Service Above Self Awards Ceremony

April 25, 2024

Noon

Mattito's - 3102 Oak Lawn

 

Men* Who Cook 2023

Fun in Fundraising

2023-2024 Board Begins Service

Congratulations Service Above Self Winners!

Dictionary Project Begins Distribution

Michelle Goldstein to Lead Club Into 2022-2023

G.A.T.E. Way (Goals, Action, Talent, Execution) serves as a resource for clubs in our district to guide them in visioning and strategic planning process. This session is a follow up meeting from our club's earlier workshop.  We will be discussing milestones, successes and next steps.  Check out pictures of G.A.T.E. Way sessions from around our district by clicking here.

Dipping and Sipping at the Villa Hartman. Celebrate Uptown's 5th Anniversary of it's Chartering. 
Bring your swimsuit, towel, lawn chair, favorite summertime beverages and snacks. There will be a special treat to celebrate Uptown's 5th Anniversary of it's chartering.

Saturday, July 26th 5PM
At the home Krista and Scott Hartman
10914 Carissa Drive
Dallas, TX 7521

Make plans to attend! Uptown Rotary Club's World Famous Friends of Rotary Night Out (FORNO)
Casual dinner with Rotary friends and family on July 24th at 6:30PM. 

July 24th at 6:30PM
Truck Yard
5624 Sears St, Dallas, Texas 75206

http://texastruckyard.com/

 

Congratulations Sissy Littlefield for a great year as our club president for the 2013-14 Rotary year.  Welcome Lori Crider our 2014-15 president.  Learn more about Lori on Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/loricrider

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Club members enjoyed a 3L bottle of Kay's chardonnay (plus other vino, etc.) as food was being cooked and collected for Montrel Living.

Thanks to everyone who was able to make the time to come by, sipping and fonduing with us and making it so fun to cook a turkey, etc. with a kitchen full of some of our favorite people.  The folks at Montrel Living really appreciate the generosity!

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Promise House's Rock & Bowl Event at Bowl and Barrel was a great success and lots of fun. 

Hosted by Promise House Professionals. They did an awesome job! Our club was thrilled to be a sponsor. 

Was a fun social event for our club.

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Fun and productive Quarterly Networking Dinner Hosted by the Rotary Club of Dallas-Uptown. 

We were thrilled to be joined by a number of visiting Rotarians and prospective members!

Looking forward to the next one on Wednesday, January 15, 2014!

"If you want to change your results, change your story." Chris Westfall

www.chriswestfallonline.com

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Great Rotary University: District Ops Class on Saturday! Club members attending: 

PDG ZZ Kamruddin, Bob Swartz, Robert Korngiebel, and Michael Grishman. 

Great presentations by Rotary University Dean and Founder PDG Kim Holland and District Governor Ean Sullivan.

Congratulations to Michael Grishman on becoming a Rotary University Graduate! 

Our club is thrilled to now have six Rotary University Graduates:

Krista Hartman, Lori Crider, Randy Watkins, Gary Kindley, Happy Franklin, and Michael Grishman.

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Fantastic Hope in a Bottle Fundraiser Benefiting Hope Cottage by the Rotary Club of Dallas-Uptown! Awesome job Event Chair Krista Hartman and the Fundraising Committee! We appreciate everyone who attended, contributed, donated, and made the event a success! 

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Pictures from the Official District Governor's Visit with the Board and at the Club Meeting

Check presentation to TRF Polio Plus honoring Rev. Jan Sullivan

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Congratulations Jeanette Socket on your induction into Rotary! We are thrilled you have joined the Rotary Club of Dallas-Uptown! Jeanette is in Open Market Sales at Community Waste Disposal. Congratulations and welcome!!! 

Congratulations 2012-2013 Club President Krista Hartmanfor being named the PDG Pete Snider Award recipient.

The PDG Pete Snider Award is our club's version of the Rotarian of the Year Award.

Congratulations Krista!

