Stories
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| Cedar High School Coach Joey McGuire to Speak at August 15th Club Meeting | Posted | on Aug 11, 2016 |
 Joey McGuire, Cedar Hill High School football coach will be our next speaker on Monday, August 15th.
A graduate of Crowley High School, Joey McGuire received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1995. He began his coaching career in 1995 at his alma mater, Crowley High School, as an assistant coach. From 1997-2003 he served as a varsity assistant at Cedar Hill High School. He became head coach at Cedar Hill in 2003. |
| Cedar Hill Rotary Makes HFH Bike Rally Presentation To City Council | Posted by DCW | on Aug 11, 2016 |
On Tuesday, August 9, 2016, club members attended the Cedar Hill City Council meeting to honor the city government for helping us pull off another successful Head for the Hills Bike Rally for 2016. Our current president Trish Deeds and last year's treasurer Larry Horner delivered the presentation. Concurrently, city administration and members of the city council were handed figures and statistics pertaining to the Rally, including the following:
The BIG CHECKS ceremony in which local charities are recognized as this year's recipients of the Bike Rally proceeds takes place at the August 22nd club meeting starting at 6:00 pm.
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| Saving lives in Ghana | Posted | on Apr 30, 2015 |
 What is it like taking a large team to Africa? It has probably been one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. In mid February, I began leading Rotary members from all over the East Coast of the United States through Ghana. I’ve tried to give the team a warm Ghanaian welcome like I’ve received on my earlier trips. A large trip is a real blessing because each person sees Ghana and our work in a different way. |
| Finding Safe Haven | Posted | on Apr 30, 2015 |
 For years, Angalia Bianca had slept in abandoned buildings throughout Chicago. She stole. She did drugs. She spent time in and out of jail for forgery, theft, trespassing, and possession of narcotics. But after she landed in prison for the seventh time, something changed -- Bianca knew she wanted a better life. She just didn’t know how to make it happen. |
| Helping people with disabilities make their own music | Posted | on Apr 30, 2015 |
Music has been an important part of leading an ordinary life for students at the Music School for Children With Disabilities in Honor of Paul Harris in Lublin, Poland. Founded by Rotary members, the school serves 20 students with various disabilities, including Down syndrome, autism, and visual impairments. The Rotary Club of Lublin-Centrum-Maria Curie-Sklodowska has provided funding with help from Rotary Foundation Matching Grants and the Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society, which houses the school.
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| India celebrates three years without polio | Posted | on Feb 25, 2014 |
 Throughout India and around the world, Rotary clubs are celebrating a major milestone: India has gone three years without a new case of polio. The last reported case was a two-year-old girl in West Bengal on 13 January 2011. To mark this historic triumph, Rotary clubs illuminated landmarks and iconic structures throughout the country with four simple but powerful words, "India is polio free." |