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Bryan Rotarians will be unable to deliver flags to homes and businesses for Memorial Day 2020 due to COVID concerns, but, we still want to honor the tradition and invite you to post remembrances or share your own flag photos on our Facebook Event page using the tag #TogetherWeHonor.

Click the link https://www.facebook.com/events/950681428703240/

and post a flag photo, story, or remembrance in Honor of the men and women who died serving our country.

Community Blood Drive 3/28/2020

Bryan Rotary is partnering with the American Red Cross to host a blood drive at the Red Cross office in Bryan (4244 Boonville Rd.) this Saturday, March 28th. As the Executive Director of the Heart of Texas Chapter of the American Red Cross, I am charged with ensuring our blood drives are safe and that we can continue to supply blood to our community and country regardless of natural disaster, warfare or pandemics. I am requesting assistance from my fellow Rotarians as I navigate this mission in unprecedented circumstances.

Disruptions to blood donations can lead to shortages and cause delays in essential medical care. As of Monday, 3/23/2020, about 7,000 blood drives, representing approximately 200,000 fewer blood donations, have been canceled in the U.S. due to COVID-19 concerns. As concerns about the coronavirus pandemic rise, you can help by simply communicating these vital messages to the public:

• Donating blood is a safe process and people should not be concerned about giving or receiving blood during this challenging time.

• More healthy donors are needed to give now to prevent a blood shortage.

• Keep scheduled blood drives, which will allow donors the opportunity to give blood. As an emergency preparedness organization, the Red Cross has also taken additional steps to ensure the safety of staff and donors at each Red Cross blood drive.

Bryan Rotary Club Meetings Suspended through April 1

Dear Rotarians,

As we all know, COVID-19 has us taking extra precautions in an effort to curb the onset of cases. In line with that objective, the board has voted to cancel our club meetings for the remainder of March and April 1.

As you may have heard, there is a serious shortage of blood in the blood banks. No surprise, Rotarian AJ Renold and her team at the Red Cross have been working tirelessly to assemble a full team to be able to host a blood drive locally.

We will need 30 people who are able to donate blood to show up to donate on Saturday, March 28th. Further details on time and location will be forthcoming. In the meantime, please download the "Blood Donor American Red Cross" app to your phone so you can be prepared to give. Also, please encourage friends and family to do the same.

Rotarians, I'm so very honored to serve as your president and to call you friends. Should you have a need, please make it known to me so we can step up. We are the family of Rotary and we will get through this together.

Yours in Service,

Joan Quintana

2019-2020 President

Bryan Rotary Club

Rotary 10 Award Nominations Accepted

Posted by Joe Hill on Feb 26, 2020

Click here for the online nomination form to identify a business eligible for the Bryan Rotary 10 Awards Program. Help us celebrate 27 years of honoring small businesses and watch the winners walk the blue carpet!

QUALIFICATIONS: 1) Independent, privately-held corporation, proprietorship or partnership that has been in business at least 5 years (franchises are not eligible); 2) Headquartered in Brazos County; 3) Sales of more than $50,000 but less than $25 million in fiscal 2014; 4) Five-year sales history (2015-2019) must show an increase from fiscal 2018-2019.

Click Here to see past winners and the history of the program.

For the 27th year, Bryan Rotary wants to recognize the 10 fastest growing privately owned small businesses in the Brazos Valley. Nominated companies will receive an application to submit their gross sales information. All submissions are confidential and only the percentage of sales growth is published for the winners. We need you to help identify every company that may be eligible for this prestigious awards program.

And, Save the Date, June 17, 2020, for our Awards Luncheon when we will announce the 10 Fastest Growing Businesses in the Brazos Valley.

Bryan Rotary Clubs thanks ANCO insurance for underwriting the 2020 BRC10 Awards program and appreciates the ongoing partnership with the B/CS Chamber of Commerce and the Texas A&M Mays School of Business for their support and participation.

Bryan Rotary - 2020 Grant Applications Now Being Accepted

The Bryan Rotary Club will award $10,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations in the Bryan-College Station area. The grant program was created to fund projects and programs which align with the goals of Rotary to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. The applicants must be a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, be organized and managed by the applicant/organization, fill one or more major unmet community needs and have measurable results.

The deadline for submitting an application is March 10, 2020, and the recipients will be notified on March 20, 2020.

For more information and to download the application form, click HERE.

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Joan Quintana

Joan Quintana is a writer, facilitator, and strategy consultant. She has a natural entrepreneurial spirit. What cemented her Rotary journey was sending her daughter on a long-term Rotary Youth Exchange to Japan. Come meet Joan and other friendly Bryan Rotarians this Wednesday at the Phillips Event Center at noon!