At the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club, our universe is changing. The graphic above is intended to highlight all the changes for Rotary year 2021-2022. We have a new Presidential Theme, Serve to Change Lives. We have a new club President, Traci Gardner-Petteway. We have a new meeting time of 7:30 AM. We continue to meet on Thursdays but in person on the 1st and 3rd Thursday and virtually on 2nd and 4th Thursday. We have a new Zoom Virtual meeting link. And, finally we have a new meeting venue, Lewisville Area Chamber of Commerce. Please mark your calendar. Share these changes with friends of Rotary.
This week at Lewisville Morning Rotary
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July 6th, troop members from our partners at BSA Troop 9168 will begin picking up and storing flags from the Independence Day Flag Launch.
HHW on July 7th and 10th . If interested in volunteering contact Tom Rowe
2nd Thursday (July 8, 2021) virtual meeting at 7:30 AM. Please note the new zoom link above.
Board of Directors meeting 6 PM on July 13, 2021 at Traci's home
HHW on July 14th. If interested in volunteering, please contact Tom Rowe
Our 1st Third Thursday in-person 7:30 AM Rotary meeting at the Lewisville Area Chamber of Commerce, 551 N. Valley Parkway in Lewisville.
For club members, serving the needs of the community includes supporting local non-profit organizations that fill a vital role in helping those most at risk. Last week members awarded Creating Young Minds a grant in support of their mission is toteach young men about the importance of education, hard work and being humble in all aspects of life.
For years our club members have supported the Salvation Army by volunteering to ring the bell during their annual Christmas season Red Kettle campaign. This year we are supporting them financially through a grant to help them continue their vital food kitchen mission in Lewisville.
For club members, serving the needs of the community includes supporting local non-profit organizations that fill a vital role in helping those most at risk. Last week members awarded Families for Freedom a grant in support of their mission is to transport victims of domestic abuse to safety.
The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club inducted a new club president starting the new Rotary year July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
Traci accepted the baton from Past President Mark Smith and was sworn in Thursday, June 24, 2021 by the Rotary District 5790 District Governor (2021-2022) Roger Paschal. Traci joined Rotary in 2015 and in her acceptance speech she recalled fondly bring her two then small children Kendall and Kennedy to our 7 AM meetings at CCA. Fast-forward, Kendall is now a Baylor University student and Kennedy is a star athlete at Marcus HS. Fortunately, mom is still the mom that joined in 2015 constantly giving back to the community in various ways including representing serving at the National PTA president.
In celebration of Ms. Martha Cowan receiving the Living Legend award, the Lewisville Estates hosted a party at 2 pm on June 24th at their facilities. Our club is one of the sponsors and is providing the flags for the event.
The award is to be presented byU.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Cielito Pascual-Jackson, from the Women In Military Services For America.
Who knew that a dame could be a WWII Fighter Pilot
Ms. Martha Cowen is among the very few women that were pilots that served during World War II. The celebration will include a reading of the Living Legend Proclamation and a century birthday celebration to remember. Our members will be providing a Star Spangled ambiance for the celebration of the life of a centurion World War II veteran aviator.
Our 6/24/21annual Pass the Gavel at the Alforno's Italian Kitchen was a memorable event that included induction of our incoming president and board of directors, recognition of members and fun while walking down 2020 Memory Lane.
Outgoing President Mark Smith led our 2021 Pass-the-Gavel with an overview of the 2020-2021 Lewisville Morning Rotary year. We had an amazing year in spite of operating under the constraints of the worldwide pandemic. We continued meeting weekly but virtually. Our reputation as the small club that does a lot continued with 46 service projects requiring in excess of the recorded 665 volunteer hours performed by 19 members. In addition, the club and its members donated over $22,000 to 15 local non-profits, The Rotary Foundation and End Polio Now.
If you our a member of our family have other prayer requests or celebrations to share, please send to Rotary Cares chair Marilyn Pokorny.
The Pokorny's are thankful for all the prayers and kind wishes the past couple of months. Marilyn continues to nurse almost continual knee pain. John"s infusion IV antibiotic treatment are over and is feeling much better.
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