WELCOME TO DISTRICT 5930

South Texas Rotary District 5930 is made up of close to 2,000 members, from 51 clubs, within the southern tip of Texas. We meet regularly to not only form bonds and friendships, but we also strive to improve lives locally and around the world.
 
 
 
 

Save the Date & Find Your Students

Feb. 1-3, 2019 - different times for 2019
 

September - Basic Education & Literacy

Area of Focus: Basic Education and Literacy Month, Promote Literacy
  • Initiate Adult Education class
  • Involve Youngsters / College Students as Teachers
  • Initiate E-Learning / Happy School Projects
  • Distribute Libraries
  • Arrange Traffic Awareness Lectures in Schools & Colleges
  • 8 September is International Literacy Day
 
 
October - Economic and Community development
Area of Focus : Economic and Community Development Month. This month also includes: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on the 17th and World Polio Day on the 24th of October.
  • Develop Micro Credit system
  • Organize Awareness Seminar on Self-Employment at Colleges/Universities
  • Organize Trade Exhibitions
  • Organize Buyers-Sellers meet
  • Take up Entrepreneurship Development Program
  • Organize Consumer Forum, a Public Meeting
 
 
 
 
 
SAVE THE DATE!
February 8-9, 2019
Focus: Our PEACE efforts
Guest Speaker at Luncheon on 2/9
Cameron Chisholm, Rotary Peace Fellow Alumnus
More details to come on this exciting program.
 
 
 
 
Important Information from the District
District Governor's Message for September 2018
I am pleased to report that our District Governor and Assistant Governor visits are proceeding as scheduled having completed 32 of 50 Rotary Club visits in the first two months of this Rotary year! 
 
Our Rotary clubs are engaging in local and international service projects, back to school projects, blood drives, Rotary social and family events, club fundraisers, disaster emergency relief and community assistance efforts throughout our District!  Everyone is to be commended for your efforts thus far! 
 
Several Rotary clubs have already inducted new members.  We congratulate and welcome our newest members and sponsors for your efforts.  More members allows us to expand our Rotary leadership network worldwide.  It also enables us to make a bigger transformational impact locally and globally relative to our humanitarian service projects. 
 
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RI Presidential Message - September 2018
September 2018

 

Imagine if we could take a snapshot capturing all of the work Rotary does on a given day. No one – except Rotarians – would believe that a single organization was capable of accomplishing so much. In that snapshot you would see dedicated volunteers working to eradicate polio, setting up microloans, providing clean water, mentoring youth, and countless other actions.

We can do all this thanks both to our geographic reach and to the fact that our clubs are made up of people who are engaged in their communities. As a part of the community that you serve, you know the needs, you have the connections, and you're able to take immediate action. That's why every Rotary club's membership should reflect the diversity of its community.

 

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Has Your Club entered goals/milestones yet for 2018-2019?

The highest priority now is for our Rotary clubs to update their Goals in Club Central.  This is critical to ensure that we have a clear vision of where our Rotary clubs and their members intend to accomplish this year and how we as a District team support their initiatives and plans.

Please ensure that we have all Rotary Club Goals updated in Club Central and confirmed by month end.  To date, only 21/50 of our clubs have input their goals.

Ask your club President or a Board member if your club goals are entered at Rotary International > My Rotary > Rotary Club Central > Goal Center - https://rcc.rotary.org/#/goals

Adoption Awareness Project
From the Adoption Awareness Chair for District 5930.
 
Allow me to introduce myself to each of our sitting presidents for 2018-2019.  DG Andy asked that I be involved again with the Adoption Project which delights me.  If you have put up with me in the past, you will recall that I ask very little and expect a lot.  Maybe not too much but I do hope all clubs can find a way to be involved.  You know not all can host a party, but all can help in hosting one.  CPS has graciously accommodated us for these past many years and to my knowledge has never said "no". 
 
What I really need as soon as your club has "settled in" is who will be participating as 1) the lead club and 2) a participant helping with one of the events.  My email address is lcbglacier@aol.com.  My promise is to assist you in every way possible to make this the greatest year ever.  I am fully aware that there have been some truly awesome years past.  As soon as I have your email, I will stay in touch.  Let me know, as well, if you have a "go to" person in your club in charge of the project.  Let's get ready to party! 
Lionel Betancourt   (956)778-1185
 
 
News from the Clubs of D5930
 
 
District Info
 
Newsletters
 
Give Now To TRF

Through the generosity of people like you, our work has made a difference in the lives of millions around the world. Your gift to The Rotary Foundation allows us to improve communities by promoting peace, preventing disease, bolstering economic development, and providing clean water and sanitation.

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Want Your Club's Activitiy Listed Here?
The success of the newsletter and our website relies heavily on you – we need content that will inform, inspire and involve our Rotarians. So what are you waiting for? Be the Inspiration!
  • Our District’s People of Action - stories on Club activities and Rotarians from across the District
  • Upcoming events – Clubs can advertise their events, District Events will also be highlighted.
News or Event for the website and newsletter – email to nancy@rockportwebsites.com by the 25th of the month.
Please include story (at least 100 words, 500-600 characters), image (jpg attached, not embedded in email or doc), and pdf, if appropriate.
Pictures sent with no story will be placed in a photo album.
 
Thanks and best wishes to everyone for a great year in 2018/19.
 
Rotary Vision Statement
Rotary’s new vision statement,
“Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change — across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.”
This describes the Rotary that leaders must help build.
 
Achieve The Vision
To achieve this vision,
“We are a membership organization first. And if we want to be able to serve, if we want to succeed in our goals — we have to take care of our members first.”
 
Be the Inspiration
“Inspire the club presidents, and all Rotarians in our districts, to want to change. To want to do more. To want to reach their own potential. It’s our job to motivate them — and help them find their own way forward.”