Lewisville Morning Rotary to host two events to create awareness and support of World Polio Day and Rotary's End Polio initiative.
October 17, 2022 the Lewisville City Counsel will recognize the efforts of Rotary, in particular, the Lewisville Morning Rotary and the Lewisville Noon Rotary in eliminating polio worldwide. Proclamation to take place 7 PM in the City of Lewisville Counsel Chambers
October 21, 2022 the Lewisville Morning Rotary will host a Wine Tasting to End Polio Now fundraiser at Wine with an Appeal at 7 PM. Purchase tickets now by clicking here.
Monday, October 24, 2022 is World Polio Day. One day, one focus: Ending Polio. Click here for more details.
This month at Lewisville Morning Rotary
October promises to be exciting as LMR promotes Rotary's End Polio Now campaign. Lewisville City Council will be recognizing Rotary's efforts with a proclamation Oct. 17th and we are hosting a Wine Tasting to End Polio Fundraiser on October 21st.
Our next meeting is Oct 6th with guest speaker Gillian Goldthorpe speaking on the Feral Cat problem
October 11th is our monthly Board of Directors meeting at 6:30 PM
Thursday, October 13th our guest speaker is Casey Wright from NTTA
Thursday, October 20th our guest speaker is Sue Ogel with a presentation on the Haitian Pilgrims
Thursday October 27th our guests speaker is Jon Bullock presenting on "we are this close"
Since 1987, Rotary has been leading the world wide effort to end polio so that no child anywhere has to endure the paralysis caused by polio.
For those of us in the west where polio has been eradicated a long time ago, the fact that Rotary has been leading the fight to end polio for over 35 years is almost anti-climatic. Consequently, it is sometimes hard to generate any enthusiasm among the community and fellow Rotary members to donate money to end polio. However, the recent news of a polio victim in New York state and the recent pandemic experience reminds us all that polio exposure is only a plane ride away.
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy". As a club, we proudly profess our commitment to community service through our many community service programs. But, we are anything but dull. We love to get together with our Rotary buds for Clubs Socials. Our 5th Thursday Club Social was an wonderful event for all that attended.
Our 5th Thursday Club Social was hosted by Larue Winery. The outstanding BBQ and fixin's were provided by member Ray Bowens and the desert that everyone was raving about was provided by member Marilyn Pokorny. In attendance were most of our club members and invited guests that have supported club our club activities and fundraisers. Designed to be an informal get together where guests and members get to know each other, Club President Bob Troyer welcomed everyone during one of the "open mike" breaks and spoke briefly about our club and announced the upcoming events.
Members join in on the fun with a float celebrating the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club at the 2022 Lewisville High School Parade.
(L-R) Mark Smith, Todd Taylor, Charlene Dierks and Bob Troyer
A good time was had by all as members rode the parade route tossing candy to the crowd line up to watch the parade through Old Town Lewisville. Float theme was Aloha! And, the weather was perfect for the event.
Members volunteer their time the Friday evening of the City of Lewisville's Western Days and all day Saturday of Western Days to manage the limited parking availability in the Christian Community Action campus parking lot.
Resting up for the evening rush Volunteer Spud Webb and Ray Bowens Scouting Volunteers
Anyone that had been to the Annual Lewisville Western Days knows that parking is a bit of a premium during the event. And this year as a result of construction in Old Town it is even more so. While the need for parking during the afternoon is light. The CCA Parking lots are pretty much filled in the evenings as the crowds come in for the concerts. In total we were able to provide parking for 312 families attending this years Western Days event.
Thank you to all our volunteers including Rotary members, scouting partners and friends. We could not have done it without you.
Members of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club and GDS served pancakes to the runners and walkers returning from the Christian Community Action 5K event at Western Days.
We probably served around 200 pancake breakfasts to the 275 runners and walkers registered for for the CCA 5k event..
