This December, Plano West Rotary donated our raised funds from our funnel cake sales at the Snow Day at Willow Bend Mall. The funds were given to Christmas Cops and Toys for Tots. We raised funds totaling $1906 and split the funds evenly between the two organizations. We also had some members donate their time to Christmas Cops. Both organizations provide toys to children at Christmas time, plus Christmas Cops also provides many other household needs to families, including supplies for babies and food. Christmas Cops: Toys for Tots:
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Funds to Christmas Cops & Toys for Tots
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2019-12-10 06:00:00Z |
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Well, we seem to be growing! :) We had 11 volunteers this time for our highway clean-up, including lots of Interacters as well as Plano West members. We do this every other month, so come join us next time! Thanks, everyone!
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Adopt A Highway Clean Up
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2019-11-16 06:00:00Z |
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Plano East Rotary Club did an awesome job honoring our veterans with the Flags of Honor setup in Oak Park, and I particularly want to call out our own club member, Fred, who surveys the flags for setup every year - beautiful job, Fred! :)
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Honoring our Veterans
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2019-11-11 06:00:00Z |
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Battle of the Branches
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2019-11-09 06:00:00Z |
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We did our first funnel cake fundraiser with Shops At Willow Bend's Snow Day event, and raised over $2000 to be shared between Toys for Tots and Christmas Cops for this holiday season - supporting kids at this important time of year! Thanks to all who helped pull this event together, including our awesome volunteers!
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Funnel Cakes Fundraiser for Kids!
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2019-11-09 06:00:00Z |
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Yes, The Pecans are in!!! Get 'em soon!
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The Pecans are in
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2019-11-04 06:00:00Z |
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Our annual Halloween Party & Fundraiser with sister-club North Texas Pioneers was a big success this year! Thanks to everyone who donated wine, silent auction items, helped decorate, volunteered, and spent money - all to support our veterans! We raised over $2000 combined, and each Rotary Club will donate their half to their chosen veterans organizations.
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Halloween Party & Veterans Fundraiser
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2019-10-30 05:00:00Z |
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Wow! So many thanks to Rotarians, Rotaract (young adults), Interact (high school), as well as some of the organizations Plano West Rotary supports including: Barron Elementary, Wellness Center for Older Adults (in Plano), and CRU, and other friends and family! It took a village to pull this together under the leadership of Mike W (thanks, Mike!) and we needed every single one of you, so THANK YOU! The proceeds will go to support charities and education, and we couldn't be happier about that! :)
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What an Awesome Plano Balloon Festival Funnel Cake Fundraiser!
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2019-09-23 05:00:00Z |
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We had a great time, and helped to clean up Plano with our Adopt A Highway morning clean up. Thanks all!
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Thanks Community Rotaract for helping with Adopt A Highway!
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2019-09-07 05:00:00Z |
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We had a great turn-out of Rotary Clubs (all 6!) at the annual July 4th parade in Plano! We gave out candy to kids, had our decorated Rotary float, a sign showing the local organizations Plano Clubs support and a bunch of corvettes, some of which had signs for the different Rotary clubs. Plano West also had participation from the Interact and Rotaract Clubs we sponsor! Yay! We had the new president for our Clark High School Interact club - Arianna - as well as the new president - Vivi - and a couple members from our Community Rotaract Club! So glad to have the support from our young people!
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All 6 Plano Rotary Clubs in the Plano July 4th Parade
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2019-07-04 05:00:00Z |
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A core team of Plano Wester's, under the lead of Mike Walker, facilitated a Funnel Cakes fundraiser with Allen Sunrise at their annual July 4th celebration called Celebration USA. The goal was to load our equipment and consult, in exchange for some of their proceeds. Although a bad storm came through 1.5 hours into the event and lasted at a couple hours, we were STILL able to sell TONS of Funnel Cakes, with huge lines the minute we were up and running again. Although we may not make a whole lot of money from this first-time event, it was great to have some camaraderie and fellowship with another Rotary Club, led by Bruce Heller (our friend who works at ShelterBox). Allen Sunrise's President-Elect and President, holding the tent from blowing away! Other Allen Sunrise members, getting Funnel Cakes out the door ASAP (and still smiling!) The Plano West team, Glen, Tim, Tim's friend Mickey, and Mike! They were cranking out lots of funnel cakes! Makin' batter...
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Helping Allen Sunrise Sell Funnel Cakes
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2019-06-29 05:00:00Z |
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Thank you, Plano Westers! What a great turn-out to our club meeting where we packaged up hearty sandwiches and healthy snacks for folks in Plano who are experiencing homelessness right now. We made over 40 sandwiches - ham & turkey, with cheese - as well as bagging up some grapes, and pecans, as well as other snacks and waters. Thanks, also, to Daniel & Michelle who handed out the lunches the next day at the Assistance Center of Collin County, where we probably served over 25 people in need. Thanks, again, to all! #PeopleOfAction
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Making Sandwich Lunches for Homeless in Plano, again
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2019-06-04 05:00:00Z |
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Plano West sponsors the ONLY community Rotaract Club in District 5810, and they made us proud at our recent District Assembly and Training meeting by having a table with information about their service projects, as well as a raffle to raise money for a wheelchair for a young man in Columbia with level 5 Cerebral Palsy. #PeopleOfAction
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Plano Community Rotaract - In Action!
