Events

Donna Fain BIO

Donna is a native Houstonian who grew up in Sharpstown and graduated from Sharpstown High School.  She has a degree in Molecular Biology which led her to become a research scientist.  She is an antibody researcher who has created a few vaccines in her day.  Her research is the reason canine heartworm prevention was developed.  She is a mom and blessed with three children, a son and two daughters whom are all grown up.  However, still awaiting grandbabies.

Donna is a member of the Speakers Bureau for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.  She absolutely loves everything about the rodeo.  Go Texan Day was one of her favorite days as a kid.  She is extremely proud to belong to such a wonderful organization that gives so much back to its community, and helps almost 700 kids a year attend college. If you are at the rodeo, you may see Donna, because she is there every single day. 

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Donna Fain (HLSR Speakers Bureau) - Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo

Donna is a native Houstonian who grew up in Sharpstown and graduated from Sharpstown High School.  She has a degree in Molecular Biology which led her to become a research scientist.  She is an antibody researcher who has created a few vaccines in her day.  Her research is the reason canine heartworm prevention was developed.  She is a mom and blessed with three children, a son and two daughters whom are all grown up.  However, still awaiting grandbabies.

She absolutely love everything about the rodeo.  Go Texan Day was one of her favorite days as a kid.  She is extremely proud to belong to such a wonderful organization that gives so much back to its community, and helps almost 700 kids a year attend college. If you are at the rodeo and see her please come over and give her a hug, because she is there every single day.

This event will stuff packets with all kinds of goodies for participating runners. 

Use this link to help volunteer:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4FAEAB2CA5FE3-running#/

All Runners can pick up packet from this location on this date.

Use this link to help volunteer:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4FAEAB2CA5FE3-running#/

All Runners can pick up packet from this location on this date.

Use this link to help volunteer:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4FAEAB2CA5FE3-running#/

Registration website: sugarlandrotary5k.com

Benefits go to Park Youth Ranch

Location TBD

Barbara Crump Jones is a local historian who, along with Reginal Moore, was convinced Sugar Land’s soil hid a dark secret underneath a stretch of suburbia that resembles so much of the modern American landscape.

In February 2019, construction crews working for FBISD uncovered human remains in what proved to be an unmarked burial ground for 95 people.  They are thought to be African American prisoners aged 14 to 70 forced into backbreaking work on sugar plantations in a post-civil war system known as convict leasing that has been described as the continuation of slavery.

This discovery is referred to as the “Sugar Land 95”.

Barbara Crump Jones - Sugar Land 95

Presenting: Sugar Land 95 

Barbara Crump Jones is a local historian who, along with Reginal Moore, was convinced Sugar Land’s soil hid a dark secret underneath a stretch of suburbia that resembles so much of the modern American landscape.

In February 2019, construction crews working for FBISD uncovered human remains in what proved to be an unmarked burial ground for 95 people.  They are thought to be African American prisoners aged 14 to 70 forced into backbreaking work on sugar plantations in a post-civil war system known as convict leasing that has been described as the continuation of slavery.

This discovery is referred to as the “Sugar Land 95”.  
 

Behind a supermarket and across a highway from an airport catering to the private jet set, an education centre is rising in Texan fields bookended by fast-food chains, strip malls and residential streets lined with beige McMansions.

The scene in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land is more remarkable than it first appears. Construction crews working for the local school district uncovered human remains in February last year in what proved to be an unmarked burial ground for 95 people.

They are thought to be African American prisoners aged 14 to 70 forced into backbreaking work on sugar plantations in a post-civil war system known as convict leasing that has been described as the continuation of slavery.

The find was vindication for Reginald Moore, a local historian who was convinced Sugar Land’s soil hid a dark secret underneath a stretch of suburbia that resembles so much of the modern American landscape.

Rotary Clubs supporting each other. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Money raised goes to buy 3rd graders at LCISD, Needville ISD, Brazos ISD Dictionaries. Money will also go to scholarships, Boy Scouts and other area ptojects. 2 Years ago the Rosenberg Rotary club bought a therapeutic horse for autistic children. Club meetings are at noon on Wednesdays at the Ol' Railroad Cafe in Rosenberg. Sponsorships availabe. 

Lunch to Recognize Past Club Presidents

Dr. Steve Harris served as District Govenor for Rotary District 1997-1998. A long-ime rotarian, he served as a member of the Harrisburg Rotary Club and Oyster Creek Rotary Club prior to serving as the very first president of The Rotary Club of Sugarland, when it was chartered on March 4, 1986 with almost 30 members. Since that first year, Sugar Land Rotary has had 37 presidents, and 18 of them are still active in club activities today. Altogether, 29 past presidents still live in the greater Houston area. During this special program you will hear about some of the amazing service projects and impact to our community, our youth, and international service that occurred during these past 37 years. 

