{"id":4,"date":"2017-12-14T21:58:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T21:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taptrain.com\/rotary\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:16:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:16:22","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taptrain.com\/rotary\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/taptrain.com\/rotary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/whs-header-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/taptrain.com\/rotary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/whs-header-2.png 702w, https:\/\/taptrain.com\/rotary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/whs-header-2-768x328.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>News Update:<\/strong> The Ron Burton White Hat Society finished 2025 with a total of $9,235,000.00.\u00a0 That represents a gain of $1,960,000 for the calendar year.\u00a0Great Work Rotarians!\u00a0 The lead District this year was D-5890, the Houston area. Great thanks to Rotarian Jeff Matera of Marble Falls, Texas, for serving as WH Secretary again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PDG Bill Bryce was the inspirational co-founder of the White Hat Society at the Zone conference in Arizona in 2004. The name and policies of the White Hats were his creation. He and Sarah were the first donors to the White Hat Society, which has grown to $8,855,000 in support of the Rotary Foundation. From that small beginning, it has reached Rotarians in many Districts on five continents. Bill was an articulate, highly educated Governor whose ideas still inspire the Rotary World. Past District Governor William Delf Bryce of the Rotary Club of Georgetown, Texas, District 5870, died on 30 April at the age of 88. He was a good man.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\">The White Hat Society was formed in September 2004 at the Rotary Institute in Scottsdale, Arizona, to promote regular, significant, annual giving to the Rotary Foundation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-160\" src=\"https:\/\/taptrain.com\/rotary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ed-mullin.png\" alt=\"Ed Mulled, PhD.\" width=\"124\" height=\"173\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">PDG Ed Mullen<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-668 aligncenter\" style=\"align: center;\" src=\"https:\/\/taptrain.com\/rotary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/big-new-rotary-picture.jpg\" alt=\"J. Matera\" width=\"127\" height=\"165\" \/><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Jeff Matera<\/h5>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><u>The White Hat Society Contacts:<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Chair:\u00a0\u00a0PDG Ed Mullen,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ed.mullen@taptrain.com\">ed.mullen@taptrain.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Co-Founder:\u00a0\u00a0PDG Bill Bryce<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">White Hat Secretary:\u00a0 Jeff Matera, <a href=\"mailto:jmatera@zfhllc.com\">jmatera@zfhllc.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taptrain.com\/rotary\/2019\/02\/14\/press-release-small-society-big-hats\/\">Check out our latest Press Release!<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Update: The Ron Burton White Hat Society finished 2025 with a total of $9,235,000.00.\u00a0 That represents a gain of $1,960,000 for the calendar year.\u00a0Great Work Rotarians!\u00a0 The lead District this year was D-5890, the Houston area. Great thanks to Rotarian Jeff Matera of Marble Falls, Texas, for serving as WH Secretary again. PDG Bill [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Home - The White Hat Society<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/taptrain.com\/rotary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Home - The White Hat Society\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"News Update: The Ron Burton White Hat Society finished 2025 with a total of $9,235,000.00.\u00a0 That represents a gain of $1,960,000 for the calendar year.\u00a0Great Work Rotarians!\u00a0 The lead District this year was D-5890, the Houston area. 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