Downtown Rotary Club of Houston
Committees
Distinguished Citizen Award Committee
The Distinguished Citizen Award (DCA) Committee plans and promotes the annual Rotary Distinguished Citizen Award (DCA) dinner honoring an outstanding Houstonian that is selected by the DCA Selection Committee. It is the highest honor we can bestow on an individual who embodies the values of Rotary International.
Many great Houstonians have been honored with this prestigious award including President George H.W. Bush, Bob McNair, James A. Baker III, George P. Mitchell, Ima Hogg, Gus S. Wortham, George R. Brown, Oveta Culp Hobby, Ben Love, Gordon Cain, Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, and Dr. Denton Cooley. These Values incorporate honor, integrity, truthfulness, and “Service Above Self”. The Distinguished Citizen Award proceeds go directly into the Rotary Club of Houston Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit foundation to be used for the Rotary Club of Houston community service programs throughout Houston and the world.
These programs include initiatives to combat hunger, provide education and job training; veteran’s programs providing housing, medical support and transitional services to our hometown heroes; a fresh start for ex-offenders; promote peace, improve health, sanitation and eradicate disease under our motto of “Service Above Self.” As Rotarians we take pride in our humanitarian work without regard race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin, ancestry or age.
Virtual Tour of RI Headquarters
Virtual tour of Rotary International Headquarters in Evanston, Illinois, USA. Fall 2020.
Go Organics for Peace
Spencer Leung, 2013 peace fellow and founder of Go Organics, Ltd., talks about the organization’s mission to build peace by addressing income inequities through economic development.
Women Uplifting Women
Seven Women Centre is a nonprofit that offers fair-trade products and services. Stephanie Woollard, a member of the Rotary Club of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and a former Rotary Peace Fellow, started the organization in 2006 to empower marginalized women in Nepal.
