Surviving & Thriving Luncheon

Surviving & Thriving LuncheonEach individual lady in our club purchased a ticket for the Surviving & Thriving Pink Alliance Breast Cancer Fundraiser, We have been supporting this organization for years. ![]() |
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Back to School Supplies KitsThe club and members raised $2000 to purchase enough school supplies to assemble 250 backpacks. These backpacks will be distributed to low income families in our community, through The Bridge Ministries Food Pantry. It is back to school season and there are many students who lack the funds to purchased all they need for school. The Bridge Ministries Food Pantry is distributing backpacks full of school supplies and they needed some additional funding. Having adequate school supplies will help the student at school and ease the burden on the parents (and teachers). ![]() |
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Narcan Kit DistributionThe purpose of this project is to prepare and educate our community about the dangers of an opioid and/or fentanyl overdose. How to identify the symptoms of an overdose and how to administer Naloxone to a save life. Not only are we preparing them, we are supplying them with the opioid overdose rescue kits. We assembled 150 kits.
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KSW - Scotty's HouseKits to Save the World - we believe there is a kit for every need. We partner with local non-profits, they speak at our club, we then discuss kit items. The non-profit reps returns to one of our Done in a Meeting and helps us assemble the kits. These kits will aid in processing a kid through the system. Scotty's House is an organization that helps children that are being abused. When they get to Scotty's House the children will be given their own items which will include activate books crayons and some hygiene items. We assembled 125. ![]() |
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KSW - Hygiene Kits for the Prenatal ClinicThe club assembled 125 kits to donate to the Prenatal Clinic (free clinic for expecting moms). The items in the kit where specifically requested by the expectants moms, these are items that will aid in their everyday routines and it is a little something that show the community cares. ![]() |
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TRI-CLUB Social for a CauseThree local clubs came together for a social to assemble 50 feminine hygiene kits for a The Pink Box of BCS. The Pink Box has six stand alone panties in marginalized neighborhoods. The pantries has food and daily necessities. We assembled kits with tampons, feminine napkins, pantyliners, moist wipes and inspirational stickers. The kits will be distributed to all six neighborhood pantries. ![]() |
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KSW - Project UnityBuilding kits for the needs of our community. We partnered with local non-profits inquire about their need and purchased and assembles requested kits. This week we assembled hygiene kits for Project Unity. Project Unity aims to empower and strengthen our community by caring for its people, supporting and educating its families, and fostering hope and change in the lives of all involved. We are honored to be able to provide these services at no cost to our clients. There is need greater than any of us dare to imagine, right here in our own community. By providing these services to the Brazos Valley, we are continuously seeing stories of human suffering turn into stories of human triumph... and that is what we are all about! |
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RYLA - Ride-A-LongWe chartered a bus to transport 13 RYLA participants to and from leadership camp. The purpose is to encourage engagement between participants and to better prepare them for the leadership camp. This benefitted the young participants, created unity in our clubs and increase bond among club members. ![]() |
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600 families fed with annual Thanksgiving Baskets![]() It’s the time of year for giving and being thankful for our communities. The Rotary Club of Aggieland celebrated the season by packaging and delivering Thanksgiving Baskets to 600 families in the Brazos Valley community. Last week, 200 volunteers, including Rotary members, student organizations from Texas A&M University, and other community groups came together at the A&M Church of Christ in College Station, Texas, to assemble and deliver a family feast. Each Thanksgiving Basket contained a frozen turkey, canned vegetables, mashed potatoes, muffin mix, stuffing, rolls, gravy and other Thanksgiving food staples. |
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No One Eats Alone
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Why were the chickens playing Bingo? To support the Brazos Valley!![]() The Rotary Club of Aggieland successfully hosted the 6th Annual Chicken Scratch Bingo Fundraiser on Oct. 6. The evening event raised about $24,000. All proceeds of The Rotary Club of Aggieland Chicken Scratch Bingo go to support charitable projects right here in our community. Our next big project is our Thanksgiving Baskets in November. This project provides 600+ Thanksgiving Baskets with the fixings to make a dinner for families experiencing food insecurity in the Brazos Valley. Each box has enough food for a family of six. |
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Pose for PolioWe partnered with Fig-Mint Photography and every sitting packaged purchased at $75 was donated to the polio fund. We raise $800. We also had the local Epidemiology Manager of Brazos County Health District speak at our club on World Polio Day. ![]() |
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Kits to Save the World for Different Day
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Cornhole Tournament
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KSW - The BridgePartnered with the Bridge Ministries to create 125 hygiene kits to distribute to marginalized community, - Jan 25th This is one of two work days for the club. We purchased, assembled and distributed (in total) 250 hygiene kits for our community. We partnered with The Bridge Ministries, Food Pantry. These items were requested by the community. ![]() ![]() |
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Meals For Healtcare WorkersOur club got with Admiral Catering and ordered 75 meals. We purchased snacks, drinks, and desserts and delivered them to CHI St. Joseph's Hospital and Baylor Scott and White Hospital. We designated these goodies to be given to the ICU/CCU and ICU Covid Units. The nurses were so excited to get food and goodies and our hearts were full of joy!! We hope to continue this over the next few months. |
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Thanksgiving Baskets & KBTXOn Saturday night KBTX announced that Aggieland Rotary Club had free Thanksgiving Meals available and you should call the phone number on the screen to apply. This was a misquote, each of the boxes we had on Saturday morning were already spoken for thru a vetting process our club does with United Way, Habitat for Humanity, and the Bridge Ministries. We will be doing the project again next year so if you are in need please remember to contact one of those agencies next fall. I am sorry for any inconvenience and will post other organizations offering food for this year after I have assembled the list. I hope all have a great and Happy Thanksgiving! |
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Sign Ups for Thanksgiving Basket Service ProjectThanksgiving Baskets will be assembled and delivered on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at A&M Church of Christ. Starting a 7:00 AM thru 11:00 AM.
