ROTARY FIRE FIGHTERS HOME KICK OFF CELEBRATION

OUR ROTARY FIRE FIGHTERS HOME (RFFH) KICK OFF CELEBRATION FRIDAY EVENING WAS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.  IN ATTENDANCE WERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ROTARY CLUBS OF KINGWOOD, GALLERIA AREA, HARRISBURG, HOUSTON & UNIVERSITY AREA CLUB & FOUNDATION, THE RFFH BOARD & COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND PAST DISTRICT GOVERNORS SUSIE HOWE, CHRIS SCHNEIDER.  ALSO THERE WERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HFD COMMAND STAFF, HFD BURNED CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION-TRENT VANN, BELLAIRE FIRE CHIEF-DARRYL ANDERSON AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.  THE PROGRAM INCLUDED PRESENTATION OF FLAGS BY THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT (HFD) HONOR GUARD, INVOCATION BY HFD CHAPLIN GARRY BLACKMON AND THE HFD PIPES & DRUMS.  OUR EVENING MC WAS PBS AWARD WINNING ERNIE MANOUSE (A HONORARY ROTARIAN).  THE PROGRAM INCLUDED REMARKS FROM RFFH PROJECT COORDINATOR IRENE HICKEY, A  VERY SPECIAL CANCER FIGHT SURVIVER HFD CAPTAIN BONNIE RICHTER, ASST.FIRE CHIEF THOMAS MUNOZ, ROTARY PAST GOVERNOR CHRIS SCHNEIDER, ROTARIAN RFFH CHAIRMAN PHIL CEZEAUX AND EVENT CHAIR SONYA HEATH.  A SPECIAL THANKS GOES OUT TO THE LOCAL AMERICAN RED CROSS, XEROX CORP, CLAMPITT PAPER, GURROLA REPROGRAPHICS, TWIN PEAKS, BEAVER'S ICE HOUSE AND SAM'S CLUB FOR PROVING LOCATION, PROGRAMS, PAPER, BEVERAGES AND FOOD.  BEFORE AND AFTER THE PROGRAM CONVERSATION AND FELLOWSHIP WAS HAD BY ALL.  THE LADIES PARTICULARLY LIKED THE PERSONALLY SIGNED FIRE FIGHTER'S CALENDERS.