Nancy’s mom, age 99, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on March 19. She lived with us for 4 years, almost all in a hospital bed in our family room, and she was a sweet and sharp lady up to the end. We restricted our activities, including Rotary, and she never caught covid or even a cold during that time. That was God’s blessing, not our skill.
We deeply appreciate the flowers sent by the Rotary club, and we thank Pat Houck for her thoughtfulness and skill in putting together such a beautiful arrangement.
The Rotarian of the Month for February, 2024, will be celebrating his 27th year with our club in September, and his 34th year in Rotary! (Being sponsored by Bob Bilski in 1997). This Rotarian has been the backbone of one of the most important program in our club - the Rotary Youth Exchange Program. The first international youth exchanges date back to 1929, and the current RYE program was created in 1958 to promote global understand, friendships, and peace. This shows how important the RYE program is to Rotary, and club could not have had so many wonderful exchanges without the support of this Rotarian.
And congratulations to this Rotarian for winning the 2024 Forbes "Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams" award! We are all very excited for Ward and his team called "The Math Group", which manages over $1 Billion, to win such a prestigious award. Review this link to learn more about the award the comprehensive methodology used to determine the best wealth management teams in the US. https://www.forbes.com/lists/wealth-management-teams-best-in-state/?sh=2a9b7d4876f2
He has been married to his wonderful wife, Christine, for 34 years - the same amount of time he has been a Rotarian!
The Rotarian of the Month is: Ward Pendleton!
An interesting note: Ward graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida - a technologically advanced business school which I (Mark Heuchert) also attended!
We are so proud of Pat Houck for receiving her Top 20 Inspiring Women Impact Make Award from CKW LUXE Magazine! We are honored to have such a fabulous founder who makes this business feel like family.
As some of you may heard I am the District 5890 Peace Committee Chair. With the Peace Committee there are sub committees in Positive Mental Health, Anti Human Trafficking, Girls and Women Empowerment, and next Rotary year we will be adding Refugee Services.
The World Academy for the Future of Women (WAFW) https://wafw.org/ is an active leadership program focused on developing young women for leadership roles that will accelerate women’s leadership worldwide.They have programs this year in China, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, and Mexico and has started the process to expand to Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Vietnam, and Columbia.
Girls and Women Empowerment Committee will be hosting facilitator training in Houston this April 12, 13 & 14. For more information like schedule and locations for the training contact the Girls and Women Empowerment Chair Karen Blakeman 713.775.1235 KarenB4Rotary@gmail.com.
We are excited about our upcoming major fundraiser for 2024, Shrimp & Spice! It is on May 19th at Constellation field. We have online forms this year so people can buy entry tickets and also a raffle ticket online!
Fact Sheet about the event: Fact Sheet (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SBG094FqlfGRB9XEZzKzaLuo0_7O29KAkFRedLwkfg4/edit)
Read this first! Good overview of what the event is and why we are doing it
Printable pdf: Sponsorship Form (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ffmueIOLvYYr0xve2R72ncLUcjCw6g0q/edit)
Online Sponsorship Form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQPgrJctOwqNxMUIpfbZtW6I_5Y0SivTLqQG_SXSnQM2aqBg/viewform)
Entry ticket and Raffle ticket form:
Online Tickets Form to share with as many people as you can! (Pay for tickets and the raffle item online) (https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/0f4a1785-6546-4ba0-8455-4ac4a78f3f2b)
Raffle Items for $100 ticket (pick one of two options):
Raffle Option 1: Full home Generac generator installed by Rotarian Mitch Rahim’s business, Hartford Services (http://hartfordservices.com/) ($12,000 value)
A small group of us has been meeting since Oct of 2023 to start planning for the event. We have already selected the Constellation Field as our venue and developed a baseline plan. I have sent each of you an email and attached the current plan of activities and the identified subcommittees required to execute it.
This is a very labor intensive work and we all chip-in to make it happen and we hope we can get all hands on deck to make it a great success. We have a prime venue that will hopefully bring large crowd.
This is what I am asking you to do:
Review the list of subcommittees in the committee tab of the spreadsheet. Your name is on it
If your name is not there, select the committee you want to be part of
If your name is there please confirm if that committee is the one you want to be in or prefer another one
- if there is no ?? after your name, that means we felt confident about the placement, still we like to get confirmation
- you don’t know what needs to be done? Check the activity column, or the Project plan tab
Subcommittee Chair is the person who will make sure that all work for that committee is under control and being done
Doesn’t mean they are doing everything
We expect them to find the right people that can help
It is important that we identify a chair for each subcommittee, please see if you can chose one
I color coded some subcommittees
Red – have activities that need to be completed in the next 30days
Yellow – have activities that need to be done in the next 60 days
We have time-sensitive work and we need your help
Please review and let me know where you can help. Feel free to email me or call me with any questions.
Who is sponsoring? The Sugar Land Rotary Club, founded in 1986, has been serving the Fort Bend community through seven main areas of focus:
We promote peace.
We fight disease.
We provide clean water, sanitation, and hygiene.
We save mothers and children.
We support education.
We grow local economies.
We protect the environment.
Who is coming?
The entire community
Families are welcome
Title Sponsor:
What:
Delicious food is being cooked on-site from all around the world!
Playground is open for kids to have fun and play
Venders with artisan goods
Auction: live and silent auction
Raffle for an amazing prize!
Entertainment
VIP area for sponsors
Where:
Constellation Field
Why? This is our largest fundraiser that allows us to support our community. We have been known in Fort Bend for our Shrimp Fest, and this is a continuation of that tradition, just with a new twist, adding international food variety to represent the great diversity of our county.
Why sponsor? This is an opportunity for your business to boost its marketing efforts, while taking pride in supporting a valuable community event.
Okay, this isn't the card game we played as kids. BUT, we have a great opportunity in 2024 to support "Go Fish" Day with Youth Parks Ranch. We did this event last year, and would like to show our Rotary Sugar Land support again this year.
I need volunteers for this event. PLEASE go on Club Runner to sign-up for the event.
Thank you so much for those that committed to this program. Saturday, the weather looks great and participation is wonderful.
For those attending, please register on the Go Fish link below. Sign-up for the time slot that works best for you.
Don't miss out on your chance for a discount on your registration for the Cheeseburger in Paradise Conference to be held on April 25th-28th close to home. See the promotional video here: https://youtu.be/bXXy81pKwa0?si=zXLEw2VCvh439HQa
Registration for the conference and hotel can be found at https://rotaryd5890.org/page/cheeseburger-in-paradise-2024-district-conference-2
Our conference committee is busy at work and can use your help - reach out to me if you are interested!
Lisa Pauls District Conference 2024 Co-Chair District 5890
The Rotarian of the Month for February, 2024, will be celebrating his 27th year with our club in September, and his 34th year in Rotary! (Being sponsored by Bob Bilski in 1997). This Rotarian has been the backbone of one of the most important program in our club - the Rotary Youth Exchange Program. The first international youth exchanges date back to 1929, and the current RYE program was created in 1958 to promote global understand, friendships, and peace. This shows how important the RYE program is to Rotary, and club could not have had so many wonderful exchanges without the support of this Rotarian.
developed a baseline plan. I have sent each of you an email and attached the current plan of activities and the identified subcommittees required to execute it.
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