Dee Ann Haney, Outgoing President Derek Duckett, Dawn Tholcken, Trudy Broiles, Kerry Whitener, Denise Beene, Standing L-R, Roger Whitener, Kirk Broiles, Kristen, Peggy Davenport and Ben Baty
As the Texas City Rotary members gathered at Gus’s to network and celebrate outgoing President Derek Duckett’s new career move to Pasadena ISD as Head of their Security Division, a strange affliction overcame the group. Noses began growing and getting progressively redder as they grew!
They had all contracted HometownHeroitis, an affliction that seems to appear each summer and seems to favor those who already suffer from an excess of community service and personal responsibility. This is not new to Gus’s as the staff suffered from an epidemic of HometownHeroitis also known as RedNose, just last year which seemed to spread to the clientele then as well.
It seems the only temporary cure is to purchase a Red Nose – available at any Walgreens through June 30th – to cover and protect your own nose. This seems to be only a temporary fix and can easily return during the next summer season.
One strange side effect of the malady is that children in need seem to get fed; on average, three children for every nose purchased. Rotary members seem to be extremely susceptible to the condition due to their ongoing community service activities and with the large number of local citizens who continually step up in times of great need, this condition may well prove to become a summer epidemic.
The good news is there is still a chance to purchase a protective Red Nose Hometown Hero before they are all gone. So, think carefully. Weren’t you one of neighbors helping your neighbors during Harvey? Don’t you volunteer at the Galveston Food Bank, or Habitat for Humanity, contribute to Foundation for the Future, participate in Servolution, or United Way? It is a rare individual in this neck of the woods that does not do for others on a fairly regular basis. In Texas City, “no good deed goes unnoticed”.
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