Jenny updated the Club on the Cosmo Club’s Global Grant project that South Austin (and 5 others) contributed providing mobile libraries in Madagascar. The Bibliobuses schedules visits to 14 towns to provide literacy to areas with no access to books. Attached is a more descriptive link: Bibliobus Update GG Preso - Presentation (canva.com)
A Night Under One Sky event hosted by Interfaith Action of Central Texas is Tues, Oct 15 and Ann Graham has a table with two (2) seats available. Please contact her asap if you would like to attend. https://interfaithtexas.org/a-night-under-one-sky-2/
President Shirley announced for the Service Chair of assisting the Terra Clear Foundation (that provides clean water filters in Laos) by its Christmas Card sales to donate directly to its 501c3 Foundation. More to come on this.
SOUTH AUSTIN ROTARY is all about service, community and family! Meet Mickie Powers: She is a remarkable woman who has made a significant impact in Austin, Texas. She’s not your typical superhero from movies or books; instead, she’s a real-life hero with the power to change lives. Mickie Powers is a retired middle school teacher science teacher and a cancer survivor. Powers helps residents with various needs, including job hunting, resume assistance, bus passes, and food.
World Polio Day is a time for Rotary members, public health advocates, and all who want a world free from polio to come together, recognize our progress in the fight to end polio, and talk about the actions we need to take in order to end polio for good. All donations are matched 2:1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, tripling your impact!
Please join us on Thursday, October 24 (World Polio Day) for Pints for Polio at DK Maria’s at 5:00pm. This is a joint project with our club, Rotary Club of Austin Southwest and Rotary Club of Austin Westlake. DK Maria’s will donate $1 to PolioPlus for every drink ordered. Grab a friend and come join us!
Additional Polio event via the Westlake Club is Wed, Oct. 23 at Chick-Fil-A in Westlake from 4pm to 8pm. They will donate 10% of a food order---indicate you are with Rotary. Mobile ordering? Use code: rotarycare (case sensitive)
The Diaper Drive (and other paper products—wipes, toilet paper, paper towels) for Manchaca UMC Food Pantry will be through October. You may bring your donation to a meeting; Simon Garza has offered to collect items and deliver them to the church. Items will also be collected at the Pints for Polio event at DK Maria’s
Mickie provided numerous statistics on incarceration in the United States. First that the US is #1 in total incarcerated persons--$2million. And about 80million in the US have some type of criminal record. The cost to fund incarcerations is $8Billion.
Stan Cravat was presented with his name badge and certificate as an Honorary member of RC South Austin. Welcome Stan!! Now we just need to get Radar a nametag!
Mickie Powers presented information on the Rotary Club of Guyana’s project that covered all three above topics….to provide electricity in the medical facilities. Many of Guyana’s medical facilities have no electricity and babies that are delivered at night are born with the use of cell phone lights and flashlights. The Rotary Club provided a solar powered system at a cost of $21,000 which provided much needed electricity in the medical facilities; they are working on providing more of these type projects. One woman who had her baby with ‘light’ was so excited, she named her baby, Solar!
There was a guy in prison, and he was talking to his brother on the ‘outside’, and he says, “remember when we were kids, and we finished each other’s sentences?”
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, to host 2028 Rotary International ConventionRotary has announced that Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, will host its convention in 2028.The Rotary International Convention welcomes tens of thousands of
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