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2019-05-03 05:00:00Z |
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Every year, Barron Elementary invites Plano West Rotary Club to come help them with their Field Day event for all the kids, and it's always lots of fun watching and helping the kids with their different challenge events. Barron also invites us every year to have our lunch meeting in their library, where we sit and each with their Student Council, and get a tour of the school. These kids are SO amazing and smart, and we are excited for their futures! This year we were able to present them with some books for the kids to read over the summer and with a small financial donation ($600) to help out where they need it.
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Plano West Loves Partnering with Barron Elementary!
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2019-05-01 05:00:00Z |
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Interact Spring Fling is an annual end-of-the-year celebration of what the District 5810 Interact Clubs have accomplished for the school year. The 58 Interact & 65 Rotary Clubs work together on 2 service projects while the Interact students play games and get honored for their achievements. Clark High School won honors for both: Small Interact Club of the Year & Most Successful First Year Interact Club There were 293 high school Interact students from all over District 5810 in attendance. The Puerto Rico School Supply Drive, that was a multi-club, multi-district International Service Project was a complete success! 500 Backpacks were collected and 2,102 pounds of school supplies! And, the Sock Drive collected 566 pairs of socks for the Samaritan Inn Homeless Shelter - What to go, Interact!! And, we are proud of our club member, Alex Johnson, who is leading our young adults for our whole District as District Interact Chair! Way to go, Alex!
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Clark HS Rocks at Interact's Spring Fling Event
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2019-04-15 05:00:00Z |
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Our first Rotary Adoption Awareness Fair in Plano was a success - especially if you are basing it on smiles! Thanks to our Plano West participants, as well as volunteers from Addison Rotary, Royse City Rotary, Dallas & eClub Rotary clubs, North Texas Pioneers, Plano Sunrise, Plano Club, Plano Metro, and additional friends & family members! We couldn't have done so well without all the help! CPS invited 26 kiddos, 23 attended, and they invited 50 potential parents and about 40 attended. We will report any other statistics we may receive from CPS. We had delicious hamburgers, hotdogs, tator tots and french fries, as well as snow cones, popcorn, waters and sodas. We also had crafts, games and virtual reality, plus candy and prizes for the kids. The pictures are limited since we cannot post pictures of any of the kiddos, but we saw many happy kids. Here are a couple pictures with some of our Plano West'ers and some N. Texas Pioneers. From Plano West club, we had Daniel, Rose, Don, Tom, John, Alex, Lisa, Michelle & Glen (almost 50% of our club!)
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Thanks for a Successful Adoption Awareness Fair!
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2019-03-31 05:00:00Z |
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Plano West Rotary was happy to assist our Wellness Center Honorary Members by helping them move in to their new offices this last Saturday. The new building is beautiful and their offices are right up front! Thanks to Mike, Don, Rose, Glen & Michelle from Plano West (sorry! forgot to take pictures!) In this week's program, the Wellness Center will share about all their recent changes.
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Helping Wellness Center Move In
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2019-03-04 06:00:00Z |
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Plano West Rotary was excited to participate as some of the judges for the 2nd Annual Chili Cook-Off at Barron Elementary. There were 7 different chilis, including several beef, plus turkey, buffalo and two vegetarian chilis, one with Jack fruit! They were ALL delicious, but we could only pick one winner! We love to support our favorite elementary school, and eating chili was just a bonus!
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Barron Elementary - Chili Cook Off Judges
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2019-03-04 06:00:00Z |
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Thank you all for a wonderful Valentine's Dinner party! The company and the food were fabulous. Congratulations to Diana for guessing the count & winning the jar of candy, and to Tom & Daniel for winning the Valentine's Trivia game. Thank you, also, for all the food & monetary donations to support Cub Scout Food Donation to the North Texas Food Bank! Daniel will be delivering the donations to our Cub Scouts ASAP.
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Valentine's Dinner & Food Donations for Cub Scouts
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2019-02-14 06:00:00Z |
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Thank you to our Adopt-A-Hwy crew this month: Founder, Tom; friend of the Thornton's, Jeff; President's hubby, Glen; and newest member Alex, and his wonderful family! Y'all rock!
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Another Successful Adopt-A-Highway
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2019-02-04 06:00:00Z |
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What a great time, and thanks to all who came to celebrate our 39th club anniversary, and to honor current member and founder, Tom Posey! We had some delicious appetizers, enjoyed talking with one another, passed around some older pictures and club bulletins, and heard some stories from our club's history. What a Great Day to be a Rotarian!