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Congratulations Jeff Strater on your induction into Rotary! We are thrilled you have joined the Rotary Club of Dallas-Uptown! Jeff is the Marketing Manager at Deloitte. Congratulations and welcome!!! 

 

Congratulations and best wishes, Rev. Steve Colladay on your promotion to Unity Church's headquarters in Missouri. You will be missed!

Congratulations and welcome, Craig Bernstein on your induction into our Rotary club! Welcome!

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Pictures from the Is There An App for That: An Appetizer Party at Happy Franklin's home on Friday, July 12th

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Congratulations Suzanne Booth for joining our Rotary club, the Rotary Club of Dallas-Uptown! We are thrilled you have joined our club and Rotary! Congratulations and welcome!

Congratulations to our 2012-2013 Officers, Directors, and Award Recipients! We appreciate everything that each of you do to make our club vibrant and fun!

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Congratulations Krista Hartman and Happy Franklin on receiving your Paul Harris + 3 Award!

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Congratulations and welcome, Robert! We are thrilled you have transferred your Rotary membership to our club! Welcome to Dallas and Texas!

Way to go Uptown! Our club now has five Rotary University graduates and more to come in the fall!

Congratulations Graduates: Krista Hartman, Lori Crider, Randy Watkins, Gary Kindley, and Happy Franklin!

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Congratulations Club President Sissy and thank you Krista Hartman for your great service as Club President last year!

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Owen Devlin was awarded the Outstanding New Rotarian Award by Rotary District 5810 for the 2012-2013 Rotary year! Congratulations Owen!!!

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And it was announced that Owen Devlin received the Outstanding New Rotarian Award! Congratulations Owen! Pictures of Owen to follow soon!

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Welcome Gunnar!!!

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We filled up bottles of sunscreen and lotion for the homeless.

Congratulations Lori Crider on becoming a Rotary Bequest Society Member! Way to support The Rotary Foundation!

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Rotary District 5810 Celebration was held May 2-5th at the Hilton Bella Harbor Resort in Rockwall, Texas.

The Awards will be Presented this Weekend at District Celebration!

Individual Nominations:

D5810 Outstanding New Rotarian - Owen Devlin

D5810 Leadership Award - Melissa Jordan

D5810 Membership Recruitment Award - Happy Franklin

D5810 Foundation Advocacy Award - PDG ZZ Kamruddin

D5810 Rotarian of the Year Award - Krista Hartman

D5810 Club President of the Year Award - Krista Hartman

Club Nominations:

D5810 Membership Award

-Highest Percentage of Net Membership Growth

-Highest Net Membership Growth - Clubs Under 75 Members
D5810 Communications Award

D5810 Bulletin Excellence Award

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Bob Swartz is the Owner of Conveyor Belt Strategies

Four Dallas Uptown members attended: Suzie Collie, Randy Watkins, Gary Kindley, Happy Franklin

Pictured with DG Sandra Forster

Special thanks to Dean and Founder PDG Kim Holland for taking the picture.

The Joint Rotary Club Party with the Rotary Club of Garland and Dallas-Uptown was a blast with great representation from both clubs. Pictured are some of the party's attendees. Thank you Rotary Club of Garland Club President John Johnston and Alice Oldenburg for hosting!

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Congratulations and welcome Robert! Special thanks to AG Rick Amsberry for bringing him to our club!

Gillian Martin Sorenson was the featured speaker at the Rotary Club of Dallas on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. She is a Senior Adviser at the United Nations Foundation. Gillian is a national advocate on matters related to the UN and the US -  the UN relationship. She addresses audiences as diverse as Rotary International and the Air Force Academy; University students; staff and members of Congress; newspaper editorial writers and television correspondents.

Rotary and the United Nations have a long history of working together and sharing similar visions for a more peaceful world.

In 1942, Rotary clubs from 21 nations organized a conference in London to develop a vision for advancing education, science, and culture after World War II. That event was a precursor to UNESCO. In 1945, 49 Rotarians went to San Francisco to help draft the UN Charter. Rotary and the UN have been close partners ever since, a relationship that’s apparent through PolioPlus and work with UN agencies. 

http://riunday.org/

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Great attendance at Rotary University: Club Ops by Dallas-Uptown!

