Service Over Self

celebrating award winners and the passing of the gavel from the 2019-2020 president Ginger Cunningham Eads to the 2020-2021 president Donna Roberts Hernandez. know that we are not your grandfather’s Rotary Club. Cross Timbers Rotary is made up of inspiring, motivated, and influential business and civic leaders.”

At the start of this year, Cross Timbers Rotary teamed up with Habitat for Humanity Denton, and despite the ups and downs that came with the impact of COVID-19, they were able to build a home for a deserving family in 18 days.

“There is nothing like being able to put a

by Brooke Ezzo | photos courtesy of Donna Hernandez

On Friday June 26, the Cross Timbers Rotary Club held it’s year-end luncheon, family in their own home,” Donna said.

In 1994, Donna started her rotary journey and has served as president for the Flower Mound Noon Club. She became a Charter Member of the Cross Timbers Club in 2015 when it was chartered along with 62 other members. Her longevity in rotary and dedication to acts of service led her to this leadership role.

“I will preside over the meetings, work with each committee and our many fellowships, represent the club in District and International functions, and take care of the many issues that come up in a club of 117 members,” Donna said.

In a club with that many members, it opens up a lot of opportunity to serve the community. As president, Donna hopes to

give each Rotarian a chance to use their gifts of time, talent, and treasure to their potential. Another service project Donna loved “I have three simple goals,” Donna said. being a part of was last year’s service “To get to know each of our members trip to Guatemala where the club helped better, for our members to know victims of the catastrophic 2018 volcano each other so that every Rotarian can eruption. While Rotary is focused on strengthen their connections to each other their motto, “Service above Self,” and socially and in their business activities, participates in many service projects, and for our community to they also like to engage see Rotarians as people of action who are facilitating real change in our world and having a blast while doing it.” The world’s first rotary “...for our community to see Rotarians as people of action who are facilitating real change in our world...” their members in fellowships like their wine club, book club, dinner club, #Under40 group, and a number of other activities. Now that the gavel has club was started in 1905 been passed, Donna looks with the vision of bringing together forward to implementing her goals and professionals with diverse backgrounds leading the Cross Timbers Rotary Club in to exchange ideas and form meaningful, another successful year. lifelong friendships. The concept quickly “This year’s Rotary International theme of turned global. Today, rotary clubs from all Rotary Opens Opportunities sums up what over work together to solve some of our world’s most challenging problems. Rotary means to me,” Donna said. “It gives Rotarians opportunities to strengthen their “When many hear ‘rotary,’ they think about leadership, help put service ideas into a group of old men meeting for coffee,” action, and thereby improve the lives of Donna said. “I want the community to those in need.”