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We held a Club Assembly on the first meeting of the 2015-2016 Rotary year.  Bob Talbot gave us our Rotary Moment and Frank Alegria shared Morning Motivations.  Rotarian Gary Billingsley was bumped up to Paul Harris Fellow +2.  And Buddy Sheppard reported on where we stand with the Flag Program.

Change always comes bearing gifts. - Price Pritchett

The Rotary Club of Duncanville is set to embark on a new journey.  The Club has been selected to participate in Rotary International's Innovative and Flexible Rotary Club Pilot Project.  What this means for our Club is new ways of doing things!  We hope that also means you engaging with our Club and joining us in making a difference in our community.

We received our letter of approval on June 2, 2015 and would like to share this great moment with you:

Homelessness - an event that can last a lifetime for many people in our community - comes one night out of the year for some students at Duncanville High School.

 

Please come out to support out City of Champions and meet our new city manager, Kevin Hugman.  The event will be held at Hilton Garden Inn Duncanville at the corner of Main St. and 67 from 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.  RSVP to mjones@ci.duncanville.tx.us or call (972) 780-5017.

Please join us for the Early Act First Knight knighting ceremonies to be held Wednesday, March 4, 2015.  The following schools will turn students to pages, pages to squires, and squires to knights!  The ceremony is between an hour to two hours.  Come even if it's for a little while.  It's a sight to see, if you have not been to one yet.  Here's the schedule:

• Hastings Elementary School - 8:30 A.M.
• Smith Elementary School - 8:30 A.M.
• Brandenburg Intermediate School - 1:00 P.M.
• Central Elementary School - 1:00 P.M.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact Gary Billingsley.

The Rotary Club of Duncanville is proud to once again provide support to the Best Southwest Regional C.E.R.T. Program for its emergency preparedness training programs which are conducted within our communities.  Through a District Grant, our club gave a total of $4,000.00 for community-wide training programs in Duncanville, DeSoto, Cedar Hill, and Lancaster.  Being in our backyards gives us the best viewpoint on how to respond best and quickest to an emergency  The grant allows our Club to train four members as first responders in disaster or catastrophic events where immediate search and rescue, triage, and emergency aid is needed.  Funds are also used for equipment.

Tom Harmon accepts $3,012 from Treasurer Tony Hopp for international wheelchairs.  This contribution comes from the Rotary Club and individual members.  Thank you for your generosity!

The Duncanville Rotary Club took the Theme Award at the Lion's Club July 4th parade.  The theme of Rotary is a Beacon to the Community and the World was depicted by a working lighthouse and guests riding on the float.  It was pulled by Dalton Lott's antique tractor. 

Ruth Schilberg from the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics and Samuel Pflederer, Rotary scholarship recipient, were presented with a check from our club. This is our annual support of the GIAL.

The Duncanville High School robotics team, lead by engineering and robotics teacher Bart Barton, demonstrated their search and rescue robot at our meeting last week.  It's amazing!  The remote control and camera allow it to enter hazardous structures without putting people in danger.

 

 

September 23, 2015 at 10 am will be the assembly of all four schools.
Our Knights on horses will present a Renaissance show.

 

We will not have a breakfast meeting Tuesday morning, December 3.  Our Christmas party is in the evening at the Hilton Garden Inn, starting at 6:30 pm.

Duncanville Rotary Club Events

Flag Posting, Saturday, June 29, 8 am
Flag Retrieval, Saturday, July 6, 8 am

 

 

Sir Cass honored the students in the Early Act First Knight ceremony for students at Central Elementary School.  The assembly was held in the school cafeteria where all the students in the school attended in two shifts.

Norm Davis and his dedication to the Duncanville Independent School District and the Rotary Flag Program were highlighted in a story in the district's Friday Informer.  It's a great story about Norm and free publicity for our Flag Program.  Please read the story at the link below:

http://dville.edu/FridayInformer/2012/101912.html

 

Thank you to all who gave their time and resources to make this a great Rotary year.  We have a great club and the Members make it.

Cliff Boyd was recognized by President Gary Billingsley and was awarded a new Rotary pin for his sustaining membership in the Paul Harris Society. Thank you Cliff for your achievement of Paul Harris plus three.

Get into the holiday spirit by donating "gently used" adult and children's coats and shoes too, to the Coats for Folks sponsored by the Duncanville Rotary Club and Dry Clean Super Center. The coat drive will benefit Duncanville Outreach and the Austin Street Shelter.

Duncanville Rotary Club members and Interactors were a big part of the Orville Rogers' RUN FOR THE HILLS 5K Run/1.5 Mile Walk that took place on Saturday, May 2nd.  John Davis served as the first RUN director and continues to participate each year.  Among this year's sponsors was Rotarian Jack Bryan. Pictured: Dr. Natalie Nickerson crossing the finish line!

Left to right: Tom Harmon, Cliff Boyd, Bob Talbot, Alfred Ray, Greg Brandon Our team took part in a bowling tournament which raised $730 for Big Brothers-Big Sisters. Our thanks to Bob Talbot

Duncanville Outreach Ministries is in the process of expanding their facilities to accommodate more food in order to sever the growing needs of our community. The cost of the project is approximately $41,000. Our club donated $10,000 to the Building Fund. Anita Davis gave us a very informative look at Duncanville Outreach Ministries and how many families in Duncanville they serve. We were given a tour of the facility. Here, Anita is showing some of the seasonal item which are stored. The tour gave us an opportunity to see what a family might receive in the way of groceries. In addition to groceries, Duncanville residents are also able to receive assistance with prescription, rent, utilities and cancer patients receive gasoline card to aid them get to their treatments. We also received a tour of the Duncanville Outreach Ministries Thrift Store. They sell gently used and previously owned household items, books, clothing, shoes and more which have been donated by the community. They also sell "new" items such as toiletries, hair accessories, baby and adult diapers, household cleaning and more. To see more pictures click on photo journals on our home page (www.duncanvillerotary.org)

Duncanville HS Interact Students lend a hand to the Salvation Army Christmas Angle Tree Program on Saturday, October 25th.Santa didn't know he had so many wonderful Rotary Elves!!! In total 157 Rotarians from across the metroplex showed up to help assemble the packets (known as Red Bag Assembly) at the Salvation Army Christmas Center. Although Salvation Army had a goal of 10,000 bags to assemble the final count was over 15,000 bags assembled. "Everyone did a great job. Thank you again for your service, you are all so wonderful for giving of your Saturday and of your time for this worthwhile project that assists those right here in our own community!" Said Celeste Pilgrim of RI District 5810.