San Antonio Veterans Rotary Club

An amazing story of Paul Alexander who spent 70 years living in a metal chamber to help breathe after he contracted polio in the 1950s when he was only 6 years old (leaving him paralyzed from the neck down).

Paul Alexander, polio survivor who spent over 70 years in iron lung, dead at 78 A man who spent 70 years living inside a metal chamber to help him breathe, has died aged 78. Paul Alexander was widely known as "the man in the iron lung" and was also a lawyer and author

Two new Rotary members at the Rotary Club of San Antonio West.

Veterans Club Meeting on 22 Nov at 08:30 a.m. This is an important meeting as we talk about helping needy families for the holidays at a few locations schools. This is the zoom link. Dwayne Hopkins is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Rotary Veterans Club Meeting
Time: Nov 22, 2023 08:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

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San Antonio Veterans Rotary Club Meeting this coming Thursday at 8:30 a.m. on Zoom.
See below link for our Rotary Veterans Club Meeting on Aug 24 Thursday 8:30 a.m. This meeting will only last about 30 -45 minutes. Next meeting will be 24 Aug.
Agenda:
1. New Members
2. Needy Holiday Gifts for Children/Family
3. Lackland Air Base School Projects
Note: We may have a few possible new members in the meeting.
Dwayne Hopkins is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. See link below.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83742332645?pwd=Y3VmOW45Wmx0eE14Y0Ywdy8xMkxVQT09

https://rotary5840.org/sitepage/world-polio-day

Welcome | District 5840 Rotary District 5840 - South Central Texas has a membership of over 2900. District 5840 covers an area of 52,466 square miles encompassing 44 counties in the heart of Texas centering around San Antonio. Rotary first came to Texas in 1912 when clubs were chartered in San Antonio, Dallas and Houston.

https://rotary5840.org/sitepage/rotary-leadership-institute

Welcome | District 5840 Rotary District 5840 - South Central Texas has a membership of over 2900. District 5840 covers an area of 52,466 square miles encompassing 44 counties in the heart of Texas centering around San Antonio. Rotary first came to Texas in 1912 when clubs were chartered in San Antonio, Dallas and Houston.

https://rotary5840.org/event/rotary-leadership-institute-(rli)-training-6/

Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) Training | District 5840 Rotary District 5840 - South Central Texas has a membership of over 2900. District 5840 covers an area of 52,466 square miles encompassing 44 counties in the heart of Texas centering around San Antonio. Rotary first came to Texas in 1912 when clubs were chartered in San Antonio, Dallas and Houston.

The San Antonio Veterans Rotary Club Card.

The new $9.4 Million dollar Fisher House is being built near the VA Hospital in San Antonio. This is the second Fisher House on the location. The house will be able to host an additional 16 families.

https://rotary5840.org/Stories/sa-south-and-habitat-for-humanity

SA South and Habitat for Humanity The Rotary Club of San Antonio South members laid sod with new homeowners, Saturday, July 22, at a new Habitat for Humanity home. We are excited for our forever home to be complete in August, said the couple. The house will shelter a family of five when complete. It was hot and hard work, but reward...

Club meeting tomorrow (10 Aug) on zoom at 08:30 a.m.. Please contact me if you need the zoom link. Agenda: Membership and Needy families during the Holidays. See you soon.

https://rotary5840.org/Stories/district-leader-spotlight-assistant-governor-rosie-ramirez

District Leader Spotlight - Assistant Governor Rosie Ramirez What was your most memorable Rotary service project? My most memorable Service Project was the Guatemala Project helping a friend from Guatemala collect shoes for the children. Guatemala had experienced a very painful and dramatic disaster when a volcano named “Volcan de Fuego” erupted and the ...

https://rotary5840.org/Stories/rotary-leadership-institute-september-16th

Rotary Leadership Institute - September 16th There will be a Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) on Saturday, September 16th, 2023 from 8:30AM to 4:30PM at the Spring Creek United Methodist Church, 28970 Old Fredericksburg Rd, Fair Oaks, TX 78015.  Classes will begin at 9AM. The institute is $50 and is open to all Rotarians. Click to Regis...

https://rotary5840.org/Stories/dg-monica-gutierrez-s-august-message

DG Monica Gutierrez's August Message With the first month into the new Rotary year already gone, I must admit it went by faster than I anticipated. It started by planning a few joint club District Governor visits and attending a club Board meeting via Zoom.

Join us Saturday, May 6th for the Rotary District 5840 District Conference & Club Leader Training at the UTSA Sports Complex 9AM-5PM in San Antonio. The event includes lunch and snacks. Cost is $50/person. Come on out, wear your favorite professional football shirt/jersey and have fun. You can sign up at https://www.crsadmin.com/eventportal/registrations/publicfill/eventpublicfill.aspx?evtid=652bf521-8d55-49bf-8a0b-7993b9cc7df4

Mr. Doug Dickson from the San Antonio VA Fisher House is the guest speaker tonight at 7:30 p.m. Come on lot and learn about the Fisher House supporting military families. To join our Zoom meeting, click this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4208824594

Rotarians out working hard at McAllister Park over the weekend in San Antonio.

The next San Antonio Veterans Rotary Club Meeting is on Thursday, 9 Feb at 7:30 p.m.

This will be a zoom meeting with Rotary District 5840 Governor Dwayne who will cover Local, National and international levels in Rotary. He will also talk a little bit about the efforts Rotary is making to prevent Human Trafficking.

Drop us a comment to let us know if you would like to attend this meeting.

https://convention.rotary.org/en/melbourne

Melbourne | Rotary Convention

A great story of Rotarians in action.

Fredericksburg Rotary Katoma Water Project 2022 - Fredericksburg, TX, Noontime Rotary Club - Tanzania Project from Peter Ray on Vimeo. Fredericksburg Rotary Club joined with five other Clubs to construct rainwater catchment tanks, toilets, handwashing facilities, septic tanks and incinerators for sanitary napkins at seven public schools in ...

Rotary District Leadership Training RY23-24

North Park Lexus at Dominion – 2nd floor conf room
21531 W Interstate 10 Frontage Rd
San Antonio, CA 78257
United States of America

San Antonio Veterans Rotary Club updated their information in their About section.

Trunk or Treat at Ft. Sam Houston 2021.
Hopkins Logan Finley

Our Rotary Club helped the GruntStyle Foundation distribute goodie bags for young military families in need. It was hot but there was plenty of water available.

Please join us for our meeting Thursday with Tommy Calvert, Bexar County Commissioner, Pct. 4. He'll share his experiences as part of the Rotary exchange program.

The reservation link: https://www.eventbrite.com/x/san-antonio-veterans-rotary-club-meeting-tickets-156497348783

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As we start our new year of meetings and programs, we want to let you know about our Jan. 14 program with Amir Samandi.

This is a virtual meeting, and you can get the Zoom link by contacting us.

With a club with a lot of military retirees, we understand the plight of some of our military families who have a limited budget to put food on the table three times a day. We are supporting the effort to provide assistance to local families in need.

If you want to join our organization and help with this and other missions, please contact Matt Scherer.

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We want to thank Chris Cook and John Thurman for donating 50 gift boxes for Soldiers' Angels.

If you have questions about the changes in the VA home loans offerings, please join us Nov. 19 to hear retired Navy Master Chief Brannon Knox speak.

Interested in learning more about our program? Please contact us.

Please join us Thursday at 7 p.m. when we host Chris Cook, one of our community leaders in building the CyberPatriot program in south Texas.