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Mondays at 5:30 PM

The Union Kitchen

23918 US-59 North
Kingwood, TX 77339
United States of America

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(713) 598-7129

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cjsb@SuddenLink.net

Meetings each Monday from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM at The Union Kitchen, a casual restaurant where we meet during HAPPY HOUR! Address is: 23918 US-59 North which is located directly behind the Texas Road House.

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Kingwood Rotarians meet during HAPPY HOUR for dinner & drinks each MONDAY from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM at The Union Kitchen, which is a casual restaurant! Their address is 23918 US-59 North which is located just behind Texas Road House.

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A MESSAGE FROM CHARLIE BUSCEMI, 2023-2024 PRESIDENT OF KINGWOOD ROTARY CLUB

Welcome, Friends & Neighbors!

I've been asked why I'm a Rotarian. Well, I joined Rotary to make difference in the world...and I've stayed because I AM! Joining Rotary has changed my life!

Kingwood Rotarians are PEOPLE OF ACTION, and I'm so proud to be member! I thank you for taking the time to visit our website to learn more about our club, and Rotary International! Each day, our members pour their passion, integrity, and intelligence into completing projects that have a lasting impact. We persevere until we delivery real, lasting solutions.

We meet each Tuesday from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM at The Union Kitchen at 23918 US-59 North which is located just behind Texas Road House and Los Cucos Mexican Cafe at the North Park Drive exit on US Hwy 59. Visitors are always welcome, and we'll pay for your first meal when you visit us - just let us know you're attending by call or text me at 713-598-7129 or email at CJS@SuddenLink.net

All of us are committed to seeing all of our Rotary friends, and hear about how they're are helping their communities.

COME MEET US! OUR WEEKLY CLUB DINNERS ARE AT THE UNION KITCHEN-KINGWOOD ARE EACH MONDAY FROM 5:30 PM TO 6:30 PM

Starting with our dinner on November 7th, we now have our weekly dinners & drinks each MONDAY from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM...which is during Happy Hour!

It would be great for you to come visit us because we'd love to get input from you about how we can work together to help our community with impactful service projects.

Our weekly dinner meetings are in the Boardroom at The Union Kitchen in Kingwood! Click here to checkout their awesome menu!

In lieu of our regular weekly meeting the 4th week of the month, we get together for a social. Recent socials include axe throwing, Kingwood Escape Room, "Steak Night" at the local VFW post, margaritas as Los Cucos Kingwood, and karaoke at a community tavern, and more!

The address is 23918 US-59 North at the North Park Drive exit in Kingwood located in the same shopping center as the Texas Roadhouse, Los Cucos Mexican Cafe, and IHOP!

Our meetings are where we discuss upcoming service project ideas, share fellowship, and FUN so please accept our invitation to attend a meeting and get to know us!

WHO ARE OUR KINGWOOD ROTARIANS?

While we have our weekly dinner meetings in Kingwood, we welcome members that live and work in ALL communities.

If you are a young professional, business leader, or community leader, or retired and wanting to make a positive change in your community and around the world...Come Join Us!

It's Time For The 2023 Kingwood Holiday Decorating Contest

It's time for the Annual 2023 Holiday Decorating Contest of the Kingwood Civic Club & Kingwood Rotary Club!

Kingwood has 31 villages in over 14,000 acres...so this is a BIG contest with lots of homes beautifully decorated for the holidays!

Judging will be Friday, December 15th from 6 PM - 9 PM and judges will present the coveted "Best..." yard signs in all 31 villages in each of the five categories that night to the homeowner!

Learn more at:KingwoodCivicClub.org

The Civic Club accepts entries and suggestions from each Village's Community Association representative. We then roam the streets appraising these nominations and awarding recognition for various categories.

To participate in the contest, please have your home and yard decorated by December 10th, 2023. Be sure to leave your lights on each night from December 10th through December 15th for initial judging by the HOA's.

Final winners will be selected on Friday, December 15th, 2023. Winners will be announced on this website on Saturday, December 16th so you can tour the winners!

