Lewisville Morning Rotary Presents Our Central Elementary Hydroponic Project at Earthx2024 Conference
The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club was honored to present our hydroponic tower project at the annual Earthx2024 conference at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas on April 23rd, 2024. |
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Come and EAT IT 2024
We had a fun morning volunteering at Central Elementary and Prairie Trail Elementary and supporting fourth graders with the Come and EAT IT 2024 event. This event, a part of Independence Gardens, is dedicated to help bring awareness to food health and nutrition to students.
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Four-way Test Speech Contest 2024
We had a special meeting today and had the pleasure of hosting our sponsored Rotary Four-Way Test Speech Contest contestants. We heard five unique perspectives and applications of the Rotary Four-Way Test. |
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A Commitment to End Polio
Rotary has maintained a commitment to end polio in the world. It has been a focus since 1979 of Rotary International. Our organization is winning the fight against Polio. You can learn more in this video! |
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Bringing Food and Science to Central Elementary School
A partnership between Independence Gardens and Lewisville Morning Rotary Club.An exciting morning as our group worked with LISD, Central Elementary School, and Independence Gardens to install a hydroponic tower |
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Pancakes with Santa 2023
Pancakes with Santa 2023
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Ringing the Bell for Salvation Army
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Our Guest from Nigeria - Hairat
The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club was honored to welcome a visiting Rotarian to our weekly meeting from the Rotary Club of Lagos, Nigeria. |
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Maui Fire Relief Fund
Maui Needs Your Help! In the aftermath of the recent destruction faced by our communities on Maui; Hawai’i Rotary District 5000 has launched the Maui Fires Relief Fund. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary receives Vibrant Club Award at May 20th District Conference
Member Ray Bowens accepted award on clubs behalf at the May 20th District Conference Awards Dinner in Mineral Wells
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Lewisville Morning Rotary supports local Non-Profits
Since last July, Lewisville Morning Rotary members have logged over 363 volunteer hours supporting various community non-profits initiatives. This past April we also provided financial support for 10 non-profits through grants supporting their projects. Early this year, grant forms were sent out and non-profits requested funding in support of their projects. The following grant awards were provided over the past month: |
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A memo from one our scholarship recipientsDear Rotary President, I just wanted to say thank you for awarding me the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Scholarship. I also wanted to apologize for sending this letter out so late, I just recently moved from Lewisville to Caddo Mills and all of my things have been in storage. I have been living in an RV since I moved here and I havent had access to all of my belongings. I really do miss Lewisville, there was so much more to do there and it was overall a good place to live. I currently attend Texas A&M Commerce and I am majoring in Kinesiology. My current plan for my future is to hopefully become a Physician Assistant and I know PA school is difficult to get into so I am trying my best to keep my grades up. I have a 4.0 for now and I am doing everything I can to keep it that way. I also recently became an ER Scribe in order to get medical experience. It is thanks to scholarships that I am able to continue my education so I wanted to say thank you again. Without this help I was given I would probably not be in the position I am now. I am the first person in my family to go to college and I know it is a big privilege to be here. If I have the funds to do so one day when I have a good job I want to give back just like you did and make a scholarship of my own. Thank you for all your help. Sincerely, Jacqueline Navarro
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Come join us April 22nd at ColorPalooza
Lewisville Morning Rotary is hosting a booth at the April 22nd ColorPalooza. We will partner with the Lewisville Painted Rocks group to have a kids activity painting rocks.  Kids love their Painted Rocks. So, do Adults Join us on April 22nd at Colorpalooza in Old Town Lewisville and Wayne Ferguson Plaza. Our Rotary club will have a booth and will partner with the Lewisville Painted Rocks group to have a kids activity painting rocks. When you gather up all you Rock Painters to visit our booth, don't forger to gather up those old lithium-ion batteries you have laying around...in support of Earth Day we will have a recycle collection box. See related story, click here. |
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Congratulations Todd Taylor
Club President Bob Troyer awards Paul Harris+6 pin to Todd Taylor at the April 13th meeting. Congratulations Todd! The Rotary Foundation transforms our gifts into projects that change lives both close to home and around the world. As the charitable arm of Rotary, we tap into a global network of Rotarians who invest their time, money, and expertise into our priorities, such as eradicating polio and promoting peace. Foundation grants empower Rotarians to approach challenges such as poverty, illiteracy, and malnutrition with sustainable solutions that leave a lasting impact. Strong financial oversight, a stellar charity rating, and a unique funding model mean that we make the very most of your contribution. Give and become a part of Rotary’s life-changing work! The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into projects that change lives both close to home and around the world. As the charitable arm of Rotary, we tap into a global network of Rotarians who invest their time, money, and expertise into our priorities, such as eradicating polio and promoting peace. Foundation grants empower Rotarians to approach challenges such as poverty, illiteracy, and malnutrition with sustainable solutions that leave a lasting impact. Strong financial oversight, a stellar charity rating, and a unique funding model mean that we make the very most of your contribution. Give and become a part of Rotary’s life-changing work! |
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You are invited to theLewisville Morning Rotary ColorPalooza Booth April 22
Join us on April 22nd at Colorpalooza in Old Town Lewisville and Wayne Ferguson Plaza. Did you know that April 22nd is also Earth Day. Help us celebrate Earth Day by bringing those old lithium-ion batteries you have laying around to our ColorPalooza booth and help us recycle in addition the Painted Rock activities
Our Rotary club will have a booth and will partner with the Lewisville Painted Rocks group to have a kids activity painting rocks.
We will also have a collection box for used batteries at our booth, supporting the Pilot Knob Rotary Club.
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Lewisville Morning Rotarians giving dictionaries to 3rd graders
On February 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th, members of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club are visiting 11 Lewisville ISD School 3rd graders. Our Mission? To give awary dictionaries to 900 plus 3rd grade students.   \Why do we give away dictionaries to 3rd graders? Because students in grades 1 through 3 are learning to read. Grades 4 and up they are reading to learn. These dictionaries will be a valuable tool in assisting these students for the remainder of their academic career. This is a fun project for members as we give the dictionaires to the students we ask them to mark their name in the front, because now this dictionary is theirs. We have some fun exercises we ask the students to to do like look up the word rotary. Which of course we use as an entre into how Rotary got their name.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary volunteers for Keep Lewisville Beautiful
Six Rotarians took an hour out of their Saturday to clean-up our Keep Lewisville Bueatiful Adopt-a-Spot on Garden Ridge.  There were six Rotarians this morning (Jan 28, 2023). Thank you to Bob Troyer, Mark Smith, Deanna Perkins, Charlene Dierks, Francis Al-Waely and Todd Taylor. Our Rotary club arranged this spot with Keep Lewisville Bueatiful several year ago and Rotarians and their families have been keeping it look good since. In addition to clean-up activity, the club has also arranged the planting of a few trees near-by. |
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Lewisville Rotary members get ready for our Annual Dictionary Project
Members of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club spent their January 21st Saturday afternoon preparing dictionaries for distribution at 11 Lewisville ISD Schools. Every year, Lewisville Morning Rotarians distribute almost 1000 dictionaries to 3rd graders. Why? Because it is a well known fact that the first 3 years of a child's education a child learns to read and the remainder of their education is spent reading to learn. Having a dictionary at their finger tips is integral to that learning process. For some children this will be the 1st book they have ever owned. This year, as in past years we have asked teachers if the printed dictionary is still the most effective choice for those students. Most believe that the printed dictionary is the most effective tool for students to learn word meanings, usage, pronunciation, spelling and forms. Interestingly, one of our members had a conversation recently with a student at Lewisville High School who when he learned the member was from Lewisville Morning Rotary told our member he still has the dictionary we gave him in third grade.
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Our January 19th meeting a celebration of our partnership with Hebron High School
The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club members have a passion for youth and vocational services through our Hebron High School partners. HHS Principal Amy Boughton was part of our Jan 19th program that included the November, December and January Students of the Month. Principal Amy is very supportive of Rotary initiatives such as the 4 Way Speech Contests and the Interact Clubs we have had in previous years and the opportunities for student volunteers at our Rotary projects such as the CCA Pantry, our Adopt-a-Spot and other club programs such as Western Days, ColorPalooza where students volunteer with our members. For the benefit of Amy, the HHS Admin staff, our 3 students of the month and their parents Mark Smith presented a great summary of past, present and future projects that HHS and LMR have done together. |
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Dana Gingrey presented as the Hebron High School December 2022 Student of the Month at our January 19, 2023 meeting
Nominated by her Basketball Coach Lisa Branch, Dana has demonstrated her outstanding roll as a student leader at Hebron High School. Dana was voted team captain by her teammates for the girls basketball team for the second consecutive year. She is the epitome of a great teammate. Dana is dependable, selfless, and coachable. In the academic classroom, Dana has proven to be an excellent student. She displays a pleasant and positive attitude towards all staff and peers. Outside of basketball, Dana gives her time at Prestonwood Baptist Church. She is an amazing example of what a young leader should be! |
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Serena Cavanaugh announced as Hebron High School November Student of the Month
Serena was nominated by her Academic Decathlon (AcDec) coach Mrs. Donna Friend. Serena is a 3-year member of Hebron’s AcDec team, and she is a natural leader. She is witty and clever, and she sees where she is needed. If there is a spill on the floor, she will find a broom and sweep it up. If we need help decorating the hall, she will stay late and come in early to make it look awesome. When she knows our decathletes need an extra study session and preparation, she will organize it all and lead the teaching and learning. Additionally, she has led by example in her personal studies and preparation, continuously improving and growing as a student and competitor. She is just AWESOME! |
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Julian (JET) Thomson named Hebron High School Student of the Month for January 2023
Nominated by his Soccer Coach Matt Zimmerman, Julian (Jet) Thompson represents the image of a student leader through and through. Julian has been a member of the Varsity Men’s Soccer team since his sophomore year and is a 2-time Captain of the team. Over the course of his Hebron Soccer career, Jet has become the lead voice of our players and a direct extension of the coaching leadership. He is always willing to volunteer to do any jobs or help in the community on service projects. Off the soccer field, Jet serves as a member of the Principal’s Advisory Council. In the academic classroom, he displays an upbeat attitude and is excited to learn. He is always willing to help his peers and has shown the utmost respect to faculty and administration. |
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Taking a peek into Ms. Karen's Community Closet
Ms Karen's Community Closet was founded to positively impact the lives of individuals and families who are experiencing a personal crisis in our immediate community and beyond. In the few short months since they received their 503.(3) c notification status they have grown by leaps and bounds. Through generous donations from donors and sponsors they have helped more people than ever before.
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2022 Breakfast with Santa a successful event
Lewisville Morning Rotary Club members and volunteers serve 450 meals at our annual Breakfast with Santa at the Lewisville Old Town Holiday Stroll December 3rd.  Our Breakfast with Santa event served members of the Lewisville Area community attending the annual Lewisville Holiday Stroll in Oldtown. This year, our Breakfast with Santa event was a community partnership involving club members, the Salvation Army who provided the truck where we cooked the pancakes, the City of Lewisville City of Lewisville who provided tents, chairs, promotion and coordination and Johnson Feed who allowed us to use their facilities for preparing and serving the food.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary seeking sponsors for Breakfast with Santa
Members are encouraging businesses and community members to participate in sponsoring our Breakfast with Santa at the Old Town Holiday Stroll on December 3rd. We will be serving over 800 meals. Sponsorships are available from $1500 to $50. Click here to see sponsorships available and to purchase a sponsorships.
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Guest Speaker, Colleyville Rotary Club Member Jon Bullock shares passion to End Polio Worldwide
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.
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A week full of End Polio Now events
A week that began October 17th with the Lewisville City Council declaring the week of October 18 through October 24th End Polio Now Week and October 24th as End Polio Day in recognition of the efforts of Rotary including the Lewisville Morning Rotary and the Lewisville Noon Rotary clubs ended World Polio Day October 24th. The week was dedicated to promoting, advocating and donating to Ending Polio worldwide. We still have two endemic countries where polio is still present and Rotary is dedicated to ending the disease worldwide. And eradicating polio is still costly. Through the efforts of the Bill Gates Foundation matching funds Rotary and its members are dedicating over 150 million dollars annually. So our week included an End Polio Now Fund Raiser.  The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club was able to donate $407 to End Polio Now through its Wine Tasting to End Polio event October 21st at Wines with (an) Appeal in Lewisville. Thank you owner Tome Rowe for hosting such a fun way to raise money to End Polio
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Olivia Lowary named Student of the Month from Hebron High School.
Known by her peers for her skills on the volleyball court, Hebron High School Senior, Olivia Lowary is also an academic all star thar has maintained a 92+ grade point average throughout her four years of high school, putting her in the top 13% of her class. Olivia has been a part of the volleyball program at Hebron High School for the past four years. She is hardworking and dedicated to both her athletic endeavors as well as her academics. Olivia has played Varsity Volleyball since her sophomore year and has earned the respect of her teammates and coaches in her desire to achieve it all! This is evident by her being voted team captain her senior year. We are proud to announce that Olivia has verbally committed to playing volleyball for Central Oklahoma University next Fall.
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The world as I see it by Samba Sey
If the name Samba Sey sounds familiar, it should. He was a member of our club a while back. He has an art exhibit scheduled at the Lewisville Grand Theater from Oct 29th through November 26th.  Let's show Samba our support by showing up at his opening ceremony Saturday October 29th at 6:30 pm. Congratulations Samba! |
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Consider supporting the 2023 Rose Bowl Float this year
The 2023 Float will be our 43rd consecutive Parade entry. The float is funded by generous donations from Rotarians and Sponsorships.  This years float after being painted. Thousands more volunteer hours will be dedicated in decorating Our members recently participated in a "float" for the Lewisville High School Homecoming Day Parade. It was a fun event, and several hundred people in Lewisville learned a little bit about Rotary, our club and received a piece of candy that was tossed to parade watchers. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Club to host a Wine Tasting to End Polio Oct 21st
Wine Tasting to End Polio will take place October 21, 2022 at Wines with an Appeal in Lewisville, Texas. Proceeds from the event will be contributed to Rotary Internationals End Polio Now campaign. On the October 21st those that have purchased a $20 ticket will gather at the Wines with and Appeal classroom where owner Tom Rowe and staff will teach them how to develop or enhance their enjoyment of wine. They provide the wine for tasting, wine glasses and the experienced and knowledgeable instructor and servers. You'll taste 10 to 12 different wines all of which will be available for ordering. Our members will be donating light appetizers for the event that will be served buffet style during breaks.
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The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club supports the Lewisville Education Foundation
Shown here with LEF Director, Dr. Thomas White, Club President Bob Troyer presents a check of $1000 for two scholarships to be award this spring. LEF is just one of the many local charities your support of our projects through money and time to the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club allows us to provide with funds. Our members have a passion for literacy. The scholarships are awarded to High School Seniors who have attended Central Elementary School in Lewisville or have been involved in Interact at Hebron High School or The Colony High School.
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5th Thursday Club Social a rousing success
"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.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary participates in the 2022 LHS Homecoming Parade
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 TroyerA 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.
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Western Day Parking Concession operated by members of Lewisville Morning Rotary
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.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary partners with GDS to serve Pancakes at CCA Western Days 5K
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..
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Hebron High School senior Matthew Bass named Lewisville Morning Rotary Student of the Month
Class of 2023 Hebron High School student Matthew Bass recognized as the Lewisville Morning Rotary Student of the Month for September.  From left to right, Matthew Bass, Club President Bob Troyer and Assistant Principal Marybeth Coen Matthew was introduced to club members at the September 22nd meeting by Hebron High School Assistant Principal Marybeth Coen. Nominated by Hebron High School Football Coach Towels. Matthew plays tight end for the Hawks. Matthew is a student- athlete who takes dual credit courses; he is a member of NSHSS and FCA, and carries a 3.96 GPA. While taking classes at a high level and practicing football, he also finds time to complete service-learning hours for Hebron HS on a weekly basis. Matthew Bass is a great representation of Hebron HS and Hawks Football.
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Francisca Al-Waely inducted as member of Lewisville Morning Rotary
Lewisville Morning Rotary Club welcomes back Francisca (aka Frances) Al-Waely at the September 1st meeting. Club President Bob Troyer performed the induction ceremony as her sponsor, Deanna Perkins looks on in this photo. Frances is the Regional Branch Manager, South Region for the DATCU Credit Union here in Lewisville. Having joined our club 10 years ago when she served in several different rolls including club Treasurer, she is now back as an active member. Frances lives in Lewisville. She has a daughter and granddaughter.  |
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Guest Speaker Michelle Cook of Book Drive for Kids shares BDK mission at Sept 1st Meeting
The Book Drive for Kids organization wishes to to help create a culture of literacy by providing books for disadvantaged children for independent reading. Independent reading is reading that is not tested, is content chosen by the reader, and is done for pleasure or personal fulfillment. Studies suggest that independent readers become better readers, score higher on achievement tests in all subject areas, and have greater content knowledge than those who do not. Today's guest speaker, Michelle Cook shared with our members how her organization which started with the simple concept of "recycling" children's books has grown to one that has provided 40,888 books to 36,330 students at the 93 book fair events hosted by Book Drive for Kids since 2017.
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Lewisville Morning Rotarians provide fully stocked Backpacks for Pedi-Place patients
Lewisville Morning Rotary members partner with Pedi-Place to deliver fully fully school supply stocked backpacks for eight of their 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade patients.  Some PediPlace patient families are unable to afford the back-to-school supplies for this school year. In July PediPlace reached out to local organizations such as ours to provide donated school supplies for their patients whose families could not afford the $40 to $75 cost of each child's school supply list. Our club members provided enough donations and we shopped for enough school supplies to assure that 8 of their patients have everything they need for this school year.
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GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD AND INTO YOUR GAME!
Lewisville Morning Rotary guest speaker, author and mental performance coach Todd Thomas shared some of his insights that helped him inspire athlete's at our August 18th Rotary meeting. A mental performance expert and personal achievement author, Todd Thomas shared how athletes often fail to achieve because they are thinking to much. "He has seen many people throughout his life reach for their goals and fall short over and over again – including himself". |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary offers a Corporate Membership Option
Our Corporate Membership option includes 1 designated RI member and up to 2 additional designated club members from that corporate organization. In addition, Corporate Membership includes sponsorship advertising on all club publicity including the club website, newsletters, fliers and brochures. What are the benefits for a corporation? First, membership elevates the corporation's image in the community as a partner in service and a business committed to the community. Next, employees have the chance to develop leadership and professional skills such as project management, training, and public speaking. Corporate membership gives members access to Rotary's global network of 1.4 million volunteers and the opportunity to network while traveling or doing local service with other Rotarians. Membership would also emphasize a commitment to serving others as part of the corporate culture. Finally, a corporate membership can reduce the time commitment of any one member by allowing employees to attend meetings or events on each other's behalf. For more information, contact our membership chair Marilyn Pokorny.
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LMR welcomes Central Elementary students back to school
Members of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club joined several others in a Red Carpet Welcome of Central Elementary students on the first day of school for the 2022-2023 school year.  Rotary members waiting with community members for the doors to open to this years students. |
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Member Vocation talks fill fellow Rotarians with sense of awe
Members Deanna Perkins and Richard Malcolm shared their vocations and their lives with us at the August 11 meeting. Photo shows Deanna and Richard signing two books that were donated to the Central Elementary School.  Richard Malcolm sharing his vocation...helping those in need of assisted living services |
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The 50-50 Fund is more fun than ever
Thanks to a 50-50 donation by member Todd Taylor our 50-50 Can is more fun than ever. The odds of being able to draw a winning card have improved. Our 50-50 donation fund is used to help support many of our clubs service projects including library books for the CES Library, The Dictionary Project and others. With your donation, not only does the donating person with the winning ticket have the opportunity to win 50% of the pot (one card in the remaining deck), we have 15 two dollar winning cards in the deck, 2 five dollar winners in the deck and 1 $10 winner in the deck. Playing is easy. Just donate $1 for a ticket that if drawn will allow you to draw from the deck. Or, increase your odds by donating $2 for 3 tickets or $4 for six tickets or $5 for 10 tickets. Forgot to bring cash to the meeting with you? No problem, donate online by clicking here. We will process your donation along with a small transaction fee so that you can participate in the fun.
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Meet our newest member, Richard Malcolm
On Thursday July 21, 2022, District Governor Dan Steele performed the induction ceremony to formally recognize Richard Malcolm as a member of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club. Prior to being inducted last week, Richard had already attended three of our meetings and volunteered at one of our community service projects. His sponsor is club President Bob Troyer.  From left to right, District Governor Dan Steele, Richard Malcolm and Club President Bob Troyer
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Lewisville Morning Rotarians volunteer at Heart of the City in Lewisville
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A tribute to Frank Hebb, 2003-2004 Club President
In the words of his son, Scott Coen Hebb; A Renaissance Man, a world traveler, a skilled woodworker, and dedicated husband and family man, Frank E. Hebb (91) passed away peacefully at home in Flower Mound, Texas, on Thursday June 23rd surrounded by his family. Frank has been a member of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club since 1996. As an active member through 2019 and as a Honorary Member since. Those that knew Frank well were not surprised to hear that he did not wish people to make a fuss upon his passing. What follows is the obituary prepared by his his son and some Rotary trivia that members will fondly remember him by.
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Bob Troyer inducted as 2022-2023 President of Lewisville Morning Rotary
2021-2022 District Governor Kayla Christianson inducted member Bob Troyer as the Club President of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club for the 2022-2023 Rotary year.  The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club hosted it's annual Pass-the-Gavel Induction Banquet on June 30th at the Lewisville Area Chamber of Commerce.
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LMR Board of Directors approves the 22-23 thru 24-25 Strategic Plan
After four months of planning and 4 intensive meetings, the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club strategic planning committee developed and submitted its 3 year strategic plan which was approved by the club BOD at it's June 21st meeting.  Many thanks go out to Past District Governor Gene Davenport for leading our the strategic planning committee consisting of Ray Bowens, Charlene Dierks, Jeff Lighton, Deanna Perkins, Marilyn Pokorny, John Pokorny, Mark Smith, Todd Taylor and Bob Troyer through the process.
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Join us for Pass-the-Gavel June 30th
This year-end social will include a very special guest, District Governor Kayla Christianson to do the induction of our new president, Bob Troyer and the Board of Directors. Our current president, Traci Petteway is planning a fantastic Pass-the-Gavel event. In honor of incoming president Bob Troyer, who loves BBQ, our main fare will be BBQ and all the fixin's. We look forward to a lively party filled with fellowship and fun as we celebrate the year that was and ring in the year to come with all the plans we have for a successful new year 2022-2023.   Thank you Traci for leading us this past year All the best to you Bob as you lead us in 22-23 Register now for a great evening on June 30, 2022 from 6 PM to ??? at the Lewisville Area Chamber of Commerce, 551 N. Valley Pkwy in Lewisville Cost: Lewisville Morning Rotary members - no charge and guests are $10 each. To register click here.
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Dwayne Lee to speak at our June 16th meeting
Jun 16, 2022 7:30 AM Dewayne Lee "Revisiting D-Day - A Photographic Journey".
Our speaker on June 16th is historian, photographer, and fellow Rotarian Dwayne Lee. He will be giving us a presentation on the D-Day invasion during WW II and will give us a photographic journey through Normandy. Join us 7:30 AM at the Lewisville Area Chamber of Commerce on 551 N. Valley Pkwy in Lewisville. All are invited! |
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The 2022 Bike Awards Program is in the Books
Reading excellence. This year, Lewisville Morning Rotary has donated one bike for each grade level to be randomly selected from the group of exemplary readers in their grade level. While we are tickled for the youngster in this photo that won the bike, we are thrilled beyond belief that teachers from each grade level were able to recognize their classes superior readers. In all, over 120 Central ES students were recognized as superior readers.  Our 5th grade winner with members Bob Troyer, John Pokorny, Marilyn Pokorny and Charlene Dierks |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary participated in the 2022 Central ES Carnival
Members Bob Troyer, Jeff Lighton, Deanna Perkins, Marilyn and John Pokorny entertained the year end Central ES students and parents with a game of bucketball. Winners at bucket ball received their choice of candy and a small toy. Kids received one each for every ball they managed to land in one of the buckets.  While the kids were taking their best shots at bucketball, our Rotarians had the opportunity to give their parents information about Rotary and our Lewisville Area Flag Project. While an actual count was not made, we estimate that at least 125 families stopped by and watched the kiddos at bucketball and received flyers. A fun time was had by all. Thank you Central ES for allowing us to participate.
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Grant Johnson named April Hebron High School Student of the Month
Congratulations Grant Johnson. Described as is a well-rounded young man by teachers and staff, he has been a four year member of our baseball program. He serves as a great mentor and leader for our entire team, especially for our younger student/athletes. Grant was also a regular member of our Fellowship of Christian Athletes huddle group before COVID protocols limited the frequency of these gatherings. He also currently serves on the Principal’s Advisory Council, a student group that teams up with teachers and administrators on ways that Hebron can be the best version of itself. Bottom line, Grant is an outstanding young man that represents himself, his family and his school, in a positive way. Grant Johnson is a DIFFERENCE MAKER on the Hebron High School campus. Congratulations Grant!
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Carter Patterson named Hebron High School Student of the Month for March
Congratulations Carter Patterson! A model student athlete since coming to Hebron as a sophomore, he is not only a great golfer but has been a leader for our program and the values that it represents. Carter has been a two time All-District selection, just missing regionals for the second year. He has played nationally in the American Junior Golf Association finishing third in his first event and also competed in the Jackie Burke Cup which is a very elite field event. He led the team this year with a scoring average of 75.3. Carter plans on playing golf in the college for McClennan Junior College.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary entry into the ColorPalooza reColoRcycle
Thanks to our artistical volunteer partners at Lewisville Painted Rocks, Lewisville Morning Rotary has an entry in Colorpalooza's reCOLORcycle exhibit that celebrates Polio Immunization Worldwide week (Apr 17-23) and the environment. Since 1987 Rotary has supported the worldwide effort to end polio and have succeeded in doing so in all but Afganistan and Pakistan. We will be accepting donations for End Polio at our vendor booth. Look for the booth with 12 American flags flying. Our bin is titled “Mother Nature’s Palette.”Thank you to the Ladies at Lewisville Painted Rocks for volunteering to be our artists for the entry.  RoseMary Perez, Nancy Smith & Cindy Tavarez., members of the Lewisville Painted Rock Club |
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All members invited to join us at the 2022 District Assembly in Graham, TX - April 30th
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LMR Partners, BSA Troop 9168 visit the Lexington Aircraft Carrier
Participation in Lewisville Morning Rotary's Flag Lease Program earned many scouts their trip to Corpus Christi and a night on the Lexington Aircraft Carrier. Through sunshine, rain or snow, members of BSA Troop 9168 do not miss their appointed rounds of delivering and retrieving Lewisville Area Flag subscriber flags on the holidays Lewisville. As a result of our partnership, BSA Troop 9168 shares flag subscription revenues with the troop so that troop members can participate in camp jamborees, camping trips and in this case a special trip to visit the Lexington Aircraft Carrier.  |
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Career Day Speakers needed for Central ES
Central ES teachers are planning for our career day at school. We do not have a confirmed date yet but expect it to be sometime in April. This story is call out to our members who may be able to come to the school and talk with students about their career. Or would be willing to submit a video that could be viewed by students. Please contact member Charlene Dierks and who will pass the info to our counselor that will get in touch with them with more details.
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One of Rotary's 7 areas of focus is Peace and Conflict Resolution. What can we do in response to Ukraine situation?
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February 2022 Student of the Month for Hebron High School Recognized at Feb 17th Meeting
Congratulations Tejaswini Ramkumar Babu! February 2022 Student of Month from Hebron High School Tejaswini shown here with club president Dr. Traci Petteway. Known as Teja among family and friends, this is what Teja’s teacher wrote for her: DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) is an organization that encourages the development of business and leadership skills through academic competitions. Hebron High School is fortunate to have Teja as President of Hebron DECA. She has been a member for four years and has an impressive resume of placing in competitions every year.
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Bob Troyer honored as Rotarian of the Month for Feb 2022
Congratulations Bob Troyer! Lewisville Morning Rotary Member of the Month for February 2022. While Bob was not present to recieve his award, he had a great reason for not attending the Feb 17th meeting. Bob was attending President Elect training at Lonestar PETS. Bob will be serving as club president for the 22-23 Rotary year. If leading by example is a criteria for being a great member of the month  and a great club president, then Bob Troyer has those qualities in spades. Thank you Bob Troyer!
