Pat Henderson Any month with a ‘fifth Friday’ will find the members of Pilot Knob Rotary Club enjoying companionship (and likely an adult beverage) in lieu of a noon meeting. On May 29, club members and guests convened at the Wildhorse Grill for such a fifth Friday. The turnout was great and as with any…
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April 2026, Clubs & Classes
Pilot Knob Rotary Club Sponsors Blood Drive
Pat Henderson Pilot Knob Rotary Club (PKRC) sponsored the second blood drive of 2026 on March 21 in conjunction with the HOA Health Fair. Carter BloodCare reported we collected 50 pints of whole blood and with the 49 units collected Jan. 17 the calendar total is 99 units. Scheduling the blood drive to coincide with…
Clubs & Classes, March 2026
Pilot Knob Rotary Club Assists with Maintaining Champion-Macedonia Cemetery
Pat Henderson In January of 2025, members of the Pilot Knob Rotary Club built and placed 100 white crosses on unmarked graves at Champion-Macedonia Cemetery in Lewisville, Texas. This African American/slave cemetery has graves dating back to the 1800s, with many of the graves being simply marked with a grouping of rocks. We teamed with…
February 2026, Clubs & Classes
Rotary Club – February 2026
Pilot Knob Rotary Club Presents Check to Denton Community Food Center Pat Henderson On Jan. 23 Tom Newell, board chair of Denton Community Food Center (DCFC), was the guest speaker at Pilot Knob Rotary Club’s weekly meeting at the Wildhorse Grill. Tom has been involved with DCFC for many years and shared that the current…
December 2025
Pilot Knob Rotary Club Gets in the Christmas Spirit
Pat Henderson On Oct. 24, a group of Pilot Knob Rotary Club members gathered at the Wildhorse Grill to participate in “10,000 for the Troops.” The “10,000 for the Troops” initiative, led by New Country 96.3’s morning show hosts Hawkeye and Michelle, is designed to express gratitude and support for those serving in the armed…
Clubs & Classes, October 2025
Champions and Pilot Knob Rotary Clubs Take the Peanut Butter Challenge
Pat Henderson The lounge at the Wildhorse Grill was the site of the first Peanut Butter Challenge between the Champions Club in Justin and the Pilot Knob Club at Robson Ranch. A scheduled friendly happy hour on Aug. 29 took a step up with a challenge of which club could bring the most jars of…
Clubs & Classes, October 2025
Pilot Knob Rotary Club Blood Drive Exceeds Expectations
Pat Henderson Pilot Knob Rotary Club is celebrating the results of our fourth blood drive this year. Sixty units of blood were collected, bringing our year-to-date total to 194 units. This has been our third drive using two Carter BloodCare buses, and we will adopt using two buses as our new standard, allowing for ample…
Clubs & Classes, September 2025
Pilot Knob Rotary Club – September 2025
Pilot Knob Rotary Club Welcomes New Member Landon Taylor Pat Henderson Pilot Knob Rotary Club continues to grow our membership, and one of our newest members, Landon Taylor, shared his journey to Rotary with the club. Landon shares the Rotary mission of Service above Self. Landon graduated from Texas Tech University in 2004 and spent…
August 2025, Clubs & Classes
Rotary Club – August 2025
Pilot Knob Rotary Club Recap Pat Henderson Andy Eads, Rotary 5790 District Governor, attended the weekly meeting of the Pilot Knob Rotary Club to present Paul Harris Fellowships to nine members of the club. The Paul Harris Fellow recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, to the Rotary Foundation.…
Clubs & Classes, March 2025
Pilot Knob Rotary Club Lithium-Ion Battery Recycle Event April 19
The Pilot Knob Rotary Club and the Advanced Placement Environmental Science students of Guyer High School are collaborating on our second annual lithium-ion battery collection event. Redwood Materials, a lithium-ion battery recycler in Nevada, takes possession of the recycled materials and extracts the minerals for reuse in new devices. Redwood can recover over 95% of…