The categories that will be judged are:

Best Traditional

Best Religious

Best Lights

Santa's Favorite

Best Doorway

We also need Kingwood residents to help in judging the contest. If you would like to participate as a judge, click here or email us at kingwoodcivicclub@yahoo.com and we'll contact you as soon as possible.

We value the participation of each homeowner's association to nominate the top three favorites in each category. It's impossible for our volunteer judges to know the neighborhood as well as they do. Please encourage your homeowner's association board members to turn in the nomination form to us by December 13th at 5pm. Let them know you would like for them to view your home's decorations. Yards should be decorated by Sunday, December 9th, for association judging and nomination December 12th-13th.

$1,000 of Toys Donated To Local Non-Profit, Kingwood Kindness

Helping other organizations that change the lives of others in our community is important to our Kingwood Rotarians. Richard and Dawn Abrams started Kingwood Kindness, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization when Hurricane Harvey caused so much damage in 2017.

From that time on, they've never stopped making an impact in the lives of those that are too often forgotten. They are "servant leaders" that have hearts as big as the needs the try to fill in the hearts, souls, and lives of those in need.

Once again this year, Kingwood Rotary has purchased and delivered $1,000 of toys to help Kingwood Kindness this holiday season.

If you have a desire to help others, visit the Kingwood Kindness website to learn more: www.KingwoodKindness.org

Over 200 Thanksgiving Meals Delivered For Operation Turkey

We're so proud that Kingwood Rotary partnered with Operation Turkey-Houston by donating funds to provide food for veterans, senior citizens, the local battered women's shelter, local first responders, the homeless and those in need.

On Thanksgiving morning, our members started volunteering a 6 AM to pack meals which we delivered 200 meals by lunchtime.

Special thanks to all our members!

30 Winter Coats Donation To Local Students

Our club's most impactful projects come from our members! When our new member, Laura Valladares, a school counselor of a local elementary school, told us that students at her school didn't have winter coats, we knew we had to take action to help them.

Another new member, Rhonda Zack, purchased coats for 15 girls, and Charlie Buscemi, our club president, purchased coats for 15 boys. This will be an ongoing project because the need is so great. The photo on the left shows us delivering the 30 coats to Laura which she will deliver to the students in need.

Anyone interested in donating winter coats please contact our club president, Charlie Buscemi by calling or texting him at 713-598-7129.

We would love to hear your project ideas, so contact Charlie to share your thoughts or come to one of our weekly meetings to talk to us.

2023 Project: Sharing Your Christmas With International "Seafarers Care Boxes" Project

One of the "Seafarer Care Boxes"

For the third year, Kingwood Rotary is partnering with the First Presbyterian Church Kingwood thanks to Former Texas State Representative Joe Crabb and his awesome wife, Nancy. Special thanks to Kingwood Rotarian Richard Briggs for suggesting this project to our club.

Imagine being a international seafarer on a ocean vessel that arrives at the Port of Houston during Christmas. You're far from home in a country where you don't know anyone and can't disembark from the vessel. To help them, the First Presbyterian Church members purchase and collect personal care items and create care packages for these seafarers. and then deliver them to the Houston International Seafarers' Center which then delivers these care packages when the vessels arrive here and Houston for distribution to the crew.

If you would like to donated items, please contact Kingwood Rotary President Charlie Buscemi - Click here!

Kingwood Rotary Sponsors Exhibit at "Holocaust Garden of Hope" in Kingwood

This project is about “Peace and Conflict Resolution” which is one of Rotary’s Areas of Focus. Our project will be located in the Holocaust Remembrance Association’s (www.HRA18.org) “Holocaust Garden of Hope” which is a free, one-of-a-kind, open-air outdoor museum currently under construction in Kingwood next to Zammitti's Italian Restaurant on the banks of Lake Houston. It will serve as a memorial garden in remembrance of Holocaust victims (children & adults), survivors, rescuers, WWII Veterans, descendants, Christians, and liberators.

