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As we approach the end of the 2021 - 2022 Rotary Calendar year on Thursday June 30, 2022, we remember Dean Torres. Dean was a committed, dedicated, loving, outstanding and supportive Rotarian of the Rotary Club of La Place in RI District 6840, Rotary International Zones 30 and 31 and Rotary International Worldwide. Dean was a lifetime Rotarian. Dean was active in numerous civic and civil organizations throughout St. John The Baptist Parish for many years. Dean was a past Executive Director of the St. John
The Baptist Parish United Way. Dean helped to recruit past and present Rotarians to the RCOL. Dean was a RCOL Past President, Board Member, Organizer, Membership Recruiter, yearly supporter of RCOL Awards, Fundraisers, ESJH Interact Club, Recognitions,
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), Veterans Luncheons, Scholarships to the St. John The Baptist Parish High School Seniors and a dedicated Flag Team Member. Dean was a PaulHarris Fellow, Rotary Foundation and Polio Plus Contributor throughout his
Rotarian years. There is so much that can be said as we thank Dean Torress for his daily "Service Above Self" to people every day and everywhere. Dean and Rotarians in the RI District 6840 who passed away in the 2021- 2022 Rotary Calendar Year and were remembered at the RI District 6840 Convention on Sunday Morning May 22, 2022, Memorial in Biloxi, Mississippi. Dean was an Honorary Rotarian of the Rotary Club of LaPlace at the time of his death. Dean passed away at his residence in Reserve surrounded by family on Thursday March 10, 2022, at the age of 77.
Rotarians and people everyone whose life was touched with the many acts of random kindness (ARK) by Dean Torres, appreciate, celebrate, honor and remember the many contributions to his Family, the Church, the Community, Students, Employees, Rotary, Rotarians and People everywhere throughout his wonderful life. Thank you for inspiring and helping everyone, everywhere and every day! You will continue to be remembered for the rest of our lives.
Gratefully, respectfully and sincerely yours,
Rotary Club of La Place (RCOL) Rotarians
Rotary International (RI) District 6840 Rotarians
Rotary International (RI) Globally/Worldwide Rotarians
Rotary Club of LaPlace Rotarians Darla Edwards, Slyvia Taylor, Artis Williams, East St.
John High School Interact Sponsor Yevette Scioneaux and the ESJH Interact Students attended
the St. John Parish Law Day at the Courthouse in Edgard on Friday May 6, 2022.
One of the many ways the Rotary Club of LaPlace gives back to
our community is through the scholarship program. Please join us by
supporting this year’s awards as we launched our Double Good Popcorn
virtual fundraiser event. The fundraiser began on April 5, 2022 at 5:00
PM and goes until April 09, 2022 at 5:00 PM. Prices range from $18
through $59. The popcorn is award-winning and really delicious. Please
contact one of the Rotarians to place your orders TODAY! THANK YOU
to all who have donated and those who will!
"Service Above Self"
Interact for Your Success
The Rotary Club of LaPlace congratulates Tellhiyah Huey, an
East St. John High School Senior and Interact Club Member, on
being selected by the RCOL Scholarship Committee to receive the
Interact for Your Success Scholarship. ESJHS Interact Club Sponsor
Yevette Scioneaux, Telliyah Huey and Past President Gordon Taylor
are in the picture. The Rotary District 6840 Grant Committee funded
$750.00 with a district grant from the Rotary Foundation. The Rotary
Club of LaPlace funded $250.00 for a total of $1,000.00. Telliyah
was selected to receive the scholarship from four applicants based on
her "Service Above Self" in her senior year in the ESJHS Interact Club,
Community, Church, and School. She will attend Southern University
in Baton Rouge in the 2022 Fall Semester and major in Business
Administration. Thank you to the Rotary District 6840 Grant Committee
and the Rotary Club of LaPlace for the funding!
Comfort for Learning Sweatshirts at West St. John Elementary
President Lucien Gauff III and Past President Robbie Tomney distributed Comfort for Learning Sweatshirts to fifty-seven West St. John Elementary 3rd and 4th Grade Students on Thursday March 10, 2022. The Rotary District 6840 Grant Committee contributed an amount of $750.00 from the Rotary Foundation. The Rotary Club of LaPlace contributed the balance of $25.00. The total cost of the year service project was $775.00. Each year the Rotary Club of LaPlace furnishes sweatshirts to the 3rd and 4th Grade Students in 1 of 6 St. John The Baptist Parish Public Elementary Schools. The school logo and the Rotary International logo are on each sweatshirt. Rotarians contact the school to obtain sweatshirt numbers and sizes of the 3rd and 4th grade students. The sweatshirts are ordered, sorted, delivered and distributed to the students by the Rotarians in the early fall or winter season. Thank you to ASAP Monograms for purchasing and screening the sweatshirts! Thank you to the Rotary International District 6840 Grant Committee and the Rotary Club of LaPlace for providing the Comfort for Learning Service Project funding!
Dolly Parton Imagination Library Check Presentation
President Lucien Gauff III presented a check in the amount of $1500.00 to Rotarian and St. John United Way Executive Director Artis Williams for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library at the Rotary Meeting on January 18, 2022. The Rotary District 6840 contributed a grant amount of $800.00 from the Rotary Foundation for the 2021 - 2022 year. The Rotary Club of LaPlace contributed an amount of $700.00 for the 2021 - 2022 year. The Rotary District 6840 Grant and the Rotary Club of LaPlace contributions provides funding to support the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in St. John The Baptist Parish. The funding supports 60 recipients of monthly books to pre-school children between the ages of birth to 5 years old. The intent is for parents to read the books to their children and develop the child's love of reading and parental bonding. The Rotary Club of LaPlace Rotarians solicit parents to sign their children up for the program by distributing the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Brochures in their place of business and by daily contacts. This basic education and literacy project beneficiaries are the pre-school children and their parents that establishes the early love of reading in the children. Thank you to the Rotary District 6840 and the Rotary Club of LaPlace for this year's funding!
BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING
By Gordon Taylor
Rotarians from the Rotary Club of LaPlace attended and participated in the Back to School Supplies Distribution organized by the Blessed to Be A Blessing NPO on Saturday July 17, 2021
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