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Welcome to our Club!
Denton-Lake Cities

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Tuesdays at 7:00 AM
Oakmont Country Club
1901 Oakmont Dr
Corinth, TX 76210
United States of America
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Denton-Lake Cities members Supporting Hearts for Homes
Denton-Lake City Members volunteer with Hearts for Homes, rehabilitating homes for low-income seniors.
 
 
The vision of Hearts for Homes is a Christian Outreach providing hope and dignity through home rehabilitation and maintenance, affording low-income seniors 60 and older a safe, comfortable, and well-functioning home in which to age in place.
 
They provide no-cost home repairs to very low-income elderly homeowners, ages 60 and older, in the Denton County area of Texas. The organization does this by partnering with organizations such as the Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club, which provides volunteer labor and materials for various qualifying projects throughout the community. 
 
Over the past few weeks, our members have completed various projects, both small and large, that have provided the necessary rehab and maintenance work for local area homes of seniors participating in the program. 
 
 
Visit our Hearts for Homes photo album to see our People-of-Action serving the seniors of the Denton-Lake Cities area.
April 22nd Pop-a-Cork event a fantastic success
Upcoming Events
District 5790 - 2025 Celebration and Induction
District 5790 - 2025 Celebration and Induction
Jun 14, 2025
Embassy Suites by Hilton - DFW
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Jun 17, 2025
Oakmont Country Club
RYLA 2025 - District 5790
RYLA 2025 - District 5790
Jun 19, 2025 – Jun 22, 2025
Monthly Social, Steve’s Wine Bar
Monthly Social, Steve’s Wine Bar
Jun 24, 2025
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Jun 24, 2025
Oakmont Country Club
Corinth Police - Foot Pursuit, Lake Dallas HS
Corinth Police - Foot Pursuit, Lake Dallas HS
Jun 28, 2025 8:00 AM
Lake Dallas High School
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Jul 01, 2025
Oakmont Country Club
End of year Banquet will be at regular breakfast
End of year Banquet will be at regular breakfast
Jul 01, 2025 7:00 AM
Flag pick-up Dates
Flag pick-up Dates
Jul 05, 2025 – Jul 17, 2025
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Jul 08, 2025
Oakmont Country Club
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Jul 15, 2025
Oakmont Country Club
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Jul 22, 2025
Oakmont Country Club
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Jul 29, 2025
Oakmont Country Club
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Aug 05, 2025
Oakmont Country Club
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Aug 12, 2025
Oakmont Country Club
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Aug 19, 2025
Oakmont Country Club
Labor Day Flag Deployment and Pick-up
Labor Day Flag Deployment and Pick-up
Aug 23, 2025 – Sep 19, 2025
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Aug 26, 2025
Oakmont Country Club
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Sep 02, 2025
Oakmont Country Club
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Weekly Tuesday Morning Meeting
Sep 09, 2025
Oakmont Country Club
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Speakers
Denton County Fair & 1 Teacher of the Year presentation
Glenn Carlton (Executive Dir.) & Carl Anderson
Denton County Fair & 1 Teacher of the Year presentation
Jun 17, 2025
Justin Huffaker. & Chris Summers
Club Assembly & Classification Talks
Jun 24, 2025
John MacKenzie & Cathy Henderson
End of year 7 AM Banquet Breakfast
Jul 01, 2025
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Vocational Service
Click here to visit Vocational Service page
 
Our 2024 Vocational Award Recipients
  
  Chad Neely                      Paul Ramos 
    Denton Firefighter      Denton Police Officer
 of the Year                        of the Year
 
  
        Katie Roche           Medical City Denton   
Teacher                      Business 
of the Year                 of the Year
 
Congratulations to all! Thank you for serving our community.
 
 
Photo Albums
2025 Heart for Homes Projects
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John Pokorny
Jun 13, 2025
2024-2025 Photo Album
17 image(s)
Aug 08, 2024
2023-2024 Year in Review Photo's
21 image(s)
Aug 08, 2024
Kazakhstan Education Delegates
43 image(s)
Brian Glenn
Dec 16, 2022
August 26th Club Social
10 image(s)
Aug 29, 2022
Club Social at the Lewis Home - April 22, 2022
17 image(s)
John Smyers
Apr 25, 2022
Memorial Day 2022
6 image(s)
May 27, 2022
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The Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club provides dictionaries to 3rd graders in the Lake Cities area
 
Home Page Stories
Denton-Lake Cities members Supporting Hearts for Homes
Denton-Lake Cities members Supporting Hearts for Homes
Denton-Lake City Members volunteer with Hearts for Homes, rehabilitating homes for low-income seniors.
 
 
The vision of Hearts for Homes is a Christian Outreach providing hope and dignity through home rehabilitation and maintenance, affording low-income seniors 60 and older a safe, comfortable, and well-functioning home in which to age in place.
 
