Rockdale Rotary Donation to Vision Historic Preservation
ROCKDALE, TX, SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 – Vision Historic Preservation Foundation was the guest presenter at the Rockdale Rotary Club lunch on Tuesday, September 28th.
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What is an E-Club? An E-Club is a full-fledged regular Rotary Club. We have a board and officers. We support the foundation, have local and global service projects, believe in the 4 way test, participate on the district level, and meet regularly. |
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End Polio Now Rotary Club of Flatonia met Oct 7th at Robert’s Steakhouse for a meeting and to bring awareness to World Polio Day Oct 24th. |
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Harker Heights 2nd Quarter Project Fundraiser The Rotary Club of Harker Heights (Satellite) is holding a Fundraiser at Chipotle in Harker Heights. |
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Rotary Participates in Navarro College Legacy Parade Corsicana Rotary Club participated in Navarro College 75 Anniversary Legacy Parade. Corsicana Rotary Club celebrates its 100 year anniversary along with other local businesses with legacy status. |
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Children's Museum Receive $16,000 check from Temple Rotary ’Incredible! Fantastic! Absolutely entertaining! High energy and audience engagement! Definitely a 5-Star evening.’ These are just a few of the words used to describe the Rotary Club of Temple’s fundraising evening, The Killer Dueling Pianos, held September 3 at the Cultural Activities Center in Temple,” said Rotary club president Rod Henry. |
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E-Club Mobile Food Drive During these days, there are folks who are really in need of food. Please help us gather nonperishable food and get it to the people who need it. Check your own pantries and see if you can share, ask your neighbors, co-workers, HOA, neighborhood, friends, and relatives and let’s get food to hungry people! |
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Flatonia Interact Club Serves to Change Lives With a Highway Clean Up On Thursday, 30 September 2021, The Flatonia High School Interact Club had a service project to clean up the frontage road north of I-10 between FM-609 and State Hwy 95 for the “Adopt-A-Highway” program. |
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Celebration of Life - September |
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Save the Date for Northwest Austin's October Social - "Pints for Polio" Let's get together in support of World Polio Day by joining together for a multi-club Pints for Polio event on Tuesday, October 26th! |
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Waco Habitat for Humanity Members of Waco Sunrise Rotary Club and Lake Brazos Rotary Club met with other volunteers to put up walls, frame the front porch, and wrap a Habitat House for a local Waco family. The home is just one of 7 planned by Waco Habitat for Humanity during 2021. |
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EAFK Student Orientation Sir Cass kicked off the beginning of EAFK at Jarrell Elementary and let the kids know how Knights use their armor. Jarrell Elementary is sponsored by the RC of Georgetown Sun City. |
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Tribute to A True Rotarian We had to say a final goodbye to John Burton Roberts who passed away September 4, 2021. John was a much loved member of the West Austin Rotary. |
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Grow Rotary Central Texas Challenge Your Membership Team is excited to announce the new “Grow Rotary Central Texas Challenge” for 2021-2022. The Challenge is designed to lead you to become a healthy and vibrant club, while attracting new members and engaging current members. Each level contains resources and tools to help you Grow Rotary! |
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October ... I SPY, the Governor's Where?
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DG Beverly Luedke's October Message SERVICE ABOVE SELF and the work of Rotary begins in the community. As we celebrate “Economic & Community Development Month” this October, let us all focus on the impact that we as Rotarians make throughout not only our own communities but the world. |
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Austin Southwest's Coats for Kids We are excited to continue our long tradition of collecting Coats for Kids Southwest in conjunction with the Travis County West Rural Center. The West Rural Center is a non-profit run by volunteers that supports the Travis County Community Center in Oak Hill. |
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Rotary Club of Harker Heights (Satellite) Pet Adoption Project The Rotary Club of Harker Heights-Satellite’s Rotary 2021-2022 1st Quarter Project was to conduct, for the 2nd Year in a row, a community involved project to raise funds and donations of pet supplies & money for the Harker Heights Pet Adoption Center. |
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What Is A Passport Club? In an effort to attract new members who may not be a fit for the traditional Rotary club and to bring back former Rotarians who have left due to financial, work, or family conflicts, Rl has created new club formats that will appeal across a wide range of interests and lifestyles, including the Passport Clubs. |
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Trifecta of Service for Austin Southwest Rotary Rotary Club of Austin-Southwest: August Gave Us a Chance at a Trifecta of Service. As the start of school approached this month, Austin-Southwest Rotary had not one but three opportunities for service and jumped on it. |
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Temple Hosts Killer Dueling Pianos “Incredible! Fantastic! Absolutely entertaining! High energy and audience engagement! Definitely a 5-Star evening!” |
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Work Day At Pecan Springs Members of the Rotary Cosmopolitan Club worked at Pecan Springs Elementary in East Austin last Saturday to create sensory paths designed by one of their members, David to calm down students as they walk the path when they are out of control. The various textures on the path redirect the brain waves and give the students a chance to refocus their emotions. |
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Marble Falls 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony On Saturday at 10am the Marble Falls Rotary commemorated its 19th Day of Remembrance Ceremony. Lorinda Peters, President of the Rotary Club of Marble Falls opened the ceremony. |
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Green Steps - Supporting the Environment with Butterfly Garden Rotarians Linda Tyler and Sophie Downs highlighted the importance of having a native plant butterfly garden during the September Rotary Meeting as an important way to support the environment. They are shown working in the Butterfly Garden at Pecan Springs. The garden was designed by Linda Tyler and planted by Rotarians and teachers. |
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Where Are My Lead Candidates Have you ever wondered why you haven’t received any Lead candidates from the D5870 Membership Chair? |
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RC of Temple's 100th Anniversary GreetingRotary Club of Temple celebrates their 100th Anniversary with a message for Central Texas Rotarians. |
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2020-21 Achievement Recognition District 5870 has been recognized for its outstanding support of the Rotary Foundation in Zone 25B. |
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District Governor Luedke Visits Marlin: Serve to Change Lives Rotary Club in Marlin welcomed Rotary International District 5870 Governor Beverly Luedke to its gathering on Wednesday, September 8, 2021. |
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Rotary Helping Abuse Victims Taylor Rotarian Regina Jo Carlson is leading the charge to collect new or gently-used luggage filled with hygiene items for victims of domestic abuse in an area shelter. |
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Early Act First Knight at Flatonia Elementary Sir Cass speaks to pre K-5th get ade students of Flatonia Elem. School about the 2021-2022 Early Act First Knight character education program. This is the sixth year that FISD has participated in this program, sponsored by Rotary Club of Flatonia. |
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Lakeway Lake Travis Fundraiser This will be the 21th ANNUAL CAR GIVEAWAY sponsored by the Rotary Club of Lakeway/Lake Travis. |
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Rotary Club to Honor Lives Lost on 9/11
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Lakeway/Lake Travis Annual Fundraiser This will be the 21th ANNUAL CAR GIVEAWAY sponsored by the Rotary Club of Lakeway/Lake Travis. The grand prize is a 2022 Cadillac CT4 Sedan or a XT4 SUV ! |
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Rotary Clubs Help Austin’s Pecan Springs Elementary Staff Work On Unique Learning Centers  The members of the University Area and Cosmopolitan Rotary clubs showed up on Saturday at Pecan Springs Workday along with students from Concordia. Everybody worked together to pull weeds in the butterfly gardens, create Sensory Paths and beautify the grounds to make learning outside fun! Service Above Self for our students in East Austin. |
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DG Beverly Luedke's September Message
As we Rotarians roll into September, Rotary International celebrates Basic Education and Literacy Month…..and as I see it, how appropriate since school is starting. District 5870 is very well known for all that we do to support our youth and their education. |
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September ... I SPY, the Governor's Where?
 Do you know where Beverly is? Hint, this place is near and dear to Rotary and District 5870. |
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Back to School and Back to EAFK Now that school has started again, the students in our EAFK schools are learning their character traits again and will soon be celebrating the honorees in school ceremonies. |
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Caldwell Club President Honored The Rotary Club of Caldwell Club President, Andrew Peters (Caldwell ISD Superintendent) was was chosen as the Texas A&M College of Education Human Development and Good Neighbor Partnerships Excellence in Action award winner. |
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Clean Water and Sanitation for Bilampi, Nicaragua_Project Update Aug 2021 We are pleased to share an update on the Community Water and Sanitation Project in Bilampi, Nicaragua. |
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Polio Plus Kick Off Our official kick off for Polio Plus was held at Bear King in Marble Falls on August 19th. |
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Where Are Our Lead Candidates?
Have you ever wondered why you haven’t received any Lead candidates from the D5870 Membership Chair? |
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Supporting The Rotary Foundation Thank you for supporting Rotary International/The Rotary Foundation (TRF)! Because of your dedication to Doing Good in the World and your donation to our Foundation, we achieved more in the last Rotary year (2020-2021) than ever before. Click photo to play video. |
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Why Support Polio Plus??
On Saturday, Oct 23rd 2021, the World should be Celebrating/ and creating even more awareness for Polio Plus!!! Why?!?!?! |
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Did You Guess Correctly? Thank you all who have participated in the first two months of "Where's the Gov?" |
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Discover New Horizons Make plans now to attend the 2022 Rotary International Convention, June 4-8, 2022 in Houston, Texas and "DISCOVER NEW HORIZONS!". |
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Waco Rotarians making a wish come true! Waco Rotarians making a wish come true! |
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Taylor Club Hosting Drive-Through Dinner The Rotary Club of Taylor will host its annual Chicken-fried Steak fundraiser on Tuesday, Oct. 12, to raise money for local projects. |
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Trifecta of Service for Austin Southwest Rotary As the start of school approached this month, Austin-Southwest Rotary had not one but three opportunities for service and jumped on it. |
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Attorney & Youth Social Services Professional Needed!