Members attending: Randy Watkins, Gary Kindley, Owen Devlin, and Happy Franklin

Congratulations to Coppell Rotary Club President-Elect Rob Raroque on completing all four courses on Saturday! Courses do not have to be completed consecutively. The four courses are currently offered in the fall and spring and consist of: Rotary Basics, Club Ops, District Ops, and Global Ops.

http://www.rotaryuniversitysouthwest.org/

Current Rotary University Graduates from Dallas-Uptown: Krista Hartman and Lori Crider

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Venessa Morse is our 25th member! Congratulations and welcome Venessa!

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Congratulations Kim Roulias and Randy Watkins on receiving your first Paul Harris Fellow Award!

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Kay Olds, Nathan White, and Dave Helfer receive their first Paul Harris Award! Congratulations Kay, Nathan, and Dave!!!

Durane Castleberry receives the Rotary International Bequest Society Award. Congratulations Durane!!!

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Rotary District 5810 Humanity in Motion Gala Committee Meeting

Humanity in Motion Gala
Saturday, March 16th at 6:30pm
Hilton Anatole
Dinner, Dancing, Silent & Live Auctions

For more information including sponsorship information, please contact Gala Chair Melissa Jordan  (469-245-8893)
www.rotary5810.org

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Welcome Kay!

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Congratulations Dan Nye and Bonnie Pautler!

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• David Helfer
• Date added:November 1, 2012
• Submission Type:Professional Recognition
• Current employer:Texas Institute for Surgery
• Current title/position:President
• Industry:Health Care
• Position level:President
• Position department:Medical and Science
• Reason for being recognized:David Helfer, president of Texas Institute for Surgery at Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas, has been named to Fellow status in the American College of Healthcare Executives, an international professional society of more than 35,000 health care executives.

http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/potmsearch/detail/submission/1209281/David_Helfer

 

 

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PDG Richard Gilman presents a check to Promise House. Our club's contribution to Promise House through the Cirque du Soleil tickets and his contribution rounds out our total contribution to Promise House at $3188! Thank you PDG Richard Gilman!!!

l-r: PDG Richard Gilman, President Elect Sissy Littlefield, and Promise House Volunteer Coordinator Zach Bartush

http://www.promisehouse.org/

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• Program picture of DG Sandra Forster
• Bequest Society Presentation to Scott and Krista Hartman
• Bequest Society Presentation to Lori Crider
• Check Presentation to Hope Cottage with the Fundraising Committee
• Check Presentation to The Achievement Center of Texas
• Birthday Picture of DG Sandra Forster

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Our club raised $3080 for Promise House through our Cirque du Soleil ticket sales. Special thanks to our club members, fellow Rotarians, and friends of Rotary who joined us for Cirque on Friday, September 21st! 

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Huge success!

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Tanaka is choice for 2012-13 RI president

Sakuji Tanaka, a member of the Rotary Club of Yashio, Saitama, Japan, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International in 2012-13. Tanaka will become the president-nominee on 1 October if there are no challenging candidates.

Tanaka said he would like to see Rotary "continue its vital work as the force to improve our communities."

To do this work, Rotary needs active, involved clubs, he added. "We are fortunate to have our revised RI Strategic Plan to help build strong clubs that are vibrant, action-oriented, and relevant in the changing world."

For 32 years, Tanaka was president of Tanaka Company Ltd., a wholesale firm that went public in 1995 and later merged with other leading wholesalers in Japan. Currently, he serves as vice president of the Yashio City Chamber of Commerce and adviser to Arata Co. Ltd., an animal feed and pet food wholesaler. He also chaired the National Household Papers Distribution Association of Japan for eight years. Tanaka studied business at Nihon Management Daigakuin and Tokyo Management Daigakuin.

