Rick Goodrich discussed with our club how Boerne School Districk works proactively to protect our kids.
Connie Padgett from the Hill Country Mission for Health was our guest speaker today. There about 8,000 lower income residence of Kendall County who do not have access to proper medical care. Mission of Health helps fill this gap. Completely funded by private donation, grants and fund raising, they are currently having a fund raising effort by selling raffle tickets and asking for volunteers.
Saturday District 5840 had their annual Rotary Leadership Training day. Did you know the Rotary International provides leadership training to all members of Rotary? This training can help you at work and as a Rotary member within your club and community.
Our club donates monthly to Meals in a Backpack where kids who are known to have food shortages at home are given backpacks with food for the weekend.
Jack Beckwith, a certified real estate and business appraiser, discussed with our club the effects of supply chain issues with current appraisals. Changing markets are happening faster everyday. The car industry is in the middle of a very large change as they transition from gasoline to electric or other alternative fuels.
Courtney Laverty,of the Thru Project opened our eyes to the reality of Foster care. Children in Forster Care are more likely to end up homeless then most any other child. The Thru project is an effort to help these people as they age out of the Foster Care program by organizing mentors and other programs the state supplies. These efforts have proven to be successful and they need more mentors.
The Starfish Ministry of Texas is an amazing calling. Glynna Rester started this ministry to help an orphanage in Peru. Her stories of organizing a group of dentist to go all the way to Peru to help the kids and others in the area, are quite heartwarming.
Service Above Self
Boerne, TX 78006
United States of America