District 5870 held its annual Foundation Gala on February 2, 2019 at the Hilton Hotel in Downtown Austin.  The evening’s keynote speaker was current Rotary International President Barry Rassin of the Rotary Club of East Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas.  The Gala’s Master of Ceremonies was The Honorable Byron Cook of the Rotary Club of Corsicana. 

The Gala honored the many contributions of District 5870’s Rotarians to The Rotary Foundation.  Dr. Mendy Ritchie of the Rotary Club of Marble Falls received the 2019 District 5870 Rotary Foundation Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor District 5870 can bestow upon an individual.  The District also presented the Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service to Beverly Luedke of the Rotary Club of Temple-South.

 

 

Inspiring speech from Rotary International President Barry Rassin in Austin for the D5870 Foundation Gala. He is truly the inspiration to us all. 

Every year clubs wanting to participate in Rotary Grants in District 5870 need to complete the qualification process.   Part of that process is to have two members (one of whom is the incoming president) attend a Grant Management Training Seminar (GMTS).  If a member attended training in 2018, he or she is eligible to attend the 1-hour refresher class in 2019.  If not, that person must attend the full 3-hour class.  Grant Management Training is an annual requirement.The training dates are:

 

PDG Gene Neal was a tremendously dedicated Rotarian.  A 50+ year member of the Rotary Club of Fairfield, Gene served as Governor of District 587 in 1975-76 (not a typo – we didn’t have the last digit in 1975).  At Carlos Conseco’s request, Gene agreed to serve as one of the founding members of Rotary’s initiative to end Polio.  He and Past RI Director Jack Forrest, a member of the Rotary Club of Mexia, share the distinction of being the only two Rotarians in the history of our District to have earned both the Service Above Self Award, and the Rotary Foundation Distinguished Service Award.

View the breakdown of Annual Giving of the Top 25 Clubs

View the breakdown of the Per Capita Foundation Giving as of January 31, 2019

View the breakdown of the Top 25 PolioPlus Contributions