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Congratulations Todd Taylor
Come congratulate Assistant Chief Todd Taylor who is retiring from the Lewisville Police Department after 29 years of service at his retirement celebration hosted by the City of Lewisville at 2:30 PM on Feb 23 at the Denton County Precinct 3 Community Room.  |
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Doing what we can to help students learn
Since 2014 our club has given over 7500 Dictionaries to 3rd grade students at 11 LISD Elementary Schools. This week we are distributing dictionaries to 960 of the 2022 third graders. Distibuting the dictionaries is actually the most enjoyable part of the project. While passing out the dictionaries, one Rotarian will speak to the students.Introducing themself and fellow Rotary Members from the LMR, We ask students to write the name on the 1st page because the dictionaries are theirs to keep. After every student has a dictionary, they look up word rotary and let them read definition and we tell the story of how Rotary got its name.     Mark Smith, Deanna Perkins, Bob Troyer and John Pokorny delivering dictionaries and providing information about the dictionaries and Rotary |
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Rotary People of Action providing Thanksgiving meals for five CES families
Lewisville Morning Rotary Club is sharings its blessings this Thanksgiving by providing all the fixin's for a Thanksgiving feast to five families at the Central Elementary School. Club President Traci Petteway and member Deanna Perkings shopped this week and provided everything needed for 5 familes whose children attend our adopted school Central Elementar School. The food was delived in laundry baskets to the school the Friday before Thanksgiving break. We partnered with CES staff to identify the families receiving the food. To all the families at Central Elementary School, have a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration.
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Ian Boggs from Hebron HS named November Student of the Month
Rachel Flanders, Assistant Principal at Hebron High School introduced our November Student of the Month saying I’m so thankful for the opportunity to celebrate our amazing kiddos! Ian Boggs was nominated by Mr. Sealy the HHS Band Director. Congratulations Ian Boggs. Quoting HHS Band Director Sealy "Ian serves as our Trombone Section Leader in the HHS Band and Principal Trombone in the Wind Symphony."
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Hebron High School Interact bags 53 Trash Bags full for Nov 13 Keep Lewisville Clean Event
The Hebron High School Interact Club rounded up 50 volunteers Saturday, November 13th to clean-up the Hebron High School Campus for the Keep Lewisville Beautiful Clean-up Challenge. Interact Club members and volunteers gathered 45 bags of trash and 8 recycle bags at the campus. The most unusual items were a tricycle a beachball, an iphone and airpods.    |
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Remembering a great Rotarian, Gordon Roe
The artical below was written by his son Roger who is a professional writer. Unfortuneatly, there is no mention of Gordons service in Rotary or CCA which is understandable since Gordon would have joined Rotary after Roger left home. Gordon joined the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club in Jan of 2003. Gordon was a regular attendee at our 7 AM meeting and was involved in almost all of our service projects. Gordon was a Paul Harris Fellow and a sustaining member. His major responsibility at meetings was to lead us in song, the happy birthday song whenever someone was celebrating a birthday that week. |
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Lewisville Police Chief Deavers to speak at Oct 21st meeting
In a growing city like Lewisville managing a 22nd century police department requires a both a depth of knowledge and an understanding, compassionate and approachable leader. Appointed in August of 2018, Chief Deavers has demonstrated all of these qualities. As our guest speaker, he will be sharing the challenges of Police work in today's culture. Police work is the ultimate community service. Our police department recognizes this by its diverse ways of reaching out and meeting our citizens.
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Summer Read for Bikes Project
Lewisville Morning Rotary awards bikes to two Central Elementary School student Reading Stars that participated in the Summer Reading Program Students that have mastered their reading skills in elementary school will be successful in middle school, high school and college. It was this thought in mind that led school leaders to establishing a program to encourage students to participate in a summer reading program after this pandemic caused upside down school year. Lewisville Morning Rotary supported the program by providing the bike awards.
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Deanna Perkins chosen as August Rotarian of the Month
Deanna lives "Service Above Self" throughout by volunteering every opportunity she gets. Her most recent Rotary project was participating in the Central ES Summer Reading Program bike give away. The program wishes to provide incentives for children to read. Children that completed a certain number of tasks throughout the summer were eligible to have their name pulled from a hat to win a bike.  Deanna shown here with the winning girl in the class Deanna joined Lewisville Morning Rotary 3 years ago after being sponsored by long time member Bob Troyer. In addition to her Rotary efforts, she also volunteers at many other city functions. She graduated from the Lewisville Citizen's University for class of 2017-2018. The objective of the Citizens University is familiarize citizens with the structure, functions and activities of City of Lewisville government, encourage citizens to become involved in the City’s government, and enhance their ability to communicate effectively with City officials. Deanna also on the board for Lewisville Animal Services as vice chair. Deanna loves her two dogs, Petey and Chloe. whom she says that she can't live without. Visit our Rotarian of the Month Wall of Fame webpage.
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Lewisville Rotarians participate in Central ES Red Carpet Welcome
Rotary members from Lewisville Morning and Lewisville Noon Rotary Clubs were among Central ES staff at the annual Red Carpet Welcome for the 1st day of the 2021-2022 school year. After the shut-down caused by the 2020 pandemic, it was really rewarding to be among the staff and fellow Rotary members at Central Elementary School as we welcomed back students for the 2021-2022 school year. Fellow Rotary members Bob Troyer, Mark Smith and John Pokorny from the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club and Bobbie Mitchell, Fred Whitfield and TJ Gilmore from the Lewisville Noon Rotary Club were among the Central ES staff that hooted and cheered as students and their families walked the red carpet toward their class rooms.  |
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Club President Dr. Traci Petteway selects July 2021 Rotarian of the Month
This year, Club President Dr. Traci Petteway will be selecting a Rotarian of the Month in recognition of the club member that most exemplifies the Rotary and our clubs mission through their support, actions and commitment. The July 2021, Lewisville Morning Rotarian of the Month is John Pokorny. A member of Rotary since 1987. As a result of job changes throughout his career as a Facilities Engineering Manager, John has been a member of 4 different clubs. He has been a member of the Lewisville Morning Rotary club since 2007. Currently, he serves as the clubs Foundation Chair and Webmaster. A past president of our club in 2015-2016, John also is currently serving as the District 5790 Webmaster.
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Knight-Light Charities was provided a grant by the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club
The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club is proud to announce a $500 Grant to Knight-Light Charites Inc. Knight-Light Charities seeks to aid those who have a temporary crises and need assistance with their rent, medical services, utility bills or food. For club members, serving the needs of the community includes supporting local non-profit organizations that fill a vital role in helping those most at risk. During our July 15th meeting, members awarded Knight-Light Charities a grant in support of their mission to financially assist those in our community that are facing a crises and need assistance with their rent, medical services, utility bills or food. The success of their mission has often prevented homelessness.
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LMR awards grant to Hearts for Homes.
One of the most fun projects of a member is to be able to award a grant to another area non-profit serving the needs of the community. It was no different when we were able to announce our grant to Hearts for Homes this past week. The mission of Hearts for Homes is to improve living conditions for low-income senior homeowners in Denton County. Our donation will help buy needed supplies to repair homes for 84 senior homeowners.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary awards grant to Veterans Produce
The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club is proud to announce a grant given to Veterans Produce to continue their mission to end veteran hunger. Veterans Produce feeds homeless veterans by building community greenhouse gardens then teaching them to grow their own food. Our members are pleased to be able to share our fundraising blessings with Veterans Produce. Their environmentally friendly way of producing food is an example for all to follow. We encourage community members to visit their facility at the Rich Lubke Organic Gardens where the above photo was taken. You will be impressed. Delicious, nutritious food produced naturally with a zero carbon footprint.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary awards grant to CCA in support of its food insecurity efforts
Christian Community Action (CCA) is well known in our community for its Food Pantry for families that are food insecure. The pantry is reopening soon after the pandemic limited disbursements to preselected foods through a drive up process. Club members are proud to have been able to support CCA throughout the pandemic by volunteering at the drive-up events. We hope to continue our monthly volunteer efforts with the Hebron High School Interact and National Honor society members.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Club awards grant Creating Young Minds
For club members, serving the needs of the community includes supporting local non-profit organizations that fill a vital role in helping those most at risk. Last week members awarded Creating Young Minds a grant in support of their mission is to teach young men about the importance of education, hard work and being humble in all aspects of life. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary awards grant to the Lewisville Area Salvation Army
For years our club members have supported the Salvation Army by volunteering to ring the bell during their annual Christmas season Red Kettle campaign. This year we are supporting them financially through a grant to help them continue their vital food kitchen mission in Lewisville. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Club awards grant Families to Freedom
For club members, serving the needs of the community includes supporting local non-profit organizations that fill a vital role in helping those most at risk. Last week members awarded Families for Freedom a grant in support of their mission is to transport victims of domestic abuse to safety. |
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BOARD INDUCTION, MEMBER RECOGNITION & FUN TIMES at 2021 PASS THE GAVEL
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Lewisville Morning Rotary sponsors Living Legend Ceremony at Lewisville Estates
In celebration of Ms. Martha Cowan receiving the Living Legend award, the Lewisville Estates hosted a party at 2 pm on June 24th at their facilities. Our club is one of the sponsors and is providing the flags for the event. The award is to be presented by U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Cielito Pascual-Jackson, from the Women In Military Services For America.  Who knew that a dame could be a WWII Fighter Pilot Ms. Martha Cowen is among the very few women that were pilots that served during World War II. The celebration will include a reading of the Living Legend Proclamation and a century birthday celebration to remember. Our members will be providing a Star Spangled ambiance for the celebration of the life of a centurion World War II veteran aviator.
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Meet our new club President, Traci Gardner-Petteway
The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club inducted a new club president starting the new Rotary year July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. Traci accepted the baton from Past President Mark Smith and was sworn in Thursday, June 24, 2021 by the Rotary District 5790 District Governor (2021-2022) Roger Paschal. Traci joined Rotary in 2015 and in her acceptance speech she recalled fondly bring her two then small children Kendall and Kennedy to our 7 AM meetings at CCA. Fast-forward, Kendall is now a Baylor University student and Kennedy is a star athlete at Marcus HS. Fortunately, mom is still the mom that joined in 2015 constantly giving back to the community in various ways including representing serving at the National PTA president. Congratulations Traci!
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Lewisville Morning Rotary - The Year in Review
Club President for Rotary Year July 2020 through June 2021, Mark Smith created a fantastic video celebrating all the club accomplished this past year in spite of the Pandemic. Click the image above |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary members bring Pine Hills Retirement Center residents a Memorial Day Ceremony
The Empty Seat reminds us all this Memorial Day of those who have given their lives in the Armed Forces in service of our nation. "For the second year in a row, Memorial Day looks a little different than in years past. In many cases, our backyard barbecues and get-togethers are replaced by video chats and other marvels of modern technology." Mark Smith, President Lewisville Morning Rotary  |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary & Hebron High School Interact Clubs Keep Lewisville Beautiful
With their Trophy Trash on display, members of the Lewisville Morning Rotary and Hebron High School Interact clubs demonstrate their efforts to Keep Lewisville Beautiful at KLB's Annual Adopt-a-Spot Clean-up Days.  Club members volunteered to pick-up trash along our Adopt-a-Spot on Garden Ridge and in the field between I 35 and the Home Depot store last Saturday, April 17, 2021.
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Tom Rowe wins 2021 Bracket Challenge in Support End Polio Now
Who knew that Past President Tom Rowe was the Basketball Guru of Lewisville in the 2021 Bracket Challenge to End Polio Now! We had a little March Madness Fun? The bracket challenge winner gets 50% of the winnings! Don't worry, you don't have to be a basketball guru to play. That's what they said. Did Tom end up guessing most of the time on these? Or, does he have some hidden expertise? Congratulations TOM!
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Have you received your Covid Vaccination shot(s) yet?
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Congratulations Milen Palous - Hebron HS Speech Contestant
Earlier this month, Hebron's Milen Palous won the Lewisville Morning Rotary Four Way Test Speech Contest. On March 27th she competed against 11 other high school contestants, placing 4th with another great speech. Congratulations Milen! The District 5790 Contest Chair Lori Richardson Glovier reported "I am happy to announce the results of our successful Regional (first of two) Four Way Test Speech Contest which was held on March 27th via Zoom! 11 students participated and the top 4 winners are: |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary hosts its 2021 Hebron High School Speech Contest
The 2021 Four Way Test Speech Contest was hosted by Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Covid pandemic style with 4 fantastic speeches.  Contestants (left to right) Hunter Waine, McKinley Jasmine Harbor, Devon Cartwright, Milen Paulose. As in past years the contest was held during our regular 7 AM meeting on Thursday, March 4th. The major difference of course is that our meeting was virtual and that our 4 contestants gave their speeches from an isolated class room so they could take off their mask and perform as they would in a normal contest except with a digital audience. All the speeches were fantastic. The final selection of the winner by our judges was not an enviable challenge. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Blood Drive at Westside Baptist Church a Success
Our members partnered with Westside Baptist Church and Carter BloodCare to obtain 19 blood donations. Donations will save 57 lives in a time when donations are badly needed due to the pandemic impact.  Shown here are members Gordon Roe, Deanna Perkins, Mark Smith, Ray Bowens and Terry Kasen Our blood drive held at Westside Baptist Church this past weekend was a success! We had 19 donors show up and Carter BloodCare collected 15 units of whole blood and 4 units of red blood cells. Club President Mark Smith says "thanks to everyone who donated, supported, and advertised the blood drive for making it a success! A special thanks to Ray Bowens for coordinating with his church on allowing us to use their facilities, and for help getting some extra donors!" |
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Dictionary Distribution to 3rd graders.jpeg)
The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club's annual 3rd grade Dictionary Project is a success. Following health guidelines, we delivered over 1000 dictionaries to 11 Lewisville elementary schools. Thank you to the following volunteers for coordinating, labeling, and delivering dictionaries for LISD 3rd graders: Charlene Dierks, Maithen Fluhrer, Neal Fluhrer, Bob Troyer, Marilyn Pokorny, John Pokorny, Deanna Perkins, Tom Rowe, Mark Smith, and Bob Troyer. To see the video, view this newsletter online by clicking at the top of the email page "click here to view online" |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary members get ready to distribute dictionaries to 3rd Graders
Lewisville Morning Rotary Members continue the 3rd Grade Dictionary Project in 2020-2021 in spite of Covid 19 pandemic limitations. Members labeled over 1000 dictionaries today which will go to 3rd graders at 11 LISD schools. We were able to mask-up and socially distance in a large room to get the job done! Next step is to deliver to the schools! #lewisvillemorningrotary #PeopleOfAction #ServiceAboveSelf Thank you to Deanna Perkins for her leadership in organizing the labeling event, Charlene Dierks for working with the schools and coordinating dictionaries needed at the schools. Thank you also to the labelers Maithen and Neal Fluhrer, Bob Troyer, Charlene Dierks, Mark Smith and Deanna Perkins. Thanks also to Marilyn Pokorny for preparing over 1000 labels.
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Volunteer opportunities at Reading Partners of North Texas or at Community in Schools of North Texas as a mentor
Lewisville Morning Rotary members encouraged to participate with Reading Partners of North Texas Or, at Community in Schools of North Texas At our January 14th weekly virtual Rotary meeting, Club President, Mark Smith presented a fantastic opportunity, particularly those of us home bound by the pandemic to to volunteer with Reading Partners of North Texas. Our club members have a passion for supporting learning and literacy. We support via our dictionary project, our annual perfect attendance awards at Central Elementary School and by participating in various CES reading programs throughout the year. Unfortunately, the pandemic has limited what we can do not only to protect the students but ourselves as well. The Reading Partners of North Texas will allow our members to volunteer virtually. Click here to learn more and sign up. Club members will also consider a similar "mentor" program offered by Community in Schools North Texas. For more information on "mentors", click here. As a result of pandemic safety procedures, the mentor program is now virtual. The club is inviting the volunteer manager of volunteers to visit a future meeting to discuss the program.
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The Covid 19 version the Lewisville Holiday Stroll much different for club members this year
Instead of the traditional Breakfast with Santa at the Lewisville Holiday Stroll this year Club members opted for much simpler version to keep the community and ourselves safe.  Adapting to Covid 19 safety practices created a much different Holiday Stroll experience for Lewisville Morning Rotary members and the community.
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LMR Members volunteered last Saturday for the Salvation Army's Annual Red Kettle
It's Tradition! Every Saturday after Thanksgiving several members volunteer for the Salvation Army's annual Red Kettle Duty Fundraiser at Sam's Club in Lewisville. This year was different. Thank you to members Deanna Perkins, Traci Petteway, Jeff Lighton, Ray Bowens, Tom Rowe, Bob Troyer and Mark Smith for volunteering to cheer on the kettle donors. Their efforts raised over $600 for the Salvation Army.
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Dedication Ceremony for trees planted by Lewisville Morning Rotary
The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club had a small dedication ceremony to celebrate our partnership with Lewisville Parks and Recreation and Keep Lewisville Beautiful to plant trees in areas lacking green space. Our 9 Redbud trees will help enhance the Garden Ridge Blvd. Trail. #lewisvillemorningrotary, #ParksandRecLV, #PeopleOfAction
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Remembering our Veterans Program at Pinewood Hills Retirement Community was well received
Lewisville Morning Rotary members provide Veterans Recognition Program for residents for the Pinewood Hills Retirement Community in Flower Mound, Texas Lewisville Morning Rotary members Mark Smith, Mary Jones, Frank Hebb and Bob Troyer provided a veterans recognition ceremony for the residents of the Pinewood Hills Retirement Community on Veterans Day 2020.
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Guest Speaker Col. Chris Martin shares the Denton County Veterans Coalition mission at Nov 5 meeting
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Library Books donated to Central Elementary School
A new library book is donated in the name of our weekly speaker to the Central Elementary School Library. This photo shows member John Pokorny delivering several donated books to the Central ES library staff Wednesday, November 4th. Each book was signed by one of the guest speakers our club has hosted during recent Rotary meetings. Lewisville Morning Rotary has had a long tradition and passion for improving literacy. Whether that means volunteering to read at Read Across Central, providing bikes for students with perfect attendance, refurbishing 10 schools in the tribal lands of India, providing dictionaries to 11 Title I schools or simple donating dictionaries to our adopted school, Central Elementary School, our members are passionate about helping students succeed in school.
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Club Members volunteer at City of Lewisville Hazardous Household Waste Covid 19 Style
Pictured here is one of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Hero's of the environment, Tom Rowe volunteering at the Lewisville Convenience Center to safely collect and dispose of Hazardous Household Waste. Our other hero is Mary Jones. Mary and Tom alternate in volunteering with city team. Lewisville Morning Rotary Club members have been volunteering with the City of Lewisville Hazardous Household Waste collection team for over 20 years. Many changes in process have occurred over the years as we have adapted to the needs of the community. The changes caused by Covid 19 are no different. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary collecting Sox and Gloves for homeless vets
Lewisville Morning Rotary Club is partnering with the Denton County Veterans Coalition to seek donations of sox and gloves for homeless veterans in Denton County area. Our veterans have served and protected us. Some have fallen on hard times and are homelessness. Please help us provide sox and gloves to these vets. Please drop off your donation of new sox and or gloves at one of the Jim Verfurth family of restaurants; Verf's Grill and Tavern, Shoal Creek Tavern and Lambeau's America Kitchen and Taps. You can also drop off new sox and gloves at Kwik Kar Vista Ridge. |
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Member Tom Rowe introduces our Nov 6th Wine and Dine Rotary FUNdraiser
To register for our November 6th Wine and Dine Rotary FUNdraiser go to www.wineanddinelewisville.com |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary fields a team of 5 to Pedal for Polio
Members of Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Volunteered on World Polio Day (Oct 24th) to Pedal for Polio at the Shops of Highland Village raising funds for End Polio Now. Rotary International has had a 35 year effort to eradicate polio world wide. As a result of the efforts of clubs like ours, Rotary International, the CDC, WHO and the Gates Foundation, polio has been eradicated in all but two countries; Afghanistan and Pakistan. Our team joined several other teams throughout our district in North Central Texas to raise funds to eradicate polio in those final two countries. Thank you to team members Maithen Fluhrer, Mark Smith, Samba Sey, Marilyn Pokorny and John Pokorny. Each has set up donation sites for members of the community to donate on their behalf. To donate click below.
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Lewisville Morning Members Volunteer at CCA
Lewisville Morning Rotary Club volunteers serve at CCA October 24th to distribute over 60 Shopping Carts filled with food and family items to needy families in the Lewisville area. Our people-of-action at this event were Deanna Perkins, Taylor Bancroft, James Feigel and Bob Troyer. Thank you for your service. Our next opportunity to volunteer at CCA is November 7th. Because of pandemic safety practices, CCA only allows 4 volunteers at each event. Click here to sign up.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary announces Wine and Dine Lewisville Virtual Fundraiser
A virtual fundraiser that puts the fun in virtual FUNdraising - visit Get ready for the holidays while helping Lewisville Morning Rotary with our community service projects & support local community organizations like the Salvation Army, Christian Community Action (CCA), End Polio, LISD Dictionary Program, Youth Programs, and more! We’re having a virtual wine and food pairing event on Friday, November 6th at 6:00 PM via Zoom. Click here to register.
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Meteorologist Jesse Hawila a hit at Oct 22nd Meeting
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City of Lewisville declares Oct 24th End Polio Day in Lewisville
City recognizes efforts of Rotary International, the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club and the Lewisville Rotary (Noon) Club with proclamation for End Polio efforts City declares Oct 18 through Oct 25, 2020 as End Polio Week in Lewisville and October 24th as World Polio Day in Lewisville. |
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Members invited to participate in Read Around Central - Virtually
Lewisville Morning Rotary Club members have participated in Read Around Central's Annual Event for several years. This year is virtual Join us in reading for our annual Read Across Central event!
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Heborn High Schools Keaton Morrison named Lewisville Morning Rotary Student of the Month
This star Cross Country runner is attending the University of Alabama in the fall of 2021 She was nominated by her proud cross country team coach Chris Capeau. Here is what he had to say.
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Support LMR Peddling for Polio Riders
Five LMR Members are Riding in the 2020 Riding of Polio Fundraiser October 24th at the Shops of Highland Village Please support members Maithen Fluhrer, Mark Smith, Samba Sey, Marilyn Pokorny and John Pokorny who are riding October 24th by clicking below. Maithen is riding at 7 AM - support her with your donation at https://raise.rotary.org/ Mark Smith is riding at 10 AM, he suggests donations to any member Samba Sey is Riding at noon - Support him at https://raise.rotary.org/ John and Marilyn Pokorny are riding at 3:00 pm - support them with a donation at https://raise.rotary.org/jmpokorny/challenge1 We appreciate your generosity. Speaking of generosity, you can also donate your time. Contact Grady Ray at grady.e.ray@gmail.com to volunteer.
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Rotary District 5790 launches Business and Job Connection
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Lewisville Morning Rotary to host outdoor meeting Oct. 1st
The October 1, 2020 meeting will be in the Wayne Ferguson Main St Courtyard at 8 AM We will be socially distanced and safely masked for this outdoor event. Our speaker is our friend Heather Cicerello of the Main and Mill Association sharing the exciting things that organization is planning in Old Town Lewisville.
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A Community Project, Fill-a-Backpack for Salvation Army Clients
The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club invites the community to join us in its Fill-A-Backpack for Salvation Army Clients Thanks to the manager of Excite Gym and fellow Rotary member Julie Hutchens of the Highland Village RC, we have over 50 backpacks to fill with personal items to give to Salvation Army clients in need of such items as; fall/winter weather gear: Caps, Gloves, Scarves, Finger and Toe Nail Clippers, Dental hygiene items, Hair brushes and combs. Handy wipes/Hand sanitizer, Tissue, Socks, Small Blanket, Crackers, Candy Bars, Cookies, Nuts, Deodorant, Band-Aids. All donated items are new items.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Members reminisce Sept 11, 2001
September 11, 2001 changed our lives. As BSA Troop 9168 members dispatch our flags, members recall the tragic events of that day. It is with a certain amount of irony that this publication is recognizing the American worker and also honoring those that lost their lives during the horrific events that occurred September 11, 2001. Because on that date, 2977 people left their homes to board one of the 4 planes used during the attack or headed for work in the Pentagon or the World Trade Center or perhaps were first responders that never to returned home. That event changed lives all over the world. Some of our members have provided their recollection of that day's tragedy in this newsletter. We all have our stories of that day. What is yours? These are the stories that bind us together in spite of our differences and make our country stronger and proud to be an American displaying our flag. We invite you our reader to provide your story. Should you wish to share your story, click the blue box below. |
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Thank Your to our Lewisville Police Department
The Lewisville Morning Rotary says Thank You to our Lewisville Police Department First Resonders with Lunch We are so fortunate to have a wonderful team of men and women serving the City of Lewisville...thank you for all that you do.
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A Message from Club President Mark Smith
Lewisville Morning Rotary members review and discuss 3 year Strategic Plan updates at the Aug 27th Club Assembly We had a fun and engaging meeting on Thursday evening. We were able to refresh ourselves on our club mission statement, our club core values, and club attributes. We also looked at insights from our club survey and discussed our upcoming service projects and ideas. Click here for the key slides we looked at for those that couldn't attend.
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Have you completed your 2020 member survey?
Lewisville Morning Rotary to update its Strategic Plan for this year given the impact of Covid 19. We need member input. In an effort to make the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club the best it can be for our members and the community, you received a link in an email with a brief survey on your satisfaction with the club. Your responses and feedback will be crucial for planning activities this year.
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Club gearing up for Sept 2nd First Responder Appreciation Meal
Show our appreciation to first responders on Sept. 2nd at the Lewisville Police Department. All of our members will be present at the Lewisville Police Department helping to distribute a great meal starting at 11: AM. If you have not already done so, please complete the form below to volunteer to bring goodies, drinks etc and provide appreciate notes. Event details and sign-ups click here. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary collecting items for Lovpacs
Lovepacs is doing a Labor Day Weekend Food Drop for families. If you are interested in doing this, Club President will pick your donation bags up from you to deliver them as a club. Mark will help shop for you at the grocery store in case you don’t want to venture out.
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Club gearing up for Sept 2nd First Responders Appreciation MealShow our appreciation to first responders on Sept. 2nd at the Lewisville Police Department. All of our members will be present at the Lewisville Police Department helping to distribute a great meal starting at 11: AM. If you have not already done so, please complete the form below to volunteer to bring goodies, drinks etc and provide appreciate notes. |
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LMR receives Youth Service Award
The International Fellowship of Scouting Rotarian's Recognized the Lewisville Morning Rotary with the Youth Service Award for Service Above Self Club is recognized for service exemplary of Rotary International's commitment to youth in the world through cooperation between Rotary International and Scouting. Our club has worked closely with BSA Troop 9168 for several years who have partnered with us in implementing our Lewisville Area Flags project.
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Annual Bike Giveaway |
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Our Virtual June 4th Weekly Meeting Video
Another great weekly Rotary Meeting Missing each other and looking forward to in-person meetings when members are ready. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Bike Winner Distribution Update
Central Elementary School Staff Have arranged our annual bike gifting program with the winning students. Socially distancing Rotarians and school staff will award our winning students their bikes at 6 pm on Wednesday June 10, 2020. All members and their family are encouraged to participate in this project. Congratulations to all winning student for their hard work and dedication.
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Join your District 5790 Rotary Buds at the May 28th Virtual District Assembly Session I
All members are encouraged to join in on the District 5790 Public Image Session I May 28 at 7 PM ROCK your Virtual Meeting  As you can tell from the light-hearted video above - this session will be fun. Click here to pre-register. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary awards bikes to Central ES students
Through our bike awards, we have encouraged the children at Central ES to seek perfect attendance for almost 20 years. This year we recognized Perfect Attendance and Perfect Engagement as at-home learners |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary helps community organizations during Covid 19
The funds that the club has raised this past year has gone to causes in support of Covid 19 disaster relief including the Salvation Army, CCA Pantry, Knight-Light Charities, Love Pacs, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the District 5790 Rotary Rises Reverse Global Grant The photo above shows a photo of President Elect Mark Smith presenting a check to Salvation Army Director Stephan Thomas to make the lives of the Lewisville Area homeless a little bit better. We also provided funds for other community organizations including:
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A guest from Russia will be joining us at Thursday's meeting
Members are always encouraged to invite guest to our meetings. Even our virtual meetings. This week, I have invited Valentina Bogdanova of the Rotary Club Sochi Center She is visiting us virtually from Russia as the President of the brand new Rotary Club of Sochi. Our club has agreed to be one of the sponsors for this club. After Mary Jones tells us about her vocation and love of Rotary, we are hopeful of hearing about Valentina and the new club she will be leading. It will be a busy meeting, as Tom also will be announcing the 12 Central ES Bike Winners.