They provide no-cost home repairs to very low-income elderly homeowners, ages 60 and older, in the Denton County area of Texas. The organization does this by partnering with organizations such as the Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club, which provides volunteer labor and materials for various qualifying projects throughout the community. 
 
Over the past few weeks, our members have completed various projects, both small and large, that have provided the necessary rehab and maintenance work for local area homes of seniors participating in the program. 
 
 
Visit our Hearts for Homes photo album to see our People-of-Action serving the seniors of the Denton-Lake Cities area.
Members learn about the LV Project
Members learn about the LV Project
Lake Lewisville, just south of Denton Texas, has the most drowning incidents in a year of any lake in Texas.
 
 
Two-thirds of drownings are "good swimmers."
Drowning rates triple at age 15 in natural water.
 
The LV Project raises awareness for drowning prevention and specifically advocates for use of life vests on lakes.
Denton-Lake City Rotary Club hosts Grand Opening of Garden Tunnels
Denton-Lake City Rotary Club hosts Grand Opening of Garden Tunnels
 
Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club members partner with Young Men Service League Pacesetter Chapter from Flower Mound, Texas to build Greenhouse Tunnels at Shilo Gardens
 
 
This Greenhouse Tunnel is the first of three to be built.
Open House ceremony led by District Governor Andy Eads
 
Shilo Gardens serves the food insecure in our area. First, they can come out and reserve a plot at no cost and garden for themselves.  We have many families from around the world do that. Second, we distribute the produce to local food pantries and other nonprofits that feed people. In 2023, we distributed 66,000 pounds of produce and 3,600 dozen eggs (43,200 eggs if you are doing the math).  
Elementary school staff and students grateful for dictionaries provided for 3rd graders
Elementary school staff and students grateful for dictionaries provided for 3rd graders
Denton Lake City Rotarians deliver dictionaries to 3rd graders.
 
 
 
  
 
Thank you Denton - Lake Cities Rotary, a morning club, for providing our third graders with dictionaries! Mr. Becker and Mr. Davenport gave each third grader a dictionary Monday morning. They also spent time with them looking up new words and discovering all of the other tools in this fantastic dictionary!
DLCRC members Partner with Samaritan's Purse for Operation Christmas Child Shoe Boxes
DLCRC members Partner with Samaritan's Purse for Operation Christmas Child Shoe Boxes
 
Members packed over 80 shoe boxes.
 
We packed over 80 shoeboxes! Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes were brought to our meetings for distribution after the December 11th meeting.
 
Dentons Annual Day of the Dead Festival receives a donation from the Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club
Dentons Annual Day of the Dead Festival receives a donation from the Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club
 
Denton-Lake Cities Rotary proudly supports a Denton, Texas annual tradition with a $2,500 donation.
 
 
Denton's  Day of the Dead Festival is an inclusive, family-focused festival, celebrating culture and community, that pays homage to the many wonderful things the fall has to offer: the goodness of the harvest, the Dia de los Muertos holiday, and all things Halloween!
Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club Supports UNT Rotaract Club
Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club Supports UNT Rotaract Club
 
The Rotary Club of Denton Lake Cities proudly supports the UNT Rotaract Club with a $500 Donation.
 
 
Rotaract is for young professionals between the ages of 21 and 35. Rotaract clubs hold formal meetings in person or virtually, usually every two weeks, that feature speakers, special outings, social activities, discussions, or visits to other clubs. Club members gather for service project work, social events, or professional/leadership development workshops on designated days.
Denton-Lake City Rotary Members volunteer at Denton-Lake Cities Chamber event
Denton-Lake City Rotary Members volunteer at Denton-Lake Cities Chamber event
 
 
DLCRC members volunteered for the Rolling into Fall 2024 at the Lake Cities Chamber of Commerce Bicycle Rally, on September 28th
 
 
 
Rotary members from Denton—Lake Cities Rotary, a morning club, supported the Lake Cities Chamber of Commerce in its Rolling into Fall Bike Rally on Saturday, September 28th. Denton—Lake Cities Rotary volunteered to donate their time and talent to assure riders had a fun and safe ride regardless of whether they were doing the 40, 30, 20, or 10-mile routes. In addition to our volunteers, our club joined organizations like Coserve as one of the event sponsors.
 
Meet our newest Member
Meet our newest Member
 
 
 
 
The Denton-Lake Cities Rotary club is happy to introduce newest member Wayne Hamit.
 
 
 
 
Wayne is a member of the SVI Technologies group in Corinth. He lives in Flower Mound, TX with his wife Waneta and family. Welcome to Rotary Wayne, you will be a wonderful asset to Rotary.
DLCRC recognizes its newest Paul Harris Fellows
DLCRC recognizes its newest Paul Harris Fellows
 
 
 
The Denton Lake Cities Rotary Club honors two very special people with Paul Harris Fellow recognition at their June 18, 2024 meeting.            
 
