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Meeting cancelled tonight 3/2/23Texas weather has blown in, and we are cancelling the meeting tonight! Come back next week for our board meeting.
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Taste Around the Village |
SAVE THE DATE, FRIDAY MARCH 31 |
Spaghetti DinnerA great time was had by all at our 3rd annual Spaghetti Dinner. We raised an almost record for our much deserving non-profits. Cloud 9 Charities Halo for Freedom Warrior Foundation Jerry Sullivan Memorial Fun for TRAC Youth SPAN/Meals on Wheel of Denton County  |
Salvation Army Bell Ringing 2022Every year we volunteer to help Salvation Army with their annual Red Kettle Campaign here in Highland Village.  The campaign was started in 1891, when Salvation Army Captain Joseph McFee was distraught because so many poor individuals in San Francisco were going hungry. During the holiday season, he resolved to provide a free Christmas dinner for the destitute and poverty-stricken. This eveolved into an event that helps fund the Salvation Army around the world! Here are the complete historical details: https://www.registertoring.com/redkettlehistory.aspx What a wonderful season!
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Spaghetti Dinner |
Passing the Gavel 2022June 30th brought about the end of a Rotary year and the beginning of the next. The previous board members were celebrated, the current and past board members were recognized for all their hard work and dedication to the organization.  Pattie Miller was inducted as President Sunny Lindsey as President Elect Connie Hucker as Secretary Justin Hess as Treasurer Frankie Moon Membership Marta LaColla The Rotary Foundation Chair Debbie Reim- Service Projects Chair Justin Hess Immediate Past President Glenn Kimball Community Service Ravi Wadhwa Shops of Highland Village Liaison Julie Hutchens Founding Member Liaison Tony Moon Sergeant at Arms |
SAVE THE DATE for Taste Around the Village |
Going to the dogs Highland Village Rotary was going to the dogs last week at CCA. Members and family met at CCA in Lewisville to help divide up over 500 lbs of dog and cat food.
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3rd Annual SpaghettiGet your tickets here! Don't forget to name the non profit or Rotarian you purchased the tickets from. New this year is the Whisky Wobble much like our Wine Stroll but with Whisky, these are tastings in addition to the Dinner. Two seating and to go options, great food, for a good price and benefitting fantastic non-profits.  |
Unity In Communities Highland Village Rotary joined other area Rotaries in co-sponsoring the Unity in Communities luncheon. Other sponsors included the Chamber of commerce for Lewisville, Flower Mound, the HVBA, and Independent Financial. This is a great annual event that celebrated its 15th year. This function brings together elected officials from Denton County, the Cities of Highland Village, Lewisville, Flower Mound, Rotarians, volunteers, and other leaders in our community to celebrate area non-profit organizations. This event highlights the top 3 organizations and then crowns a winner. This year’s top three were Single Parent Advocate, Children’s Advocacy Center, and Cloud 9 Charities. And the winner is.....
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Jerry Sullivan Memorial Fund Highland Village Rotary was represented at the inaugural presentation of 2 scholarship awards from the Jerry Sullivan Memorial Fund. Two very deserving youth with bright ambitions were selected from 7 applications in this first presentation of many more future scholarships.
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Paul Harris AwardsThis small but mighty club was able to do something extraordinary last month. The Highland Village Rotary bestowed the Paul Harris Fellow recognition on to first time recipients  |
Passing the Gavel 2021June 24th brought about the end of a Rotary year and the beginning of the next. The previous board members were celebrated, a check was presented to the Fallen Officers fund, many Paul Harris Fellow awards were given and Tony Moon was awarded the Rotarian of the Year award for all his hard work and dedication to the organization.  |
2021 Remember The FallenThe Highland Village Rotary Club is sponsoring a fundraiser called Remember The Fallen by selling these high quality laser engraved tumblers. Support a great cause and check out the website! |
Taste of the Village 2021Don't forget to come pick, up your baskets at Salerno's Thursday, 5 April 2021 from 11am to 8pm. (You must have purchased online.)  |
Spaghetti Dinner 2020 The 2020 Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser is in the books! It was a grand affair, complete with a new wine stroll, masks, and enhanced take out service.
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Spaghetti Dinner! |
August community fundraiser
This month the challenge is on! We are so close to ending polio forever! There are less than a few hundred active cases in the world, but that number could easily climb back up if we do not continue to provide the polio vaccine. This month we are asking all members to donate $25.00. That is $725 total for our 29 members. Contact Treasurer Kate Voss kate@vossaccounting.com for all the payment options.  |
Supporting our HV PD HV Rotary would like to give a big shout out to Salerno's Italian Restaurant for cooking up a big time lunch for the Highland Village Police Department.
