San Antonio, Texas, USA
Club # 27849,
District 5840, Zone 26
of
Rotary International
and home of the 1999, 2003 & 2005, &
2007 National Basketball Association Champions,
THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS
Welcome to the web site for the San Antonio Sunrise Rotary
Club. We meet each Friday at 7:00 AM. For meeting location
directions, please click the "Meeting Info" in the navigation bar to the
left.
May is
MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH
If you see someone
wearing a uniform of our Armed Forces, THANK THEM!
Please click
HERE for
information on the 10th Annual Military Appreciation Month
Monday, May 26th
is
Memorial Day
Service above self
“Rotary is an organization of business
and professional persons united worldwide
who provide humanitarian service,
encourage high ethical standards
in all vocations and help build goodwill
and peace in the world.” by Unknown
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
by Margaret Mead
"Give until it hurts. What you give may be a
drop in the ocean, but without that drop the ocean will be incomplete."
by Mother Teresa
(Speaking at a Rotary district conference in 1976)
"No one is useless in this world who lightens the
burdens of another."
by Charles Dickens
In honor of our nation's military, the Sunrise Rotary Club
dedicates May's speakers to the military.
Please visit us as we hear presentations ranging from our retired veterans
to current heroes reporting from the current battle fields.
The schedule of May's speakers is as follows:
May 2nd - Deb Leathers from the Air Force Villages
Deb will give a presentation on what type of living accommodations are
available to retired military officers and their spouses.
May 9th - Annette Hernandez from the San Antonio
International Airport
Annette & Friends will give a presentation on the great homecoming that
San Antonio offers returning war heroes.
May 16th - Staff Sergeant Sean Kohlmeyer, United States Marine
Corps
SSGT Kohlmeyer & Friends will report on "The Rest of the Story" from Iraq -
the good news that
our country's news media doesn't want to report on.
May 23rd - Club Assembly
May 30th - Pete Van De Putte, Jr. from Dixie Flag
Manufacturing Company
Pete will give his informative presentation on our nation's flag. This
is what our military fights for.
As this is Military Appreciation Month, Pete says he will most likely delve
into military flags
along with our country's flag.
THIS WEEK'S FAVORITE
Words of Interest:
"There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who let well
enough alone."
- Jules Ellinger
Picture:
Our recognition of the
National Military Appreciation Month continues with the Welcome A
Hero program. Elaine
Loehlein, Gary Young, Annette Hernandez (program coordinator for the
San Antonio Airport System), and Avis & Jerry Bergh gave a wonderful
report on the Welcome A Hero Program at our International
Airport. It turned out that we had yesterday's heroes talking
about the arrival of today's heroes.
Gary was a combat medic in the Army and Jerry was a fighter pilot in
the Air Force. Gary was a recipient of the Bronze Star
and three Purple Hearts during his service in the Viet Nam
War. (He also received the Texas Medal of Valor for his
actions during the sniper attack during the 1979 Fiesta Battle of
Flowers parade. Gary said that he was the only medic in the
area of the shootings, and he quickly began working with the
shooting victims.) Jerry was a pilot of the F 86 and the F 101
jets.
As expected, our heroes arrival are always met with lots of emotion.
While wives are hugging and kissing the husbands, the mothers are
always in tears. Their presentation included what a huge
difference today's Armed Forces members have in returning from war
compared to the days of Viet Nam. Now they are treated with a
crowd of flag and banner waving fans while in the days of the Viet
Name War they were yelled at as baby killers and spat upon. MUCH BETTER!!!!!!
While Elaine, Gary, Avis, and Jerry are members of the Airport's
Ambassador program, The Welcome A Hero program is open to all
members of the community. Annette sends out an email to those
interested with the arrival information of returning heroes.
The city provides flags for you to wave and even stamps your parking
ticket for FREE parking.
To join this noble effort, copy and paste the following email
address to send Annette an email: annette.hernandez @sanantonio.gov.
(REMOVE THE SPACE AFTER HER NAME.) Ask her to add you to her
Welcome A Hero email list, and you too can join in the patriotic
excitement.
COMING IN NEXT WEEK'S TRIBUTE
Members of the greatest fighting force in the world: The United States Marine Corps
NOTE:
Click on the box below to activate our calendar.
(Current date should be maroon.)
Move your cursor over colored days for event summary.
Click on the date for detailed information.
Graphics promoting Military Appreciation
Month courtesy of Doc's Military Graphics
This page was last updated on:
May 9, 2008
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