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Plano West's 39th Anniversary Social
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2019-02-04 06:00:00Z |
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Thank you, Plano Westers! Almost the WHOLE club (17 out of 21, I think) showed up at this Tuesday's meeting to make sandwiches and pack other lunch items to help provide for those experiencing homelessness in Plano - woohoo!! I only wish we remembered to take a picture of our service together. We made a total of 44 sandwiches (ham and turkey), bagged up 21 baggies of cashews and 19 baggies of grapes, as well as providing 35 waters (left over from Plano Balloon Festival) and also 15 bananas and 48 nutrigrain bars! Thanks to Don and Rose who helped distribute the food at the Assistance Center of Colllin County, on 18th street, about 3 buildings down from Chuck's place. We probably served about 25 to 30 people. Another couple brought soup, and there were also some clothing items there for the taking. The recipients were very appreciative and really seemed to enjoy the food choices we brought. Thanks, again, to all!
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Making & Delivering Sandwiches for Homeless in Plano
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2019-01-23 06:00:00Z |
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Our 3rd Quarter Charity Bucket donations will support Food Donations & Homelessness! Your contributions will go to good causes. For example, we are making & delivering sandwiches for homeless in Plano on Jan 22nd, and we will also save up to support our new Sam's Gift initiative with all Plano Rotary Clubs in June (which started last year, honoring Sam Johnson).
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3rd Quarter Charity Bucket donations
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2019-01-13 06:00:00Z |
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Holiday Blood Drive 2018
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2018-12-12 06:00:00Z |
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Our new Clark High School Interact Club is going strong! They meet every couple of weeks (please see calendar for upcoming meetings - Plano West members can attend!) during block lunch. This week, Steve, Alex & Michelle attended the meeting where they were making school signs to sell pecans & collect coats for people in need. They are collecting coats for the All-Plano Rotary Clubs Coat Drive where we bring them to the Christmas/Holiday Party (this year it's Dec 6th) at Haggard Party Barn, and the Christmas Cops representatives are there to collect them from Rotarians. Coats collected after Dec. 6th will be delivered to Christmas Cops organization. Thank you Clark HS Interact for your support! Plano West's Board also offered our Interact Club (and Rotaract Club) the opportunity to sell our pecans and collect $2/bag for the charity of their own choosing (rather than the funds going to scholarships, like our pecan proceeds). Clark HS Interact is selling pecans to support victims of hurricanes. We are so proud of their "Service Above Self"!
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Our Interact Club in Service!
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2018-11-16 06:00:00Z |
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Our pecans are in earlier this year! Some have already been distributed to Hirsch's Meat Market in Plano, as well as Southern Maid and the Collin County Clerk's office. We will have them next Tuesday at the meeting, so you can take some home with you, and find other places where they will help sell them for us! The 14 oz. bags are $10.00 and our profits will go to scholarships for Plano seniors in high school, same as usual.
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Pecans Are In !!
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2018-10-31 05:00:00Z |
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We had a nice cozy World Polio Day event yesterday, despite the rain! So far, Rotary has contributed more than $1.8 billion to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. https://www.endpolio.org I believe we had representation from at least 4 Plano Rotary Clubs: Plano West, North Texas Pioneers, Sunrise and Plano Metro....and a couple people from a Dallas club (don't recall which one!). And, I have to give a shout-out mainly to Vivi from our sponsored Community Rotaract Club who used her cellphone to provide sound to our live stream Polio video, but also to Daniel, Glen and John who all helped make it work, so we could watch together! Thanks to John & Greek Isles for donating 10% of food & drink proceeds to End Polio, and for letting us "sneak peek" the Ghost - his specialty drink for our Halloween Party next week! Halloween Party Details
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World Polio Day, Oct 24
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2018-10-25 05:00:00Z |
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Julia, president of Plano West's first Interact Club (at Clark HS), did a great job sharing information about Rotary and Interact to other students at Clark HS! There were up to 14 people at the meeting, as well as Mike & Michelle from Plano West. Julia had some great ideas and goals for this club, including 1 community service project each month & 1 international service project each quarter. The club expects to meet at lunch every 2 weeks. Also, Vig, our Rotaracts Club's president, did a great job as the speaker at Julia's first club meeting. He is a former RYLA student as well as Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) student, and that's what he talked about. He shared how RYE works as well as his experiences in Taiwan and showed off is RYE blazer with all the pins he exchanged with other RYE students.
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First Clark HS Interact Meeting!
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2018-10-22 05:00:00Z |
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Thanks to those who were able to help us clean up our Adopt-A-Highway stretch in east Plano this past Saturday! We had three from Plano West Rotary, 1 from our new Interact Club at Clark HS, and 1 from our Rotaract Club! We really appreciate the help!