The Youth Services Committee of District 5870 is committed to protecting the youth of our district in the various programs that we sponsor. |
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New Rotary Year, New Public Image Challenge We are excited to announce the rollout of our new Public Image Super-Star Challenge ! The Super-Star Challenge was designed to help Clubs increase their public image skill set. The more you promote your Club, the better the chances are at increasing your membership. It is a win-win all around! |
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Limited Time Offer
District 5870 is offering the following to any Rotarian who is already a Paul Harris Fellow but not yet a Paul Harris Fellow +8: Using a pool of Foundation Recognition Points, we will match contributions of new cash made to the Annual Fund-SHARE during Rotary Year 2012-21 on a 1-to-1 basis in amounts of $250 to $500 for any active Rotarian in District 5870 who is not yet a Paul Harris Fellow +8. Please note: These matches are limited to one per donor and will be processed on a first come, first served basis. |
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Meet Brooke Reaves – D5870 Global Grant Scholar Brooke has been selected as one of three Global Grant Scholars this year from District 5870. |
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Celebrate World Polio Day on October 24th!!!! World Polio is October 24, 2021. As World Polio Day, October 24th, approaches, all District 5870 clubs should be planning a way to celebrate the SUCCESS of Rotary International and its fight to eradicate Polio from the face of the earth. |
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Marlin Rotary Welcomes New Year, New President Justin Hay is a person of action. He has been a Rotarian since 2008. |
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Meet Vocational Winner, Alan Reyes Gonzalez Congratulations to Alan Reyes Gonzalez who was awarded a Vocational Scholarship for 2021-2022! "To me this scholarship means that I don’t have to worry as much about not being able to continue paying for my education". He was sponsored by the Rotary E-Club of Central Texas. |
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Green Steps Green Steps committee of Rotary E-Club has individual service projects and challenges around Supporting the environment for members each month. |
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Meet Vocational Scholar Winner, Alejandra Garrido
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Meet Vocational Scholarship Winner - Alex Congratulations to Alex Fahrenthold who was awarded a Vocational Scholarship for 2021-22. He was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Bastrop County. " Welding has been something I have been passionate about since I was 13, and getting this scholarship will allow me to pursue my dream of being a professional welder. I am incredibly thankful for this opportunity and I highly encourage others to pursue this opportunity as well. |
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Selection for 2023-24 Rotary President
Gordon R. McInally, a member of the Rotary Club of South Queensferry, Lothian, Scotland, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International for 2023-24. He will be declared the president-nominee on 1 October if no challenging candidates have been suggested. McInally lauded Rotary’s ability to adapt technologically during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the approach should continue and be combined with the best of our past practices as Rotary seeks to grow and increase engagement. |
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Vocation Scholarship-Jared Morgan Jared Morgan received Vocational Scholarship Rotary Club of Corsicana This scholarship is allowing me to follow my interest in assisting people in their personal security at TSTC of Waco. |
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Celebration of Life - for July |
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Rotaract BBQ & Pool Party Calling all Rotaract students! You are invited to join us on September 19 at 4PM for a pool party and bbq to cool off, eat, and meet your fellow Rotaractors in central Texas. Engage, collaborate, and learn how your district can support you! RSVP: to Serita Lacasse (512) 470-3943 or serita.lacasse@gmail.com |
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Take The Lead In professions where there is a constant need to keep existing customers and to add new customers, the generation of new LEADS is a critical factor in finding new customers. |
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Membership Seminar - August 28 Join us on August 28th at 9:30AM-12:30PM for a Virtual Membership Training Seminar! All Rotarians are welcome to come and learn the newest and greatest trends in attracting, engaging and retaining members. |
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August ... I SPY, the Governor’s Where???? Do you know where Beverly is? Hint, this place is near and dear to Rotary and District 5870. |
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District Governor Beverly's August Message
There is definitely excitement in the air……my District wide tour of clubs has begun and Rotarians are extremely excited to be getting back together. As we celebrate Membership & New Club Development Month there are lots of plans being made for service in communities throughout the District and this is AWESOME. |
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Foundation Seminar - August 28 Mark your calendar for the Foundation Virtual Traning Seminar that will be held on Saturday, August 28, 2021 at 9:30AM to 12:30PM. Whether you are a multi-year experienced Foundation Chair or new to the job, there will be something for you. Open to all Rotarians! |
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Public Image Training - August 21 Join us for our Public Image Virtual Training Seminar on Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 9:00AM to 12:00PM. Open to all Rotarains! We encourage Clubs to have at least one member attend the training. |
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Central Texas HOTTEST Golf Tournament a Tremendous Success Waco Sunrise Rotary Club held its 19th Annual Golf Tournament on July 15th at Bear Ridge Golf Club in Waco. |
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Meet Vocational Scholar - Jenne Ognibene Congratulations to Jenne Ognibene who was awarded a Vocational Scholarship for 2021-2022. |
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Bat Cruise with the Flexibility, Friendly, Fun Rotary E-club Family. All Rotarians and Friends are invited to join the EClub Rotary Family to see the bats on September 30. |
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Feed the Need Food insecurity is a nationwide epidemic. |
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Rotary Excellence in Leadership Workshop Rotary Excellence in Leadership Workshop for District 5870 - Rotary Clubs of Temple-South and Temple |
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Meet Vocational Scholarship Winner- Grant Congratulations to Grant Barta who was awarded a Vocational Scholarship for 2021-2022. "This scholarship will greatly help me advance myself in education of linework, but also help ensure that everyone who relies on electricity is taken care of." |
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KNOW A GREAT SPEAKER? NEED A GREAT SPEAKER? Then the Rotary Speakers’ Bureau is for you. |
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West Austin Still Making An Impact The Rotary Club of West Austin (RCWA) has traditionally (for probably at least two decades) done a major charitable activity each December called the Christmas Shopping Spree. Well, that was what we had hoped would happen this year, but the pandemic disrupted our event. |
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Meet Vocational Scholarship Winner - Amelia Congratulations to Ameila Thomason who was awarded a Vocational Scholarship for 2021-2022. “This scholarship is a blessing and a reminder that the community cares. It provides me with the ability to have more support and an to focus more on my educational goal.”, said Amelia. |
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Waco Rotary Awards Scholarships The Waco Rotary Club Scholarship was recently awarded to 2 students: Megan McClung and Kathryn Smith. |
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Rotary Foundation Efforts Underweigh Last fall the Rotary Foundation team started preparing for the 2021-22 year. |
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Introducing the District Community Service Team When one endeavors to participate in service, they experience a number of benefits. Serving others generates, a stronger sense of purpose and elevated meaning in life, improved mental and physical well-being and increased emotional intelligence, formation of higher developed and more resilient social bonds, and an increased sense of meaningfulness to name just a few. |
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Rotary Recycles The Rotary Club of Marble Falls hosted an Electronics Recycling Fundraiser Thursday, June 17th thru Saturday, June 19th. We had a great turn out by the community who brought everything from mouses and monitors to cables and components to be boxes up and recycled. |
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Marlin: Rise Against Hunger Event Meals Have Shipped! We are delighted to announce that the meals from Rotary Club of Marlin and Rise Against Hunger Experience on 3/13/2021 have been shipped in a container totaling 285,120 meals from the Rise Against Hunger Houston warehouse. |
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Rotary Club of Bastrop County events on July 4th and Labor Day holiday events including “Lost Pines BBQ Showdown” Our Rotary Club of Bastrop County will be involved in events on July 4th and Labor Day events which have several purposes including raising the visibility/awareness and illustrating the relevance of our Rotary Club as well as Rotary in our community. |
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Bosque County Night Golf Tournament Our only fundraiser this year for scholarships was a great success thanks to our Sponsors, club members , Adam Willmann our President and Donors! We gave out $18,000 in scholarships to seniors in Bosque County schools. |
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The Rotary of Cedar Park-Leander Participates in Guinness World Record As part of an effort to advance the awareness for the needs of families within the Cedar Park Community, Reveal Resources Center in January 2020 began helping families meet their diaper needs, and in partnership with the Austin Diaper Bank receives 6,000 diapers a month to serve approximately 240 babies each month. |
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Feeding Friends In Need Moss Rose Community Center is in the heart of Killeen’s low income housing area. |
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Wilsonart Keeps Rolling with Rotary Books For The World For the past seven years, Wilsonart, LLC (“Wilsonart”), the Temple Rotary Club, the Temple Public Library, the Temple Independent School District (“TISD”), and the Belton Independent School District (“BISD”) have literally been taking all of us to school. |
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Full House in South Austin President Simon Garza presiding over the first in person regular South Austin Rotary meeting since the pandemic shut us down. We were back at the Red Robin with our attentive waiter Josh. |
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D5870 Membership Goals 2021-2022 1. Strong Membership Team with Mission, Vision and Goals 2. Lead a District wide effort for motivation through club sharing |
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Around the World with District 5870 ... I SPY, the Governor’s Where????
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Scholarships Awarded The Lakeway/Lake Travis Rotary club in partnership with the Ladies of Charity have announce their 2021 Scholarship Awards. |
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DG Beverly Luedke's Message for July
“Serve and Change Lives”…..these four words could not represent Rotary better and Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta could not have chosen a better Theme for 2021-22. |
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Rotary Clubs Join Forces To Build A Wheelchair Ramp The Rotary Club of Austin-Southwest and the Rotary Club of South Austin and friends worked together in the heat this past week to build a wheelchair ramp for a disabled gentleman who desperately needed it to leave his home. |
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Making our Military Feel Special The Rotary Clubs of Austin and Killeen gave the Alvarado military family from Ft. Hood a complimentary weekend in Austin. The Killeen Rotary arranged a rent car through Toyota and gave the family spending money. |
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Taylor Rotarian Clears 50-years With Perfect Attendance The Rotary Club of Taylor and Congressman John Carter’s office recognized Dennis Richter for 50 years of perfect attendance at the Rotary Club of Taylor’s meeting on June 3. |
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DG Rick Stacy's Message for June
Rotarians: As we enter into the last month of the Rotary Year, I pause to reflect on the past eleven months and the whirlwind we all experienced. The year for me began on our patio. There on a windy June day, I was sworn in to be District Governor of 5870. |
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Zoom Series - SPECIAL End of Year Episode The Staying Connected Zoom Series is Back! Join us for a SPECIAL End-of-Year episode on Friday, June 25th at 12PM. Our special guest is 2021-2022 Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta will join us from India! Registration is required to receive zoom link. |
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Terry Stracke Awarded Rotary International Legacy Award The Rotary Club of Marble Falls would like to Congratulate Mark and Terry Stracke on being awarded the Rotary International Legacy Award and Thank them for their One Million Dollar Legacy Donation. |
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Rotovinos Return For 8,000 years humans have been enjoying wine. On May 23rd, Rotovinos continued that tradition as we gathered at the beautiful home of President Tina and Dan Ady |
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Book Bundles To Palo Alto Middle School Students On April 30th, Killeen Heights Rotarians and the staff at Palo Alto Middle School, in Killeen, Tx, teamed up to wrap, label and present a book bundle to some outstanding students hand picked by the principal. |
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Installing Little Free Library On Friday, May 21st Killeen Heights #RotariansAtWork installed our first Free Little Library at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Texas 703 N 8th St, Killeen, TX 76541. Each child will get a book to read, share and return for a new one. Rotary is changing lives one book, one day, one child at a time. |
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Marlin Rotary Club Membership Growth Top Performer District 5870 Membership Growth Top Performer award presented to Rotary Club of Marlin, Marilyn Martin, President. Presented by Richard Schneider on behalf of District 5870 Governor Rick Stacy in recognition of the club’s outstanding efforts on exceeding the District member growth goals in 2020-2021. |
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Marble Falls Daybreak Rotary 18th Annual Rotary Sporting Clay Shoot
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Austin Southwest Rotary Supports Book Fairs at Oak Hill and Patton Elementary Schools Austin SW Rotary Club donated $250 to both Oak Hill Elementary and Patton Elementary Schools for a "bank" for students who are unable to purchase books when the schools hold their Book Fairs. In that way, all students who want to purchase a book of their very own to take home, can do so. |
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Rotary Club of Austin Receives an RI Foundation Award The Rotary Club of Austin received an RI foundation award at the District Conference in recognition of over 1 million dollars donated to the foundation for educational and humanitarian missions. |
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Club Service Award 2021
At the Rotary District 5870 Conference of Clubs, there were four Rotary clubs honored by District Governor Rick Stacy for their Community partnership with Austin ISD and Pecan Springs Elementary in East Austin. These clubs were E Club of Central Texas, Austin Cosmopolitan, University Area Rotary and the Rotary Club of Austin. |
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Member Minutes The Lakeway/Lake Travis Rotary Club has recently launched its Member Minute program! A Member Minute is a short video interview of a Member who tells their Rotary story. |
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Taylor Awards $6K Scholarship Taylor Rotary Club President awarded the $6,000 Bunnell-Rotary Scholarship for 2021 to Sarah Vrabel, a graduate of Taylor High School. |
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7th Annual Flatonia Rotary Golf Tournament Saturday May 15th Flatonia Rotary Club had 18 teams playing great golf to support the many charitable events for the community. |
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Flatonia Interact Students Place Flags for Arm Forces Day Saturday May 15th the Interact Club Students place flags in the front of homes in Flatonia to honor Arm Forces Day. Interact helps with the flag program “Flags Over Flatonia”. |
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Beautifying Hutto While many were celebrating Star Wars Day on May 4th, Hutto Rotary was celebrating service. For 2 years, the Hutto Rotary Club has partnered with the Keep Hutto Beautiful Foundation & the City of Hutto to Adopt & keep clean the downtown streets in Hutto. |
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Rotary Club of Austin awards over $60,000 in college scholarships to local high school students This year , the Austin Rotary Scholarship committee spent months gathering applications from high school seniors pursuing further education. They were interviewed and selected and the committee chose thirteen students to receive a total of $60,750. |
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Top Ten Club Membership List
10. Challenges and problem areas have been identified. 9. Strategies to address challenges are in effect. 8. Club members reflect your community. |
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Striving for Racial Unity The story of this Rotary peace initiative begins shortly after the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., on August 9, 2014. A Rotarian by the name of Ron Swain recruited a group of Georgetown, Texas, citizens and asked, “What would we have to do to ensure that this doesn’t happen in our city?” |
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PDG John Salem Receives Service Above Self Award Congratulations to PDG John Salemfrom Marble Falls for receicing the 2020-21 Rotary International ServiceAbove Self Award! |
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Congratulations Public Image All-Star Winners Congratulations to the following Clubs for completing all 5 levels of the Public Image All-Star Challenge: Austin, Austin Cosmopolitan, Bastrop County, Hutto, Lakeway/Lake Travis, E-Club, Killeen Heights, South Austin, Marble Falls and Taylor. |
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DG Rick Stacy's May Message
“HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY ROTARY CLUB of ……..!” What? 100 years old? Are you kidding me? District 5870 not only has one Rotary Club celebrating it’s 100 Year Anniversary – we have FIVE! |
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Rotary Marks 100 Years in Taylor Dignitaries and Rotarians from around the area joined in the party on Saturday, May 1, to celebrate the Rotary Club of Taylor’s first 100 years in the community. |
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Caldwell Rotary offers Free Rabies Clinic On Tuesday, May 4, 2021, the Caldwell Rotary Club and the Texas A&M College of Veterinary of Medicine worked collaboratively to offer a free rabies clinic. The event was held at the Burleson County Fairgrounds from 3pm to 7pm. 80+ dogs and cats from the community were vaccinated at no cost to the owner. |
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Selection of District Governor Nominee It is my distinct honor and privilege to formally announce that Bob Crouch of the Rotary Club of Killeen Heights is now officially our District Governor Nominee and will serve as our Governor for Rotary Year 2023-2024. Bob is a great Rotarian and good friend who I know to be exceptionally well prepared for the job! Please join me in congratulating Bob on his selection as our 109th District Governor. |
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Introducing Texas Hill Country Passport Club!
