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Our principle speaker was Reverend Kile Bateman. Kile spoke about the Phased In Project.

Phased In is a community transitional living program for emancipated foster youth.
The goal is to assist these young adults in learning basic life skills that will prepare
them for independent living. Phased In provides housing, education, medical care
and life training through an 18 month program currently sponsored by the the
North Texas Dream Center.Through the combined partnership of the church, the
community, and the State of Texas, the Phased In Project will embrace youth who
were never adopted to ensure that they achieve self-sufficiency and stability.

 

 

Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar Veronica Rodriguez gave our club program
on December 20, 2013. She went to Santiago Chile and studied
International Trading. She is from Arlington and was sponsored by
The Rotary Club of Arlington, also known as the Downtown Rotary Club.

Early in 2013, Arlington Sunrise Rotary Club and Arlington Parks and Recreation
Department started a round of major maintenance on the playground that was
constructed by Sunrise Rotary in 2005.
 

  

 

Arlington Sunrise Rotary presents dictionaries to third graders
at several elementary schools each year.

Shown here are third graders at Foster Elementary anxiously waiting their dictionaries.

At our regular club meeting on October 11, 2013, many Rotarians volunteered to donate blood.
           

A major feature of the District 5790 Conference was the Polio Eradication Panel discussion. This panel was comprised of representatives from The Center for Disease Control (CDC), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO), The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and a Rotary District 5790 Assistant Governor who has personally participated in polio prevention efforts in all of the current endemic countries. The panel discussion was moderated by PDG Phil Silvers.

Pictured from left to right are: Dr. Robert Linkins (CDC), Jeff Bates (UNICEF), Dr. Carolina Danovaro (WHO), District 5790 AG Chris McLucas, PDG Phil Silvers and Lea Anne Hegg (The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation).

Pictured below are photographs of the Rainwater Harvesting Demonstration system project installed in March 2013.

 

Sunrise Rotarians Stephanie Gillespie and Kelly Curnutt recently read to Thornton Elementary students as part of the "Read Across America Program". Stephanie read to sixth graders, Kelly read to third graders.

 

 

 

Pictured are Sunrise Rotarians that recently repaired several swing sets at Dunlop Creative Playground. This was the first major repair to the playground since it was completely rebuilt by Arlington Sunrise about seven years ago.

Pictured from left to right are Jack Rogers, Cecil (Parks & Playground Coordinator), Kelly Curnutt, Henry Armstrong, Bill Verkest, Jack Thornton and Mike Nix.

April 2012 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Club. Club members celebrate with new and old and members of the club, including founding members.

Answering the call from 2011-2012 RI President Kalyan Banerjee to plant a Tree. Club members worked to together and coordinated with the parks department of Arlington to add a tree to Meadowbrook Park.

This project was done in cooperation with The University of Texas at Arlington. Long time Arlington Sunrise Club Charter Member Jack Thornton and UTA representative Kurt Beilharz led the effort.

The matching grant with the Rotary Club de Leon for the purchase and delivery of two ambulances to the Red Cross de Leon, Gto. is moving forward

 Arlington Club Sunrise President Dwayne Lee and members Bill Verkest and Dub Hirst present school supplies  donated by club members to representatives of West Elementary School in Grand Prarie. The presentation is in conjunction with a District Simplified Grant the club received which will result in more school supplies being purchased and donated to the school.

 

Today was an outstanding day for Arlington Sunrise Rotary. We inducted our newest member Steve Cantrell a professional photographer in Arlington Texas, USA. Jake Hardin presented the Club with the net proceeds of the Arlington Sunrise Rotary Invitational Golf Tournament. The club had a record net income of USD$12,000.00 this is a 600% increase over last years golf tournament. 

We would like to extend a thank you too all of our sponsors this year. This money will go to Rotary programs around the world and locally.  This Friday also marked the end of the first six weeks of the school year which means that we will present our first set of bikes at Thornton Elementary School in Arlington Texas under our attendance program.

Our program today was Arlington Fire Chief Don Crowson.  The Chief provided great insight into the functions of the Arlington Fire Department.  Some of the things that the fire department does includes bomb detection, water rescues, CERT program and meeting with various cities, counties and other governmental organizations as the first line defense in Homeland Security.

 

This mornings meeting was full of excitement and energy.  We had four guest and three visiting Rotarians. PDG John Miller visited the Club this morning.  The program today was classification talks by Ron Hanna, Donn Howard and Sydney Curtis.  These Rotarians had some gret stories and information about themselves that they shared with the Rotary Club.  Some notable information was the Hanna was a fighter pilot who flew on the Midway in Southeast Asia, attended Top Gun, and made the last flight of an American Airlines plane that currently hangs in the Smithsonian Museum, D.C. Howard, at a very young age, became a car enthusist to the point of being able to recognize vehiles in the dark by their tail lights, owns a atomotive repair shop but has an econimics and finance degree, Curtis, grew up in the family printing business but yet made the choice to be in the roofing business, he said he got to make the choice unlike the printing business.

The Club is preparing for the September 6th and the September 11 Flag Days.  Remembers to support your teams and assist other teams.

A major highlight and accomplishment for the Club that occured Friday was the completion of two (2) membership proposal applications were turned in to the Club Secretary.

These two members will be addressed at the Board Meeting on September 8, 2010. If approved these members will complete 1/3 of the goal for 2010-2011 Rotary year.

YOU ARE RESPONSIBILE FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE ROTARY CLUB.  WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR YOUR PART? 

 

Arlington Sunrise through our flag program provides five (5) fifteen hundred dollars ($1500.00) scholarships to high school seniors one to each of the following high schools in our flag service areas: Arlington High, Lamar High, Martin and Summit High. For several years we have provided an at large scholarship through Stephanie Gillespie.

Roger Meiners, Phd,LLB talk about "These Economic Times". Roger is Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Economics Department at UTA. Today he is discussing the current economic recession. "What recession? Has anyone around here seen a recession? Let's talk."

Don Mebus and Rotary International's Rotary Foundation

"How many times has your life been enriched by merely reaching out in kindness to those in need. How many of your closest friendships have grown when working side by side in serving others. Isn't it amazing what a unique feeling of satisfaction comes to us when we respond to a real call for help? Rotarian's share a tremendous secret and a universal truth and that is, real happiness, perhaps the deepest of human longings, can be found most easily by helping others." PPRI Cliff Dochterman stated these words in his address to Rotarians around the world as his year as President of Rotary International.

The matching grant with the Rotary Club de Leon for the purchase and delivery of two ambulances to the Red Cross de Leon, Gto. is moving forward. We have received final approval from the Mexican Government for the importation of the ambulances through the port of Nuevo Laredo, Texas, USA on August 5, 2009. Rotarians Don Ferrell, Chris McLucas and Rotarian son Clayton McLucas will attend the wheelchair distribution on August 8, 2009 and presentation of the ambulance to the Red Cross on August 7, 2009.

Today's Speaker was Graham Sowa who spent the last year living in Botswana courtesy of a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship.

Arlington Sunrise Rotary has participated in wheelchair distribution projects in conjunction with The Wheelchair Foundation in Leon, Mexico, Gto. for several years. Rotarians Don Ferrell, AG and Christopher J McLucas and his son Clayton McLucas have participated in the last two trips to Leon Mexico

Rotarian Christopher J. McLucas participated in the National Immunization Day in Mathura India on February 1, 2009.  The eradication of Polio in the world is one of the most profound and prolific endeavors of Rotary International.  Through the assistance and cooperation of other NGOs and Rotarians around the world the eradication of Polio is in site.