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The Rotary Club of Austin (RCA) is the oldest and largest Rotary Club in the City of Austin. Founded in 1913, RCA provides a great service and networking environment. Our members consists of businesses, civic and community leaders. Each of these individuals is committed to Rotary’s “Service Above Self” philosophy that drives the club’s efforts to improve our community, our nation and the world. Learn more about what Rotary is.
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For those of you who can't join us in-person, you're invited to our LIVESTREAM Weekly Lunch Program! While we will have cookies, water or tea available at the meeting, we will not be offering a meal. Please bring your own lunch if you plan on eating. We've missed seeing you! SVP Austin and Rotary Club of Austin Connect A mixer for members of two great organizations! Come meet like-minded individuals over drinks and delicious food at Brewtorium. Cheers to getting to know the players at two great local organizations: Social Venture Partners Austin and Rotary Club of Austin! If you have questions or would like to register, please contact Vlad Bahrencu NOW! Hope to see you there! About SVP Austin: Social Venture Partners Austin is a group of business and community leaders working together to provide pro bono advice and resources to nonprofits and social enterprises in Central Texas. About Rotary Club of Austin: The Rotary Club of Austin (RCA) is the oldest and largest Rotary Club in the City of Austin. Founded in 1913, RCA provides a great service and networking environment. Our members consists of businesses, civic and community leaders. Each of these individuals is committed to Rotary’s “Service Above Self” philosophy that drives the club’s efforts to improve our community, our nation and the world.Rotary Reminder (3/26/24) - Dr. Stephen Enniss, Director of the Harry Ransom Center at UT Austin
DIRECTOR, HARRY RANSOM CENTER AT UT AUSTIN
His research interests are in twentieth century poetry, and he has written on Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and Seamus Heaney, among other figures. He co-curated the award-winning Grolier Club exhibition “No Other Appetite”: Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, and the Blood Jet of Poetry.
He is a past recipient of a Leverhulme Fellowship from the University of London and is the author of After the Titanic: A Life of Derek Mahon (Gill and Macmillan, 2014). He is currently at work on a collective biography of the Belfast Group poets.Club Meeting Details: Join us in person or on Zoom
This week's meeting will be held in-person at Ben Hur (and also live-streamed on Zoom)!!
When: Every Tuesday (almost) Noon to 1 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
***For our Zoom guests, please clear your caches and bookmarked Zoom meeting links and check your time zone settings. Use the following Meeting ID & Password (credentials) to login:
QuickLink:
https://rotary-austin-org.zoom.us/j/85690378301?pwd=bXMxcDBqK1drNmNqZW1ZV3JlZ2FFdz09
IMPORTANT STEPS TO CONNECT TO OUR WEEKLY MEETING LINK VIA ZOOM:
When the Rotary year begins on July 1st, we have a new meeting link. You should always be able to connect by typing in the Meeting ID and password as shown here.
1) Go to zoom.us/join
2) Enter the meeting ID in this box and passcode if prompted
(Meeting ID: 856 9037 8301 Passcode: 361851)
Did you miss last week's meeting or want to view the presentation? Here is our recording of Tim Klitch - Austin Pickle Ranch (Pickleball)Promote your business, support our Club!
* Advertising space costs only $250 for 6 months of promotion ($500/yr)!
* ALL PROCEEDS go toward helping CLUB OPERATIONS!
* Contact the Rotary Office for details.
Welcome, Oliver Borg!
Prospective Members' 10-Day Notices
Fernando Kempff (reinstatement/sponsored by Christine Kempff)
Toby Stoops (sponsored by Scott Rainey)
Please notify Jennifer Olsen, RCA Executive Director, if you have anything you’d like to share about Carlos, Fernando or Toby.ROTARY CARES HOW YOU'RE DOING!!!
Is there anything that your Rotary Club of Austin "family" can support you with (i.e. family changes, death of a loved one, illness or other health concerns, lost a job, other professional needs, etc.) or do you know of another Rotarian who may need help?
Click here to let us know (or you can send an e-mail to office@rotary-austin.org).SVP Austin & Rotary Club of Austin Connect on April 11th (from 5:30-7:30 p.m.)
Thursday, April 11th from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
If you have questions or would like to register, please contact Vlad Bahrencu NOW!
Enjoy specialty beer and delicious food at Brewtorium while you get to know these two organizations. Let's connect the dots on all the collectively good things brewing in our community and learn how we can help each other to do more, together.
Complimentary parking is available and food/beverages are available for purchase.Austin Cosmopolitan Rotary Club: CLOSET CLEANOUT
Have you been intending to do some
SPRING CLEANING,
Especially in your closet(s), but need a reason to get started?!?
The Austin Cosmopolitan Rotary Club (ACRC) may have a solution!!!
Between now and April 15th, ACRC is collecting new and gently used SHOES (any style and/or size) and BAGS (handbags/purses, totes, diaper bags, luggage, duffle bags, etc.) to donate to survivors of domestic violence, foster care youth and/or those in poverty.
Please bring any of the requested items to one of our upcoming Tuesday lunch meetings (on 3/19/24; 3/26/24; 4/2/24; or 4/9/24), and give them to Christine Kempff. She'll make sure they get delivered to ACRC, so they can be delivered to the folks who need them most!
Thank you, in advance, for your generosity!
SERVICE ABOVE SELFRotary Club of Austin-Southwest's 25th Annual Charity Golf Tournament - SIGN UP TODAY!
SIGN UP TODAY!
Please click this link to become a sponsor or to register as a golfer for the
Rotary Club of Austin-Southwest's 25th Annual Charity Golf Tournament on April 19, 2024.
There is no payment required at this time.
11:00 am Registration Opens
11:00 am Silent Auction Opens
12:00 Lunch Served
1:00 pm Shotgun Start
6:00 pm Supper, Awards and PrizesA Rotary Minute: Equipping Schools with Girl-Friendly Toilets
EQUIPPING SCHOOLS WITH GIRL-FRIENDLY TOILETS
In the partnership, the construction of sanitation and hygiene facilities and the organization of technical training workshops on sustainable operation and maintenance of these facilities are led by Rotary’s partner, the USAID-financed Uganda Sanitation for Health Activity (USHA).
USHA, in collaboration with Rotary and local governments, organized activities around the handover of newly completed sanitation and hygiene facilities to 10 schools in the northern Ugandan districts of Gulu and Agago in May 2021.
Rotary Club of Austin brings leaders together to do good service.
Our members are active in the community, business people, community leaders, people who are new to Austin as well as long-time and native Austinites. Our weekly meetings provide great fellowship, education and networking.
There are so many ways to get involved.
Let us help you get started.
Our club meetings are not the only ways to participate. We host a variety of other volunteer activities, large annual projects, business discussions, and social events. Contact us for more information.
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