After more than nine months of recruiting, the new Texas Hill Country Rotary Passport Club acquired the necessary number of charter members (20-plus). We had 22 total charter members in our application) when we submitted it to Rotary International two weeks ago. We have been greatly assisted in this process by the leadership of the recently chartered North Austin Metro Rotary Passport Club (first Passport club in the district) and District Governor Rick Stacy and Monique Hodges, Corsicana Rotary, both of them members of the District 5870 New Membership Task Force. |
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Belton Centennial Celebration You're invited to attend the Rotary Club of Belton's Centennial Celebration! |
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“BBQ Festival Event” in Bastrop 2021 by Rotary Club of Bastrop County
The Rotary Club of Bastrop County plans to host a BBQ Festival Event in on Sep 3-5, 2021. This includes a “sanctioned BBQ competition, fundraising, Fun, and Information event” with goals of having a major event in Bastrop, raising funds (primarily for local organizations and projects), fun, and information activities. |
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Marlin Rotary Club Co-Hosts National Remembering Our
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Rotary to Honor Top Grads
Taylor Rotary Club will recognize the top 10% of local graduates and award its scholarship at the Rotary Scholars Banquet on Monday, May 10. |
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Flatonia Pool House Storage Shed Flatonia President Larry Haas and President-Elect Gerald Freytag, on Thursday. April 22 removed the old roof and decking, replaced rotted supports and replaced old facia with hardie board siding. The City of Flatonia pool storage building will be another service project that will help the community. |
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Donation to Community First After the Rotary Club of Austin heard from Alan Graham, the founder of Mobile Loaves & Fishes and Community First, our club learned that the residents love to watch DVDs so our club purchased a variety of movies to donate to the Community First lending library. |
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SUPER FOR THE SOUP KITCHEN!! SOUTH AUSTIN Rotary club member Mickie Powers happily smiling after purchasing a month’s supply of disposable plates to serve meals at the soup kitchen that the club, as well as individual club members, have generously supported. |
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Golf Tournament Huge Success The Rotary Club of Taylor on April 9 was a huge success. Thanks to organizing Rotarians Ryan Stiba and Austin Brown, the Club has more money to spend on its Rotary Scholars Banquet, scholarships and community projects. |
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Cluster Meetings On April 9th, Killeen Heights Rotary held our 2nd round of CLUSTER MEETINGS. Rotarians gathered at 5 socially distant, COVID-19 mindful locations for breakfast, fellowship & networking. |
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Service Above Self: 2021 Youth Citizenship Awards
Twenty-one high school seniors in McLennan County are being recognized for their volunteerism and service in the 41th annual Youth Citizenship Awards sponsored by the Rotary Club of Waco and the Tribune-Herald. The students are usually honored at a spring luncheon held by the Rotary Club, but for the second year COVID-19 is limiting recognition to a socially distanced award presentation. They will be recognized at a drive-thru reception Monday at the Lions Den. |
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DG Rick Stacy Poolside Chat with Grandson Nolan About the Kalahari Adventure District Governor Rick Stacy interviews grandson Nolan about the KALAHARI ADVENTURE. He has experienced Kalahari first-hand and wants to share his take on the venue. Must watch! don't miss out on all the fun to be had at DISTRICT CONFERENCE MULTI-EVENT BASH on May 14-16! Click image to play video. To register: https://bit.ly/3rnuA8g |
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Congratulations to District 5870’s Newest Rotary Club District Governor Rick Stacy is pleased to announce the formation of District 5870’s newest Rotary Club, the Austin North Metro Passport Club. This initiative is one of the goals he announced early In the Rotary year to address the declining member base in District 5870. |
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Planting Trees in Whose Shade We Will Never Sit, But Someone Will Austin Southwest Rotary held a workday at the Will Hampton Library in Southwest Austin in March. In the past, the Club put in a trailhead, prepared a Learning Tree area for outdoor classes and maintains a gazebo at the Library built by a club member, Ross Baldwin. These projects were initiated as the Club’s Centennial project when Rotary International celebrated its 100th anniversary sixteen years ago. |
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Books For Palo Alto Middle School On March 26th, Killeen Heights Rotarians met at Palo Alto Middle School, in Killeen, to sort, inventory, label, and shelve books for the school. This is the final component of our DAP Grant project for the 2020-2021 Rotary year. |
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Rotary Club of La Grange Builds Garden Beds Several La Grange Rotarians were hard at work constructing raised garden beds for The garden beds will be used to grow fresh, healthy foods for local families in the WIC program. |
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Butterfly garden at Pecan Springs Elementary The Rotary E Club and the staff at Austin’s Pecan Springs Elementary are creative a butterfly garden for the students. The classes have painted cinder blocks for the borders and will plant and maintain plants that attract butterflies and enhance the beauty of the school grounds.what an exciting partnership project. |
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Killeen Heights Spring Classic Thank you players and sponsors for making Killeen Heights Rotary’s March 5th Spring Classic a success! This event raised over $25,000 for scholarships and service projects in our community! |
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Killeen Heights Investing in Kids Future The Killeen Heights Rotary service project on March 13th, included constructing four Little Free Libraries. Next, the children of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Texas will paint 🎨 the libraries and fill with new books. The Free Libraries and books  project is an investment in our most precious resource...our children. |
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District Assembly, April 10th features Toastmater World Champion Mike Carr, 2020 Toastmasters World Champion, will be the featured speaker at the upcoming District Assembly and Leadership Training event on Saturday, April 10th. The event will be held virtually and will begin at 8:30 am and concluding with the featured speaker at 12 noon. |
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Join Austin Cosmo in Building Their Library Bus The Austin Cosmo club is thrilled to announce the beginning of an incredible, global project. The building of a library bus (bibliobus) in partnership with the Rotary Club of Tsimbaroa in Antananrivo, Madagascar. |
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Marlin Rotary & Rise Against Hunger: End Hunger by 2030 Rotary International, which comprises more than 35,000 clubs with 1.2 million members in 200 countries and geographic regions, was big enough to be a major partner in the eradication of polio, the largest health initiative ever undertaken! |
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Celebrate 100 Years of Rotary in Taylor The Rotary Club of Taylor invites the community, especially those interested in service to their community, to its 100th anniversary celebration on Saturday, May 1.They plan to put its motto, “Service Above Self,” into action to celebrate its 100th anniversary. |
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Rotary Club of Marble Falls - Pizza in the Park
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Teams Ready to Tee-Off! Rotary Club of Taylor is ready to celebrate spring by getting golfers on the green. “Our annual golf tournament helps us support students and community projects all year long,” Club President Regina Carlson said. “We hope after the year we’ve had that golfers and the community are ready to get outside and play.” |
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CAC Stuffed Animal and Snack Drive The Rotary Club of La Grange recently held a stuffed animal and snack drive for the Children's Advocacy Center Serving Bastrop, Lee, and Fayette Counties. The Center provides Forensic Interviews, Victim Advocacy, Therapeutic Services and facilitation free of charge. The Center was in need of new stuffed animals to give to kids who are coming to be interviewed to see if they have experienced some form of abuse. A cuddly friend sometimes helps to make that journey easier, and hopefully less traumatic. |
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Northwest Austin Prepares Fit Kits Twelve Members of the Rotary Club of Northwest Austin, including PDG Jim Henry, assembled on Monday afternoon, March 8, at Springwoods Park in Northwest Austin, to prepare 21 FiT Kits for distribution at two Round Rock ISD schools. Josh Reeley, Vice President of Youth Services for the Rotary Club of Northwest Austin, organized the effort, funded by a District 5870 DAP Grant. |
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DG Rick Stacy's March Message
Fellow Rotarians: I hope that this Newsletter finds you all in good health and good spirits. The winter storm was a devasting event. Texas suffered greatly with loss of lives, infrastructure damage, personal property damage, and just a general interruption to our already interrupted Covid affected lives. Texas Governor Abbott has declared all of the 23 counties in our Rotary District “disaster area”. So, in the midst of searching out Covid vaccinations and keeping safe distances, Mother Nature gives us one more hurdle to climb. This leads us back to Rotary……. |
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Austin Cosmopolitan Rotary Club Joins Forces with RC of Adana Guney, Turkey On February 13, the Austin Cosmopolitan Rotary Club expanded their global reach by partnering with the Rotary Club of Adana Guney, Turkey as twin clubs. Twin clubs, or sister clubs, are two clubs from different countries that form a long-term relationship to promote international understanding and goodwill and carry out service projects in their communities. To participate in this partnership, sign up for the Cosmo newsletter: austincrc.org |
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District Membership Forum Your District Membership Team will be hosting a Membership Forum on Saturday, 27 March 2021 from 9:30-11:30 AM via Zoom. We will be sharing ideas on how to be a healthy club with engaged members and creative and flexible meetings and projects. Click to register. |
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Memorial Service - PDG Clift Price
Fellow Rotarians: We announced last week of the passing of PDG Clift Price. He was such a great person and great Rotarian. There will be a virtual public memorial service in his honor at 3PM on Saturday, March 6, 2021. The link and livestream will be available at tumcaustin.church/funerals . There would be no better way to honor his contribution to Rotary than to show our respect and support for his family by participating. To really appreciate PDG Clift Price's long, varied, and accomplished legacy, please take time to read his full Obituary at this link: https://legcy.co/2PizTI2 |
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“Snow-vid 2021” Food Needs Met with Help of Austin Southwest Rotary
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Register Early for District Conference Multi-Event Bash Come join us in celebration at our Multi-Event Bash on May 14-16 at the Kalahari Resorts & Hotel in Round Rock, TX. We are taking a full year of missed opportunities and consolidating into one big weekend of ROTARY FUN!! This is a family fun event .. so bring your kids and the grandkids! |
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Killeen Heights Spring Classic We invite you to join us for the "Rotary Club of Killeen Heights Spring Classic" Golf Event March 5, 2021 at 9am at Stonetree Golf Club, Killeen to support vocational grants, scholarships and service projects in our community. For player Registration or Sponsorships visit: www.khrspringclassic.com or contact Daniel Hall at dhall@bgctx.org |
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Delivering Meals and Gratitude for our Health Care Workers The Rotary Club of Lakeway/Lake Travis has been busy this month with delivery of meals and food coupons to all hospital and clinic staff to acknowledge the dedication and heroism of these frontline health care workers.. not only during COVID but also during our ice storm last week. |
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Rotary Club of Pflugerville Assists With Water Distribution On Friday, Feb 19, the city of Pflugerville reached out from its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to its Rotary Club. FEMA would deliver 7000 cases of water to be distributed. Could the Club provide volunteers to assist with the distribution? |
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Shiner Rotary Donation to Anna's Angels The Shiner Rotary Club was honored to have had the opportunity to donate to Anna’s Angels this past Christmas season. Anna’s Angels help with the needs of many local families at Christmas time. |
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Love and Support for Our Teachers The Rotary Club of Austin put up these hero signs at our three EAFK sponsored elementary schools in Austin ( Pecan Springs, Dawson, Hart) to remind the teachers that we know they are essential workers and that we value the important work they are doing for our kids. |
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Rotary Club Plans Service Fair
The Rotary Club of Taylor plans to put its motto, “Service Above Self,” into action to celebrate its 100th anniversary. |
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District Governor Rick Stacy's February Message
Is there something standing between you and Rotary? Is that Rotary mojo you had a year ago dwindling or gone? Are you torn between being safe and being isolated? Are you frustrated with the knowing there is a vaccine waiting for you, you just don’t know when or where it is? Are you missing the friendships and fellowship that comes with being active in your Rotary club? Well, join the club friend, I am in the same boat with you! |
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Leonard McGowan Receives PHF
The presentation of Paul Harris Fellow (PHF) Recognition is The Rotary Foundation’s way of expressing its appreciation for a substantial contribution to its humanitarian and educational programs. It is named for founder Paul Harris, a Chicago Lawyer who began Rotary International with three business associates in 1905. |
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Stage #1 of DAP Grant Complete On January 30th, eleven Killeen Heights Rotarians and volunteers completed the first component of our DAP grant for the year: |
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Rotary Theme 2021-2022 President-elect Shekhar Mehta encourages members to be changemakers and announces his theme for the 2021-2022 Rotary year, Serve to Change Lives. Learn more: http://on.rotary.org/3j6bVuc |
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Austin-Southwest Rotary Rises Early to Help Fight Hunger
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Rotary Covid Style
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Rotary E-Club of Central Texas Gives Away Trees Rotary E-Club of Central Texas gave away 520 Virginia Pine Tree seedlings as an effort to help save our world. Club members gave Virginia Pine seedlings to anyone who would care for them at locations in Austin and Bastrop. |
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Bastrop County Club Donates to Feed Hungry Kids
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District Member Orientation The District Membership Team will be holding a quarterly District Membership Orientation, on Monday February 1, 2021 6:30PM to 7:30PM CST on Zoom. It's open to all new Rotarians as well as anyone who just wants a refresher of Rotary. Please share this training with your members. Must register to receive Zoom link. The orientation is not a replacement for the Club Membership Orientation but serves as a way to bring together all of our new members to the District and offer a background of Rotary along with providing an introduction to the District organizational structure and operations. Please register here |
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Breakfast with Santa - Sun City Rotary, Georgetown Breakfast with Santa looked a little different this year due to COVID but the Grinch couldn't foil our plans. |
