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Melody Jeter from the Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) was our guest speaker this morning. With April being Child Abuse Awareness Month it gave Ms. Jeter an opportunity to share information about the CAC.
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Lettitia McPherson and her son Rodney were our guest speakers today. Lettitia is the Executive Director of the ARC of San Angelo. The ARC helps people with disabilities to be included in their communities.
Each year our outgoing Club President makes their recommendations of charities they wish to donate money towards, while keeping the focus of their Rotary International in mind. Charities chosen by Mike Selander, San Angelo Sunrise President 2017-18, were Doctors Without Borders, Shelterbox, Ezra Vision Ministries and Water For All International.
Our guest speakers this morning are Jason Mendiola and Lorraine Haricombe, Vice Provost and Director of University of Texas Libraries. They spoke about the UT Library system and how it is meeting the needs of students and faculty in the 21st century.
Diann Bayes was our guest speaker this morning from the San Angelo Convention & Visitors Bureau. Diann is the Vice President of the Convention and Visitors Bureau at the Chamber of Commerce here in San Angelo. She comes to San Angelo from Austin with over 20 years of experience. She spoke to us this morning about the importance of visitors to our community.
Justin, Sabre, & Keith were the camp attendees this year from the San Angelo Sunrise Rotary Club. While Sabre & Keith were first –time attendees, Justin returned this year to be a team leader.
Amanda Hodges with the San Angelo Chamber of Commerce was our speaker this morning. She was recently promoted to Director of Membership Relations.
Russell Pehl with Helping Hands (HH) was our guest speaker this morning. Helping Hands is a program of Galilee Community Development Center which was formerly known as Christmas in April.
Randy LeCompte, Deputy Executive Director of the Concho Valley Workforce Development Board, was our speaker this morning. Randy LeCompte is a graduate of West Point and is a veteran of the U.S. Army of 30 years, retiring with the rank of Colonel.
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The fifth biennial Texas Trails and Active Transportation Conference is headed back to Austin in May, and it's your time to shine!
The 2019 Rotary Peace Fellowship application is now available. Advance peace around the world by publicizing this incredible opportunity!
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| Healing scars of war |
| In the mountains of Poland, 26 children traumatized by violence get a chance to be kids again at Rotary camp. Nestled in the scenic Tatra Mountains in Zakopane, the camp gives children a chance to heal in a peaceful setting. The program includes traditional camp activities and field trips along with support from mental health professionals. |
Our guest speakers this morning were Candis Hicks & Kara Barner for Heritage Park Project Downtown San Angelo.
Our guest speaker this morning was James Osbourne from the San Angelo chapter of Texas Ramp Project. Texas Ramp Project builds access ramps for those in need – for free.
In the final days of the old year, it's a good time to look back at what another year has brought and consider what lies ahead. At BikeTexas, we are thankful for you and all you've done in 2017.
Greg Duke, Executive Director of the Concho Valley Regional Food Bank (CVRFB) was our speaker this morning.
The CVRFB is 1 of 18 program providers for the United Way of the Concho Valley. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and relies on the goodness people and companies to help fulfill its mission to stamp out hunger.
Dr. John Jones was our guest speaker this morning and talked about dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Dr. Jones earned his B.A. at Hardin-Simmons University, his M.A. Texas Tech University and his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. He did an Internship in Clinical Psychology at the University of Texas- Austin, a Post-doctoral Fellowship in Neuropsychology at Bethesda National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD and has been a licensed and Board Certified Psychologist for over 35 years. He is also a military veteran of the U.S. Army & U.S. Navy and retired as a Navy Captain.
The 2017 Holiday Gift Guide is Here!
Start your holiday shopping online and Amazon will make a donation to BikeTexas! Go to www.smile.amazon.com and select "Texas Bicycle Coalition Education Fund," then shop!
The Sunrise Rotary Club of San Angelo donates a book each week to San Jacinto Elementary School in San Angelo. This is done in lieu of a speaker gift and is signed by the speaker each week after their presentation. The Librarian at San Jacinto is Loy Watson and was our speaker this morning.
Dr. Ernie Charlesworth was our speaker and his topic was Bioterrorism. Biological warfare is the intentional use of microorganisms or their toxins to cause sickness, disease or death.
On October 22, 2017 the Sunrise Rotary Club of San Angelo dedicated a bench in memory of two San Angelo Rotarians: Roy A. Harrell, Jr. and John C. Parsons.
Kaitlyn Brosh was our guest speaker this morning. She is the VISTA Project Manager with Concho Valley VISTA Placement Project.
This is an Americorps VISTA program sponsored by Angelo State University and the San Angelo Health Foundation.
Daniel Valenzuela was our guest speaker this morning. He is the City Manager here in San Angelo and has been serving in this position since 2012. Before coming to San Angelo he served 4 years in Eagle Pass and 4 years in Fort Stockton.
Jenny Love was our guest speaker this morning. She came to talk to us about the Children’s Bed Project through Sierra Vista United Methodist Church.
| Meet Rotary's Champions of Peace |
November’s Rotary Day at the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, will focus on one of Rotary’s top humanitarian priorities: peace and conflict resolution. Six honorees, including four Rotary members and two alumni of Rotary Peace Centers, will be recognized for their commitment to and work on behalf of peace projects in their communities. Their diversity reflects the varied ways that Rotary members address underlying causes of conflict. |
Linda Grace with United Blood Services was our guest speaker today. She came to reinforce the need for people to not only give blood, but plasma also.
Josh Glaze was our guest speaker today from the West Texas Lighthouse for the Blind, located at 2001 Austin Street here in San Angelo, telling us about their latest venture – Lighthouse Office Supply.
Let It GO!ADACCV's annual Let It GO! Recovery Rally & Run is just around the corner! Let It GO! will be Saturday, September 30. Registration is now open! |
Texas Strong - Texas Proud
Friends on the Gulf Coast, our hearts are with you and we grieve with you for the devastation wreaked upon your lives, homes, and businesses. We've been relieved to hear from many of our friends in the region that they are safe and already helping friends and neighbors.
What is your club doing to reinvent itself? |
The Rotary Club of Stone Mountain in Georgia, USA, was facing a common problem: membership was aging, and the club struggled to attract younger members. When Past President Margie Kersey learned that Rotary had changed membership rules to remove the barriers between e-clubs and regular clubs, they became a hybrid club, preserving in-person meetings while also making them available online. Already, the club is seeing clear results. Read about their success and email us with your own club's innovations. |
Cecily Miller and Maria Sanchez were with us this morning telling us about Fresh Start Ministries and how this organization was started and a little bit about what they do.
8,000 kilometeres to peace
Rotary members in a small town of Nova Scotia, Canada, took action to bring two families from war-torn Syria to their country, where the refugees are starting a new life. Read this and other stories from the September issue of The Rotarian.
You've already heard the great news. We're giving away a bike! Many thanks to those who already joined and are making Texas a great place to ride a bike.
Maybe you haven't entered yet.
The world's first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, USA, was formed on 23 February 1905 by Paul P Harris, an attorney who wished to recapture in a professional club the same friendly spirit he had felt in the small towns of his youth. The name "Rotary" derived from the early practice of rotating meetings amoung members' offices.
