Welcome to the Downtown Rotary Club of Palestine, Texas

Make positive changes in our community and the world in
as little as 2 hours per month!
See how we are working to Change our community through service projects with Downtown Rotary Club of Palestine!

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Create meaningful friendships locally while doing good in our community with Downtown Rotary Club of Palestine!

*MEETING INFO*

Downtown Rotary Club of Palestine, Texas Meets 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of Every Month at 5:30 pm
at the Redlands Meeting Room, 400 N. Queen Street, Palestine, TX 75801
Social Happy Hour at 5pm at Queen Street Bar (cash bar), across the hall from the meeting room before each meeting.
 
With Downtown Rotary Club of Palestine, we strive to make our time count!
We meet 2x per month and have a community based project once per month.
 
Reach out via email or DM on facebook to learn how you can join the Downtown Rotary Club of Palestine, Texas to make new friends, make a difference and #GoRotary!
Club News
Rotary Acts of Kindness!
Random acts of kindness!
Cookies delivered to Palestine PD and FD in appreciation for all they do for the city!
 
September Service Project: Hope Station First Aid Kits
We delivered more than 50 personal sized first aid kits and a trunk load of food to Hope Station to aid them in their mission. Charlene Watson, Debbie Wacha and Sloan Shuffler were on hand to deliver. Thank you to all who helped!
 
2022-2023 Perfect Attendance Awards
2022-2023 Perfect Attendance Awards.
Total of 20 Rotarians had perfect attendance this year--a few more than pictured who were absent at pic time ;)
2023-2024 Downtown Rotary Board
The 2023-2024 Downtown Rotary Board is ready for a great year of fun and community impact! 
A few not pictured, so we will have to recreate the fun again soon.
Fan Drive 2023 was a success!
Fan Drive 2023 was a success! Thanks to Greg & Cory for overseeing this project. Great tetris-ing into the car! Thank you to all who graciously donated fans to help those without A/C to survive the summer heat to go to the Palestine Resource Center.
 
We Are Collecting Fans!
We are collecting fans for seniors to be delivered to Palestine Resource Center during the first week of May.
Breakdown of important dates for collecting fans for seniors in the month of April.
April 15th (1-4pm) - Redlands Hotel - Greg & Cory
April 18th (5:30-7pm) - Regular Rotary meeting (you may bring to meeting)
April 20th (5-8pm) - Greg & Cory will be "on-call" to pick up donations from your porch! Please contact via Facebook if you have fans to donate.
April 27th (5-8pm) - Greg & Cory will be "on-call" to pick up donations from your porch! Please contact via Facebook if you have fans to donate.
We are grateful for all donations!
March project - Humane Society Storm Cleanup
This week we completed our March Project of cleaning up storm damage at Anderson County BARC Humane Society. Thank you to our awesome crew of Rotarians for getting the job done!
 
Downtown Rotary Welcomes 2 New Members!
Quick pic after tonight’s meeting! We will have to do this one again before everyone leaves next time! Great things in the works, stay tuned!
Welcome Debbie & Heather!
 
AWARDS - PALESTINE DOWNTOWN ROTARY CLUB
Avenues of Service Recipients:
 
Carol Herrington
Sloan Shuffler
Brenda Walker
 
 
 
Roll of Fame Award Recipients:
 
Carol Herrington
Sloan Shuffler
Brenda Walker
Greg Laudadio
October 2022 Project - Helping Meals on Wheels
October Project - Completed!
October project: Helping to Decorating Meals on Wheels for their annual fundraising banquet. Thanks to all the Rotarians who came out to assist!