Benefactors provide support for The Rotary Foundation’s Permanent Fund, which generates interest in perpetuity for humanitarian and educational programs such as:

How do I become a Benefactor?

You may become a Benefactor to The Rotary Foundation by making the Permanent Fund a beneficiary in your estate plans or by making an outright gift of US$1,000 or more to the Permanent Fund.

When you become a Benefactor, you will be presented with:

 

 

 

 

On February 23, 1905 a Chicago lawyer, Paul P. Harris, called three friends to a meeting. What he had in mind was a club that would kindle fellowship among members of the business community. It was an idea that grew from his desire to find within the large city the kind of friendly spirit that he knew in the villages where he had grown up.

 

The four businessmen didn’t decide then and there to call themselves a Rotary club, but their get-together was, in fact, the first meeting of the world’s first Rotary club. As they continued to meet, adding others to the group, they rotated their meetings among the members’ places of business, hence the name. Soon after the club name was agreed upon, one of the new members suggested a wagon wheel design as the club emblem. It was the precursor of the familiar cogwheel emblem now worn by Rotarians around the world. By the end of 1905, the club had 30 members. The second Rotary club was formed in 1908 half a continent away from Chicago in San Francisco, California. It was a much shorter leap across San Francisco Bay to Oakland, California, where the third club was formed. Others followed in Seattle, Washington, Los Angeles, California, and New York City, New York. Rotary became international in 1910 when a club was formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. By 1921 the organization was represented on every continent, and the name Rotary International was adopted in 1922.

 

The Founder of Rotary
Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary, was born in Racine, Wisconsin, USA, on April 19, 1868, but moved at the age of 3 to Wallingford, Vermont, to be raised by his grandparents. In the forward to his autobiography My Road to Rotary, he credits the friendliness and tolerance he found in Vermont as his inspiration for the creation of Rotary.

 

Trained as a lawyer, Paul gave himself five years after his graduation from law school in 1891 to see as much of the world as possible before settling down and hanging out his shingle. During that time, he traveled widely, supporting himself with a great variety of jobs. He worked as a reporter in San Francisco, a teacher at a business college in Los Angeles, a cowboy in Colorado, a desk clerk in Jacksonville, Florida, a tender of cattle on a freighter to England, and as a traveling salesman for a granite company, covering both the U.S. and Europe.

 

Remaining true to his five-year plan, he settled in Chicago in 1896, and it was there on the evening of February 23, 1905, that he met with three friends to discuss his idea for a businessmen’s club. This is commonly regarded as the first Rotary club meeting. Over the next five years, the movement spread as Rotary clubs were formed in other U.S. cities. When the National Association of Rotary Clubs held its first convention in1910, Paul was elected president.

After his term, and as the organizations only president-emeritus, Paul continued to travel extensively, promoting the spread of Rotary both in the USA and abroad. A prolific writer, Paul wrote several books about the early days of the organization and the role he was privileged to play in it. These include The Founder of Rotary, This Rotarian Age and the autobiographical My Road to rotary. He also wrote several volumes of Peregrinations detailing his many travels. He died in Chicago on January 27, 1947.

 

 

The Humble Club of Rotary awarded Atascocita High School student Zachary Tice the Leader of Tomorrow recognition award at their February 17, 2016, luncheon meeting.   He serves as the Battalion Sergeant Major for the MCJROTC program at the high school.   Zachary’s mother, Ms. Pinnock, and Mike Lasyone, Senior Marine Corps Instructor for the MCJROTC program, at Atascocita High School, attended the luncheon.

 

Zachary engages in many activities at Atascocita High School including the Marine Corps JROTC program, Teen Community Emergency Response Training, Campus Clean Up, Teacher Support, and Flag Detail.

 

Additionally, he has participated in a wide variety of community relations activities:  Lake Houston 5K/10K, Eagle Springs Triathlon, Blue Star Moms, Veterans Appreciation events, Wreaths Across America, Fall Festivals/Carnivals, and the Humble Christmas Parade. He has accumulated approximately (50) volunteer hours annually.

 

He plans to join the United States Marine Corps in the future.   He acknowledges his mother Ms. Jennifer Pinnock and father Mr. Les Tice for their support and guidance in his own aspirations.

 

Through his personal life experiences, educational experiences, and role as Battalion Sgt.Maj. for the MCJROTC program; Zachary says he has learned the importance of setting a positive example, the importance of working hard toward his objectives, and the importance of providing consistent guidance to younger men/women in order to help shape them into well rounded citizens.

 

 The “Leader of Tomorrow” award will be given to a student from each of the Humble ISD high schools during the year.  The award recognizes students who have demonstrated leadership capability, academic success, and service and respect to others. The Humble ISD Police Department representative at each high school will lead the process to select the student on campus.   

 

 

 

 

 

We are on track to achieve our goal of $65,000 in Sponsorships as we have reached $63,400, with a potential of an additional $1000 which wll put us at $64,400 We have 15 days to achieve our goal. The good news is that we have several people with prospects. Our deadline for sponsorships is March 25 as we need to develop the various recognition media that each sponsor is entitles.

 

Look for some prospects so we can reach our goal. Look for a couple of more $500 or more sponsors and we will achieve our goal

 

Festival Sponsorship Report

2015-16

 

Plains State Bank

Mann Eye Institute

 

 

Skip Curry-Edward Jones

Wang’s Martial Arts

Wilbert Vaults of Houston

Minuteman Printing of Humble

DT Construction

Homewood Suites Kingwood

Memorial Hermann NE

KW Receivables

The Mint National Bank

 

Artie and Dorothy McFerrin Foundation

Waste Management

 

CommunityBank of Texas N. A.

Ward Brothers—Personal Insurance

Kingwood Medical Center

MKP-Price & Co, P.C., CPA”s

Green Bank

Anonymous

Dougherty’s Pharmacy

REM Communications, Inc

Ted Price

 

Tribune

Observer

Dock Line

 

 

 

Maroon Trucking

Continuum Financial, LLC

TWFG Insurance—Brian Johnson

Ernest and Beverly Hauser

Gloria and Oran Bain

CenterPoint Energy

Alspaugh's Ace Hardware

Rosewood Funeral Home

Monk Engineering, Inc.

Community Resource Credit Union

Joiner Partnership

State Representative Dan Huberty

Lavezzari Insurance

Mike Carr Atty--Independence Title

Custom Kitchen Equipment

Byrne Metals

Beasley Tire Service

Abundant Health & Wellness Center

Kingwood Pines Hospital

Ability Tree Experts

RE/Max Associates NE II

Kingwood Air Conditioning & Heating

Clear Pool Service

Citizens Bank-Humble Banking Center

Faust Painting 

Click Tire Services

CRTF

 

Sullivan's Paint & Body

Cruz Air & Electric