Our First Social!! This Saturday, Aug. 30 at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden We have the best tour guide, our speaker last week, Katie Edwards, the Executive Director of the Umlauf Sculpture Garden. Tickets are $8 (over 60 is $6) and $2 for HS students. Meet a little before noon to get checked-in; the address is 605 Azie Morton Rd (fka Robert E Lee)
Winners of the NoFrills Fundraiser: Shirley Diepenbrock-tied for 2nd $25 gift certificate to the ClubSwag Store.
DAP Grant: Is coming along….Jim and I met with the Girl Scout troop leader and PTA sponsor Saturday at the site of the shed to be refurbished to a Room of Requirement for economically disadvantage families---about 1/3 of Sunset Valley Elem population
a. The project is for the repair/finish-out of a shed—includes plywood on walls and ceiling, painting, installing solar fan/lighting, adding insulation, adding decomposed granite around the shed and many other fixes. We’ll need many hands-on helpers (besides the Girl Scouts). Estimated work days will start mid-September……One of the DAP requirements is the active participation of Club Members. Please consider assisting us.
b. District grant is $1240; with a club match of $1,260 for a total estimated cost of $2500.
District Governor, Todd Smith led the induction of Sherrick West. He noted that he and Sherrick were both from Virginia and are Kappa Sigma Fraternity brothers and they shared their secret handshake with each other! Sherrick received a membership certificate and new member packet. Welcome Sherrick!
Our Call to Action is to “Unite For Good”. We come to Rotary meetings and events leaving things behind in the car so we can focus on coming together with our Rotary family to serve others. DG Todd’s theme for his year is “Engage with Passion”.
September Member Spotlight is Jenny Turney. SOUTH AUSTIN ROTARY is all about service, community and family! Meet member Jenny Montgomery Turney - #Rotarian for 4 years, passionate about volunteering and making an impact in the community and a Duck Fan!
We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers. Our abundance has brought us neither peace of mind nor serenity of spirit. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
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