The next project work the Club will undertake on Friday, December 4 is "Brush With Kindness" for Habitat for Humanity. This wonderful effort will involve building a wheelchair ramp for someone who needs better and safer access to their home.
With enough people, it should be a "Done in a Day" project. Good feelings for your work will be priceless and will last much longer than one day!
Watch this video from Lincolnshire on their involvement in the "Brush With Kindness" program. It will convince you to come out and help with our first Habitat "Brush with Kindness" project, rescheduled for Friday, December 4!
Rotarians are committed to Service Above Self and what better way to give service to our community than by taking part in the traditional Red Kettle Drive of the Salvation Army.
Let's do it! Let's join together and staff a day of bell-ringing at a kettle at Parkdale Mall. Chair Michele Cobb is asking for you to volunteer for a shift on Saturday, December 5. Bring friends, bring family - it's a great time to bring a prospective new member as well and have a good time doing something good for others!
That's right. You can personally underwrite the donation of a layette bag for a mother and child in Nicaragua and though you will never meet them, you can be assured that your gift is much appreciated.
For only a $50 donation per bag, we will purchase all the required items and see that it reaches someone who needs a hand up.
Make your donation at a meeting and we will supply a gift card so you can let someone know you made the donation in their honor this holiday season!
The Holiday Party will be Tuesday, December 15 at the Lamar University Reception Center, Mary & John Gray Library, 8th Floor. Social will begin at 6:00, followed by dinner at 6:30 and an entertaining program. Tickets will be $50 per person and are on sale now through the online reservations (click here). Of course, you may also make your reservations and purchase tickets at any upcoming meeting.
As is the custom, the President Nominee will be announced on this special occasion. Mark your calendar now for this "don't miss" event to celebrate the holiday!
The holiday season puts everyone in the gift-giving spirit and you, too, can contribute a valuable gift to young people in our community.
When you attend the Holiday Party (or before if you cannot attend) bring a new book as a gift for a child. It can be any reading level up to about grade 5. We will collect the books and donate to the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club for their after-school program when children are encouraged to do their schoolwork and have the opportunity to read or play.
You will be putting a smile on a child's face and share the love of reading!
We encourage "shopping local" whenever you can but if this holiday finds you doing some online shopping and you plan to purchase through Amazon, please sign up and use an Amazon Smile account.
Anything purchased through AmazonSmile earns 0.5% for the Beaumont Rotary Foundation.
It's easy to start a "Smile" account. Go to: https://smile.amazon.com/. Afterwards, when you start ordering, make sure you log-in through smile.amazon.com instead of Amazon.com for your purchases to add to the Foundations's credits.
Rotary After Hours at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas was one that shouldn't have been missed! Despite some rainy weather, the group was large and engaged with the exhibits at the outstanding museum. The food and drink provided by our host, Lynn Castle, was delicious! Many, many thanks to Lynn who is always happy to host Rotary and rolls out the red carpet for us!
On this, and so many more occasions, the stealthy photographer has been Tim Sudela. We are very grateful for Tim's talents behind the lens and his generous gift of time in helping to record the Club's history in photos. See more photos taken at Rotary After Hours here.
District Interact Club chair Sally Andrews from the Vidor club put together an all-club meeting for the students of all District Interact and Rotaract Clubs. The District provided pizza and the Beaumont Club assisted by providing drinks.
Students and club sponsors listened intently as speakers addressed the too prevalent issue of human trafficking in our local area. They hung on every word the professionals had to share.
Then, they got up and did something to help. They took the donated toiletries and put together packages that might help an individual who was rescued from the situation. Each wrote an inspirational message on a card to be given to the young girl too.
Jim Baxter, Sheree Pierce, and Cindy Cherry were on hand to help and had a good time visiting with the students and sponsors of both Beaumont Interact clubs at West Brook and Monsignor Kelly.
Rotarians were pleased to make the annual presentation of the treasured Vocational Excellence Awards. The 2015 Recipients were:
Lori Hobbs
Third Coast Bank
nominated by Bel Lamb
Heather Kugler
Mason Construction, Ltd.
nominated by Chad Mason
Annalya Sandovall
Courtyard Marriott
nominated by Brenda Gray
Jay Lavergne
Triangle Blueprint
nominated by Cynthia Wolf
Doug Saunders
Jefferson County Emergency Services
nominated by Rod Carroll
Sun Bell
The Grill
nominated by Regina Lindsey
Albert and John Davids
Quality Shoe Repair
nominated by Michael Wolf
Kelly Boggs
HEB
nominated by Lynn Castle
Helena Carter
Habitat for Humanity
nominated by Shannon Williamson
Solida Hang
Happy Donuts
nominated by Vernon Pierce
Patsy Hadnot
CVS Pharmacy
nominated by Connie Szuch
Also recognized but unable to attend was:
Nancy McMillan
Better Business Bureau
nominated by John Paschall
Unanimously, all recipients were described as kind, thoughtful, hard-working, diligent, caring, personable, honest, joyful, considerate and compassionate. It is nice to know that Beaumont has such fantastic people who are so dedicated to exemplary performance in their job! Congratulate them when you patronize their place of employment.
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