Click here to read a Houston Chronicle article, "Houston garden project prepares to bloom on the banks of Lake Houston"

Kingwood Rotary will be a $10,000 Premier Level Sponsor. Our exhibit will be the “Chai Symbol Sculpture” in the Life Before the Holocaust Exhibit at the entrance gate (see attachment for photos) and will include our club’s logo. The Hebrew word, Chai, means “alive”, “living” or “life.” Other exhibits will be sponsored by the Consulate of Israel, the Consulate of Poland, plus other international organizations.

The goal is to educate our children and community that they have a choice when they see someone being made fun of, or when they see someone being taunted because they are different. The project is designed to bring together Jews and non-Jews alike as a community united against hate.

Kingwood Rotary Sponsoring FamilyTime's "2023 Fall Festival Kid's Party"

Keeping victims of abuse safe is vital, but how do children in shelters celebrate a holiday? You bring the party celebration to them at the shelter!!!

For the third year, Kingwood Rotary sponsored the Fall Fest Kid's Party" at FamilyTime Crisis and Counseling Center. We've sponsored their Back to School Bash, last year's Fall Festival. The "Fall Festival" is an event for the children living at The Door which is FamilyTime's shelter for battered and abused families. Special thanks to Kingwood Rotarian Brad Jude for serving as our Committee Chair for this community service project with FamilyTime.

This year we sponsored $350 of food including sandwich trays, cookies, fruit, snacks, treats, and drinks including tea and lemonade and the serving supplies.

We also donated $300 of $10 gift cards we purchased from local fast food eateries and retail stores to serve as prizes for their "Gift Card Walk." This activity is similar to a traditional cake walk, with gift card prizes in place of cakes.

Once again, it was a wonderful opportunity to give the children a way of celebrating Halloween in a safe environment.

Visit https://familytimeccc.org/ for ways you can donate to help victims of abuse.

KINGWOOD VFW RECEIVES $2,350 CHECK FROM KINGWOOD ROTARY

The Kingwood Veteran's of Foreign Wars (VFW) is a key partner of Kingwood Rotary's "Flags Across Kingwood" fundraiser, and we're very honored to work with them. You'll see these heroes delivering the USA flags to home, village, and business subscribers four times each year, so they are a valued partner.

Cecil McConnell with the Kingwood VFW recently spoke at our club meeting sharing the multitude of ways his organization helps youth in our community, and beyond, with funds they receive from our club. The are involved with over 100 projects, and they are making a difference!

Charlie Buscemi, our Kingwood Rotary Club president, proudly presented Cecil with a check for the Kingwood VFW in the amount of $2,350 to help them continue serving our community. We thank Cecil, and all of his fellow VFW members for their service to our country, and their great service to our community!

Kingwood Rotarians Support The Texas Fire Fighters Home

Kingwood Rotarians proudly sponsored a table at the 5th Annual Texas Fire Fighters Home Gala at the Hilton Post Oak Galleria. This project was founded firefighters that are members of the Rotary Club of University Area Houston with a mission to provide short-term housing at little or no cost to firefighters and other first-responders while they are undergoing treatment at The Texas Medical Center (TMC).

Visit www.TexasFireFightersHome.org to learn more about this amazing project and how you can help as "a doer" (volunteer), "a donor" (funding or donation of materils), or "a door opener" (help the Texas Fire Fighters Home make connections and create partnerships)

They are currently leasing apartments at The Maroneal Apartments Complex which is located near the Texas Medical Center which is a 5-minutes drive from the apartments! Click to view photos of one of the apartments and amenities. First responders wanting to apply can use this "Lodging Application" to apply - Click here.

Rotarians volunteer to welcome the first responder when the first arrive in Houston, take them on a tour of the apartment and complex, then serve as their contacts during their stay. The purpose is to let the first responder and their family know that they are part of the Rotary family.

Kingwood Civic Club & Kingwood Rotary Planning Kingwood's 2024 July 4th Parade

2024 Kingwood 4th of July Parade

While it several months away, the members of the Kingwood Civic Club and Kingwood Rotary Club are already planning and organizing the 2024 Kingwood 4th of July Parade!

Businesses and community organizations will once again sponsor a float in the parade.

