Carrollton-Farmers Branch Rotary Club Supports Community Organizations

Posted by Carol Dingman 
on Jun 07, 2012
 
ImagePictured left to right:  Herb Weidinger, Sgt Major Hayward Bellah, Raul Paredes, Carol Dingman, Cia Bond, Bunnie Summerlein, Bea Salazar,  Cathy Foxworth, Debra Mitchell-Ibe, Crystal Shepard.  Not pictured:  Kelly Burns, Leann Underwood.

The mission of Rotary International is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.  Service Above Self is Rotary’s principal motto,which means that every Rotarian is responsible for finding ways to improve the quality of life in his or her community and in those around the world through service.

The Rotary Club of Carrollton-Farmers Branch was founded over 50 years ago. A Rotary Club’s Community Service covers the projects and activities it undertakes to improve life in its community.  The role of Club service projects is to help develop and implement educational, humanitarian, and vocational service projects that help our community.  One way our Club does this is by giving grants to local agencies that address community needs.  This year, money for these grants was raised through the personal contributions of Club members.  The Grant Selection Committee, headed by Acting Community Service Director Carol Dingman, included Ben Cunningham, Sid Fuller,Craig Greenway and Bill Bexley.

This year we were pleased to award 8 grants.  Each organization receiving a grant sent a representative to to tell us a little about their mission and how our donation will be used.  Grants were given to The Family Place to support its Metrocrest Center, Bea’s Kids for support of its Carrollton and Farmers Branch Tutoring Centers, Metrocrest Social Service for general program support, Senior Adult Services for general program support, Flags for Fallen Vets to place flags on graves at DFW Nat’l Cemetery for Memorial Day, Carrollton Library for the summer reading program, Farmers Branch Library for the summer reading program, and Metrocrest Medical Foundation for screening mammograms.