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The Bridge Ministries Produce PantryVolunteers from the Aggieland Rotary Club loaded up cars and trucks with fresh produce!! We served over 150 families in need in Aggieland while using safety measures and
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Helping the Local Hospital refill the Ronald McDonald CartWe donated snack and drinks to the Local Ronald McDonald Cart at CHI St. Joseph's Hospital.
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Done In a Meeting![]() We had a great time labeling and loading dispensers with Aggieland Rotary Pencils. Delivery will be in the fall for all the local Middle Schools. This will be the students first introduction to Rotary and what wonderful thinks Rotarians do all over the world. We can only hope that the students will MAKE THEIR MARK WITH ROTARY!! |
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Change in Meeting Location![]() On December 12, 2019 our meeting will be held at the Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce office. We will meet at Noon in the Board Room and Admiral Catering will be providing our meal. I hope all can attend. Our speaker that day will be Avery Martin our Brazos County Extension Agent. I look forward to seeing you there.
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Thanksgiving Basket Project![]() Saturday, November 23rd, the Rotary Club of Aggieland members and volunteers from the community came out to help box up items fit for a Thanksgiving meal. Fred Patterson, President of Aggieland Rotary Club was a member the very first year they did Thanksgiving baskets. He says it’s come a long way. "We started this program over 15 years ago, just 12 baskets, and we've done as much as 500, today's goal is 470,” said Patterson. Each box will feed up to 10 family members this Thanksgiving. Friday, we put boxes together, sticker the boxes, staged all the dry goods in preparation for an early Saturday Morning. Saturday morning the turkeys arrived at 6:00 we unloaded and at 7:00 we began assembling boxes. 470 boxes were full and ready for pick up by volunteer drivers by 8:00 AM. We had over 100 drivers signed up to deliver boxes to the needy in the Brazos Valley. We had all the boxes delivered before noon. The most moving part of the whole event is the delivery of the food to the families. They are always so appreciative, and it can be quite over whelming that $25 worth of food can move them to tears. It is one of the most wonderful days of the year. Our volunteers this year included grown children of the members in our Club. PJ Hathaway cannot remember a time when he did not help with boxes the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Ryan Ullman said he can remember helping since he was about 6 years old. We had many little helpers put stickers on the boxes this year and our hope is that they have the same experience. What a great way to bring up the next generation with community service and Rotary engrained in them. “The Brazos Valley is such a special place, I have received so much, both personally and professionally, that I like to serve where I can, I like to give back,” said Katie Dempsey from Candi 95. Dempsey says there’s no better way to get in the giving spirit. "Look at home many boxes we were able to fill, look at how many meals we're going to be able to provide, we do take it for granted but I think the Brazos Valley has a spirit about it, it's so good at giving back to those in need,” said Dempsey. News footage of the event can be seen here: |
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Thank You to our Chicken Scratch Bingo Sponsors!!![]() Thanks so much to all of our sponsors for Chicken Scratch Bingo. All proceeds go to our charity account to help purchase food for our Thanksgiving Baskets along with many other worthy causes we contribute to.
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Done in a Meeting![]() During our regulary schedule meeting time our club labeled 100 hangars with our Rotary Club of Aggieland logo. The members of our club donated new or gently used new born infant clothes to the BCS Prenatal Clinic. The BCS Prenatal Clinic provides an outfit to each of it's clients for the new born babies. Our donations will be stored on the hangars we labeled with our Rotary logo in a closet the clients can access at the facility. This wonderful service project provided for children along with promoting Rotary to the staff and clients at the BCS Prenatal Clinic.
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Helping people with disabilities make their own music![]() Music has been an important part of leading an ordinary life for students at the Music School for Children With Disabilities in Honor of Paul Harris in Lublin, Poland. Founded by Rotary members, the school serves 20 students with various disabilities, including Down syndrome, autism, and visual impairments. The Rotary Club of Lublin-Centrum-Maria Curie-Sklodowska has provided funding with help from Rotary Foundation Matching Grants and the Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society, which houses the school. After their son Mateusz was born with underdeveloped eyes, Mariusz and Joanna Kania looked for ways to help him be active. When he showed an aptitude for music, they looked for a teacher and were thrilled to find the Paul Harris music school. |
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Finding Safe HavenAfter serving her time, Bianca sought help from a local homeless organization, A Safe Haven, and moved to its shelter in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Bianca followed the program closely -- she attended all the required meetings, passed drug tests, and volunteered at every opportunity.
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Saving lives in Ghana![]() A highlight for the team was greeting the chief of Sagadugu. The team got excited about buying goats and food for children in the villages where I support eight churches. It was good to see the pastors of most of the eight churches, and I had to explain that we were just passing through on our way to Bolgatanga. |
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India celebrates three years without polio![]() The three-year achievement sets the stage for polio-free certification of the entire Southeast Asia region by the World Health Organization. The Indian government also plans to convene a polio summit in February to commemorate this victory in the global effort to eradicate polio. |