Bo's Place - Grief Counseling

Taner Page was the guest speaker this week, bringing us the story of Bo's Place.

Bo's Place offers a unique program that provides free grief support services to children and their families who have experienced the death of a parent or sibling. Bo's Place is founded on the belief that children need to share with other grieving children in order to heal. Bo's Place offers the only ongoing program for grieving children and their families in the greater Houston area.

Bo's Place began in 1990 as a grief support information-and-referral line. Callers were provided with important free grief resources and support contacts within the Greater Houston Area. In 1995, Bo's Place relocated to a home in Houston's Museum District and expanded its services to fulfill the critical need for a program dedicated to meeting the needs of grieving children. Today, Bo's Place remains Houston's oldest and only ongoing and free-of-charge grief support program focused on helping grieving children heal.

To learn more visit http://www.bosplace.org/

Club Celebration & Installation Dinner

Saturday, June 30, 2007 - is the date for our annula club celebration and the installation of officers and directors for the coming year. 

This will be an evening dinner event and will be held at the Hilton Houston Southwest Hotel.  The evening and dinner will at $35.00 per person.  A cash bar is being considered if there is enough interest.

Please hold the evening open and invite anyone you feel would enjoy an evenibg of Rotary fellowship.

HOLD THE DATE:  Saturday, May 12, 2007

DISTRICT 5890 ASSEMBLY (Club Leadership Training Seminar) - 8:30am-1:00pm - First Presbyterian Church, 5300 South Main (near Bissonnet). This is an great event for ALL club members to attend. You can learn a lot about Rotary and the plans the District has for the coming year.  You also meet some really terrific people who can be super contact in the months and years ahead.

All incoming Club Officers and Directors are really expected to attend this special training event to help them be ready for the coming Rotary Year.

Guests, Visitors and Other Good News

Our Premier Visitor this week was Greg Gregory's lovely wife Mary.  Mary is also an intregal part of the Basketball Tournament wheer she is foud handling the concession area on many afternoons.

Greg and Mary Gregory
Ken Marsh, JP Jourard, Bola Stephen	Rory Olsen, Chuck Monteith, Jeff Novy

Coming Up At Rotary

May 12 - District 5890 Leadership Training Seminar, 8:30 am - 1:00 pm - First Presbyterian Church on Main Street

May 15 - Marjorie A. Kosoy, Red Bird Center - Bereavement and Loss...dealing with the tough parts of living

May 21 - Meeting of the Officers & Directors - 6:30 pm and Demeris BBQ - all members are welcome to attend!

May 22 - Jim Helker - IMPACT A HERO - a support effort for injured returning vets...why community support continues to be so important to our vets.

May 29 - Club Assembly

June 5 - Sgt. McDanels, Pct 5 Constable's Office - communications and security...how Rotary can help Sharpstown be safer.

June 30 - Club Celebration & Installation of Officers