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Introducing A New Resource For Clubs Introducing a NEW RESOURCE for Clubs… the Content Creation Team! This Team is here to help your Club with any of the following:
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Save the Date for "Multi-Event" Bash Let's party like it's .... 2019! MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW for our "Multi-Event Bash" on May 14-16, 2021 at the Kalahari Resorts & Conventions in Round Rock Texas. You won't want to miss this party!! We are consolidating a year full of missed opportunities in to ONE BIG WEEKEND BASH. Foundation Dinner & Conference of Clubs & being back together. More details coming soon. |
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Clubs Join Together For Ramp Project The Rotary Clubs of Austin-Southwest and South Austin joined forces to build a 54-foot wheelchair ramp in conjunction with Texas Ramp Project of Travis County. |
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Southwest Travis County “Coats for Kids”
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Mid-Year Public Image Booster Training Save the date of Saturday, January 23rd from 9AM-12PM for our Virtual Mid-Year Public Image Booster Training. This is a free event and open to all Rotarians. Click here to register. |
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Christmas For Children Members of the Rotary E-Club of Central Texas delivered toys and games to CASA in Bastrop and Nancy Keck gave to VFW. |
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South Austin Ends The Year With Service SOUTH AUSTIN Rotary club got together for their annual project of putting together dignity bags for people who are living homeless. |
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Register for Grants Management Training Seminar Our first Grants Management Training Seminar will be held on Saturday, January 16, 2021 on Zoom. Both the 3hr and 1hr sessions are available. This is a free event however you must register to receive the Zoom link. Click to register. |
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La Grange Rotary Spreads Holiday Cheer The Rotary Club of La Grange has been busy spreading some holiday cheer! They collected gifts and almost $2000 in monetary donations from members for the Fayette County Child Welfare Board. These gifts will go to local children currently in foster care or in placements with family members. |
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Global Grant Scholarship
The Global Grant Scholarship Committee chaired by Katherine Logue of the RC of Waco met in December to interview four candidates. Candidates came from the RC’s of Waco, Austin, and Killeen Heights. All candidates were very qualified. |
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Rotary Believes Peace Is Possible Each year, Rotary awards up to 130 fully funded fellowships for leaders from around the world to study at our peace centers to become peacemakers. Your club can nominate one of these leaders. |
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Caroling At Rosewood Retirement Community Monday, 14 December was absolutely a spectacular evening with 16 Killeen Heights Rotary Club members and 6 guests for a total of 22 participants caroling at the Rosewood Retirement Community for the 37 residents from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. |
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Wrapped Up In The Christmas Spirit
 Amidst a myriad of different Rotary Club activities, a Christmas parade is a new No. 1. The Marlin Christmas Parade 2020 theme was “Spirit Of Christmas.” |
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District "Rise Against Hunger" Service Project Calling all Rotarians!! Volunteers are needed for the District "Rise Against Hunger" Service Project on February 20, 2021 in Marlin at the Marlin Men’s Association Building. |
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DG Rick Stacy's December Message
In my opinion, it is only fitting that December of each year, Rotary designates as Disease Prevention and Treatment Month. What our organization does for humanity is a gift indeed. A gift of life to so many. To many more, a gift of improved quality of life and less suffering for those that need our help the most. We believe strongly that good health care is a basic right for everyone. It is estimated that over 400 million in the world can’t afford or don’t have access to basic health care. |
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Zoom Series * Special Holiday Connection Please join us: Friday, December 11th at 4pm for our Virtual District Wide Holiday Party... come festive and ready to laugh, have some fun, and get into the Holiday Spirit! |
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All-Star Challenge Level One Calling all Public Image ROCKSTARS!! The first level of the PUBLIC IMAGE ALL-STAR CHALLENGE is all about strengthening your Club brand. For Level 1 - submit your Club's Rotary Master Branded Logo (most of you already have this) and a Club #Hashtag. |
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The Importance of Rotary's Visual Identity Some brands are recognized around the world just by their logos. When people see the logo, they instantly know what it means and what to expect from the product. Building that kind of visual recognition requires effort, including years of using a logo widely and consistently. Companies work at this because earning that global recognition benefits their business. |
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Interact Club of Leander High School Congratulations to the Rotary Club of Cedar Park-Leander for sponsoring the new Interact Club of Leander High School! |
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Austin SW Rotary Collects 350 books for Street Books ATX Street Books ATX serves people who cannot frequent libraries easily. Patrick Crowley, director, takes his mobile unit to places people have a hard time checking out books. |
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Food For Moss Rose Shelter On Nov. 7th, some members of the Rotary Club of Killeen Heights met at a business in Downtown Killeen to assemble 54 breakfast bags which included fruit, water and a snack bar. |
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Satellite Club's Bunk Bed Build On November 20, 2020 Killeen Heights Rotary Satellite Club and Killeen Heights Rotary Club participated in the Satellite Club’s 2nd Bunk Bed Build. |
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Wreaths For Vets On November 21, 2020, the Rotary Club of Killeen Heights participated in the Wreaths For Vets event preparing more than 11,000 wreaths alongside hundreds of volunteers. |
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Veterans Day; We Remember On November 7, 2020, Killeen Heights Rotary Club teamed up with the Rotary Club of Geogetown at their “Field of Honor” 1,700 flag event at San Gabriel Park to honor our veterans, members of the military, and our first responders. |
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2020 Food For Families On November 20, 2020, the Killeen Heights Rotary Club held their annual 2020 FOOD FOR FAMILIES DRIVE from 6:30am to 6:00pm. Past President Jim Bondi presented a check donation of $2,176 to Food For Families/Food Care Center. |
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DAP Grant Project Changes Lives As we continue to move through this COVID-19 pandemic, our Rotary Club of Killeen Heights continues to make great contributions to our community through various Rotary service projects and initiatives. |
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Cedar Park-Leander Donates Car Rotary Club Cedar Park Leander donated a car to a single mom in their community!! It was presented by Moriah Eberhart during a charity event with Deb's Dream, Inc on Oct 24, 2020. |
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Austin NXNE Club Picnic  On Saturday, November 14, the NXNE Rotary Club members and families gathered at Northwest Park in North Austin. |
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A Green Porch Light for Vetetans, Please On the 11th day, of the 11th month, we pay a special tribute to our veterans—honoring those who served in every war since our nation was founded. |
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Thanksgiving Break FIT Kid Deliveries Northwest Austin Rotary making a difference this holiday by providing for all of the food needs for Families in Transition (FIT) kids in Pond Springs Elementary School for the Thanksgiving Break. |
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Bastrop County Veterans Transitional Housing Shelter and Support Project This project provides “Rotary Club of Bastrop County” support of the “In the Streets Hands Up High” program https://www.itshuh.org/. This valuable community services program provides support of people (including veterans) with challenges such as homelessness, addiction, food, and employment. |
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Volunteering at Central Texas Food Bank The Rotary Club of Austin made an impact volunteering at the Central Texas Food Bank. Members packed up 16,000 meals in record time! This was the perfect event to mask, glove and socially distance for the benefit of others! |
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Register Early for the Foundation Gala The registration for the Central Texas Foundation Gala on Saturday, February 13, 2021 at the Austin Marriott North in Round Rock is now open. Our guest speaker is , Past R.I. Director & The Rotary Foundation Trustee-Elect, Larry Lunsford. Tickets for the Foundation Gala $85. Table purchase is available (seats 6). To register: https://bit.ly/rotary5870 Click here for more details. |
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Rotary District 5870 Receives Top Award Way to go Rotarians!! We received the award winning Annual Fund and Total Giving Champ for 2019-2020 in Zone 25B and the highest percentage of EREY in the Zone and 12th out of 530 Districts in the World!! |
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Rotary Club of Austin Honors our everyday heroes in the Field of Honor Flag Event
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DG Rick Stacy's November Message District Governor Rick Stacy shares his November 2020 message. He talks the importance of Rotary Foundation. Click photo to play video. |
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Save the Date for Foundation Gala Mark your calendar for Saturday, February 13, 2021 at 7PM for our Central Texas Foundation Gala at the La Frontera Marriott in Round Rock. Registration opening soon! |
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It's Tamale Time In South Austin It's TAMALE TIME at Rotary Club of South Austin!! Order your Holiday Tamales NOW for delivery the weekend of Dec. 12th! For more information on all of the amazing projects that this fundraiser allows us to do year round & TO PLACE YOUR ORDER please visit https://southaustinrotary.com/page/tamales |
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Marlin Hosts 33 Tribute Towers Remembering Our Fallen Remembering Our Fallen is a photographic war memorial that honors our country’s military fallen from The War on Terror (9/11/2001 - Present). |
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Operation Stand Down Central Texas On October 24, 2020, Killeen Heights Rotary Club and Operation Stand Down Central Texas teamed up to assist homeless veterans and their families in the surrounding Central Texas community. |
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Killeen Heights Rotary Joins Forces To Fight Polio The Rotary Club of Killeen Heights and the Brick & Forge Taproom, Killeen’s newest restaurant, joined forces to raise funds in support of World Polio Day. The fundraiser was at the Brick & Forge Taproom, 2901 E Central Texas Expressway Killeen, on October 22nd, 4 pm – 8 pm. |
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Killeen Heights Rotary Cluster Meetings Killeen Heights Rotary Club holds 1st Cluster Meetings of the year. Rotarians gathered at 5 socially distant, COVID-19 mindful locations for breakfast, fellowship & networking with friends and new members. |
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Clubs Partner to Feed the Hunger The North by Northeast Rotary Club partnered with the E-Club for our Rise Against Huger project that we held on October 3rd at the Casa Chapala Mexican Restaurant in North Austin. We had 20 Rotarians from the North by Northeast Rotary Club (10), E-Club (4), Northwest Austin Club (4), Austin Club (2). |
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Saving Lives in Serbia through COVID Testing! Today, the country of Serbia has the highest COVID-19 rate of any of the seven Balkan countries along the Adriatic, west of the Balkan Mountains. With COVID cases surging in Europe to the west and Romania to the east, Serbia is in a precarious situation. |
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Taylor Fundraiser Exceeds Expectation Rotarians in Taylor sure were happy there were a lot of hungry people on Oct. 13 as their chicken fried steak fundraiser raised almost twice what they expected. |
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Restocking Shelves at the Killeen Food Center Killeen Heights Rotary Club, Ebony Todd and Morgan Matlock of the Killeen Heights Satellite Club meet up with other #RotariansAtWork to continue a partnership with the Killeen Food Care Center filling bags and restocking the shelves for local families in need. |
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Dawson Knighting Ceremony videoClick photo to play video |
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Helping Our Community IS "Walk In" Cool
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District Governor Rick Stacy's October Message |
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Take action for World Polio Day: 24 October Every year, Rotarians and Rotaractors across the globe mobilize for World Polio Day to raise awareness about eradicating polio for good. If we stay committed, polio will be the second human disease ever to be eradicated. |
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Front Line Nurses Get A "Much Needed" Surprise! The ICU nurses on the front line at the Dell Seton Hospital get a Big “Thank you” from the Rotary Club of Austin! |
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Pecan Springs EAFK service club students donate toys to Blue Santa Pecan Springs EAFK Service students with the help of the Rotary Club of Austin and Cosmopolitan Rotary collected over 200 toys in the Spring for a community project. |
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Census, Covid-19 Awareness & Prevention Project for the Rotary Club of SW Austin The Rotary Club of Austin-Southwest joined the Travis Co. Constables of Precinct 4 in SE Austin in a campaign to sign people up for the census and distribute PPE's and information about Covid-19. |
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Rotary Club of Marlin: People of Action
Rotary Club of Marlin held its initial meeting (adhering to social distancing and health requirements against the coronavirus pandemic) on July 1, 2020, presided by Dr. Marilyn Martin. |
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ALL IN this together! From local scholarships to COVID The Lakeway/Lake Travis Club is adapting to how they meet and how they serve the community in light this COVID era. The club continues to meet both in person and virtually, allowing for broader participation. |
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VULTURE Café - Preserve Planet Earth Project
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What is the Rotary Foundation
The Rotary Foundation is the charitable arm of Rotary International. It was founded in 1917 by Rotary's sixth president, Arch C. Klumph, as an endowment fund through which Rotarians could "do good in the world." It has grown from an initial contribution of $26.50 received from the Rotary Club of Kansas City to more than $4.4 billion in total assets. |
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South Austin Rotary Welcomes Todos Juntos to New South Location The South Austn Rotary Members organized a BIG South Side welcome for the Todos Juntos Learning Center as they settle in to their new south locaton with a DAY OF SERVICE and a RENOVATED PLAYGROUND! |
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Feeding Friends Our Friends On September 11, 2020, Killeen Heights #RotariansAtWork pack 54 daily meals to feed our homeless friends in need at the Moss Rose Community & Development Center in Killeen, Texas. |
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DG Rick Stacy's September Message |
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Austin Southwest Rotary Feeds South West Austin The Rotary Club of Austin-Southwest has set a goal to carry out some sort of service project every month. |
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What Is a Paul Harris Society Member?
