If you believe that community involvement is an essential element in the lives of business and community leaders, please consider membership in the Burkburnett Rotary Club
Club Information
Burkburnett

Service above self

We meet In Person
Tuesdays at 12:00 PM
Burkburnett Culinary Academy
301 East 3rd Street
Burkburnett, TX 76354
United States of America
Upcoming Events
Jun 15, 2023 Jun 18, 2023
Speakers
Burkburnett Development Corporation.
Burkburnett Development Corporation.
Jun 06, 2023
Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas
Jun 13, 2023
TBD
TBD
Jun 20, 2023
Home Page Stories
 
 
AJ Lewis with the Burkburnett Independent School District received an award of appreciation for his hard work on the Buddy Bench. 
 
 
 
 
The Buddy Bench program is an initiative to promote friendship and combat loneliness at the elementary schools.
 

 
 
Delores Culley, Executive Director of The KEll House Heritage Center, 900 Bluff Street, Wichita Falls, updated members on one of the most historically significant buildings in Wichita County. 
 
Kell House Heritage Ctr
The house was occupied from 1908-1980 by members of the family of Fran KEll, who made a fortune in railroads, flour milling and oil.  
The Burkburnett Development Corporation Executive Director, Travis Haggard inducted into the Rotary Club of Burkburnett at the March 28th meeting.
 
A resident of Burkburnett, Travis has been in Rotary having first joined in 2011. We look forward to working with Travis on our future service projects.
 
Congratulations Travis Haggard.
 
Let your voice be heard! Find a subject that you are passionate about and apply the Rotary 4-Way Test of what we think, say or do!
 
 
Cash prizes for first four places with a top prize of $150. Contestants must be students from the 9th through 12th grade (public, private or home school).

Complete and submit your intent to participate form by Feb. 18, 2023.  Contest will take place at noon on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at the Burkburnett Culinary Academy.
 
To download a copy of the contest rules and entry form, click here.
 
 
 
Rotarian of the day was Bill McGuire with our program being Connie Marshall with Emily’s Legacy Rescue.
 
 
Emily’s Legacy Rescue started in 2014.
They hold regular adoption days at the Wichita Falls Petco location.
 
When pets come in they are evaluated. This includes seeing if they are good with other pets and people. Their physical health is evaluated as well.
 
They have a 9 kennel facility off of Kelley Rd in Wichita Falls. However, they only do adoptions through applications not walk ins.
 
Historian, Leanne Ray, shares some wonderful local history about boot making at our November 22nd meeting.
 
 
Thank you Leanne for an incredible tale of how boots began and how they were reinvented over the years. From the man with a dream to a daughter on a mission to keep the business in her hometown town of Nocona, Tx.
 
 
Becoming a Rotary member is very special. Our induction ceremony includes receiving your Rotary pin. Blair is being "pinned" by fellow Rotarian Landon Miller.
 
 
 
 
New member Blair Ramon is a graduate of Midwestern State University where she studied biology. She loves insects and is taxonomist. If you are scratching your head about what a taxonomist is, according to google, a Taxonomists who work in natural science fields name and classify plants, animals and natural elements
 
She and her husband Blake have two daughters.
 
Blair is also on the board of directors for Meals on Wheels.
 
 
 
Burkburnett Rotary Club and the Yellow Rose Sertoma Club join forces with the Coffee Memorial Blood Center to host the Burkburnett Community Blood Drive at Senior Citizens Activity Center on November 17th from 2:30 PM to 6:00 PM.
 
 
Billed as the Don't Sass the Squatch - Donate Blood, these community organizations invite as many community members possible to give blood. As the end-of-year holidays approach, health care professionals and institutions are in great need of blood for their patients. Community members can make an appointment to donate at obi.org. All donors will receive a Big Foot t-shirt.