Events

We need volunteers to staff the dislay booths for 2 or 3 hour shifts. This is an opportunity to engage with community members and provide information about the Field of Honor, as well as recruit new members and raise awareness about the Georgtown Rotary Club and Rotary International.

Like any creative entrepreneur, I’m a lot of things, but I don’t like talking about myself.  So here are six very quick things about me and my work.  In, out, nobody gets hurt.

1. I’m a huge fan of happy 70’s music.  Temptations, Earth Wind and Fire, Frankie Valli – all upbeat messages and tempos.  That’s how I run Laundry Love events – helping people smile and feel a little lighter while they do their laundry.
2. I have grown this organization from one which serves a handful of people every month into a go-to, respected, and necessary resource in Georgetown.  Quite a rush.
3. I became director of Laundry Love Georgetown by usurping the position.  The former director was travelling a lot and couldn’t commit to a schedule.  She was stunned and very grateful when I insisted she immediately step aside.  No surprise I’ve earned the nickname Velvet Steamroller.
4. Doing laundry isn’t my mission in life, but it is rewarding to connect with people over something so simple yet so powerful.  The laundromat reveals our commonality, humanity, vulnerabilities, and dependencies.
5. This is how I would sum up my job.  I empower people, lift their self-esteem, and restore their dignity.  Period.  Exclamation point.
6. Outside of work, I’m an intrepid but educable gardener.  After a decade, I now live in peaceful coexistence with drought, floods, heat, ice storms, bunnies, grasshoppers, deer, and armadillos.

Speaker suggestions...contact Roger Chappell.

Enjoy a night out with your Rotary Friends at the Barking Armadillo Brewing Co.located at 507 River Bend Dr, Georgetown, TX 78628.

During today’s program we will recognize and congratulate those who have become Paul Harris Fellows or increased their contribution. The Paul Harris Fellow recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, of $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation.

Rotary established the recognition in 1957 to encourage and show appreciation for substantial contributions to what was then the Foundation’s only program, Rotary Foundation Fellowships for Advanced Study, the precursor to Ambassadorial Scholarships. 

Recognition as a Paul Harris Fellow can be for personal contributions, or may be given in honor of another individual at the request of the donor.  Many notable figures have been named Paul Harris Fellows, including U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, U.S. astronaut James Lovell, UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar, and polio vaccine developer Jonas Salk.

The number of Paul Harris Fellows reached the 1 million mark in 2006.

Sign up to donate blood at our next blood drive to be held at South Star Bank on Williams Drive.

Below is a link to sign up.

https://www.wrbdonor.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/60962

Randy Mongold will be giving a presentation on The Rotary Foundation. (Paul Harris awards.)

Location may change

Presentation by the Racial Unity Committee. Ron Swain, Chairman.

We will meet on zoom to review items to be covered at the upcoming board meeting, etc. if the group has not executive content to meet on, this meeting will be canceled for that month. 

Cat Phelps

All Members welcome!

A look at the past 60 years of Service Above Self! 

We need volunteers to staff the dislay booths for 2 or 3 hour shifts. This is an opportunity to engage with community members and provide information about the Field of Honor, as well as recruit new members and raise awareness about the Georgtown Rotary Club and Rotary International.

Location may change.

Steve Dulle and Jeanne Cox will make presentations. Steve Dulle is the chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee and Jeanne Cox is the chairman of the Field of Honor Committee.

Flag Assembly at the VFW Hall.

The meeting will be at the Activity Field in San Gabriel park. The Field of Honor will be getting set up this day.

All day from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., bring the whole family and your friends and neighbors to enjoy static displays of military vehicles from Fort Hood, cannons from the Sons of the Texas Revolution, Police, Fire, Sheriff, EMS, SWAT, and other tactical vehicles, and 3 scheduled K-9 demos, This is all FREE! Bring chairs or a blanket to sit on and remember to bring your camera or phone. You’ll have lots of opportunities to take fabulous photos! A B-25 Devil Dog flyover will be followed by the Parade of Colors that will be held on the field, and the emotion-filled ceremony with music and speakers will begin at 1:30 p.m.!

On Veterans Day, against the dramatic backdrop of 1,600+ flags, we will solemnly honor all our nation’s Veterans; those who returned home, and those who did not. The bell will be rung 11 times at 11:11 a.m. in commemoration of the observance of the signed armistice when guns fell silent following World War I, and in honor of those who have served, and currently serve in wars and battles around the world. A flyover by the Falcon Flight team will add to the meaningful experience for all who attend. Please join us in the Event Tent on the field at 10:50 to allow us to begin the program promptly at 11:00.

Get ready to kick up your heels during the Patriots Celebration BBQ in the heated tent! Great BBQ, entertainment, libations, dancing, auction, raffle, and more! More information and a link to purchase tickets will be coming in September!

If you purchased a flag at the Field of Honor, you may pick it up today!

If you purchased a flag at the field of honor, you can pick it up today.

Speaker Suggestions...contact Roger Chappell.

Speaker Suggestions...contact Roger Chappell.

Come Celebrate 60 years of service above self in the Georgetown Communtiy and beyond with added holiday cheer!

Christmas Committee Chairman: Peggy Brown