The Paul Harris Society recognizes Rotary members and friends of The Rotary Foundation who elect to contribute $1,000 or more each year to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus Fund, or approved global grants. |
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District Membership Training Seminar All Rotarians are invited to the Virtual Membership Training Seminar on September 26, 2020 9AM to 12PM. Must register |
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Masks for Marlin Nursing Home Marlin’s President Marilyn Martin headed up the response (almost overnight) to the need of 40 masks by a local nursing home! Almost immediately, a request for 37 additional masks was received. Again, Rotarians will step up. |
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Rotarians Step Up...That Is What We Do
Last year the Rotary Club of Marlin needed assistance helping Children’s Protective Services office with simple supplies for domestic violence victims. Rotary Clubs throughout the area and local members stepped up and helped. |
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Public Image All-Star Challenge New Rotary Year... New Challenge! For details on the challenge and how to submit |
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Content Creation Team The District is forming a new team of 5-6 Rotarians from across the District that would like to be a part of creating content for other Clubs! |
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Celebrate Your New Rotary Member We want to CELEBRATE & WELCOME your new Rotary Member! We will provide you with a graphic that can be shared on your Social Media Pages and we will also share the graphic on the District FB page! |
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Waco Rotary Awards Paul Harris +6 Waco Rotary Club Member and Past President, Chris DeCluitt, is a faithful contributor to The Rotary Foundation. He became a Paul Harris +6 last year ($7,000 in total giving). He received a lapel pin at each level, from his original Paul Harris Fellow through his PHF +6. |
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Austin Rotary Delivers Goody Bags These desk supply goody bags will be delivered to the staff of Pecan Springs Elementary next Friday to wish them a great year from the Rotary Club of Austin. |
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Rotarians Volunteer at the Killeen Food Care Center Rotarians from the Killeen Heights Rotary Club and from the Harker Heights Rotary Club joined forces and helped bag and shelve groceries at the Killeen Food Care Center. |
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Africa Region Certified Polio-Free It's with great pleasure that we announce to you that the African region has just been certified wild poliovirus-free. |
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Stuff the Truck Mobile Food Drive
The Covid-19 pandemic has created a great deal of pressure on many families to have adequate food and many area pantries are being overwhelmed. Rotary E-Club invites all Rotarians. and friends to join in a mobile food drive on September 30, 3-7 p.m. at 8207 SUMMER SIDE DRIVE, Austin 78759. You can help feed the hungry! |
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Congratulations to Clubs Achieving the Rotaract Giving Certificate
The Rotaract Giving Certificate is a new pilot program. to encourage Rotaractors to give to The Rotary Foundation. Rotaract clubs will receive a special certificate, signed by The Rotary Foundation trustee chair, when at least five members of the club contribute a minimum total of $50 or more to The Rotary Foundation over the Rotary year. |
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Rotary Gives Students at Pecan Springs Basic School Supplies 350 packs delivered and distributed to the students of Pecan Springs Elementary yesterday. |
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Nominate your outstanding Rotaract project
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Join Us For Public Image Virtual Training Instead of going ALL day on ZOOM... we have decided to split the training into 2 Segments. *NOTE: You MUST Register for EACH segment in order to receive the zoom link! (No more zoom-bombing for us!) |
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Jennifer Jones Selected RI President 2022-23
Jennifer E. Jones, a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario, Canada, has been nominated to become Rotary International’s president for 2022-23, a selection that will make her the first woman to hold that office in the organization’s 115-year history. |
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Congratulations Rotarians!!! Congratulations to District 5870 for it’s tremendous two-year run! Our district finished #11 in the world (out of 541 districts) in Annual Fund per capita giving in RY 2018-19, and #12 in the world in Annual Fund per capita giving in RY 2019-20. Not too shabby for a relatively small district in the middle of Texas. |
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DG Rick Stacy's August Video Chat |
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Rotary Club of Austin Supports Eagle Scout Project Congratulations to 10th Grader Anthony Corpus who completed his Eagle Scout Award by rebuilding the wooden boxes around the flower beds in the front of Pecan Springs Elementary School! It was a fine example of perseverance During difficult circumstances and giving back to his community. |
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“Books for the World” Engages Rotarians in Literacy for Developing Communities In Texas, Rotarians can be all too aware of the controversies surrounding school textbook choice, with quarrels notoriously centered on the degree of emphasis to give to selected historical figures and even whether or not to allow use of a single word to describe the defenders of the Alamo. Required texts are changed out every few years. |
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The Rotary Network ... A New Tool This initiative helps Rotarians connect their business with Rotarians, find assistance for challenges both professional and personal, and access career advice and leads. It's Rotarians helping Rotarians! Check it out now. www.therotarynetwork.org |
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Rotary Club of La Grange Assists Local Non-Profits Members of the Rotary Club of La Grange volunteered to distribute food at the AMEN Food Pantry in July. High temperatures and the pandemic caused the food pantry to be short volunteers and local Rotarians stepped up to help. |
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Feathered Feeding Fun For Our Senior Friends
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Killeen Heights Kicks-Off Rotary Year With Service Killeen Heights Rotary started the year with a service project at the Boys and Girls Club. They sorted and shelved somewhere around 500 books, for a total of 18 service hours! |
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PDG Rich Kaye Appointed RRFC for Region 36 Congratulations to PDG Rich Kaye! He was appointed by PRIP John Germ, Chair-elect of The Rotary Foundation’s Board of Trustees, to serve as the Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator (RRFC) for Region 36. The region is comprised of the 23 districts that are in Zones 25b and 29. |
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West Austin Rotary Club Global Grant
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Global Grant Scholarship Awarded
The Rotary Club of Austin candidate Marta Hererra has been awarded a Global Grant Scholarship of $32,500 for conflict resolution studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science. |
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Feeding Needs: Rotary Club Launches Project to Relieve Food Insecurities Helping to relieve food insecurities in Temple is the goal behind a new project by the Rotary Club of Temple. |
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Jennifer Graham Receives Service Above Self Award Congratulations to Jennifer Graham for receiving the Rotary International SERVICE ABOVE SELF award!! So well deserved. |
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2020 Public Image Rockstars Congratulations to all 15 clubs that recevied the "Public Image Rockstar Club Award"! Each of these clubs will receive a Public Image Rockstar banner. We held a drawing the day of the awards for the top three clubs: |
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Celebration Of Life 2019-2020 I am honored to come to you this morning from Angel Fire, New Mexico. As we gather to celebrate our dynamic clubs of District 5870, we take time to pause to remember and give thanks for 21 of our own who have died over the past 14 months. (Watch Video) |
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Lakeway/Lake Travis Scholarship Awards The Lakeway/Lake Travis Rotary club in partnership with the Ladies of charity (LOC) have announce their 2020 Scholarship Awards. This year 5 Lake Travis High School Students were awarded $6,000 each, for a total of $30,000 to the college of their choice. |
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Join Us For District Awards Celebration Mark your calendar for Saturday, July 18 from 9:00 AM to 12:00PM where we will be holding via Zoom a District Awards Celebration. |
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New Rotary Area Of Focus
Rotary International has created a new area of focus: supporting the environment. This new area of focus to support the environment will give Rotarians and Rotaractors even more ways to bring about positive change in the world and increase our impact. Learn more: https://on.rotary.org/3i4zNxl |
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First Responder/community support program
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DG Rick Stacy's July Video Chat |
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DG Rick Stacy's Acceptance Speech |
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Honoring Those Who Have Served South Austin Rotary provided breakfast to the APD South Station and Sunset Valley PD as way to show their support. The 6 o’clock-ish hour was decided upon because there is a shift change and that way the people coming off and the people coming on would both get to participate in the enjoyment of the food. |
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Flatonia Builds Kitchen With DAP Grant The Rotary Club of Flatonia has completed its District Assisted Project (DAP) for the Rotary year, 2019-2020. Club President, Bernie Satterwhite, chose this project in early 2019, even before his year started July 1, 2019. |
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Covid-19 Mask Project
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Cedar Park-Leander Rotarians Support Local Food Pantry
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Waco Rotary Recently Held 2020 Youth Citizenship Awards Twenty-five high school seniors in McLennan County were recognized for their volunteerism and service in the 40th annual Youth Citizenship Awards sponsored by the Rotary Club of Waco and the Tribune-Herald. |
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The Car Thing NEW DATE
The Rotary Club of Round Rock is pleased to announce tickets are on sale for the newly announced date for the 22nd Annual Ron Morrison Car Thing! |
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Selection of District Governor Nominee for 2022-2023 Rotary Year
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Covid-19 Check Presentation to Baylor Scott & White Rotary District 5870 Central Texas presented Baylor Scott & White Health a check Tuesday in the amount of $29, 994.50 to be used for much needed Personal Protection Equipment for staff and personal of its local hospitals and clinics during this COVID 19 pandemic. |
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Club Leader Training Date Time: Jun 6, 2020 09:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: Click Here to Join |
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Central Texas Food Bank Work Day A Success On Friday, May 22, 8 volunteers from the Rotary Club of Austin-Southwest met at the Central Texas Food Bank to sort frozen foods to go to Distribution Centers. |
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Round Rock Supports Healthcare Workers Round Rock Rotarian Jen Henderson wanted to do something to honor the frontline healthcare workers, so she reached out to fellow Rotarian Jeremy Barclay, the CEO of St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center, to see how she could help. |
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Pflugerville Rotary Pfights Hunger Together we serve! Together we Fight Hunger! On May 20, 2020, Rotary Club of Pflugerville members partnered with the Circle of Hope Community Center and Central Texas Food Bank to help distribute food to people in need at the Circle of Hope Mobile Food Pantry. |
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Lakeway/Lake Travis First Responder/ Community Support Program Lakeway/Lake Travis Rotary rolled out their First Responder/Community Support Program starting with the Lakeway and Bee Cave Police Departments. Every Wednesday they will purchase meals for First Responders from a local business. |
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Killeen Heights Domestic Violence Awareness Month Service Project Killeen Heights Rotary collected and donated over $1,000 of supplies to AWARE Central Texas and the Coryell County Rainbow Room. These great agencies stand in the breach to support and assist victims of family violence and child abuse; |
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District 5870 Central Texas COVID-19 Response District 5870 has contributed a total of District Designated Funds of $111,102 to Covid-19 related activities. We created and funded a District DAP Grant in the amount of $61,102. We were awarded from The Rotary Foundation a District Disaster Response Fund Grant in the amount of $25,000. |
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District Zoom Series - Staying Connected We as Rotarians, must try our best to live up to this year’s theme of Rotary Connects The World. More importantly we must first continue to connect with each other. Our District has created a a series of Zoom Meetings so we can continue this connection: Zoom Series - Staying Connected every Friday at 4PM. |
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Rotary Club of Austin awards over $50,000 in Scholarships
The Rotary Club of Austin awarded over $50,000 in scholarships last Tuesday to deserving students in the Austin Texas area. What makes this program special this year is the chair of the program, Vlad Bahrencu (pictured). |
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DG Jim Henry's May Video Chat |
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Rotarians for a ‘Hearty’ Cause
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Thank You For Your Sacrifice Northwest Austin Rotary found a way to not only provide service during Covid-19 but to support a local business as well. They purchased meals for healthcare workers from Austin Catering. For which, they are delivering approximately 64 meals every Friday to St. David’s Main and St. David’s Round Rock until the end of May. |