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New Members 2020A little pandemic has not slowed down this rotary club! We have regrouped, rallied and engaged a few new members! Please Welcome Debbie Reim Stefanie Gardner Casey Gardner  |
Great round of speakersWe have had a great round of speaker lately. If you cannot attend in person, check out the email blast for the zoom meeting link and stay connected. We have recently learned about Macro Economics from the Morrisons, Pool Safety from Stefanie Gardner, the great work of Team Mercy from its founder Allison Dauteuil, and the continued fight to End Polio. Check out the calendar often and come on in person or virtually to learn something new. Also if you have any suggestions or recommendations for future speakers or topics please contact Amanda Gardiner at amanda.gardiner@goosehead.co  |
Passing the Gavel 2020 New Board members! Frankie Lynn Moon President Patty Miller President Elect Julie Hutchens Past President Amanda Gardiner Secretary Kate Voss Treasurer Bob Garrison Sergeant at Arms Holly Johnson Membership Justin Hess Interact student representative Glenn Kimball International Ravi Wadhwa- Local /The Shops
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Highland Village Rotary Still having Fun!We are doing are part in Highland Village Rotary to stay apart and connected. With Zooming fun meetings and social distancing socials, we are staying in touch with each other and the community.  |
Good Food Friday Drive By Food Drive
DRIVE BY FOOD DRIVE Drop off canned goods without leaving your car. When : Friday, April 10th Where: Excite! Gym & Cheer 2225 Highland Village Road Event: 1:00-6:00pm Times to volunteer : ( if you feel safe and have practiced social distancing please volunteer to help with our HV Rotary and Excite! Food Drive 12:30-2:30 2:15-4:15 4:00-6:00 |
1st Annual Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser |
Ken Powell New Paul Harris AwardLast week was a double bonus meeting, we got to hear from the new District Governor Peter Scott, and he was proud to join our President Julie Hutchens in awarding the Paul Harris Fellowship award to Ken Powell.  |
Passing of the Gavel
June 27th was a great time! We had some fantastic food thank you to Shoal Creek Tavern, and we had a lot of fun, Passing the Gavel. The annual tradition of thanking our past board members and welcoming our new board members. Glenn Kimball our outgoing President could wait to hand off the gavel and RUN back to his sailboat. Julie Hutchens took the gavel willingly (got to love the newly initiated) ;) But truth be told Julie is an old hat, she is one of Highland Village's founding members! Good luck to the new board and tons of gratitude to the out going board.
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Phil Lozano - HV Parks and Rec Update
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Taste of the Village
Its bigger and better than ever! The Highland Village Rotary presents the Taste of the Village. Bigger space at the beautiful Briarwood Retreat Center, more vendors with great food. Live music provided by Good Therapy and the best casino party around provided by Deal Me In!
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New Members 2019
We had a packed house and a great time last Thursday the 31st! It was our social and new member induction ceremony.
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Check Presentations for 2018
We had a great time at our annual charity golf tournament, and this week we got to show off just how much fun we had! We want to thank all the golfers, sponsors and volunteers that make our 2018 tournament such a success. This week The HV Rotary was able to present 4 amazing charities with a $1000 check a piece. These charities all had skin in the game and all helped out with many volunteers at the golf event. This is truly the best part!  Mission Moms!
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January started with a bang, The Highland Village Rotary in coordination with Marcus High School; presented two Student of the Month Awards to two very deserving and amazing kids. Lexie and Camille were nominated by their teachers for their outstanding attitudes, perseverance and great work ethics. Congratulations to Lexie and Camille!
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The holidays HV Rotary Style
The Holidays were busy, but Highland Village Rotary and our Marcus High School Interact Club found time to bring some holiday cheer to over 150 families in the Denton County area. The Clubs partnered with Market Street to get donations and provide complete meals for 150 families. Highland Village Rotary members could also be seen at the Wal-mart on Justin Rod, ringing the bell for the Salvation Army and sipping some hot chocolate. Click more info to see the other great events Highland Village Rotary was involved in during the Holidays!  |
TXFallenPD Event
An officer is killed in the line of duty every 65 hours. Throughout history, there have been more line of duty deaths in the State of Texas than any other state or territory. The Texas Police Chiefs Association’s Fallen Officer Fund provides monetary assistance to Texas families of fallen heroes within 24 hours following an oficer’s line of duty death. The TXFallenPD Tribute Event is a community event that takes place at The Shops of Highland Village. Activities include a 5K run and civilian bike race in the morning and a Police Officer bike race and a Police Officer Obstacle Course Competition in the afternoon. There is live music, demonstrations, raffle prizes, a silent auction, kid zone, food, and drinks throughout the day.
