Press Release
A Taste for
Recipients of these awards
in 2008 were:
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Services of Hope
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Project Still I Rise
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International RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards)
Scholarship
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End Polio Now (Rotary Foundation)
A Taste for Dallas Sports raffle is an annual event hosted by the
Dallas Trinity Rotary Club.
Raffle winner receives 4 tickets for 1 game for each of the following teams:
Cowboys * Mavericks * Stars * Rangers * Bryon Nelson * FC Dallas & more
events. Only 650 tickets sold! Tickets
are sold for $25 a piece or a book of five tickets for $100.00. A ticket will
admit two to a dinner, Refreshments, Raffle Drawing and Silent Auction.
Additional Information on
organizations that received grants in 2008/2009:
Service of Hope www.servicesofhope.org
Services of Hope Entities,
Inc. is a non-profit agency committed to the mission of providing structure and
organization for at-risk youth and families in diminishing communities. We
provide services in the form of programs that enable these youth and families
to gain confidence, knowledge, and skills that will empower them to rise above
the economic and social pressures that plague our society. The Funds will be used to purchase Literacy
computer software and computer equipment and program operations. The funding is for Services of Hope (“SOH”)
Literacy/Character Academies, 2008-2009 school year
Contact:
Project Tomorrow –
Project Tomorrow provides full scholarships
for low-income youth who are involved in
The school, located in
To this end, Project Tomorrow is not only
having a dramatic impact on the lives of 18 students a year, it is literally
charting a new course for future generations http://www.uss.salvationarmy.org/uss/www_uss_dallasac.nsf/vw-search/C2497A04F06AA20C802572B200779AAD?opendocument
Contact: Dr.
214.941.9717
Project Still I Rise – www.psir.org
Improve Leadership skills, character and education
support for youth ages 8 to 18. Provide
academic and social enrichment with emphasis placed on students transitioning
from grades housed in different schools
I.e. K3 to 4th grade; elementary to middle/junior High. Project Excel - Provides educational and
social support to students through after school programming and youth
employment training. The program has two components: 1) Leadership
Development and 2) Service Learning. Participants in the project receive
leadership and life skills development training through the Survival Skills for
Youth program. This comprehensive program is designed to empower youth from
challenged environments to build their individual strengths in order to be
successful in life
Contact: Kevin L. Mondy, President 972.546.0977
Focuses on the needs of teenagers and young adults
with cognitive disabilities in
Contact: Rita Goodner, SNAP President
Jeff Egger, Representative to International Rotary
Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA)
http://www.rotary5330.net/Avenues/downloads/International%20RYLA%20Guide_2009.pdf
Jeff is presently in his senior year at
End Polio Now. http://www.rotary.org/en/serviceAndFellowship/Polio/Pages/ridefault.aspx
After 20 years of hard work, Rotary and its partners
are on the brink of eradicating this tenacious disease. The Polio decease is still active in 4
countries that are in PAIN – Pakastin, Afghanistan, India and Nigeria.
Rotary clubs
through out the world are working to raise $200 million to match $355 million
in challenge grants received from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The
resulting $555 million will directly support immunization campaigns in
developing countries, where polio continues to infect and paralyze children,
robbing them of their futures and compounding the hardships faced by their
families.
History for A Taste For Dallas
The Dallas Trinity Rotary Club founded A Taste for Dallas
Sports fundraising in 2006. In the fall of each year, tickets are sold for
$25/per ticket or $100/per book of 5 tickets for an opportunity to win a Dallas
Sports ticket price. Historically, the grand prize has included 4 tickets to a
Dallas Stars Game and parking pass, 4 tickets to a Dallas Cowboys Game and
parking pass, 4 tickets to a Dallas Mavericks Game and parking glass, and
tickets to local sporting events. The
ticket allows two people entrance to a dinner and silent auction held in the
fall as we draw for the grand ticket package prize. Our goal in these
fundraising events is to award grants for local
Grants were awarded to the following organizations in 2007:
Services Of Hope Entities WWW.ServicesofHope.org
Wesley Rankin
Community Center www.wesleyrankin.org
Project
Tomorrow � Tyler Street Christian Academy www.tsca.org
Grants were awarded to the following organizations in 2006:
District 5810
Water Project/Rotary International www.rotary5810.org
New Life Behavior http://www.nlbm.org
Westmoreland Height N.A
Project Still I Rise
Services Of Hope Entities http://www.servicesofhope.org/
Union Comm Dev Corp
Information on
Rotary is the world's first service club. The first Rotary Club was founded
in Chicago, Illinois, USA on February 23, 1905
Rotarians meet weekly for fellowship and interesting and informative
programs dealing with topics of local and global importance. Membership reflects
a wide cross-section of community representation. Rotarians plan and carry out
a remarkable variety of humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange
programs that touch people's lives in their local communities and our world
community.
Dallas Trinity Rotary meets weekly at the Infomart, 1950 Stemmons Freeway 7th
floor on Monday’s from 12-1. www.dallastrinityrotary.org
Pictures from 2008/2009 event
Rita Gardner (SNAP),
Additional Pictures can be found at ww.atastefordallassports.com