Our presentation on October 8th will be given by Emily Heitman, Executive Director of the MISD Education Foundation.
New member Ross Weaver was officially welcomed into our Rotary Club on October 1. He was also the program.
Our program September 24th was presented by Jordan Molina, Advancement Director for The Heights, which serves as an umbrella organization for a number of non-profits in Ellis County that center on help for victims of abuse. The picture is after the program, with our President Don Ellis presenting our honorarium of a children's library book signed by the presenter.
Midlothian Councilwoman Anna Hammonds wore her "Ellis Unite" hat on September 17th as she told us about this organization, which is for Ellis County as Unite DFW is for the whole metro area. She's shown here with President Don Ellis after concluding her presentation. The honorarium for speaking to our club is contribution of a children's library book to an elementary school in the MISD.
PE John Piper, Jamie Singleton, Cmdr. Byron Stewart, Evirr Eshelman, and President Don Ellis after the program on September 10th.
Elementary School library book presentation with Jamie Singleton and President Don
Amy Ausmus, who is General Manager of The Texas Theater in downtown Waxahachie. She gave some history, talked about the various events and how to attend, showed a video of the history of the building.
Our program on August 20th was Katie Tackett, with the Ellis County Children’s Advocacy Services. She had some handouts about her organization and talked about how her organization works with law enforcement in situations where children have been abused. For one thing, they try to arrange things so the child doesn’t have to keep telling the story over and over but basically just one time (until they might have to tell it in court a second time).
Our RYLA Campers made an enthusiastic presentation at our meeting on June 25th at Beef 'O' Brady's. Addison, Jorja, Jackson, Shelly and Zoe told us all about their experiences and had a presentation as well as a slide show and even a QuickTime movie.