Thanks to each of you for all you are doing as Rotarians. Richardson East Rotary is a very successful club because of each of you who truly believe in service above self. Our meeting this week will be a joint meeting with Richardson Central Rotary as we enjoy a visit by District Governor Bill Dendy. Let's each welcome our fellow Rotarians as they join us for this very special meeting. I hope you will all make plans to attend. If you were at last week's meeting but didn't see your buddy there, please give him or her a call or send an email. Remember to check your calendars for August 16 for the party at the Higgins' lake house. I will send out a map soon, and I hope many of you will be able to join us for what promises to be a fun day. August is membership month so this is a great time to invite someone to visit. Thanks to Bill Zeigler who is the first to propose a new member this Rotary year. Our next Board Meeting is Tuesday, August 5 at the Credit Union of Texas. Hope to see each of you next week!
August is Membership and Extension Month, which means it’s time to celebrate your Rotary club, your members, and all of the good you do in your community and around the world. Here are several ideas to get you started!
Throughout August, submit photos of your club members hard at work to show the world how Rotary makes a difference. Use the hashtag #WeAreRotary and post photos of your club in action to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Gary C.K. Huang, a member of the Rotary Club of Taipei, Taiwan, is asking Rotary members to Light Up Rotary in 2014-15. In a profile for the July issue of The Rotarian magazine, Huang shows us the meaning behind the family of Rotary.
The RERC installation banquet for the Rotary year 2014-2015 was a fun event at the Richardson Woman's Club.
Kathy Higgins, the RERC President for 2014-2015 and her officers got inducted according to practice by DG Ean Sullivan.
In the picture from left to right Past President Bill Walker, Incoming President Kathy Higgins, District Governor Elect Bill Dendy and District Governor Ean Sullivan.
Some of Rotary’s best work has been done in India, notably on Ending Polio and Water & Sanitation projects. About eight years ago, our Club worked with a District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu to provide improved schoolrooms for the kids there. Our main contact was District Governor (DG) Purushothaman, who goes by Puru. Since that successful collaboration, we’ve been saving some Casino Night money each year in a bucket called Water Project and it has built up to $8,000 with some additional proceeds from this year’s successful evening. Ken Schwartz, our Foundation Treasurer, recently got an email from Puru to help on another project.
This project, glamorously entitled Girls School Toilet Block, would provide water and sanitation for girls schools in Puru’s District. That District has started an application for a Global Grant with Richardson East as its partner. Woody Alexander, as International Services Chair, is working with the Indian team along with Ken and David Loughridge, who has been to Puru’s home in India. We thought we could only do seven girls schools until DG Ean Sullivan and PDG Sandy Forster stepped up the District contribution to fund a total of twelve girls schools.
The Project is moving fast with work scheduled to start and end in 2014. After it is finished, Sandy says she will go inspect and bring some pictures of (vacant) toilets so Casino Night participants can see where there money is going….into toilet blocks!
Below is a picture of urinals built at another school.
Thanks to each of you for all you are doing as Rotarians. Richardson East Rotary is a very successful club because of each of you who truly believe in service above self. Our meeting this week will be a joint meeting with Richardson Central Rotary as we enjoy a visit by District Governor Bill Dendy. Let's each welcome our fellow Rotarians as they join us for this very special meeting. I hope you will all make plans to attend. If you were at last week's meeting but didn't see your buddy there, please give him or her a call or send an email. Remember to check your calendars for August 16 for the party at the Higgins' lake house. I will send out a map soon, and I hope many of you will be able to join us for what promises to be a fun day. August is membership month so this is a great time to invite someone to visit. Thanks to Bill Zeigler who is the first to propose a new member this Rotary year. Our next Board Meeting is Tuesday, August 5 at the Credit Union of Texas. Hope to see each of you next week!
Meet Rotary's new president -- Gary C.K. Huang