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Adopt a Highway for October
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2018-10-20 05:00:00Z |
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Interact Summit 2018| What a great Summit, totally planned by our 5810 youth! | Plano West president with the 5810 Interact Chair & Plano West's new Clark HS Interact Club president | | There were various Rotary tables in the hall for Interactors to get more information. The Rotaract info table just happened to have Plano West's awesome Plano Community Rotaract Club members! | The Interactors planned a Refugee Care Package service project as well as this Peanut Butter collection for North Texas Food Bank. The goal was over 1000 pounds of peanut butter and they BEAT the goal with 1,312 pounds of peanut butter, loaded with the help of Plano West, and delivered by Glen to the NTFB Monday after the event. |
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Annual Interact Summit
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2018-10-01 05:00:00Z |
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Our Pictures with Fire Station #12We had a great turnout for our lunch & tour of Fire Station #12 B - Thank you to all who came! Plano West, with great support from our sister club North Texas Pioneers, enjoyed Greek Isles lunch together with Fire Station #12 in the bay, said the pledge of allegiance, presented them with an official Texas state flag from House of Representatives rep Jeff Leach, and got a tour of the site. About half way through our tour, they showed us a beautiful handcrafted table made from wood salvaged from various fires they fought. Right after that, about half of the on duty team was dispatched on a call. Not 10 minutes later, the rest of the team was also dispatched, and we watched them take off in the fire engine!
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Lunch & Tour with Fire Station #12 B
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2018-09-13 05:00:00Z |
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This week's program was Jeffrey from the North Texas Food Bank, sharing what's new and the Grand Opening of their new building in Plano on Sept 16th. Afterwards, we presented our speaker with a Certificate of Appreciation acknowledging a $10 donation in his name to the PolioPlus Fund. With the 2 to 1 matching funds from The Bill & Melinda Gate Foundation, this donation provides a Polio vaccine for about 50 children! #EndPolio
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Our speaker from North Texas Food Bank
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2018-09-04 05:00:00Z |
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Plano West #PeopleOfAction listened to a program about Send Hope (http://www.send-hope.org) and how they are improving the lives of children in Honduras with education, medical attention and packaged nutritional food. Afterwards, we donated funds and packaged food for these children and families. We packaged 1,080 meals in about 30-40 minutes! That will feed 3 children for 1 year!! 
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Great time packaging food for Send Hope children
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2018-08-15 05:00:00Z |
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Thanks to our team of 6 who were up and out at 7:30am on a Saturday to help make Plano, Texas beautiful! #PeopleOfAction
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Successful Adopt-A-Hwy this morning!
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2018-07-14 05:00:00Z |
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Our Charity Bucket will go towards books for our sponsor school, Barron. You may also buy and bring books - see left column for book list links, by grade.
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Charity Bucket for July - September
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2018-07-08 05:00:00Z |
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Plano West bought candy that all Rotary Clubs handed out to kids during the parade. Here are pics of our decorated Plano Clubs float, and Plano West Rotary signage on a Corvette Club car!
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July 4th Parade - Rotary Clubs of Plano participation
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2018-07-04 05:00:00Z |
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A princess, 3 prime ministers, and a former first lady join 25,000 in Toronto to celebrate Rotary’s good work and plan more of it! See link for convention videos:
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Rotary International Convention in Toronto June 23-27
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2018-06-27 05:00:00Z |
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Plano West Rotary club had our 9th annual meeting at Barron Elementary. The 5th Grade Student Council entertained us and showed us around.
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Plano West Luncheon at Barron
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2018-05-28 05:00:00Z |
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Plano West Rotary helping out with Barron's first ever COLOR RUN!!!!
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Barron Elementary - Color Run
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Glen Thornton
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2018-03-23 05:00:00Z |
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PWRC - What We Do
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2018-03-19 05:00:00Z |
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Adopt a Highway
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2018-03-12 05:00:00Z |
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Valentine Dinner 2018!
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2018-02-05 06:00:00Z |
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This is the Plano West crew that served dinner to Journey of Hope on Nov 7th.!!  Greek Isles for providing the meal!
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Journey of Hope - dinner
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2017-11-13 06:00:00Z |
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Posted by Daniel Long
As always it is time to get your 2017 Pecans for the up coming Holidays. Two of the great location that will have a good supply are: Greek Isle, 3309 N. Central Expwy #370, Plano, TX 75023 AND Southern Maid Donuts, 2492 Ave. "K", Plano, TX 75074
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The Nutts are in:
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2017-11-03 05:00:00Z |
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Happy Hour 24Oct2017
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2017-10-24 05:00:00Z |
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Plano West donated $500 for food and supplies for victims of Hurricane Harvey. 
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PWRC - Hurricane Harvey
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2017-10-16 05:00:00Z |
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Great turnout on Saturday, Sept 30th for this year's Interact / Rotoract Leadership summit! 
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Interact / Rotoract Leadership Summit
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2017-10-02 05:00:00Z |
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The Bemenderfer Crew getting ready for the Saturday night crowd! We sold a gazillion funnel cakes! All proceeds going to our charities!
