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Rotary is a Service Club whose members are leaders
in the community. Our club includes the mayors of both cities,
councilpersons, and other elected and appointed officials
of cities and school administrations. Our membership includes
company Presidents, CEOs, Board Chairs, Directors and sole
proprietors. We even have some Aggies and Attorneys.
More than 75 men and women, including honorary members, are proud to be members
of the Rotary Club of Carrollton-Farmers Branch, and most of
them are also involved in other community organizations, such
as City Councils, Boards and Commissions, Non-Profits and Chambers
of Commerce. However, this local participation doesn't diminish
the work that they do as part of Rotary.
Charitable Contributions: Each year this club raises
money for scholarships for local high school students, contributions
to local charitable organizations, and international charity
projects. Since this club was chartered in November of 1960,
we have raised and then given away a sum that is approaching
one million dollars. Some of the past recipients of cash donations
include Senior Adult Services, Carrollton PAL, Carrollton/Farmers
Branch Boys and Girls Club, The Family Place, Metrocrest Social
Service Center, Carrollton/Farmers Branch School Age Parent
Program and camperships for the North District of the Boy Scouts
of America.
Immunizations: For the last seven years, we have joined with the Metrocrest
Hospital Authority in a free immunization program that sees
Rotarians, paramedics, school nurses and other community volunteers
insure that school-age children were current on their vaccinations.
Literacy: Last year, we continued our association with
Farmers Branch Elementary School to help in the effort to improve
literacy. When school is in session, seventeen or more members
visit the school every week and read to the students.
Carrollton PAL: This Rotary club was instrumental in
getting a 15 passenger van donated to the Carrollton PAL organization
from Sam Pack's Lee Jarman Ford, making it possible to transport
the boys and girls to various sporting events.
Drug Prevention: We continued to sponsor students to
attend the Anti-Drug Red Ribbon Breakfast. In the past seven
years we have sponsored the attendance of over three hundred
students and Rotarians.
Holiday Contributions: We have supported the Metrocrest
Social Service Center Holiday Program with donations of food,
clothing, and toys for many years, and we even feed the volunteers
who have helped with the fund raising and distribution of contributions.
Interact: We currently sponsor Interact clubs (for students
14-18) at Newman Smith High School and Mary Grimes Alternative
High School, and are working to sponsor ones at R.L. Turner
and Creekview. Designed to teach the rewards of community service,
students at Newman Smith donated in excess of 250 hours of community
service work last school year.
Rotaract: We inaugurated a Rotoract club (for college
students) at Brookhaven College in the winter of 1996-97. Operated
similarly to our Rotary club, it shows the rewards of community
service, and Brookhaven students collected and distributed clothing
to homeless children as their first service project.
For every "high profile" activity, our club is
involved in ten other activities that do not make the newspapers.
A major motivation of our Rotarians is:
"Service Above Self."
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