We would love to have school marching bands in the parade to help the crowd celebrate Independence day.

If you would like to get involved as a volunteer at the parade or become a sponsor of a float, please contact Charlie Buscemi President of the Kingwood Civic Club and the Kingwood Rotary Club by clicking here.

Kingwood Rotary Partners On $126,333 Global Grant For A Facility In East Texas For Teenage Girls Rescued From Sex-Trafficking

The Rotary Club of Space Center has asked Houston area Rotary clubs to partner with them on a $126,333 Rotary Foundation Global Grant for a Recovery Center for Girls Rescued from Sex-Trafficking in Houston and from other Texas cities. Rotary club partners are also from Korea, and South America.

What is the project? Helping teenage girls rescued from sex-trafficking at one of the few facilities of its kind in Texas!

Outside a small Texas town (about halfway between Houston and Dallas), a group of dedicated Child Advocates and Counselors have acquired a fully secured, well designed, 20+ bed facility to be used as a recovery center to house rescued sex-trafficked teenage girls during their first 9-12 months of rehabilitation. This facility and its staff have been vetted and assessed by the local and state government officials in charge of medical, psychological, and educational support for traumatized and abused victims of this horrific crime.

Due to the cautious and controlled process for testing the initial operations of the facility and its partnering with multiple Child Protective Services across Texas, the facility is in need of between $150,000 to $200,000 to open their doors and reach a full, sustaining patient population (in about 9 months), before state agency reimbursements can kick in.

Kingwood Rotary Partners With Blue Star Mothers-Houston & Donates Non-Perishable Food For "Care Packages From Home" Project For Troops Serving In Harm's Way

Throughout the year, Kingwood Rotarians help the Blue Star Moms of Houston (which is based in the Humble/Kingwood area) by purchasing non-perishable to fill boxes of "Care Packages From Home" for our local military service members in combat zones in harm's way.

Four times each year we help fill and pack the care boxes which are shipped immediately overseas.

Their November 2023 Care Packages Project will be on Tuesday, November 28th, and we're doing our shopping to fill up our SUVs and delivering the goodies on Monday, November 27th and sorting all the items. If you would like to donate, please drop them off at our Kingwood Rotary Club meeting on Monday, November 20th at The Union Kitchen. Contact Charlie Buscemi at 713-598-7129 with any questions.

Please consider donating items to help us fill the boxes to the brim with items from home.

Please see the photo on the left (and bottom of this story) for items needed which include (see photos at bottom of page):

Individual serving pop-top cans of: fruit, soup, chili, etc
Individual packages of oatmeal
Granola bars
Hard candy (nothing that melts)
Chewing gum
Pop-top cans or pouches of tuna
Hard candies (peppermint, etc.)
Pop-top cans of Bean Dip (They are from Texas!)

We'll also pack 100+ boxes of personal care items (male & female):

Non-aerosol shaving cream
Disposable razors
Chapstick / lip balm
Socks
Foot powder
Shampoo
Soap
Deodorant (non-aerosol)
Body lotion
Tampons and sanitary pads

Kingwood Rotary's "Flags Across Kingwood" - November 11th Veterans Day!

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The funds raised are used to sponsor Humble ISD students to attend leadership camp, scholarships for local high school students, Literacy & Clean Water Projects, our local VFW, The Salvation Army in north Houston, local shelter for domestic violence victims and their families, and many other worthwhile causes.

Limited to these Zip Codes: 77339, 77345, 77346, 77365 (Oakhurst Village) and 77396 (Atascocita/Walden)

Kingwood Rotary Helping With 2023 Annual "Operation Turkey-Houston"

500 Thanksgiving meals! In the last two-years, that's how many meals that Kingwood Rotary has purchased and DELIVERED meals to those in need, those that are home bound, in need, plus our first responders that are working.

In 2023, Kingwood Rotarians will be delivering an additional 250 meals on Thanksgiving morning. It truly is the perfect way to spend the day!

That's what "Operation Turkey - Houston" is all about. Tim Stroud, past president of the Rotary Club of Greater Houston Veteran's is the chair of Operation Turkey Houston, and it's the third year that Rotary clubs across the Houston area are involved.