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Our May 14, 2020 Weekly Rotary Meeting
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Covid 19 does not stop Lewisville Morning Rotary Community Service
As the Covid 19 Pandemic grinds on Lewisville Morning Rotary members Continue to engage with each other and the community. Service Above Self but virtually and responsibly social distancing with masks. The coming week will be busy for our members as we continue to "rock on". The list of contributions continues to grow as we adapt to new normal.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary members honor Central ES Teachers during National Teachers Week
Thank You to every one of the teachers at Central Elementary School in Lewisville, TX |
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Another great Zoom meeting - April 30, 2020
Video of April 30th Meeting |
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Volunteer Surge - Covid 19 volunteers needed
Volunteers are needed to free up our healthcare workers so they can focus on serving critically ill Covid 19 victims. Rotary International is partnering with the Global Impact Group to train and source community volunteers to perform healthcare tasks how they can do to help fight the virus, either from their homes or by assisting healthcare workers (subject to governmental requirements).. The goal is one million volunteers. Click here for more information. Please share this information with friends and neighbors.
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Lewisville Area Rotary Blood Drive a success
Lewisville Morning Rotary partners with Lewisville Noon Rotary, Flower Mound Rotary,Cross Timbers Rotary and Highland Village Rotary to coordinate Red Cross Blood Drive at Cross Timbers Family YMCA while protecting donors and themselves |
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Great Presentation by Salvation Army's Stephan Thomas at our April 16th Meeting
Great Thursday morning - Feeling inspired To help any way we can to help the Salvation Army serve the needy |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary hosts April 9th Weekly Meeting via Zoom
Club members and guests continue to meet weekly. This weeks meeting included a presentation by City of Lewisville City Councilman, Place 1, Bob Troyer Join us Thursday, April 16 at 8 AM for our next weekly meeting Guests are always welcome. Check out our website for meeting credentials. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary hosts 2nd Virtual Weekly meeting
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Help needed for Salvation Army needy due to Covid 19
In this time of Covid 19 Stay at Home Requirements The Salvation Army needs our help with supplies to help those badly impacted by the Covid 19 crises. The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club is helping Salvation Army by providing, Bar soap, Deodorant, Toothbrushes, Diapers sizes 4,5,6, Canned meats and other pasta canned meals like raviolis to assist families in a crises situation. Because stores are restricting what can be purchased due to shortages, help is needed to donate these items and bring them to the Salvation Army at 206 Main St in Lewisville. Everyone is being extremely careful during the delivery process to keep ourselves safe through social distancing. Please leave the supplies at the back door as shown in photo and SA volunteers will unpack and shelf the items in preparation for the next family in need.
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7 AM March 19th Meeting Cancelled
Our regular March 19th at the CCA Community Room has been Cancelled! A message from Club President Tom Rowe regarding this weeks meeting.
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115th Anniversary Party brings together Lewisville Rotary and Toastmaster Clubs
Over 50 in attendance for the LMR to hosted 115th Rotary Anniversary Showcase February 27, 2020 at the Hedrick House in Lewisville The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club invited area residents and Rotary clubs as well as area Toastmaster Clubs to join us in an Anniversary Celebration of the past 115 years that Rotary has been doing good in the world and promoting integrity, diversity, service, leadership, and friendship. Lewisville Morning and Noon Rotary clubs to "Showcased" our club projects, club fund raisers and events while community members join us for fellowship, snacks, anniversary cake and refreshments. Thank you to committee members Mainthen Fluhrer, Jeff Lighton, Deanna Perkins, Samba Sey, Marilyn Pokorny and John Pokorny that worked so hard to make this a successful event.
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Hebron High School's Rotary Student of the Month honored at Feb 20th Meeting
Hebron High School Senior Marissa Bhavsar honored as February 2020 Rotary Student of the Month Marissa is a senior at Hebron High School. She was nominated for the award by her golf coach Terie Campbell. Merissa represented Heborn during each of her 4 years of high school. This year she is serving as team captain. |
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LMR members wrap up 2020 Dictionary Project
Lewisville Morning Rotary Members delivered 1080 dictionaries to 3rd graders in 10 schools last week We are wrapped up with our dictionary project. Thanks to Deanna Perkins and Samba Sey who delivered dictionaries to the 3rd Graders at Vickory ES last week we finished this very rewarding project. Please read below Deanna's touching experience. This is why we joined Rotary.
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Rotary Cares
Rotary Care News Pray for Frank Hebb who is back in the home after Surgery Keep the following fellow Rotarians in your thoughts and prayers: Dr. Kelly Reed and his family who are grieving the loss of the their middle son. Also remember Dr. Jeff Seibert and Marilyn Pokorny who continue to nurse their health issues.
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LMR Members serve 147 Lewisville Area Families
Members of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Partner with city employees to collect Household Hazardous Waste February 8, 2020 Second Saturday Household Hazardous Waste collection. Lewisville Morning Rotary partners with the City of Lewisville to recycle waste that should not go in the landfill or regular recycling. We gather paints, petroleum products, pool chemicals, batteries,TVs, computers, and other items. We served 147 residents.
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Say hello to our newest member Michael Cheney
Welcome Michael! New member Michael Cheney was inducted at our Jan 30th meeting Michael is a Financial Adviser with Modern Woodmen of America. Currently living in Plano, he is also a member of the Plano Chamber, Frisco Chamber and the Christ United Church. His classification is Finance and his sponsor is Rotarian Maithen Fluhrer.  Right to Left is Michael Cheney, Maithen Fluhrer (sponsor), John Pokorny (Membership Chair) and Tom Rowe (President)
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"Those Boys of 1905" a video recovered from Rotary One archives
One of the very first and only movies about the original founders for Rotary recently recovered from Rotary's archive. |
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Jan 23rd Club Mixer to Police Dept an Education
Celebrating Rotary Vocation Awareness Month by visiting Lewisville Police Department and learning about our wonderful safety services. Member Todd Taylor (Assistant Chief) led us through an informative evening social sharing his pride in the Lewisville Police Dept.  Todd gave us a great presentation starting with the police dept mission and values. Service, Integrity and Professionalism
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Thank you to all our Volunteers at January's Household Hazardous Waste Collection
On a rare snowy day in Texas Our volunteers helped 127 Lewisville Families properly dispose of Hazardous Household Waste Dressed like Eskimos where Bill Shaw and daughter Maddie, Todd Taylor and daughter Alex, Mark Shaw, Samba Sey, Jeff Lighton, Mary Jones and the Gilmore bothers Tommy and Will. The volunteers emptied family vehicles of HHW, segregated the waste and worked with city staff package the waste by type so that it can be taken to recycle and disposal companies.    |
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Marin Luther King Day Flag Launch
Boy Scout Troop 9168 to deploy flags Jan 18th for Marin Luther King day for those subscribers that purchased the 10 holiday option Thank you to all our partner Scouts and their families involved. Check out the Martin Luther King Jr Flag Subscription Newsletter sent to all the subscribers of the 10 flag option.
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January 2020 Household Hazardous Waste
Household Hazardous Waste Saturday, Jan. 11th Lewisville Convenience Center, 330 Jones St. Members and their family and friends that wish to volunteer this Saturday should sign-up here. Or, contact Todd Taylor. This is our signature community service project in which we assist residents who bring their household hazardous waste to the Lewisville Convenience Center by emptying their vehicles of the waste and assisting city employees in properly segregating the waste so that it can be safely shipped to organizations that will recycle or safely dispose of waste.
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Rotary and Toastmasters now working together
Rotary and Toastmasters working together creating opportunities for professional growth of both Rotary and Toastmaster members Please read the announcement letter from RI President Mark Maloney. This is a wonderful opportunity for our members and that of the members of Lewisville's 3 Toastmaster Clubs; Westside Baptist Church Toastmasters, Flower Mound Toastmasters and Parkway Toastmasters. While we are very early into our relationship, our members are encouraged to learn about Toastmasters, invite Toastmaster members to our meetings and seek synergies where our clubs working together can make an impact for members and the community.
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LMR Community Service Summary for July through Dec. 2019
Lewisville Morning Rotary Members logged over 416 Volunteer hours on 25 projects during last half of 2019 We serve the community in many different ways. Known for our contributions to the environment via the monthly Household Hazardous Waste effort we have many other initiatives that serve the community and raise funds in support of our project initiatives. When we include the hours of our partners for the CCA Panty Support and the Flag Program, our club managed 1202 volunteer hours, raised $14,800 and contributed an equivalent value of $13,500 in donated services and in-kind materials.
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Alex Taylor recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow
Alex Taylor, our faithful HHW Volunteer was recognized as Paul Harris Fellow by member and father Todd Taylor On her break from her freshman year at Texas A&M, Alex joined us for our December 19th meeting.
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We served 155 Residents at Dec. HHW
Lewisville Morning Rotary had 10 Volunteers for last Saturdays Household Hazardous Waste Collection Thank you to Deanna Perkins, Cheryl Brennan, Mary Jones, Terry Kasen, Todd Taylor and Todds daughters Alex and Sam who brought along their buds Nathan and Nicholas.
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Wonderful time at 2019 Christmas Party
We all had a great time at The Lounge in Old Town Lewisville Celebrating the joy of Christmas Several of our members spouses and friends joined us for our annual Christmas Party last Thursday. Members brought gifts to be given to children at CCA and White Elephant Gifts that we shared with each other in a fun Lefty-Righty game where Jeff Lighton read a story and every time he said right we pushed the gift in front of us to the right. Every time he said left we moved the gift left until the story ended. The gift in front of us when Jeff was done reading was the gift we opened. Great fun.
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LMR prepped 1080 Dictionaries for distribution in January
LMR members and family prepared 1080 Dictionaries Dec 14th to distribute to 3rd graders at 11 LISD schools As soon as we have a schedule from the schools, we will be posting the volunteer sign-ups for delivering the dictionaries to the schools. Tentatively, we are planning Jan 9th through Jan 27st for delivery depending on the schools activity schedule.
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Breakfast with Santa event a huge success
Lewisville Morning Rotary hosted its Annual Breakfast with Santa Event Dec 7th for the Lewisville Old Town Holiday Stroll in Wayne Ferguson Plaza Most of the LMR members, the Interact Clubs at both Hebron HS and The Colony HS as well as the Salvation Army, North Texas Honda dealerships and friends volunteered to cook and serve over 500 pancake and sausage breakfasts to community members participating in the Old Town Holiday Stroll.
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HHS Interact Club filled Back Packs with supplies for homeless
HHS Interact Members filled backpacks with supplies needed by the homeless in the Lewisville Area. On Dec 4th Kelly Reed, John Pokorny and Marilyn Pokorny picked up 38 back packs filled with supplies needed by the homeless. We delivered them to the Salvation Army so they can deploy the back packs to those in need.
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HHS Student of the Month Recognized at Nov 21st Meeting
Congratulations to Hebron High School Student of the Month Robert Valecka Robert has an impressive resume in spite of overcoming a number of obstacles along the way.
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Club Members, Interact Members and Friends Volunteered Nov 30th at Sams Club helping Salvation Army with annual Christmas Red Kettle drive Photo of Cheryl Brennon, Roxanne Troyer and Deanna Perkins. Several in our club, the TCHS Interact Club, the HHS Interact Club and even members of the Lewisville Yellow Jackets professional basketball team joined in to log almost 60 volunteer hours helping Salvation Army in their Red Kettle annual fund raiser.
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Mary, why are you a Rotarian
I love being a Rotarian. Who wouldn't?? I could participate in programs that I didn't hold a degree in, I could work side by side with really interesting and cool people, I could meet people I probably wouldn't have the ability to meet and suddenly I realized I had an immediate pipeline of new friends and became part of a "family"
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Ray, why are you a Rotarian?
"Becoming a Rotarian was a natural part of my DNA" I became a Rotary because it makes significant positive impact at local, country and the world all in one tremendous organization.
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Lewisville Morning and Noon Rotary Clubs Celebrate End Polio Proclamation
The City of Lewisville City Council to recognizes Rotary International, and the Lewisville Morning and Lewisville Noon Rotary Clubs by Proclaiming Oct 20th through Oct 26th as End Polio Week in Lewisville and Oct 24th as World Polio Day
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Rotary Volunteers at the Oct12th HHW
Twelve Rotary Volunteers work with City Staff members to assist Lewisville residents to safely dispose of Household Hazardous Waste On this fairly cool (by Texas standards) fall day members of our Rotary club served at the monthly Household Hazardous Waste Saturday. The term "making work fun" comes to life with this crew of members Todd Taylor (Chair), Mark Smith, Maithen Fluhrer, George Gober, Deanna Perkins, Jeff Lighton, Sam Taylor, Terry Kasen, Bob Troyer, Roxanne Troyer and John Pokorny worked together to help residents from several Lewisville homes properly dispose of their Hazardous Household Waste. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary does Western Days
Lewisville Morning Rotary made it's presence known at the City of Lewisville's Western Days On Saturday, we encouraged the community to send their Happy Thoughts and Thank Yous to American troops stationed overseas, by inviting them to write their message on our banner. As you might imagine, there was a lot of participation!
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Help End Polio Now with your Donation in support of Lewisville Morning Riders
You can still donate for our End Polio Bike Riders Maithen Fluhrer, Neal Fluhrer, Gene Davenport, Marilyn Pokorny and John Pokorny who are seeking your support through your Donation to End Polio Now! Members can still make an End Polio donation for last Sunday's ride which was completed by all of our riders. Donating to the District 5790 End Polio Bike Ride is easy, just click here. Your donations will be credited to your Rotary Foundation Paul Harris Fellow account if you are a Rotary Member.
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Three Lewisville Morning Rotary members to participate in the District 5790 End Polio Bike Ride
Maithen Fluhrer, Marilyn Pokorny and John Pokorny Riding for Oct. 20th Rotary District 5790 End Polio Now Donations On October 20, 2019, they will participate in the Rotary District 5790 Ride to End Polio, and they are asking for your help. Please support them with your District 5790 Bike Ride to End Polio donation.
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LMR partners with the Rotary Club of San Padro Curridabat to Equip Mobile Dental Clinic
Lewisville Morning Rotary and San Pedro Curridabat Rotary to equip a Mobile Dental Clinic |
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Rotary volunteers needed for our Western Days Events
Rotary Volunteer Opportunities abound at our Western Days events This year we will be hosting the Community Non-Profit Showcase at Western Days and providing parking management services for the Christian Community Action Campus throughout the two day event. Volunteers will be needed work closely with the non profits we are hosting, man the Rotary booth promoting our flags, End Polio etc. to create Community awareness of Rotary. Choose your volunteer opportunity now by clicking here. This is a family event. So bring them along to join in on the fun.
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Rotary Volunteers at the Sept. 14th HHW
Eight Rotary Volunteers work with City Staff members to assist Lewisville residents to safely dispose of Household Hazardous Waste On an early fall 90 degree day members of our Rotary club served at the monthly Household Hazardous Waste Saturday. The term "making work fun" comes to life with this crew of members Todd Taylor (Chair), Mark Smith, Tom Rowe, George Gober and the Gilmore brothers, sons of TJ Gilmore from the Lewisville Noon Rotary Club worked together to help residents from 177 homes properly dispose of their Hazardous Household Waste. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary to host a Non Profit Showcase at the Western Days Festival
Lewisville Morning Rotary to host Denton County County Non-Profits at Lewisville Western Days on September 28th The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club is proud to sponsor a showcase of community non-profit organizations operating within Denton county that are offering services to help improve lives in our community. Space is limited and spots will be provided on a first come, first serve basis. If you represent a non-profit and wish to showcase your organization, click here to register and reserve your space.
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Fun time had by LMR members at End of Summer Pool Party
End of Summer Pool Party hosted by Mark and Nancy Smith Thank you Mark & Nancy. You two host a fantastic party. Even though the only way any of got wet at your pool party is when Sadie retrieved the ball from the pool and shook out her coat, we all had a blast. The games were fun, the food was fantastic and of course the company was outstanding. Only in Texas can it be to hot to go swimming (except for Ryker and Sadie). That did not stop us from enjoying a great time with our Rotary Buds. |
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Meet our newest September Members
Congratulations! Cheryl Brennan and Deanna Perkins our newest Rotary Members From left to right in the thumbnail photo above are Club President Tom Rowe, new member Cheryl Brennan, sponsor Bob Troyer, new member Deanna Perkins and Club Secretary Mary Jones. It is always a joy for a club president to be able to induct new members. Particularly at Lewisville Morning Rotary were new members are pinned and vested in their brand new Rotary vest. Both of which celebrate Rotary's Brand as PEOPLE of ACTION that place service above self. |
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Meet our newest Rotarians
Congratulations! Roxanne Ray-Troyer and Jeff Lighton our newest Rotary Members From left to right in the thumbnail photo above are new members Roxanne Ray-Troyer, Jeffrey Lighton, Club Secretary Mary Jones and Club President Tom Rowe. It is always a joy for a club president to be able to induct new members. Particularly at Lewisville Morning Rotary were new members are pinned and vested in their brand new Rotary vest. Both of which celebrate Rotary's Brand as PEOPLE of ACTION that place service above self.
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District 5790 Approves Grant Funds for Dental Equipment Project in Costa Rica
District 5790 Approved $6301 in Rotary Foundation District Designated Funds to be used for a $55,000 Global Grant to purchase Dental Equipment for a Free Clinic in Tirasses, Costa Rica In Costa Rica, immigrants do not receive government funded healthcare support. Our club is participating with the Rotary Club of San Pedro Curridabat (in Costa Rica) to fund a Global grant for the development of a free dental clinic to serve the needs of this population. Other local partnering organizations are building the clinic being built on an abandoned city dump by providing dental equipment for that clinic.
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District 5790 Foundation Committee Announced approval of LMR Grant Request to Purchase Dictionaries for 3rd Graders at 11 LISD Title I Schools The district announced approval of our grant request at the Aug 17th Vibrant Club Workshop in Aledo. The $2900 project will be funded by $2150 in club funds (from fund raisers such as our flag project) and $850 in Rotary Foundation Funds referred to as District Designated Funds (DDF). Our members generously support The Rotary Foundation. The funds that were donated 3 years ago accrued and a portion of those are made available for local projects such as this Dictionary Project. The real fun of this project will start mid September. |
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Rotary Volunteers have a great time serving at Aug 10th HHW
Nine Rotary Volunteerswork with City Staff members to assist Lewisville residents to safely dispose of Household Hazardous Waste One a triple digit temperature day members of our Rotary club had a great time serving at the monthly Household Hazardous Waste Saturday. The term "making work fun" comes to life with this crew of members Todd Taylor (Chair), Samantha Taylor, Mark Smith, Tom Rowe, George Gober, Terry Kasen, Maithen Fluhrer, Mary Jones and John Pokorny. Come see us next month. For a list of household hazardous waste items we can accept, please visit the City of Lewisville website Hazardous Household Waste page.
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Volunteer Golf Cart Drivers needed for 50TH ANNIVERSARY TEXAS INTERNATIONAL POP FESTIVAL
Volunteers needed to drive golf carts at the 50th Anniversary of Texas Pop turns 50 Aug 31st and Sept 1st.
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Denton County Mental Health Services highlighted at Aug 8th meeting
Phyllis Finley of Denton County MHMR provided excellent summary to Mental Health services offered in Denton County regardless of ability to pay. Recent events in our society have highlighted the need for effective mental health services. We in Denton County are blessed to have Denton County MHMR. Phyllis Finely provided an excellent summary to our members at yesterdays meeting. We all need to communicate to your family, friends and neighbors that mental care help is available in our county regardless of ability to pay. To see a full summary of services offered, click here. |
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Support Denton County MHMR by participating in Sept 7th Loss Team Race for Hope
Denton County MHMR Center is hosting its Sept 7th from 7 am to 11 am South Lakes Park, 556 Hobson in Denton, TX Put together a team or join as an individual. They have a 5K individual race, a 5k team race, a one mile walk and a virtual 5k "run" for those that can't make it to Denton Sept 7th but want to support the cause. To register for any of these events, click here.
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Members supporting Sept 21st Special Abilities Fund Raiser
Special Abilities of North Texas serving the special needs community is hosting Denim, Diamonds and Dice Gala Consider attending the second annual Denim, Diamonds and Dice Gala at the MCL Grand Theater on Sept 21st from 7 pm to 11 pm. Funds raised support Special Abilities of North Texas a wonderful Lewisville Area non-profit supporting adults with special needs, giving them opportunities to succeed in life, family and the community. Tickets for this fun event are available by clicking here. To be an event sponsor for this Gala, click here.
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August 3rd Blood Drive a Huge Success
Blood Drive at Lakeland Plaza August 3rd Exceeded Blood Van Goals In a memo to us from Carter BloodCares Susan Holt she says; I wanted to thank you for an excellent blood drive on Saturday. We collected 26 pints of blood. 26 pints X 3 = 78 lives saved by Premier Gun Show Donors and Rotary volunteers! BRAVO!!! Thank you to Dr. Kelly Reed who took over for Jeff Siebert in the hospital. Kelly managed the set-up, take down and transport of all the blood drive signs and coordinated the location for the CarterBlood Care bus. Other members helping arrange donors were Mark Smith, Terry Kasen, Maithen Fluhrer and John Pokorny. Most importantly, thank you to our 26 donors.
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Lewisville Morning Rotarians Party Hardy
No such thing as "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" in the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Our club is well known in Lewisville for the community service our members do throughout the year. We also love to party, enjoying good fellowship, food and beverages with our Rotary Families. We have two upcoming dates that members should mark on their calendars; the August 22nd 4th Thursday Mixer at the Larue Winery and the September 7th End of Summer Party (see graphic). Please register by clicking these links.
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Join our Bookworms September 9th
Lewisville Morning Rotary Club starting a Bookworms Group Join us September 9th for a fun book discussion on "Defending Jacob" a mystery novel by William Landay. Good fellowship, wine and perceptive conversation about one of today's intriguing books.
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It was a very good year & LMR celebrated at 2019 Pass-the-Gavel
2019 Pass-the-Gavel Event to be a celebration of a great year and a transition to 2019-2020 leadership team We have had an amazing Rotary year under Ray Bowens leadership. Wednesday evening June 26th, Ray will be passing the gavel to incoming president Tom Rowe. Just a few facts about Lewisville Morning Rotary's accomplishments these past 12 months.
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2019-2020 Flag Lease Subscription Sales is in full swing.png) Our Flag Lease Subscription Program is our largest fundraiser. Subscribe for the 2019-2020 Flag Subscription year starting with Labor Day by clicking here. |
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Serving Lewisville residents at Household Hazardous Waste Collection SaturdayLast Saturday, our members volunteered to empty over 100 Lewisville resident vehicles of Household Waste that cannot be discarded in our sewers of trash containers Lewisville Morning Rotary Members volunteer the 2nd Saturday of every month to serve our residents and help keep our environment clean. That waste is the safely separated and packaged for transport to organizations that recycle the waste. |
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LMR Selling Coffee fresh from Costa Rica in support of Dental Equipment Project
Costa Rica is famous for it's Coffee Bean Production Uses Environmentally Safe and Organic Farming Methods Our project partners Rotary Club of San Padro Curridabat have arranged coffee directly from production facilities in Costa Rica. .jpg)  This coffee sale has limited supplies. We are selling 12 oz packages online by clicking here.
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Perfect Attendance students win bikes at Central ES
Lewisville Morning Rotary Members attend May 20th, 21st & 22nd Central ES Award Ceremonies to award two lucky winners in each grade a brand new bike. |
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Wine Tasting Party - fun way to raise money for Costa Rica Dental Project
Lewisville Morning Rotary hosts May 17 Wine Tasting at Wine with (an) Appeal to raise funds for Clubs Dental Equipment Global Grant Project in Tirrases, Costa Rica In addition to the wine tasting, the club held a silent auction of items members such as Audra Johnson donated. Audra donated hand knitted items, others donated wine, coffee from Costa Rica and several others.
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Evan Anderson awarded May Student of the Month
Principal Scot Finch announces Senior, Evan Anderson as Student of Month from Hebron High School Evan, a varsity basketball starter for HHS maintained a 3.9 grade point average for his high school career. He was a member of the National Honor Society and in the top 25% of his class.
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Missing Man Ceremony at closing of Wall that Heals
Missing Man Ceremony in remembrance of those who served in Vietnam |
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The 2019 - 2020 Flag Subscription Program at your residence is now open for online new or renewal flag subscriptions Click here for details about this years lease program. Please share this link with your friends and neighbors in Lewisville, Castle Hills, Double Oak, Flower Mound and Highland Village. We partner with youth programs such as the boy scouts to erect and remove the flags during the designated holidays. This is our clubs major fund raiser whose proceeds are shared with our community partners. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary well represented at the District 5790 An Evening with Stars Event
Lewisville Morning Rotary Members attend An Evening with the Stars Celebrating the accomplishments of District Rotary clubs. Represnting our club was President Ray Bowens and his wife Earma, President Nominee Mark Smith and his wife Nance and Rotarians John and Marilyn Pokorny.
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Hebron High School April Student of the Month
Congratulations Karishma Cordero, April Student of the Month honored at our April 25th meeting Hebron High School Principal, Scot Finch introduced Karishma Cordero to our members at our April 25th meeting. This senior with a 3.87 gpa achieved this lofty grade point average while taking Advance Placement Courses which give her college credit for work achieved while in high school.
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Costa Rica Dental Health Fair Team debriefs and discusses next trip in November
Team meets at Sneaky Pete's to debrief March trip experience and make recommendations for next trip in November. Both the traveling and stateside members of the March 9th Costa Rica Dental Fair in Tirrases, Costa Rica team met at Sneaky Pete's restaurant in Lewisville, Texas yesterday. Beyond having fun and fellowship together, the purpose of our meeting was to have an honest critique of what went well and what needs improvement.
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Our 2015-16 German Exchange Student Henrik Thimm will be attending our April 11th meeting Henik is back in the states for two weeks visiting all the buds he made here in Texas while he was an exchange student. You may recall, Lewisville Morning Rotary Club was his host club. He spent the first few months living with the Pokorny's and the last few months living with the James Family an exchange family of 5 a few doors down from the Pokorny's. Henrik attended Marcus HS where he played JV Basketball in addition to his academic endeavors. He looks forward to seeing and talking to club Rotarians filling us in on his adventures since returning home.
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"Proudly Served, Proudly Serving" luncheon - April 26thThe City of Lewisville has asked us to help spread the word. Please share this information with vets, active duty and reservists you know. .png) |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary to offer two Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
LMR to provide 2 Scholarships for RYLA this year. RYLA is an intensive leadership development program developed in 1971 by Rotary International for youth leaders this year taking place at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, TX from June 26 through 30, 2019. For a copy of the event flyer click here. To more information about event click here. To apply for RYLA click here.
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Community Service Volunteers needed for Wall that HealsCome join members of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club by volunteering to
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Club to participate in the Wall that Heals Events
Event to open with LMR Flag Retirement Ceremony The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club is proud to announce that we will be participating in the City of Lewisville The Wall That Heals, the mobile three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall) in Washington, D.C., will be on display Thursday, May 2 – Sunday, May 5, just west of the Bob Wiseman Soccer Complex at Lewisville Lake Park.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary in Video
A short clip on some of our clubs community service projects and why we do them. Know someone that may be interested in Rotary? Please share. Are you interested in learning more about membership in our club? Click here. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Team returns from Tirrases, Costa Rica Health Fair Project
Team of 6 Rotary members and 5 local volunteer community members return Mark Smith and Carolyn Wright led a team of 11 to Costa Rica this past week end for an International Service project that involved providing dental care for 80 patients without access to health care in this community of 23,000 built on an abandoned land fill. Our club partnered with the Rotary Club of San Pedro-Curridabat for this health fair. We look forward to hearing about their adventures when we see them at the next meeting.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary awarded Rotary International Presidents Citation
Club receives RI Presidents Citation for 2017-2018 Rotary Year Immediate Past President Jeff Siebert, DDS accepts citation from Area 10 Assistant Governor Lori Fickerling at the February 28th meeting. The citation is given for achieving goals that strengthen Rotary and their club. Goals include increasing club membership, developing sustainable service projects, giving to The Rotary Foundation, and building awareness of Rotary in your community. Congratulations, Dr. Siebert for your fantastic leadership in achieving this prestigious award.
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Team of Lewisville Morning Rotary and community members heading to Costa Rica to volunteer
A team of 11 LMR and local community members to volunteer in Tirrases at Health Fair In the wee hours of this Thursday morning, 5 LMR members, 1 LNR member and 5 community members will be leaving the airport bound for Costa Rica to participate in a community health fair serving the indigent population of Tirrases, Costa Rica. We will be partnering with the Rotary Club of San Jose Curridabat to serve 80 dental patients and many more medical care patients at the health fair Saturday, March 9th.
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Club Members deliver Perfect Attendance Bikes to Central ES
Lewisville Morning Rotary promotes Perfect Attendance at Central ES You can't learn if you are not in school. The staff and teachers at Central ES (our adopted school) work very hard to prepare our students for a successful education. We need to encourage our students to be there every day if possible. For the last 15 years our club has been encouraging students to achieve perfect attendance throughout the school year. At the end of the school year we work with administration to recognize those students that have achieved that milestone. All students that achieved perfect attendance are recognized and win a goody bag full of treats and games. Two lucky students in each grade, whose name is drawn at random win a bike.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary members to Honor HHS Student of the Month
Hebron High School Principal Scot Finch introduced our February Student of the Month Ireland Beverley Congratulations Ireland! Ireland is a Senior at Hebron with multiple academic and athletic accomplishments during 4 years. She is a National Honor Society member and Science National Honor Society member that is within the top 10% of her class of over 900 students. She has excelled as a member of the award winning HHS Cheerleading squad. Having taken multiple AP courses she is well prepared for her next challenge at Texas A&M during the next 4 years. In addition to her academic and athletic accomplishments, Ireland has honed her leadership skills and has an impressive list of community service activities.
