Prayer, Pledge and Visitors
President Destiny Mujica opened our meeting with the ringing of the bell. Joe Montagna provided the prayer and led the pledges.
President Destiny Mujica introduced our guests. We had three guests this week. Elia, Torres, Michael McCann, and JD Kitchen. Destiny shared JD has been approved for membership by the board and will be one of three members inducted on September 28th.
President Mujica introduced our speaker XXXXXXXXX
Oak Hills Rotary Coffee was at La Madeline on I-10 in the Huebner Oaks Shopping Center on Friday the 9th. It was a really good turn out as always. Please join us in October if you can, we'd love to see you.
We are well on our way to 300. As of Wednesday's meeting, we have sold 137 tickets !!!! 
Thank you everyone, for your part in making our fundraiser a success.
Thank you everyone, for your part in making our fundraiser a success. John Legris announced the National Days and This Day in History
National Days
National Virginia Day
National Parents Day Off
Crème Filled Donut DayNational House Cleaners Day
Today in History
Dante the poet died on this day in 1321.
1741 George Handel completed messiah chorus
1814 Fransis Scott Key composed the lyrics for the Star Spangle Banner
1983 Amy Winehouse was born
Destiny Mujica introduced our speaker Randy Haig from Velocity Texas. *KCWS provided essential services to 263 clients and answered 1,429 crises calls. (hotline is staffed 24/7)
* KCWS served clients from 31 counties in the state of Texas
*99% of adult clients were women
*38% of clients were children, 47% of those children were under 6 months old
*68% of clients came from urban areas
*all services are at no costs to clients
Thank you Kendall County Women's Shelter for speaking to our club today!
As is our custom, a book will be donated in Kendall County Women's Shelter's honor to the Locke Hill Elementary School Library.
Club Volunteer Opportunities
Morgan's Wonderland: More Delightful than Frightful
Fall is in the air, and Halloween is right around the corner. Brooke Kearney is the Chief Development Officer at Morgan's Wonderland at Morgan's Inclusion Initiative. Here is a copy of her message sent via email earlier today.
It is that time again. Are we ready to help our currently projected attendance of 2500 children with disabilities and special needs at Morgan's Wonderland on Halloween evening October 31, 2022? Hopefully the answer is - YES WE ARE!!
We are in need of:
- Volunteers to work the event (Non-Scary Costumes) Please sign up through the online Morgan's Wonderland online portal (information below)
- Candy Donations
- Monetary Donations to purchase the Candy and Decorations
If you are a Club in or outside of the San Antonio area and wish to make a monetary donation (We need all we can get), please make out your checks to Morgan's Wonderland (fully deductible) and put in Comments: Candy Donation - Rotary Halloween Night! You can then mail directly to: Morgan's Wonderland - 5223 David Edwards Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78233. Morgan's Wonderland is able to make purchases for Candy !SALES TAX FREE! with the monetary donations our Members give.
This year we will be asking volunteers to fill out their volunteer forms on-line. Please click on the link and it will take you directly to the form: https://forms.office.com/r/
Our "More Delightful than Frightful" 2022 flyer will give you directions of when to bring in your donated candy. If you would like to drop your donations off in the Medical Center instead, Jo Ann Browne will take the donations at her office any day during the week (starting now). Her office is located at 4926 Research Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78240 and her Cell # is 210-316-5455.
Thanking all of you in advance for all of your help to make this great Event "All that it Can Be". Please feel free to contact Brooke directly if you have any questions at 830-286-3216.
When you participate or volunteer in a Rotary activity or project and want to share what you did, please submit your article and photos to Club Secretary Veronica Ruse at vtfelan@gmail.com