A past trustee of The Rotary Foundation, Tanaka chaired the 2009 Birmingham Convention Committee. His other service to Rotary includes RI director, regional Rotary Foundation coordinator, district governor, and member of the Polio Eradication Advocacy Task Force, the Permanent Fund Committee for Japan, and the Future Vision Committee.

Tanaka established an endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship, and he and his wife, Kyoko, are Paul Harris Fellows, Benefactors of the Permanent Fund, and Major Donors.

He is a recipient of RI’s Service Above Self Award and The Rotary Foundation’s Distinguished Service Award.

Tanaka said that eradicating polio will "fulfill the promise we made to children in the world" and that "there is no doubt in my mind that the day of this success will be realized in the near future."

Tanaka and Kyoko have three children and five grandchildren.

The 2010 nominating committee members are John F. Germ, USA (chair); Monty J. Audenart, Canada; Keith Barnard-Jones, England; Peter Bundgaard, Denmark; Frank C. Collins Jr., USA; Rudolf Hörndler, Germany; Jackson San-Lien Hsieh, Taiwan; Umberto Laffi, Italy; Ashok M. Mahajan, India; Gerald A. Meigs, USA; Paul A. Netzel, USA; Samuel A. Okudzeto, Ghana; Kazuhiko Ozawa, Japan; Noraseth Pathmanand, Thailand; Themistocles A.C. Pinho, Brazil; Barry Rassin, Bahamas; and Barry E. Thompson, Australia.

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Presentation of the RRIMC Pete Snider Membership Award to Sissy Littlefield by Outgoing President Alicia Slay and Incoming President Krista Hartman.

Incoming President Krista Hartman thanking Outgoing President Alicia Slay

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Monthly message from Bill Boyd, Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair June 2012

A year of achievements

As we come to the end of another Rotary year, we can reflect on what we have achieved together.

The recognition of India as having interrupted transmission of indigenous wild poliovirus was a momentous event. Our campaign against polio cannot stop, for we still have three remaining endemic countries, but it is a cause for rejoicing. And at the recent polio summit organized by Rotary and the government of India, we did just that.

This has been a significant year as we build our Foundation for the future. The first year of the Future Vision pilot was a challenge for both the pilot districts and staff, as they had to come to terms with something new. In year two, the positives have become obvious. Next year will be focused on training, and the rollout on 1 July 2013 will be a milestone for you and our Foundation.

From our General Secretary John Hewko have come new ideas about better integrating the skills of Rotarians and staff, which will progressively improve our performance.

The announcement in January of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a further US$50 million for polio eradication reminds us of Rotary’s standing in the world community. Bill Gates sees a continuing key role for Rotary and our advocacy efforts as we finish the task, and respects the millions of hours that Rotarians have spent in often difficult conditions to bring us so much closer to success.

Finally, we should all acknowledge the giving that demonstrates your belief in what we do. The truth is that you do not give to The Rotary Foundation but to the work of the Foundation, and you and I see this as our way of doing good in the world.

My regards to you all.

Monthly Message from the Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair Bill Boyd

May 2012

With our new grant model, we can do more good in the world

I recently met with a number of Rotarians who will be responsible for communicating with you in the coming year about our new grant model under the Future Vision Plan. I recognize that we are asking the nonpilot districts to make a considerable leap of faith in the development of our Rotary Foundation for the future. It is difficult to understand and accept the changes when you do not know the details.

Why Future Vision? So that we can do more good in the world and use our resources in the best way possible. We needed to change our Foundation, as we were facing major challenges. We had to simplify. If this meant that we had to move away from some of our "feel good" activities, we were prepared to do so. Doing good was a greater priority, and when we do good, feeling good follows.

This is not somebody else's plan. The starting point was the responses of the thousands of Rotarians who presented their views. One of the direct results is the six areas of focus. These are where Rotarians want to serve.

Almost all of the pilot districts say their Rotary is stronger because of Future Vision. They like the greater opportunity to make their own decisions with district grants. Sometimes building sustainability into global grants has been a challenge, but the pilot districts understand the importance, and our helpful staff can and do assist.

