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.
Jonathon McClellan serves as the Director of External and Legislative Affairs for AT&T Texas, working with state and local governments throughout Southeast Texas. He will share information about the advantages of having the AT&T fiber optics network in Beaumont.
Jon brings with him a decade of experience with state and national governments, political campaigns, legislative work and advocacy to the AT&T External and Legislative Affairs team.
Prior to joining AT&T Jon served as Director of Outreach for Public Blueprint, a Texas based public affairs firm, and led integrated public affairs campaigns for a wide array of corporate clients using best practices learned from a decade on the campaign trail.
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Head Table for October 9
Invocation:
Coby Roberts
Regional Vice President
Primerica
Pledges to USA & Texas Flags:
Alicia McKibbin
Executive Director
Beaumont Heritage Society
Introduction of Guests:
Sandy Moschettieri
Regional Leader
Primerica
Introduction of Guest Speaker:
Vernon Pierce
Past President
Would you like to take part in the weekly meetings in a more active role? Don't wait to be asked. Volunteer for one of the weekly assignments! Choose your role and a date that is convenient. Contact Jennifer Burch at409-201-3016.
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CALENDAR OF ROTARY EVENTS
(Club events & opportunities for meeting makeups)
OCTOBER
19
CASA Carnival for foster children; volunteers needed from 7:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
22
Board of Directors meeting, 11:45 a.m. at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas
23
Reading of Memorial Resolution for Lloyd Arnold
NOVEMBER
7
Tentative date for Rotary After Hours; tba
11
"Show Your Colors" Flag Project for Veteran's Day
20
No meeting - Thanksgiving holiday
26
Board of Directors meeting, 11:45 a.m. at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas
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They came out and helped us at Wine Down With Rotary. Let's do our part to help Lamar University Rotaract with their fundraiser!
Supporting Lamar University Rotaract
Tuesday, October 15th
5:00 - 10:00 p.m.
McAlister's Deli
3050 Dowlen Road, Beaumont
For everyone who orders food and specifies that they are supporting Lamar University Rotaract, McAlister's will donate 20% of proceeds back to the club. Rotaract officers and club members will be there so come have dinner with us and help support our activities this year!
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What is more fun than an outdoor carnival! Let's join with others and make some fun happen for the children of Jefferson County in the foster care program.
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.
Roy Huckaby
Gary Moncla
If you know of others who should be added to this list, please advise the office staff at 409-842-1913.
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Robert Robertson
October 10
Natalee Hinson
October 11
Amber Sawyer
October 11
Ted Moor
October 13
Ivy Pate
October 14
Cynthia Wolf
October 14
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At the Wednesday, September 25th Rotary meeting, Juan Zabala spoke about the partnership between Lamar University and Becky and Chuck Mason to create a specialized program called the Mason STEM Initiative. If you had to miss and would like to watch the videos and learn more about this inter-disciplinary and innovative program, Joanne Brown, Major Gifts Officer at Lamar University, shared the link to the webpage titled "Gifts in Action."
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PROGRAM REVIEW
October 3, 2019
"Wine Down With Rotary"
Kathleen Alsup
Chair
The 2019 Wine Down With Rotary was an awesome event and thoroughly enjoyed by Rotarians and guests alike! We are still gathering invoices and tabulating the income to determine the amount we raised but by initial reports, it was very successful!
As you know, the profits from this annual fundraiser are directed to the Beaumont Rotary Foundation for our service work which includes community projects, sending high school students to RYLA, funding for the college and non-traditional scholarships, literacy projects with Martin Elementary, disaster relief, and international support of the End Polio Now campaign.
Kudos to Chair Kathleen Alsup on bringing together an amazing team to serve as the planning committee this year! Everyone on this committee was "all in" and committed to doing whatever it took to make this event enjoyable and successful.
Immense appreciation goes to the Wine Down With Rotary sponsors. We really could not have been successful without your generosity.
Thank you to Rotarians who donated raffle items and bottles of wine for the Wine Pull. Both added fun and excitement to the event as well as generating revenue.
Of course, our amazing photographer, Tim Sudela, captured the fun in some great images of the event which you can enjoy by linking to the album through the link below.
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It is difficult to express enough appreciation to the Wine Down With Rotary sponsors. Without the generosity of these members and friends, we could not have been successful at raising funds to continue serving our community and others around the world. We are most grateful.
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