Addison Rotary Bulletin for June 6 2025 (Jun. 04, 2025)

This Week's Program:

Dawn Lewis

Our speaker this week is Dawn Lewis. She is a Rotarian in the Austin area and is the Executive Director of TerraClear Foundation. She is going to speak to us about TerraClear's efforts to provide clean water to rural communities in SE Asia.

Bio: Dawn Lewis is dedicated to expanding global access to clean drinking water. Dawn has worked in clean water projects in Laos, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, most recently working 6 years in Laos, providing 10,000 subsidized ceramic filters to vulnerable families, bringing clean drinking water to over 50,000 people.

Currently, Dawn serves as the Executive Director of the TerraClear Foundation, where she secures funding and forges connections that support Lao families to access clean drinking water. Dawn also spent a decade as a teacher in Texas and authored the children's book
"My Teacher Moved to Laos," which details life in Laos.

A Missouri native, Dawn holds a BS in Civil Engineering and an MA in Linguistics and speaks French and Lao. She enjoys time in nature, and moments with her family, many of whom reside in Austin, Texas, where Dawn now calls home.

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NOTES FROM DAVID

Kristen Merkins should get the creative PR ward for the month! Last Friday she texted me to send her an email and look at the automated response. I did, and this is the automated response:

OUT OF THE OFFICE - GIVING FUTURE LEADERS A LIFT

Thanks for reaching out! I'm currently out of the office this afternoon as I

help transport some incredible soon-to-be high school seniors from a week at

RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) - an amazing leadership camp

sponsored by Rotary. It's all part of my work with the Addison Rotary Club,

where we believe in building stronger communities through service and

leadership.

If you've ever been curious about Rotary and how we give back (while having

a pretty great time doing it), I'd love to chat when I return. We're always open

to new members who want to make an impact -- plus we've got great

Breakfast meetings every Friday from 7:30-8:30 am.

https://addisonrotary.org/page/about-us

How cool and innovative is that? I love it! When people know and understand what we do, some of them will want to join us and become members. PR - getting our story out there - is the key!

Kristen also posted pictures on Facebook of the return trip with our RYLA young ladies, and Randy Lasley, which we shared on the Addison Rotary page. Big thanks to Kristen, Randy, and Laurie for providing the transportation!

A reminder that we will NOT meet on Friday June 20 (because of our installation banquet on the 18th) and we will NOT meet on Friday July 4.

A shout out to Cathy Zelzer for her fascinating presentation last week. Cathy's such a good person; it's no surprise that her "retirement job" is helping others with a therapy dog. And how about Lexi - wasn't she great?

See you Friday!

Make it a great day!

--David

David Heimer

President

Addison Rotary Club

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TIME TO RSVP

Let Greg Grimm know if you are going to attend the club Installation Banquet on June 18.

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ROTARY TRIVIA

What was the last and final African country to be declared polio-free?

Answer is at the bottom of the bulletin.

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Addison Rotary Installation Banquet
Maggiano's Little Italy - Willow Bend
Jun. 18, 2025 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

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