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South Austin Rotary Helps Soup Kitchen During Pandemic South Austin Rotary has been helping a soup kitchen in South East Austin at South Austin Market Place transitional housing facility that houses more than 170 people in a high risk environment. |
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Covid-19 Doesn't Stop Temple South Nor Rain nor Shine nor Snow nor CoVID 19 could stop the Rotary Club of Temple-South from Service. The Rotarians of the Temple South club participated in two separate projects to support Families In Crisis Central Texas, a domestic violence shelter for battered women and children, during the pandemic. |
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Service Above Self in the Community Rotary Club of Killeen Heights and its Satellite Club are providing humanitarian aid to their local community amidst the coronavirus. The Clubs volunteer biweekly with the Killeen Food Care Center, a local food bank. |
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Rotary Responds Covid-19 Telethon
Join this live event on Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 10AM to hear stories of hope, inspiration and gratitude from Rotarians, Rotaractors and friends of #Rotary from across the globe as they share what they are doing to help their communities. The telethon will also showcase how our polio eradication infrastructure is helping to combat COVID-19. The goal is to raise more than $1 million dollars! To watch, visit facebook.com/rotary or on.rotary.org/ytlive2may. Here is how you can participate: |
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Project - Volunteer Surge The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed our healthcare system to its limits. We can take action now through a citizen volunteer opportunity called Volunteer Surge! Rotary Clubs across the country are partnering with Volunteer Surge to recruit one million volunteers to participate in a new program that provides training online, for free, to become a Telehealth Worker or a Community Health Worker. Rotarian founded nonprofit The Global Impact Group is leading this effort. Click here to join the effort called Volunteer Surge! |
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Service Opportunities During Covid-19 Pandemic
Here is a list of potential service projects that can be done during the Covid-19 pandemic:
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Connect With the Online Rotary World Webinar Join Rotary International as they host "Connect with the (Online) Rotary World" on Apr 28, 2020 3:00 PM CDT. Click to register. Rotarians and Rotaractors everywhere are proving that being physically isolated doesn’t mean being disconnected. People are embracing new ways to connect using technology — smartphones, webcams, and the internet. Find out more in our upcoming webinar, which will feature members who are leading their clubs and districts in the move to virtual connection. |
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Rotary Club of La Grange Creating Smiles Rotary Club of La Grange has been busy creating smiles this week. They delivered lunches to many essential businesses in their community as a show of support and a "Thank You" for all that they do. Providing just a bit of joy in these most unusual times. |
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Marble Falls Rotary Food "Flash" Mob First let me say, this was not my original idea. It came from ADG Bob Crouch from Rotary Club Killeen Heights. Most good ideas come from someone else. |
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District Zoom Series this Friday @4PM Our Zoom Meeting for this week will be this Friday, April 3 at 4:00 PM. We are moving it back one hour in hope of accommodating those who are still working. Our main topic this week will be: Adding Value to Your Club Zoom Meetings! |
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DG Jim Henry's April Video Chat Click on the photo to watch DG Jim Henry's video chat. |
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Truth In Between Connects Students and Elder Rotarians in Handwritten Letters
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Marble Falls And Interact The Rotary Club of Marble supports the youth in the community by mentoring two Interact Clubs. Each of the Interact clubs provide lunch for our club once each year as a fundraiser. |
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A Message from Rotary President Mark Maloney on COVID-19 Click on the photo to listen to video message |
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Round Rock Supports Backpack Coalition Spring Break Kit Build The Rotary Club of Round Rock was proud to volunteer & support a Community-wide effort to fill backpacks for students to have food over the Spring Break Holiday. In 1.5 hours 1500 backpacks were filled with 11 tons of food by volunteers from the Round Rock Community. Great to see our community in action and to represent Rotary as People of Action! |
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Rotary's Field Of Honor Represented In Mural Georgetown is getting a mural that will include the Field of Honor. The mural will be on the Gus’s Drug building at 702 E. University Ave. The word "Georgetown" on the mural will depict recognizable locations in Georgetown, including the Rotary sponsored Field of Honor: |
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Join us for a District Facilitated Zoom Meeting this Friday @ 3PM We are all facing such uncertain times at this point in our lives. No one could ever imagine what our world, nation, state and communities would be going through at this time. We have no idea how long this will last. Many communities have ordered their population to shelter in place and if not so ordered to avoid contact with others as much as possible and maintain social distancing. At this time, we as Rotarians, must try our best to live up to this year’s theme of Rotary Connects The World. More importantly we must first continue to connect with each other. Our District is beginning a series of Zoom Meetings so we can continue this connection. Zoom is an online group meeting platform that allows us to all log in via a link and see each other face to face. We can chat, share ideas, view presentations and watch videos together within this platform and we want to be able to share this with each of you! |
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RI Convention Cancelled
Rotary International just announced that the Rotary International Convention, scheduled for 6-10 June 2020, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, has been canceled in response to the ongoing threat of COVID-19. Read more at riconvention.org |
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District Conference Cancellation
Today your District Conference Committee met via conference call and it was decided we are going to cancel the District Conference scheduled for May 1-3 in Boerne, Texas. This was done in response to the National State of Emergency declared by President Donald Trump and the State of Disaster declared by Governor Greg Abbott on March 13, 2020. It was also done based on the CDC recommendation that all events of 50 or more be cancelled for a period of eight weeks, which would include our conference numbers and dates. |
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ROTARY’S ROLE IN BATTLING CORONAVIRUS
The COVID-19 coronavirus is affecting every aspect of our lives in real time, and this puts Rotarians in an unfamiliar place. As People of Action, we are most comfortable when we are fully engaged in the world – moving freely, meeting openly, and offering helping hands. These are very difficult times for people who, like us, are at our best when we are learning, growing, and serving—together. We are also leaders in our communities, and these times call for leadership. In many ways, this also is our time. We have proven abilities to reach out and collaborate to offer immediate help to people in need at a rapid pace. These are precisely the skills needed all over the world today. The global effort against COVID-19 depends on actions taken in every country. Rotary has the unique ability to help improve those efforts in every community and every country. |
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Rockdale Proud Supporter of EAFK
The Rockdale Rotary Club is proud to support and contribute to The Early Act First Knights at our Rockdale Intermediate Campus every year. The character building program has been embraced by our campus administration and has been proven to be very effective. This program doesn’t just prove to be positive and effective with our 3rd – 5th graders but it also effects their parent, grandparents, siblings and anyone the students have contact with. |
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Summer Reading Program
The students at Pecan Springs Austin in K-2nd came to library to dress up in career costumes and talk about what they want to be when they grow up. BookSpring took a picture of each child in their career outfit and printed them. The kids decorated a frame for the pictures to go on with a letter to their parents about ten books they will get to take home in May for summer reading. This program was funded by Austin University Area Rotary. |
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District 5870 Coronavirus Update
Since my e-mail of three days ago so much has happened regarding the coronavirus issue. I know you have all been swamped with information about this but I feel it is necessary to update you on some issues and upcoming events. First, the membership seminar scheduled for this Saturday, March 21 has been cancelled. It will be scheduled for a time to be determined in the future. Second, we have a grant management seminar scheduled for April 4 in Temple. I have been in contact with our district foundation team and they are working diligently about conducting this event via zoom, webex or some other on-line platform. |
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Rotary During the COVID-19 Outbreak
The health and safety of our members are our top priorities. We are closely monitoring the outbreak of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) and continuously assessing its potential impact on our operations, meetings, trainings, and other events. Due to the rapidly changing nature of this situation, I encourage you to use your discretion when it comes to club and district meetings and events, and Rotary programs and activities. Canceling or postponing meetings or Rotary-related travel might be appropriate. Even if events are held as scheduled, some people may choose not to take part. |
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Mark Your Calendar For Club Leader Training Come learn what DGE Rick Stacy has planned for Rotary 2020-21 and get Club Leader Training at District Assembly on Saturday, April 18 at Central Texas College. Cost is $25. Click here to register. |
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Global Grant Making A Difference Last night, I was the program for the Club Rotario Oriente de Tuxla meeting in Tuxla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico. I spoke entirely in Spanish about Rotary Foundation Interim visits and led a problem solving exercise in Spanish about the strengths (Fortalezas) and challenges (Desafios) |
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Rotary Volunteers Give Out Free Books to Students Books for Me is a great program offering free books to students at Pecan Springs Austin. Our Rotary volunteers from Austin, University and EClub volunteer to help the librarian do arts and crafts with the students about animals and then they help the students pick out a book that becomes their “forever” home reader. This helps create a love for reading with the students and a community service opportunity for our volunteers. |
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Thanking The Military
The Rotary Clubs of Killeen and Austin have found ways to thank our military with special weekends at Austin hotels once a month to give the family quality time together in a fun place-Austin. This is through Operation Vacation Ft. Hood in partnership with Rotary, Hyatt Regency, County Line and Visit Austin. The Guico family spent a complimentary weekend @ the Hyatt Regency with all kinds of special services including a specially baked cake from the staff. The County Line on the Lake hosted their Saturday family style bbq dinner. Austin Rotary gave them passes to Austin Park n Pizza and Rotary Killeen arranged a rent car. It was a very special way to thank a soldier. |
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Pflugerville's Roaring 20's Casino Night What an amazing time our our Roarin' 20's Casino Party! We had some great food, wonderful entertainment with Marilyn, enjoyed some fun gambling, and gave away so many great prizes! |
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Austin-Southwest Partners with Entrepreneurship and Kids
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Yoakum Brings Joy to Patients Rotary Club of Yoakum successfully delivered 116 bears to Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi on Monday, February 10. This hospital averages 100 children per day, but the average increases during a busy "flu season". |
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Killeen Heights Helping Renovations at Shelter A renovation to a Central Texas shelter is helping families overcome hardships and benefiting the community. Killeen Heights Rotary Club allocated over $19,000 of a District Assistance Program (DAP) grant to help in renovating and refurbishing the Families in Crisis kitchen and dining area. |
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Austin Packs Meals for Rise Against Hunger A grand 25,700 meals packed at Rise Against Hunger event hosted by the Rotary Club of Austin this past weekend! Way to go all Rotarians, families and volunteers! |
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Water Project in Cameroon Late in 2019, the Waco Rotary Club partnered with Waco Sunrise Rotary, Rotary Club of McGregor, Killeen Heights Rotary, Lake Brazos Rotary Club Waco, Rotary Club of Shiner, Rotary District 5870 Central Texas and Rotary International to collect funds for a water system project in Nsam, Cameroon. |
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Cedar Park-Leander Supports Local Literacy Last month, The Rotary Club of Cedar Park-Leander completed their DAP project. They chose to support local literacy by helping a Title 1 school in their district by purchasing and distributing books. Once the books arrived, they sorted them by grade level and put stickers inside indicating they were gifts from the Rotary Club. |
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Students Experience Hands On Science
The students at Pecan Springs got to learn about caving today from Cave Sim. They experienced pulleys to get in caves, cave rescue, cave crawl spaces and even got to go inside a man-made cave with stalagmites and Cave surprises. This project was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Austin and Cosmopolitan in conjunction with AISD. What a fantastic experience for these students and hands on science. |
