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Barry Abrams shared that he emailed drafts of the New Scholarship Policy and Application to several members of the Club. He needs approval that all the changes are correct. He would like to have this finalized very soon in order to post the Application on our website for students wishing to apply. Gloria Richter anno unced that on Feb 13 the Girl Scout Troop - whose members are all home schooled - will be visiting our Club and selling Girl Scout Cookies. Hope they bring enough! Destiny Mujica shared more info on the Earn-A-Bike program: It is an education based curriculum aligned with the TEKS, which are the state standards of what students should be learning. The 3 metrics Earn-A-Bike uses are attendance, behavior and course work.When they are awarded their bike they must build it from scratch with the help of volunteers. Parents are enrolled in workshops. The summer program is an adaption of the traditional program. Destiny shared that Ken Donoughue opened the door for her to speak to the Pleasanton Rotary Club. The School Superintendent and Parks Director were present at the meeting. The Pleasanton School District will now have an Earn a Bike Program! Ken Donoughue shared that on Feb 20 Elizabeth Garza at Locke Hill Elementary School will be presented with a check from our Club to purchase Spanish Language books for the school library. Also there are volunteer opportunities at the Learning Tree Program at the school to read to children. Hours are from 4:00 pm - 4:55 pm. More details to come.... Recently James Daniel recently had out patient surgery. Bil Trodlier reported that he is doing better. |
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Mary Denton and her husband Pat McGuyer volunteered to judge at the Kendall County Robotics Competition last Saturday. There were students from Austin, Boerne, San Antonio and other cities competing. It was certainly an eye opening experience to learn how students prepare and compete. Three judges were former members of the KCRC and were instrumental in assisting the volunteer judges in the finer points of qualification. Mary was delighted to find that there is a STEM program at Harlandale High School where she graduated. Mary and Pat hope to volunteer again next year!
n. She heads up the Little Hats Big Hearts program. This program began in 2014 in 1 hospital and gave out 300 hats to families with children diagnosed with congenital heart defects. In this past campaign in 10 hospitals, 3,000 hats will be given. This campaign wants to raise awareness of 
congenital heart disease in babies. Here is a picture of the hat with letter enclosed that will go to a mom before they leave the hospital. Money from sponsorships pay for CPR kits for new moms. All babies are now screened for heart disease before they leave the hospital. The Heart Walk is scheduled for May in New Braunfels and November in San Antonio. Another campaign, Go Red for Women, has its luncheon Thurs Feb 7 at the Witte Museum. The Heart Walk is in April. A book will be donated to the Locke Hill Elementary School Library on behalf of our speaker today. 
Ken Ruiz owns the umbrella for January and February. Since he was absent today we didn't have Umbrella Time.
Park 8:30-Noon