Rotary Clubs around the world focus on different themes each month to guide their service projects and activities. Each month has a specific area of focus, including vocational services, peace building, water, sanitation, hygiene, and youth services among others. These themes help our club tailor projects and initiatives to address specific needs in our community and around the world.
Rotary Fellowships is the focus area for my birthday month, June! Rotary Fellowships are international groups within Rotary International that unite individuals with shared interests, passions or professions. Rotarians in these fellowships make friends, explore hobbies, and enhance the Rotary experience. Fellowship activities include networking, service projects, and educational sessions related to the common passion.
There are over 100 Rotary fellowships. They cover a wide range of interests that include hobbies (like cycling, photography, or quilting), professions (like medicine, lawyers or engineering), and specific areas like the environment and cultural heritage. Fellowships contribute to Rotary’s mission of promoting international understanding and peace by fostering connections and collaborations among people from diverse backgrounds.
How Rotary Fellowships Operate
Rotary International recognizes each fellowship. However, they operate independently with their own specific rules, dues requirements, and administrative structure.
Membership in fellowships is open to Rotarians, spouses of Rotarians and Rotaractors.
Each fellowship must maintain a membership base representing at least three different countries and elect at least three officers. Fellowships facilitate communication amongst their members and maintain regular contact with Rotary International.
Explore Fellowships
Interested in a particular subject? Visit the My Rotary website and discover how you can unite with people who share your passion for change.
It Happened Last Meeting
By LeeAnn Chenoweth Lawson
Hello Rotarians! Good to see you again! We had a smaller than usual gathering today, perhaps with summer vacations.
Our greeters: Jason Kazarian and Claudia Perkins. Prayer and Pledge: Barry Bondurant.We all sang “God Bless America”!
Announcements:
President Vera McKissic reminded us to sign up to lead prayer and pledge. She also said that we need to recruit more students (ages 12-18) for Interact. Also, do not forget to log in your volunteer hours and do not go to the church next week as we will be at J. Gilligan’s!
Stacy Bridger announced the date of a Public Image Workshop for Tarrant County Rotary Clubs. It will take place Saturday, July 26, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Fort Worth Club. The address: 306 West 7th Street, Ft. Worth, Texas in the Twelfth Floor Bistro. Seating is limited. Amber Scarborough and Patrick Harrison, the dynamic Rotary Zone Public Image chairs who recently led PETS training, will lead the event. The cost is $45.00 each and includes lunch and all handouts. Contact Stacy to register or register next meeting. (Stacy has flyers with a QR code.) Stacy also reminded us to register on our club website for the July 1 Installation Dinner at the Arlington Realtors Event Center, 3916 Interstate 20 West in Arlington. Cocktails begin at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6:30.
Karina Cassell announced that there will be a women’s happy hour on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 5:30-6:30 at the Sanford House. YAY!
LeeAnne Chenoweth announced that Timeless Concerts will present “Music of the North Countries!” on Saturdays 8:00-9:00 p.m. in Ft. Worth on July 12 and in Arlington July 19 at River Legacy…inside the AC! Enjoy music of Tchaikovsky, beautiful Scandinavian songs and even Norwegian fiddling by my friend Keyreel Raksolenko, who attended the Moscow Conservatory…lots of interesting stories to tell as well as music to play. Dress casual and stay after the concert for the social time as long as you wish! Complimentary wine/soft drinks/snacks. Tickets $15-40.
Walter Virden led us in a rousing rendition of “You’re a Grand Old Flag”. Birthdays: Kathleen Smith, June 8, and Steve Kleiber, June 15. Anniversaries David Sargent, 10 years June 11; Shirley Cox, 2 years June 8; Ryan Elliott 1 year, June 13.
Our program was introduced by Joyce Stanton: Dr. David Wetz, UTA College of Engineering; Project With the Department of the Navy
I felt inadequate taking notes for this information- packed program with so many details on every page shown on the screen and Dr. Wetz is not a slow talker. We need a stenographer! I did try to get bits of information on my own, but found an information packed website (UTA) that I copied and pasted below. It was interesting to find out that 99% of Dr. Wetz’s work is for the Department of Defense! There is a PPEL (Pulse Power and Energy Lab) space at UTA that started in 2010 with Dr. Wetz. It is roughly 8500 square feet spread across two different buildings with other ancillary space as well. A new 7500 square foot Power and Energy Innovative Research (PEIR) facility is under construction. And now,here is what is probably the longest bio of any UTA faculty member (be patient as this page takes a while to load)!
We donated a book to the Webb Elementary School library in honor of Dr. Wetz, entitled “How Do Bridges Not Fall Down?"
Quote of the week: “All my work was deductive, and the results I received were those of invention, pure and simple.” Thomas Alva Edison, Inventor.
The last laugh was delivered by Dan Blumberg, at the expense of Kris Landrith (: Vera led us in the Four Way Test and we were dismissed.
Vera's View
