RERC eBulletin 10-18-17 (Oct 17, 2017)

Social at the Frazees

On 10/14 the Frazee's invited the members of the Richardson East Rotary Club to Mexican Fiesta to their beautiful home in Frisco. Members enjoyed delicious drinks from the bar and scrumptious Mexican food from Uncle Julio's prepared on the grill in the backyard. A lot of camaraderie and fun was enjoyed. Below follows a few pictures from the Fiesta.

Maurine Dickey speaking to our club

Maurine Dickey visited RERC to speak about Barbecue, Boots & Badges. On the picture she is receiving a certificate from club president D. Schieferstein showing that a donation was made for her to the wheelchair foundation for coming to speak to RERC.

Since 1941, the Dickey family has taken pride in serving slow-smoked barbecue in their local communities. Today, the Dickey family and its family of restaurants takes pride in serving those who serve our communities, local police and firefighters. This evolution in community involvement and civic stewardship is Barbecue, Boots & Badges. The foundation, enthusiastically led by Maurine Dickey, supports local law enforcement, firefighters and their families. The foundation is national, yet the support is intensely local — benefiting law enforcement and firefighters who put their lives on the line every day, serving the public. This is a way for Dickey’s Barbecue to serve in return.

Barbecue, Boots & Badges also creates partnerships between law enforcement and communities that are crucial in orchestrating crime reduction programs and initiatives.

Welcome Evan Hadrick to the Club

Please Welcome our newest member Evan Hadrick to the Club.

Evan is the Development Specialist for the Canyon Creek Learning Center. He is a past attendee to Rotary Leadership Camp, educator, and coach who has lived in Richardson for two years.

Evan's classification is Development Specialist - Education

He is nominated by Monica Scott.

Evan is flanked by Sponsor Monica Scott and President D. Schieferstein

Small Groups 2017-2018

The formation of the small groups have been announced. The purpose of the small groups is to encourage networking between the members to create a stronger club. The main focus for the groups will be on social events where the group members meet to have fun and get to know each other well. The groups should be meeting once per quarter.

The meetings should be documented with pictures and a blurb for our bulletin and website.

Please click more for information about who is in which group.

Objective: meet once per quarter for fellowship and get to know one another and your spouses or significant others better. Have fun!

Chairman of each team should contact each member of their group to plan a meeting. Meetings can be dinner together, going to a show or movie together, gathering at someone's hone, etc. You get to pick!

Group #1

Keith Kockler - chairman

Woody Alexander

Davic Frazee

Doug Crosby

Group #2

Joe Allinder - chairman

Scott Dunn

Ron Wilson

Chuck Manthey

Group #3

Bill Alsup - chairman

Karen Ellis

Ted Ellis

Byron Johnson

George McKearin

Jeannie Stone

Group #4

Mary Bedosky - chairwoman

Darryl Forte

Richard Lin

Ken Schwartz

Evan Hadrick

Group #5

David Blanchard - chairman

Drew Hayes

Bruce MacPherson

Monica Scott

Group #6

Wendall Ritz - chairman

Mark Denny

TOm Hummel

Miki Mankin

Gwen Savant

Group #7

Kenn Smith - chairman

Rick Kimball

D Schieferstein

Per Treven

Group #8

Faye Willis - chairwoman

Langford Sneed

Bill Walker

Bill Zeigler

Jim Henderson

Hon. Mike Cantrell visited our club

Our speaker on our lunch meeting 9-20-17 was Hon. Mike Cantrell.

Commissioner Mike Cantrell was elected to office of Justice of the peace in 1986 in precinct 4 (Garland Area). He was elected to a second 4-year term in 1990 and served a total of 8 years. In 1994 Commissioner Cantrell was elected to the Dallas County Commissioner for district 2 where he currently serves.

Hon. Mike Cantrell receiving a certificate of donation to the Wheelchair Foundation by RERC President D Schieferstein.

RERC is relaunching the Small Group effort

Shortly the formation of the new small groups will be announced. The purpose of the small groups is to encourage networking between the members to create a stronger club. The main focus for the groups will be on social events where the group members meet to have fun and get to know each other well.

The meetings should be documented with pictures and a blurb for our bulletin and website.

Stay tuned for more information and who will be in your group.

Successful NTGD for our Signature Project

North Texas Giving Day (NTGD) was a success for RERC, we received a total of $4,250 in donations that will go towards our Signature Project, an Inclusive playground at Cottonwood Park in Richardson.

Thanks to the help of our generous donors and supporters RERC has raised a total of $31,250 since our kick-off this summer. With the NTGD donations we took another big step at reaching our target of $250,000 to make the Cottonwood Park an Inclusive playground.

We would also like to thank SAGE, the RISD Council of PTA's organization for Special and Gifted Education for their support in promoting NTGD and the Inclusive Playground to their constituency.

The next opportunity to support our efforts will be a special meal and entertainment hosted by Wildflower Patio and Grill on Tuesday, Oct. 10. This popular restaurant at the II Creeks area (formerly Marcus Cafe) will have a happy hour, fixed price three-course meal and entertainment by Ellis Island with a portion of all proceeds going to the Inclusive Playground. This would make a great date night for a good cause. Watch for details soon.

Welcome to our Club!

Service Above Self

Wednesday at 12 Noon (Except 2nd Wed - Evening Social - Check with Rotarian for Location)

Canyon Creek Country Club

625 W Lookout
Richardson, TX 75080
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Mar 07, 2018

Valerie Gotcher. MS. CCC-SLP

Improvement of quality of life for those affected by acquired brain injury

Valerie Gotcher, MS, CCC-SLP – Founder & Executive Director

Valerie earned a Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of North Texas in 2004. She has worked in a variety of acute care and outpatient hospital settings serving the needs of adults with acquired brain injury and other neurological disorders. Valerie is responsible for the incorporation of BIND in late 2011 and later the receipt of 501(c)(3) status in February 2012. She is the Executive Director of BIND and is a member of the Board of Directors for the International Brain Injury Clubhouse Alliance. She has been married for 15 years, has 2 children and 5 pets. She enjoys travel, reading and yoga.

The objectives of BIND include reducing the severity of depression, increasing return to gainful employment or productive community volunteering in survivors, and improvement of quality of life for those affected by acquired brain injury. BIND empowers members to maximize their strengths while developing strategies to meet personal goals for community reintegration, and provides a necessary link in the rehabilitative process that assist one in transitioning from therapy to the community upon discharge. This bridge helps the member maintain and improve abilities obtained through the difficult rehabilitative process.

Mar 14, 2018

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