What do I ask of you? To get your district structure in place so that you are ready for 1 July 2013, and to please be patient as we make our new Foundation as effective and productive as it can possibly be. If you can wait just a little longer, you will enjoy the new opportunities.

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Literacy is the key to success

Knowing how to read and write can transform a person's life. These basic skills, which so many of us take for granted, can mean a job, an income, and hope for a better future for those who are struggling to break the cycle of poverty. That's why Rotary has focused on promoting literacy for more than two decades, and why The Rotary Foundation has provided millions of dollars to support literacy projects.

March is Literacy Month on the Rotary calendar, a time to consider what your club could be doing to boost literacy rates in your community and in communities around the globe. In parts of our world, less than 30 percent of the population can read and write. Many of those people are women and girls who have few opportunities for education and who then cannot teach their own children to read. Even in wealthy countries, you'll find substandard schools that are failing to adequately teach basic skills and far too many adults who cannot read or write well enough to function effectively in society.

Our Foundation's Humanitarian Grants Program is at work throughout the world helping many disparate groups gain life-changing literacy skills. Foundation grants are providing books, school supplies, computers, and other educational equipment. With Foundation support, clubs are adopting failing schools and helping them to thrive and developing programs using the concentrated language encounter method that has proven so effective in Thailand and many other countries.

Literacy opens doors to employment and economic security. Let's use our Foundation resources to provide that essential key.

Jonathan Majiyagbe
Foundation Trustee Chair

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February: World Understanding Month

Booking a trip to global peace and understanding

When Rotarians participate in a Rotary Friendship Exchange , they return with more than souvenirs and laundry. They bring back lasting friendships, a global perspective, and a newfound appreciation for Rotary's work.

In July, Carol Metzker of the Rotary Club of West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA, traveled to Ghana on her first Friendship Exchange. Taking advantage of the exchange's visitor program, Metzker and her daughter spent a week touring the capital city of Accra with their hosts Kathleen Boohene, a member of the Rotary Club of Accra-South, and her husband.

Among the many sites they visited was a fishing village. "The poorest of the poor were there repairing wooden fishing boats and mending fishing nets," says Metzker. "There was a crude facility and an open sewer that served as toilets for the villagers. It was clear why Rotary's work is so vital."

A seasoned exchange participant and three-time District 7810 Rotary Friendship Exchange chair, Canadian Pam Harrison has traveled on three trips and helped organize three more. Last year, she accompanied Rotarians from her district on a two-week exchange with District 3030 in Maharashtra, India.

"I also work with clubs in our district to organize visits for incoming teams. It all takes time, but these exchanges build such goodwill and even better friendships," says Harrison, a member of the Rotary Club of Sackville, New Brunswick.

Participating in a Friendship Exchange also is an ideal way to celebrate World Understanding and Peace Day on 23 February, Rotary's anniversary. And Rotarians now have a new resource to help locate an exchange destination. The RFE Matching Board provides a forum for districts to publicize exchange opportunities in their regions. Launched in August, this Web-based publication is updated quarterly.

This article appeared in the January 2008 issue of Rotary World.

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Every Friday afternoon Rev. Steve Colladay volunteers with the DFW Interfaith Chaplaincy at DFW Airport greeting the troops and providing support to travelers. I was blessed to be able to volunteer with him on 9/23.

Banerjee outlines emphases for the year

Banerjee, who will take office 1 July, said Rotarians should be guided by three emphases -- the family, continuity, and change -- as they work to support the 2011-12 RI theme, Reach Within to Embrace Humanity .

Family is the first emphasis, he said, because the family is the starting point for everything Rotary is trying to accomplish.

“The family is the building block of the community,” Banerjee said. “If we wish to see a world that is more joyous, we first have to make sure that the families of the world are more joyous, that they have the things they need to be happy, to thrive, and move forward. So we have to look at housing, at clean water and sanitation, at health care, at all the issues affecting mothers and children.”

Continuity involves continuing and strengthening those things Rotarians do well, said Banerjee.