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HV Rotary Golf Event
Thank you Thank you to all the Amazing People who turned up and turned it on for our 3rd Annual Charity Golf Tournament!!!!!  |
Speaker Allison DAuteuilFounder of Team Mercy Allison D'Auteuil spoke to the club on August 23rd.
 TeamMercy is a 501c3 non-profit foundation providing connections to resources for families facing the death of a child. |
Paul Harris Award RecipientFrankie Lynn Moon rece
 ives the prestigious Paul Harris Fellow recognition |
Gavin A. Fleten Memorial Servants Heart Award
We are proud to announce the Gavin A. Fleten Memorial Servant’s Heart Award to honor our co-founder, friend and THE model of what it means to have a servant’s heart. From his years of delivering Meals on Wheels to serving as the de facto hunter/gatherer for anyone in need of his unique ability to bring people together for a common cause, Gavin was a force of nature unlike any other. Gavin was not driven toward service by any particular cause. He derived his passion from his desire to connect with people and to foster a network of connections that went deeper than most of us could ever strive to achieve on our own.
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2017-2018 Passing of the Gavel
On Thursday the 14th of June we celebrated the "Passing of the Gavel" for our Rotary Club. We honored our 2017-2018 Board, gave out some special awards to our Service Above Self recipients, and introduced our Rookie of the Year! The Gavel passed from Fred Busche to Glenn Kimball as President for the 2018-2019 Year. Thank you everyone for all you do for our club, it always impresses what we can accomplish for a club our size! Click this pic for the photo album!  |
SPAN Denton Co Meals on Wheels CheckMichelle McMahon, Executive Director of SPAN / Meals on Wheels of Denton County was presented a $1,000 check from the Taste of the Village HV Rotary Fundraiser. Fred Buche President present the check at the general meeting at Shoal Creek Tavern. More information on the great programs provided by Span can be found here http://mowdc.org/  |
YMCA Check PresentationToday we were pleased to present a check to Jason Walter Exec. Director of Cross Timbers Family YMCA by way of 'Thank You!' for your support and partnership in our recent 'Taste of The Village'  |
Taste of the Village 2018 |
Charity Check Presentation Feb 2018Lewisville Lake Symphony partnered with the HV club to be beneficiaries of the proceeds from the Charity Golf Tournament On Thursday Nancy Wright from the Lewisville Lake Symphony spoke about the work they are doing with Children and extending professional music into the community she also received a check for $500.00  |
Charity Check Presentation Jan
Two of our four charities that the club partnered with for the HV Rotary Golf Tournament  |
Student of the Month Presentation Jan Thursday evening The club presented it's Student of the Month award to Nick from Marcus High School.
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At Thursday's meeting we were honored to present two outstanding students from Marcus HS with the HV Rotary's Student of the Month
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Marcus Interact and HV Rotary making a difference
The Interact Club of Marcus High School (HV Rotary's sponsored Student Club) along with several members of HR Rotary were out in full force Saturday to provide Thanksgiving Dinners for families through the Lewisville Salvation Army. .png) .png) .jpg) |
Charity Golf Tournament at Lantana |
Meals On Wheels- Guatemala |
September's collection project is Habitat for Humanity
The Club collected donations for Habitat for Humanity as well as donations for Hurricane Harvey victims.
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2017-07-13 First Meeting at Shoal Creek Tavern
 An awesome full house enjoyed legendary food and drink with an Epic Health fun presentation for the maiden meeting at our new Rotary Club Home. We even added some new members!
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2017-05-18 - Weekly Meeting - LISD Presentations Brian Bonnar, Student of the Month proudly introduced by Jessica Gabel, Marcus High School, Award Presented by Ken Powell, Club President  LEF Scholarship recipient Michael White and parents, our latest 'Happy Jar' beneficiary presented his Scholarship by Ken Powell, Club President
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International Project - Meals on Wheels GuatemalaHighland Village Rotary Clubs International Project - Meals On Wheels Guatemala. feeding grateful seniors a meal, each day, every day. This is truly 'Rotary In Action!'    |
2017-02-16 - Program Speaker Travis Bond Travis Bond - DFW Shooters Academy with Mike Morrison
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Bunny Hop Family Day - April 2nd 2017 Online Document Download and Payments Available! Just click the links below: Vendor Payment: Sponsor Payment: |
Bunny Hop 2017 |
Salvation Army Mac and Cheese Its a great night here at the Highland Village Rotary Club Networking Meeting. A full house brought Mac & Cheese to help stock the pantry at Salvation Army, learned about the Annual Easter Bunny Hop Fundraiser and enjoyed good food and drink.
