The Rotary Club of Beaumont, TX, is a large and diverse fellowship of inspired business, professional, and civic leaders with significant community connections that foster the ideals of Service Above Self and high ethical standards.
Operation Hope is an organization based in Atlanta and dedicated to financial education as a way to create opportunity, help reduce poverty, and move toward financial equality for all races.
"HOPE is our award-winning model of community uplift. We serve adults, youth, disaster survivors, and employees with financial dignity programming and coaching to equip them with the financial knowledge and tools to create a secure future. Our programs and services are offered at no cost to the client." ~website
ShaRhonda Walker, Financial Wellbeing Coach, is with the Houston region office of Operation Hope. She works with clients to improve their credit and increase their financial acumen so they can have access to funding.
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Head Table for December 2
Invocation:
Pledge to USA Flag:
Shannah Quinn
Financial Advisor
Edwards Jones
Introduction of Guest Speaker:
John Lee
Business Advisor
Lamar University Small Business Development Center
If you would like to serve on the head table at a date in the future, please sign up online at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904054ba5a62fa3f49-head or phone chair, Mandy Clayton at 409-718-7056 or email arclayton@lit.edu
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CALENDAR OF ROTARY EVENTS
(Club events & opportunities for meeting makeups)
For the health and safety of members, CLUB MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE WEEKLY USING ZOOM until further notice.
December
9
ANNUAL MEETING: election of Board members and Trustee member
12
"Ring that Bell!" Salvation Army Bell-Ringing; the front entrance of Parkdale Mall; 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.; sign up online or phone the Rotary office at 409-842-1913
15
Board of Directors meeting; hybrid; 11:30 at Eleganté and 11:45 a.m. on Zoom; contact the Rotary office to have a link to join the meeting sent
16
2020 Annual Holiday Party; Noon-1:00 p.m.; on Zoom
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Election for 2021-2024 Board of Directors and Board of Trustees
On Wednesday, December 9, the membership will elect four Rotarians to serve on the Club's Board of Directors and one new trustee for the Beaumont Rotary Foundation. The newly-elected will serve for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2021.
The Nominating Committee selected qualified candidates who will appear on the ballot. A sample ballot appears below and if you click on it, you can open a larger version that is more easily read. While the ballot shows the nominees for the two Boards, we will not be able to use printed copies of the ballot this year. We will be voting electronically using Zoom on December 9.
You must be present at the Zoom meeting on December 9 to cast a ballot by voting on the electronic poll, so please make plans to attend.
As you consider your vote, please remember that according to the Club bylaws, a person must have been elected to a 3-year term on the Board of Directors to be selected to serve as Club President. Article 3, Section 4 reads: ".. the president-nominee shall have been a director elected by the membership at some time previous to his or her selection." In other words, you could be voting for a future club president!
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Soon, and very soon, you will hear that familiar sound of bells ringing at the doorways of businesses. That's right, it signifies that the holidays are upon us and that the Salvation Army has started their "bell-ringing" campaign!
Every year, nearly 30 million Americans receive assistance from The Salvation Army in the form of meals, shelter, after-school programs, job referrals, youth shelter intervention programs, rehabilitation services, and more. It is certain that the number of people needing assistance from the Salvation Army will be considerably more because of the COVID pandemic. The gifts you help collect through the Red Kettle will enable these local Salvation Army programs and services to continue providing help and hope to those in need.
For a number of years, the Rotary Club of Beaumont has been one of the many organizations that tend a booth at Parkdale Mall and participate in the collection process. It is a demonstration of "Service Above Self."
Gary Moncla is Chair of the project and is asking YOU to volunteer to help this year. Please sign up for the hour(s) you can help on Saturday, December 12. This is an outdoor service project so everyone should be safe from COVID spread, but you are encouraged to also wear a facemask and distance yourself from others while serving. Sign up your spouse or a friend or two to work with you, and if the sign-up form does not allow enough room, phone the Rotary Office (842-1913) and ask that the number of spaces be expanded for your group. Thank you.
To the many generous Rotarians who donated to assist the teachers at Vincent Settlement Elementary in Sulphur, Louisiana in their Hurricane Laura recovery, the thank yous are warm and sincere. (If you click on the image below it will open as a full page document you can read more easily.)
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John Lee
December 2
Crystal Thibodeau
December 3
Lauren Brooks
December 4
Michele Cobb
December 4
James Fuller
December 4
Terri Potter
December 4
Chad Blanchard
December 6
Fred Kristiansen
December 6
Josh Smith
December 6
Robert Turner
December 6
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CELEBRATING
ROTARY ANNIVERSARIES!
We celebrate your
membership in our Club!
Tressa Clarke
December 7, 2016
4 years
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We send wishes for a quick recovery to our friends and fellow Rotarians who are ill, are anticipating or recovering from surgery, or just in need of encouragement, support and good wishes.
All Rotarians
especially those who are unable to attend meetings via Zoom
We miss you and look forward to when it will safe for Rotary to meet in-person again!
If you know of members who should be added to this list, please advise the office staff at 409-842-1913.
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Soon, and very soon, you will hear that familiar sound of bells ringing at the doorways of businesses. That's right, it signifies that the holidays are upon us and that the Salvation Army has started their "bell-ringing" campaign!
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