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Part of our Centennial Project,
the flag at the corner of Diana and Gateway North in Northeast
El Paso flies proudly among the poppies.
The Northeast Rotary Foundation gave the
first large contribution to kick start The El Paso Chapter of the
National Flag Foundation and for this reason, the Northeast Rotary
Club Emblem is on the monument. The foundation gave money to
help erect a 180 foot flag pole which flies a 40x80 foot American Flag 24
hours a day for seven days a week. The site where the Flag pole is
set up, "The Old Glory Memorial" is on approximately 4.6 acres
of leased land owned by the El Paso Community College Transmountain Campus on corner of Diana and Gateway
North. Learn more at www.ElPasoFlag.org.
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Children’s Miracle Network
CMN is an
international, non-profit organization dedicated to helping children by
raising funds and awareness for 170 children's hospitals throughout North America . Each year these hospitals treat more than 14 million
children suffering from diseases, injuries and birth defects. All donations
are kept in the communities where the funds are raised. That means local
donations benefit children served by local participating hospitals. CMN El
Paso raises funds for our "Always Kids Miracle Hotline," (915)
532-KIDS, which gives 24 hour bilingual access to a physician, or a social
worker to all children from birth to age 21 facing an emergency.
The Children’s Miracle Network Grand
Prix is held in October at Cohen Stadium. The Northeast El Paso Rotary Club
is always well represented! Our car took top honors in 2006!!!
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NorthEaster Parade
Organized
and operated through the Northeast Civic Leaders Council, Inc. the NorthEaster Parade occurs annually on the Saturday
preceding Easter.
The
Rotary Club of Northeast El Paso has been a sponsor of this parade for many
years. With over 100 entrants, it is the second largest and second longest
running parade in El Paso.
Up to 10,000 spectators come from El Paso
and surrounding communities to see various floats, school bands, community
organizations, and marchers travel from Magoffin
School on Hercules, north on Diana Drive, to
Northgate Shopping Center; located at the
juncture of Diana and Dyer Streets. Volunteers from many organizations help
on Parade Day to make this truly a community event.
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Celebrity Waiters – Hospice of El
Paso
Business
and community leaders "dress up" like their favorite character or
just to get a good laugh to raise money for Hospice El Paso's Patient
Assistance Fund. The fund is used to help patients that do not have
Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, or the ability to pay to take their
end of life journey in the best quality of life possible surrounded by
their family and the things that they love. About 20% of Hospice El Paso
patients do not have the ability to pay. For information call 915-532-5699.
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Celebrity Chef – Rotary Clubs of El Paso
In December 2005, the seven Rotary clubs of El Paso, hosted their
annual Celebrity Chef event. They raised over
$70,000 which was donated to Texas Tech School of Medicine on behalf of
their Infinity Campaign. Celebrity Chef is held in January and proceeds of
this seven club collaborative effort benefit targeted local organizations
for the benefit of all El Pasoans.
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YWCA – Racial Justice,
Anti-Discrimination Program
This YWCA program is being implemented at area middle
schools. The donation by the Foundation Board will enable additional
services to be focused in NE-Area schools specifically. The YWCA is using
the seed money from our Foundation to solicit matching funds from major
businesses supporting the defense industry.
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