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2016 Annual Golf Fund Raiser - Thank You! Two of our wonderful staff for the Golf Tournament are embraced by Mr. Ray Hibler. Thank you Julie and Diane for your hard work. (Doesn’t look that hard…really?)
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2016 Annual Golf Fund Raiser - Thank You Flower Mound Rotary A couple of lost souls from Flower Mound Rotary find their way to the First Annual HV Rotary Golf Tournament! Thank you Mike and Gerald for supporting our local charities. And thank you Gerald Robinson for serving as our Assistant District Governor for 2016!
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Steaks and Stetsons.JPG) Steaks and Stetsons was a huge success! We were proud to support
the Special Olympics by participating in this event, and were honored
by Highland Village Police Chief Doug Reim to receive our Silver Sponsor
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Marcus HS RYLA Girls    RYLA girls. Elizabeth Connick and Komal Kamoru - Marcus High. Komal is our Interact President
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Highland Village Rotary Keeps Growing!.png) Highland Village Rotary just keeps growing! Kathy Bauer joins the new member induction team for the last time. Her excellent talent was donated to charter the newest Rotary Club in our area. You may visit her at the Champion's Rotary Club in Justin Texas.
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Induction Ceremony - Ravi Wadhwa Doug Reim (a.k.a. Chief Reim) welcomes Ravi Wadhwa as our newest member of the Highland Village Rotary Club. Ravi is the general manager of the fabulous Shops of Highland Village.
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Dr. Rogers, LISD Superintendent Dr. Rogers, Superintendent of the LISD brought the Highland Village Rotary some exciting updates on the direction and accomplishments of our local school district. The LISD is not only tops in Texas but far above average nationally as well. Thanks to Dr. Rogers for his superior leadership.
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HV Rotary Meeting 02-04-2016 Mike Morrison thanks Dr. Audrey Stansbury for sharing very useful dental-care information to the Highland Village Happy Hour Rotarians. Dr. Stansbury delivers happy smiles at The District of Highland Village on Justin Rd.
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Weekly Meeting - 20160128 Happy hour Rotary president Mike Morrison (right) thanks Highland Village City Manager Michael Leavitt (left) for delivering an update on the exciting developments for the city of Highland Village!
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Blood Drive 2016 |
2015 Volunteering at CCA Pantry
For our final 2015 meeting the Highland Village Rotary club membership volunteered at the CCA Pantry.
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Welcome Dr. Frederick D. Busche to our Club! |
HV Police Chief VisitHV Police Chief Visit It was a pleasure having our Highland Village Police Chief visit our club! |
The BIG Oneif you haven't purchased your "The BIG One" raffle ticket, you need to hurry! This annual event is the talk of the town and the prizes, yes, you heard it, PRIZES, as in THREE gift baskets filled with items that everyone wants and needs. Tickets are $20 each or 5 for $100. :) Only 500 tickets will be sold and the drawing is soon. So, like I said, if you don't have a ticket, you need to "get cha one" before they are gone! Ask any HV Rotarian!
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HV Rotary visits Denton County Emergency Center on Sept. 12th
The Highland Village Rotary Club plans to visit the Denton County Emergency Services Center to hear from the Community Response Team. The meeting location is to be at 9060 Teasley Lane, Denton, TX 76210. The main phone number is: 940-349-2840. The meeting will begin at 5:15 and end promptly at 6:00 and will include a tour of the facilities.
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Formal but Tacky Ball - March 9, 2013
Highland Village Rotary Club is proud to host the 4th Annual Formal But Tacky Ball to be held March 9, 2013 at Lantana Golf Club. Come enjoy dinner, dancing, dessert auction, silent and live auction and tackcessories table. Proceeds will benefit Children's Charities!
For more information, please visit www.RotaryFormalbutTacky.com
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Monthly Donation
It's time again to show our support to the children of our community by donating school supplies. Let your inner child & grown up pockets frolic in the school supply isle if only for a few minutes.
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Website Updates
Please remember to update your profile on the new website.
