The Uptown Weekly
Welcome to the Rotary Club of Dallas-Uptown, TX USA
the exclusively inclusive Rotary club
Rotary Year: July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010
June 24, 2010
Bengal Coast in Centrum Plaza
3102 Oak Lawn, Dallas Texas 75219
Thursdays from 11:45am -1:00pm
"[Rotary has] proven how much can be accomplished when a group
selflessly uses every ounce of the political capital it has to help the
world's most disenfranchised children."
— William H. Gates Sr., Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
"Rotary has the ability to organize campaigns to mobilize
support for some of the worthiest causes that exist, and
that makes Rotary a precious resource."
— Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations
RI President 2009-2010 John Kenny
"Everything begins and ends with our clubs... The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands."
1.2 million men and women donate their expertise, time, and funds to support local and international
projects that help people in need and promotes understanding among cultures. Rotary's flagship program
is its effort to protect children against polio, with the goal of ending the disease throughout the world.
www.rotary.org www.rotary5810.org http://www.dallasuptownrotary.org/
Nearby Rotary Clubs to Make-Up Missed Meetings
Dallas Evening Rotary Club Dallas Trinity Rotary Club
La Calle Doce Info Mart
415 W. 12th Street 1950 Stemmons Freeway
Dallas, Texas 75208 Dallas, Texas 75207
Meeting Day and Time: Thursdays at 7:30pm Meeting Day and Time: Mondays at noon
East Dallas Rotary Club Park Cities Rotary Club
Radisson Hotel Maggiano’s Restaurant
6060 N. Central Expressway 2nd Floor
Dallas, Texas 75206 8687 North Central Expressway
Meeting Day and Time: Tuesdays at noon North Park Center
Dallas, Texas 75225
Preston Center Rotary Club Meeting Day and Time: Fridays at noon
Park City Club
5956 Sherry Lane Rotary Club of Dallas
17th Floor Fairmont Hotel
Dallas, Texas 75225 1717 N. Akard
Meeting Day and Time: Wednesdays at 7:15am Dallas, Texas 75201
Meeting Day and Time: Wednesdays at noon
Special Thanks to the Following…
Chef David A. Shaw for presenting today’s program.
Rick Stein for presenting the previous program.
Previous Program, Thursday, June 17, 2010
The Audacity of Survival
Rick Stein
Author and Motivational Speaker
214-562-6237
Today’s Program, Thursday, June 24, 2010
Part 2: Who cares? Why would anyone want to eat gluten free?
Chef David A. Shaw
214-675-9481
Thursday, July 1, 2010
CONTACT Crisis Line
Benaye Rogers
President
www.contactcrisisline.org
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Club Assembly
Club President Leslie Clay
www.dallasuptownrotary.org
Thursday, July 10, 2010
Club and New Member Orientation/Continuing Education
RRIMC Pete Snider
Hope Cottage
4209 McKinney
Dallas, Texas 75205-4509
RSVP:
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Service Project
Oak Lawn Community Outreach Center
3:45pm – 6:00pm
3014 Oak Lawn
Dallas, Texas 75219
RSVP or questions: Martha at
Special thanks to the following Visiting Rotarians for attending last week…
Sonja Borda
Special thanks to the following Visiting Rotarians for attending last week…
District Foundation Chair Bill Perryman, East Dallas
Deb Outlaw, East Dallas
Robert Ellington, Park Cities
Matt Slay, Park Cities
Happy Birthday to Avia Rice on June 6 and Durance Castleberry on June 12!
New Member Orientation &
Club Member CE
Featured Speaker: RRIMC Pete Snider
Saturday, July 10, 2010
10:00am - 12:00pm
Hope Cottage
4209 McKinney
Dallas, Texas 75205-4509
Casual dress
Snacks and beverages provided
RSVP: Membership Chair Happy Franklin
DISTRICT AWARDS
The "Evening of Honors"
July 7, 2010
At the Scottish Rite Library & Museum
(formerly know as the Scottish Rite Cathedral)
500 S. Harwood, Dallas, TX 75201
All clubs are invited
We will be presenting the published District awards:
Club Presidential Citations
Interact and Rotaract Presidential Citations
Some very special recognition awards to both clubs and individual Rotarians
and a wrap up of this Year in Rotary District 5810
Attendance is FREE!
Parking is FREE!
Fun, fellowship, great memories of the achievements of our District Rotarians.
Light snacks.
Cash bar.
The reception will be from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
the Honors will be presented from 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Scottish Rite Theater.
Banerjee elected RI president for 2011-12
By Joseph Derr
Rotary International News -- 23 June 2010
Kalyan Banerjee, of the Rotary Club of Vapi, Gujarat, India, was elected president of Rotary International in 2011-12 by delegates during the fourth plenary session at the 2010 RI Convention in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
"I thank you from the depths of my heart for this incredible opportunity to serve the world's most outstanding service organization," said Banerjee, who stood beside his wife, Binota.
Banerjee told attendees about his first encounters with Rotary in India. "I loved the way the Rotarians seemed to enjoy meeting friends and enthusing about community service projects to benefit hundreds of people," he said. "I decided then that I must be a Rotarian as soon as I could make it."
As Rotary continues to grow and become more influential, it increases its capacity to effect change in India, Banerjee said. "As I have seen more and more Indians choose to become Rotarians, and I have seen what those Rotarians have achieved, it has become clear to me that India and Rotary International are part of a symbiotic relationship: Each is making the other stronger," he said, pointing to the PolioPlus program as a sign of Rotary’s ongoing success in India and other polio-endemic countries.
"In a way, some parts of India still exemplify a developing country, and this gives me perhaps a different perspective on Rotary's international service," he said. "I have seen the impact that our simplest projects can have. I have seen firsthand our work in literacy, in health, in hunger, in providing safe water -- and I have seen the difference it makes to each village, each family, and each individual human life."
Banerjee encouraged all Rotarians to self-reflect and to serve generously.
"Through service, we are able to look within ourselves to find reserves of generosity, of grace, and of care and concern, and to seek a deeper meaning to our daily lives. We discover what it means to help a human being and, in so doing, become more fully human ourselves," Banerjee said.
Highlighted Member of the Week: Martha L. Watson
Name: / Martha L. WatsonClassification: / Artist
Name of Business: / Martha Watson Art
Your Title: / Owner
Best way to describe your business: / Art Services
What you like best about your work: / I was born to be an artist.
Member‘s Birthday-Month and Day: / 5-Feb
Education and Degrees Earned: / University of Texas at Austin-Bachelor of Fine Arts
Famous Person You Would Like to Meet: / Any Master Artist
Favorite Kind of Pen and Pen Color: / Black ZIG or Tombo
Hobbies: / Sculpture
Favorite Vacation Spot(s): / Montana
Favorite Music Genre: / Classical Guitar
What you like best about Rotary: / Service Work
Proudest Moment: / Taking my mom to India
Favorite Sports: / Scuba Diving
Favorite Restaurants: / Mia, El Fenix
Miscellaneous:
Email: /
Company website: / www.marthawatsonart.com