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56th Annual Shrimp Boil - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8TH

Congratulations to all the individuals attaining Paul Harris Fellowship and beyond for the Rotary Year 2016-17

Paul Harris Fellow:

Wesley Copeland, Drew Davenport, Stephen Meier, Shannon Sanders, Shannon Whitley, Ashleigh Frank, Hugh Frank and Gerry Mosqueda

Paul Harris Fellow +1

Drew Lindsey, Jordan Strother, Richard Przworski, Deepak Patel, Michael Strobel and Mary Fuchs

Paul Harris Fellow + 2

Keith Frank, Sharline Lancaster, Doug Raymer, Scott Ferry, Jerome Aldrich, Amy Stewart, Diane Swanson, Juan Chapa and Deepak Patel

Paul Harris Fellow +3

Kevin Baker, Jim Pierce, Eric Ashenfelder, Scott Ferry, Scott Glick, Michael Mebes, Deepak Patel and Keith Frank

Paul Harris Fellow +4

Scott Ferry and Michael Mebes

Paul Harris Fellow +5

Ken Vernor and Michael Mebes

Paul Harris Fellow + 6

Sofka Werkmeister, Michael Mebes and Ken Vernor

Paul Harris Fellow +7

Ginger Wooster, Sofka Werkmeister and Ken Vernor

Paul Harris Fellow +8

Rod Hall, Ginger Wooster and Ken Vernor

Major Donor Level 1

Sofka Werkmeister and Michael Mebes

Rod and Luz Hall

Ken and Dr. Natalia Vernor

Major Donor Level 2

Walter and Elsa Branson

SAFETYTOWN

Safetytown is back for the 29th year!!!

A 9-day comprehensive safety education program for incoming 1st graders.

Sponsored by Brazosport Rotary and area resources organizations.

56th Annual Shrimp Boil & Fish Fry

SHRIMP BOIL KICK OFF JUNE 6, 2017

Let's all be at the meeting on June 6 where Rod Hall will Kick Off this year's SHRIMP BOIL ... and Fish Fry.

It's always a fun meeting to get us in gear to raise money to support our community and international Rotary projects.

Brazosport Rotary recognized outstanding teachers in our Community

Teachers from the Brazosport Community were awarded money to benefit their classrooms. These teachers have so many innovative and "students first" ideas to benefit their classrooms.

We recognize and thank you for your dedication to the students of our community.

Car Raffle Winners

Here is a list of the winners of the car raffle and the person who sold the ticket.

Car Raffle Prizes

1 Bose Soundlink Bluetooth Headset

Chris Cordes - sold by Fred Cordes

2 Nikon Coolpix S33 camera

Robert Moore – sold by Walter Branson

3 Fuji film insta share printer

Charles Waguespack – sold by David Landsborough

4 HP Chrome Book

George Franklin – sold by George Franklin

5 Apple sport watch

Alan Hammond – sold by Jerome Aldrich

6 i-Pad Mini

Shelley Moore – sold by Corky Melass

7 Go Pro

Roy Yates - sold by Ravi Singhania

8 Fuji film insta share printer

Mike Cordes – sold by Fred Cordes

9 Samsung Galaxy Tab E 16 gb

Mark Friudenburg – sold by Corky Melass

10. Honda CR-V EX-L Vera Whitmarsh -

Sold by Scott Glick

Rotary Raffle Ticket Results in a New Ride for Local Woman

August 31, 2016 – Freeport, Texas - Vera Whitmarsh (center) takes the keys to her new Honda CRV from Brazosport Rotary representatives Diane Hill and Scott Glick. Whitmarsh held the winning raffle ticket during the 55^th Annual Rotary Shrimp Boil held last month in Freeport. In the past, she admits to buying several tickets hoping to win the grand prize, but only bought one this year. And one was all it took!

Lake Jackson Honda is a key sponsor of the annual community fund-raiser and provided the Honda the top raffle prize as part of the charity raffle. In addition to Whitmarsh, Alan Hammond was a winner, taking home an Apple sport watch; Roy Yates won a Go Pro. Charlie Waguespack and Mike Cordes both won Fuji film insta share printers, while Shelley Moore held the winning ticket for the iPad Mini. Proceeds from the event, raffle and auctions all directly benefit Rotary sponsored projects in the Brazosport area.

Rotary Shrimp Boil Car Winner Announced

The 2016 Brazosport Rotary Shrimp Boil Car Raffle winner was Vera Glick!! Congratulations to Vera on her new car.

