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Jul 14, 2016
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
 
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The Veranda at Schlitterhahn
Jul 14, 2016
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
 
District Block Grant Committee
Jul 16, 2016
 
Reunion Conference Committee Meeting
Double Tree
Jul 20, 2016
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
 
Reunion Conference Social
Double Tree
Jul 20, 2016
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Club Visit Falfurrias
Strickland's Rest.
Jul 28, 2016
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
 
Visit with Board of Falfurrias
Strickland's Rest.
Jul 28, 2016
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
 
Visit with the Board of Port Lavaca
Bauer Community Center
Aug 04, 2016
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
 
Club Visit Port Lavaca
Bauer Community Center
Aug 04, 2016
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
 
Foundation Team Training Pre-Session
Frank Fickett Scout Training and Service Center
Aug 05, 2016
3:00 PM – 5:30 PM
 
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January Newsletter

January Newsletter:

Happy New Year!!

 

We begin a new calendar year this month and half of this Rotary Year is gone.  We have much to accomplish in the next 6 months and I know that all of you are busy with accomplishing your club goals and working on your fundraisers.

 

I know of three fundraisers this month...Southside Corpus Christi is holding their Service Above Self Awards Fundraising Dinner on Thursday, January 21.  The Corpus Christi Evening Club is holding their Mardi Gras Casino Night on Saturday, January 30 and the Valley is sponsoring the Vipers Basketball game to End Polio Now also on Saturday, January 30.  These are only a few of the events that are happening.  Please support your club and other Rotary Clubs as you can with their fundraising projects so we can accomplish great things together.

 

Some upcoming events that need to be on your radar.  The Rotary Foundation Dinner will be held on Saturday, February 20 at the Doubletree Hotel in McAllen.  Tickets are $40 per person, social hour at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm.  We will be honoring Dr. Shirley Reed for her service as the Founding President of South Texas College.

 

If you are a President Elect or President Nominee of your Club, you need to register for Lonestar PETS .  This is scheduled for Feb. 25-28 in Dallas at the DFW Hyatt.  Hotel rooms are going fast so you need to make your reservations ASAP.  This is a great training opportunity.  What is offered at PETS cannot be gotten by taking an online course which several of our PE's would like to do.  This is about inspiration, motivation and networking with the Rotary International and District Leadership, as well as your fellow President Elects.

 

I recently received a letter from RI President Ravi announcing that His Holiness Pope Francis will officiate at a Mass to Celebrate the Jubilee of Rotarians at St. Peter's Square in Rome on April 30.  RI will have 8,000 seats reserved for Rotarians, friends and family.  For more information, please visit the Jubilee of Rotarians website.  Registration opens on January 18.

 

Finally, I am looking for a good Rotarian to be District Governor for Rotary Year 2018-2019.  I sent an email out to the District regarding this matter.  You may not qualify or be interested but you might know of someone who would qualify and want to be a Gift to District 5930 through Service Above Self as District Governor.  Check the District Website for further information.

 

Thank you for all that you do for Rotary and the Gifts you Give to the World.

 

DG Betty

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News
Southside Corpus Christi Rotary Awards Student Achievers
 
Each month the Rotary Club of Southside Corpus Christi recognizes and honors top students who exhibit the motto of Rotary to give “Service above Self.”  The students honored on October 22, 2014 were from the club’s partner school on this project John Paul II High School in Corpus Christi.  Each student received a certificate, a Four Way Test coin, and a gift card from Southside Rotary President John Owen.  Pictured from left to right in the photo are Tabitha Lee Sang and Evan Rodriguez.
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Southside Rotary Built Wheelchair Ramp for Woman in Need
The Southside Corpus Christi Rotary Club “Ramp Champs” donated their time and materials on Saturday morning November 1st to build a wheelchair ramp for Ms. Amalia Martinez at 4410 Green Grove Drive, Corpus Christi, TX who recently left rehab and needed a ramp at her house upon her return. Ms. Martinez was very independent prior to her injury and this ramp gives her back the quality of life that she was accustomed to. She was extremely appreciative of the Southside Rotarians building the ramp for her and tested it out after it was finished.
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Southside Corpus Christi Rotary Welcomes District Governor
The Rotary Club of Southside Corpus Christi welcomed District Governor Art Zeitler and his lovely wife Carol on Wednesday October 15, 2014 at noon at the Corpus Christi Country Club for the annual club visit and members were inspired by the great talk they received from Governor Zeitler.  His message was uplifting and empowering to do Service Above Self and to spread the message of the good works Rotary does in the community and the world.  As a thanks for the visit, Southside Rotary President John Owen presented DG Art and Carol with certificates showing donations to polio plus in each of their names.  In addition, Gerene Beckley, daughter of Lt. Governor for Membership Debbie High, received a New Member Sponsor Recognition Program pin for bringing in a new member who happens to be her grandson!  She was very proud to receive this honor from DG Zeitler.  For more information on the Rotary Club of Southside Corpus Christi please visit our website http://www.southsideccrotary.org/ or “like” us on Facebook.
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