Pictured: Speaker Hank Moore with Club President Elect Joseph Johnson
 
March 4th meeting was filled with inspiration and forward-thinking discussions! We were excited to welcome three guests as we shared our vision for the upcoming Rotary International year. The future of our club is bright, and we can’t wait to bring our plans to life!

A huge thank you to our guest speaker, Hank Moore, for sharing his expertise and insights on corporate strategy and leadership. As a renowned Corporate Strategist™ and Big Picture thinker, Hank has advised over 1,500 organizations, including 80 Fortune 500 companies. His impressive career includes serving as a White House advisor to President Lyndon B. Johnson, playing a role in drafting the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and earning multiple Presidential Citations. Through his Business Tree™ model, he continues to guide companies toward long-term success and transformation.

We appreciate his time and the wealth of knowledge he shared with us tonight! 
 
    
After over a year of planning - heat mapping, tree inventories, and navigating approvals - we set out to plant 500 trees on the Columbia Tap Trail… and guess what? We blew past our goal! 🚀🌱 Over 600 trees are now in the ground, thanks to our awesome volunteers! These trees replace those lost to Hurricane Beryl and the derecho and expand our much-needed urban canopy. 🌎💚
 
A MASSIVE thank you to Houston Wilderness for supplying today's trees and Trees for Houston for contributing to an earlier planting. 🌲🙌 We couldn’t have done this without the army of volunteers who showed up in full force—Interactors, Rotaractors, Rotarians, Scouts, our own Friends of Columbia Tap, and so many amazing community groups! 💪🔥
 
🥪🍪 Shoutout to the University of Houston and Rotary Club of Houston Skyline for keeping our planters fueled with lunch, and Eadough Pastries and Provisions for the delicious refreshments! ☕ A special thanks to Workshop Houston for welcoming us into your space and to Houston Toolbank for lending us your tools.
 
And in the spirit of community giving, Rotary District 5890 Governor Nancy Anderson handed over a donation of gardening tools to Susan Norman with TSU Community Farm—a gift that will keep growing! 🛠️🌱
 
This is just the beginning! We’re continuing to plant and nurture this space as part of the vision to create a linear forest along the Columbia Tap Trail—a dream inspired by the late Rotarian Dakota Stormer, who's family joined us for the event. 🌿💫
 
To everyone who dug, hauled, watered, and cheered us on—THANK YOU! 💚 Let's keep growing! 
 
   
 
🌳 It was a TREE-mendous day to make a difference at the Texas AIDS Memorial Garden with our club members and our friends at Rotary Club of Lake Houston Area, Friends of Columbia Tap, and Trees for Houston. 🌳Our volunteers planted 40 trees to support Rotary's focus area - the Environment.
 
Special thank you to member Ed Pettitt and visiting exchange fellow Robrecht Barbier for a job well planned and executed.
 
 
Skyliners gathered to celebrate The Magic of Rotary and the Holiday Magic. We enjoyed the fellowship of club members and guests from Houston Galleria, Brazosport, Rotary Community Corps, University Area and Houston Medical Center. The White Elephant gift exchange resulted in the usual playful banter and much laughter.
        
 
🎂 Making a Difference, One Birthday & Toy at a Time! 🎁

What’s a birthday without a cake or a gift for a kid in need? Skyliners and Friends gathered to provide the items needed.
 
Great idea from our Service Chair Suzanne Murdock. More than 100 cake kits were assembled for local food banks. We also collected tons of toys for Be A Resource, which will be loved by children in the Harris County Foster Care system. 
 
D'Lisa Simmons delivered two dozen to a local Spring Branch food shelter and the director was thrilled! Lisa Faith Massey delivered another two dozen and Suzanne will deliver the rest. Michelle Bohreer delivered the toys. 
 
Thanks to all that supported this project!
 
 
We normally meet on the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays at 5:30pm
39th Floor of the Wedge Building
Room 3950
1415 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX 77002
Meter Parking on Street (Free after 6 pm)
 
We also typically have a service project and a social on the 2nd & 4th weeks of the month
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