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Funnel Cakes 2017
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2017-10-02 05:00:00Z |
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Here is a shot of the bus that went to Houston to deliver goods to those in need after the hurricane, from the clubs in Plano Texas
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Plano clubs and Hurricane Harvey
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2017-09-11 05:00:00Z |
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Plano West Rotary jumped in to support those in need in the Houston area. Here is a picture of the goods we purchased for $500 to go towards helping those in need after the devastation of Hurricane Harvey.
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PWRC - Hurricane Harvey Support
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2017-09-11 05:00:00Z |
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This year's camp RYLA was a huge success! Plano West sponsored four great future-leaders to attend this great event. They will be speaking on October 10th at our normal club meeting to tell us all about it!
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Camp RYLA 2017
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2017-08-01 05:00:00Z |
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Posted by Daniel Long on Jul 25, 2017
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Our 2017 - 2018 Rotary Logo
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2017-07-25 05:00:00Z |
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Plano Battle of the Badges Blood Drive
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2017-07-04 05:00:00Z |
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Posted on Jul 01, 2017
This is the last of the Rotary District News Letters from Rotary Year 2016 - 2017 As today starts a new Rotary Year 2017 - 2018 What a great "RIDE" - Thanks to all that worked to make it GREAT
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End of Rotary Year News Letter
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2017-07-01 05:00:00Z |
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Plano West 2017 donations CRU $1,400.00 Wellness Ctr. $1,000.00 OVS $1,000.00 Strengthening Families $1,000.00 Barron El. School $1,500.00 Total Local $5,900.00 Shelter Box $1,000.00 Teaching w/Jamaica $1,000.00 Total International $2,000.00 Club Donation PH $1,000.00 Scouts Account $250.00 GRAND Total 2017 $9,150.00
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Money to help SO many
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2017-06-05 05:00:00Z |
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Photos of a FUN Rotary event.
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Rotary 5810 FUN photos
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2017-06-05 05:00:00Z |
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Plano West Rotary made some fun games for Barron's upcoming Carnival last Saturday! YAYY!!! 
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Barron Games
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2017-05-16 05:00:00Z |
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Field Trip
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2017-03-22 05:00:00Z |
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Road trip to Collin County Courthouse! 
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trip to Collin Courthouse
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2017-02-28 06:00:00Z |
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Valentine / Mardi Gras Dinner
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2017-02-21 06:00:00Z |
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Posted by Daniel Long
The Plano West Rotary Club - Is very happy to sponsor a great group of young people, working for the good of the world. Photo taken 4Feb2017 at Rotary/S.M.U. Plano campus at the 4th Peace Symposium - this year The Human Rights Symposium with over 200 of the area young people.
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Plano Community Rotaract Club
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2017-02-07 06:00:00Z |
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Merry Christmas
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2016-12-19 06:00:00Z |
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Happy Thanksgiving Day
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2016-11-24 06:00:00Z |
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ALL 5 Rotary clubs in Plano
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2016-11-05 05:00:00Z |
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October Party Time
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2016-10-09 05:00:00Z |
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Fly High at the Plano Balloon Festival – Sep. 23 – 25, 2016
September 9, 2016
This year mark’s 37 years of Ballooning in Plano, Texas. Join in the Celebration at the InTouch Credit Union Plano Balloon Festival weekend, a spectacular three-day event beginning at 4:00pm Friday, September 23rd at Oak Point Park, 2801 E. Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, TX 75074.
The weekend event offers something for everyone; entertainment on the FOX 4 community stage and KLUV main stage, Saturday evening spectacular fireworks show, special kids activities, sky divers, an enormous variety of food to tempt your taste buds, merchandise and handmade products showcased, and of course the incredible hot air balloons. The balloons will launch Friday at 6:00pm, Saturday at 7:00am and 6:00pm, and Sunday at 7:00am and 6:00pm (weather permitting).
The major draw for this Balloon Festival will be the 45 magnificent, colorful, hot air balloons. Fun for all ages, are the Special Shapes that attend the festival. The featured Special Shapes that will be participating this year include: Joelly the Baby Bee, Betty Jean the Butterfly, Flying Purple People Eater, Pepe, Baby Dino, Bimbo Bear, High Diddle Diddle, Peg Leg Pete the Pirate Parrot, and the always popular High Jack.
For the adventurous, the RE/MAX parachute team will perform Friday, Saturday, and Sunday afternoons at 5:30pm by jumping from their plane over the park and landing right in the middle of the launch field.
Saturday evening catch the BOOM, BANG, and SIGHT of the spectacular Fireworks presented by Bimbo. The Festival fireworks show is custom designed and orchestrated by Pyrotex providing an amazing array of colors in the night sky.
Enjoy the fun and interactive inflatable rides this year. Race through the obstacle courses, zip down the huge slides, ride the pirate ship or the berry-go-round. Be sure to check out the “Toddler Zone.” Designed with young toddlers in mind, they can experience the fun of inflatables that are just their size. Children can enjoy the creative make and take art activities in our FREE Kids Korner as they make their way through the different craft stations. Get your Face Painted and explore music at the Plano Symphony Orchestra Instrument Area.
