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June 18, 2019 - Incoming District Governor, Beverly Grogan attended the city council meeting believing that the Grand Prairie Metro Rotary Club was going to be recognized. She was stunned (and brought to tears) when Councilman--and fellow Rotarian--Greg Geissner began to read a proclamation naming June 18th as Beverly Grogan Day in the City of Grand Prairie.

How To Propose a New Member

If you'd like to know the process of proposing a new member, simply Click here for the How to Propose a New Member brochure.

Upcoming Speakers & Events

(Details will be added when available)

THURSDAY EVENING JUNE 27th - District Governor Installation for Beverly Grogan at the Ruthe Jackson Center. Be sure to MARK YOUR CALENDAR and plan to attend (and hopefully be available to help facilitate) this momentous event. This is the first time ever to have a district governor from our club. Early Bird Tickets are $45 each until June 15th. ($58.10 for late birds) Click here for more information and to register.

July 2nd - NO MEETING

July 9th - District Governor visit - Beverly Grogan - We will all want to come and hear what our own Governor Beverly has planned for the next Rotary year.

July 30th - CAMP RYLA COOKOUT - Tuesday afternoon (after our regular meeting), we'll meet at 3:30 at the RJC to caravan to Camp Hoblitzelle in Midlothian to cook burgers and dogs for the campers. Always a great experience.

Members Honored with PHF (multiples!)

David Awe presents Silvia Dean with her 2nd Paul Harris Fellow (PHF). Jeanine Walker

received her 5th PHF while Don Goldsmith received his 4th and Doug Bryan received his

3rd one. President Glen McCrary on the left also received his 3rd PHF.

A Paul Harris Fellowship is given to those Rotarians who contribute $1,000 to the Rotary

foundation. An easy way to receive a PHF is to become a Sustaining Member. A Sustaining

Member is someone who contributes $100/yr to the Rotary Foundation.

Veterans' Day 2018

Posted on Nov 11, 2018

Metro Rotarians gathered to provide refreshments to Veterans and others attending The City of Grand Prairie's Annual Veterans' Day ceremonies.

Melinda Polley Receives Paul Harris Fellowship

A well-deserved CONGRATULATIONS to Melinda who did an outstanding job leading this club over the past Rotary year. In addition to receiving the gavel plaque (pictured), she was also honored with a Paul Harris Fellowship. Click here to learn more about this fellowship.

Gov. Rick at Epic Waters

GP United Charities - Grant from District 5810

With a matching grant from Rotary District 5810, GP Metro Rotarians provided a "wrap" for Grand Prairie United Charities' delivery van.

Veterans Day 2015

Posted on Nov 10, 2015

Rotarians of Grand Prairie Metro worked in cooperation with City of Grand Prairie Parks & Recreation, City Council Members and members of Grand Prairie Rotary to provide meals for Veterans and guests at the City's annual Veterans' Day celebration.

Children First Grand Prairie ISD & District Grant project 2014

Posted by Rae Ann Forester on Jun 29, 2015

Grand Prairie Metro Rotary applied for and received a grant from Rotary District 5810 to provide outdoor playground and equipment for Children First, Inc. Coordinating with Grand Prairie ISD, Rotarians provided 1 table, 3 benches, a goal and pavement for half-court basketball.

Mogbuama Water Well

Posted by Glen McCrary

Our Water Well in Mogbuama, Sierra Leone is complete! A special thank-you to all the Grand Prairie Metro Rotarians, in cooperation with Water H2O Thrive, who helped with this worthy Rotary project out at our garage sale at Orphans of the World & to the Pumpkin Run volunteers who made this well happen!

Rotary Pilot Programs

Posted by Glen McCrary on Apr 04, 2011

Two new models of Rotary club membership have been authorized on a trial basis. They are:

Help Rotary End Polio!

Posted by Glen E. McCrary on Jan 17, 2011

After 20 years of hard work, Rotary and its partners are on the brink of eradicating this tenacious disease, but a strong push is needed now to root it out once and for all. It is a window of opportunity of historic proportions.

Who We Work With

Posted by Glen E. McCrary