Strobels Establish Record as Youth Exchange Hosts

Mike and Roxanne Strobel are generous not only as Paul Harris Fellows, but they also give their time to Rotary Youth Exchange.

They will be the first host family next fall for Albert Sachse, our 2016-17 exchange student from Germany. Hosting Albert will mark their sixth year in a row as a host family, a club record.

The whole Strobel family is involved. Their daughter Wesley was our 2011-12 outbound student to Sweden, and their daughter Austin is our current outbound student to Italy. Their son Skylar will be an outbound candidate for 2017-18.

Mike’s service doesn’t end with being a host dad. He is the chairman of the District 5890 short-term youth exchange program, and beginning in July, he will become the Youth Exchange Officer of our club.

He will be assisted by a strong committee of Kenny Vernor, Diane Glenn, Lisa Pauls, Keith Frank, and Jim Pierce. If you want to get involved in Rotary’s best program for fostering world peace and understanding, please see Mike about joining the Youth Exchange Committee. The program relies on families who are willing to share their home for 3-4 months with a top-notch foreign student. Please consider helping Mike by volunteering to become host parent.

Scholarship Recipients

Nineteen outstanding scholarship recipients were selected this spring from numerous deserving candidates. Earlier this month at senior awards programs, President Rod Hall presented $36,000 in scholarships to area scholars who wish to continue their educations at a higher level.

Over coffee, doughnuts, kolaches, tacos, Diane’s goodies and other nutritious brain food, my congenial band of Rotarians reviewed and rated around 200 applicants. What a joy it was getting to know these young people through their applications. The process required approximately nine hours of meeting time in facilities provided by Merrill Lynch, thanks to Lisa. The final decision was often a difficult one because of the quality of the student applicants. I want to thank committee members, Mike Coburn, Diane Glenn, Diane Hill, David Landsborough, Vicki Melass, Shelley Nadel, Lisa Pauls, Ravi Singhania and Ginger Wooster, who worked together to make the selections. I hope that these great Rotarians and many others who are interested in this vital project will volunteer for this committee next year. It is a fantastic way to get to know other members and do something important at the same time.

I also want to thank all of the dedicated Rotarians who produced the successful 2015 Shrimp Boil that made these scholarships possible. Let's do it again in 2016!!!!!

Home Hospitality Week

Please save the date:

May 1st - 7th Home Hospitality Week

We will need host so please consider this opportunity for fellowship.

If you wish to be a host please talk to George Franklin or one of the fellowship committee members which include:

Vicky Melass, Fred Cordes, Smokey Roye, Emily Gray, Marc Herns

Book of World Sorting

Keith Frank recently took Interactors to the "books of the world" sorting.

Exchange Club Update

Argun and Yui met January 22-24 with hundreds of fellow Rotary Youth Exchange Students at the SCRYE Conference in Tulsa.

Ask them about the skits that they performed with their countrymen at the banquet. Austin reports from Italy that she has moved to her second host family in Milan and is having a wonderful exchange experience. She is a good ambassador for our club, community, and country.

Pictured from left, Argun, Yui and friend Maki at the Youth Exchange Conference

Pictured on right is Austin Strobel with her her friend Maddie at Ponte Vecchino.

Check Presentation

Brazosport Rotary presented a $25,000 check to the Center for the Arts and Sciences.

Austin' Strobel Update

So much happened in December that as I am sitting down to write this I am still surprised about how fortunate I am to be where I am, so thank you all again for making this possible! The first weekend in December started off with a bang as my district took a trip to Rome and Florence - two of the most breathtaking cities in Italy…The weather has been getting a bit cold for this Texan, but I'm learning how to layer. I am getting excited as I (and others) can tell my Italian is getting better. I should be busy packing my room right now because I move families today, but it's a daunting task ahead of me. I am excited for the new opportunity but also sad to be leaving my current home. As always, I hope everything is going well in Texas and we'll be in touch!

Buon anno!

Austin Strobel

Pictured: Austin Strobel (front row, second from right) poses with friends outside of the Vatican.

Thank you

Dear Brazosport Rotary.

My name is Madison Walters. I am part of Brazoswood High School's Class of 2015. I would like to thank you for the scholarship you have given me. It will certainly be a huge help to my family this fall when I attend the University of Texas at Austin to pursue a degree in Mathematics. I am extremely grateful.

Thank you so much.

Madison Walters.

Thank you

I would like to thank the Brazosport Rotary Club for their generous scholarship. I would also like to apologize for not attending the luncheon, my schedule conflicted. The scholarship will be used in its full capacity and is greatly appreciated. Thank you again!