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The 2019 Dictionary Project a complete success!
R - O - T - A - R - Y "This is your dictionary." - "Now lets do a little exercise." - "Find the word rotary." This just part of the script members use when visiting 11 Lewisville ISD elementary schools this week to deliver dictionaries to 3rd graders. This project not only provides dictionaries to students that they can keep throughout their academic career, it is just plain fun to be part of the team delivering the books and helping them learn. Planning for this project which is partially funded through our clubs fund raising projects and matching funds from The Rotary Foundation started at the beginning of the school year. When the dictionaries were delivered late January our team went to work. Marilyn Pokorny prepared labels. Last Saturday a team of committee chair Charlene Dierks, Ray Bowens, Tom Rowe, Mark Smith, Nancy Smith and Bob Troyer worked to insert the labels in 1028 dictionaries and sign each dictionary. It is a labor of love in preparation for delivery this week.
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2018 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES® TICKETS RAFFLE
Fly anywhere that Southwest Airlines Flies 2018 Southwest Airlines Ⓡ Tickets Raffle organized by District 5790 Lewisville Morning Rotary Club RAFFLE Benefiting a Community Dental Project in Tirrases, Costa Rica Raffle tickets are 1 FOR $20 | 3 FOR $50 | 7 FOR $100. The drawing will take place on February 28, 2019 To purchase tickets on-line click here. |
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HHS Senior Jamal Henry recognized as January Student of the Month
Jamal Henry to be recognized as Hebron High School Student of the Month Lewisville Morning Rotary members and guests received a treat when they met Hebron High School's Rotary Student of the Month at their January 17th meeting. Jamal has a kindred spirit with Rotary members because of his "Service Above Self" attitude about life. An excellent student, mature beyond his years, he volunteers as an office aide and works as a "PE Partner" with special needs kids.
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AJ's Video about the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club
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Hebron High School student Faizann Vidhani recognized at Dec 20th meeting
Hebron High School Principal Scot Finch introduced HHS Student of the Month at Dec 20th meeting Mr. Finch introduced the Hebron High School December Student of the Month today. Senior, Faizann Vidhani is ranked 5th in his class with 4.0 GPA that was achieved even while taking 13 advanced placement courses. Congratulations Faizaan Vidhani - December Student of the Month!
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HELP! Carter BloodCare needs volunteers Dec 22nd
Because of low Blood Supplies, Carter BloodCare has added Blood Drive on Dec 22nd at the Music City Mall For the past few years, the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club has become one of Carter BloodCares most trusted partners to help them organize volunteers for the Blood Drives in the the Lewisville area such as at the Music City Mall. Susan Holt of Carter BloodCare has come to us again for our volunteer help for a blood drive this Saturday at Music City Mall. Help is needed to encourage last minute shoppers to take a few minutes away from their shopping to "Give the Gift of Life". While this December 22nd event was not included in our clubs planned community service events, we encourage every member to consider taking an hour out of their day to volunteer. Bring family members. If so inclined, dress for the occasion with Christmas paraphernalia or even a vampire cape like Jeff wears. Please register your volunteer intentions by clicking here.  |
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Saving Lives December 8th Blood Drive
Blood Donated at Dec. 8th Blood Drive in the Music City Mall will Save 57 Lives December 8, 2018 was another very busy day for the Rotary Club of Lewisville Morning. Not only did we serve the community by helping residents empty their vehicles of the Household Hazardous Waste to be safely recycled or destroyed, our members hosted a Blood Drive at the Music City Mall Shopping Center. Below is a message we received from Susan Holt the Carter BloodCare representative. On behalf of Carter BloodCare we would like to thank you, your Rotary volunteers, and all the wonderful donors that gave of their time to help others. |
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The Colony HS Interact Club does Stockings for Students
TCHS Interact Club December Project - Stockings for Students For their December community service project, Interact Club members 37 stockings for our LovePacs kids. Lovepacs is an organization that was born out of a shared desire to help children in our community. They strive to make sure no child goes hungry while on breaks from school. .jpeg) In addition to stockings for Lovepac kids, Interact members were able to help the Angel Tree kids by filling 8 more stockings, making Christmas merry for these children also.
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Congratulation to LMR member Audra Johnson
Lewisville Morning Rotary member Joins the MAD Radio To hear and see her 1st show, click here to see the FB Live Stream. |
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Saving Lives December 1st Blood Drive
Blood Donated at Dec. 1st Blood Drive in Lakeside Plaza will Save 51 Lives December 1, 2018 was a very busy day for the Rotary Club of Lewisville Morning. Not only did we serve 750 pancake and sausage breakfasts to Lewisville families at the Old Town Lewisville Holiday Stroll Breakfast with Santa, our members hosted a Blood Drive at the Lakeside Plaza Shopping Center. Below is a message we received from Susan Holt the Carter BloodCare representative. On behalf of Carter BloodCare we would like to thank you, Lewisville Morning Rotary Club, and Premier Gun Show for sponsoring this blood drive. |
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Breakfast with Santa is a SOLD OUT Event
This years Breakfast with Santa was a Complete Success A huge thank you to the 43 Rotary member, community volunteers and city staff workers that made this years event such a community success. We SOLD OUT serving 750 pancake and sausage meals to families from throughout the community that came to visit Santa and watch the parade at noon. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to all our members, volunteers, sponsors and partners for making this such a successful event. |
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The Rotary Foundation releases Annual ReportThis is an Annual Report like you have not seen before.  Very well done, easy to follow report about everything Rotary accomplished in 2017-2018 Not just The Rotary Foundation - A global report of everything available to our 36,678 Clubs Well worth the time to go through. |
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Thank You Sponsor'sWe would like to give a great big shout out to all the Breakfast with Santa sponsors that are supporting this event at Wayne Ferguson Plaza on Saturday Dec. 1st from 8:00 AM until noon. Below are the place mats we will be using while serving a delicious breakfast of pancakes and sausage after families visit Santa Clause.   |
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Student of the Month Marquis Johnson honored
Congratulations Marquis! Hebron HS Junior, Marquis Johnson named Student of the Month at Nov 16th meeting Marquis has had a stellar high school career with a 3.9 grade point average. He is a member of the Hebron HS Hawks football and track teams. In addition, he supports several of the Hebron High School athletic teams as a Ruckus and Rowdy member. When he completes his studies at Hebron, Marquis plans to attend Oklahoma State where he plans to study Aerospace Administration and Operations to become a pilot.
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End Polio Update - Nov 9, 2018 |
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5000 People viewed 8th Annual Flag Retirement Ceremony on MAD
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Make a date to join us of the Alzhiemer's Fund Raiser Nov 17th
Alzheimer's Association Fund Raiser An afternoon and evening of fellowship To raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Association Saturday, Nov 17, 2018 - Noon until 11 pm |
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2018 Flag Retirement Ceremony - A Memorable Event If you have not already seen the video of the event by MAD Radio's John Solerno, please visit this Facebook Link. You can also view on the home page of our website.
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LMR Seeking Event Sponsors for Pancake Breakfast with Santa
This will be the 5th year that Lewisville Morning Rotary members will be hosting Pancake Breakfast with Santa. This year the event will take place under the big top on the Wayne Ferguson Plaza Saturday, December 1st from 8 AM until Noon. For our sponsors convenience, you may now purchase your sponsorship on line at Hover your pointer over blue letting above to go to on-line purchase page.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary participating in Read Across Central
Read Across Central October 26th Be the Inspiration is the 2018-19 Rotary Theme. Rotary members from our club will be inspiring the children in our adopted school, Central ES to be life long readers on October 26th. This is one of the most enjoyable projects we do with the kids. All club members and their families are encouraged to join us. Register now for your time slot and class assignment by clicking here. |
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What are Rotary Fellowships? |
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Join us for our 8th Annual Flag Retirement Ceremony
The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club announces its Eighth Annual United States Flag Retirement Ceremony to be held Saturday, October 27, 2018. The event will be held at 1 p.m. at Wayne Ferguson Plaza on Church St in Lewisville. Members are asked to volunteer for an event assignment by clicking here.
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Polio Eradication Update |
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Meet our newest member Taylor Bankroff
Taylor Faye Bankroff joins Lewisville Morning Rotary Like many of us, Taylor is not a native Texan, but she got here as quickly as she could. She is an Indiana native that graduated from Purdue with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering. After which, she received a Masters of Business Administration Degree from Kelly School of Business in Bloomington, IN. Currently working for Rheem Manufacturing in Lewisville as the Assistant Project Manager. She lives in Lewisville and is an active volunteer in Journey with a Dream, a Rheem community outreach program.  Taylor is pictured here with her Sponsor Bill Shaw and club president Roy Bowens Congratulations Taylor Bankroff! We look forward to volunteering with you as a member of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Participates in Western Days hosting two events Come join us at the Western Days Festival Lewisville Morning Rotary proudly hosts two Western Days Events - Register online to participate or at the events located on Main and Mill. The Hot Diggity Dog Hoedown on Sept 28th from 5 pm to 9 pm Here are some links you will find useful. Hover pointer over item and click.
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Thank You to all our Western Days Event SponsorsLewisville Morning Rotary wishes to thank all the Sponsors for our two Western Days Events. Hot Doggity Dog Hoedown Sept. 28th and our 21st Annual Car and Motorcycle Show Sept 29th .png) .png)   George and Susan Gober - Have a very successful Western Days .png)  Mary Jones, Regional Distributor and Business Consultant  .jpg) Ray Bowens - Owner   .jpg){kind=logo}  .png){kind=small}  Flower Mound 407 in Flower Mound Main St. in Lewisville    of Lewisville Denton & Lewisville .gif)      Mill Steet Tire Heineken- BBQ & Tamale Steamer  Family of Rotary Diana McMillin Frank and Pat Hebb John and Marilyn Pokorny Mark and Nancy Smith
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Loyal Sponsors, Verfs Tavern and Grill and the Shoal Creek Tavern agree to sponsor all 3 of Lewisville Morning Rotary Annual Fund Raisers for 3rd year in a row  These are two great restaurants owned by Jim Verfurth, a long time Rotary supporter
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Maverick Harley Davidson and Lonestar Harley Davidson are Event Sponsors for our 21st Annual Car and Motorcycle Show |
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Meet our September Student of the Month Maddie Edwards
Hebron High School Senior Maddie Edwards Named September Student of the Month What a joy to recognize Maddie last week. She is on the A-B Honor Roll including taking advanced courses such as Pre-calculus and AP English. She is also active in the Encore Theater as a Varsity Member. She is the Chair of the Lewisville ISD Student Advisory Committee. Also, Maddie is an Officer on the HHS Student Council, a "leader" in the FCA, is a member of the Thespians National Honor Society as well as being leader in the "I Am Second" Sports Bible Study group. When she completes her high school studies she is planning to attend either Texas Tech or Texas A&M where she plans to study pre-law. When her collegiate studies are done it is her intention to remain very active in community service activities contributing where ever her talent leads. Her career choice will be focused in those careers where can be happy while contributing to a better world.
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Meet our newest member, Mark Smith
 Mark Smith inducted as a member of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Sept. 13th Say hello to our newly inducted member Mark Smith. Mark and his wife Nancy are 40 year residents of Lewisville. Mark recently retired from Pepsi as the IT Asset Manager for their North American operations. Mark and Nancy have one child (Trisha). Marks Lewiville roots are deep. He is a proud Fighting Farmer. He is a 2005 graduate of the Lewisville Citizen's Police Academy. We look forward to serving along side Mark during Lewisville Morning Rotary's projects and fund raisers.
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Have you met Celina yet?
Celina Marinez joins Lewisville Morning Rotary Celina was inducted as a member of our club on August 23rd. She is the Human Resources Manager for Rheem A/C Division here in Lewisville, Texas. She lives in Haslett, TX with her 3 children. A member of the Kappa Delta Chi Sorority she has been committed to life of community service since her college days. We look forward to serving along side Celina during Lewisville Morning Rotary projects and fund raisers.
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2018 Car and Motorcycle Show at Western Days Join us for the 21st annual car and motorcycle show event being held during the Lewisville Western Days Festival. Longhorn and Maverick Harley Davidson are also helping to sponsor the event and will have some fun activities for guests. Participants in the show may preregister on-line at: |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary announces 1st Annual Hot Diggity Dog Hoedown at Western Days Register your dog on-line for this event by clicking here.
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Don't Miss our 4th Thursday Evening MeetingIt is the 4th Thursday of the month - 7 PM Evening Meeting Our new flexible meeting schedule will allow those whose schedules prohibit an early morning meeting an opportunity to enjoy the fellowship and fun at our once a once month 7 PM meetings. We have a great speaker planned in Connie Pelphery who will be sharing Lewisville Education Foundation's exciting plans for the Curiouser and Curiouser Ball. Join us at the Old Town Brewhouse at 7 PM tomorrow, August 23rd for a enjoyable Rotary experience. |
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Aug 18th End Polio Update |
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Come join us Thursday Aug 16 as we honor Lewisville Police Chief Russ Kerbow |
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Membership Committee People of Action Membership Plan Announcement
Sustaining our clubs Fantastic Community Service Image requires a People of Action Growth Plan Our club is an award winning club known in the community for its service. We know the need for community service volunteer activities such as ours is great. Our membership has big hearts, but to be able to continue our service mission in the community, we need more members like us that have a passion for giving of their time, talent and treasure. Membership in Rotary is by invitation. We invite friends and neighbors to our meetings and service projects so they can learn about our club's passion for service. Such passion is infectious and these friends and neighbors become interested in being an active part of Rotary.
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District Governor Gerald Robinson recognizes LMR People of Action
 Our People of Action Congratulations Lewisville Morning Rotary members Todd Taylor, Mary Jones and Bill Shaw for being recognized by District 5790 Governor Gerald Robinson (shown on left). Thank you Todd, Mary and Bill for Being our Inspiration.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary to be International partner with Host Club Rotario San Pedro Curridabat on Global Grant Project to develop a Dental Clinic in Tirrasis, Costa Rica
Dental Clinic to serve poor in Tirrases Club President Ray Bowens and Past President Carolyn Wright are currently in Costa Rica meeting the team and preparing for the Ground Breaking to take place Sunday July 29th with RI President Barry Rassin as the guest of honor.
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July 20th Why I Walk Happy Hour a Success
Why I Walk Happy Hour and Giveback Club Social The Why I Walk Happy Hour to raise money for the Alzheimer's Association was a complete success with many members in attendance. With the help of his Rotary buds, member Bill Shaw's team will be able to make a significant contribution to the Alzheimer's Association at the 2018 Walk to End Alzheimer's at Grandscape (The Colony, TX) in late September.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary announces Meeting Location and Meeting Time Changes.gif)
New Meeting Venue Effective with the July 12, 2018 meeting, the Rotary Club of Lewisville Morning will be hold all it's weekly meetings at the Old Town Brewhouse at 146 Whatley Road in Lewisville. Meeting Times Starting July, 2018 we will be meeting 7:00 AM on the 1st, 2nd & 3rd Thursday of every month and at 7:00 PM on the 4th Thursday of every month.
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Belize Aquaponic Grow Bed Project Update - 2nd Harvest Toddler shows off this years 2nd harvest from one of the Aquaponic Grow Beds erected in Belize last January by 22 Rotary members from 6 clubs in Denton County.
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Join us for Pass-the-Gavel on June 28th.jpg) Pass the Gavel June 28, 2018 at Point Bank 915 W. Main Street, Lewisville, TX 75067. Thank you (in advance) Lori Krouskos for offering the bank. The evening will begin at 6:00 pm with cocktails and Call To Order at 6:30 pm. Spouses and significant others are invited. Please RSVP to Mary so that we can properly prepare for the evening. Besides great food and fellowship, this annual event offers members an opportunity to recognize our clubs leaders and do a year in review. This evening offers promises to be a wonderful evening celebrating our fantastic year. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Club to host Blood Drive at the Premier Gun Show on June 30th.jpg) We need volunteers to both give blood and help manage the donors at the blood drive. Club members are encouraged to volunteer for one of the volunteer time slots by clicking here. Members are encouraged to bring family and friends along when when they volunteer. Community members are encouraged to donate blood. Summer blood supplies are very low. To find out more about donating, please click here.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary hosted on M.A.D Radio PodcastRotary, Making a Difference. Check-out this video. Two of our members (Jeff Siebert and Mary Jones and our April Student of the Month Richard Keys from Hebron HS were guests on the May 23rd M.A.D Radio Program with John Solerno and Magen King. To see Student of the Month Richard Keys, Club President Jeff Siebert and Club Secretary May Jones entire interview, go to minute 10 and play thru minute 58. Great job guys |
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District 5790 Honors LMR with Several Awards |
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Central ES Perfect Attendance Award Ceremonies May 29, 30 and 31
Lewisville Morning Rotary to Award a bike to a boy and a girl from each grade at Central ES the last week of May To encourage student learning our club recognizes those students at Central Elementary School who have made the effort to attend school every school day of the year. We award one boys bike and one girls bike to every class level. To select the winning students, a special ceremony is held at the end of the year for each grade. This year ceremonies will be held May 29th, May 30th and May 31st. At these ceremonies all the children with perfect attendance are called up to receive a goody bag prepared by our Rotary Members. At the end of the the goodie bag ceremony, we pull one boys name and one girls name out of a hat. Those children are awarded a brand new bike. We encourage every member of the club to participate in one of the six award ceremonies at Central Elementary School that week. Members can select a time that fits their schedule by clicking here.
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Thursday Funnies for May 10th
COMPUTER: A device designed to speed and automate errors COMPUTER CLUB: Used to strike computer forcefully upon receiving error messages CONSOLE: What one does to a "down" computer CURSOR: An expert in 4-letter words DUMP: A system programmer's work area |
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BBQ and Fun Social
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Webster Mangham to speak at April 26th Meeting
Twelve years spent managing aquatic freshwater resources and developing innovative methodologies for large and small river system studies. He is a geographer with extensive experience using a multi-disciplinary skill set to design, implement and execute scientific studies to support long-term channel monitoring, water planning and in-stream flow studies for the Trinity River basin. He has considerable experience in project and personnel management and always lead from the front with initiative, ingenuity, and integrity. Webster is a graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma with a Masters Degree from UNT. Webster has served 5 years in the Marines.
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Thursday Funny for May 3rd
Coming in from playing, little Freddy looked confused. His mom asked, "Is something the matter?" Little Freddie may have been confused, but in fact Back Pain is not funny. We may not have "thrown out" our back trash diving like old man Dodd in this story. But, most of us at one time or another experienced back or joint pain of some type and needed the medical services of a Chiropractor like our fellow Rotary Member Dr. Kelly Reed. Choosing a medical professional whose expertise in Chiropractic medicine is a challenge. In addition to muscular skeletal skills, we want someone with integrity, honesty and is a caring person. Knowing that the person is a Rotary member helps to make that choice. Caring and honesty is part of our creed. The next time you need such service consider. Dr Reed of the Lewisville Chiropractic Center, 326 S Edmonds Ln Suite 104, Lewisville, TX 75067
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Richard Keys selected as the April Student of the Month from Hebron High School
Congratulations to our April Student of the Month, Richard Keys Scot Finch-principal at Hebron High School presented Richard Keys with the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Student of the Month award! Richard was selected as Hebron High School's Student of the Month for his senior class. This young man does an incredible amount for his school, church and community. He follows in his father's footsteps in serving his community-his father is Lieutenant Byron Keys of the City of Irving Police Department.
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Thursday Funny for April 26th
Story of Four People This is the story of four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. Consequently, it wound up that Nobody told Anybody, so Everybody blamed Somebody. Moral of this not-so-funny story? The moral for our readers is that these four people are not the kind of people that join Lewisville Morning Rotary. Our members are People of Action.. We see a need, we exchange ideas how to address the need, we take action. We  we  we .png){kind=spacer} If you are the kind of individual that wants to make a difference in our community and our world come join us for breakfast. We meet every 7 AM Thursday morning at the Christian Community Action Community Room. More information about joining? Click here.
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District 5790 to host 2018-2019 Club Leadership Training Event April 28, 2018.png)
Club leaders current and future should plan to attend. Several members of our club have already agreed to take club leadership rolls for the 2018-2019 Rotary year. This event is a prime opportunity to learn more about your rolls as club leaders. We encourage anyone that is serving on the Board of Directors, is or will be an event or committee chair person or simply would like to learn more about Rotary leadership is encouraged to attend. Attendance fees for this event are paid by the club. If you are intending to attend please notify President Elect Ray Bowen by clicking here. You can register yourself by selecting the switch, or I can register for you. If you register yourself, turn in your receipt to Heather to be reimbursed.  See the event particulars and the curriculum that will be covered below.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary to Host Regional 4 Way Test Contest April 21st
Lewisville Regional Contest for 4-Way Test Speech Contest hosted by the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Volunteers are needed to assist with set-up and take-down of the event. We plan to meet at 11:00 AM Saturday, May 21st to set-up. We anticipate take-down and clean-up will start at around 2:30 pm. Please contact Frank Hebb by clicking here, if you can volunteer to help with set-up and or take-down.
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LMR members launch Mini-Project in Support of Loreto House in Denton
Members donate 9 cases of #5 & #6 Diapers for Children served by Loreto House We are Rotary #MakingaDifference #PeopleofAction. Yesterday, our members received word that Loreto House was in dire need of diapers. Today, thanks to the generosity of our members we filled the back of an SUV and delivered the diapers to their facility in Denton. For more info on Loreto House go to www.loretohouse.org As a project, this was definitely one of smallest ones. But to quote St. Teresa of Calcutta "Not All Of Us Can Do Great Things, But We Can Do Small Things With Great Love"
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April is Rotary Maternal and Child Health and Child Month
So, how should we create awareness for April as Rotary Maternal and Child Health month? Rotarian Audra Johnson suggested we knit or purchase baby products for non-profit agencies that serves children and families. Great idea! Do you have any suggestions? E-mail Jeff Siebert or Ray Bowens with your ideas. John & Marilyn Pokorny are tapping into Audra's idea by collecting donations of baby products such as diapers, wipes and other such items for Loredo House in Denton. Loredo House serves the needs of women, and men, who are dealing with an unplanned pregnancy. They offer free resources such as: pregnancy test, sonogram, diapers, maternity clothes, baby food and items and parenting classes. Please join them by bringing donations to tomorrow's meeting.
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Thursday Funnies - in this case funny but true. |
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LMR honors Hebron High School student Alyssa Biasatti as March Student of the Month
Congratulations! Alyssa Biasatti, Hebron High School Student of the Month for March This Hebron High School senior has had an outstanding 4 year experience as a well rounded student with excellent academic credentials, several different volunteer activities and admirable service to her fellow students through her Student Council and Theater Arts involvement.
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Rotary Night at the Rough Riders Dr. Pepper Ball Park April 7th Come join us April 7th from 7 pm to 10 PM Just $20/person - includes: All-You-Can-Eat ballpark food Limited Edition RoughRiders Souvenir Unlimited Dr. Pepper Products Half-off parking (pick PRKNG when ordering) Order tickets at: Rotary Night with Frisco Roughriders. When you order make sure to tell them Lewisville Morning Rotary Club
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Educational evening at the March 22nd Upper Trinity Regional Water Plan Tour and PicnicThe March 22nd Water Treatment Plant Tour and family picnic was educational and fun.  So, how does UTRWD assure we in Denton County have a safe and plentiful supply fresh water? Last Thursday we found out by moving our weekly meeting to the Upper Trinity Regional Water Plant property. |
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Thursday Funnies for March 15th
Newspapers are Old School I asked my daughter if she’d seen my newspaper.
She told me that newspapers are old school. She said that people use tablets nowadays and handed me her iPad. The fly didn’t stand a chance. |
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Thursday Funnies for March 8th
Dr. Seuss as Technical Writer |
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John Salerno of MAD Radio to speak at March 1st Meeting
John Salerno is co-host of MAD Radio ”where we focus on giving back to the community and featuring nonprofit organizations and comedians who bring laughter into the lives of others" John retired from the NYC Police Department as a Detective. He spent 24 years in the Farmingdale Fire Department volunteering/serving my community. Retired as Chief. Director of Laughter Saves Lives Texas. A nonprofit organization that performs comedy shows for our injured 1st responders and Military personal
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Supporting the Rotary Foundation is simple through Rotary Direct
Supporting The Rotary Foundation helps to improve Water and Sanitation world wide. We here in Texas are blessed with an infrastructure that makes sure all of us have good clean safe water to sustain us. However, much of the world is not so fortunate. Clubs like ours throughout the world are making a difference by implementing water and sanitation projects that are funded by The Rotary Foundation (TRF). Did you know that you can give as little as $10 to support such efforts through Rotary Direct? Simply select the Annual Fund you wish to support, the amount you wish to donate, whether your gift is a one time gift or monthly, quarterly or annual. then simply provide your credit or debit card information. For me, it is a budget friendly way of supporting the Rotary Foundation and water projects throughout the world.
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Thursday Funnies for March 1st
A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communications equipment.
Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter's position. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, and held up a handwritten sign that said "WHERE AM I?" in large letters. People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign, and held it in a building window. Their sign said "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER." |
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Stephen Thomas to Speak at Feb 22nd Lewisville Morning Rotary Meeting
Denton County Salvation Army Emergency Service Mobile Canteen "Doing the Most Good" Serving Hurricane Harvey Victims in Houston Stephen Thomas, Executive Director Denton County Social Services will speak at the Feb. 22nd Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Buffet Breakfast Meeting at the Christian Community Action Main Offices Community Room on 200 S. Mill in Lewisville at 7 AM. Few in our area know that the Salvation Army Lewisville operations include a fully equiped mobile canteen designed to serve thousands of meals in response to disasters such as Hurricane Harvey.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary has a Rockin' Vision for 2021
On a rainy February 17th Saturday morning seventeen of our members did an outstanding job of developing a comprehensive vision for our club that will be used for formalize an exciting strategic plan that will provide the template for serving our community and the world through 2021.. Through a dynamic process called visioning, members shared their vision and we gathered ideas that were synthesized into a comprehensive vision that represents what are club can accomplish in the community and the world between now and 2021. A giant shout-put goes to Rotary District 5790 Visioning Team members PDG Gene Davenport, Pat Peters (Decatur Rotary), Roger Pascal (FW International Rotary) for giving up their Saturday morning to guide us through the process.
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So, how do you know that the water in the tap is safe and will it be there when you need it
March is Rotary Water and Sanitation Month March 22, 2018 is the UN World Water Day. Unlike many parts of our world a safe and plentiful water supply is taken for granted in Denton County. So, to celebrate, we will be moving the time and place of our regular March 22nd meeting Rotary meeting to the Upper Trinity Water Plant on 900 N. Kealy in Lewisville. This is a family event! Our Meeting start time will be 5 PM. The outdoor business meeting will start promptly at 5:15 pm with our normal Rotary moment of inspiration, pledge and happy thoughts, followed by some very brief business matters that President Jeff may need to announce. At 5:30 PM Rich Lubke and a few members of the Upper Trinity Water Treatment plan will do a very interesting short presentation followed by a tour of the Water Plant itself. After the Water Plant Tour, we will convene the Rich Lubke Community Organic Garden for a family picnic where members will be serving our families Hot Dogs and Hamburgers with all the fixins prepared from the Salvation Army Emergency Canteen. In addition to the water plant tour, the families will have an opportunity to visit the Rotary Demonstration Aquaponic Grow Bed. This will be a fun evening for the entire family regardless of age complete with some age appropriate games like name that plant and name that vegetable. We will wrap-up around 7:30 pm which is before dark which Google says is 7:58 pm.
