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Newsletter - Archive

Oct 19, 2009

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Speaker Profile: Donna Coggenshall - NCTCOG

Donna is Research Manager in the Research and Information Services Department of the North Central Texas Council of Governments. During her more than 20 years of professional experience in both the public and private sectors, she has worked on a variety of projects and programs many of which focused on demographics or economics. She holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington.

For more information go to http://www.nctcog.org

Past Speaker Profile: Bill Perryman, Rotary 5810's Rotary Foundation Director

Mr. Bill Perryman, Rotary 5810's Foundation Director will be speaking to us. He talked to us about what the Rotary Foundation does how we as a club as well as an individual member can support the Foundation.

He also spoke to us about how the funds are used that when we give funds to the Paul Harris Society, 50% of the funds go to the district designated fund and 50% go to the world fund.

Bill also talked about his personal experiences giving away wheel chairs in Mexico and how for under $40 you can make such a difference in someone's life. Bill left behind forms for us to contribute money to become a sustaining member of the Rotary Foundation by giving $100 annually or to become a Society member by giving $1000 annually.

Bill would also invite each of us to attend:

The District 5810 Rotary Foundation Seminar

Changing Lives & Life Changing Experiences

November 7th 2009

8:00 am to 1:00 pm

Museum of Biblical Art

7500 Park Lane, Dallas, Texas 75225

Cost: $25

Learn all about the heart of Rotary and the Rotary Foundation

To view the District 5810 Rotary Foundation Seminar Flyer, click here

Register online at http://www.rotary5810.org or call Bill Perryman at 972.770.4800

Special Event: Worldfest, October 24th and 25th

We will be selling kettlecorn at this event October 24th noon -10 p.m. and October 25th noon - 6 p.m. The event is held in Addison Circle Park and more details will be coming, please note we need volunteers to man the booth.

To volunteer contact Tracey at traceyabruce@gmail.com

Raffle:  Every Week!

Show me the money! We will have a “BIG JACKPOT” raffle drawing every week. Here are the rules.

-          The drawing will be held every week after the speaker concludes. Tickets can be bought up to that time. $1 for 1 ticket, $5 gets 6 tickets.

-          A ticket will be drawn at the end of the meeting.

-          But the weekly winner, will not automatically get the jackpot. To ensure we have a BIG JACKPOT, we then ask the winner to draw the “winning card” from a standard deck of 52 cards. If they pull the “winning card”, they get the BIG JACKPOT.

-          How do we determine the “winning card”? After the jackpot is won, we will draw one card from a standard deck of 52 cards. That card becomes the “winning card.” It is reinserted into the deck.

-          If a non-winning card is drawn by the weekly drawing winner, that card is discarded. This means the odds of drawing the “winning card” will improve every week as the BIG JACKPOT grows.

-          The jackpot is rolled over every week until the “winning card” is drawn.

-          The value of the BIG JACKPOT will be reported in the newsletter.

- Half of the winning pot goes to the Addison Midday Rotary Foundation.