Memorial Day was our 1st "Flag Program"Holiday of the year. Flag Day (14 June) was the second. As of today we have almost 100 new flag subscriptions. Many kudos' to Brent Myers and Bob Shell who have been busting their backsides to get the sleeves installed for these new flag locations.
Renewals of flag subscriptions are lagging behind with over 70 residents that have yet to renew their subscriptions. It is not to late for them. If they miss their Flag Day flag, they can always renew at a prorated rate.
Please talk to your neighbors and friends in Lewisville (including Castle Hills), Flower Mound and Highland Village. If they have not renewed, encourage them to do so. At this time we are not accepting new subscriptions for this year.On-line registration is always available on our website.
More than 20,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed every year in Sri Lanka, and many of them prove fatal. The Rotary Club of Colombo, Sri Lanka, set out 10 years ago to save some of those lives by establishing the Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Centre.
In partnership with the National Cancer Control Programme and the Ministry of Health, the center in Colombo has screened more than 35,000 patients, mostly low-income, and detected more than 7,500 cases of abnormalities that required further investigation. The Rotary Club of Birmingham, Alabama, USA, donated a mammography and ultrasound...
March is Water & Sanitation Month
Some members may have noticed that Rotary has modified it's program calendar to include our six areas of focus. Accordingly, March is designated Water & Sanitation Month. Compared to many parts of the world, we here in Texas don't worry much about water & sanitation unless the city announces an irrigation ban. Yet, many third world countries lack the most basic services. Carolyn has told us about her travels to Ghana where the community where she is working requires the women of the community to walk several miles daily for urns fresh water. Our club has financed the purchase of Sand Filters for a community in Guatemala were there is plenty of water but there are no sanitation controls. Children suffer from dysentery and many die before their 5th birthday. Since Rotary has installed water filters in most of the homes, early child death is almost disappeared.
March 12, 2015 Speaker
Gabby Butler, District Executive for Boy Scouts of America
Intro by Phu Tran
This weeks Service Above Self Projects and Events
Household Hazardous Waste - March 14, 2015 - 8:15 am to Noon
Rotary Day Recognition at City Hall March 16, 2015 at 7 pm
Area 12 Mixer at Cobra Brewery at 6 pm
CCA Pantry Support - March 28, 2015 - 8:45 am to 12:30 pm
Carter BloodCare Blood Drive at Vista Ridge Mall on March 28, 2014- Noon to 6 pm
Come join fellow Rotarians from Lewisville Noon Rotary, Flower Mound Rotary, Highland Village Rotary, Denton Noon Rotary, Denton Morning Rotary and Lake Ray Roberts Rotary in some fellowship and great beer and snacks.
Thursday Evening, March 19, 2015 from 6 pm until 8 pm
We look forward to welcoming the Hebron High School Interact Club members, parents, school staff. We will be hosting their Interact inauguration Ceremony at this Thursday's meeting
Congratulations and Good Luck Hebron High School Interact Club
The Weather Outside was Frightful. But the Auction inside was Delightful
Because of the bad weather we only had 30 bidders at our auction. However, the fund raiser was a success. We had over 110 donated items to auction. With the proceeds from the Auction we sponsored the Chalk This Way Scholarship Competition.
Congratulations to the Scholarship winners - 1 Daisy Rosas, 2 Allison Rosenbaum, 3 Sydney Simeone
We will have photo's of these artists and their creations in future additions.
A great big Thank You to the Hebron High School Interact Club for all their assistance in setting up the event. Members Doris Scales, Diana McMillan, Dean Davis, Todd Taylor, Cynthia Jarid, Bob Troyer, Jim Wear, Mary Handley Jones, Frank Hebb, Carolyn Wright, John & Marilyn Pokorny were instrumental in preparing the Wednesday before and the day of the event. Thank You to All
Thanks also to the Lewisville Noon Club for their assistance Saturday and financial participation in Sponsoring the Scholarship. Our sponsorship included a giant chalk Rotary Gear with the Club Names on the City Hall corner of Charles and Church. Unfortunately, the wheel was just finished and immediately washed away by the torrential downpour that morning.
All in all it was a wonderful day. Thank You to Chair Person Marilyn Pokorny and all the ladies of our club for organizing this wonderful event.
Congratulations also to Christi Martin, Chairman of Chalk This Way for a wonderful event. It truly was a Community event that we in Rotary were proud to participate along with the Lewisville Area Arts Alliance and the City of Lewisville.
Melissa Troyer Rowe will be running in the GE Irving Marathon on April 4, 2015. She will be doing the Marathon while pushing her mother (a polio victim) in a buggy. She is doing this to raisemoney and awareness for the eradication of polio! She has watched her mom's body be wracked by Post Polio Syndrome and would love to see this disease ended. Coincidentally when she pushes her mom's buggy in the marathon Melissa will be the same age her mom was when she first had to use a wheelchair. Please donate if you can!"
Please support Melissa in this race to End Polio Now by clickinghere.
Sense & Nonsense
Change Your Course
Through the pitch-black night, the captain sees a light dead ahead on a collision course with his ship. He sends a signal: "Change your course 10 degree east."
The light signals back: "Change yours, 10 degrees west."
Angry, the captain sends: "I'm a navy captain! Change your course, sir!"
"I'm a seaman, second class," comes the reply. "Change your course, sir."
Now the captain is furious. "I'm a battleship! I'm not changing course!"
There is one last reply. "I'm a lighthouse. Your call."
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Doris Scales
June 27
Carolyn Wright
July 6
Howard O'Neal
July 10
Tom Atchison
July 23
James Wear
July 29
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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