“There are so many areas in which we have been successful -- working for clean, safe water; spreading literacy; working in so many ways with Generation Next, our youth. And of course, our greatest project, polio eradication,” he said. “If we want to really achieve the impossible, we have to have not only persistence, but vision -- we have to be looking past what we are doing now, at what we can and should be doing in the days and years to come.”

Also during the fourth plenary session, attendees were treated to a preview of the 2012 RI Convention in Bangkok, Thailand. The Host Organization Committee shared a taste of Thai culture, including a performance by dancers representing four regions of the country. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Past RI President Bhichai Rattakul, of Thailand, greeted attendees through a prerecorded video. A Bangkok-themed luncheon followed the plenary session.

Jennine Lunceford was recognized by the Dallas Business Journal as one of the Top 25 Women to Watch in the D/FW area at the Dallas Business Journal's Women in Business Awards Luncheon. Congratulations Jennine!

Join our Interact Committee and help us start an Interact Club at an under-served high school in Dallas. See Millicent, Isabel, and Mark to get involved.

Join our Camp RYLA Committee...

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Montrel Living has partnered with Sunrise Village Apartments in Dallas, to provide housing for Veteran families. We will provide housing for single mothers and fathers with kids, as well as Vet families that are looking for affordable living. 

Montrel Living works closely with the Veterans Administration to find Vets affordable housing. This is a welcome addition to our group housing options for Vets.

 

“We have the Cause, We need your Support”

Serving Veterans, Mentally ill and Homeless

 

Marquette Stevenson

Founder l Ceo l of Montrel Living

www.montrelliving.org

1.888.610.2819

Way to go, AG Rick Amsberrry!!!

Join Rotary and make a world of difference!

Rotary International is the world’s most philanthropic organization. 

Together we can make an impressive difference and have a lasting impact on our local, national, and international community through service projects and monetary contributions. 

Rotary International makes better leaders through leadership opportunities and training. 

Rotary also provides exceptional networking and fellowship opportunities.

“Rotary is an organization of business and professional persons united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.”

Have you checked out our club’s Facebook page? Please visit our page and click “Like.” Enter Uptown Rotary in the Search box. http://www.facebook.com/uptownrotary

August 2012

To achieve our goals, we need every Rotarian

At the RI Convention in Bangkok, Thailand, in May, I spoke about The Rotary Foundation’s five important goals for this year. Goals that require great efforts, not only by the leadership of Rotary, such as club presidents, district governors, RI directors, and Foundation trustees, but by all 1.2 million Rotarians, everywhere in the world – including the ones who couldn’t attend the convention.

The Foundation will achieve our monetary goal only if every Rotarian, and every club, contributes something this Rotary year. And we will be successful in rolling out our Future Vision Plan worldwide only if every district, working with the regional Rotary Foundation coordinators and district officers, provides the recommended structure and training that will result in a stronger and more cost-effective way of Doing Good in the World.

With a more efficient Foundation, we will support the goal of RI President Sakuji Tanaka to build Peace Through Service . We will do this while we plan for the introduction of stewardship safeguards, particularly for District Designated Fund spending.

No goal is ever achieved without a plan. Your club and district should already have a plan in place for achieving your goals for 2012-13, and now is the time to put it into action. To reach our goals, every Rotarian, club, and district should participate in The Rotary Foundation, whether by carrying out a Foundation grant project, telling others about the good work that Rotary accomplishes every day, or raising funds to support our educational and humanitarian efforts. I urge every Rotarian to commit today to achieve Rotary’s 2012-13 goals. We can do it. We will do it, but only if every Rotarian in the world plays his or her part.

So, Rotarians, let’s get started.

Wilfrid J. Wilkinson
Foundation Trustee Chair

Check presentation from the East Dallas Rotary Club for our portion of the proceeds from the Rotary Rodeo in June 2010. Our portion of the proceeds benefits the Oak Lawn United Methodist Church's Community Garden that will soon be built. 

l-r District Foundation Chair Bill Perryman with the East Dallas Rotary Club, Club President Leslie Clay, and Club Chaplain Rev. Gregg Smith

 

Club Member Krista Hartman is recognized for completing all the requirements to becoming a fully active member.

