Bulletin Template (Nov 11, 2024)

A beautiful display of flags is now waving at the VA.

Thank You!

I'll start this bulletin with a very sincere thanks for your service to our Nation, for your participation in our awesome Rotary Club and for allowing Patriots to serve at your side in our efforts to recognize and serve veterans and our community. Today, Veterans Day, is your day and we honor you today. We've begun the last quarter of 2024 and are headed into the busy holiday season. How did that happen so quickly? It's time to take advantage of the moment and make plans to support the upcoming Club events and Club meetings.

Thank you to those who showed up to put up the flags at the VA. Special thanks to the Pickard family (Natasha and the boys) who retrieved the flags from storage and brought them to the VA. Nearly 200 flags have been waving for the past 8 days in honor of Veteran's Day and will be on display through this Sunday. The dedication tags were added on Saturday. Be sure to thank those you know who bought and dedicated a flag for our project. Thanks again to Jay Coppock for managing this inspiring project for our Club.

Your next opportunity to show up for your Club is tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov 12, and we have a very special meeting planned! We'll meet at the Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030 - 11:30am to 1pm. Our guest speaker will be Medical Director Francisco Vasquez and we'll gather outside at our Flags display for a photo op. Enter the main lobby and take the red elevator to the fourth floor and look for directions there. Please make the extra effort to join us for this special meeting and invite someone to join you.

Our biggest service projects of the year are in the coming weeks. The Club needs all hands on deck to make these successful! See more detail in this bulletin.

I've said this before and I'll say it again: there is no reason our Club shouldn't grow to become the biggest and most influential in our District. As a patriot, I'm a fierce supporter of veterans and there are many "out there" who love an opportunity to serve veterans. And, of course, as many of you are veterans, you know better than I do that veterans are the kind of people who truly understand Rotary mantra of Service Over Self. There is no reason why we shouldn't be regularly bringing like-minded, high-quality individuals to our meetings and service projects who help us with our mission to grow our Club and thus our ability to serve the veteran community and our community at-large here in Houston. Tell your Rotary story, share the Magic of Rotary (our 24/25 international theme) and invite others to join us every 2nd and 4th Tuesday, as well as to our upcoming special events.

See you soon.

Mark McVey

Rotary Club Greater Houston Veterans & Patriots

President 2024-2025

Operation Turkey is the largest

District 5890 Service Project

It's almost here! Our biggest service project of the year is just around the corner. YOU and your family will be better for being a part of this wonderful event! Volunteers are needed on different dates and for different jobs at each of the four sites around the Houston area. Check out the dates below and click on the web link for more information.

Nov 21 Time TBD Sysco will deliver a large refrigerator truck to the NW site.
Nov 21 5:45 PM Final Operation Turkey ZOOM meeting. If you'd like to take a role in leadership you can learn here and help next year.
Nov 21 7:00 PM 2024 Operation Turkey Volunteer Orientation on ZOOM
Nov-22 Time TBD "Operation Cold Birds" Frozen turkeys delivered to the NW site. Volunteers needed to remove turkeys from boxes for thawing in truck.
Nov 25 Time TBD "Operation Put It There" Refrigerated trailers will be delivered to each site. Volunteer need on each site to direct placement.
Nov26 Time TBD "Operation Truck-ey" Turkeys delivered to each site via donated trucks from American Furniture Warehouse (thank you!). Volunteers are needed to load, unload and store 150 turkeys per site.
Nov 26 Time TBD "Operation Pack It In" Food and Supplies delivered to each site. Volunteers needed to unload and set up.
Nov 26 TBD "Operation Smokey" Cook teams setting up and begin smoking birds,
Nov 27 6:00 AM - 4:00 PM Operation Tailgate! Many volunteers needed at each location for a wide variety of jobs!
Nov 28 6:00 AM until done Operation Turkey! Many volunteers needed at each site to complete packing and distribution of 12,500 meals.

More Op Turkey Info Here

Holiday Party Dec 13

RA Anderson Dec 13

Wreaths Across America

December 14

Our holiday events on Dec 13th make that Friday a very special day for the Club. Please mark your calendars and block this date! First, we'll be at the RA Anderson Home from 10am-noon to provide the veterans in that home with holiday cheer and a little recognition. We have a simple program planned, visiting each of the 4 pods with a small gift, candy cane, a visit and a song. That afternoon we'll gather at the Chicken 'n Pickle from 4pm-6pm for our holiday party together. We'll share an all-inclusive evening of food, adult beverages, games and Pickle Ball (participation no required, just encouraged). :-) We'll get more details to you soon. Please block that date!

And on December 14th Jeff Pickard will lead us with our Wreaths Across America program. District 5890 has gotten behind the project with funding, but more can be used and we certainly need volunteers to show up for this awesome display of respect for fallen veterans at the Houston VA Cemetery.

ROTARY MOTTO:

SERVICE ABOVE SELF

ROTARY VISION:

Together, we see a world where people unite

and take action to create lasting change —

across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.

ROTARY CLUB OF GREATER HOUSTON VETERANS

A CLUB FOR VETERANS & PATRIOTS

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