Richardson ISD students who spoke in Richardson East Rotary Club's Four-Way Test Speech Contest last week. (l-r) Afif Mazhar, junior from Richardson HS; Ryan Earl, senior at Richardson; Ariel Lopez, sophomore at Berkner HS; Marisol Espinal, senior at Pearce HS; and Thomas Mayer, senior at Pearce. Mazhar won first place in the constest and will represent Richardson East Rotary at the District 5810 speech contest. Lopez finished second and Mayer third. The Four-Way Test was created by Herbert Taylor in the 1930s as an ethical and moral creed for exmployees as he tried to save the floundering Club Aluminum Products Distribution Company from bankruptcy. Rotary International adopted it in 1940. It reads: Is it the Truth? Is it Fair to All Concerned? Does It Build Good Will and Better Friendships? Is It Beneficial to All Concerned?
Our Christmas party was a great success as always. Awesome food and drinks, great camaraderie and a lot of fun at the white elephant gift exchange. Thank you Mark and Kathleen for hosting our club!
Woody Alexander received a letter from Purushothaman, our partner in India on the International Project building girls’ toilets, congratulating him on the Ethics Award. Puru, also, thanked the club for the Simple Truth books we provided.
Treasurers Ted Ellis and Ken Schwartz updated the Club’s Financials.
RERC will support the Human Rights Symposium scheduled for January 30, 2016, as requested by our District Governor. A $200 contribution will be sent for this event.
RERC will partner with Texas Ramp Project to provide wheelchairs to needy local residents. $2400 has been set aside for this project. The remainder of the wheelchair fund will be placed in the Wheelchair Foundation. Ken Schwartz is working with John Laine, Director of Texas Ramps Project.
Signature Project Committee will continue to meet and solidify possible RERC Signature projects.
The club is renegotiating the Contract with CCCC for continued meeting and lunch options.
Rotary International now determines Club Membership based on membership numbers as they appear in Club Central at the end of the calendar year.
Small groups should be meeting and getting their two Casino Baskets together. Send your meeting photo to Per.
Richardson Living will highlight RERC Casino in their January publication. Look for it!
Please check to see that your email is correct on Club Central for Club Runner. If not, you may miss out on important info!
Santa’s Village is up and running. Don’t forget your volunteer time slot.
The Vocational Committee has some great meetings coming up…..Four Way Test Contest, Teacher Appreciation. Watch the calendar.
Throughout a decade of traveling, Canadian Rotarian Camilla McGill has built relationships with Rotary members in India, Canada, and the U.S. that have resulted in global grant projects to help some of India’s poorest citizens. One project in Anakapalle supports an eye hospital that has provided cataract surgeries for 760 people and medical seminars on improving eye health. Read more about McGill and the project.
In Montserrado and neighboring counties in Liberia, health care workers are learning techniques to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV and improve their ability to diagnose and treat infected women. Learn more about the global grant project, and read a blog post from Marion Bunch, whose experience losing a son to AIDS prompted her to start a Rotarian Action Group.