Sincerely, Samantha Randolph

Thank you

Dear Brazosport Rotary Club,

I am sincerely honored to have been selected as a recipient of the Brazosport Rotary Club Scholarship for 2015. Your organization's generous support is helping me to fulfill a lifelong dream of going to college and will help in greatly reducing my financial burdens and allow me to focus on my education.

I will be starting my freshman year at Texas A&M in College Station in the fall majoring in Biomedical Science.

Thanks again for investing in my future. I will make sure to do my best in achieving my academic and career goals.

Sincerely,

Annika Moreno

Gig 'Em

Texas A&M

Class of 2019

Thank you

I am honored to be one of the recipients of the Brazosport Rotary Club scholarship. I thank you (Jacque) and Brazosport Rotary Club for your generous support and for the recognition lunch event in Lake Jackson. I am glad to have the opportunity to thank you personally for your generosity.

Scholarship patrons like yourself help substantially reduce the tuition that many students must pay for college, enabling some students to attend college they might otherwise be be unable to afford at all and thereby not be able to pursue the careers which they have dreamed of.

I consider myself very fortunate to be accepted into the Texas A&M University at Galveston and the Texas Maritime Academy. Having graduated from Brazoswood High School on June 5, I look forward to studing marine transportation this fall.

My Parents and teachers always strived to make me realize the high value of education. I will do my very best at Texas A&M Galveston and look forward to becoming a Sea Aggie and pursuing a career in marine transportation.

Once again, I thank you for your support and I offer my sincerest thanks for your continued generosity to the Brazosport Rotary Club Scholarship.

Respectfully submittted,

Conner Costello

Thank you

Dear Brazosport Rotary Club,

I'd like to express my sincere gratitude for the generous scholarship you awarded me. Thank you for choosing me as one of the recipients to receive this scholarship. My education and career is so important to me and I couldn't thank you enough for the amazing opportunity. I appreciate the recognition of my efforts and all the support.

Sincerely,

Sara Villarreal

54th Annual Brazosport Rotary Shrimp Boil & Fish Fry

Posted by Lisa Pauls on Aug 19, 2015

Come one, come all to the Brazosport Rotary Shrimp Boil this Saturday, August 22nd from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at Freeport Municipal Park. Delicious shrimp and fish await you, as well as some of our best auction items ever!! We will give away a 2015 Honda Accord, as well as 9 other prizes, ranging in value, at the conclusion of the live auction. Car raffle tickets are still available for $100 each.

The program will begin at noon, with the live auction starting shortly afterward. Here are just a few of the exciting items that will be featured in the auction:

A September to Remember: The Ultimate Houston Fan Package - includes tickets for 4 to 3 different Astros games on September 1st (Seattle Mariners), September 21st (LA Angels), September 25th (Texas Rangers), 2 tickets to the Houston Texans vs. Tampa Bay game on September 27th, a Jon Weeks signed football, and an Andre' Johnson signed football.
Duck Hunt for 4 at Halls Bayou Ranch Hunting Club
JJ Watt Signed Jersey
Fire pit and cooker
2 Fisher Price Power Wheels Jeeps (Jeep Wrangler and Dora the Explorer)
Large Big Green Egg
Surf and Turf for 8 at the Wurst Haus
64GB iPad Air 2 with Wifi and case

This is just a sample of the items you might just walk away with on Saturday if you are the lucky winning bidder!!

Brazosport Rotary supports more than 50 local nonprofit organizations and awards $35,000 in scholarships to high school students each year. Our community support is only possible with a successful Shrimp Boil - come out and help make it our best ever!! We look forward to seeing you there.

For more information, or to buy a car raffle ticket, call Lisa Pauls at 979-299-7172 or any Brazosport Rotarian.

Rotary Shrimp Boil Sponsors

Brazosport Rotary Club would like to extend our thanks for the support of the community and our partners. The Annual Shrimp Boil was huge success, raising money that will all go back to serve the good of our neighbors., have a hand in eradicating polio in the world and help transform the lives of the less fortunate worldwide.

Pearl Sponsors

Vernor Materials -$10,500

Honda of Lake Jackson -$10,000

BASF-$10,000

Freeport LNG-$7,500

Diamond Sponsors - $5,000

CHI-St. Lukes Health Brazosport

Dow Chemical Company

Honda of Lake Jackson Equipment-$6,800

Mommoet USA South

Merrill Lynch-Lisa Pauls & Steve Polemenkos

Mike and Roxanne Strobel

Mustang CAT

Phillips 66

Seabreese Landfill

Sorrell Construction,Equipment & Materials

Platinum Sponsors -$2,500

Apex Metal Systems

Branson Construction

Doyle & Wachtstetter, Inc.-$3,000

Shintech

TDECU

Gold $1,000

Bottom Dollar Carpet

Brrazosport Christian School

Brazosport Eye Clinic

Buc-ee's LTD

Diane Koester in memory of Harry Koester

Everitt Industrial Supply, Inc.