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Visioning 2021 at Lewisville Morning Rotary
On Saturday, Feb 17, 2018, club membership will see into the future at Wine with Appeal on 917 N Mill St in Lewisville. No, we will not be using a crystal ball. But we will be visioning. To continue as a vibrant successful Rotary club, members need to plan not for just tomorrow or next month but at least 3 years into the future. This year (2017-2018), our club is completing the third year of a Strategic Plan that was developed in the spring of 2015. Well done Strategic Plans take a lot of effort and require input from as many members as possible. Have you started our homework yet? On Jan 18th, PDG Gene Davenport did an excellent presentation introducing Visioning at our club meeting. He left us with some homework to complete prior to coming to the Feb 17th meeting. Click Feb 17 Visioning Exercise to download a copy of the homework. Bring it with you Feb 17. We want everyone to attend, but if your schedule prohibits attendance, please send your completed copy to me at ray.bowens@yahoo.com
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Lewisville Morning Rotary to Host Hebron High School contestants for our Annual 4 Way Test Speech Contest
Contestants from Hebron High School will be coming to our Feb 1st Rotary meeting to compete for cash prizes and the right to represent our club and Hebron High School in the Four Way Test Speech Contest. These orators will be sharing their view points on Rotary's Four Way Test and it's use in today's world. In addition to cash prizes, the first place winner will represent our club and Hebron High School at one of the 3 regional contests in District 5790. The winners of the 3 regional contests will then go on to the District 5790 event at the May 18th District Conference at the DFW Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
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Gene Mosley to speak at our Jan 25th meeting
Gene MosleyBehavior Change Speaker Gene Mosley’s adolescent years were like many of the young kids he now tries to rescue and develop into successes. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary reaches a 2017-2018 Milestone
Our membership prides itself for it's community service activities, Our members are doing some community service activity almost weekly. We do our best as People of Action to be Rotary, making a difference. This year, the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club achieved all the RI milestones necessary to be eligible for the 2017-2018 Presidents Citation. As of mid January (half-way through the Rotary year that begins July 1) our club and club members have given over 6800 volunteer hours and contributed over $26,000 in in-kind and cash donations.
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Madison Green selected as Hebron High Schools Student of the Month
Congratulations! Madison Green, Hebron High School Student of the Month Madison has an amazing high school biography. Ranked in the top 11% of her class, she maintains a 3.9 grade point average that when weighted with the AP and college level courses such as Physics, Calculus & college English calculates to 4.8.
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LPD Officer Kyle Payne recognized as Vocational Hero at Jan 18th Meeting
Officer Kyle Payne receives Lewisville Morning Rotary's Vocational Service Excellence award. As Rotary members, we believe that our vocations are an opportunity for service to our community. Lewisville Morning Rotary Club members are committed to celebrating and recognizing excellence on the part of those whose vocations are committed to service to our community; our police officers, fire fighters and teachers. At our January 18th meeting, we will be recognizing Officer Kyle Pane. Officer Kyle Payne is currently assigned to the Patrol Divison where he works the night shift on 2nd Watch. Ofc Payne is also an instructor with the National Academy for Professional Driving where he teaches police officers from 6 metroplex agencies including Lewisville, in emergency and pursuit driving.
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PDG Gene Davenport to speak on Visioning at Jan 18th meeting
What will the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club look like in 2021? PLANNING with a VISION As a new year begins and the next Rotary year approaches in July, With the 2015-2018 strategic plan coming to a very successful end June 30th, the Lewisville Morning BOD would like to begin a new 3 year strategic plan that involves as many members as possible. To help us accomplish this, the District 5790 Visioning support team will be providing technical planning support and a “Visioning Process” for the entire club membership. PDG Gene Davenport will be leading that district team. PDG Gene will be sharing with us how the Visioning process will work the Thursday, Jan 18th meeting. |
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Members of the Lewisville Morning Rotary wish you a Happy New Year |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary joins the fight for a AD Cure |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Announces All In for the AD Cure Event |
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Rotary International Awards Lewisville Morning Rotary 2016-2017 Presidents Citation
The 2016-17, Distinguished Rotary Presidential Citation has been awarded to the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club.  Carolyn Wright, 2016-2017, club president now serving as immediate past president and Rotary District 5790 international assistant team chair, accepted the award on behalf of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club for its 2016-17 year.The Presidential Citation recognizes Rotary Clubs for a myriad of achievements that enhance humanitarian service, strengthen the network through the family of Rotary, and promote membership growth. Each year clubs take on numerous initiatives and conduct various projects to help address a significant need or problem in their community. During the past Rotary year under Wright’s leadership, the local club received the first and only Significant Achievement Award in the history of District 5790; for its Household Hazardous Waste Service Project. |
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Pancakes with Santa a complete success!
The 2017 Breakfast with Santa was a Sold Out Event! Well the cute elf (Rotary Member Mary Jones) in the photo did not steal any pancakes and the Grinch isn't going to steal Christmas, at least not in Lewisville, Texas We served over 500 pancake breakfast meals to Lewisville community members, Sat. Dec 2nd..
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Happy Thanksgiving
Have a very happy Thanksgiving holiday Today, we take time out to give thanks for our many blessings.
Our many partners including the City of Lewisville and our other local Rotary Clubs including: Together, we contribute to #RotaryMakingADifference, #PeopleOfAction |
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Got blood? Dec.9 Blood Drive at Vista Ridge Mall
So, why is President Elect Dr. Jeff Siebert dressed like Dracula? Because, once again, the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club is challenging the other Area 10 Rotary Clubs to another annual Blood Harvest Challenge. The Flower Mound RC won the 1st challenge in 2013. The Lewisville Morning Rotary club has won the challenge every year since. |
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Breakfast with Santa at Wayne Ferguson Plaza Dec 2nd
Plan to bring your family to Breakfast with Santa at the Wayne Ferguson Plaza on Dec 2nd from 8 AM until Noon. This event, in conjunction with the City of Lewisville Holiday Stroll provides an opportunity for families to have a delicious pancake and sausage breakfast while visiting with Santa. Lots of photo opportunities, so bring your camera. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children 12 and under Purchase tickets in advance on-line .jpg){kind=small} |
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Meet our newest member Thomas Rowe
Tom Rowe was inducted as a member or the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club at our November 2nd meeting at the CCA Community Room.. Tom lives in Plano with his wife Judy. He is a Senior VP for the Bank of America. Tom is the Co-Chair of the Collin County Bank of America Community of volunteers. He is the owner of Wines with (an) Appeal here in Lewisville. Stop by his store at 917 N. Mill St some evening or this week-end and meet Tom. Congratulations Thomas Rowe!
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Raising money for AWOW Light Up Smiles in Costa Rica
Recently three Lewisville Morning Rotary Club members flew to Costa Rica to take part in the AWOW Light-Up Smiles program. This dental initiative is among the charitable programs and many ways that AWOW International Girls Leadership Initiative participates as an active participant in the communities where it serve. AWOW'S primary areas of focus are education, leadership, health, and human services. Members of Lewisville Morning Rotary Club, Campbell & William Family Dental-Highland Village, and Future Without Poverty-University of North Texas traveled (courtesy of Southwest Airlines) to San Jose, Costa Rica to volunteer in this life changing event. LMR team was led by current President D.D.S Jeff Sebiert, Immediate Past President Carolyn Wright and Club Administrator Frances Al-Waely. To continue this initiative, AWOW will host a drawing for 2 roundtrip tickets on Southwest Airlines; to anywhere in the continental US that Southwest operates. Drawing is Dec 2nd. You do not have to be present to win. Purchase your ticket(s) 1 For $10, 3 For $25, 7 For $50 for a chance to win or Contact Rotary Member and AWOW Executive Director Carolyn Wright. For more information on the Light-Up Smiles program click Read More. |
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Look who is in the News!Congratulations, Little Elm Rotary Club
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Nhi Pham named Lewisville Morning Rotary Student of the Month for October
Congratulations Nhi Pham, October Student of the Month Nhi Pham, a senior at Hebron High School was named the Lewisville Morning Rotary Clubs October Student of the Month. This National Honor Society member maintains a 5.2 grade point average (4.0 system) and is ranked 5th in her class of over 800 seniors. She is a National Merit finalist. She moved to Texas from Vietnam with her dad (Thinh), mom (Mylien) and her 4 siblings when she was 4 years old. This amazing young lady not only adapted to her new country she excelled.
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Congratulations to the Little Elm Rotary Club - Celebrating its Charter Ceremony Oct. 19, 2017
Lewisville Morning Rotary's Satellite Rotary Club of Little Elm officially became the Rotary Club of Little Elm as of October 19, 2017. The initial group of 8 community members and Rotary members needed to be officially sanctioned by Rotary International began last March. Fast forward 7 months and this dynamic group of service minded Rotary members has grown to 28 members, already implemented a major community service project and successfully launched it's first marquee fund raiser with a murder mystery dinner.. Led by club president Claudia Stooksberry and president elect for 2019-2020, DeWayne Brawner, this exceptional group or Rotarians is sure to be a major service club force in Little Elm.  |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Club announces Sponsor Opportunities for Dec 2nd Breakfast with Santa Event |
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The members of the Lewisville Morning and Noon Rotary Clubs and their guest kicked off the End Polio in Lewisville Week that begins Oct 23rd with a Lewisville Does Pints for Polio event at Cobra Brewery last Monday. Money raised is being donated to the Rotary Foundations End Polio Now fund.  Thanks to everyone that joined us for this fun event.
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Central Elementary School is Lewisville Morning Rotary Clubs adopted school. We support the school in several different ways. To name a few:
One of our favorite is Read Around Central.  For the last several years, members of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club and their spouses have participated in Central Elementary Schools "Read Around Central Even along with many other Lewisville area leaders and community members. Please join us again this year Oct. 27. Select a time convenient for you you. To sign up click Central ES Read Across Central 2017.
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Join us for the Little Elm Rotary Club Charter Ceremony
Join us for the Little Elm Rotary Club Charter Ceremony October 19 th - Event starts at 6:30 PM Zellar's Learning Center Lobo Lane, Little Elm, TX Cost $20 - Purchase tickets at Everbrite.com, click here. Tickets must be purchased prior to Oct. 17th |
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Bill Shaw inducted as a member of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club at Sept 28th Meeting
Congratulations to Bill Shaw inducted at our last meeting to the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club. His sponsor is John Pokorny, Club Foundation Chair. Bill is the owner of Cobra Brewing in Lewisville. He has already dived into his first LMR activities by working at the Car Show Saturday and agreeing to host the Lewiville does Pints for Polio event at his brewery on October 16th.
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Lewisville Morning RC names Chris Bedell Hebron HS Student of the Month
Chris Bedell was named as our September Hebron High Schools Student of the Month at the September 21, 2017 meeting. Chris already has an impressive resume.under his belt including being in the top 5% of his class. He is ranked 43rd in his class of 838. In addition to his strong academics which include all the pre-AP and AP classes offered by HHS, He is the star nose guard for the football team and a forward on the basketball team. In addition to his studies and athletic pursuits, he is a member of the National Honor Society, FCA, the Future Professionals Club, Student Council and the Ruckus and Rowdy cheer team leader. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Announces 7th Annual Flag Retirement Ceremony Oct. 21st
7th Annual Flag Retirement Ceremony Date: Oct. 21, 2017 Time: 1:00 PM Location: Ferguson Plaza, 150 Church St, Lewisville, TX |
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Next meeting for the Satellite Club of Little Elm is Oct. 5th
As of the publication of the Oct 5th Sunrise over Old Town Newsletter, the Satellite Rotary Club of Little Elm has 28 members. Yea! The request for Charter has been sent to Rotary International. The Charter Ceremony has been scheduled for October 19th at Charter Banquet, Zellar's Learning Center, Lobo Lane, Little Elm, 6:30 pm
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Lewisville Morning Rotary members attend Aquaponic Demonstration and Social
The Denton County (Area 10) Belize Aquaponic Grow Bed Project Committee was hosted an Aquaponic Demonstration Project and Social at the First Baptist Church in The Colony on Friday, Sept. 15th. Our club joined other Denton County Rotary Clubs in a Beta District Grant Project to build Aquaponic Grow beds in 10 villages located in Belize in January of 2018. Last Fridays visit was to see and actual grow bed demonstration set up by First Baptist Church members in The Colony. Representing Lewisville Morning Rotary Club was Carolyn Wright, Diana McMillan, Marilyn Pokorny and John Pokorny who were joined by District 5790 Governor Elect Gerald Robinson, Cross Timbers Rotary Club member Will Carlton, Flower Mound Rotary Club member Lisa Maria Thompson, Denton Rotary Club President Jim Engelbrecht and others.
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Hold the Date! Lewisville Morning and Lewisville Noon Rotary Club planning a joint End Polio Event Oct. 16th.
At the October 16th Lewisville City Council meeting at 7 pm, the mayor will read a proclamation celebrating Rotary's efforts to End Polio world wide. The council intends to recognize Rotary by declaring the week of October 23rd as World Polio Week in Lewisville. At the meeting the council is planning a short video dedicated to Rotary's End Polio efforts the past several years. Club Presidents Jeff Siebert and Steve Cox are asking as many members from both clubs as possible to be in council chambers at 7 PM on October 16th for the reading of the proclamation and the video. At the conclusion of the video, Rotary members will be excused. Club presidents Jeff and Steve have appointed a committee to host a joint celebration at a local pub. Watch this spot for details.
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Our Sept 21 Speaker, Tom Fairless discusses effective Home Security
We have been reading a lot lately about home invasions. While we live in safe cities with dedicated city police staffs and home security systems, the "devil" still believes they can knock down our doors and create havoc. So what should we do? Like every thing else good home security starts with a plan. This Thursday's speaker, Tom Fairless of Arch Angel Home Security, LLC will sharing a lot of great ideas for keeping your family safe.
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Dwayne Lee to speak about the Normandy Patriots at our Sept. 14th Meeting
We started this week solemnly honoring all those that died on September 11th in 2001 including our military, civilians and first responders. Today, we appropriately call Sept. 11th Patriots Day. Yet throughout our countries history we have honored our patriots. Not the least of which those patriots that died during the World War II allied invasion of Normandy. This weeks speaker Dwayne Lee fellow Rotary Member from Arlington Sunrise and professional photographer, will be sharing stories and images from the Normandy Memorial in France dedicated to those patriots that have allowed us to be the free country we are today.
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LMR's Satellite Rotary Club of Little Elm Sept. 9th Murder Mystery Fund Raiser a complete success!
The Sept 9, 2017 6:00 pm Murder Mystery in Maragitaland at Hula Hut in Little Elm was a huge success. We had over 160 sleuths in attendance trying to figure out who killed Jack Daniels. Congratulations to all the Little Elm Satellite Rotary Club members for making this event an excellent (hopefully annual) fund raiser. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary collecting items for Salvation Army to distribute to the 400 Evacuees already in Greater Lewisville
Our members are being asked to continue to support the Salvation Army who are aiding Hurricane Relief Evacuees now in the Lewisville area: Salvation Army of Lewisville is working to meet the needs of more than 400 evacuees staying in our area. Here's what they need: Members of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club, friends and neighbors are being asked to bring the items shown below to our 7 am Sept. 14th meeting at the CCA Community Room on 200 S. Mill St. in Lewisville. After the meeting, we will take the supplies to Salvation Army. Or, you could take them to the Lewisville Area Salvation Army collection area shown below.
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Our newest member Samba Sey inducted by DG Chris McLucas at our Aug 31st Meeting
Our newest member, Samba Sey had the unusual opportunity of being inducted by District 5790 Governor Chris McLucas at our August 31st meeting. Samba, an immigrant that hales from Nigeria is finishing up graduate school while working as an agent for New York Life Insurance group. He has not wasted any time becoming engaged in club activities. Last Saturday he volunteered along with 6 other members at the Vista Ridge Mall Blood Drive where he helped to recruit blood donors.
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Great news from our Global Grant partners about the TEACH Project
We are proud of the progress the Rotary Global Grant - India TEACH project has made. Lewisville Morning Rotary Club in partnership with Rotary Club of Nasik India is repurposing 10 schools in the tribal regions of India. A $39,300 project funded by The Rotary Club of Nasik, Lewisville Morning Rotary Club, Flower Mound Rotary Club, Lewisville Noon Rotary Club, Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary Club, District 5790 and 3030 District Designated Funds, and a Rotary International Matching Global Grant.
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Rotary District 5790 Assisting victims of Hurricane Harvey |
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Yes, you can teach Old Dogs new tricks
Our Speaker August 17th is Max Morley. Max is a fellow Rotary Member from the Denton RC. He has been teaching at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNT since 2012 and is currently serving on its Board of Advisors. He will be sharing the wonderful opportunities those of us over 50 have to continue to enrich and stimulate our minds at the OLL Institute whose campuses are in Denton, Robson Ranch and Frisco.
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Come join us for our 20th Anniversary Car Show Sept. 30th For additional information regarding our 20th Annual Car Show Contact LMR Car Show Information.
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Join us for the Red Carpet Welcome at Central ES Aug 28th
From Timi Winter, Assistant Principle at Central ES We are excited to welcome our students to an amazing year of learning! Central would be thrilled to have you join us at 7:15 on Monday, August 28th to help celebrate their arrival with our Red Carpetwelcome. Thank you for all that you do for our community and campus. Please RSVP here As you can see from the photo below, our members have been an integral part of this Red Carpet Welcome before. Lots of fun.  |
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Congratulations to Loving Community, Winner of the 2017 Rotary Non-Profit of the Year
The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club joined Cross Timbers Rotary Club, Flower Mound Rotary Club and the Lewiville Noon Rotary Club in sponsoring this years Lewisville Chamber of Commerce Unity in the Community Luncheon on August 25th at the Hilton Garden Inn. Bob, Frances, TJ, Sunny and I were in attendance this year. This was record year for the Unity of Community event that had the greatest turnout ever. JIm Mustain, CEO of Loving Community shown at podium
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The Rotary Club of Lewisville Morning receives prestigious RI Significant Achievement Award
Past District Governor Mary Ann McDuff made the surprising announcement this morning that the Lewisville Morning Rotary club had received the Rotary International Significant Achievement Award for it's monthly Household Hazardous Waste project. The award is a culmination of 18 years of service to the Lewisville residents. The project is the brainchild of Charter President Howard O'Neal and recently retired city of Lewisville services manager Lisa Weaver and has since been carried on by Project Chairman Todd Taylor. |
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Meet our newest member, Julie Wilson
The Rotary Club of Lewisville Morning inducted Julie Wilson at it's July 20th Thursday meeting, Julie is with Bankers Life & Casualty ready to serve you as your Insurance Agent and Financial Planner. Julie lives in Lewisville with her husband Troy and children Jessica, Eric, Tyler and Cecilia. Julie is shown in the photo with a Welcome New Rotarian Sign for her office. On her left is Immediate Past President Carolyn Wright and Current President, Jeff Siebert, DDS. Give her a call at Bankers Life and Casualty to congratulate her.
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Car Show Sponsorship's still available this week only. Sponsorship opportunities are listed below. For more information please contact Car Show Sponsor Chair. Lewisville Morning Rotary members that have been promoting car show sponsorship to local businesses are asked to submit the sponsor agreement information including business graphics to Tom Atchison or Terry Kasen no later than Sunday evening Sept 24th.
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Plan to attend the District 5790 Foundation, Membership & Public Image Extravaganza In Rotary, the month of July is Rotary Officers transition month. It is a time when each clubs Board of Director's confirm their annual strategic plans and appoint committee chairs and members. Each club will be appointing members to their Foundation Committee, their Membership Committee and their Public Image Committee. Think sturdy three legged stool on which the remainder of the clubs service and fund raisers committees rest in order to be successful. |
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The First Annual Denton County Rotary Clubs Night at Dr. Pepper Ballpark was hosted by Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Tuesday June 27th. The fun filled Area 10 Social Event was attended by Rotary members from several of our Clubs and their families Starting with all you can eat brats, hot dogs and soft drinks, a moving Star Spangled Banner prelude with Parachutist's landing with Flag themed chutes, a blow our All Star Game and ending with a great fire works show. Ever wonder how many hot dogs a 6'-7' German Exchange student can eat"  A lot of hot dogs and brats...somewhere north of double digits is all this writer will say.
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Our RYLA Students have Wonderful TimeThis year we sponsored two very special students, Henrik Thimm our clubs Rotary Youth Exchange Student and Haley Ivy a junior at Lewisville High School. Both will be speaking at our July 20th meeting and sharing their experience of RYLA.   As it happens, it will be Henrik's last day in Texas. On the afternoon of July 20th, Henrik will be returning home to Germany, So, our meeting will also be his Bon Voyage celebration. Before he leaves, Henrik will want to share some of his most memorable experiences here in the US. We for our part need to be ready to share some our most memorable moments with Henrik.
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Did You Know?
Did you know that Lewisville Morning Rotary has a Facebook page? Did you know if you "like" our page, club posts will will automatically appear on your wall? A great way to keep up with club happenings.. Did you know that sharing a Lewisville Morning Rotary Facebook page on your wall is an excellent way to share the activities of our club with your FB Peeps? It is a great way to educate the community about Rotary.
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Did You Know Club records such as Bi-Laws and BOD Minutes can be found with your ClubRunner Login?
At this time of year when we induct a new president and club officers that we become aware of the importance of maintaining good records throughout the year and sharing that information with the incoming board and anyone in the club that needs the information for their committee activity. In the old days, well not really old, somewhere between ink quill on parchment and typing, we would hand the incoming president and directors a box of records and wish them luck. In the modern digital age, we are able to store all that information electronically.
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Denton County Rotary Clubs Tickets are a Great Deal
Not only are the $20 tickets a great entertainment value with seats at an All Star Baseball game, unlimited brats, unlimited hot dogs and unlimited Dr. Pepper drinks, the Rough Rider organization will support End Polio Now with a donation. If the members of our Denton County Clubs purchase 50 to 99 tickets, they will donate $2/ticket sold. If our members purchase 100 to 199 tickets, Rough Riders will donate $3/ticket sold. If our members purchase 200-299 tickets, they will donate $4/ticket sold. If members purchase 300 or more tickets, they will donate $5/ticket sold. .png){kind=logo} That is a Home Run! Bring your family. Bring your friends and neighbors to share Rotary fellowship, have fun, see some great budding star baseball players and donate to End Polio as well. Order tickets now by clicking here. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary and Flower Mound Rotary join forces to honor Rotarian Howard O'Neal for his work on HHW
Today, the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club and the Flower Mound Rotary Club hatched a plot to honor Howard O'Neal the father of Lewisville Morning Rotary and current member of the Flower Mound Rotary Club.  In addition to being the charter President of the Lewisville Morning Club, Howard has been instrumental in working with the City of Lewisville to establish and organize a Household Hazardous Waste management program in Lewisville. The program started in 1999 with Lewisville Morning Rotary members volunteering quarterly to collect waste that residents should not be placing in their trash containers where it will end up in the landfill or our sewers. The program has grown to a monthly program where LMR members volunteer monthly. Howard has led us to serving approximately 20,000 vehicles and collecting 2 million pounds of materials on 144 collection days since it's inception.
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Just one day left for Purchase Tickets for Denton County Rotary Night at Dr. Pepper Ballpark.jpg) To order tickets, Click here Once you have ordered your tickets electronically, you will receive a call from the Rough Rider Ticket office to request your payment information. Once provided, you will receive an e-mail confirmation of your credit/debit card purchase. four or 5 days prior to game, the Rough Riders office will send you the ticket voucher as well as the Parking Pass. |
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The Rotary Club of Lewisville Morning invites all the Denton County Rotary Clubs for join us for Rotary Club Night at the Dr. Pepper Ballpark June 27th
Denton County Rotary Clubs members and their families are invited to join your fellow Lewisville Morning Rotary members for a giant social at the Dr. Pepper Ballpark Tuesday, June 27th. See below for details. Hover your pointer over the graphic below to let us know you will be joining us. .jpg) To order tickets, Click here Once you have ordered your tickets electronically, you will receive a call from the Rough Rider Ticket office to request your payment information. Once provided, you will receive an e-mail confirmation of your credit/debit card purchase. four or 5 days prior to game, the Rough Riders office will send you the ticket voucher as well as the Parking Pass. |
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June 3rd Polio Eradication Update
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Let's help Honor Flight Welcome our WW II Vets Home June 3rd.jpg) Unsure what Honor Flight does? Check out their website by clicking Honor Flight Logo below.  Website also has latest flight arrival information.
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So, what exactly is a Rotary Fellowship?
Rotary Fellowships are independent, social groups that share a common passion. Being part of a fellowship is a fun way to make friends around the world.In our club we have at least 4 members that are members of Rotary Fellowships. The most notable in our area is the Wine Fellowship. |
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Lisa Weaver to retire from the City of Lewisville
Household Hazardous Waste collection has been the premier service project for the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club for 20 years. This monthly service project is done in partnership with the City of Lewisville. That partnership was forged in large part through the efforts of Lisa Weaver who has worked closely with our Rotary members, city employees and city contractors to make this such a successful initiative. Lisa is retiring from the City of Lewisville this June. The city has arranged a special reception for Lisa at City Hall at 2 pm on Thursday, June 29th. Please plan to join our city leadership, employees and your fellow Rotary members at that reception to wish her well in retirement and thank her for the service she has provided the community.
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This week Lewisville Morning Rotary Club members attended graduation ceremonies for all the grades at Central ES. We congratulated all the students with perfect attendance and provided bikes to two winners from each class. According to Lindsay Henderson, Assistant Principal; "Thanks Lewisville Morning Rotary for supporting Central in countless ways, especially donating 14 bikes for our Perfect Attendance Lottery. It means the world to partner with you in keeping our students in school." All of our Rotary members are very proud of every student at Central." Our response to Ms Henderson? Thank you and the wonderful staff under Principle Devers leadership for your dedication to each and every one of the students in our adopted school.        |
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Central ES Perfect Attendance Awards WeekAt the end of every school year, the Rotary Club of Lewisville Morning recognizes those students at Central Elementary School with perfect attendance. Recognition takes place as follows;
.png) This year, we will be preparing the Goody-Bags at a Hot Dog picnic at the Pokorny home late Sunday afternoon (May 21 at 5 pm). Please plan to join us. Click here to let us know you will be there. You and family members can also volunteer to join us at on of the 6 perfect attendance celebrations at Central ES this week. Kinder click here. 1st grade click here, 2nd grade click here, 3rd grade click here, 4th grade click here and 5th grade click here. |
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The Rotary Satellite Club of Little Elm's 1st Fund Raiser a Success
Great impromptu meeting with District 5790 District Governor Elect Chris McLucas to support the Little Elm Rotary Club pancake breakfast. Rotary: Making A Difference From our Rotary Satellite Club of Little Elm Director Lori Krouskos, "" YAY!! Our first Little Elm Rotary fundraiser was a great success. Much appreciation to Ermer,Val and Bella's for this awesome opportunity and for all that volunteered and donated their time and treasures". # littlelembighearts |
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Congratulations to our Hebron High School Student of the Month
Congratulations to Kyle Buford selected by the Hebron High School Staff as the April Student of the Month. In addition to his outstanding academic achievements, Kyle was also selected as an All Conference football star this year his 1st year in football. He also has lettered 3 years in basketball. This fall he will be attending Princeton University. Shown here with his proud parents, our president Carolyn Wright and his Assistant Principle. Congratulations Kyle!
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Rotary Youth Leadership Awards are being Accepted
 We are now accepting applications for the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards camp to take place Jun 15-18, 2017 at Texas Womens University. For information packet and application materials click here. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary qualifies for the 2016-2017 Rotary International Presidential Citation
For the third year in a row our club has qualified for the prestigious Presidential Citation for achieving the strategic initiatives established by Rotary International. Less than 4% of the worlds 34,000 club achieve this honor. Thank you to Carolyn Wright and the Board of Directors for their leadership in helping our membership achieve this objective. And, most importantly, thank you to each and every one of our members for the work you have done, You truly are "Rotary Serving Humanity.
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Registration for the 2017 Saluting our Rotary Stars District Conference Closes May 5 The District 5790 Conference committee has a fantastic conference planned this year at DFW Marriott Salona in Westlake, TX from May 11th through 14th. The committee has created many conference attendance options from full conference, Friday only, Saturday only, Friday luncheon or just the Saturday Gala. Come celebrate the fantastic year our Rotary Club has had this year under Carolyn's leadership. Jeff Siebert completed this years District Awards submissions. He advises that the club completed 100% of the criteria in nearly every category, so he anticipates that the Lewisville Morning Rotary will be taking home several awards. So, we will have a lot to celebrate with our fellow Rotarians from 71 other District 5790 clubs.
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Saturday April 8th is Household Hazardous Waste Collection where 8 of our members will be spending their morning helping residents safely dispose of their Household Hazardous Waste. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Then several members will be working at ColorPalooza our 3 events for Family Fun at the Plaza Bring your family and join your friends and neighbors for some family fun. Click Read More to see the times your Rotary friends will be there.
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Meet new member Sunny Bhakta
 Sangita "Sunny" Bhakta joins the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club April 30th.She is a former member of the Lakeville Rotary Club in Minnesota. She joins our club as a well respected hospitality executive with 20 plus years of professional and managerial experience. Her bio reads like the whose who of hospitality management with 10 certifications to add to her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management. Come join us one Thursday morning and congratulate her on her accomplishments and welcome her to the Lewisville area.