Kingwood Rotary Donates $2,000 Sponsoring Trees For "Trees For Kingwood" Reforestation Project

Trees for Kingwood Plants 35 Trees Along Woodland Hills Drive with help from local Kingwood organizations including $2,000 from Kingwood Rotary Club.

A new community group called "Trees for Kingwood" completed their first tree planting in November 2022. The group works across community and trails associations, local government and local businesses to facilitate reforesting the Kingwood area. The trees are planted with best practices (such as adding soil amendments and root stimulator) and a two year watering plan to get them established.

Special thanks to Brad Jude (see photo above, front row on right with shovel) a member of Kingwood Rotary and President of the Bear Branch Trails Association, for suggesting this project to our club's Service Project Chair for this ongoing project. Click here to read article in The Tribune about this project.

City of Houston Mayor Pro Tem Martin joined volunteers with Trees for Kingwood in planting 100 trees donated by the City of Houston Urban Forestry. The mission of Trees for Kingwood is to restore the Livable Forest. Over the last 5 decades, Kingwood has lost over ten thousand trees due to disease, storms, and drought. Regeneration of the Livable Forest has been hampered by a number of invasive vine species that choke off new tree growth.

Contributions from area community and trails association with trees from the City of Houston allowed for the professional installation of some 35 medium sized trees in our service area. Many of the trees were planted in the bare medians of Woodland Hills Drive starting at Ben’s Branch continuing towards Kingwood Drive.

Our "Steak Night Socials" at Local VFW 4816 Fundraiser in Porter

One Tuesday of each month, our Family of Rotary and friends gather for social event in lieu of our regular Monday evening meeting at The Union Kitchen. We've done ax throwing, the Kingwood Escape Room, margaritas at a mexican food restaurant, karaoke at a local tavern, and more.

To support the VFW 4816 Post in Porter, we attended their "Steak Night" fundraiser which is a great opportunity to have fun, enjoy great food and beverages, meet these courageous men and women that have served our country fearlessly, plus gives us an opportunity to build connections in the community. Each time we go, we love it more and more!

Kingwood Rotarians "Ringing the Bell" for The Salvation Army in December

For the 20th year, Kingwood Rotarians will be honored again to help The Salvation Army by taking a shift to "Ring the Bell" to raise funds to help families in northeast Houston.

So far, we've raised over $30,299 since 2004, plus we've donated toys for The Salvation Army's Angel Tree for children at Christmas.

The Salvation Army Corps Community Center on Aldine Westfield Road helps families in northeast Houston throughout the year and are funded from donations. If you're interested in helping, please click here.

Kingwood Rotarians Judges For 2023 Kingwood Civic Club's "Holiday Decorating Contest"

The Kingwood Civic Club's Annual Holiday Decorating Contest recognizes beautifully decorated homes in Kingwood. With 31 villages/subdivisions, it takes lots of volunteers to judge each village and select the "best of the best" in just one night.

For several years, Kingwood Rotarians have been proud to serve as judges at this great community event and ring the doorbell of each winner an present them with the yard sign declaring them as the winner!

In addition this year, Kingwood Rotary will once again create and donate the goodie bags that will be provided to each of the judges.

Kingwood Rotarians Volunteering at December 2023 ABBY Foundations Pet Vaccination Clinic

ABBY Foundation will hold their semi-annual Pet Vaccination Clinic on Sunday, December 10, 2023 where they provided free/low cost vaccines for 300+ dogs and cats.

Santa will be there so you can take photos of your pets with him! See flyer below for all the details. It's first-come, first-served, so plan to arrive early.

Kingwood Rotarians will once again volunteer at this community event to lend a helping hand.

Special thanks to Kingwood Rotarian Juanita Zavala for organizing this event!

Kingwood Rotary Supports Holocaust Garden of Hope Being Built in Kingwood

Kingwood Rotary Club is very proud to be an "Upstander Table Sponsor" at the Holocaust Remembrance Association's "Beauty for Ashes" Luncheon recently.

