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La Grange Relief Fund

Rotary Club of La Grange is raising money to help with the impact of the flooding in La Grange from Hurricane Harvey. Our focus includes helping children displaced from their homes to start school, helping families who have been displaced from their homes, helping small businesses who have been impacted by the floods and cooperating with other organizations in the La Grange area that are supporting these needs . Our initial concentration will be to help children who are starting school with school supplies, clothing and shoes and then helping displaced families with basic needs for the families. We will distribute the funds on a grant basis to individuals and organizations that request support in the La Grange/Fayette County area. The funds will be distributed to the Rotary Club of La Grange for management and awarding of grants.

Philip Oestreich
President - Rotary Club of La Grange
Make a donation here.

Flatonia Flood Donations

Water, canned goods, non-perishable foods, paper towels, toilet paper, diapers, clothing of all sizes, cleaning supplies, towels, pet food
Drop off at:
Flatonia Volunteer Fire Dept. Front Porch, 216 W. North Main St
Prosperity Bank Lobby, 205 E. South Main St
Flatonia National Bank Lobby, 114 N. La Grange St

Shelterbox Response Team

I am being deployed into Harvey as Shelterbox Response Team Member along with fellow Shelterbox Response Team Bruce Heller Rotarian from Dallas. Please keep me in the loop and please reach out for help. Shelterbox will be continually updating its operational plan going forward.

We have Shelterbox Ambassadors, Response Team Members, and Rotarians that are stepping up to help. I have been in contact the last several days with FEMAs mass care managers in DC.

We have the logistic chain open and are moving a significant amount of assets forward via air cargo from the UK.

We all know this is a significant event and as FEMA Administrator Brock Long said "This is a community response”. All help is needed from all sources to all causes in the upcoming days as this event continues to unfold.

Keep Texas in your thoughts,
Tim Osburn, District 5870 Disaster Relief Chairman
512-496-1348

Emergency Relief Fund

Rockport, Port Aransas, Aransas Pass, Port Lavaca, Goliad, Victoria
District 5930 DG Betty Ramirez-Lara and McAllen North Rotary Fund
Make checks to Rotary District 5930
c/o McAllen North Rotary Fund
501 W. Nolana
McAllen, TX 78504
Fed Tax ID#27-3855943

Ian Riseley Theme

Rotary Club of Flatonia Service Projects and Fund Raisers

THE ROTARY CLUB OF FLATONIA:

Organizes and holds annual Golf Tournament, a major fundraiser for sole purpose of community and international humanitarian efforts.
Provides and installs flags for the Patriotic Flag Display six times per year to 175 subscribers.
Sponsors the Flatonia High School Rotary Interact Club, a high school service organization with approximately 60 members. Interact clubs bring together young people ages 12-18 to develop leadership skills while discovering the power of Service Above Self.
Sends 2 high school seniors, annually, to the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards held at McKinney Roughs in Bastrop. Participants are chosen for their leadership potential.
Sponsors Senior Hog Showmanship with a Belt Buckle award at the annual Flatonia FFA/4-H Livestock Show.
Sponsors the Early Act First Knight program at Flatonia elementary school. Starting in 2014, EAFK is a powerful, daily character building program which creatively teaches and motivates students to become more civil, service-oriented people during their formative years. Themed around the exciting world of gallant knights and chivalry, students study a virtue each six weeks followed by a Knighting Ceremony where one student from each class is knighted for consistently demonstrating that virtue. Virtues include respect, discipline, honesty, friendliness, perseverance, and service.
Sponsors a FISD Teacher Appreciation Lunch every year.
Gives Scholarships annually to Flatonia High School Seniors. In 2017 recipients were awarded a total of $3,000 in scholarships.
Sponsors Flatonia High School 11th graders, studying U.S. History on the USS Lexington Heritage Pride Tour in Corpus Christi.
Received a $1000 grant from the Literacy Project with Tocker Foundation for Flatonia Public Library.
Provides and install flags for the Patriotic Flag Display six times per year to 175 subscribers.
Participates in Flatonia’s Meals on Wheels.
Partnered with Interact students, participates in a Community Clean Up, 2-3 times a year.
Donates to ShelterBox USA, is an international disaster relief charity whose mission is to deliver humanitarian relief in the form of life saving equipment that brings shelter, warmth and dignity to people affected by natural disasters and crises worldwide. Volunteer response teams deliver emergency tented shelter and other life-saving supplies to people made homeless by disasters around the world.

Rich Kaye

Guest Speaker - Past District Governor Rich Kaye

Posted by Patricia Satterwhite on Jul 25, 2017

The Rotary Club of Flatonia was honored to have a distinguished guest to their meeting on 20 July 2017 at Robert’s Steakhouse.

Rich Kaye, Rotary District 5870 Past Foundation Chairman, shared the history of Polio in the world and how The Rotary Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)3, through the support of Rotary clubs around the globe have worked to eradicate this disease. It will be only the second disease in the world known to mankind that will be eradicated. “I am very proud to be a Rotarian and especially to be a part of this
project, known as PolioPlus,” commented Mr. Kaye.

