Jim Clark, Managing Director of the Lutcher Theater will tell about the organizational and business side of presenting a one and a half million dollar performing arts series. He will explain how and why the Lutcher Theater has come to serve as the largest performing arts series in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana.
Of course, we will hear of the exciting season ahead in 2015-16!
The Club congratulated two new graduates of Rotary University. Each earned a Bachelor of Rotary Science degree and a Blue Badge: Scot Babineaux (far left) and Douglas Fair (second from right). Dean Lynn Castle led the singing of a special song to "Amazing Grace" and nearly everyone joined in! Pictured with the graduates are "Dean" Lynn Castle (second from left) and President Pat Anderson (on the right).
In case you are not aware, even long-time Rotarians can earn advanced degrees. Who will be the first in a long while to earn a Master or Ph.D. in Rotary Science?
Though only a couple of Rotarians were involved, the Club still worked at Nutrition and Services for Seniors last weekend. Rob Glassey and Allan Higgins were the team who gave a lot of effort to re-setting posts and attaching the gates to the fence. We thank them for completing this part of the project for us.
We will inform you when the site is ready for Phase II: building the planter beds.
Meanwhile, if you did not see it yet, you need to watch the fun video Tim produced for us. You can open the video in full screen. If it does not appear within your bulletin below, you can link to it here: https://youtu.be/FkZxzJAWT7E
COMING SOON: ANNOUNCEMENT OF PHASE 2 when we get to construct and prepare the planter beds!
Rotary After Hours last week at the Elegante in the Tradewinds Tavern was awesome! There was a record number of Rotarians found in the crowd enjoying some wonderful fellowship, fun, a sumptuous dinner and some chilly beverages!
In the Cayman Islands, you can find bus stops that were donated by the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Central. Inside is a Rotary logo and business advertisements are included.
Have you traveled and found the Rotary logo somewhere along your journey? It's fun to see what clubs around the world have done as a project in service to their communities. Send us a photo and we will share with everyone.
That's right! It might have not been the thing to do in elementary school but now we WANT you to tell on your friends! Tell us of their accomplishments and recognition so we can share that with Rotary friends too.
Here's a good example: Shannon Williamson was named Beaumont Chamber Employee of the Month in March. We did not know to share in a timely fashion but we will tell on her now!
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Tell on your friends' activities and what they are doing when they are not at work! Tell about the ways you and your friends are being of service within the community so we can spread information of the many places where Rotarians can give "Service Above Self" on a non-club project or with a non-profit organization. Knowing of a fellow Rotarian giving of their time and talents prompts another to know it is a good way to get involved too.
Our speaker today was Percy Pitzer, Chairman of the Board and Founder of Creative Correction Education Foundation. Percy was introduced by Rene Greenwald.
Having just returned from Southeast Asia, Percy became a Corrections Officer with the Federal Bureau of Prisons after a brief stint with the Sheriff's Department in Wisconsin. He started as an officer and, over a span of 25 years, worked his way up to being named Warden.
Creative Corrections is a program that Percy and his wife started and it continues to evolve. It focuses on at-risk kids who have an incarcerated parent or parents. Percy stated that Jefferson County "has a huge need" for these services. He went on to say that "many of our youth have no vision for the future, and are lacking in skills, ambition, education, and support, yet have an unrealistic expectation that government will support them."
As of this date, Creative Corrections has assisted at least 25 students, connecting them with the Lamar Institute of Technology, Communities-In-Schools, the YWCA, and
the Beaumont Police Department.
Percy stated "We take recent graduates and young adults and help them to collaborate with LIT."
To this point, CCEF has bestowed 77 scholarships to young people with incarcerated parent(s).
Percy stated that "we can make our community healthier and stronger" by educating these young people and providing them with life skills. He closed with this quote: "It is much easier to build strong and successful children than to re-build broken men."
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