What is an "Upstander?" They stand in solidarity against persecution, prejudice, and indifference by standing up for what is right.

This fundraiser will help build the Holocaust Garden of Hope, an open-air, one-of-a-kind children’s memorial garden at King’s Harbor in Kingwood which will tell the story of the 1.5 million Jewish children that perished in the Holocaust.

Exhibits will include paintings, sculptures, music, physical structures, and creative educational tools to illustrate the experiences of children during the Holocaust at Jasenovac Camp and other European locations.

Click here to read a Houston Chronicle story about the project.

Visit https://holocaustremembranceassociation.org/ to learn more.

We Toured Our Club's $32,468 "Kids Area Project" At The Kingwood Branch Library

It was exciting for our Kingwood Rotarians to visit our $32.468 community service project at the Kingwood Branch Library.

When Hurricane Harvey hit the Kingwood Area, the Kingwood Branch Library was flooded by several feet of nasty, dangerous flood water, including the Children's Section of the library. Since our members wanted to do a project that would help the entire community, we decided the library would be our community project. We asked Ryan Fennell, Branch Manager, what was his "Wish List" was and he said the restoring the section for the children. When he provided us the $32,468 list, he didn't expect us to provide everything and we weren't sure where we would get the funds, but we did.

Below are photos of our Kingwood Rotarians with Ryan Fennell, Branch Manager, giving us a recent toug to see all of the wonderful items we donated to "Friends of Library Kingwood" which then purchased all the items on their "Wish List".

2024 Rotary 5890 "Cheeseburger in Paradise" District Conference at Margaritaville

Paradise is a state of mind—and Margaritaville Lake Resort, Lake Conroe helps get you there.

So, put on your flip flops, plan your escape and set your coordinates to fun & relaxation!

It's so close to home!

2024 Rotary 5890 District Conference

Date: April 25-28, 2024

Location: Margaritaville Lake Resort on Lake Conroe - Rotary Room Rate: $229/room plus taxes

Click for Room Reservations

$450 District Conference Registration Fee - See Discounts Below:

▪ $100 Discount if paid by October 31, 2023

▪ $75 Discount if paid by January 31, 2024

▪ $50 Discount if paid by April 1, 2024

Cancellation Policy:

▪ Cancel by January 1, 2024: Receive a 100% refund

▪ Cancel between January 1, 2024 & March 31, 2024: Receive a 50% refund

▪ After March 31, 2024: No refund will be given

Click here for our District Conference Event Webpage

This is always a fun time to really get to know your District 5890 Rotary family and to enjoy and celebrate together all of the memories made this year while serving others. Our District 5890 is alive and vibrant so come see how clubs have grown and maintained membership. Learn why the Rotary Foundation is important to your Club, District 5890 and the world as a whole.

Make new Rotary Friends, reconnect with old Rotary Friends, connect for new projects with other Rotarians and Clubs. See how we help the youth in our local communites.

Lots of fun activities are planned during the conference plus we'll have outstanding speakers, great food....and our "NOT TO BE MISSED" nightly Hospitality Suites which we all socialize, have fun, and enjoy great beverages!

November 1-25th - Kingwood Rotary's 2023 "Cards For Our Troops Service Project" At The Union Kitchen-Kingwood

Let's show our support and let our troops from the local area that are serving in harm's way know we love and support them!

Once again Kingwood Rotary is holding our "Cards For Our Troops" Project at The Union Kitchen where we meet each Monday at 5:30 PM. We'll have a basket in the entrance of The Union Kitchen near the hostess desk filled with Christmas & holiday cards. Guests can pick their favorite card, take it to their table and add a personal note of thanks and encouragement to a soldier to let them know you're thinking about them.

Children can also create cards at home and drop them in the basket.

How will the cards get to the troops? We're partnering with Blue Star Moms Houston to pack "Care Packages From Home" to fill boxs for our soldiers from the Kingwood/Houston area. We'll collect all the cards and place one inside each of the 250+ boxes we'll pack on November 28th for shipment to our local troops serving in harm's way overseas. These boxes will arrive just before the holidays. It's a great way to support our troops!

