Please support members Maithen Fluhrer, Mark Smith, Samba Sey, Marilyn Pokorny and John Pokorny who are riding October 24th by clicking below.

Maithen is riding at 7 AM - support her with your donation at https://raise.rotary.org/MaithenElizabeth-Fluhrer/challenge

Mark Smith is riding at 10 AM, he suggests donations to any member

Samba Sey is Riding at noon - Support him at  https://raise.rotary.org/Samba-Sey/challenge.

John and Marilyn Pokorny are riding at 3:00 pm - support them with a donation at https://raise.rotary.org/jmpokorny/challenge1

We appreciate your generosity. Speaking of generosity, you can also donate your time. Contact Grady Ray at grady.e.ray@gmail.com to volunteer.

 

Join us in reading for our annual Read Across Central event! 

 

She was nominated by her proud cross country team coach Chris Capeau. Here is what he had to say.

 

Our speaker is our friend Heather Cicerello of the Main and Mill Association sharing the exciting things that organization is planning in Old Town Lewisville.

 

 

Thanks to the manager of Excite Gym and fellow Rotary member Julie Hutchens of the Highland Village RC, we have over 50 backpacks to fill with personal items to give to Salvation Army clients in need of such items as;  fall/winter weather gear:  Caps, Gloves, Scarves, Finger and Toe Nail Clippers, Dental hygiene items, Hair brushes and combs. Handy wipes/Hand sanitizer, Tissue, Socks, Small Blanket, Crackers, Candy Bars, Cookies, Nuts, Deodorant, Band-Aids. All donated items are new items.

 

 

It is with a certain amount of irony that this publication is recognizing the American worker and also honoring those that lost their lives during the horrific events that occurred September 11, 2001. Because on that date, 2977 people left their homes to board one of the 4 planes used during the attack or headed for work in the Pentagon or the World Trade Center or perhaps were first responders that never to returned home. That event changed lives all over the world. Some of our members have provided their recollection of that day's tragedy in this newsletter. We all have our stories of that day. What is yours? These are the stories that bind us together in spite of our differences and make our country stronger and proud to be an American displaying our flag. We invite you our reader to provide your story. Should you wish to share your story, click the blue box below.

 

 

We had a fun and engaging meeting on Thursday evening.  We were able to refresh ourselves on our club mission statement, our club core values, and club attributes.  We also looked at insights from our club survey and discussed our upcoming service projects and ideas.   Click here for the key slides we looked at for those that couldn't attend.

 

All of our members will be present at the Lewisville Police Department helping to distribute a great meal starting at 11: AM. If you have not already done so, please complete the form below to volunteer to bring goodies, drinks etc and provide appreciate notes. Event details and sign-ups click here.

 

 

 

In an effort to make the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club the best it can be for our members and the community, you received a link in an email with a brief survey on your satisfaction with the club. Your responses and feedback will be crucial for planning activities this year. 

 

 

 If you are interested in doing this, Club President will pick your donation bags up from you to deliver them as a club. Mark will help shop for you at the grocery store in case you don’t want to venture out.

 

Club is recognized for service exemplary of Rotary International's commitment to youth in the world through cooperation between Rotary International and Scouting. Our club has worked closely with BSA Troop 9168 for several years who have partnered with us in implementing our Lewisville Area Flags project.

 

Socially distancing Rotarians and school staff will award our winning students their bikes at 6 pm on Wednesday June 10, 2020. All members and their family are encouraged to participate in this project. Congratulations to all winning student for their hard work and dedication.

 

The coming week will be busy for our members as we continue to "rock on". The list of contributions continues to grow as we adapt to new normal.

 

The photo above shows a photo of President Elect Mark Smith presenting a check to Salvation Army Director Stephan Thomas to make the lives of the Lewisville Area homeless a little bit better. We also provided funds for other community organizations including:

 

Rotary International is partnering with the Global Impact Group to train and source community volunteers to perform healthcare tasks how they can do to help fight the virus, either from their homes or by assisting healthcare workers (subject to governmental requirements).. The goal is one million volunteers. Click here for more information. Please share this information with friends and neighbors.

 

 

The flag subscription committee has launched a new web page to promote the flag program, is updating brochures and door hangers and implementing various avenues of communication to the community to encourage our neighbors to subscribe. To promote patriotism during the Covid 19 pandemic, the club is launching a a special early flag launch to our current subscribers. 

 

In spite of Covid 19 Social Distancing guidelines, LMR continues to serve. We meet weekly via Zoom. Members that are not considered "at risk" volunteer. Samba recently volunteered at CCA distributing food. Deanna and Chery are making masks and we are participating with other Rotary clubs in a blood drive Saturday, April 26th. The club is also donating supplies to the homeless at Salvation Army. Thank you Mark for shopping and doing the delivery, We also made a sizable donation to the CCA Food Pantry to assist area needy.

 

To promote patriotism during the Covid 19 pandemic, the club is launching a a special early flag launch to our current subscribers. The logistics of this early launch are still being worked out. We will be sending an announcement to our subscribers as soon as the dates have been worked out.