The Rotary 4 Way Test of the things we say and do:
1.Is it the truth?
2. Is it fair to all concerned?
3. Will it build goodwill better friendships?
4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
And, no. 5. Make it Fun!
Meet our 2016-17 Club President and President Elect - Carolyn Wright and Jeff Siebert, DDS
Strap your seat belts on folks. This club will be "rockin" next year. We look forward to a wonderful year under their leadership.
Carolyn will be leading a strategic planning session on May 5, 2016 at Mary Jones home. Any club members interested in participating should contact her at itspippy@gmail.com.
Membership in LMR is by invitation. I'm sure we all know some folks with great personalities that we'd love to work with.
Since we launched our Membership campaign in October, members have brought 111 Non-Rotarian guests have visited our meetings, 7 of which are now members. And, on March 31, 2016 we are inducting 3 more.
Keep up the great work. Don't forget, in April members who have brought the most guests will be served ice cream by the losers that brought the fewest.
Thank you to the Board of Directors and other club members that have been working to establish this years goals. Most of the goals were established when we established the 3 year Strategic Plan that was implemented in July of 2013. Our planning this year focused on enhancing our Membership Development efforts.
Goal #1
Grow membership by a net of 10%
To achieve this growth we will be implementing an aggressive membership recruitment program that Bob Troyer reviewed Club Assembly
We will investigate feasibility of implementing a satelite club on the east side of Lake Lewisville to include Little Elm, Colony & Castle
Hills areas
Goal #2
Service Above Self Goals
6 Community Service Projects that will include 900 Volunteer hours for the year
Expand youth services projects to include EarlyAct at Central and investigate implementing Interact at TCHS
​Youth Services will include budgeting for 2 RYLA students and the identification of an exchange student host
Goal #3
Foundation Goals include continuing member and club contributions at rate of $3,100 per year
We will increase Benefactor participation by 2 members
Goal #4
All District Clubs are being asked to one thing new. We will do two new projects this year
a. Distribution of 2500 W82TXT thumb rings to discourage HHS students texting while driving
b. Implement EarlyAct at Central ES
Goal #5
Continue and improve our 4 annual Fund Raisers to support Shelter Box, CCA, Childrens Advocacy, Honor Flight, LEF, Hero's of Denton
Neydy Valdez is from Lewisville High School, an LHS Interact Member and has served at several of our clubs projects such as Breakfast with Santa. She was once a student at our adopted school Central ES.
John Michael Ashworth has graduated this past week from Hebron High School where he was a charter member of the Hebron High School Interact Club
The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club partners with the Lewisville Education Foundation in awarding our scholarships. We provide the funding and the selection criteria for the scholarships, they manage the application process and provide all the screening and verification of each students credentials to select the student that matches our criteria. One of our criteria in addition to scholastic achievement is community service and membership in their schools Interact Club
Nathaniel Aranda (L) was inducted into the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club by President John Pokorny at our June 2, 2016 meeting.
Nathaniel is a member of the Christian Community Action leadership team where he is responsible for preparing grants to aid in the funding of CCA's many community member assistance programs. Nathaniel lives in Benbrook, TX with his wife Olivia and 1 1/2 year old Nathaniel Jr. He is a graduate of Texas Wesleyan University (BA) and Amberton University where he attained his Masters of Arts degree. His hobbies include photography, cooking, gardening and sports. We look forward to Nathaniel's expertise in photography, photoshop, social media and writing to help support our club publicity efforts.
On our May 19th Meeting, Assistant Governor Gerald Robinson joined us for our weekly meeting to share the joy of Lewisville Morning Rotary's Club recognition awards received at the District 5790 All-Clubs Conference in Arlington, TX on May 14th.
LMR President John Pokorny proudly raises the prestigious Governor's Cup Award given to the club that has been declared the District 5790 Club of the Year.
Jeff "Dracula" Siebert has given us the schedule of upcoming blood drives at Vista Ridge Mall. Carter Blood Center will be holding drives on the following Saturdays:
30 July 2016
27 August 2016
10 December 2016
He is hoping to challenge the Lewisville Fire and Police Departments to compete with us as well as the Area clubs. Let's keep the cape at LMR.
On Thursday, May 5th, The Colony High School Interact Club was officially Chartered.
The Colony High School Interact Club, under the leadership of President DeQuay Glasko, TCHS Coordinator Tami Ellis, LMR Coordinator Heather Cicirello has been meeting since November. They have elected a slate of officers, prepared their by-laws and developed a service project for the homeless (Cents for Sox) and participated with Lewisville Morning Rotary in their service projects.
By mid-April The Colony High School Interact Club had received it's official Charter from Rotary International and on May 5th, the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club held it's weekly meeting in the TCHS Culinary Cafe for the express purpose of Inducting it's 15 Charter members.
TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with "I".
MILLIE: I is...
TEACHER: No, Millie... Always say, "I am."
MILLIE: All right... "I am the ninth letter of the alphabet."
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Traci Gardner-Petteway
August 1
Joe Dent
August 28
Mission: provide service to others, promote integrity, advance environmental awareness, encourage patriotism, and enhance fellowship through a partnership with business, education and community leaders.
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Hebron High School Student of the Month Jessica Harper shown here with her proud family, Principle Scot Finch and LMR President John Pokorny
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The Colony High School Interact Club, under the leadership of President DeQuay Glasko, TCHS Coordinator Tami Ellis, LMR Coordinator Heather Cicirello has been meeting since November. They have elected a slate of officers, prepared their by-laws and developed a service project for the homeless (Cents for Sox) and participated with Lewisville Morning Rotary in their service projects..jpg)
