The Rotary Club of Center is hosting a fundraiser with two opportunities to win - 'His' or 'Her' options! Ticket donations are $20 for one ticket or $100 for 6 tickets and tickets are limited to 350 each. The winners will be drawn on Tuesday, May 6, 2025! Winner need not be present to win.
Donating $100... you can split the six tickets for either option! You want 3 'Her' tickets and 3 'His' tickets, no problem!
His prize package valued at $1,500:
Glock 19 Gen5 Pistol (Background check required, Bobs Pawn and Gun)
65 Quart Yeti Tundra Cooler
Turtle Box Generation 2 Speaker
Her prize valued at $1,620:
Louis Vuitton Félicie Couchette Purse - The Félicie Pochette is crafted from Monogram Empreinte leather, embossed with Louis Vuitton's signature Monogram pattern. Designed to adapt to modern lifestyles, this envelope-style pouch contains a spacious compartment with two removable pockets: one zipped, one with card slots. It can also be carried in different ways thanks to a removable chain. 8.3 x 4.7 x 1.2 inches (Length x Height x Width)
Center Rotary Club members have tickets as well as the following business locations: Blake Furniture, Farmers State Bank, Mathews Realty, Sabine State Bank, and Shelby Savings Bank.
Proceeds from the fundraiser will go to charitable donations made by the Rotary Club to the community.
Celebrating 100 Years!
on May 5, 2025
The Rotary Club of Center was chartered in 1925! One Hundred years of history helping the community!
On May 5, 1925, fifteen Center business and professional men met at the Polley Hotel in Center to discuss plans to form a Rotary Club. Nacogdoches Club and their special representative, Eugene H. Blount, and District 13 Governor Harry H. Rogers, the organizational meeting resulted in electing R.S. Sanders as the Center Club's first president; J.C. Hurst, vice-president; W.W. Mayes, secretary and treasurer; and M.H. Voss, sergeant at arms; W.C. Windham, board member. Charter members: J.C. Blake, C.E. Hall, T.L. Hurst, O.F. Metz, F.E. Parker, Roy Payne, W.J. Rogers, S.H. Sanders, L.C. Smith, and M.M. Weaver.
On May 26, 1925, Rotary Club of Center was admitted to membership in Rotary International!
The Rotary Club partners with the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce to host the East Texas Poultry Festival Chicken Trot 5K annually in October! Proceeds benefit the club which go back into the community. In 2023 the club utilized matched funds from District 5910 to install ADA playground equipment at Portacool Park. In 2024 the club used matching district funds to replace the carpet in the Redditt Room of the Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library.