Friday and Saturday evenings, some of the balloons will provide a breathtaking sight as they inflate and glow after it gets dark. The glows are a must see!
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Plano Balloon Festival
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2016-09-23 05:00:00Z |
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 On Monday, August 8th, members of Plano West Rotary and North Texas Pioneers Rotary presented the Plano Police Department with this banner.
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Thank a Cop
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2016-08-09 05:00:00Z |
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Last Saturday, Plano West Rotary and Plano North Texas Pioneers Rotary met at Greek Isles to pack food for Project Send Hope. These packets will be sent to Honduras as part of the Send Hope Organization.
Kids Against Hunger!
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Send Hope packing day
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2016-07-25 05:00:00Z |
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Posted by Past President Daniel Long for the Dallas Rotary Club
Dear Rotarians,
To say that we are saddened by the tragedy that unfolded on Thursday night does not begin to express the many emotions we are feeling today. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of our fallen officers, the injured, the entire DPD and Chief Brown, the DART police force and DART Chief J.D. Spiller, and our entire city.
We wholeheartedly support Chief Brown and his officers. The efforts they have made in the area of community engagement are to be commended and their programs are models for other police departments. By all accounts, the protest Thursday was peaceful and our officers treated the protesters with respect and dignity, which makes the outcome all the more tragic.
If, like many in Dallas, you are wondering what you can do to help, we have some suggestions for you:
If you would like to donate to help the families of the fallen officers, the DPD has directed us to the Assist an Officer Foundation. You can mail a check to the foundation at 1412 Griffin St. East, Dallas, TX 75215 OR donate directly by going to https://atodallas.org/donate.
If you see a police officer, thank them! Buy them a meal; deliver cookies to a police substation in your neighborhood; give out Starbucks gift cards; write a supportive note or letter. We have seen how those gestures are so appreciated.
The Rotary Club of Dallas, in partnership with the police support group Safer Dallas Better Dallas, is having banners made to show visible, tangible support for our officers. This is something Chief Brown has requested from the public. The banner is shown at the top of this letter and the cost of the banner is $75/each. If you would like to order banners for display, please contact Barbara Daniel at barhdaniel@aol.com for more information. If you would like to change the Rotary logo to reflect your own personal club, there will be an additional art fee on top of the cost of the banner. We suggest that each Club purchase the banners to distribute to elementary Schools in their area.
The Rotary Club of Dallas is holding a golf tournament on Monday, September 12th, with half of the proceeds going to benefit the Dallas Police Department. If you would like information on how to participate in our golf tournament, please go to our web site to see options for sponsorship: https://www.rotary.org/golftournment.
Thank you for your continued support of the Dallas Police Department.
Yours in Service,
Michael Perry John Forest
President, The Rotary Club of Dallas Chairman, Safer Dallas Better Dallas C ommittee
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Backing the BLUE
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The Five Rotary Clubs of Plano participated in this year's Plano July 4th PARADE!!!!
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Plano July 4th Parade
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Rotary District 5810 Service Cruise
Posted by Happy Franklin
on Jun 05, 2016
Please make plans now to join DGE Bill Dendy and Rotarians from Texas on a 7 night Caribbean cruise!
We are already taking reservations, with the best cabins (and potential upgrades!) going to those who reserve and make full payment first.
Please invite your friends and family to join in on this once in a lifetime adventure!
Cruise Itinerary on “Liberty of the Seas” Ship
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23 April 2017
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24 April 2017
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25 April 2017
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Cozumel, Mexico (Service Day)
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26 April 2017
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George Town, Grand Cayman
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27 April 2017
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Falmouth, Jamaica (Service Day)
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28 April 2017
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To book a cabin, please contact Kim Montgomery at 214-239-4715 or to send her an email, please click here.
For non-booking related cruise questions, please contact District Conference Chair Happy Franklin, by clicking here.
Cabin Selections Rates are Per Person; Based on Double Occupancy
Tour Rate Taxes + Fees Total Fare Opt. Insurance
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Inside Cabin ( Category M)
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$ 489.00 $100.40 $ 589.40 X 2 = 1178.80 $29.00 pp
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Outside Cabin (Category I)
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$ 569.00 $100.40 $ 669.40 X 2 = 1338.80 $59.00 pp
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Outside Cabin (Category H)
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$ 569.00 $100.40 $ 669.40 X 2 = 1338.80 $59.00 pp
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Balcony (Category D3)
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$ 799.00 $100.40 $ 899.40 X 2 = 1798.80 $59.00 pp
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Suite (Category JS)
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$ 1189.00 $ 100.40 $ 1289.40 X 2 = 2578.80 $89.00 pp
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$ 250.00
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2017 District Conf & Cruise
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Plano West Rotary Club Party
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2016-02-11 06:00:00Z |
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Just out at the DG training - International Assembly
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New Rotary Theme 2016-2017
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Pecans
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From all of us to all of you 2015
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Please remember that we DO NOT have a meeting on Tue. 24Nov2015 - as that is the Thanksgiving week and many are very busy or out of town - From all of us at Plano West Rotary Club, have a safe and blessed Holliday with your love ones, and please come to the next club meeting on Thu. 01Dec2015.