Kingwood Rotary Club Joins The Greater East Montgomery Chamber of Commerce

Kingwood Rotary Club recently joined the Greater East Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce.

At a recent GEMC Chamber Luncheon, David Harris, 2023 Board Chair of the Chamber, welcomed Charlie Buscemi, President of the Kingwood Rotary Club, and fellow Rotarians as a new member.

The purpose of the chamber is to help the local economy and businesses. The purpose of a Rotary club is for members to use their businesses and occupational knowledge to help improve the lives of others.

Visit https://www.gemcchamber.com/ to learn more about the opportunities of joining this remarkable GEMC Chamber of Commerce.

Photo (L to R): David Harris, Chairman of the EMC Chamber, Charlie Buscemi, President of the Kingwood Rotary Club, Tommie Buscemi, Past President of the Kingwood Rotary Club, Shannon Brabham, Kingwood Rotary Club (Keller Williams Realty Northeast), Sandy Brabham, Kingwood Rotary (Keller Williams Realty Northeast)

$850 MILLION - That's the estimated the value of Rotary members' volunteer hours GLOBALLY!

Rotary's Global Impact Per Year...45 Million Volunteer Hours...Value: US850 Million per year!

A special report prepared for Rotary International by the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies estimated the value of Rotary member volunteer hours at $850 million a year.

That Rotary members log a lot of volunteer hours should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the organization. But a new report just released by Johns Hopkins University provides a powerful look at the impact of all those volunteer hours.

The special report prepared for Rotary International by the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies found that Rotary members had volunteered a total of 5.8 million hours within a four-week survey period. Extrapolating those results over an entire year, the report gave a conservative estimate of nearly 47 million hours of volunteer effort generated by Rotary members in a typical year.

The report then analyzed the economic impact of all those hours and estimated the value conservatively at $850 million a year, if communities had to pay for the services that Rotary volunteers provide.

Toy Drive for Kingwood Kindness
Nov. 29, 2023 – Dec. 15, 2023
ABBY Foundation Pet Vaccination Clinic
A.V. "Bull" Sallas Park

Dec. 10, 2023
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Kingwood Civic & Kingwood Rotary Holiday Contest
Dec. 15, 2023
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Merry Christmas! No Kingwood Rotary Meeting Today
Dec. 25, 2023
No Meeting - We're ready to celebrate the New Year
Jan. 01, 2024

If you weren't able to join us for our 2023 Kingwood 4th of July Parade,

please watch the following video of the event.

We had 82 floats and participants with over 10,000 people along the parade route (according to Houston Police Department)

Click here for all our July 4th Activities including the Fishing Rodeo, Bike Decorating Contest, where to park, and info about the Parade.

Click above to watch video!

We're already planning our 2024 Parade, and we say "thank you" to the 10,000+ that attended this year's 40+ year community tradition! The 2023 KIngwood July 4th Parade was an opportunity for families, businesses and individuals, as well as non-profit organizations, to share in the celebration of Independence Day!

Our Grand Marshal of the Parade was the Blue Star Moms Houston Area Chapter, which was started in 2004 by local Kingwood moms. Their members are mothers who now have, or have had, children serving in the military.

Read the Houston Chronicle's recent article about the Parade - Click here

Click here to visit our Kingwood July 4th Parade webpage for more details

President

Charlie Buscemi

Secretary

Sandi Nizzi

Treasurer

Brad Jude

Club Public Image Chair

Tommie Buscemi

Club Service Projects Chair

Donna Ballard

International Service

Frank Huezo

Next Generation Service

Charlie Buscemi

The Rotary Foundation

Tommie Buscemi

Community Service

Juanita Zavala

Membership

Rhonda Zack Whitesell

Join Date:

Bob MacFarlane

December 7, 2004

19 years
Sandi Nizzi

December 7, 2004

19 years
Tommie Buscemi

December 7, 2004

19 years
Theil Theil

December 8, 2022

1 year
JAMES LEHMAN

December 30, 2015

8 years

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