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March 31st a Momentous Day at the Area 10 Membership Madness Luncheon
Say hello to our newest members of the Rotary family...  Friday was a very memorable day for members of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club and the Satellite Rotary Club of Little Elm sponsored by the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club. Our District Governor Mary Ann McDuff inducted 6 brand new members; Sunny Bharta as a member of Lewisville Morning Rotary and new Satellite Club members Lori Krouskos, Correne Fierro, Sandi Sabonis, Alicia Froidl and Paul Dorman, |
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Ross Paterson to speak April 8th
The Roots of the Millennial Problem (subtitle: Millennials are not the problem) This weeks meeting will include and inspirational presentation by fellow Rotary member Ross Paterson from the Golden Triangle Rotary Club. Ross is a leadership and performance expert in small business and non profit organizations. He enjoys working with business owners and non profit founders, unlocking their full potential and helping them achieve the business and impact of their dreams. Life is too short, don't just work, work on your significance and leave a legacy.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Club honors the March Hebron High School Student of the Month
Congratulations HSS Student of the Month "Luke" Deatherage. The Hebron High School Student of the Month for the month of March is Andre "Luke" Deatherage. Luke is a 16 year old Sophomore at HHS. According to principal Scot Finch Luke is always happy, pleasant and well mannered. Born in the Ukraine, Luke is active in the Boy Scouts where he will be soon starting his Eagle Scout project. His is also active in Circle of Friends and takes lessons in guitar and ukulele. His favorite subjects are Art, PE, Social Studies and Social Skills.
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The Satellite Club of Little Elm Sponsored by Lewisville Morning Rotary Elects Officers
On Thursday March 23, 2017 a formation group of Little Elm business leaders and citizens voted to seek status as the Rotary Satellite Club of Little Elm sponsored by the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club. At that same meeting they elected Chairman Lori Krouskos (right in photo), Vice Chair Person Claudia Stooksberry (left in photo) and Club Secretary Sandi Sabonis. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary recognizes Vocational Hero, HHS Special Ed Teacher Karen Cummings
On March 23rd, the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club honored Hebron High School Special Education Teacher Karen Cummings as our Teaching Vocational Hero. Rotary believes that Vocations are an opportunity to serve humanity. And, no one serves humanity more than our teachers, police officers and firemen. Consequently, Rotary clubs throughout District 5790 have been honoring the outstanding vocational hero's in our district. Karen was nominated by Hebron High School leadership for her outstanding dedication to the special needs children of Hebron High School. Karen is a graduate of the University of Texas in Dallas. She has been married to her husband Don for 36 years an has two daughters Lauren and Lindsey. Lewisville Morning Rotary has gotten to know Karen when she attends one of our meetings where we honor a Student of the Month from the Special Ed program. Clearly she has had an impact on these students and their families. Congratulations Hebron High School Vocational Hero, Karen Cummings!
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Global Grant for a Water Management Vocational Training Team has been submitted to The Rotary Foundation
The lack of water in the Tribal Regions of India has lead to extreme poverty among peoples that live in this part of the world. This is an area that suffers extreme rain during the monsoon season two months out of the year. But, experiences extreme arid conditions for the remaining 10 months. The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club and the Nasik Rotary Club is proposing a $33,000 Vocational Training Team Grant to study the best possible way to give these peoples a way of capturing the water received during the monsoon season and storing sufficient amounts to last the entire year. In addition, the team will study how to provide safe drinking water, water for hygienic needs, water for husbandry and plant growth and water for personal sanitation.
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Global Grant for TEACH Project is progressing
Your Rotary Foundation Donations at work... Lewisville Morning Rotary Club has partnered with the Rotary Club of Nasik in India to refurbish 10 schools in the tribal regions of India. This $39,300 project is funded by The Rotary Club of Nasik, Lewisville Morning Rotary Club, Flower Mound Rotary Club, Lewisville Noon Rotary Club, Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary Club, Districts 3030, 5790 and 5340 District Designated Funds and a Matching Global Grant from Rotary International. The project includes refurbishing schools with fresh paint and new rest room facilities, school room furniture, e-learning modules, solar panels to operate the modules, training of teachers and hundreds of volunteer hours to perform the above mentioned work this summer while schools are closed. The e-modules have arrived and training of trainers that will be working with teachers has begun. The sign at the left will be posted at each of the schools. As the project progresses, we will be sharing progress photo's and progress in this newsletter. Each of us can to be a Rotary Member, a Paul Harris Fellow. a Sustaining Member or a member of Every Rotarian Every Year.
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April 8th Chalk This Way Scholarship Art Competition supported by Lewisville Morning Rotary and Lakeside Art Foundation
The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club will be hosting 3 activities in Wayne Ferguson Plaza at this years April 8th ColorPalooza. The events include Kite decorating and flying competitions, Lego Building Competitions and Duck-or-Luck for valuable prizes. LMR will be awarding a scholarship to the winner of the high school chalk art competition hosted by Lakeside Arts Foundation & Chalk-this-Way. Come see the fabulous chalk art creations by LISD students competing for one of these scholarships at the April 8th ColorPalooza in Old Town Lewisville.
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Area 10 All Clubs meeting at Hilton Garden Inn on March 31st
Hi Folks, Details are being finalized for our "All Clubs Luncheon" set for Friday March 31,201 from 11:30 AM - 1 PM at the Hilton Garden Inn in Lewisville, Texas: 1) Our theme will be Membership Madness!! We have a special Guest Speaker coming from Utah that we feel that you will find to be Fun and Informative. You will not want to miss this!! 2) Thanks to a generous sponsor the special chef-prepared plated lunch cost will only be $15 per person. |
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LMR Flag Lease Program Subscription Drive
The 2017-2018 Flag Lease Subscription Drive is in full swing. This year we are offering two option tiers: Tier I Option - 6 Holidays that include * Independence Day * Labor Day * Patriot Day * Veterans Day * Memorial Day * Flag Day Tier II Option - 10 Holidays that include all the Tier I holidays plus * Columbus Day * Martin Luther King Day * Presidents Day * Peace Officers Memorial Day Click here to subscribe and see more details
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LMR Board of Directors Meeting Today (March 14th)!
6 PM to 7 PM
Lewisville Public Library, 1197 W Main St, Lewisville
All members are welcome - Please bring your laptops
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Advance Purchase of Kite Competition Kits and Duck-or-Luck Chances
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Family Fun on the Plaza - April 8th
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LMR is seeking Sponsors for it's Family Fun on the Plaza Event at ColorPalooza
The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club is hosting a Celebrating Spring with Family Fun on the Plaza Event in cooperation with the City of Lewisville's ColorPalooza Celebration on April 8th in "Old Town" Lewisville. Our Rotary Club is presenting 3 family fun events in which family members compete for prizes by creating, decorating and flying kites, building Lego Block Buildings designed by Discovery LegoLand professional model builders and participating in our Duck-or-Luck festivities. We are seeking a title sponsor, Kite Contest sponsors, Lego Contest Sponsors, Duck-or-Luck Sponsors and Friends of Rotary Sponsors.
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A Rotary International Thank You MessageMembers of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club graciously donate to the Rotary Foundation every quarter to support Rotary projects throughout the world including the TEACH Global Grant we are doing in India to improve literacy in 10 tribal region schools. The foundation also supported our dictionary project by matching our club funds dollar for dollar. Over 1000 local children benefited as a result of our Foundation donations and the hard work our members do on fund raisers such as the Car Show, the Pancake Breakfast and the ColorPalooza Rotary Events.
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The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club is organizing 3 events during the City of Lewisville ColorPalooza, A Celebration of Spring on April 8th in Old Town at the Wayne Ferguson Plaza. Volunteers are needed at each event. To sign-up, please place your pointer on the Duck and click.
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Congratulations to Magnificent Marauder Henrik Thimm
Our German Exchange Student Henrik is shown here with Alex Taylor volunteering at our Dictionary project.
This Thursday evening, the Exchange Student Henrik Thimm will be awarded the distinct honor of being a "Magnificent Marauder". To attain this award, students have to be nominated by a teacher for exceptional academic achievement, enthusiasm and perseverance.
As Henriks extended family here in the US, LMR members are encouraged to join host parents John & Marilyn at the Marcus High School Auditorium, 7 pm, Feb. 9th and congratulate him for this wonderful accomplishment.
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The March 2nd Evening of Morning Club Madness at Cobra Brewing Event has been Cancelled! Instead of the Evening Social, we are hosting our normal 7 AM Meeting at the CCA Community Room on 200 S. Mill St. in Lewisville
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Lewisville Morning Rotary to recognize LPD Officer Charlene Collins, Victim Liaison Officer at Jan 26th Meeting
Congratulations Officer Charlene Collins...
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A Memo from Carolyn President | Carolyn WrightDear Fellow Rotarians,
Happy New Year! Many has been informed that experts are predicting 2017 will be one of the best years on record. Gone are the doldrums of 2016, let the party of 2017 begin!
By now you have heard updates about several exciting upcoming developments and events. We are excited for the possibilities of a Satellite Rotary club in The Colony/ Castle Hills area. While members have expressed interest in starting a Satellite Club, at the initiative of District Governor MaryAnn McDuff, John and Marilyn Pokorny there has been some progress in making this a reality. (For those who have not heard of a satellite club its functions as a short-term, transitional step on the path to becoming a full, independent Rotary club. Satellite clubs give opportunities to people to join Rotary who may not be able to attend at the time the local club meets or who may want to be part of a different kind of club. Satellite clubs allow well established Rotary clubs to sponsor new opportunities in a locality.) We are looking forward to the upcoming Rotary social events at Cobra Brewery on March 2. We hope to introduce people to Rotary and what we do, and perhaps meet some new potential members. Mary Jones and John Pokorny have been working with Cobra Brewery to plan this event and make it a success. Also, we are excited and preparing for the departure of the Vocational Training Team to Nasik India. The VTT will travel in March. Let wish them a haughty and exciting Bon Voyage.
Soon to become your lame duck,
Carolyn Wright
Club President 2016-2017
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The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club inducts Two New MembersTwo new members were inducted at the January 19th meeting.
 Shown here with their sponsors are Frank Vaughan (John Pokorny, sponsor) and Raychell Polar (Carolyn Wright, sponsor)
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Members deliver over 1000 Dictionaries to LISD 3rd GradersIt has been a busy week for those Lewisville Morning Rotary Club members that volunteered to deliver dictionaries to 3rd graders in the 11 Title I elementary schools in Lewisville ISD.
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Archie Milton to speak at the January 26th Rotary Meeting
Archie Milton will be speaking about the ArSiMil Education Fpundation. The ArSiMil Education Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization with focus on music, arts, and education. It is founded by veteran music teachers and performers;Archie and Simonia Milton, who have a combined 95 years of teaching and performing experience.
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Brendan Fitzgerald name Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Student of the MonthCongratulations Brendan, January's Hebron High School Student of the Month
 Brendan Fitzgerald, shown here with LMR Club President Carolyn Wright and proud parents, Dr. John Fitzgerald and Joy Fitgerald
Brendan's achievements were recognized the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club's January 19th meeting at the Christian Community Action Community Room. Brendan is a Hebron High School Senior, currently ranked 3rd in his class.
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LMR has it's very first ML King Jr Holiday Flag Launch For the 1st time since our flag program was developed, we have begun launching flags on the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. Last fall, the club announced a tier two option which includes 4 additional holidays to the 6 in the tier one program. Those additional holiday include Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day, Peace Officer Memorial Day and Columbus Day. 58 of our subscribers took advantage of adding the additional holidays to their current subscription.Subscribers can take advantage of 2016 pricing if their sign-up for their 2017 subscription before Jan 31, 2016. Tier I pricing is $56, Tier II is $84. After Feb 1st prices increase to $64 Tier I and $96 Tier II. Click here to subscribe now.
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Gordon Roe is Back Home We all had a scare last week when Mary reported that long time Rotarian Gordon Roe was taken by ambulance to Medical City Lewisville after Patsy has found him in distress in the living room floor. Well fear no more, Gordon reports that after running a battery of tests that took two full days, they released him with a diagnosis of Acute Respiratory Infection. Gordon tells me that he is almost back to a normal schedule and that he is praising God for his return to good health. |
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A Busy Morning of Service for Lewisville Morning Rotary Members
Busy day of Service with our Lewisville Morning Rotary buds. Emptying 108 residents vehicles of their Household Hazardous Waste and prepping 1100 dictionaries for distribution to 3rd graders in 11 LISD title I schools. Great work by 12 of our members, our youth exchange student and 2 LHS Interact kids.
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Nancy Little PhD to speak at LMR Jan 19th Meeting
Based on the premise that our best years of living lay ahead, Dr. Nancy Little will provide guidance to reach your desired destination, despite potholes along the way. You will see memorable methods for packing, both what to take with you and what to leave behind. You will leave with a sense of rejuvenation, renewal, and resilience for your journey.
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Update on LMR's Rotary Youth Exchange Student Henrik
 For our club members he is simply Henrik. Henrik is shown here in an sponsors ad in the
Marcus Basketball "Pound the Rock" Basketball Program.
Henrick is a German Exchange student from Ulm, Germany. His host parents are Lewisville Morning Rotary members John & Marilyn Pokorny. Henrik hopes to experience as much of American culture as possible over his year long visit to Texas including of course american style basketball. Join his fan club and come to watch him play JV basketball for Marcus. See Schedule for game dates, times and locations.
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The Colony High School Interact Club is Stuffing Stockings for the Underserved
 Very proud of the Interact Students at The Colony High School for making Christmas
A little better for their under-served peers at TCHS.
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Tammy Ellis named Honorary Rotarian by the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Tammy Ellis and Lewisville Morning Rotary Youth Services Chair Heather Cicirello
According to the Rotary International Manual of Procedures, persons who have distinguished themselves by meritorious service in the furtherance of Rotary ideals and those persons considered friends of Rotary for their permanent support of Rotary’s cause may be elected to honorary membership. The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Board of Directors has voted to make Tammy an Honorary Rotarian for the fantastic work she has done for The Colony Interact Club and her many other contributions to the community and The Colony High School.
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Andrea Scott receives Vocational Excellence Award at Lewisville Morning Rotary Dec. 8th Meeting
 Congratulations Andrea
Andrea has been teaching Economics and Psychology at The Colony High School for 13 years. She was selected by the members of The Colony High School Interact Club because in their eyes she most exemplifies the criteria for the award that was defined by Rotary District 5790;
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Adam Halimi named Hebron High School December Student of the Month Congratulations Adam
Adam Halimi is the Hebron High School Senior Class President. As if that is not enough to keep him busy, he serves on the senior class board, is a Student Council Officer, National Honor Society member, the Art Club, the Tree Club and the Prom committee.
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Annual LMR Christmas Party at Fresco's  If you have not already told Mary Jones you and your spouse/guest are attending, please contact her immediately.
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Betty Bengo to Speak at Lewisville Morning Rotary 7 AM Dec 8th Meeting at the NCTC Flower Mound Campus
 Betty Bengo Serunjoji
Born and raised in Uganda, Betty is married to Peter Serunjoji. They have three(3) sons Peter, Joshua and Daniel, ages 10, 8 & 6 years respectively. A lawyer by profession, Betty will be speaking to us on the subject of Education for Girls in Uganda.
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Temporary Meeting Location Change for Lewisville Morning Rotary December 8th, 7 AM MeetingThe Lewisville Morning Rotary December 8th, Thursday morning meeting is temporarily relocated to the North Central Texas College Flower Mound Campus, Room 102 Lecture Hall. Buffet Breakfast will be served at 6:45 AM with meeting starting promptly at 7:00 AM. This change will apply to the December 8th meeting only.
North Central Texas College
Flower Mound Campus - Room 102 - Lecture Hall
1200 Parker Square
Flower Mound, TX 75028
There will be no morning meeting Dec. 15th the day of our Christmas Party. The December 22nd and 29th meetings are cancelled for the Christmas and New Years Holidays. Our next regularly scheduled meeting will be 7 AM, January 5, 2017 at the CCA Community Room.
We wish you a Very Merry Christmas
Have a very safe and Happy New Year
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The weather outside may be frightful, but Breakfast with Santa will be delightful in the Medical Center of Lewisville Theater Black Box Theater.
Due to anticipated inclement weather, the Breakfast with Santa, Dec. 3rd from 8 AM to Noon, has been moved from the MCL Grand Theater Courtyard to the MCL Grand Theater Black Box Theater. We look forward to seeing you there. You can purchase your tickets on-line by clicking green button.
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LMR Friends & Members have a great time ringing the bell for the Salvation Army Christmas Kettle
   Thank you to all the volunteers that came out to the Lewisville Sams Club Saturday November 26th to ring the bell for the Salvation Army annual Red Kettle drive. A Great time was had by all and as usual our Kettle over-flowith with donations from the generous customers leaving the store.
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Update on our TEACH Project with Rotary Club of NasikWith the financial approvals behind us, our host club in India is in the process of fully implementing the project. Teachers have been recruited and now the Rotary Club of Nasik is seeking volunteers to assist in implementing the various stages of the project.
 Thank you to all our Rotary partners for their financial support in achieving approval for this Global Grant
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Dr. Brent Wallace to speak at Dec 1st Lewisville Morning Rotary Meeting G. Brent Wallace, Ph.D. President/CEO North Central Texas Community College District
Dr. G. Brent Wallace assumed the duties of the 11th President of the North Central Texas College District in August 2014, after serving as the Vice President of Instruction and Chief Academic Officer for the North Central Texas Community College District.
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Karen McDaniels to speak at the Lewisville Morning Rotary Nov 10th
The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club has a long history of participating in service projects that improve or protect the environment such as our monthly Household Hazardous Waste project with the City of Lewisville. This week our speaker Karen McDaniels will be talking to us about one of her environmental endeavors that not only recycle trash but provide a means of income for the poor. Karen McDaniels worked in Southeast Asian and lived in Jakarta, Indonesia while working for a global company.
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Join us for Breakfast with Santa on Dec 3rd at the MCL Grand Courtyard Bring the kids to visit with Santa in the MCL Grand Theater Main Foyer
Then eat a delicious breakfast of pancakes and Sausage in the MCL Grand Theater Black Box Theater
Purchase tickets on-line here.
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Tickets available on-line
Click down arrow on left for adult or child then click "add to cart"
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Breakfast with Santa Committee announces Sponsorships The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club has several Event Sponsorship Opportunities.
Business Card Size ads are available for the place mats at $25. Place mats also have positions for 6x6 ads at $100.
The committee is also offering Banner Sponsorships - for more information contact Frances Al-Waely.
Place mat ads will be available for purchase on-line here.
Business Card Size ($25)
We will contact you for the graphic to be used.
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Mary Jones announces Telethon - Nov. 5 This will be fun...to sign up click anywhere on image
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City of Lewisville issues Proclamation Announcing End Polio Week In Lewisville
Mayor Rudy Durham issued a proclamation last week recognizing the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club, the Lewisville Noon Rotary Club and Rotary International for its work to raise awareness and over 35 million dollars annually to rid the world of Polio. In addition the week of Oct 23rd through Oct 30th was proclaimed End Polio Week in Lewisville.
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Our October Hebron High School Student of the Month - Emily TranCongratulations to our October Hebron High School Student of the Month, Emily Tran.
.jpg) Emily is a Senior. She is the daughter of Julie and Binn Tran. "She was nominated this month by Dale Rodgers, Architecture and Engineering Design Instructor at Hebron High school. Here is what Mr. Rodgers had to say about Emily. "Emily serves as the Technology Student Association President as well as participating in the HHS Band. She maintains excellent academic standing while challenging herself with rigorous schedule that includes AP courses."
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Members to support Read Around School at Central ES Click above image to register the time slot you wish to read
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 Fr. Raymond McDaniel
The pastor of the St. Phillip the Apostle Catholic Church in Lewisville, Fr. Raymond McDaniel will be our key speaker at this weeks Thursday morning breakfast meeting. Fr. McDaniel will be sharing his experience as a Rotary Scholar in the United Kingdom.
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A Report from the New Generations Committee
 Lewisville Morning Rotary members John & Marilyn Pokorny are anxiously awaiting the arrival of German Exchange Student Henrik Thimm. Henrik is pictured here with his dad Wolfgang during a recent SKYPE visit. We anticipate the finalization of all Henrik's travel documents this week and look forward to his arrival before school starts August 22nd. Henrik will be attending Marcus High School.
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A Report from the Membership Committee
The Rotary Membership Committee consisting of Co-Chair Brent Myers, Co-Chair Mary Jones, member Naomi Lewis, member Tom Atchison and member John Pokorny has been very busy developing this years growth and retention plans. We are evaluating a broad spectrum of ideas to grow our club to 40 members by June of 2017. Some ideas are long range requiring evaluation and time to implement. Others are very easy to implement. For example, we have identified some very specific vocations our club needs to round out our member profile.
For the remainder of August and all of September, we are encouraging all club members to identify and invite legal professional and or an accounting professional to one of our meetings. Members that bring someone from these professions will be awarded additional tickets to our weekly 50/50 raffle. These tickets will increase their odds of having the opportunity to draw the winning card from the deck that will give them 50% of the pot that has been building up these past few weeks from folks contributing to the 50/50 raffle.
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 Download our sponsor level flier by placing pointer and clicking on above image
All Completed Sponsor Forms and Art Work is due to Tom Atchison by September 9th.
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Register Now for District 5790 Foundation and Membership Seminar 2016 Foundation and Membership Seminar August 27, 2016 from 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM North Side Baptist Church 910 North Main Weatherford, TX Please plan to join Carolyn and the rest of the leadership team to learn some valuable tips in improving our game.
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Frank Hebb Receives Rotarian of the Year AwardCongratulations Frank!
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2016 Council on Legislation - Latest Changes Check our the latest changes to the Rotary Manual of Procedures as voted upon in the most recent Council of Legislation in the Essential Changes document below. |
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Meet our Newest Member Cody Kovach (L-R) LMR President John Pokorny, new member Cody Kovach and his sponsor Lori Krouskos
Say hello to our newest Rotarian Cody Kovach. Cody provides Financial Services.through Modern Woodman's. His office is in Old Town right above the Subway store. Get a sandwich and pay him a visit. Wonderful resource for your financial needs.
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Meet our May Student of the Month from Hebron High School 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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Blood Drives.jpg) 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.
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Join the fun at the District 5790 All-Clubs Conference in Arlington. TX on May 13 & 14
.png) .jpg) This years All-clubs Conference Celebration promises to be a fantastic Rotary event for the entire family.
In addition to 8 outstanding plenary sessions to celebrate our our achievements this past year we have 2 fine keynote speakers.
For the family we have everything Arlington, TX has to offer including 6 Flags, Globe Life Park, AT&T Stadium and several other terrific venues to entertain folks of all ages.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary is in the NewsDid you notice that the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club was in the news last week end?
to download your copy click below.
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Fantastic Lewisville Morning Rotary turnout for April 16 District Assembly
 Thanks to all in our club that gave up a Saturday to attend the great district training sessions at the Tarrnat County College in Fort Worth
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Gift Bags for UNT and TWU Students
Rotary has heart. Not every student that enters the University of North Texas or the Texas Womens University has a supportive family to encourage and support them through their college years. Some students are foster children eking out a college education by all means available. Yet they still need to know someone cares and is encourages them in their pursuits of a higher education.
The eight Rotary Clubs in Denton County (Area 11) have banded together to provide gift baskets or bags for 20 such students at UNT and 20 such students at TWU. Each club was assigned a different month . Lewisville Morning Rotary was assigned the month of April. At the April 14, 2016 Club Assembly club members will be asked to assemble these bags. We will be doing two things;
1. Writing Post Cards with notes of encouragement to each student
2. Inserting a $5 Starbucks Gift Card into a velvet gift bag
Please come to the April 14th Club Assembly meeting with 2-$5 Starbucks gift cards you have purchased or a $10 bill another member can use to purchase 2 cards. If members have ideas of other items we can give these young folks, we are open to more ideas. Just keep in mind that each bag has to contain exactly the same items for each of the 40 Students.
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Vocational Hero Recognition    Congratulations to our Vocational Hero's
The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club proudly recognizes and honors those members of our community whose professions are making a difference in peoples lives in the city of Lewisville. Congratulations Detective Kenney, Paramedic Barto, Staff Sgt McGarth & STEM Teacher Nardozza.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Honors Vocational Hero's   On March 31, 2016, at it's Thursday 7 AM meeting the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club will be recognizing 4 of Lewisville's community hero's whose vocations and actions have made a difference in the lives of the citizens of Lewisville.
As Rotarians, members are called to offer our vocational talents to provide opportunities and to work for the relief of the special needs and to improve the quality of life within the community they live. Also as Rotarians, we wish to raise up as a standard those members of our community that have demonstrated outstanding service to the community in their own chosen vocation.
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February Student of the MonthCongratulations Caitlyn Wise!
 Holding her Achievement Certificate is Caitlyn Wise, her mom and brother are to her right with HHS Principal Scot Finch and LMR President John Pokorny on the far right and far left respectively
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Host Families Needed for Inbound Summer Youth Exchange Students
 This year the district has 15 inbound your exchange students for students from multiple countries throughout the world.
Please read the information in this article to consider if your family might be interested in being a host family.
Interested Families should complete the form at this Host Family Application Link
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A Message from Yancy Yancy Spivey teaching kids abour dictionaries in 2013
Many of our Lewisville Morning Rotary members will remember fellow Rotarian Yancy Spivey. Yancy is now a Rotarian near his home where he lives in Oklahoma. Yancy and I recently shared new years greetings on LinkedIn. He is still bragging on his buds at LMR. See quote below...
"Miss you guys as well! Im always bragging on you guys as the hardest working Rotarians I've ever been associated with! Have a great New Year!"
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BOD approves nominations of 2 New MembersDuring the Month of December the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club approved the nomination of two new members applications.
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December 19 Salvation Army Bell Ringing ReportLewisville Morning Rotary Salvation Army Kettle Volunteers
 Chairman Steve Homeyer and a list of volunteers consisting of Frank Hebb, Howard O'Neal, Tom Atchison, George Gober, Naomi Lewis, Brent Myers, Cynthia Jaird, Marilyn Pokorny and John Pokorny helped the Salvation Army ring the Bell to encourage Sams Club shoppers to fill the kettle.
There are many stories that can be told which we experience when we ring for the Salvation Army. Steve Homeyer and I were still setting up when a lady pulled up in her car.
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December 12, 2015 Blood Drive ResultsA Message from Susan Holt of Carter Blood Care
On behalf of Carter BloodCare I want to thank you and your Rotary Club members that gave of their time on Saturday to help others.
We collected 47 pints of blood; 21 deferrals; 1 QNS (Quantity Not Sufficient). We exceeded our projection by 17 pints. Thank you so much!
   A Whole Bunch of Lewisville Area Community Members being a Gift to the World
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December Student of the MonthCongratulations Mathew Cha - Hebron High School Student of the Month
 Student of the Month, Matthew Cha with Principal Scot Finch, mother Dr. Cha, LMR President John Pokorny, Matthew & father, Dr. Cha
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Breakfast with Santa On 5 December 2015 members of Lewisville Morning Rotary along with members of the Lewisville Noon Rotary, Hebron High School Interact, Lewisville High School Interact, and Central Elementary EarlyAct Clubs served approximately 500 breakfasts of pancakes and sausage followed by another 100 hot dogs for lunch at the annual Breakfast with Santa event held to kick off the Holiday Stroll.
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New Member InductionWelcome our Newest Members
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Event Sponsors Needed for Pancakes with SantaWe are seeking event Sponsors
Lewisville Morning and Noon Rotary Clubs are hosting this years Pancakes with Santa in conjunction with the Old Town Holiday Stroll
 Our Rotary Clubs are hosting Santa for all the Lewisville Area children to visit during our Pancake Breakfast prior to the Holiday Stroll Parade at noon on December 5, 2015
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November Student of the MonthCongratulations Christian!
Hebron High School Student of the Month
 Pictured here with HHS Assistant Principal, Christian, LMR President, school advisers and family members.
At our November 12th meeting we honored Christian Villatoro the Student of the Month from Hebron HS.
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Bringing Guests to our Weekly Meetings - Wk 4 of our Membership Challenge  What do these two Charter Members of the Lewisville Morning Rotary have in common?
They know how to network effectively.
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There is a new Banker in Old Town Heather Cicirello, VP @ Commercial Bank of Texas
Come join us for breakfast Thursday morning at 7 AM. Our speaker is Heather Cicirello, Vice President of the Commercial Bank of Texas will be speaking about her career as a banker. Her office is in the bright shiny new building directly across from the CCA Main Office where we meet every Thursday morning.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary hosts Fifth Annual Flag Ceremony in MCL Grand Court YardLewisville Morning Rotary honors our flag and Celebrates our Veterans
.jpg) Shown here is a collage of photo's from past years events
HONORING OUR VETERANS
The Lewisville Morning Rotary will conduct its fifth Annual U.S. Flag Retirement Ceremony and Veterans Recognition program. John Pokorny, Club President said, the public is encouraged to join us at 11 a.m. on November 7 in the Courtyard at the Medical Center of Lewisville.
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Dr. Will Powers to speak at Lewisville Morning Rotary Dr. Will Powers
Dr. Powers will be speaking to the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club this Thursday at it's weekly 7 am meeting in the CCA Community Room. His subject is "Minimizing Misunderstandings".
