The annual Rotary Club picnic is scheduled for May 3 at 5:30 at the River Star Event Park. This will take the place of our regular noon meeting. Please RSVP using the email you receive from Rotary.
The Rotary District Conference is May 6 in San Antonio.
District Raffle Tickets are available from Kristi Shepherd.
Guadalupe River Trash Clean up is scheduled for July 22.
This Spring the Rotary Club of Kerrville will be providing Josh the Baby Otter Water Safety sessions to second and third graders at local elementary schools.
We need your help!
Please go to our ClubRunner Home Page, left hand side, "Club Events" list (note there is a button for "View More" Events | Rotary Club of Kerrville (kerrvillerotary.org)) and click on the Josh events for which you can volunteer. When the event opens, you click on the "Members" Button underneath "Online Registration" and enroll.
Last year we reached out to 1,300 students at ten local schools. Here is a list of the eight schools we have scheduled so far (more to come!):
- April 21st: Ingram Elementary (9:55 AM and 10:45 AM)
- April 25th: Hill Country Youth Ranch at Ingram (3:30 PM)
- May 2nd: Tally Elementary (9:55 AM and 1 PM)
- May 5th: Harper Elementary (10:30 AM and 11:00 AM)
- May 12th: Hunt Elementary (12:30 PM and 1:15 PM)
- May 12th: Starkey Elementary (10 AM and 1 PM)
- May 15th: Nimitz Elementary (9:00 AM and 10:00 AM)
- May 15th: Tom Daniels Elementary (10:00 AM and 1:20 PM)
We have two schools on both the 12th and 15th of May, so those days we need lots of volunteers. Also, next week we have our first session at Ingram.
Everyone can play a part in this, even those who have never done this before. A typical session is:
- Introduction.
- Go over Fun Otter Facts (ex. what do you call a group of floating otters = a "raft").
- Read the Josh the Baby Otter Book - each child is given a book to use during the session, it is then collected back.
- Sing the Josh song: "Learn to Float". We have a CD and we use a "Boombox" to play the CD.
- Say the Water Safety Pledge.
- Pass out coloring books, crayons and stickers (as available) for the children to take with them.
- Our "props" include Josh the Otter hand puppets and a floating Baby Josh, and some people need to engage the children with these.
I am confident that you will find this to be a rewarding and fun event.
Thank you for your support.
Dave Rittenhouse
Upcoming meetings:
Chamber Luncheon
May 18th Kroc Center
Youth Citizenship Awards
May 31st Kroc Center
