Education of our youth has been a large part of the service aspect of Rotary. We sponsor Interact Club at High Schools which is Rotary for High Schoolers. We provide scholarships for college-bound students in the tens of thousands each year. We mentor at schools. We support sports activities for our youth, including the Rotary Club of Conroe sponsoring “Girls on the Run” at Runyan Elementary School.
This past Tuesday, the Rotary Club of Conroe hosted the six Head Football coaches to tell Rotarians about what they are doing to elevate youth. These Head Football Coaches are also the Athletic Directors for each of their High Schools. These six Coaches had common goals and values. It was wonderful to hear how supportive these coaches are amongst this cadre of six. The older coaches mentored the younger coaches. The six were focused on building up the youth by enhancing their lives intellectually, physically, emotionally, and more. These six focused on elevating our youth as athletes, leaders, and learners.
Their goal is to include all that want to be involved in sports. Coach Shaun McDowell at Grand Oaks High School lets the volleyball teams monopolize their three indoor gyms since the girls’ volleyball team for this young school has won a State Championship once and encourages them to make it again to the State Championships. Coach McDowell’s Football Team is young, but growing with lots of potential to more than best their 3-7. He has more starters returning than the other schools to the Varsity Football Team. It was interesting and very pleasing to hear how these Coaches are proud of not only the athletic prowess of their students, but to hear them brag of their educational achievements and leadership on and off the field. These six were obviously elevating their students and emphasizing the need to have well balanced lives, including nutrition.
These six coaches along with principals from Conroe High School and Caney Creek High School and the CISD Athletic Director provided great perspectives on how CIS is focusing on developing our youth, both boys and girls, turning them into accomplished men and women. The only regret that these six coaching mentors had was they had to play against each other. These educators strongly believed in building up the youth. It is delightful to hear of such great things about our youth and how CISD implements greatness in our youth. This is a Rotary value. Later that week, these six sports directors also provided their insights to the Rotary Club of The Woodlands.
Clarence Lewis of the Rotary Club of Conroe heard of a need of a 77-year old elderly gentleman whose residence was hit hard by Hurricane Beryl. He visited the home and scoped out what was needed by the elderly, disabled gentleman before recruiting a cadre of Rotarians to help clean up the mess of trees that ransacked this gentleman’s yard. Besides Mr. Lewis, Billy Tarver, Brian O’Keefe and others worked diligently to clean up the debris and get the yard back to manageable. Rotarians are servants of the community!
The Rotary Club of Conroe meets each Tuesday at noon at Honor Cafe, 103 N. Thompson in downtown Conroe.
For more information on Rotary, please contact Ron Saikowski at rsaikowski@comcast.net.
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