Please note that RCPC meetings and other events are public events where photos and video are customarily taken. By attending you are consenting to free use of your liken ess on RCPC and related websites, social media, streaming video, emails, newsletters and similar methods.
Beginning in January, the cost of lunch at Maggiano's
increased to $22.00 for lunch and $7.00 for non-eaters.
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Club merchandise!
Hats are Back!
As a New member, you get an RCPC hat free. Let Laurie know if you don't already have one.
If you are an existing member, you can buy a new one online.
This is only for second shirts and hats! The first shirt and hat new members receive for free as part of their blue badge requisites (during their visit to the Club office).
The District 5810 Nominating Committee is proud to announce that Michael Pugh is our new District Governor Nominee Designate! Michael will serve as District 5810 Governor for the 2028-29 Rotary year, following Dawn Gulley.
• Monday-Wednesday, April 20-22, EnvironmentalXperience.com, the premier environmental event in Texas, at the Hotel Anatole Dallas, 2201 N Stemmons Fwy, Dallas, TX 75207.
We Need Your Help-:
1. Attend the conference! It’s FREE to Rotarians!
2. Volunteer at the District 5810 booth! We will focus on greeting attendees and finding new Rotary members as well as showcasing our club displays.
Important Note: Parking at the Anatole Hotel is $40!
Alternate (i.e. much less expensive) options:
• Take DART to Dallas Market Center and then take the shuttle to the Hilton Anatole hotel
• Carpool! If you have questions, comments or need further information about the
conference or volunteering, please contact our District EarthX Chair: Allen McReynolds
MANY more details on email from Pam Blankenzee, dated April 9, 2026
• Tues, May 12,5:00-7:30pm. Rotary Means Business Social Networking Event
at 12 Cuts Brazilian Steakhouse,18010 Dallas Pkwy, Dallas 75287
Network Like Only a Rotarian Can! All Rotarians are encouraged to attend and share your business services or expertise.
Bring a GUEST. Show them how well Rotarians are connected
•Ongoing. RCPC's Meals on Wheels Committee needs volunteers to deliver hot, nutritious meals to those who cannot obtain or prepare their own food. The routes are in the Casa Linda area and take about an hour to run. Meals are delivered Monday through Thursday around midday. Ask Jim Weichel for details and the routes and dates available.
•The Farmers Branch Rotary Club has disbanded. Invite former members to join RCPC!
•Volunteers are needed every week to sell raffle tickets. There are dates available.
This is a great way to meet and engage with members before the Friday meetings.
Tickets are $1 or 7 for $5 and as a reminder the proceeds generated goes to the RCPC Foundation.
See Pat Martin to volunteer!
•Monday, April. 20, 4:00pm. Make dinner for families at Ronald McDonald House. It will warm your heart!
Ronald McDonald House, 4707 Bengal St Dallas, TX 75235.
Bring your license to enter building. Wear long pants and closed toed shoes
Sign up on the RCPC website to book yourself directly online and view available slots.
Call Kathleen Klaviter if you have questions 214-422-3010
•Thursday, Apr. 23, 5:30-8:30pm. Dockside Social at White Rock Lake, hosted by the Downtown Dallas RC at the White Rock Boat Club, 340 E. Lawther, Dallas
Cost: $30/person to provide food, and sodas and beer/wine/spirits for everyone to enjoy
We have Garrison Brothers Distillery as our guest to introduce us to their products, history and will offer tastings.
•InvitationTues, April 28, 5:30 - 7:30pm, "Caring for Aging Parents:The Conversation Most Families Avoid." Martha Jackson, who as the UP Citizen of the Year participated in our club's Legacy of Leadership class this year, is hosting a panel discussion by Paul Markowitz and Brian Levy about Caring for Aging Parents. She has invited any interested RCPC club member to attend. It is at Sevy's Grill, 8201 Preston Rd it is free, but you must RSVP by texting to 214-707-6890.