First Innovations-$1,500

Fritz, Byrne, Head & Fitzpatrick

Gulf Coast Eye Center

Gulf Coast Gastroenterology &LJ Endoscope Center

Gulf Coast Tractor

HEB-In Kind

Heritage Bank

Infinity Construction Services

IsoTherapeutics Group, LLC

Lake Jackson Plastic Surgery

Luycx Plumbing-$1,500

Moody National Ban

The Brazosport Facts

The Source Weekly-InKind

Tri-Construction

Veolia Water-In Kind-$1,500

VIT,Inc.-$1,250

Vulcan-$1,250

Westfield Construction LLC-$1,500

Silver- $500

Allsides Inspection

Allstate Insurance

American Realty

Betty Allen-in memory of Jim Allen

Brazos Fasteners, Inc.

Brazosport ISD

Century Oaks Title, LLC

Coastal Machine & Mechanical

Caldwell Banker United, Realtors

Coronado Trucking

Culligan

D & L Propane

Dental Associates of Lake Jackson

Dr. Brian Bell

Elbert Insurance Agency

Evco Industrial Hardward, Inc.

Excel Maintenance

First State Bank of Clute

Freeport Welding

Great American Title

Greg and Lucy Pendon

J&S Contractors

Kennemer, Masters and Lunsford, LLC

Maria's Kitchen

Massage Heights

Michael and Sherrie Steves

Mueller Manufacturing, Inc.

Nalco Champion

Offshore Oil Services, Inc.

Perry Jenkins

Prather & Harlan A/C -Heating

R and M Telephone

Retrement Planning & Wealth Management

Scott Glick Enterprises

SI Group

Sofka Werkmeister and Michael Mebes

Specialtis Company

Spence Pharmacies

TDECU Real Estates LLC

Texas Crewboats.

Zacry Group

Bronze-$250-499

Allsides Inspections

Altus Emergency Center

American Realty

Brazos Fasteners, Inc.-$750

Brazosport Tires

Colors on Parade

D&L Propane-$600

Ding Lifters

Dredgeit Environmental

Elbert Insurance Agency

EVCO Industrial Hardware

First State Bank

Freeport Industrial

Fritz,Byrne, Head & Harrison

Gateway Trading

Great American Title

Gulf Chemical and Metallurgical

H. Braught & Associates

Heritage Bank

Honda of Brazosport

Honda of Lake Jackson Power Equipment

J & S Contractors

Jerome and Doris Aldrich

Mauro & Cordoba,P.L.L.C.

Michael & Sherrie Steves

Moody Bank

Mueller Manufacturing, Inc.

Nalco/Champion

Perry Jinkins

Perry Mueller Jr DDS and Associates

Prather and Harlan AC

Prosperity Bank

Restwood Funeral Home & Memorial Park

Retirement Planning and Wealth Management

Rimato & Associates, LLC

Roy and Peggy Yates

Secure Check LLC

SI Group

SIG Insurance Troy Brimage Agency

Swagelok Texas Mid-Coast

TDECU Real Estate LLC

Texas Port Recycling

The Oak Financial Group-Jeremy Vernor

Thermal Soil Reclamation

Top Coat Inc.

Tri-Construction

Vicki Melass-Allstate Agency

VIT

Bronze Sponsors: $250

American Wires -$300

Barbara B. Franklin

Brazos Export Crating -$300

Butch Rogers

Congressman Randy Weber

David Novosad/Brazosport Tire

Diane and Jim Hill

Dude Payne

Fred Kanter

George Franklin

Gerald & Serena Andrews

Jerome & Doris Alrich

Jim Pierce

Matt Sebesta

Mike & Jo Coburn

Mike at Gold Star Metals

Sabrina and Troy Brimage

Shane and Linda Pirtle

TJ's Lube

Texas Sand & Gravel

Thank you from scholarship recipient

I cannot begin to express how thankful I am to be a recipient for this scholarship. I am overwhelmingly thankful and appreciate the opportunity you've given me to help further my education. I will continue to be the hard- working, focused and determined student that I am.

Valarie Madrigal

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Congratulations to all the individuals attaining Paul Harris Fellowship and beyond for the Rotary Year 2016-17