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Posted on Oct 23, 2015
Thanks to all of the friends and members of many Rotary clubs in district 5810, for Celebrating Rotary’s World Polio Health Day, with us at Plano West Rotary & Greek Isle. Thanks to the local chair of this event Lynne McNamee, PDG, Charles (Bud) McBrayer & wife Peg, DG, Larry Webb and so many other Rotary members. A percent of all money raised with this event will be given to the Rotary Foundation to help with the eradication of Polio.
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End of Polio
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It's time !!!
This is our time to shine!
Come out and make this year's big fundraiser the best ever!!!
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Time to cook
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ALL club Rotary Happy Hour
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Freedom All Club Luncheon
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Installation Dinner 2015
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Plano West Rotary Club is now accepting donations of your old glasses, including prescription, reading, protective goggles, and sunglasses. These will be donated to a local non-profit eye clinic team where they will be given to someone who does not have access to eye care and glasses. Please bring your glasses to our meeting at Greek Isles and place them in the provided box. Thank you for leveraging this simple service to help others!
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Last year many of our club members took part in the Adoption Awareness Carnival 2014. We had a FUN day and helped to get many young people adopted into a new home. We all must complete ALL of the forms for CPS or we can NOT get into the event. GO TO: Rotary5810.org (can be found bottom right of our Club Runner home page). UNDER: Up Coming Events, look for Adoption Awareness , Click on Registration and enter your information. Below the Registration link, Down Load ALL four (4) forms listed as Attachments. MUST have a set of forms for each and every person that will volunteer. Complete all of the forms and give, send, or E-mail to me OR, PDG, Linda Elliott. The dead-line for the forms is Wed. 14Jan2015 - so that we will have time to get them back to us. If you have kids or grand kids YOU will love this event.
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PWRC,
We will be having our monthly board meeting this Tuesday, Feb 17th, at 10:30 at Greek Isles. All are welcome!
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Board Meeting this Tuesday!
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Valentine & Anniversary Dinner
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Plano West Facebook
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Did you know??...
Little known facts and tidbits about our Club.
For example:
Did you know... that we are coming up on our 35th anniversary? Yes, Jan 29th, will be 35 years since Plano West Rotary was chartered.
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Holiday Rotary Party
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Plano West Rotary 2014 Christmas Party
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RI Polio Day
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 Come to a great Party with Plano West Rotary Club - on 30Oct2014, 6:30pm (see all the fun on this page) AND you can party with the kids on 31Oct2014.
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Party with Plano West
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What a GREAT Week-End and Funnel Cake Booth/s that we had - your leader will report all about it if you were not working with so many of us.
This is a note to let all of you know that we are now LIVE with the NEW Club Runner Ver-3 - If any of you have any problems with the new software, please call or E-mail me (Daniel) or Glen, and we will work with you and this new system. Hope to see all of you on Tue. 30Sep2014, when President, Glen will show all of us how to work this page & our on-line dues payments.
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Posted by Daniel Long
It is time for the BIG week-end, hope to see all of you out at the great event.
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Posted by Daniel Long
Plano West Rotary Club's board of directors business meeting this week Sep. 16 at 10:30am and remember it is a makeup meeting for all club members.
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Posted by Daniel Long
Save the dates; September 19, 20 & 21th - sign up to help our club with this years big event.
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Balloon Time
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Posted by Daniel Long
I have often been asked - "What is Rotary" and like a lot of people I sometimes have trouble describing Rotary in a few words. A fellow Rotarian shared this with me today and I think it says it better than I ever have - "Rotary is a global service organization dedicated to improving lives and communities across the globe. Along the way, the members develop lifelong friends and social contacts."
If you aren't a Rotarian now, you should be.
The above is a copy, from PDG, Ean Sullivan on FaceBook
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The 5 Rotary Clubs in Plano have joined forces to host the second annual Honoring and Remembering 9/11 event. Last year’s event was quiet a success with over 300 attendees and not a dry eye in the house. This year we have engaged two retired NYPD officers to be our speakers; their stories will be very interesting I am sure. The purpose of the event is multi fold: to remember and thus never forget the events of 9/11 (the speakers), to honor first responders and survivors (honor the speakers with a Paul Harris Fellow), to provide community awareness of what Rotary does for our community and to raise a little money (hopefully) for Polio Plus.
I am sure you are aware of the debilitating effects of Polio and how it attacks children. We are but a plane ride from one of the remaining epidemic countries away from an outbreak in the US. As you should know, Polio Plus is the charity of choice of our District Governor’s spouse for the second year in a row.