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Do you network using Facebook or Instagram? If so, search for Highland Village Rotary Club and become a fan! There are many Rotarians from the area who are fans and also non-Rotarians. It's a great way to show our networking community, family and friends what we are doing in our club. Club activity photos are posted there as well. or find us on Instagram at |
BUNNY HOP FESTIVAL HIGHLAND VILLAGE ROTARY CHARITY FUNDRAISER |
Author visits HV Rotary Club
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Formal but Tacky Ball PhotosClick the link below to view the photos taken at the 3rd Annual Formal but Tacky Ball Photo Booth
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Proposing New Members
The lifeblood of the each Rotary club is based on the growth of new membership. New members bring new ideas and renewed energy into a club. The process for proposing new members is somewhat tedious, but is so for a reason. The following steps must be followed when proposing a new member to a Rotary Club.
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President-Elect Training
March 20-22 Reyna, Bill and Chip attended Lone Star PETS (President Elect Training) at the DFW Airport Hyatt. What an amazing experience. All three returned with an incredible amount of knowledge, excitement and enthusiasm about Rotary and the future of Highland Village Rotary. Over the coming weeks we will be sharing and working with you to make our club the fun and successful organization we all want.
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February 10, 2010
February 10, 2010 marked the 1 year anniversary of the Highland Village Rotary Club. In just 12 months this group has much to celebrate! Here are a few highlights of accomplishments:
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Disaster Relief for Chile
A District Disaster Response Committee and foundation had just been organized when the Haiti Disaster happened. This foundation has collected over $26,000 for Haiti relief. Now another disaster has happened in Chile. Many Rotarians in our district have friends in the Concepcion area of Chile where we had exchanged GSE teams a few years ago. If you or anyone you know wants to donate funds to help our friends in Chile, please make checks payable to:
"District 5790 Foundation, Inc." and mark in the memo area for "Chile Relief". Mail it to: District 5790 Foundation P.O. Box 120394 Arlington, TX 76012-0394 |
LISD & Rotary
REMINDER: Please note that when the LISD closes due to inclement weather, our Rotary meetings are cancelled.
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Updated Dues Info
Your quarterly dues are due! Please pay your dues to our club Treasurer, Roger McElwrath. You can also pay your dues using PayPal.
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Board of Directors |
Rotary Minute |
Thanksgiving Turkey Brigade
Thank you to those who volunteered to deliver Thanksgiving baskets to the needy. The Flower Mound Rotary Club and Marcus Interact Club are so thankful that we stepped up to help.
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Congratulations to Corporal April Roppolo
Congratulations to Corporal April Roppolo for being the recipient of the Hero's of Denton County Lifetime Achievement Award!
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Senior All-Star Reading Program |
Reach One, Keep One
Rotary International News -- 28 August 2009
Rotarians are responding enthusiastically to the new membership slogan, "Each Rotarian: Reach One, Keep One." |
Dictionaries
We have all 3 Elementary Schools in Highland Village expecting us to deliver dictionaries to their 3rd graders this week. Chip has been looking forward to this for months! The picture attached is a happy group of 3rd graders at Heritage Elementary who received their books this morning!
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Ambassadorial Scholar
Thank you to Lauren Williamson for speaking to our club this Thursday. Lauren is the Ambassadorial Scholar District 5790 and will be attending the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies to receive her MA in International Studies and Diplomacy.
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Sponsors for Website
Don't forget that there is a spot available on our website for advertising. Please let us know if you would like to advertise your business for a small fee per month. Due to our upcoming events, we are promoting our website more and expect more traffic directed to our site.
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Congratulations!
Congratulations to April Roppolo. She was recognized as an Honorary Member of the Highland Village Rotary Club. Thank you April for all you do for animals and children in the community!
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Formal but Tacky Update
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RYLA Student Update
RYLA student, Nathan Boyle, recently attended RYLA camp June 11-14. There is an article in the News Connection about Nathan. If you missed the paper, please see the link below:
http://www.thenewsconnection.com/printFriendly.cfm?articleID=32498 Nathan gave a wonderful presentation to our club on June 25th about his experience at RYLA. |
Animal Clinic Donation |
Greet the Troops
Thank all who were able to make it to DFW to greet the troops last Thursday. It was a great experience. The returning soldiers were so appreciative for the warm Texas welcome. Pictures from that morning have been posted on our website.
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Reality Dog Walk |
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Andrea Bauer Coachman, co-author of To: Love will speak tonight about her life-long dream to write a book, the journey, and some lessons learned along the way. Her first book, but likely not her last, was published last year. To: Love is an honest love story telling of those wonderful, awesome and often heartbreaking first loves through the eyes and experiences of three sisters and their mother. 