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October Student of the MonthCongratulations Emmanuel Hurtado, from Hebron High School
selected as the
Lewisville Morning Rotary October Student of the Month
 Shown here left to right is LMR President John Pokorny, Emanuel Hurtado, his mother Carmen and HSS Principal Scot Finch
Emanuel is in the top 3% of his class with at GPA of 3.95. He has achieved this ranking while taking mostly advanced placement courses at Hebron High School. Emanuel is an National Honor Society student, a Junior Statesman of America member and most impressively he assists in building homes with Habitat for Humanity. He is currently working with his church youth group to build a home for recovering drug addicts.
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Councilman TJ Gilmore to speak at Lewisville Morning RotaryCouncilman TJ Gilmore to speak at the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Oct. 22, 2015
 TJ Gilmore
Lewisville GO Bond Election
The City of Lewisville Councilman, Place 3 will be discussing the 2015 Bond Election initiatives.
Our meetings are held at the Christian Community Action Community Room on 200 S. Mill in Old Town at 7 AM.
Visitors are welcome to join us for breakfast, fellowship and some great presentations.
In addition to TJ, Hebron High School Principal Scot Finch will be presenting the Hebron High School October Student of the Month Emanuel Hurtauto.
We are looking forward to Thursday's meeting and it's brilliant presenters.
We may even see if we can arrange some pumpkin-spice flavored bacon just for TJ.
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EarlyAct Club Chartered at Central ES
First EarlyAct Club in Rotary International District 5790 Chartered
by the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club
 29 - 5th Graders at Central Elementary School Students were inducted into the EarlyAct Club of Central Elementary School by district 5790 District Governor Troy Secord on October 8, 2015.
EarlyAct is a program sponsored by the Rotarians at Lewisville Morning Rotary that will provide students opportunities to participate in active citizenship in a culturally diverse democratic society with an interdependent world.
The EarlyAct Club of Central Elementary School is the first club chartered EarlyAct Club in District 5790. The EarlyAct movement started in Great Brittain and later spread to Florida and New Jersey. There are few EarlyAct Clubs in south and central Texas Districts. We are hopeful that this club will be the first of several in our district.
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STEM Initiative at Cental ESAnother Fantastic Opportunity for Local Area Rotarians to Serve
.jpg) November 10, 11 & 12 Rotarians from Lewisville Morning, Lewisville Noon and Flower Mound Rotary are participating in the Spring STEM Initiative at Central ES. We are supporting this initiative in partnership with Christian Community Action and the Frisco Science Discovery Museum. Rotarians will be called upon to assist students with the hands-on science experiments such as the bike-generator our club, Flower Mound and Lewisville Noon Rotary Clubs donated. You may register directly through club runner by Clicking Here
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Fond Memories of a Great Car Show2015 Lewisville Morning Rotary Western Days Car Show
Thanks to all the Participants and Visitors
 Many thanks to our partners in this ventures Memory Lanes
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18th Annual Lewisville Morning Rotary Car Show - Sept 26, 2015Calling All Cars!...Calling All Cars!
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Are Requested to Join the Lewisville Western Days Car Show at Main & Mill in Old Town Lewisville
On September 26, 2015 from 1:00 PM to 6 PM
Compete for over 40 Awards including Mayors Choice, Rotary Choice and Best of Show
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LMR Rotarians among the Red Carpet Greeters at Central ESIf you missed the Red Carpet Event at Central ES Monday you missed the fun
   This was a great event with Rotarians from our club, noon club and FMR
The kids and parents loved it and so did we. Well, except for the kindergartners, & pre-Ks...not sure they were as excited as the rest of us.
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District 5790 Foundation and Membership SeminarSix LMR members spent a portion Saturday, 22 August 2015, at the 2015 District Foundation and Membership Seminar at the Northwest Campus of Tarrant County Community College in Fort Worth. We heard several moving talks from RI Vice President Greg Podd on the subjects of membership and the Foundation. We also had the opportunity to sit in on several breakout sessions. We set up a booth soliciting other club involvement in our global grant project with the Nasik, India, TEACH project. We also received formal notification of our district grant for dictionaries.
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September 12 is our next Monthly Household Hazardous Waste ProjectMonthly Household Hazardous Waste Project
On Saturday, September 12, 2015, members of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club and the City of Lewisville will host our next monthly Household Hazardous Waste collection project.
 On August 8 Lewisville Morning Rotarians and City of Lewisville employees collected and processed the waste of 99+ residents at the City of Lewisville Convenience Center.
Please contact Todd Taylor (ttaylor280@gmail.com) to let him know you will be Volunteering at the September 12 event.
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Car Show Video
Lewisville Morning Rotary Hosts 18th Annual Car Show At the Lewisville Western Days at Western Days on September 26, 2015
Check out our 2014 Car Show video click below...
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2015 Lewisville Morning Rotary Western Days Car Show Plans2015 Car Show Planning Video
All Lewisville Morning Rotary Members are asked to review this video carefully. The success of this years event starts with sales of Sponsorships for the various Car Show Awards Categories. The more sponsorships we sell, the less dependent we are on weather conditions. We will distributing the sponsor sign up forms at the July 30th Meeting. Please support your team leaders, Watch the video to the end to see what team you will be supporting.
The list of sponsorship pricing shown in video was a proposed list when Tom made his presentation at our Club Assembly. Sponsorships will start at $1,500 an go as low as $25 for Friends of Rotary
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News Coverage of District 5790 Wichita Falls ConferenceCheck our what Wichita Falls Channel 3 had to say about Rotary
If you watch closely, you will see Lewisville Morning Rotarian Bob Troyer preparing a weekend "backpack" sack for a child in the 12 county Wichita Falls area that would not otherwise have quality food choices to get them through the week end. Bob will be joining fellow Lewisville Morning Rotarians on July 11 for Household Hazardous Waste collection and July 25th for CCA Pantry duty our local Lewisville area service projects.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Awarded Medium Size Club of the Year At this years District Conference in Wichita Falls, Lewisville Morning Rotary Club received several awards recognizing it's accomplishments this past year.
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2015 Flag Program.jpg) Memorial Day was our 1st "Flag Program"Holiday of the year. Flag Day (14 June) was the second. On Independacne Day (July 14) we put out 270 flags. We have almost 100 new flag subscriptions. Many kudos' to Brent Myers and Bob Shell who busted their backsides to get the sleeves installed for these new flag locations.
Renewals of flag subscriptions are lagging behind with over 40 residents that have yet to renew their subscriptions. It is not to late for them. They can renew at a prorated rate for the last three holidays.
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. Online registration for renewals is always available on our website.
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Join us for the District Conference in Wichita FallsDistrict Conference this year is June 26 & 27, 2015 in Wichita Falls
 All club members are encouraged to attend. Great Speakers, a visit to Sheppard Air Force Base and much more.
Visit the district webpage for more information at 2015 District Conference.
This is a great opportunity for fellowship with Rotarians from throughout District 5790
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Another Successful Household Hazardous Waste Saturday Lewisville Morning Rotarians and members of the Lewisville City staff served over 90 residents last Saturday (May 9, 2014)
It was a very busy day for Lewisville Morning Rotary members. Some of whom did double duty setting up the Chalk This Way Art Auction, Eight of us served at Household Hazardous Waste for this monthly Service Project.
Thanks to our Godfather of Household Hazardous Waste Howard O'Neal for organizing this event month after month. This month he was assisted by Mary Hanley-Jones, Todd Taylor, Frank Hebb, George Gober & Dean Davis.
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Our Progress Towards our 2014-2015 GoalsWe have completed 3/4 of the current Rotary Year. Every year clubs are challenged to set Goals and track their progress towards those goals. Our 3rd Quarter Report is below. We are having a fantastic year. Where do we need to improve for the next 3 months for the year to be a complete success? 3 words! Membership, Membership, Membership. Okay, no one said they were 3 different words. Our goal was to have 31 members by June 30, 2015. As of today, our club has 28 members. Everyone needs to embrace the challenge to interest more community business owners, professionals, managers and community leaders to join our club. Share with your neighbors and friends why you love Rotary. invite them for breakfast. Consider setting a goal for yourself to bring at least 3 guests to our meeting in the next 3 months.
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March 28 Blood Drive a SuccessThank You to all Rotarians that came to Vista Ridge Mall in support of the Blood Drive
An update of the blood drive status will be provided at next meeting.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary hosts Area 12 Mixer at Cobra Brewery 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
Cobra Brewery is at 146 Whatley Ave in Lewisville
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The City of Lewisville to declare March 16 as Lewisville Rotary DayWe had a fantastic turnout at both clubs for the Lewisville Rotary Declaration at City Hall March 16, 2015
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Service Above Self Opportunities at Central ESCentral ES has some great volunteer opportunities for Rotarians.
 Scholar Saturdays
Committed teachers and volunteers welcomed third, fourth, and fifth grade students who showed up ready to learn. Scholar Saturdays will take place in February and throughout most of March and April from 8am to 11am. Interested volunteers should contact Dr, Jaird.
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Support Melissa Troyer Rowe as she Raises Money to Eradicate PolioMelissa 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 raise money 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 clicking here.
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LMR Board of Directors Approves Website Sponsorship AdsDuring the Jan 20th Board of Directors meeting, the board approved a 6 month trial of the sale and placement of Website & e-Bulletin Sponsorship ads to help defray the cost of our website. The following criteria is established:
1. Sponsorships will be sold at a cost of $25 per month per advertisement
2. No more than 4 advertisements in addition to the Clubruuner sponsored ads will be sold
3. Trial will take place starting in February and the Board of Directors will review program again after 6 months at the August meeting.
Sale of the ads will be managed by John Pokorny including sales, invoicing and posting of ads once funds are received.
Members are encouraged to announce the sale of sponsorships to community business organizations, their employers and their businesses. Please direct all interested parties to John Pokorny at pokornyja@gmail.com or 817-505-7075
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Lewisville Morning Rotarians serve 67 Families at CCA PantryOn Saturday, January 24th Lewisville Morning Rotarians and 11 National Honor Society Students from Hebron High School served at the the CCA Pantry in Lewisville, TX.
 Christian Community Action (CCA) has a volunteer run pantry for over 300 needy Lewisville Area residents (Angels). Angels receive vouchers were they can shop at the CCA Pantry once a week for their food and household product needs.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Serves 80 families at Jan 10 HHWThe Lewisville Morning Rotary Club serves the Lewisville community on the 2nd Saturday of every month by volunteering to remove Household Hazardous Waste from community member vehicles, sorting the waste and preparing it to be shipped to recyclers and EPA compliant disposal companies. On Saturday, January 10, 2015, we emptied over 80 vehicles at the Lewisville Convenience Center on Jones Road. The weather was extremely cold, but our members got it done.
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LMR Summer Scholarship recipient Admitted into Stanford.jpg) Many of our members will recall that in 2012 we awarded a $550 scholarship to a Lewisville High School student so that she could attend a special College summer school program at Stanford University. That student is Angela Umeh. Today, we learned the exciting news that she has been admitted to this fall's freshman class at Stanford University. See below, her memo to our club members. |
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Annual Christmas Party at the Schells2014 Christmas Party
 .jpg)  A good time was had by all at our Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Christmas Party December 11. Lots of food and laughs. The Elvis guitar filled with popcorn once again showed up as a white elephant gift. We also collected gifts for CCA. Howard tells us he still is trying to stand up straight after squatting to whisper something in Santa's ear. Hope he gets what he asked for...
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Flag ProgramThe Lewisville Morning Rotary Spring Flag Program Drive It is not to early to Subscribe for your Flag Today for the 2015 Holidays! Save $2 if you subscribe before December 31, 2014 The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club invites you to join your friends and neighbors in the Greater Lewisville area by displaying the American Flag on the following six major holidays: * Memorial Day * Flag Day * Independence Day * Labor Day * Patriot Day * Veterans Day
Subscribe for a flag at the curb of your home
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Adoption Awarenes Picnic at Ryan ESAt our September 4th meeting our Speaker, April Cain from Denton Rotary shared the Denton Rotary Club's vision for our a Southern Denton County Adoption Awareness Picnic. Denton Rotary invited us to help.
Thanks for your help with this project.
Your donations were greatly appreciated
April
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Dictionary ProjectWe have started this years Dictionary Project for the 11 title one schools in the Lewisville Independent School District.
 We have purchased and labeled over 1000 student dictionaries an Spanish translation dictionaries.
We have distribution Scheduled for October 30th, November 4th, November 6th and November 13th. Please check the sign up sheet below to confirm your volunteer dates and times.
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LMR Members attend Honor Flight Reception It was a pleasure and honor to go to DFW Saturday night to welcome the veterans home from DC. A picture in American patriotic spirit from babies in red, white, and blue to color guard, Anchors Away on a boom box, and very happy, smiling faces on the proud returnees. You could tell they had been on a special journey.
Lewisville Morning Rotary members Terry Kasen, Bob Schell & Mary Jones have been instrumental in coordinating Honor Flights for WW II Veterans.
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LMR Board of Directors approves Pancake Raiser in Conjunction with Dec. 6th Holiday ParadeThis will be a rather than purely a pancake breakfast. The pancake brealfast part will begin at 9 AM and transition to a. The breakfast/breakfast will be served in the MCL Grand. The Lewisville Morning Rotarians will be promoting sponsorships for the event and of course preparing and serving the food.
This event will replace the Steak and Show event that was held in January last year. Club members look forward to serving community members in this way at the start of a new holiday season.
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16 Rotarians from District 5790 traveling to Dominican Republic to distribute Wheelchairs16 Rotarians from District 5790 will be traveling to the Dominican Republic on Wednesday to help distribute Wheel Chairs on a Global Grant with District 4060 and District 5370. Will be posting pictures as our trip progresses about how we are Making a Difference.
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Club announces participation in CCA Youth in Motion STEM Initiative at Central ES the week of October 6, 2014Lewisville Morning Rotary will be joining fellow Rotarians from Flower Mound Rotary, Lewisville Noon Rotary and Highland Village Rotary to work with over 900 Central Elementary School students on October 7, 8 & 9th. The students will be learning how to generate electricity using a bicycle with a generator attached to it. the electricity they generate will be used to drive a mini race car set, light various kinds of light bulbs and run a blower to push a ball up a clear glass tube. Students will see how peddling faster and harder will push the ball up the tube or make the bulb grow brighter. |
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About our incoming RI President GARY C.K. HUANGPRESIDENT 2014-15, ROTARY CLUB OF TAIPEITAIWANClick on news item title for full article. |
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Austin Rotarians light the way to a better future
Replacing dangerous kerosene lamps with solar lights in rural homes without access to electricity.
As a member of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club, known of its commitment to the environment, we appreciate the efforts of our fellow Rotarians in Austin. Click on news item title for full article. |
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RISE OF THE FEMALE HONDURAN ENTREPRENEURRotary assists members of the Santa Catarina Assembly establish micro loans in Hondours. Click on news item title for full article... |
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District 5790 Recognizes Lewisville Morning RotaryLewisville Morning Rotary was recognized at the District 5790 Conference
Outstanding Club of the Year for Medium Sized Clubs - Todd Taylor President 1st place for Vocational Service among Medium Sized Clubs - Bob Troyer Chair 1st Place for Foundation among Medium Sized Clubs - John Pokorny Chair 1st place Area 12 Blood Drive Challenge with (H.V., F.M., and L.N.)
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Rotary Peace Fellowship letter announced
District 2452 has released a Rotary Peace Fellowship newsletter for their district. Please read to learn more about the fellowship and how to apply if you are coming from Armenia, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, UAE, or Sudan.
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Second Annual Backstage Dinner and ConcertDid You Miss it? Lewisville Morning Rotary held its 2nd Annual Backstage Dinner & Concert at the MCL Grand Theater in Oldtown Lewisville
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2013-2014 Lewisville Morning Rotary Blood DriveCome help us recruit the community to Give Blood at our January Blood Drive at Vista Ridge Mall (Ground Floor near Macy's). We just need an hour of your time to be available in the mall to advise shoppers of the opportunity to Give the Gift of Life. Carter provides all the materials. Go to LMR Blood Drive to register. Please state your preferred time in the comments section. You can always give blood yourself at the Carter Blood Center Donor Center in Lewisville at 1565 W. Main, Suite 475 at Old Orchard & Garden Ridge in Lewisville, TX. Call 972-219-1666 to make an appointment.
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Hebron HS December Student of the Month______________________________________________ Lewisville Morning Rotary Recognizes Hebron High School December Student of the Month
December Student of the Month Will Rieger Hebron High School Assistant Principal Ben Stroud said the following about Will when he nominated him for Student of the Month:
Lewisville Morning Rotary is proud to have Will Rieger as our December Student of the Month |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Gives out 125 Dictionaries to 3rd Graders at Central Elementary SchoolNine Lewisville Morning Rotarians participated in distributing dictionaries at our Adopted school, Central Elementary School. In addition, to the dictionaries distributed at Central, the club is distributing dictionaries to 3rd graders at nine other elementary schools throughout the Lewisville Independent School District |
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Rotary helps Pakistan Battle Polio and It's Peoples Trust
New York Times writer Donald G. Nigel informs the world about the ongoing battle against polio, rumors & mistrust about polio vaccination in Pakistan. In his story he shares how the country has turned the corner thanks to the persistance of Rotary International,WHO & the Gates Foundation. See entire article at Pakistan Battles Polio and It's Peoples Trust
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District 5790 Recognizes Lewisville Morning RotaryLewisville Morning Rotary was recognized at the District 5790 Conference
1st place for Vocational Service among Medium Sized Clubs - Bob Troyer Chair 2nd place for Club Service among medium sized clubs - Brad Buesing Chair 2nd place for Community Service among medium sized clubs - Marilyn Pokorny Chair 3rd place for Foundation activities among medium sized clubs - John Pokorny Chair 3rd place for International Service among medium sized clubs - Gordon Roe Chair 1st place Area 12 Blood Drive Challenge with (H.V., F.M., and L.N.) Rotary International - Presidential Citation Blue Bonnet Society Grant
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Tree Planting Ceremony
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Champions of Change
Today, twelve U.S. Rotarians will be honored by the White House as Champions of Change for the extraordinary actions they have taken to positively change communities locally and internationally.
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Polio Now News report from Pakistan |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary gives Dictionaries to 3rd Graders at 10 LISD Elementary SchoolsThe Dictionary Project of LMRC
This year we are expanding our LMRC dictionary distribution to 3rd graders in the Lewisville Independent School District (LISD) from four to ten schools. We will be placing approximately 900 dictionaries in the hands of 3rd graders at Central, Independence, Lakeland, Vickery, B. B. Owen, College Street, Creekside, Degan, Ethridge, and Garden Ridge Elementary Schools. In addition we will be giving the third grade teachers and libraries at each school copies of both the English and English/Spanish dictionaries if they have not previously received them.
The “dictionaries for 3rd graders” has been a project of our club and other clubs in the district and nation for a number of years. As indicated earlier we are expanding our distribution to include 10 elementary schools in the LISD this year from four last year. We give out both English (for English only students) and English/Spanish (for ESL students). The dictionaries become the property of the students and they are encouraged to take them home to share with their families. To fund this project, we applied for and relieved a district matching grant which we matched Rotary International Funds with club funds earned through fund raising activities such as the Backstage BBQ Bash to enable us to purchase the required number of books to supply the ten schools from The Dictionary Project, a national organization whose sole purpose is to put dictionaries into the hands of 3rd graders around the country.
We hand the dictionaries to the students individually and have them put their names in them immediately so they will know they are theirs. During the presentation we give some info about Rotary (usually having them look up the word in their new dictionary) and also have the students look at several interesting things (e.g. the longest word in the English language).
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Nigeria polio vaccinators shot dead in Kano
Nine female polio vaccinators have been killed in two shootings at health centres in northern Nigeria, police have told the BBC.
In the first attack in Kano the polio vaccinators were shot dead by gunmen who drove up on a motor tricycle. Thirty minutes later gunmen targeted a clinic outside Kano city as the vaccinators prepared to start work. |
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Lewisville Rotary helps District 5790 Welcome RI President Elect Ron BurtonLewisville Morning Rotary Helps to Welcome RI President Elect Ron Burton to NorthTexas
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Saturday Feb 2, 2013, Lewisville Morning Rotary members Tom Acthison, Todd Taylor, John Pokorny and Marilyn Pokorny helped to Rotary District 5790 welcome RI President Elect Ron Burton to Texas at the Rotary Has Heart Foundation Banquet. Ron, a native of Norman Oklahoma could talk "Texan" as he presented an energetic case for doing more. Inviting more business members & residents to join Rotary. He also noted we need to get our "ask" in gear to obtain more donations to the Rotary Foundation.
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CCA Pantry Project.
Lewisville Morning Rotarians serve at CCA Pantry
Jan 26, 2013
 Come join your fellow Rotarians to serve at the CCA Pantry Saturday, Jan. 26th from 8:45 AM until Noon
Register your attendance at CCA Pantry Event Registration
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Volunteer Ushers Needed at MCL GrandContact Jim Wear at jwear XSR: Die! (Black and White comic murder mystery by Pegasus Theatre) Date: Show Time: # Ushers Needed January 24 8:00 PM 4 January 25 8:00 PM 4 January 26 3:00 PM 4 January 26 8:00 PM 4 January 27 3:00 PM 4 Texas Non-profit Theatre Festival Date: Show Time: # Ushers Needed February 2 2:00 PM 4 Simple Sparrow Dance Company Concert Date: Show time: # Ushers Needed February 8 7:30 PM 2 Texas Tunes Concert: Amanda Shires Date: Show time: # Ushers Needed February 9 7:30 PM 4 Our Productions Theatre Company Gala Date: Show time: # Ushers Needed Feb. 14 7:30 PM 2 Feb. 15 7:30 PM 2 Feb 16 2:00 PM 2 Feb 16 7:30 PM 2 |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Recognizes Genevieve Korst as Decembers's Hebron High School Student of the Month Lewisville Morning Rotary Recognizes Genevieve Korst as
Hebron High School Student of the Month
Genevieve Korst stands out as an outstanding young lady in academics and moral principles. As her AP Chemistry Teacher, I have seen many examples of her talent and have been impressed by her diligence and work ethic. . In order to achieve the highest grades and my deepest respect, she has demonstrated outstanding leadership and maintained a clear sense of purpose. Genevieve’s strong work ethic coupled with a highly industrious nature has resulted directly from the hard work and support of a very strong, loving family. In high school, Genevieve has been very active in the school theater productions, many church activities, student council, national honor society, and circle of friends. Genevieve has outstanding organizational skills. She is able to successfully complete multiple tasks with favorable results.
Genevieve plans on majoring in neuroscience and hopefully become a pediatric surgeon.
Recommendation was written by Gale Hunt, teacher of Hebron High School.
Congratulations Genevieve!
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Retired Teacher discusses Polio Immunization Experience in Nigeria
View Chicago TV news story End Polio Now
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Millennium Generation
This morning we had a Rotary Minute where Rob encouraged us to think differently about ways to encourage membership from the younger generation. Following that thought the following article should get our thought juices flowing Youth in Service Organizations
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The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Members participate in the 2012 Lewisville Christmas ParadeThe Lewisville Morning Rotary Club Members participate in the 2012 Lewisville Christmas Parade
The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club and the Medical Center of Lewisville sponsored a float commemorating the story the Grinch that Stole Christmas. Our Grinch (Member Brad Buesing) rode the sleigh with his daughter Addy & Sam (Bob Troyers dog Pickles).
 Participating in the parade was a Family Day with Rotarian's and their family members participating by building the float and then riding along and passing out candy along the route to the crowd along the parade route. So, we celebrated Rotary Family month too.
Check out our Parade photo album at LMR in Pictures link Christmas Parade Photo Album
This years Rotary theme is Peace through Service. Our float commemorates "Peace on Earth and Let no Grinches Be"
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Central Elementary Students of the MonthCentral Elementary School Students of the Month for November Recognized at the November 29th Meeting
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Rotary District 5790 Holds 1st Annual Peace SymposiumCultivating Justice, Non Violence and Well BeingRotary District 5790 held it's 1st Annual Peace Symposium Saturday, December 1st at the Tarrant County Community College - Trinity River Campus. Throughout the world and right here in our own neighborhoods Rotarians provide a variety of humanitarian services. These acts of kindness actually impact world peace. Rotarians throughout our district heard stimulating discussions connecting efforts to address critical issues of the day to the goal of building sustainable peace. Several organizations provide humanitarian assistance locally and throughout the world who will had displays of their projects. Clubs throughout our district used the opportunity to consider how they can partner with these organizations. To visit all of the presentations delivered at the symposium go to link at Rotary Peace Forum Page |
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Helping Victims of Hurricane SandyHurricane Sandy decimated the coastal areas of New York & New Jersey. Our heart aches for our friends & fellow countrymen whose property was in harms way. Marilyn & I lived in New Jersey for six years and have fond memories of our trips to the NJ shore. We are only now hearing the extent of the damage and devastation to the families living in that area. How can you help? As usual, Rotary is on the forefront of efforts to aid these folks. Click on link to Rotary Aides Hurricane Sandy Victems You can help by volunteering to coordinate local donations to be sent to the NY/NJ Area clubs. Contact Tom Achison to let him know you want to help. Sincerely John & Marilyn Pokorny |
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International Project - Emergency Generator for Immaculate Hospital, Uresella, Imo, NigeriaLewisville Morning Rotary is preparing a TRF grant request to purchase a 45 kW emergency Generator for a 30 bed hospital in Uresella, Imo, Nigeria.
The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club and it's members have always been very generous in supporting The Rotary Foundation (TRF). We have a proud heritage of giving financially. We are among the top 5 clubs in our district on a dollars per member basis. Our strategic plan calls for being 100% Paul Harris Fellows by the 2015 Rotary Year. As of today, 78% of our membership has given over $1000 to the Rotary Foundation.
Why do we give? We give because we are humanitarians that support the Foundations six a six areas of focus. Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution, Disease Prevention and Treatment, Water and Sanitation, Maternal and Child Health, Basic Education and Literacy, Economic and Community Development.
Our club members have shared the joy of giving dictionaries to 3rd graders in 10 elementary schools in Lewisville ISD. That project was funded in part by a matching grant from The Rotary Foundation.
Now we have an even greater challenge to serve the health and maternity needs of patients in a rural part of Nigeria. Can you imagine delivering a baby by the light of a kerosene lamp? Can you imagine performing surgical procedures without electricity? Can you imagine a night nurse performing night rounds in the dark with only a flashlight? For us in Texas, the answer is no. We can't imagine it. Because unless there is a major storm, the power is always available. Unfortunately, in the state of Imo in the country of Nigeria, power outages are a daily occurrence and can last for days.
Last August we were approached by a member of the Fort Worth International Rotary club to partner with them and the Rotary Club of Owierri (in Nigeria) in funding the purchase and installation of a 45 kW emergency generator for the Immaculate Heart Hospital and Maternity. Fellow Rotarians had been to this hospital two year ago delivering equipment for their medical lab. They became aware of the electrical power issue and knew Rotary had to do something.
Can we do it? Yes we can! We have secured financial commitments from 5 other clubs and at least 3 other clubs are considering a financial support (one from as far away as Ohio). These clubs will raise $8,600 which will be matched by Rotary Districts 5790 and 9140 District Designated funds and funds from The Rotary Foundation to fund the $25.000 needed to install the generator.
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Spivey Inducted into Lewisville Morning Rotary Club |
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Lewisville Morning Rotarian volunteers for Honor Flight DFWLewisville Morning Rotarian volunteers for Honor Flight DFW
Last Friday & Saturday (Oct. 13 & Oct 14) Rotarian Bob Schell served as a volunteer Guardian for Honor Flight 10 to Washington DC. Bob served as guardian for Col. Loren Keefe who is 88 years old, soon to be 89. Served in the China/Burma/India theater. Was a photographer and machine gunner on a B-25 and flew 51 missions. After the war he completed his education and was called up for the Korean War. He retired after serving for 30 years as a full coronal.
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September Student of the Month_______________________________________
Lewisville Morning Rotary Recognizes Miss Jada Connor
 Pictured here is Jada Connor (center) with her mother and Hebron HS Principal Scot Finch
September’s Student of the Month for Hebron High School is Senior Miss. Jade Connor. Jade is an outstanding young lady who is very active at Hebron High School. She is currently the captain of the HHS’ Color Guard and holds the position of Parliamentarian for the Texas Association of Student Council in District III. Jade has been a member of Hebron Student Council all four years of high school and is only the third person to be an officer every year throughout her stint at Hebron. She is also a member of the National Honor Society and participates in the PALS program where she mentors elementary students. Jade was recently named a National Merit Semi- Finalists and was recognized as one of the National Achievement Scholarship winners for African Americans. Jade typifies a young adult working to make the world and better place for mankind.
Congratulations Jada!