Rev. Gregg Smith was officially commissioned as a local United Methodist Church pastor at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church on 7/11/2010

L-r Gregg Larrick, Rev. Gregg Smith, Tony Gauthier, Sissy Littlefield, Happy Franklin

l-r Martha Watson and Alicia Slay

l-r President Tony Gauthier, Mark Koellner, Greta Calvery, Alicia Slay, & Rev. Gregg Smith

HAITI Earthquake Relief

1.     Donate directly to the local District to fund immediate needs. Find details at www.7020.org

 

2.     Donate to a Donor Advised Fund (DAF) of the Rotary Foundation. Find details at www.rotary.org

 

3.     Donate to Shelter Box to help replenish the 4000 boxes destined for Haiti. Find details at www.shelterbox.org

 

4.     Donate $5.00 by texting 90999.

 

l-r Happy Franklin, DG Dave McSpadden, Bonnie Pautler, Jennifer Grinder-Goss, and Event Chair PDG Kim Holland.

RRIMC Pete Snider of the Mesquite Sunrise Club conducts New Member and Continuing Education Seminar for Club Members. (l to r)Leslie White Clay, Nancy Perkins, Greta Calvery, Pete Snider, Jennine Lunceford, Bonnie Pautler, Shelly Jock and Happy Franklin

District 5810 and CPS planned a huge ADOPTION AWARENESS CARNIVAL held Sept 19, 2009. CPS (Child Protective Services) brought children and prequalified prospective parents. Rotary Clubs provided food, games, FUN and PRIZES for the children. Our club had a booth and prizes and games donated by Waste Management. Club PR Chair Greta Calvery, President-Elect Leslie Clay, and Membership Co-Chair Happy Franklin worked the booth.

This is another wonderful opportunity to contribute to our neighbor. The Oak Lawn United Methodist Church Community Outreach Center helps about 30-70 middle class homeless people by offering a good meal with tabletop ministry, providing clothes and more. We will be helping to serve the meal for Gayle's Kitchen and helping out in the Clothes Closet. The Outreach Center is located behind the church facing Cedar Springs. Time is from 3:45-6pm. Oak Lawn Community Outreach Center 3014 Oak Lawn Dallas, Texas 75219 For more information, please contact Martha Watson at 214-682-8529 or click on her name to send her an email.

R otary is a volunteer organization with 33,000 clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas. It initiates humanitarian projects that address today's challenges affecting the world today, such as hunger, poverty, and illiteracy. Rotary club members represent a cross-section of business and professional leaders around the world. These 1.2 million men and women donate their expertise, time, and funds to support local and international projects that help people in need and promote understanding among cultures. Rotary International is the worldwide association of Rotary clubs united under a motto of Service Above Self.

Rotary's flagship program is its effort to protect children against polio. It aims to eradicate the disease from the world.

• A crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease, polio (poliomyelitis) still strikes children mainly under the age of five in countries in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
• Polio can cause paralysis and sometimes death.  Because there is no cure for polio, the best protection is prevention. For as little as US$0.60 worth of vaccine, a child can be protected against this crippling disease for life.   
• It can cause paralysis within hours, and polio paralysis is almost always irreversible. 
• In the most severe cases, polio attacks the motor neurons of the brain stem, causing breathing difficulty or even death.
• Historically, polio has been the world's greatest cause of disability.

If polio isn't eradicated, the world will continue to live under the threat of the disease. More than 10 million children will be paralyzed in the next 40 years if the world fails to capitalize on its US$5 billion global investment in eradication.

R otary International, the world's first service organization , is made up of over 33,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Its members form a global network of business and professional leaders who volunteer their time and talents to serve their communities and the world.

Rotary's motto, Service Above Self , exemplifies the humanitarian spirit of the organization's more than 1.2 million members. Strong fellowship among Rotarians and meaningful community and international service projects characterize Rotary worldwide.