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Operation Military Vacation by Rotary
The Rotary Clubs of Austin & Killeen along with the Hospitality Industry have found a way to honor a military Ft. Hood soldier every month for the last fifteen years. This family as part of Operation Vacation,Sgt. Ashley Prince, her military husband Harmer and their daughter, Aubrianna spent last weekend in Austin hosted by the Hilton Garden Inn Airport. Their meals were comped: gift bags with entertainment packages and snacks were delivered and County Line on the Hill provided them with an “all you can eat” BBQ dinner with all the trimmings. The family felt like royalty and knew they were truly appreciated. Thank a soldier! |
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Bringing An End To Child Sex Trafficking The Rotary Club of Northwest Austin is a proud partner and co-sponsor for the PACT Little Red Bag Project Community volunteers are invited to join PACT and the Rotary Club of Northwest Austin on Saturday, February 8 from 11am to 1pm at the Hill Country Bible Church Gymnasium, 1214 Ranch Rd 620 N in Austin. |
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Rotary 2020-21 Theme Revealed “Rotary is not just a club that you join, it is an invitation to endless opportunities. We believe that our acts of service, big and small, create opportunities for people who need our help. Everything we do opens another opportunity for someone, somewhere,” said President-Elect Holger Knaack.Therefore, the theme for year 2020-21 is -- Rotary Opens Opportunities.” |
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Marble Falls Daybreak Earns Two Rotary Foundation Awards On Jan 14, Jeff Matera, Asst District Govenor, presented Daybreak Past President, Neal Kennedy, with two prestigious Awards from the Rotary Foundation for his Presidential year, 2018-2019. |
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Rotary Honors HJH Students of the Month Rotary Club of Hillsboro honored the January Students of the Month from Hillsboro Junior High School in their noon meeting on Wednesday, January 15. |
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Special Holiday Memory for A Military Soldier
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Flatonia Celebrates 80 Yrs of Service Above Self.jpg) The Rotary Club of Flatonia was chartered by Rotary International on December 8, 1939 and held their official charter meeting on January 23, 1940. On Saturday, January 18, 2020, Rotary Club of Flatonia shared its 80 years of service with their community with past memorabilia, current projects, music by The Mike Stroup Trio, beef stew lunch catered by Red Richter, and cake |
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Lakeway/Lake Travis Food Drive A big round of applause to the Lakeway/Lake Travis Rotary Club for their FOOD DRIVE at H-E-B. They helped to sell 392 meals, almost $2000 worth! That is a lot of meals that help feed many families and children in their community. |
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District Vocational Scholarships 2020.jpg)
The application deadline for District Vocational Scholarships is April 30, 2020. These scholarships are meant for students who live in one of the 23 counties that comprise District 5870 and are planning to study at a community college or technical school located in one of these 23 counties; or in an adjacent county if that school is closer or a more economical option than a school located in a District 5870 county. |
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La Grange Volunteers at Habitat Humanity Project La Grange Rotarians were hard at work at the Fayette County Texas Habitat for Humanity project. Several members helped to dismantle ramps between two homes that will be moved and go to local families. |
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Grants Management Training in Bastrop Attend the first Grants Management Training in Bastrop! January 18th the first GMTS will be held at the Bastrop Library. We will have the one hour (9:15-10:15) and the 3 hour (10:15-1:15) training back to back due to space limitations. To participate in Foundation programs your President Elect and one other club member must attend GMTS. Click to Register |
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January Public Image Training
Mark your calendar on January 25, 2020 for the Branding and Public Image Training Day held at the Georgetown Public Library, Hewlett Room 402 W. 8th St, Georgetown from 9AM to 2PM. All Rotarians are welcome to attend! This is a FREE event however, we ask that you register as we are providing lunch. For more details on this event and to register: click here. |
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Temple South Rings in the New Year with Service Bravo to the Rotary Club of Temple-South! 17 members of the club got up early on New Years Day for a community service project at Feed My Sheep, a ministry located in downtown Temple that provides a hot meal and sack lunch to needy and homeless people each day. 100+ people received a chili lunch prepared and served by club members. What a great way to start the new year! |
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South Austin Help The Homeless Members of South Austin Rotary constructed dignity bags to pass out to people living on the street and others in need. The bags contained basic hygiene, snacks, socks, water, etc. By the time all the members finished the bags, there were over 200! |
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Rotary of Bastrop County - Men Can Cook 2019 More than 300 Rotarians and their friends showed up at the Bastrop Convention Center on November 23, 2019, to celebrate the Bastrop Club’s annual Men Who Cook fundraiser. 2019’s theme was “Men Who Cook - International Edition”, and each chef chose a dish from a different country’s cuisine to prepare. |
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Waco Rotary Supports Literacy The Waco Rotary Club has partnered again this year with the YMCA of Central Texas, Junior League of Waco and Waco ISD Education Foundation to distribute a personalized book to every kindergarten, first and second grade student at each elementary campus in the district. |
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Rotarians Make Peace Conflict and violence displaced more than 68 million people in the past year, and half of those are children. We refuse to accept conflict as a way of life. Rotary projects provide training that fosters understanding and provides communities with the skills to resolve conflicts. |
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Coats for Kids Christmas Event The Rotary Club of Austin Southwest was excited to supply over 200 coats for the SW Travis County Teddy Bear Christmas. Thanks to BancorpSouth, Boone elementary school, SW Family Fellowship Church and Oak Hill elementary school for putting out barrels to collect coats. We were gratified that we could help kids warm with new coats this winter! |
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Salado Rotary Calendar Fundraiser The Rotary Club of Salado and the Salado Independent School District teamed up to create a 2020 calendar fundraiser from students in the 5th and 6th grades and high school. Twelve winners and one grand prize winner were chosen from 75 submissions. |
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Hillsboro Honors Students Of The Month Rotary Club of Hillsboro honored Students of the Month from Hillsboro High School in the noon meeting on Wednesday, December 4 at Lone Star Café in Hillsboro. |
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Rotary Club of Flatonia Celebrating 80 Years of Service Above Self
The Rotary Club of Flatonia is celebrating 80 years of Service Above Self. All Rotarians are asked to come join them on Saturday, Janaury 18, 2020 11AM to 2PM at the American Legion Hall, Flatonia Texas. Tickets cost $10 per person. Contact Pat Satterwhite at pat.bernie@mac.com. |
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Georgetown Builds Ramp For Boy With Cerebral Palsy.jpg) Alessandro Rodriquez is a 5 year old boy with Cerebral Palsy living in a modular home with his family in Georgetown. The previous condition of the trailer required his mother to carry him up and down the stairs. |
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Register Now Foundation Gala 2020.png) The registration for the Foundation Gala on Saturday, February 8th, 2020 at the Sterling Event Center, Austin is now open! Our guest speaker is Past R.I. Vice President & Past Rotary Foundation Trustee, Tom Thorfinnson. Tickets are the Foundation Gala are $80. Seating is limited! A club table will be reserved once 5 members have registered. Click here to Register |
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Food for Families: We couldn’t do it without you! Food for Families is the largest one-day food drive in Texas. It is an annual event sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America, H.E.B. Grocery Company, and KWTX News 10. |
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Rotary Club of Georgetown Hosts the 3rd Annual Field of Honor Throughout the week of Veterans Day (11/9 to 11/17), the Rotary Club of Georgetown held its 3rd annual “Field of Honor®: a Tribute to Service Above Self,” at San Gabriel Park. |
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Rotary Club of NW Austin - 34th Annual Holiday Celebration Santa is ready, gifts are being wrapped, and plans are set for the 34th Annual @Bluebonnet Trails Community Services Enrichment Center Christmas breakfast. This is one of our Club’s most anticipated events of the year and is slated for Friday, Dec 6 at our regular meeting venue, Balcones Country Club. |
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Lakeway/Lake Travis Car Raffle Winner The Lakeway/Lake Travis Rotary Club recently held a Car Raffle to raise money for their projects. Austinite John Jackson won the Mercedes! Funds raised by the club will go to support local scholarships, a water well project in Tanzania, ShelterBox, an Adoption Awareness event, and more. |
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Annual Veteran's Day Luncheon Rotarians from around the District, serving five hundred plus Veterans with Rudy’s and the City of Austin. Thank you for your Service Above Self! |
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South Austin's Clothes Closet Project South Austin Rotary members met in November to refurbish a clothes closet for a south Austin nonprofit that serves low income and homeless folks, as well as many recently released from prison. This was a project financed by the DAP grant. |
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Georgetown Field of Honor Luncheon.JPG)
The Rotary Club of Austin hosted a table at the Georgetown Field of Honors where veterans and first responders were recognized and told their stories. It was inspiring and such an incredible events for unsong heroes. I especially was moved not only by the hundreds of sponsored flags flying in the wind but by the new section which was for recognition of K9 heroes. I sponsored a K9 who died yesterday risking his life to save his unit from a shooter.I have a heavy heart for his handler who lost his best friend and hero! |
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Austin NxNE's Rise Against Hunger Service Project The North by Northeast Rotary Club conducted its annual Rise Against Hunger Service Project this past Saturday, November 16 at Casa Chapala Mexican restaurant located at 9041 Research Blvd #100, Austin, TX 78758. |
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Georgetown's Field of Honor Join us over Veterans Day week – November 9th through the 17th, 2019 – as the Rotary Club of Georgetown hosts the 3rd Annual Field of Honor® at the Activity Field in San Gabriel Park on Chamber Way. It is a stunning display of over 1500 full-size U.S. flags, each of which can be purchased and dedicated to a veteran or first responder for a donation of $40 per flag. Those who have already bought flags can bring them back anytime during that week (flags must be in perfect condition) to re-post for only $20. |
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Arch Klumph Society Inductions Congratulations to PDG Ronney Reynolds, Mary Reynolds, PDG Tim Buckley and Gail Buckley! They were inducted into the Arch Klumph Society in Evanston at RI headquarters this past week. |
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Polio Proclamation This past Thursday Oct 17th, members of the Rotary Club of Temple South had the privilege of listening to Mayor Timothy Davis at the city council meeting. During the meeting Mayor Davis Proclaimed Oct 24th 2019 as World Polio Day for the City of Temple. Jinger Pajestka, Club President even had the chance to talk briefly about Rotary and what the Club does in the community. |
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The Rotary Club of Austin sponsored a table at the Champion for Children luncheon that raising money for the abused children that we support at the home. The home is one of our major projects each year. |
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Temple South Supports Rotary Petersborough, Ontario project District Rotarian Beverly Luedke and the RC of Temple South hosted members of the Rotary Sponsored Monarch Ultra Relay project from Peterborough, Ontario on October 14th. The team started their project on September 19th in Peterborough and will conclude their Run Relay on November 4th near Mexico City. The team is following the route of the Monarch Butterfly as they migrate to Mexico for the winter. |
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Dictionaries and More for Ramon Mario Behena Primary School in Reynosa, Mexico "Opportunity", "Inspiration", "Creativity." A simple gift of a dictionary can change the life of a child, providing the words that unlock a world of reading, writing and advanced learning. This is the guiding principle behind The Dictionary Project and it has inspired two Rotary Clubs, Rotary Club of Austin University Area (RCAUA) and Club Rotario Reynosa, to bring the magic of dictionaries to Escuela Primaria Ramon Mario Bahena Rodriguez in Reynosa. |
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Flags Over Flatonia
Come out and enjoy our Czhilispiel Parade on Sunday 27, October at 12 noon in Downtown Flatonia The Rotary Club of Flatonia’s float will be celebrating Rotary, Interact, our Community, and being the Center of Service by displaying our "Flags Over Flatonia Project”. |
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Plates For Polio
Come out and support Temple South Rotary's Plates For Polio Event on October 24 from 11:30AM to 10:00PM at BJ's located at 3550 S. General Bruce Dr. Building G in Temple. With each flyer (printed or digital) presented during the event, BJ's will donate 20% of food and soft drink sales to END POLIO. Click here to download flyer. |
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District 5870 Rotary Foundation Recognition Awards At the Rotary Institute for Zones 25B-29 in Kansas City, District 5870 received a Recognition Award for our District giving for Rotary year 2018-2019. We received recognition for First in our Zone for Annual Fund Giving. The total was $753,842. A recognition for First in Annual Fund Per Capita Giving. The per capita was $306.94. And a recognition for Second in Total Giving. The amount was $1,004,530. These were all records for our District and reflect the generosity of Rotarians in District 5870. |
