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.
"More than Dance -- Building character, diversity, competitiveness, generosity, excellence, and sense of family"
CharLee Hanna-Rule
Owner, iRule Dance Studio
In August of 2007 iRule was founded by Charlee and her husband Mark. Over the last 15 years iRule has become the home to thousands of dancers in Southeast Texas. Recently they were honored by the Press Club of Southeast Texas for being the top story of 2020. In November of 2020 they were featured on the Ellen DeGeneres Show for their diversity and community efforts to make a difference.
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Head Table for February 16, 2022
Invocation:
Mitch Templeton
Judge
172nd District Court, Jefferson County
Pledges to USA & Texas Flags:
Shelly Vitanza
Manager, Community & Government Affairs
BASF Total Petrochemicals, LLC
Introduction of Guests:
Sharon Almquist
Teacher
Veritas Classical Academy
Please volunteer for Head Table responsibilities through the sign-up at:
Janice Suter, VP/Director of Social Media, GSD&M (*virtual meeting*)
March
2
Rotaract
9
Recognition of International Women's Day: Georgine Guillory
16
Irfan Ullah Khan, Vice General Consul, Counsellor, and Head of Chancery at the Pakistan Consulate in Houston
23
Dr. James Fuller, Retired Pastor, Calder Baptist Church ( T. Kelsey Lamb, Sr. Award for Business Ethics)
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T. Kelsey Lamb, Sr. Award for Business Ethics
NOMINATION INFORMATION: FEBRUARY 25nd IS THE DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS
The T. Kelsey Lamb, Sr. Award for Business Ethics is presented annually to a Beaumont Rotarian who consistently exhibits the highest ethical standards represented by the Rotary Four-Way Test in his or her chosen vocation.
T. Kelsey Lamb, Sr.
1942-43 President of the Rotary Club of Beaumont
The original criteria for the award explains:
Nominees must be a member in good standing of the Rotary Club of Beaumont.
Nominees will have exhibited high ethical standards in their chosen vocation arising from a specific incident or by their consistent actions over a period of time.
First presented in 1996, the T. Kelsey Lamb, Sr. Award for Business Ethics has annually recognized some of the Club's outstanding members. In 2021, this prestigious honor was presented to Randy Shelton.
President Cindy Cherry presented the T. Kelsey Lamb, Sr. Award for Business Ethics to 2021 recipient Randy Shelton.
An annual tradition since 1996, the Award is named in honor of the late T. Kelsey Lamb, Sr. who served as 1942-43 President of our club and as 1951-52 District Governor. It is presented to a Beaumont Rotarian who consistently exhibits the highest ethical standards represented by the Rotary 4-Way Test in his or her chosen profession.
RECIPIENTS
1996 Thomas K. Lamb, Jr.
1997 Benny Hughes, Jr.
1998 Lum Edwards, Jr.
1999 Douglas E. Steinman, Jr.
2000 Dan Hallmark
2001 Roberta Applegate
2002 Floyd McSpadden
2003 Floyd McSpadden
2004 Charlie Weinbaum, Jr.
2005 Alex Broussard & James Broussard
2006 Jeff Dyson
2007 Earl Hines
2008 Larry Beaulieu
2009 Gerald Condon
2010 Charles "Chuck" Mason
2011 Jerry Carl White (posthumously)
2012 Patrick Anderson
2013 Enrique "Henry" Venta
2014 Tim Sudela
2015 Joe Domino, Robert Turner &
Jimmy Simmons
2016 Becky Mason
2017 Dana Timaeus
2018 Steven R. Lucas
2019 Phil Dunlap
2020 Rebekah Maxwell
2021 Randy Shelton
Our Club will award the coveted honor at the March 23rd meeting, according to this year's chairman, Craig Escamilla. The deadline for submitting a nomination is Friday, February 25nd.
Building beds is so much fun but delivering the completed bed to a child or several children in a household is so rewarding. On Saturday, February 19, 2022, Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Beaumont and the Rotary Club of Port Arthur will be joined by members of the 100 Black Men of Greater Beaumont to deliver dozens of beds! Volunteers will meet at the assembly warehouse at 2950 Milam in Beaumont. Wear your "Rotarian at Work" shirt and be ready to work in a small team to make personal deliveries until around Noon.
Rotarians will be delivering Flags on Monday February 21, 2022. If you would like to help or have any questions please contact Pat Anderson (409) 782-4057.
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New member
Proposed by
Status
Barbara Newhouse
Teresa Simpson
welcomed on 7-21-21
Deborah Tomov
Leonard Juncker
welcomed on 7-21-21
Joey Kressman
Sheree Pierce
welcomed on 8-04-21
Jacquetta Walker
Jay Wilson
welcomed on 8-04-21
Amy Wilson
Jay Wilson
welcomed on 8-04-21
Rebekah Patin
Cindy Cherry
welcomed on 8-04-21
James Kersh
Diane Bass
welcomed on 8-04-21
Marco Born
Craig Escamilla
welcomed on 8-18-21
Erika Harris
Teresa Simpson
welcomed on 09-01-21
Nicholas Ganjei
Dana Timaeus
welcomed on 09-01-21
Shawn Javid
Dana Timaeus
welcomed on 09-01-21
Misty Fountain
Kevin Reed
welcomed on 09-22-21
Brian Shajari
Ty Coudrain
welcomed on 10-06-21
Angie Hebert
Joanne Brown
welcomed on 10-06-21
Shelby Brannan
Deborah Drago
welcomed on 10-20-21
Kym Johns
Dee Lane
welcomed on 11-10-21
Matt Ueding
Uliana Trylowsky
welcomed on 11-10-21
Julie Strassburger
Jay Wilson
welcomed on 12-8-21
Carl Lambeth
John Lee
welcomed on 12-8-21
Do you know that when asked why they aren't a Rotarian, many people say that no one has asked them to join!
Haveinvited someone to become a Rotarian?
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Would you like to be a member of the
President's Club?
Explain to someone why you are a Rotarian,
and why he/she should be too!
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Charles Foxworth
February 14
Bruce Walker
February 16
Paul Eddy
February 17
Kenny Blanda
February 20
Giselle "Gigi" Mazzola
February 20
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ROTARY ANNIVERSARIES
We celebrate your
membership in our Club!
James B Broussard
February 14, 1973
49 years
Paul Skinner
February 15, 1989
33 years
Don Thompson
February 15, 1989
33 years
Larry Beaulieu
February 16, 1983
39 years
Carol Fernandez
February 16, 2011
11 years
Floyd McSpadden
February 16, 1983
39 years
Denise Berry
February 17, 2016
6 years
Derina Holtzhausen
February 17, 2016
6 years
Victor Zaloom
February 17, 1999
23 years
Robert C Hickman
February 19, 2003
19 years
Azim Keramati
February 19, 1986
36 years
Chad Blanchard
February 20, 2002
20 years
Stephanie Roberts
February 20, 2019
3 years
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Here are some of the pictures from last weeks Rotary Goes To Work!
There is a link at the bottom of the page to view the rest of the photos that were sent to the office.
If you would like to invite others to attend the meeting on Zoom, please forward the link to them and email their name to me so I will know they are invited as your guest.
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