Rotary International has been working to eradicate polio for over 30 years, and the goal of ridding the earth of this disease is in sight. Rotary started in 1979 with vaccinations for 6 million children in the Philippines, when polio cases numbered 1000 per day. Today, Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only countries where polio remains endemic. There are only 7 cases today.

"Rich is a military veteran, community servant and dedicated Rotarian.” said Patricia Satterwhite, president of the Rotary Club of Flatonia, “And we were honored to have him share his passion for Rotary and his passion for The Rotary Foundation in efforts to end Polio.”

Rotary Club of Flatonia
Installs Board of Directors for 2017 - 2018

Posted by Patricia Satterwhite on Jul 01, 2017

On Tuesday, 27 June, 2017, The Rotary Club of Flatonia installed a new slate of officers for the Rotary year 2017 - 2018 at the Red Vault Bistro, with this years theme being “Making a Difference”. The new officers include Patricia Satterwhite, President; Robert Rannebarger, President-Elect and Service Projects Director; Mark McLaughlin, Vice President and Foundation Director; Stu Mica, Past President and Membership Director, Bernie Satterwhite, Secretary; Pamela Cunningham, Treasurer; Pat Nickerson, Sergeant At Arms; and Sherry Haas, Public Image Director.

Guests for the evening included Rotary District 5870 Governor, Gene Holiman and his wife Kathleen, Rotary District 5870 Assistant Governor, Sherry Hutchinson, and Father Eddie Winkler, who gave the invocation.
The evening was also a celebration of Past President, Stu Mica’s service to Rotary. Stu received a plaque and was recognized with his first Paul Harris Fellow. Paul Harris Fellowship, named after Rotary’s founder, recognizes Rotarians, who donate to the Rotary Foundation on a regular basis or who have had donations made in their name. The following Rotarians also received Paul Harris Fellows that evening: Dennis Fishbeck, third Paul Harris Fellow; Albert Nunn, fourth Paul Harris Fellow; Judy Pate, second Paul Harris Fellow; Kirk Pate, fifth Paul Harris Fellow; Mike Schulze, third Paul Harris Fellow; and Ervan Zouzalik, ninth Paul Harris Fellow. Mr. Zouzalik was also recognized as a major donor to the Rotary Foundation.

Patricia Satterwhite, President of the Rotary Club of Flatonia, stated in her remarks, “What an opportunity to be a part of an organization of 1.2 million people. People of action that engage in such endeavors as education, young leaders, community needs, feeding the indigent, and saving lives with polio eradication. I am so proud of our club and what we’ve accomplished. I am eager to lead this vibrant club of action along with your awesome Board of Directors in making a difference.”

Flatonia Rotary Club is Proud of Their Heritage Pride Program

Posted by Robert Rannebarger on May 19, 2017

On 11 May 2017, the Rotary Club of Flatonia sponsored the Flatonia High School Junior Class on a special tour of the USS Lexington Museum, located in Corpus Christi Texas. During the tour they were privileged to meet and converse with three WWII Fighter Pilots. Bob Batterson, 94, is a Pearl Harbor Survivor and was an F6F Hellcat Fighter Pilot. Merton Bobo, 92, was a Gunner on then Avenger Fighter Bomber and flew multiple missions over Iwo Jima. Joe Sassman, 96, was an F4F Wildcat Fighter Pilot who shot down 3 enemy Zero’s. He also survived a kamikaze attack on the Lexington in 1944. The students listened to their stories of heroism and patriotism, and what it was like to serve during this most challenging time in United States history.
The students toured the entire ship from the engine room to the bridge. They were instructed by veteran volunteer tour guides in the inner workings of a WWII Aircraft Carrier and the realities of life on board a war ship.
Robert Rannebarger, vice president of the Flatonia Rotary Club and Director of Service Projects, commented, “It was with great pride that I accompanied this stellar group of high school juniors and learn, along with them, about our country’s greatest generation and the sacrifices they made for us.”

Holy Moley! We've go a lot going on in Rotary

Posted by Pat Satterwhite on Feb 28, 2017

Rotary Clubs across the globe exist to help people, both worldwide and, locally, in our community. Thirty years ago, Rotary decided to become involved in the battle to eradicate polio from the face of the earth. At one time, that seemed an impossible task, but today, there are only two nations world-wide that have had any new cases of polio in the past two years.

The Rotary Club of Flatonia is helping new leaders to emerge and increasing quality of life for many of its residents. The Early Act First Knight program, sponsored by the Flatonia Rotary Club, provides recognition for young people in the Flatonia Elementary School who display exemplary character. Scholarships are awarded annually for Flatonia High School seniors and the Interact Club, a community service organization at the high school, is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Flatonia. In addition, leaders are recognized at the high school level through the Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA), which includes scholarships, that are provided for the RYLA Leadership Development Camp. Oak Manor Nursing Home has benefitted from several Rotary projects designed to improve the quality of life for its residents.

Rotary volunteers are also out in the community working hard to clean up parks and other areas, assisting Meals on Wheels to deliver meals to homes, and providing the beautiful flags, which are displayed in town and in yards on patriotic holidays. 100% of funds raised at the Golf Tournament will go toward these projects and others like them.

For more information and sponsorship opportunities call me at 713-444-6905.

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