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PDG Rich Kaye Honored at Zone Institute PDG Rich Kaye was recognized at the Rotary Zone Institute in Kansas City for his generous contribution to the Rotary Foundation. Rich was recognized as a member of the Arch Klumph Society Chair’s Circle and a new member of the Legacy Society. What an inspiration to us all! |
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Bastrop County's 9th Annual Men Who Can Cook Fundraiser
Mark your calendars to be in Bastrop, Texas on November 23, 2019! The Bastrop County Rotary Club will be hosting its 9th Annual Men Who Cook fundraiser at the Bastrop Convention and Exhibit Center. This “International Edition” of our all male chef extravaganza will highlight world class cuisine from the kitchens of 24 chefs. Your $100 ticket includes opportunities to bid on Live and Silent Auction items, and an open bar, live entertainment and dancing will make the 2019 Men Who Cook a special experience. |
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Cedar Park-Leander Fights Against Hunger Rotary Club of Cedar Park-Leander working “Doing Good in the World.” This time helping pack out food for local Texans in need as well as Bahamians temporarily knocked down by hurricanes. |
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9/11 Day of Remembrance Ceremony
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Rotarians Partner With Variety's Peaceable Kingdom.jpg) Rotarians across the District and Variety’s Peaceable Kingdom partnered up to build an amazing interactive playground that will serve thousands of children each year. Other partners include Cinemark, KaBoom and Keurig Dr. Pepper. In the three days with over 2015 volunteers they built a KaBOOM! playground Variety Texas / Variety's Peaceable Kingdom Retreat for Children. 7000 children a year will play here!! Director of Killeen-Heights Rotary Service Projects, Clarence Enochs adds, “By participating collectively we can make a significant impact across communities and continue to serve children for years to come.” |
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Get Ready for World Polio Day 2019
24 October is World Polio Day! World Polio Day is a time for Rotarians all over the world to raise awareness about our efforts to eradicate polio for good. Join us by hosting an event in your community. Not sure what to do for World Polio Day? Here are a few ideas: |
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Back To School With Rotary The Rotary Club of Round Rock volunteered at the Round Rock ISD Partners in Education Foundation Back to School Celebration. The Celebration was attended by 13,000+ students and their families. Rotarians served alongside 100’s of volunteers as well to ensure a successful start to the school year! |
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Temple South's 8th Annual Casino Royale
The Rotary Club of Temple South will be hosting their 8th annual Casino Royale fund raiser at the Mayborn Convention Center on September 28th. Tickets are available in advance at www.tsrotarycasino.com. Ticket price is $60 per person this includes food, $50K in playing chips, and 2 drink tickets (cash bar available). Sponsorship are also available for reserved seating. There will also be a live and silent auction. |
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Cameron's Annual Spaghetti Supper Fundraiser
The Cameron Rotary Club will hold their annual Spaghetti Supper on Friday, September 27, 2019 before the Cameron vs. Troy Football Game. Dine-In or Take-Out Plates are available at the Yoe High School Cafeteria from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The meal includes spaghetti with meat sauce, salad, garlic bread, dessert, and tea. Tickets are $8.00 each and may be purchased from any Cameron Rotarian. |
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Operation Vacation Ft.Hood
Rotary Club of Austin & Killeen host another military family in Austin through Operation Vacation. PFC Cisneros and his wife and children were hosted at the AT&T Conference Center fora fun, complimentary weekend in Austin to thank the family for their service. The hotel hosted their room and meals and provided them a safe environment for them to spend quality time together and explore Austin. The County Line is hosting their bbq dinner Saturday with all the trimmings and the kids will get to feed the turtles, fish and swans. Sunday they will have a chance to play games and eat pizza at Austin Parks N Pizza. This project is sponsored by Austin & Killeen Rotary, Killeen Toyota, Austin Hotel Lodging Association, County Line, Visit Austin. |
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Rotary Club Welcomes District Governor Rotary Club of Hillsboro welcomed District Governor Jim Henry from Austin in its noon meeting on Wednesday, August 21 in the Alamo Room at Lone Star Café. Governor Henry announced the District Theme for the year, “Think Rotarian: Why Do We Do What We Do? |
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Waco Rotary Helps Build Wheelchair Swing Several Rotary Club of Waco members undertook the club’s first service project of the year this past week, partnering with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to build a wheelchair swing for a Hewitt boy. |
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ShelterBox's Livesaving Work In Syria Syria is experiencing the worst humanitarian Crisis since World War II. Over 400 lives have been lost, 5 million refugees, and 6.5 million internally displaced people. Click the photo to see how ShelterBox is helping. |
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Austin-Southwest Rotary Supports Start-Up Kid's Club Rotary Clu of Austin Southwest was excited to present Amber Wakem,Executive officer & Founder, a check for $5000 for Start-Up Kid's Club. This program to teaches entrepreneurship to kids elementary school through early high school.The club is helping provide mentors at Boone Elementary in Southwest Austin this year in this after school program in entrepreneurship. Scholarships are available to help offset registration fees. |
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Rotarians Meet n Alaska You never know when you will run into a fellow Rotarian but you better be on your best behavior. While traveling with a tour group throughout Alaska earlier in August, two District 5870 members met each other. |
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Summertime for our Military
Austin has really turned out for our military during these summer months. First the City of Austin and the Military hosted a big Appreciation Day Downtown in June where the public was invited to come and visit with our military forces, see their equipment ,share in summer activities and thank our troops. This made me very proud that much of the city turned out for this event to support our troops. This month our Rotary Club of Austin along with Killeen Rotary also hosted another R&R weekend for Sgt. First Class Lon Fonseca and his wife Jennifer from Ft. Hood at the Four Seasons Hotel Austin. The staff greeted them with their favorite Summer drinks and catered to them all weekend in “Four Season first class style”. They spent Saturday visiting many of the most popular attractions in Austin as well as a dinner fit for a king at the County Line on the Hill. Sgt. Fonseca was so impressed with the love shown to them that he was going to go back to the base and tell the commander in chief about these R&R weekends so more of their families could be involved. Thank you Austin for your support of the military. |
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Rotary Club of Giddings Welcomes New Member Thursday, August 8th the Giddings Rotary Club was pleased to welcome Mason Becker as a new member of the club. Thanks to Wayne Galipp for nominating Mason for membership and also thanks to Joe Green for inducting Mason into the Rotary. |
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Rotary Night At The Ball Park Rotary Night at the Ball Park hosted by the Round Rock Rotary Club with the Round Rock Express VS New Orlleans Baby Cakes on Friday August 23, 2019 at Dell Diamond in Roundrock. Open to all Rotarians! Gates open at 6PM, game starts at 7:05PM. Includes a post game firework show. |
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Why Rotary?
Many of us joined Rotary in order to network. That’s the way my sponsor sold Rotary to me, “You’ll get to meet lots of businessmen who can help you out.” It was only several years later after I was introduced to our Foundation, and learned what Rotary does in the world, did I become a Rotarian, committed to providing service to others, promoting integrity, and advancing world understanding, goodwill, and peace. If you’re going to a Rotary meeting once a week simply for the local fellowship, you’re missing out on the majesty of Rotary. |
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Austin Volunteers Deliver Care Backpacks to Migrants “We really feel strongly about helping out families who are in need of a safe place,” said Susan Kurth of the Austin Cosmopolitan Rotary Club. That message was delivered in 48 individual backpacks. “One of the most powerful symbols of welcome and support and kindness that we give our families is a travel backpack,” says Jan Olsen of the Interfaith Welcome Coalition. |
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Be A Hero To Your Interact Club Contest Results
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Operation Vacation Ft. Hood During these fun summer months, the Rotary Clubs of Austin & Killeen had an opportunity to host a military family for the weekend at the Omni Austin Hotel through Operation Vacation-Ft. Hood. The family, Sgt. Tarelle Jackson, wife Melisa, sons Cameron (4) and Cauden (2), enjoyed a luxury suite for two nights, all their meals, pool fun and free time to explore Austin. It is rare that these families have much quality time with their families while serving their country. They were also hosted by the staff of the County Line on the Lake for a fantastic Saturday night dinner with all the trimmings. |
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Rotary Club of Austin Builds a Habitat House Rotarians of the Rotary Club of Austin gathered to help build two new houses for very deserving families. Sharing valuable time on two different days, the Rotarians invested their ’service above self’ spirit and goodness while enduring our C. Tx. heat and humidity…ouch! Board member, Andy Swanson, spearheaded this project and gets double kudos for the sweat equity. Way to go Rotarians! |
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Welcome Austin Central! On June 20th, we inaugurated Austin Central to Rotary District 5870 Central Texas. Receiving the club banners are Ed Bellingrath and Howard Brunson. Austin Central meets every other Thursday at noon at Santa Rita-Twenty Six Doors Shopping CTR, 1206 West 38th Street, Austin. |
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Rotary Christmas in May Its Rotary Christmas in May for children on these islands and main street as the Lakeway/Lake Travis and Mattamorris Industrial Rotary Clubs gave away 17 bicycles. Why, because these kids have a long walk to school each day..and..every kid needs a bike. These are families of local fishermen who cant afford the luxury of a kids bike. Rotary is here to help. This is the 10th year in a row for this project. |
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Arctic Scholar Sponsored By Rotary
South Austin and Austin-Southwest Rotary Clubs are proud to announce the sponsorhsip of Seyi Odufuye, a scholar chosen to represent the United States and participate in a 12-day carbon neutral Expedition to the Arctic hosted by the renown British polar explorer and environmentalist Robert Swan, that will take place June 15 – June 26, 2019. Among 90 other young leaders from across the world, they will gain knowledge about the latest, up-to-date research and issues of climate change along with training that will build skills in the areas of collaboration, teamwork, public speaking and problem-solving. |
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Lakeway/Lake Travis Gives Out $30,000 in Scholarships On May 30th 2019 The Rotary Club of Lakeway/Lake Travis presented 6 Lake Travis High School graduating seniors with $5,000 scholarships each. Over the last 20+ years this Rotary Club has provided local students with over $650,000 in college scholarships. |
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Pflugerville Raises Funds With Beer & Brats Deutschen Pfest is Pflugerville's largest annual fundraiser. It is a wonderful weekend of service and fellowship where all of their members come together to sell imported beer, German sausage, and Bratwurst. |
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Operation Vacation
SPC Cody Lara and his wife Jesse and son Cameron were hosted for a complimentary weekend at the Archer Hotel Austin through a program called Operation Vacation to thank military families for their service. The Rotary clubs of Austin and Killeen make the arrangements each month and in partnership with our sponsors: Austin Hotel Lodging Association, County Line Restaurants and Visit Austin we provide a fun filled weekend in Austin. This is a rewarding experience for all involved. Thank a soldier! |
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Heritage Pride Project Rotary Club of Flatonia’s USS Lexington "Heritage Pride" Project was held on Thursday, 16 May 2019. We sponsored all the Juniors at Flatonia High School who are taking History to a full day of touring and entertainment at the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi. |
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Celebration of Life 2019 Most days, I take a few minutes to read the obituaries in the local papers. I am not looking to see if my name or picture is there. Every obituary is a capsule life story |
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Service Above Self Award Congratulations to PDG Rich Kaye, 2019 recipient of Rotary’s highest award, the Service Above Self award! No one deserves this recognition more!! |
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Inter-Club Cooperation The Rotary Club of Austin University Area board voted in early April 2019, to send money earned from participating in the Lakeway club car drawing ticket sales in 2017 and 2018 to Club Rotario Reynosa. This is an effort to replace the original computers for the TB Center.The money is earmarked for purchase and installation of 10 used computers for the Reynosa Tuberculosis Center. |
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Marble Falls Daybreak Builds Gaga Pit The Marble Falls Daybreak Rotary has long supported the Boys and Girls club of Marble Falls. Recently Daybreakers built a Gaga Pit for the Boys and Girls club. |
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Rotary In Paradise This month, the Rotary Club of Saipan welcomed two visiting Rotarians: Dr. Lily Muldoon of San Francisco Rotary Club and Rob Glass, founding chair of the Rotary Club of Corsicana of District 5870 Central Texas. |
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