Training will be held at the DFW Hyatt Hotel

Bruce Mann (Director, Freight Mobility) - Port of Houston

Bruce Mann is the Director, Freight Mobility for Port Houston. He is responsible for maritime related freight transportation activities and identifying and supporting freight transportation projects that improve access to Port of Houston facilities (public and private) in order to enable growth in commerce, increase transportation options and reduce transportation costs. 

Mr. Mann is the President for the North American Rail Shippers Association, the Secretary for the Southwest Association of Rail Shippers, on the Board of Directors for the Gulf Coast Rail District, on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee for the Center for Houston’s Future, the Secretary of BayTran, a member of the Greater Houston Freight Committee, a member of the Houston Transportation Club, and a member of the Houston Transportation Professionals Association. Bruce is also Vice Chair of the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Transportation Safety Committee, Chair of H-GAC’s Transportation Systems Mgt and Ops Subcommittee, a member of H-GAC’s Technical Advisory Committee and Regional Transportation Plan Committee, and the Greater Houston Partnership’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. 

Bruce is a dynamic public speaker that is recognized as a freight and transportation industry expert, he was recently recognized by both the North American Rail Shippers Association and the Southwest Association of Rail Shippers as their 2020 Person of the Year. As well, Bruce was recognized at the 2021 Global Port Executive of the Year by TMSFirst/Global Supply Chain Leaders. Mr. Mann is also actively involved in engaging in the fight against Human Trafficking in the Houston region and has been recognized for this work by the Center for Houston’s Future as their 2018 Impact Person and by Global Supply Chain Leaders’ 2018 Compassionate Executive of the Year. Bruce has a MBA from the University of Phoenix Houston Campus and an undergraduate degree from Jacksonville University.

Looking for Community thoughts to support our Community through Rotary

Rotary International suggests we meet the Community and see what needs we can help support.

We want to accomplish the following goals with this event:

    Introduce Rotary to the community

    Ask the community what we all should get involved with to help the community

    Recruit volunteers to help with community projects

    Recruit new club members

Longtime Astros outfielder Terry Puhl spent all but the final season of his 15-year Major League career with the Astros – topped only by fellow Astros Hall of Famers Craig Biggio (20) and Jeff Bagwell (15) for most seasons in an Astros uniform. During his tenure as an Astro, Puhl broke top 10 all-time in franchise history in multiple categories including games played, hits, doubles, triples and runs scored. 

Offensively, Puhl was a model of consistency, hitting over .300 in three different seasons and .282 or higher nine times. In 1978, he was selected to the NL All-Star team.

Defensively, Puhl was one of the most sure-handed outfielders in the National League, committing just 18 errors in 1,300 career games. His .993 fielding pct. is the best among outfielders in Astros history and ranks 8th all-time among all outfielders in NL history. Puhl was also an effective base-stealer, tallying 217 steals in his career, swiping 30-or-more bags twice and 20-or-more six times.

Puhl pulled his own in the postseason as well, hitting what was at the time a record .526 (10x19) in the 1980 National League Championship Series vs. the Phillies. In his 13 career postseason games for Houston, Puhl hit a combined .372 (16x43), playing a significant role in the first three playoff appearances in franchise history (1980, 1981, 1986).

A native of Melville, Saskatchewan, Puhl was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1994 and into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995. Terry retired from MLB in 1991, and served as head coach of the Univ. of Houston-Victoria baseball team form 2008 - 2021.

Terry and his wife Jackie, have lived in Sugar Land for over 30 years and they have three children and ? grandchildren.

Please join me in giving Terry Puhl a warm Sugar Land Rotary welcome.

Guest Speaker; Terry Puhl 
Puhl is the head coach of University of Houston–Victoria's baseball team and was the manager of the Canada national baseball team. He was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1994 and, into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995. He was inducted into the Houston Astros Hall of Fame in 2022.

Get tickets quick - Tickets are available now by going to March 9th on the District Calendar.

$40 per person for rodeo in section 522

$35 for BBQ dinner before the rodeo. Location TBD

District contact person for questions:

Genevieve Rowland, 281-904-7014 - cell, genevieve@rowland-properties.com

In planning - watch for details!

Patrick Bullard 

Jair Bobys is a software professional and long-time member of The Rotary Club of Sugar Land.   He also sits on the Board of Directors for The Sugar Land Rotary Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) organization, whose mission is to support charitable & educational programs & organizations.  

Sugar Land Rotarians, you won’t want to miss this Program to learn more about YOUR Sugar Land Rotary Foundation, and the impact it has in our community.

Jason Castle (Texas Parks & Wildlife) – Brazos Bend State Park

Dean Carpenter – Spring Landscaping

We will participate at the festival. Location TBD

Dr. Nicolle Byrd-Stephens has served communities notably as a change agent for more than three decades. She started as a student at Jack Yates High School as a peer counselor for Over the Hill recovery organization. She was featured in her first city-wide publication, the Houston Chronicle as a community leader through her church for the Nancy Reagan “Just Say No” initiatives. She was later published in multiple publications including the LaVida News Weekly as “Citizen of the Week”. She also received honorary commendations from Houston Mayors for impacting the lives of Katrina and Harvey victims. 