Payment by Sept 1 is requested. You may go to www.HonoringAndRemembering.com and pay with credit card via paypal or mail your check (preferred) to: Plano Sunrise Rotary 9/11, PO Box 861165, Plano TX 75086-1165
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Posted by Glen Thornton
Please mark your calendars for Sept 19 - 21 for this years Funnel Cake extravaganza
I think this year's event will take the cake, and I'm not just powered sugar coating that statement!
What, you haven't signed up yet!! Mike Walker can fix that for you
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Plano Balloon Festival
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Posted by Daniel Long
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New Rotary Video
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Plano West Rotary is PROUD to support Barron Elementary School in Plano
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Barron Elementary School
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Posted by Daniel Long
Please note; below is re-posted from RI web-page
ShelterBox Response Teams delivering aid in the Philippines following major typhoon
November 14, 2013
With the help of our supporters, including Rotarians, clubs and districts, we are working to immediately assist more than 4,000 families affected by Super Typhoon Haiyan. This typhoon was the biggest storm to ever reach landfall, destroying buildings, wiping out villages, and has reportedly caused thousands of fatalities.
Our response teams were on the ground during the storm and began conducting assessments immediately following its passing. Thankfully, we had emergency supplies prepositioned in the Philippines that were utilized immediately. But now, more are needed.
Recently, warehouse volunteers rallied to our international headquarters to pack ShelterBoxes and prepare other supplies that will be sent immediately to help families displaced by the storm.
"Every day that goes past, we realize more and more the real significance of this disaster and the areas of devastation are becoming more and more apparent," said ShelterBox Response Team volunteer, Mark Curnow.
Rotarians ... are serving on our ShelterBox Response Team on the ground. ShelterBox could not carry out this important work around the globe without the support of its donors. Watch this video to learn more about our response.
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Plano West donated to ShelterBox
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Posted by Daniel Long
Plano West Rotary Club meeting of 26Nov2013,
With a quorum of 10 members needed and a member count of 16, we had our officers election for the Rotary year 2014-2015. With so many qualified members in our club we are pleased to announce the officers for the next Rotary year as; President, Glen Thornton – President-Elect, Daniel Long – Secretary, Don Mellor & Treasurer, Ryan Yowell. We are also happy to have as the chairperson for the Benevolence community, Helen Macey and first member Lisa Leach. We did also have some write-ins and a member of the Executive Board will be talking to you about one of the many positions within the club, as we need for everyone to work to keep the Plano West Rotary Club the great club that it is and has been for many years.
Please remember the Holidays, be safe and have a great time with your love ones.
Please sale PECANS and let Vincent or me know if you need more.
Please check your emails this week, as I will be sending out a copy of what the Board of Directors has approved as a new Plano West Rotary Club, By-laws. Please remember that our by-laws are a work in progress and as time and the club makes any changes so will our by-laws. We will vote on the new by-laws at the next club meeting on 3Dec2013. Vote per By-laws on file as of July 1995.
https://www.facebook.com/PlanoWestRotaryClub PLEASE like us on our Face Book page.
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It's PECAN time !!!
the pecans are HERE, the pecans are HERE, the pecans are HERE...
See Vince for details!!
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Today, Plano West Rotary Club, presented a check to Gayle Anderson on behalf of Small Miracle Foundation, which helps provide child care for parents going through cancer treatment. This is a great organization and we are proud to support them!
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Gayle Anderson and Small Miracle Foundation
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Posted by Daniel Long
Plano West meeting of 16Jul2013, was honored to have our young RYLA campers, Spencer, Ben, Weston & Kayla and two of the past RYLA campers that are now counselors at RYLA Camp, Mr./Mrs. Egger (Jeff & Becca). We were given some great reports as to how RYLA has made a big impression on all of their lives for now and for their future. We were also lucky to have three visiting Plano Rotary Club members, Andy Sayers, Hubert Aaron, and Brad Keith. Thanks to all for a great meeting and please come back soon.
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2012/2013 President Lisa Leach pinning 2013/2014 President John Kostas!!!
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Our Presidents!
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See the following from Matt Lagos, of Plano Sunrise, and a member of Plano Solar Advocates
I am part of grassroots group called Plano Solar Advocates (PSA) and we just launched a new initiative called Solarize Plano. This pilot program provides group purchase discounts for Plano residents interested in adding solar for their energy needs. We are getting into the hot summer months so I know many residents will be looking for ways to save money off their high electricity bills.
Any questions can be directed to Larry Howe, PSA President, at planosolar@gmail.com or by calling 972-468-1485.
Please see more at: http://www.planosolar.org/
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Posted by Glen Thornton
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Help Plano West support tPwo additional RYLA students this year!
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Award given to Kayla Stovall from Plano West Rotary Club's President, Lisa Leach, for starting Plano West High School's first Interact Club. Great job!
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Plano West Rotary's award to Kayla Stovall,
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Have a question about some of the rotary terminology? check out this list... (click below)
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