Events

The Marine Corps Coordinating Council, Southeast Texas will host the 247th Marine Corps Birthday Ball Celebration on Saturday, November 12, 2022 from 1700-Mid-Night at the Woodlands Marriott Waterway and Covention Center located at  1601 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands, Texas 77380. This is an event open to EVERYONE!

Tickets are $85.00 per person and can be purchased via https://houstonmarines.org/welcome. 

For more information regarding tickets, contact the MCCC SE Secretary at mccc.houston@gmail.com .

Sasha Camacho is a founding member of SoléAna Stables. Prior to becoming a mother to two beautiful girls, she served as a Treasury Analyst for prominent investment and technology firms and has filled many roles in various non-profit organizations for the last 25 years.  Her desire to help individuals with special needs and pay it forward is a driving force of her ultimate vision for SoléAna Stables.

SoléAna Stables is a non-profit organization that provides exceptional Equine-assisted Services as a way to achieve goals that enhance physical, emotional, social, cognitive, behavioral and educational skills for individuals with special needs.

https://www.soleanastables.org/

Operation Turkey will be at four locations throughout the greater Houston area.

Pasadena location: 

American Legion Post 521 Inc, 2221 Preston Ave, Pasadena, TX 77503, USA

The Turkey Tailgate – This day is a whole lot of fun. It is a time when volunteers come together, the day before our big day, in preparation for the event. Turkeys are cooked, donations are sorted and a lot of laughs and good times are shared.

Operation Turkey Website:  https://www.operationturkey.com/locations/houston/

Operation Turkey Volunteer Registration:  https://mailchi.mp/operationturkey/signup-volunteers

Operation Turkey Meal Request:  https://www.operationturkey.com/meal-request/

Operation Turkey will be at four locations throughout the greater Houston area.

Pasadena location: 

American Legion Post 521 Inc, 2221 Preston Ave, Pasadena, TX 77503, USA

This is the big event where we prepare, package, and deliver meals to the homeless and less fortunate. Please register to volunteer on our website to ensure you get our informational emails with details of volunteering.

Operation Turkey Website:  https://www.operationturkey.com/locations/houston/

Operation Turkey Volunteer Registration:  https://mailchi.mp/operationturkey/signup-volunteers

Operation Turkey Meal Request:  https://www.operationturkey.com/meal-request/

Chris Wong, MD candidate 2023, will speak about the role Rotary played  in college and his medical training.  As a student, he was sponsored by Rotary his scholar year abroad and has many experiences to share.  

Save the date!  In the evening on December 17, The Rotary Club of Greater Houston Veterans will be hosting our annual Christmas get together. 

This is an informal social event to celebrate the holiday season with fellow Rotarians and their guests. 

Attendees are required to red or red & white.

• Please bring an appetizer type dish to share. *
• Do you have a favorite cocktail?   Bring it on!  *
• A themed cocktail and non alccholic beverages will be provided.  
• Bring a $10-$15 gift to swap and steal. 

Exact time and location will be announced soon.  

*There will be a contest for best appetizer and best cocktail.  Attendees will vote on their favorites.  Winners will receive a "surpririe" gift. 

Please join the Rotary Club of Greater Houston Veterans as we pariticipate in National Wreaths Across America Day at the Houston National Cemetery. 

As the event gets closer, a specific location to meet at the Cemetery will be posted.  If you register for the event, you will receive an email with the updated information.  

Donations are also needed to sponsor wreaths.  One wreath cost $15. 

Please click the link https://waahouston.salsalabs.org/.../rotaryclu.../index.html and make your selection:

• 1 Wreath ($15.00)
• 2 Wreaths ($30.00)
• 5 Wreaths ($75.00) *Most Popular
• 10 Wreaths ($150.00)
• Other amount of your choosing

Support Camp Shield by donationing of mens and childrens clothing and toys.  Drop off at the Amerian Legion Post at 3105 Campbell Rd, Houston, 77080 Friday, January 27 between 12-5. 

Shop Saturday and Sunday, January 28-29, 8:00 am to 1:00 pm

Volunteers needed. 

Mayor of Friendswood, Navy, Astronaut

Michael James Foreman (born March 29, 1957) is a retired U.S. Navy pilot and a NASA astronaut. While with NASA, Foreman was part of a mission that delivered the Japanese Experiment Module and the Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator to the International Space Station. Foreman was also a crewmember of the STS-129 mission in November 2009. In 2018, he was elected mayor of Friendswood, Texas; 

https://www.oathinc.org/

Outdoor Association for True Heroes, Incorporated, or OATH, Inc., is a faith based Nonprofit Organization that utilizes various outdoors activities centered around Faith, Family, and Community to improve the quality of life of our eligible Veterans.

The Rotary Club of Greater Houston Veterans, along with the Michael E. Debakey Medical Center, are refurbishing an atrium at the hospital.

On Monday, March 13, time TBD, Rotary President Elect, Gordon R. McInally of Scotland, will be joining the dedication of new atrium. 

All members of the Rotary Club of Greater Houston Veterans are encouraged to attend.  Guests are welcome.  

Ken Wallingford was born in 1948 in Munich, West Germany. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on May 14, 1969, and after completing basic training and advanced training at Fort Polk, Louisiana, he went through airborne training at Fort Benning, Georgia, from February to March 1970. PFC Wallingford next attended Special Forces training and Special Forces Medic training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, from March to June 1970, followed by service as a sniper with the 22nd Infantry Regiment of the 25th Infantry Division in South Vietnam from August 1970 to April 1971. Sgt Wallingford transferred to Military Assistance Command Vietnam as an advisor in April 1971, serving in that position until he was captured during the Battle of Loc Ninh on April 7, 1972. After spending 312 days in captivity in Cambodia, he was released during Operation Homecoming on February 12, 1973. He was briefly hospitalized to recover from his injuries at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, leaving active duty on June 12, 1973, and was honorably discharged from the Army Reserve on May 13, 1975.

In honor of Vietnam Veterans Day, March 29th, 2023, we are proud to create our second annual Field of Honor®.March 29th has been officially designated as National Vietnam War Veterans Day, as Americans unite to thank and honor Vietnam Veterans and their families for their service and sacrifice.

Creating an awe-inspiring panorama, United States flags will fly in a solemn formation at Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center during the last week of March 2023. This stirring display of hundreds of flags will bring the community together in a patriotic tribute to honor our heroes.

March 29th is a fitting choice for a day honoring Vietnam veterans. It was chosen to be observed in perpetuity as March 29, 1973, was the day United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam was disestablished and, also the day the last U.S. combat troops departed Vietnam. In addition, on and around this same day Hanoi released the last of its acknowledged prisoners of war.

Each U.S. flag represents an individual and tells a story. Flags may be sponsored to honor all Vietnam Veterans This unique event is the perfect opportunity for all of us to remember and honor our many heroes.

The display is open to all without charge. Don’t miss it!

Please join the Rotary Club of Houston Veterans for our regular meeting on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 11:30 am at Big Horn BBQ, 2300 Smith Ranch Rd, Pearland, TX  77584

Lunch self pay. 

ZOOM link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86027387088?pwd=c29wZVR1QjBIM3V5MTdlYzhxOVc3Zz09

Meeting ID: 860 2738 7088
Passcode: 438507