•InvitationThursday, Apr. 30, 6:00-8:30pm.Please join Sarah Oliai as RCPC partners with People Newspapers in our 20 Under 40 program. We will be honoring twenty outstanding young adults and two youth on the rise, from the Park Cities and Preston Hollow communities.at the Communities Foundation of Texas, 5500 Caruth Haven Ln. Dallas
As an RCPC Member you receive a special discount of 20% off. use the code RotaryMember26.
It's a very special evening and we would love to have your support and I hope to see you there! from Pat Martin
•Saturday, May 2, 1:30-3:30 pm, RCPC goes to the Dallas Zoo, 650 S. RL Thornton Fwy, Dallas 75203
Price: $15/adult, $12/child ages 3-11 years, $0/child for babies - age 2
Please pay Happy Franklin via cash check or zelle by April 28th. (zelle: happy.franklin@att.net or 214-621-4596)
Happy will purchase the tickets by phone with the Dallas Zoo on April 29th to secure our reduced ticket price.
•Friday, May 8,11:00am-4:00pm,RCPC Blood Driveat Park Cities Baptist Church, 3933 Northwest Parkway, Dallas, 75225. Look for the Carter Bloodcare Bus!
Donate blood and save lives! A critical blood shortage is affecting North Texas in early April 2026, with Carter BloodCare reporting that roughly 25% of donors are unavailable during the spring break season. This, following a severe winter storm in early 2026, has created urgent needs for all types, particularly Type O.
Your donation makes a difference to those who need our help most.
EREY: Every Rotarian Every Year contribute $100 or more to THE Rotary Foundation
Checks payable to the Rotary Foundation
Pres. Sarah Oliai has set a Club Goal equal to 85% participation.
Contribution levels include EREY, Paul Harris Fellow, Paul Harris Society, Major Donor
Contributions may be earmarked to SHARE Annual Fund, Polio, Disaster Relief Fund
The mission of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.
Rotary members believe that we have a shared responsibility to take action on our world’s most persistent issues. Over 46,000+ clubs that work together to provide 7 areas of focus:
Promote peace
Fight disease (including but not limited to the Global Eradication of Polio Initiative)
Provide clean water, sanitation, and hygiene
Save mothers and children
Support education
Grow local economies
Protecting the Environment
POLIO: Rotary has reduced cases by 99.9% since 1988. ONLY(2) countries remain endemic, Afghanistan and Pakistan
Service Above Self is the principal motto of Rotary because it best conveys the philosophy of unselfish volunteer service
From Mark Kashar, President-Elect of RCPC and President of the RCPC Foundation - 2025-26
The Rotary Club of Park Cities' Communities Fund was originally sponsored in the 1960’s by the Rotary Club of Park Cities (“RCPC”) for the purpose of providing an enduring legal entity through which members and friends of the Rotary Club of Park Cities might make donations for the good of mankind and the Dallas community. The fund continues to this day to consider internal and external grant requests submitted on the RCPC Foundation online grant portal found on the club website.
The following grant requests were approved at our November 2022 meeting:
• $1,000 grant for scholarships for Hillcrest High School for scholarship to honor RCPC long term member C.C. Collie
• $5,413.44 grant for Equest
• $6,000 grant for the Agape Clinic
The Executive Team denied the following grant request:
• Addison Midday grant request for Genesis Women's Shelter
The fund balance as of November 30, 2022, was $1,710.729.17. The Communities Foundation of Texas manages the RCPC Foundation Fund. The amount available each year for grants is derived from an average over 16 quarters (4 years), then, 4.5% of that amount is the amount available for distribution the following year.
Our Sgt. at Arms Kathy Wall for 2022-2023, reported that the RCPC Foundation Fund donations thru 11-30-2022 totals $9,116.00 from 37 donors!
To the Foundation Fund: $9,116.00 from 37 donors
To the Bonton Clinic: $200.00 from 1 donor
Your contributions make an incredible difference in the amount we are able to distribute to worthy local organizations.
