It all began almost one hundred fifteen years ago on February 23, 1905 in the windy city of Chicago. At that time the Chicago Rotary Club’s constitution had two objects. The first was the “promotion of the business interests of its members” and the second was the “concept of friendship.”
Paul Harris had the idea that friendship and business might mix and result in more business. In that era, most large cities like Chicago were in grips of growing business and industry, with fierce competition. Such slogans as “Cutthroat Competition”, “Let the Buyer Beware”, “Dog Eat Dog” and “The Public be Damned” were popular in the lives of giants in industry. Competitors were the enemy -- just making money was the goal. It was in this atmosphere that Paul Harris began to wonder if one person from each business or profession could actual work together in a non-competitive atmosphere. This is how classification came into existence. If they were not rivals or competitors, they could work together to help each other improve their business and income. Through the idea of friendship and business combined-the idea of Rotary evolved.
T.A, Warren a British Rotarian who became RI President in 1945-46 made this statement in an earlier book on history of Great Britain: “The only unique feature of Rotary is vocational service; everything else that we do is repeated by some other organizations.”
Based on actual results, intelligence, and intuition from implementing the Flag Lease Program, 'The Ulitmate Non For Profit Fundraising Project' is a manual for non-profit professionals and volunteers who want to implement their fundraising project to promote their cause.
Built upon the success of the Flag Lease Project, this summing-up manual provides practical, comprehensive guidance for non-profit fundraising universally. With tips and tools, knowledgeable advice, and real-applied insights from the actual project implementation, this healthy resource addresses the entire spectrum of patriotic fundraising for non-profits.
Clubs vary widely in their readiness to work on improving their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Track where our club is in the process, By considering the following steps:
1) Appoint a committee to establish a plan to make our club more diverse, equitable, and inclusive.
2) Invite someone from an underrepresented group to visit our club, observe it in action, and offer comments at a future meeting.
3) Dedicate a series of meetings to discussing key DEI topics, including vocabulary, privilege, social identities, and unconscious bias.
DEI was one of the shortcomings in our Strategic Five Year Plan.
What do you think?
Jeff Caserotti, Vice-President of Fund Raising, will conduct our annual Flag Partner recognition at our Club meeting on Wednesday
Sunrise Rotary congratulates our Flag Partners each year for their devotion, stamina, and readiness to make our Flag Lease program a success.
The residents of McKinney join us also in wanting to make our community Patriotic the way it has been for the past 29 years through the Flag lease program and our Partner's help.
We are most appreciative of your help in 2022.
Come to the meeting and meet our Flag Partners and bring a guest.
The Rotary International convention will be held in Houston on May 27-31-2023.
https://convention.rotary.org/en/houston
Service Above Self
Birthdays & Anniversaries For January 2023
Birthdays:
Tracy pounders - 1-4-61
Steve Mitas - 1-6-69
Trevor Minyard - 1-12-20
Anniversaries:
Chris & Jamie Rothe - 1-3-03
Sy & Phil Shahid 1-6-79
Please make note of the following!
The next Board meeting is on Tuesday, January 17th, 2023, beginning at 6:01PM. If you have not sent in your report to Chuck, please do so by Monday, 10-17-2022.
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Sunrise Rotary congratulates our Flag Partners each year for their devotion, stamina, and readiness to make our Flag Lease program a success. 
The Rotary International convention will be held in Houston on May 27-31-2023.
Birthdays:
The next Board meeting is on 
We are looking for suggestions for speakers, please let Bobbi or Staci know if you have some ideas.