Lewisville Morning Rotary provides service to others, promotes integrity, and advances world understanding, goodwill, and peace through our fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders. We meet every Thursday, 7 AM at the MCL Grand Theater Building. Guests are always welcome. For more information about our club go to "Our Club" Information Link .
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Backstage BBQ Bash Thank You_________________________________________________ Thank You, Thank You, ThankYou To Our Sponsors and Guests Backstage BBQ Bash at Western Days For Photo Journal of Event click below http://www.clubrunner.ca/portal/Journals/JournalDetails.aspx?accountid=1833&jid=48189
See you next year!
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Jaguar Pride Recognizes Lewisville Morning RotaryI received this email from Tracy Mammel, ELL Specialist Garden Ridge. Nice article about dictionaries Lewisville Rotary Donates Dictionaries
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District Governor Hollis Lackey visitDistrict Governor Hollis Lackey visits the
Lewisville Morning Rotary Club
Rotary District 5790 Governor Hollis Lackey visited our club meeting Thursday, September 21, 2012 at the MCL Grand Theater in Old Town Lewisville, Texas. Governor Hollis Shared with us his goals for our district; End Polio Now, More "Rotarians", and a district whose clubs focus in the following six areas:
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Economic and Community Development
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Don't leave home with out it
Planning a trip out of town? Plan your make-ups too! Visit another club. Have fellowship with other Rotarians in other parts for the world and experience the culture of their clubs, their meetings and their unique projects. Visit with Secretary Wess Griffin and get a club banner to share with the club you are visiting. come back to our meeting with their banner and your story of peace and fellowship with Rotarians in other parts of our world.
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Tips for recruiting new membersRotarians share tips for recruiting new members
  Top: The Rotary Club of Cotonou Ifê, Benin, celebrates Rotary's anniversary with a cake in February. The club is one of several formed recently in Benin. Photo courtesy Boris Crestia. Bottom: Claudio Spiguel, third from left, and other members of the Rotary Club of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a car they purchased for a school for at risk youth. Decals on the car helped publicize Rotary's involvement, and led to several membership inquiries. Photo courtesy Claudio Spiguel Rotary International on Facebook
Eight years ago, Géné Villaça-Crestia was asked by her district governor to start a new Rotary club in her country, Benin. She had been a Rotarian for only four years and didn’t really know where to begin. But she had a few things working in her favor: Villaça-Crestia is extremely passionate about Rotary, and she doesn’t take no for an answer. “I don’t hesitate to drive to people’s places and come back again,” says Villaça-Crestia of her recruitment style. “I don’t wait for them to get back to me and tell me they don’t have time. I insist and go after them until they understand what Rotary is all about and the good it will do them to join.” Villaça-Crestia’s techniques have been extremely effective. Within three months of her district governor’s request, she helped launch the Rotary Club of Cotonou Rive Gauche, Benin, and became the charter president. During the next two years, she helped form three other clubs, including two composed almost entirely of younger Rotarians. This year, she and her son, Boris Crestia, a public relations specialist and Rotary Public Image Coordinator for Zone 20A, have teamed up to recruit advertising, public relations, and media professionals for another new club, which will soon be seeking its charter. Members have set goals of promoting basic education and literacy in Africa and serving as a public relations resource for other clubs. Be passionate and persistentVillaça-Crestia says the key to recruiting new members is to show them how passionate you are about Rotary and be persistent. “People say they came to Rotary because they felt my passion and I could communicate it to them,” she says. “In this state of mind, any challenge is never really impossible. “More than once, I had to wait hours in a reception area in order to meet an important or busy person and be able to convince them to join Rotary or give to The Rotary Foundation,” she adds. “But when you just explain to people, for instance, that the same money they pay for a nice meal in a good restaurant could help immunize a great number of families against polio, most people are sensitive to this and react immediately.’’ Villaça-Crestia says her favorite thing to say to prospective members is that by being Rotarians, they can be a bridge between the millions of dollars available through The Rotary Foundation and the poorest populations of the world. “Knowing that, and not becoming a Rotarian, is almost criminal,” she says. Be involved in service and be visibleBrazilian Claudio Spiguel is another Rotarian who has succeeded in recruiting members. When Spiguel became president of the Rotary Club of Guaxupé in 2005, the club was hovering below 20 members and in danger of losing its ability to make a significant contribution to the community. By focusing on getting members involved in service projects and publicizing those projects, he had helped raise membership to 34 by the end of his second stint as president. While serving in various leadership roles since, he has spread that enthusiasm to other clubs in the district, with similar effect. Spiguel shared the following tips:
What you can doShare your passion for Rotary with your family, friends, and community during Membership and Extension Month in August. This year you’re invited to take part in two activities designed to help you remember why you joined and convert that excitement into inviting others to join. By taking the Rotary Membership Challenge, you commit to sponsor a new member, tell a friend or colleague about your club’s projects, or volunteer as a mentor to prospective or new members. After you complete the form, Rotary will email you links to resources to help you meet the challenge. By participating in the first-ever Rotary Moment Tweet Day on 14 August, you can tweet about your favorite Rotary memory or event, talk about your club’s activities, or share your community service project. Use hashtag #RotaryMoment. You can also listen to Rotary’s popular webinar Using Social Media to Promote Your Club or District to learn how to create a Twitter account, post your first tweet, use hashtags, and lots more. |
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Group Study Exchange Goes to Brazil in April
Please look at the attached flyer for further information. We are seeking Non-Rotarian team members age 25 to 40 who are looking to visit Brazil, interact with Brazilian Rotarians, experience another culture, and observe how their profession is practiced in Brazil - with travel, lodging and meal expenses paid by Rotary! Knowledge of Portuguese is desired but not required. Please extend this unique opportunity to an acquaintance, friend, or business associate. They will thank you for it.
Questions - please contact me. PDG Bill Harnagel |
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Honor Our Heros September 8 at DFW Airport
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So, why all the concern about New Generations?So why all the concern about New Generations? As editor of the Lewisville Morning Rotary web site, I often seek out new content that is interesting to both my fellow Rotarians and non Rotarians as well. Thanks to my good friend Howard O'Neal that forwarded me the text to a keynote speech that was prepared for District 3190 by PDG Sunil K. Zachariah. While PDG Sunil may be discussing his personal experience with the youth of India, he could just as easily be talking about the youth right hear in Lewisville. Read, enjoy and let it challenge you to reach past your bias and instead out to the youth of today's society. This is a transcript of Keynote Address by PDG Sunil K. Zachariah on 9 Sept 2012 at the RCGF of District 3190 at Bangalore. |
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Planning to Change for the Golden Years
At our September 30the meeting we heard a great presentation by Jim Blythe about planning for the Golden Years.
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This is not your fathers Rotary International Website
Over the years, we have all complained about the Rotary.org website. It was not user friendly and required the patiance of Job to find what you were looking for.
Well RI is listening. They have commissioned an organization to redesign the website. this is a work in progress. Some changes have already been made. But there are many more to come. Check out the blog to see what is planned. http://digital.rotary.org/ |
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Community Service ar CCA Pantry |
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Welcome Terry & Cody! |
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2012 Lewisville Morning Rotary Blood DriveThank You to all that gave blood On behalf of the Lewisville Morning & Noon Rotary Clubs at the Vista Ridge Mall on Dec 22nd & 23rd. For those of you that could not make it out on such a soggy day, you can always give blood at the Carter Blood Center Donor Center in Lewisville at 1565 W. Main, Suite 475 at Old Orchard & Garden Ridge in Lewisville, TX. Call 972-219-1666 to make an appointment. When you arrive at the Carter Blood Center or Mobile Unit, tell them you wish to donate on behalf of the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club and Our Carter Blood donor Number is 31934.  |
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August Foundation Seminar In Fort Worth |
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July new member InductionsWelcome Alicia! |
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Watch as Fellow Rotarian Doug Pitt (Brads brother) is interviewed by NBC |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Strategic Plan 2012-2015
Thursday, June 21st, we will finally find out what John P, George G, George F, Melissa, Todd, Tom, Steve, Rob, and Howard have been doing on Sunday afternoons from 4 to 6pm.
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George's Last Board Meeting
We are on budget!!
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A History Lesson from Howard O'Neal (Club Historian and Charter Member)
Attached is the time line that was posted on ROTI. The spacing is somewhat hard to decipher. Memorable to us: In 1995, eight women were elected the first District Governors in Rotary International. Our club came under one of them, Janet Holland. Janet is still active in the District.
Of the 28 Charter Members, three are still in our club: Tom Atchison, George Gober, Howard O’Neal. There were three women Charter Members: Emily Hart, Gloria Roberts, Dee Rogers. |
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Lewisville Morning Rotary helps Central ES celebrate another successful School Year   Brad & George receiving awards Howard, Ed, Mel, Frank, Marilyn & Pat Some fine tastin Que from Chasin Tail BBQ Rotarians Serving our FavoriteTeachers on the last day of school. What a way to end the school year by serving those that serve our favorite school children so well. Lewisville Morning Rotary is proud of the Central ES teachers and we helped them celebrate a wonderful school year at our Adopted School. Go Central ES Cowboys! Have a wonderful summer teachers and staff. |
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District 5790 Recognizes Lewisville Morning Rotary
1. Presidential Citation (2 clubs in each division) Outstanding Achievement in Membership ( a plus1) and foundation giving ( at least $100 per member for the year =$2700 in believe). 2. Vocational Service Award FIRST PLACE MEDIUM CLUBS (for outstanding support and service to vocational programs and projects). 3. Foundation Service Award FIRST PLACE MEDIUM CLUBS (For outstanding support and service to youth programs and projects). 4. Club Serice Award THIRD PLACE MEDIUM CLUBS (For outstanding support of the local club and membership). 5. International Service Award THIRD PLACE MEDIUM CLUBS (for outstanding suport of international service and programs). 6. Changemaker (only 1 club in each division I believe) For Extraordinary Impact through their work in the Avenues of Service. 7. AND OF COURSE ROTARIAN OF THE YEAR IN 'SMALL CLUBS' ACTUALLY MEDIUM CLUB MEMBER Brent Myers!!!!!!! 
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Recognizes Outstanding Organizations in our CommunityJuly 31, 2012, hold that date! We have an exciting meeting planned. The Lewisville Area has Outstanding Community Organizations that serve the needs of our Community. The Lewisville Morning Rotary Wishes to Recognize the Outstanding Services provided by the following Organizations: . Central Elementary School Teachers (We will be serving dinner to the Central ES Teachers at 5:30 PM Thursday Evening at Central ES) Please come join the Lewisville Morning Rotary in congratulating these organizations on their fine achievements at 7 AM on Thursday, May 31, 2012 at the MCL Grand Theater |
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Rotary International Building awarded LEED CertificationRotary International's "One Rotary Center" building has been recognized by U.S. Green Building Council as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design building. Truly a recognition that all Rotarians can be proud to have achieved. We not only talk the talk, we walk the walk. |
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Rotary Minute
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Recognized at Central Elementary School Volunteer EventOur adopted school say thank you at Volunteer Recognition event... http://farmerpride.lisd.net/?p=1219 |
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Haiti Maternal Health Update |
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District 5790 Bluebonnet Society
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Strategic Planning Committee
Your Strategic Planning Committee is "Rotary at Work". We may be working in the comfortable environment provided for us in the Medical Center of Lewisville by Rob DiBernardo not in the household hazardous waste collection center show in the photo, but these members are giving up 2 hours Sunday afternoons developing our clubs Strategic Plan.
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2012 Rotary District Conference
2012 District 5790 Conference: This years District Conference is being held at the Fort Worth Convention Center starting on Friday May 18, 2012 through Sunday May 20, 2012.
Members are encouraged to attend as much of the convention as possible. If you only have time to come to the Saturday evening meal and Rotary's got Talent, fine. Just sign up for that. Click on the link below to register for either or all of the events or just those you can attend. Parade of Presidents: The convention will start Friday with the Parade of Presidents. George or his representative will be carrying the flags of Haiti, Mexico & Argentina representing the work of our club supporting Gordon at Haiti & with R.I.T.E. (Mexico) and the exchange student from Argentina we hosted. I understand that the Dallas Cheer Leaders will be there to cheer all the club presidents. Actually, I am not sure about them cheering for the club presidents - but they will be there for there as conference greeters. Former Cowboy, Chad Hennings is the keynote speaker. How can you beat that as a start to the conference? The remainder of the afternoon will include International and Foundation events including a presentation from our district Peace Scholar Jeff Whitfield, introduction of the GSE teams and International project presentations. Rotary's Got Talent: Friday's events will end with dinner and a Rotary's Got Talent show with members of our own club singing a diddy adapted for Rotary themes by Bob Troyer. Come and support your LMR Rotarians! And, all these years Howard has been saying we don't sing. Do you believe in miracles? There will be a Rotary Kids camp available all day Saturday for members that are attending conference and have children 5 to 13 years old. Run by the Director of the Boys & Girls club of North Central Texas they have an exciting day planned for our "youngins". Saturdays morning events include youth exchange, Governor's Blood Challenge and New Generations discussions. Unfortunately, our club has a conflict with the Saturday afternoon convention activities. Presumably, the majority of our club members will be at the MCL Grand Theater Plaza for the LMR 2nd Annual Flag Retirement Ceremony. But that should not stop anybody from coming back to Fort Worth Convention Center afterward for the Governor's Award Dinner at 6 PM. The Speaker is Pete Erickson from Rotary International. Bluebonnet Society: Ladies, I think the men in our club would forgive you, if you skipped the flag retirement ceremony in order to attend Saturday's luncheon. We will be celebrating 25 years of Women in Rotary. Keynote speaker is Sylvia Whitlock who accepted the club presidency office for her club in 1987, the year that the Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing women to join all male service clubs. Today, women make up 26% of our membership in district 5790. See the attachment for the full schedule of events. Registration: Our conference hotel will be the Fort Worth Sheraton. They are offering a $99.00 room rate that includes a free breakfast buffet. Make reservations by May 1, 2012 by calling 888-627-8556 and telling them you are with ROTARY. You will be receiving registration information via e-mail. Register For The Conference |
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2012 2nd Annual Flag Retirement Ceremony
2012 Flag Retirement Ceremony
 These are Scouts from troop 451 and a member of the LV Police Honor Guard. Taken during the 2011 Flag Retirement Ceremony SEE MORE! |
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American Flag SubscriptionONLINE AMERICAN FLAG SUBSCRIPTION ENROLLMENT to Subscribe Today! (Please enter the following information and then click the Buy Now Button) The Lewisville Morning Rotary Club invites you to join your friends and neighbors in the Greater Lewisville area by displaying the American Flag on the following six major holidays:* Memorial Day * Flag Day * Independence Day * Labor Day * Patriot Day * Veterans Day The flags give the Greater Lewisville area residents an opportunity to display their patriotic spirit, pride and love of our country, and to honor those in the military service. The proceeds from this project will support the following community efforts: * Habitat for Humanity * The Nelson Center * CCA * Hebron High School * International Teachers Exchange * Lewisville Education Foundation * Local Boy Scout Troops  |
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LMR Recognizes Perfect Attendance Students at Central ESLewisville Morning Rotary Recognized over 260 Central ES Students For Perfect Attendance During the 2013-2014 School Year
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LMR 2014 Winner of 4 Way Test Speech ContestCongratulations Sarah Moosa - Winner of the LMR 4 Way Test Speech Contest
On Thursday, February 27th, Lewisville Morning Rotary hosted it's annual 4 Way Test Speech Contest for students from Hebron High School. We had two terrific contestants with two fantastic insightful speeches. It was hard to select who was best, but ultimately a committee of LMR Members selected Sarah Moosa for her speech using the 4 Way Test to analyize the impact of bullying in schools. Sarah will be going to one of the District 5790 Regional Contests in either Euless or Weatherford to compete with High School contestants throughout the District 5790 region.
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Feb 2013 Hebron HS Student of the Month______________________________________________ Lewisville Morning Rotary Recognizes Hebron High School February Student of the Month
February Student of the Month Mattie Carranza pictured here with Hebron High School Principal Scot Finch Mattie was nominated by her counselor Mr. Ben Stroud. Here is what he had to say about Mattie:
Mattie intends to attend the University of Arkansas when her Hebron High School days are completed. She plans to study communications with a minor in International Relations. Lewisville Morning Rotary is proud to have Mattie Carranza as our Student of the Month for February 2014 |
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January 2014 Student of the Month
______________________________________________ Lewisville Morning Rotary Recognizes Hebron High School January Student of the Month
January Student of the Month Farhan Ahmad pictured here with Hebron High School Principal Scot Finch As a member of the top 5 of his graduating class, he has joined ambitious peers with an appreciation for rigorous academia diverse extracurricular interests. An active member of many student organizations including Latin Club and National Honor Society (serving two terms as president). He is also the Hawk Eye Newspaper Editor. Many of of his volunteer hours are spent at Baylor Carrollton Medical Center (250 hours plus). Farhan intends to study medicine when his Hebron High School days are completed. He has not picked a university yet. but, suffice to say, many prestigious institutions are interested in accepting a quality student like him. Lewisville Morning Rotary is proud to have Farhan Ahmad as our Student of the Month for January 2014
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November Central ES Student of the Grading Period
Lewisville Morning Rotary Honors Central Elementary School Students of the Grading Period |
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Rotary International Water & Sanitation Commercial |
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3rd Annual Lewisville Morning Rotary Flag Retirement CeremonyLewisville Morning Rotary Club conducted its third annual United States Flag Retirement Ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 5, in the courtyard of Medical Center of Lewisville Grand Theater
The event began at 1 p.m. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, United States Army Recruiting Office representatives, WWII veteran Laura Mays and members of the Lewisville Police Honor Guard, participating.
Participating Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, Honor Guards anc veterans.
Making a few comments is our LMR Newest Rotarian Phu Tran at the flag retirement ceremony. Phu was sworn in as a citizen of the United States on September 28, 2013.
Thank You Fellow Rotarian Frank Hebb for organizing such a wonderful and moving Flag Retirement Ceremony _____________________________ |
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Household Hazardous Waste - December 14, 2013Helping Lewisville Residents keep the Environment Clean!
Our next HHW Event is Saturday, December 14, 2013. Register to join us at Household Hazardous Waste Last week we will be celebrated "I Recycle" month. The majority of the household waste we collect is recycled in some fashion. It is either sent to companies that recover the precious metals & compunds or sent to companies that use the waste as fuels. Place: Lewisville Convenience Center Another great community service project by the Lewisville Morning Rotary |
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Governor Jim Giffin visits LMRGovernor Jim Giffin Visits Lewisville Morning Rotary Club
Top left photo of Jim Wear receiving his Paul Harris Felloship (shown with J. Pokorny, T. Taylor & Governor Jim Governor Jim awards 100% Paul Harris Fellows Banner to LMR President Todd Taylor Top right photo shows Governor Jim urging us to continue to stay engaged and change lives through Rotary 2nd Row left is Frances Al Waely receiving her Paul Harris Fellowship, 2nd row center shows all new PHF recipients. 2nd row right has Governor Jim giving President Todd a ribbing for having attended President Elect training and passing all tests. 3rd row left, George Gober receives Rotary Builder award from Governor Jim, 3rd row center Terry Kasin receives his PHF. 3rd row right Carolyn Wright receives her PHF. 4th row left, Governor Jim holds court at the October Board meeting. Carolyn Wright reads a thank you note about our dictionaries to Ghana project in the 4th row center. 4th row right, John Pokorny receives his PH+3 pin from Governor Jim & President Todd. Bottom photo shows Governor Jim receiving his "All Thinks Lewisville" Gift. Who knew Lewisville had distilleries and a brewery. Thank you Governor Jim for a great visit. ______________________________________
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Gives our 125 Dictionaries at Central Elementary Bob Troyer Reading longest word in the dictionary to Central 3rd Graders
Lewisville Morning Rotary Club members (L-R) Phu Tran, Wess Griffin, Brent Myers, Tom Atchison, Ed Beck, Todd Taylor, Marilyn Pokorny & Bob Troyer. Photo by LMR member John Pokorny |
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Dictionary Labeling Party at Presidents Home
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Lewisville Morning Rotary sending dictionaries for GhanaLewisville Morning Rotary sending Dictionaries to Ghana
July 5th members of Lewisville Morning Rotary labeled 500 dictionaries purchased with a matching grant from the District 5790 Bluebonnet Society. The dictionaries will be given to 20 teen age girls from Ghana attending a leadership conference in Dallas on July 25th. The girls will take 25 dictionaries each back to Ghana to share with their peers. After unpacking 21 boxes of dictionaries, labeling the dictionaries and repacking the boxes we shared a delicious picnic meal and great fellowship with a rousing game of Farkle Engaging Rotary & Changing Lives
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Encourages Perfect Attendance at Central ESLewisville Morning Rotary Encourages Perfect Attendance at Central ES
This years Perfect Attendance Awards are a huge success with over 125 Central Elementary School Students boasting of Perfect Attendance during the 2012-2013 School Year. Congratulations to all students for a great year! |
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Hebron HS Student of the Month for month of January Rahul Dadwani
LMR Recognizes Hebron HS Student of the Month
for month of January
Rahul Dadwani
 Pictured (L-R) is LMR President Tom Atchison, Rahul Dadwani and Hebron HS Principal Scot Finch
January’s member of the month is Rahul Dadwani. Rahul has been a 4 year band member at Hebron High School and is currently the Drum Major/ President of the Band. Rahul is also holds the office of president for Hebron National Honor Society. He is in the Boy Scouts and volunteers at his church weekly. Rahul wants to attend Rice University while majoring in Biochemistry.
Congratulations Rahul !!!!
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Lewisville Morning Rotary Recognizes Central Students of the Grading Period
Lewisville Morning Rotary Recognizes Central Students of the Grading Period
 Pictured from Left to Right is Principal Mr. Moffet, Oscar Tienda- 4th grade, Maria Zuniga-3rd
grade & Bob Troyer - LMR Literacy Chair
Each Grading Period, Central Elementary School recognizes students that are outstanding in one of several categories. This past grading period they recognized those students that demonstrated "Responsibility".
Oscar Tienda- 4th grade- Nominated by his teacher Mrs. Brackett
Oscar is a very responsible student. He shows responsibility by always completing his class work and homework. Oscar is always prepared for class each day.
Maria Zuniga-3rd grade- Nominated by her teacher Ms. Swanson Maria is a great example of a responsible student. She works very hard and takes care of her things. She is always prepared and willing to help others.
Congratulations to Both Students for their Outstanding Achievements! _________________________________________
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Vocational Services Projects Update
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Vocational Services Projects Update
A big thanks to John, Marilyn, Frank, and Yancie for assisting with the distribution of dictionaries at Ethridge and Camey Elementary Schools this morning in The Colony. Now that I have finally cleared up some misconceptions about the project with my contact at B B Owen ES I hope to be able to schedule the distribution of the final dictionaries for this year soon.
(L-R) Rotarians Frank, Hebb, John Pokorny , Marilyn Pokorny, Bob Troyer & Yancie Spivey
We had to postpone getting the bicycles transported from CCA to Central Elementary. I hope to be able to do it on Friday now. I will keep everyone posted. (Wess, thanks for offering to help load and unload.)
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October Student of the MontheOctober Student of the Month Every month during the school year, Lewisville Morning Rotary recognizes an outstanding student from Hebron High School Hebron’s student of the month for October is Mr. Dallas Schray. The teacher that nominated him was Gale Hunt, our AP Chemistry teacher. Here is what she said:
Pictured (L-R) is the proud Dad, Rotarian Bob Schell, Dallas Shray and Hebron HS Principal Scot Finch Dallas Shray is an all around student and a young man that every parent dreams of raising. Dallas is a highly focused and conscientious individual. He is highly respected by his peers as well as his teachers for his sense of self-motivation, self-discipline, sense of focus, and his attention to detail. He understands that one gains from an education what one invests. Rather than abandoning the work presented to him, he makes an analytical and logical attempt to solve the problem at hand by researching information about the subject matter in other textbooks, reference books, and the Internet. Mr. Shray is not only good in academics but shines as an athlete. Despite his demanding academic schedule, he manages to be an outstanding football player on offense and defense. Dallas is well liked by his peers and he never complains about the academic and physical workload that he manages so well.
Congratulations Dallas! We are all proud you are such an outstanding community member & student. ____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Notes from a happy flag customer Flag Day in Highland Village. We recently contracted with Rotary and Boy Scouts to put US Flags at our Memorial Garden at American holidays. The flags are beautiful!!!  |
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A Letter from GeorgeHello, The Pass the Gavel meets on June 28th, Social Hour at 6pm, regular meeting starts at 7pm, we will have special music, and many awards and please Business Casual Dress, and Brad Buesing will be preparing and serving the food, and George Gober will hand over the Gavel to Tom Atchison for the 2012-2013 year! Please we hope that any and all can attend it is going to be a big deal!!! Diana McMillan has worked hard to get this all set up and has done a wonderful job!!! In between her trip to France (more on that later!). There is NO morning meeting on the 28th, we will meet in the evening as a special event. Next week, the 21st is a great meeting for our club also, as John Pokorny will present the Strategic Plan for our club for the next 3 years!! Melissa Cox, Steve Homeyer, Howard O'Neal, Tom Atchison, George Gober, Steve Homeyer, George Fowler and others have spent many man/woman hours on this project and it is finished!! Be there and here the great plans for our club for the future!! Thanks to each and every one of you for all you have done, it has been a great year and Tom Atchison will have another great year. See you there!!! George R Gober Pres (outgoing) LMR |
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Sense & Nonsense
Two elderly couples were enjoying friendly conversation when one of the men asked the other,” Fred, how was the memory clinic you went to last month?" "Outstanding," Fred replied. "They taught us all the latest psychological techniques: visualization, association, etc. It was great." "That's great! And what was the name of the clinic?" Fred went blank. He thought and thought, but couldn't remember. Then a smile broke across his face and he asked, "What do you call that flower with the long stem and thorns?"
"You mean a rose?" "Yes, that's it!" He turned to his wife, "Rose, what was the name of that memory clinic?" |
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A Thank You Note from our Friends at CCA
Alicia Barker was so impressed with your club and definitely wants to join. She’s got some prior commitments for the next 3 weeks and is going to come when she can. She can commit to coming regularly and joining by the June 7th meeting.
I have to tell you a story that happened when I walked into CCA after leaving your meeting. There was an angel named Howard standing by our Flagpole and Jesus statue. He was holding a birthday present and beaming from ear to ear. His caseworker gave it to him and he couldn’t remember the last time anyone had given him a birthday present. Howard’s birthday is actually next week but he said he wasn’t going to even open it yet as he wants to savor it. I was on my way our corporate prayer time and invited him. I’ve invited him about 100 times before, each Thursday if he’s sitting in our lobby waiting on his pantry time. He’s always promised he’d go. TODAY he actually fulfilled that promise. He was so grateful and in jest said to me the only thing better for this great day would be if he had birthday cake. I told him to come back next week we’d have a birthday cake for him. Initially I didn’t realize I had something on my calendar next Thursday when he normally comes in. It’s called Coffee with Ron. We’ve invited a few folks who haven’t met our new President to come in anytime from 7-9AM. But this is how God works. So now we’ll have coffee with Ron and cake with Howard. Please invite your fellow Rotarians to come over right after your club meeting even if it’s only for a minute. Howard is an example of someone you help with your generosity. We are so grateful for all you do putting service above self.
Blessings,
Jennifer Leney Chief Operating Officer Christian Community Action |
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Did you know we have FORUMS? Well?
I know Brent and Bob do they have posted. A long time ago in a land far, far away. A forum is a cool place where we can talk about what ever we want to. A thread is a new subject. So if we wanted to talk about content of the website. You would make a new thread. Then a person would post a message to that thread. It's really simple. I know what you are asking yourself. Where is the forum? Login First, Then Look at the top of this page in the menu bar and just click FORUMS. I have made a new thread. I know you will want to post to it. |
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June 3rd Polio Eradication Update
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Current LMR President John Pokorny & 2016-17 President Carolyn Wright have been certified as part of a 24 member District 5790 team of Visioning Facilitators that will facilitate and assist clubs throughout the district develop long plans.
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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.
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Our District GSE Team will be going to District 4770 (Brazil) from 10 April - 10 May 2013. This is an update from previously published information. Our original exchange with a Philippine district was cancelled for administrative reasons.
Chris McLucas gave us an update on the status of the current Polio Plus
PDG Tom Sheriff talks to the District 5790 clubs about Global Grants
PDG Bill Hanagel & PDG Don Mebus discussed how our Annual Giving Programs and Planned Giving Programs are used by RI & the District.
Dr. Quick provided an enlightening rundown on how Rotary's Peace Studies Programs are funded and the process for identifying and vetting potential area candidates for these scholarships which are funded through our foundation donations.
PDG Paul Lucas provided an enlightening talk on Rotary's Future Vision and how it will affect our district and our clubs access to project grants and funding.
George's Last board meeting was short and sweet...
