global menu mixes California sensibilities with a Texas twist.  Chef Eduardo Alcayaga utilizes exceptional products from local, specialty purveyors, ensuring that each unique culinary creation is as fresh as it is delicious!   

 

 

Wishes for good health are extended to Chopin Kiang and Sidik Ibrahim.  Keep these members in your prayers.

 

A successful father-son hunting trip for Robert and Jake Stein to Kansas for pheasants kicked off the new year and this annual trek also celebrates Jake's birthday.

 

Dree Miller has been in Raleigh, North Carolina filming in the cold weather.  

 

Brittany Johnson has the best pictures of Northern Lights from her journey through Lapland.

 

Nick Gianone is committed to the mission of saving unborn new lives and will be setting up crosses with a church project to raise awareness to halt abortions.  He is intereted is being proactive and using protection to avoid unwanted pregnancies.

 

Isis Meijas has been working very long hours and will escape to Costa Rica for a change of pace.

 

Protus Onyango just returned from a trip to Kenya and he will be sending a container of books, computers, and other useful items on January 26.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5:15 PM:  Registration & EXPO Tables Open

5:30 PM:  Train Rides of the Safari Texas Ranch Event Center begin!

5:30 PM to 6:15 PM:  Major Donor & Bequest Society Reception & Donor Recognition Event  - *See details below to discover how you can be invited to this Reception)

7 PM - 9 PM:  Dinner & Presentation by Stephanie Urchick, President of Rotary International

 

"Regular Table for 10"  :  $1,000  (Includes Expo Table)

  Individual Tickets:  $150/person

 

The Rotary e-Club of Houston has secured one table for this event and the following members are confirmed:  

PDG Nick Giannone & Fabiola, Evelyn Traylor, Ruben Santos, Glenda Guzman Macal, Leenette Wilke, Protus Onyango, PDG Ed Charlesworth and Robin and our exchange student.

 

We can continue to accept names and see if we may complete another table of 10.  It is a savings of $50/ticket.

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Your generous contributions to The Rotary Foundation are essential to securing and growing Rotary programs throughout the world. We recognize donors to express our gratitude for your commitment

When your cumulative donations reach $10,000 you become a Major Donor and can choose to receive a crystal recognition piece and a Major Donor lapel pin or pendant. 

When you make a commitment for future gifts of $10,000 or more to The Rotary Foundation, you’ll be invited to join the Bequest Society.

 

Thank you for your patience as we are learning a new billing program which will simplify our collections for dues and other events.  It gives our members the option of paying monthly or one lump sum.  On January 1 we pay our second payment for dues to Rotary International.  If you have made a decision to leave our club, please notify Charles Mickens, Secretary, to be removed from the active member list.  Otherwise your dues will be billed for our annual $300.  Some have already paid - thank you!  Others may not have received more than one notification, and we are working on that so you will be billed in January.  

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