 
 
  
 
The Denton - Lake Cities morning club presented a Paul Harris Foundation Fellowship recognition to member Kelly Durbin. In Addition the club also recognized Russell Seymour who had a contribution to the Rotary Foundation made in his name for the many years he has volunteered his time (and truck) for our Flag program! Congratulations!
Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club awards scholarships to Fred Moore HS Interact Club students
Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club awards scholarships to Fred Moore HS Interact Club students
 
 
Six Fred Moore High School Interact Club seniors were awarded Scholarships from the Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club.
 
 
The following Fred Moore High School Interact Club students were awarded scholarships:
  • Adriana Victoria Ordaz is pursuing studies in Forensic Science at North Central Texas College
  • Ava Welch plans to study Medicine at North Central Texas College
  • Oliver Ortiz plans to study Electrical Systems at North Central Texas College.
  • Haley Deborah Bingaman will be studying Veterinary Technology at North Central Texas College
  • Kelee Marie Hamburg will be studying Animal Science at Texas A&M
  • Kimberly Moran will study Philosophy at North Central Texas College
Congratulations to all six Interact Club student recipients. The Scholarships were announced by DLCRC member Larry Tubbs at the May 21st Fred Moore High School Graduation ceremonies.
The Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club to Award Scholarships to qualified graduates at Lake Dallas and Fred Moore High Schools
The Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club to Award Scholarships to qualified graduates at Lake Dallas and Fred Moore High Schools
These Scholarships are for qualified class seniors from the DLCRC sponsored Interact Clubs at Lake Dallas High School and Fred Moore High School.
 
Interact clubs bring together young people ages 12-18 to develop leadership skills while discovering the power of Service Above Self. Interact Club members can connect with leaders in our community and around the world to:
  • Take action to make a difference in your school and community
  • Discover new cultures and promote international understanding
  • Become a leader in your school and community
  • Have fun and make new friends from around the world
Interact clubs organize at least two projects every year, one that helps their school or community and one that promotes international understanding. As sponsors DLCRC Rotarians mentor and guide Interactors as they carry out projects and develop leadership skills.
 
 
The Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club is also offering Scholarship Opportunities for the Senior Class members of the two high schools where the clubs sponsor Interact Clubs; Lake Dallas High School and Fred Moore High School. The Denton Lake Cities Rotary Club has been providing scholarship awards to graduating Seniors for years. We have given in excess $117,000 in awards over the past 13 plus years. The Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club Vocation Committee members perform extensive work and effort to select the deserving students. The funds for these scholarships come primarily from Denton-Lakes Cities Rotary Club Flag program.
 
Graduating Senior Class members of the Lake Dallas High School and Fred Moore High School can apply for the scholarships to be awarded at the Spring graduation ceremonies for each school. The club will also be awarding scholarships to selected graduating seniors at the Fall ceremonies. To apply for these scholarships, Interact Club member graduates from Fred Moore and Lake Dallas High Schools must obtain two letters of recommendation and complete the online application form by clicking here.
 
Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club recognizes 16 Club and Community Members with Paul Harris Fellows
Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club recognizes 16 Club and Community Members with Paul Harris Fellows
The highest form of recognition a Rotary Club can bestow is the Paul Harris Fellow.
 
The Paul Harris recipient goes above and beyond in serving our community through promoting change and understanding.
 
Several Paul Harris’ have been presented throughout our Club’s history to members and folks from various not-for-profit, community and business sectors. The Paul Harris Fellow Program was established by Rotary International in 1957 to show appreciation and recognize individuals who contribute, or have contributions made in their name, of $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation.
 
 
Meet our Newest Member
Meet our Newest Member
The Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club is pleased to welcome newest member Kelly Durbin. 
 
Congratulations Kelly! You have been chosen to membership in this Rotary Club because our members believe you to be a leader in your vocation and because you manifest those qualities of head and of heart to impart the message of Rotary to those with whom you come in contact.
Creating Young Minds
Creating Young Minds
The Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club invited guest speakers Dr. Shira Ackerman and Mathis Crowder to speak to us at our Dec. 6th meetng about Creating Young Minds.
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Club Executives & Directors
President
John Mackenzie
President Elect
Cathy Henderson
President Nominee
Patrick Smith
Treasurer
Darhyl Ramsey
Secretary
Alan Nelson
Community Service
Patrick Smith
Vocational Services
John Smyers
Club Service
Fritzi Francis
International Service
Allen Chick
Rotary Foundation
Gene Davenport
Membership
Shari Turner
Public Relations
Kathryn Langley
Immediate Past President
Dave Martin
Youth Services
Grady Ray
Flag Program
Harry Phillips
Flag Maintenance Director
Roger Lewis
Sergeant-at-Arms
Patrick Smith
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Denton-Lake Cities Rotary Club motto:
Small enough to Care, Big Enough to Make a Difference
Rotary is the world's oldest service club organization and our club (one of over 32,000 clubs worldwide) and its members are committed to service in the Denton, Corinth, Hickory Creek, Lake Cities and Shady Shores communities and internationally through various programs including those supporting our vocations and our youth. Rotary is a global network of 1.4 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.