North Texas Giving Day is just around the corner, and together we can make an impact! Funds support the Richardson East Rotary Club Foundation and our outreach efforts. 

The District 5810 Governor John Curtis and his wife visited Richardson East Rotary Club on 9/6. He commended our club for all the activities we are doing and for growing the club. Instead of having a long presentation the Governor made a short address to the club and then we conducted a service project, packing snack bags for children for families in need. 

 

 

 

Please congratulate our members who are celebrating a September birthday or club membership anniversary:

 

    September 9, 2020   - Hollis Owens

    September 17, 1985 - David Blanchard *

    September 17, 1985 - Ted Ellis *

    September 22, 2021 - Michael Parmerlee

    September 22, 2021 - John O'Haugherty

 

  * Charter member of Richard East Rotary Club.  

On the 5th Wednesday meeting on the 30th of August we packed backpacks for youth at Network of Community Ministries.

 

The backpacks are part of Network's youth programs where a variety of seasonal youth programming meets the needs of the youngest members of our families in need.

 

The backpacks are part of the Tools 4 School program which provides backpacks filled with supplies for school aged-children.

 

For more information go to https://thenetwork.org/get-help/

 

 

This year, RERC is supporting Network by giving our guest speakers an opportunity to select items which will be donated on their behalf to Network's food pantry. This helps provide a personal thank you to our speakers, while working to meet community need. To date, our speakers have selected:

 

Dog Food (Lisa Kupfer/The Sixth Floor Museum)

Diapers (Leslie Benson/Richardson Reads One Book)

Infant Formula (Julie Robinson/Beyond the Bar Bottle Shop)

 

We have a chance to help our fellow Rotarians who live on Maui and particularly those from the historic town of Lahaina. As you are aware, Lahaina has suffered almost total destruction from wild fires this past week.  The Lahaina Rotary Club has lost their meeting place to the fire. It will be a long time before they can meet in person. They and many, many others on Maui have lost everything. 

 

Hawaii's Rotary District (District 5000) has established a relief fund through their Foundation to accept donations to aid in recovery efforts. Please consider making a donation to the  Maui Fire Relief Fund. Thank you for your support!