Rotary Club of Houston

02/27/2026

Thanks for making the arrangements Monique Johnson Garner and volunteers Phil Hampton, Bob Baker, Brooke Thompson.

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12/22/2025

RCOH past president Karen Sotallaro with the 2025 Seven Blocks of Granite Champions.

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12/10/2025

TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT……Hilton Americas!!!! Stay tuned to see who will become the 52nd Lombardi award winner.

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09/02/2025

Join us on Thursday, September 4, 2025 to hear Dick Deguerin speak about Defending the Undefendable. His work is legendary.

Dick is a lawyer who got his start as an Assistant District Attorney in Houston in 1965, putting people in jail, but since 1968 has practiced criminal defense in Houston and around the country, getting people out of jail. In other words, he has fully recovered from being a prosecutor.

09/02/2025

Volunteer with us at Rise Against Hunger, Sep 20 🍜
Register: https://rotaryhouston.org/event/rise-against-hunger-6/

09/01/2025

Thank you to Monique Johnson-Garner, Harris Health System Manager of Volunteer Services for organizing our off site Rotary Club of Houston meeting. We heard from Melissa Prideaux, Population Health Supervisor, Food Farmacy Program. None of us had heard about this program and were amazed at the number of locations throughout

I’m sharing photos of her slides because i’m sure many Rotary Clubs and other organizations will want to invite both Monique and Melissa to share the info in person.
Then-we took a tour of LBJ Hospital and heard about their huge construction project.


Food Farmacy:

​The Food Farmacy Program ​at Harris Health is a unique food prescription program based on a holistic approach to improve the health of the community we serve.

An estimated 55% of the population in northeast Harris County — LBJ Hospital’s major service area — lives at or below the federal poverty level and more than 13,000 residents suffer daily from hunger. In fact, the U.S. Department of Agriculture considers the area a food desert, meaning the area suffers from a lack of access to healthy food options.

“Our patients face the unique healthcare burdens associated with poverty. They live in food deserts and lack the support needed to nurture and sustain healthy habits,” says Patricia Darnauer, executive vice president and administrator, LBJ Hospital, Harris Health.

The initial goal of the Food Farmacy Program was to address nutrition‐related diseases such as diabetes and hypertension by establishing a hospital-based food pharmacy where patients can receive 30 pounds of fresh produce every two weeks to help them develop healthy lifestyle changes. Food supplies will be filled by crops harvested from the hospital farm, the Houston Food Bank and other community partners.

The program features “walk-and-learn” sessions with patients by dietitians who teach participants about food selection and its effects on their health. The lessons are aligned with the culinary nutrition curriculum from UTHealth School of Public Health Nourish Program and provides patients with tools to prepare food they receive with consideration to cost, preparation time, taste, cultural sensitivity and their specific health condition. When patients successfully complete the program, they will receive a gift to help them continue their new healthy habits at home.usus

08/01/2025

Join the Harrisburg Rotary, Houston Heights Rotary & Rotary Club of Houston to hear Rotary District 5890 Governor, Tom Kelchner, present plans and answer your questions.

RSVP: https://rotaryhouston.org/event/dg-official-visit--harrisburg--heights-and-houston/

Aug. 07, 2025 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

07/24/2025

‘Service above self’ exemplified.

Thank you, Chief Thomas Muñoz and the Houston Fire Department for serving Houstonians everyday.

Learn more about upcoming speakers and events at https://rotaryhouston.org/events/calendar