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"The President's Pen"
2017-2018

Monthly Newsletter
July 2017
What an honor it is for me to serve as president of the Rotary Club of Marshall, Texas 2017 - 2018.  I trust that you will allow me to take a few moments of your time each month to update you on the plans and progress we are making and the successes we have achieved as the year progresses.
 
As you know, the Rotary-led effort to rid the world of Polio has been a shining example of what a few dedicated Rotarians can do when the cause is great and the resources are available.  Less than one million Rotarians have inspired the rest of the world to get involved.  How?  They infected them with their Enthusiasm.
The motto for my year will be:
"Doing Good Is Fun & Contagious" 
If you have got it, infect as many people as possible. If you haven't got it, Catch It!
 
My goal for the year is to get everyone involved and engaged.
 
The first step is to make a special effort to be at every meeting and expose yourself to the infection every week.  Second, take a few minutes to scan the Rotarian Magazine each month, and read the newsletters from me and others who are equally “infected”, so that the incubation period is as short as possible. Third, infect someone else.
 
My recipe for Service this year is:
 
"Choose a project to support, find out all you can about it, volunteer to lead it or serve on it, show up when expected, and have fun while you are doing it".
 
Louraiseal McDonald
President 2017- 2018 
 
2017-2018 Executives & Directors
President                                 McDonald, Louraiseal
President Elect                         Webb, Jay
Treasurer                                 Henderson, Jeff
Assistant Treasurer                   McKenzie, Kenneth
Secretary                                 Myrick, Rachel
Immediate Past President          Vanbiber, Craig
Community Service Chair          White, Brandon
Membership Chair                     Judkins, Barbara
Public Relations Coordinator      Gorski, Stephanie
Faux Paws Chair                       Horton, Daren
Flags Program Chair                 Feille, Keith
Flag Project PR                Kirkpatrick, Mary Kathryn
Spelling BEE Coordinator             Howlett, Brad
4-Way Speech Coordinator          Weekly, Joyce
Blood Drive Coordinator              Luce, Hannah
Dictionary Coordinator                Wood, Laura
Diploma Plus Chair                      Spears, April
RYLA Coordinator                        Purvis, Keith
Speaker's Book Donations            Gaw, Lou
Chief Sergeant at Arms                Green, Milly
District liaison                              Huffhines, Ted
Programs & Speakers                   Adams, Stacy
Website Administrator                  Fitzgerald, Jim
Rotary Foundation Coordinator      Vanbiber, Craig
POLIO ERADICATION
"The Last Drop" Is the chant we will be hearing around the world this year, as the fight against Polio draws agonizingly close to the final drop that will mark the complete and utter eradication of this dreaded disease.
Russell Hampton
National Awards Services Inc.
Sage
ClubRunner
The flags at Past President Linda Endicott's home were the "Seed" start for a whole neighborhood of flags on Fairway Lane. Her example spurred the patriotic pride of 12 of her neighbors and friends. Do you have a flag at your house?
Important Links
Calendar
Club Projects
Club History
2017 Map Of Flag Locations By Route
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Bart Day
July 16
 
Russ Collier
July 19
 
Hannah Luce
July 23
 
Craig Vanbiber
July 25
 
Spouse Birthdays
Stephanie Reese-Young
July 24
 
Karen Bickerdike
July 29
 
Marshall Rotary's "Parade of Flags"

ParadeOfFlagsMarshall Rotary Club's 2017 "Parade of Flags" will be the Sixth year of "Showing our colors" in Marshall.  This community service project is the club's way of showing that the people and businesses in Marshall really care and respect the sacrifices being made by the men and women of the armed forces, past, present and future.

As a sign of our respect for the gallant men and women who serve our country in the military, our diplomats and staff who serve in harms way all over the world, as well as all of the Law Enforcement officers who protect us here at home; Rotary clubs across the nation recite the Pledge of Allegiance at every meeting.

Rotary Club of Marshall members proudly subscribe to and participate in this project. They secure the best flags, (Made in USA) assemble the flags, displaying them over seven patriotic holidays each year. This year, Marshall Rotarians have assembled, marked and mounted over 750 American flags to be distributed to over 173 locations in Marshall 

We would like to invite you to participate in The Rotary Club of Marshall’s Parade of Flags by subscribing to and proudly displaying the American flag in front of your place of business or in your neighborhood. Please join the Rotary Club of Marshall and make the City of Marshall, Texas become a wave of the Red, White, and Blue, on each of the flag holidays listed below: 
  • President’s Day Feb 15, 2017 (3rd Monday in February)
  • From Memorial Day, May 30, 2017 through Independence Day July 4th (includes Flag Day)
  • From Labor Day Sept. 5, 2017 Through Patriot’s Day Sept. 11
  • Veteran’s Day, Nov 11, 2017

Click Here to Download the Order Form

"Doing Good Is Fun & Contagious" 
If you have got it, infect as many people as possible. If you haven't got it, Catch It!