Her credentials are numerous which include multiple degrees, graduating as Summa Cum Laude with honors and valedictorian for both her masters and doctoral. She also has received numerous certifications including Victim and Crisis Chaplaincy with Psychological First aid, serving with Law Enforcement to help manage family trauma from death notifications relating to victims, Youth Protection Training (Boy Scouts of America), Stewards of Children Authorized Facilitator (Darkness 2 Light) and most importantly, she is a Credible Messenger due to her life experience as a Survivor Thriver of child sexual abuse, domestic abuse, attempted suicides, homelessness, living in a crack house and mother of a murdered son. 

Despite life’s challenges, Dr. Nicolle’s work has always selflessly extended beyond her, so that she could equip and advocate for the health and wholeness of the voiceless, broken, discouraged and disenfranchised. She knows too well the trauma of sexual abuse as a child and adult and the dreadful, dead-end roads, left unresolved, the suppressed pain can lead to. However, she is very well known to the grace of God and the possible reality of living a healthy and whole life, free of the trauma traps that hinder true liberty, peace and mental stability. 

As CEO and Founder of Resuscitate Inc., Dr. Nicolle is humbly, yet intentionally committed to providing prevention and awareness tools that can help mitigate the risks of any child ever experiencing sexual abuse and preserving future generations from ever needing intervention. Ultimately, her vision is to expand Resuscitate Inc to an international table that will address the cause of protection for children and healing for survivors glocally: international with a local touch. 

She’s reminded daily that she is blessed to still be here because as she states, “My Presence Has Purpose and My Purpose Has Power”. Child Sexual Abuse is 100% Preventable and we all have a role to play towards its extinction.

Freedom from Sexual abuse

Our featured speaker is Hank Moore, internationally known business guru.

For this holiday meeting, his topic is “The Music of Your Life" and his latest book “Pop Music Legends,” which has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.  This makes Hank’s seventh Pulitzer Prize nomination.

Hank Moore has been inducted into more halls of fame than any other business figure in Texas, the first to be inducted into the U.S. Business Hall of Fame.  He was inducted into the Rock and Roll of Fame in 1992 by Sonny and Cher.

He received the Lifetime Achievement Award, as one of Houston's community leaders.

He is the highest level of business overview expert and is in that rarified circle of experts such as Peter Drucker, Tom Peters, Steven Covey, Peter Sengie and W. Edwards Deming.  Drucker termed Hank Moore's Business Tree™ as the most original business model of the past 50 years.

Hank Moore advises companies about growth strategies, visioning, planning and Big Picture issues which profoundly affect the business climate.  

He has presented Think Tanks for five U.S. Presidents and has spoken at seven Economic Summits.   Please welcome one of the world’s true business legends, Hank Moore.

Fundraiser for our club. Time TBD

KP George was born in a tiny village in Kerala in southern India.  His father was a truck driver who earned little money, but enough to provide an education for KP and his six siblings. KP grew up poor having to walk to school barefoot and studying by the light of kerosene lamps in a thatch-straw hut. After receiving excellent grades in school, KP was admitted to the state university in Kerala were he earned a Bachelor of Science. He came to the United States in 1993 on a visa to work for a financial firm. After working for the financial firm for a number of years, KP continued to pursue his American Dream by opening his own financial planning business. 

KP and his wife Sheeba moved to Sugar Land in 1999 to raise their three children. KP was always involved in his community in Fort Bend, as a member of Indo-American groups, the Sugar Land Rotary Club, the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce, and numerous education advocacy groups. KP also focused his efforts on establishing the Hightower High School Academies' Booster Club and went on to be the president of the booster club. In 2014 he was elected to the Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees. 

KP was elected as County Judge for Fort Bend County in 2018 and was re-elected this past November.  Currently, Judge George is the highest ranked Asian American executive officeholder in the United States.

In planning - watch for updates!

Annual District Conference

Held at Hilton Fort Worth - 817-870-2100

Register early for cheaper rates

Online registration at www.rotary5890.org.

We will appreciate all our FBISD Teachers and Administrators today.

Chairperson: Darla Alston 

Chair: Edie Houlden

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Melbourne Australia registration link: https://convention.rotary.org/en/melbourne?gclid=Cj0KCQjwxveXBhDDARIsAI0Q0x1uGd32gzmvNCrz_ex2d66z1cXXPeRJ6AQCSPtHNnElFQyAQzEQktsaAso6EALw_wcB 

We will conduct our annual participation in handing out water at the Event.

NO CLUB MEETING TODAY AT LUNCH. iNSTALLATION DINNER TONIGHT

Installation dinner for our new club president Natalie Lerner. Celebration from Marvin for the past year. Awards given to recognize outstanding club members in our club.