Austin Cosmopolitan Rotary Club

For years, the Austin Cosmo Rotary Club has provided support to Project Schoolhouse – a remarkable organization that provides clean water to communities in Nicaragua.

Project Schoolhouse believes that every child has a right to a good education, that every community has a right to clean water in their homes, and that schools can be a foundation for a stronger, more vital, and sustainable future for the whole community. The goals of Project Schoolhouse align very much with that of WASH Rotary Action Group many Rotary clubs across the world are working towards

Here is a short video on Project Schoolhouse:
https://vimeo.com/430091879

VICTORINA Victorina “What I have never enjoyed, let my children enjoy. What I have not learned, let them learn.“ A story of one mother’s journey to give…

Thursday at Rotary: Join us at Zilker Park at 8pm as we enjoy Zilker Theatre's production of Roald Dahl's Matilda: The Musical! Admission and parking are free. See our weekly newsletter for more details and a link to a tip sheet about parking, accessibility, prohibited items, and more. We'll be back at Clay Pit next week for our first regular club meeting of August. - https://mailchi.mp/c3f18d7f2249/acrc-newsletter-1-1-10383718

Dear Rotarians, as we step into August, we focus on membership and club development goals.

Thursday at Rotary: Join us at Clay Pit or on Zoom as we hear from Selena Serna, Executive Director of Project Schoolhouse. This great local organization works with rural communities in Nicaragua to improve access to sanitation, clean water, and educational resources. We look forward to seeing you Thursday at 6pm! - https://mailchi.mp/ca44a3eb49e3/acrc-newsletter-1-1-10382498

Our club members spent a very productive evening packing office supplies for the teaching staff at Pecan Springs Elementary, here are few photos from the evening. Also, we were joined by a fellow Rotaractor Monty from New Zealand.

Thursday at Rotary: Join us at Clay Pit for an evening of service and fellowship! We will be creating teacher care packages for teachers at Pecan Springs Elementary School and will participate in a social activity. See you tomorrow at 6pm! -

TOMORROW at Rotary: Service & Fellowship Night This week's meeting will be a unique format as we will combine two of our favorite things as Rotarians: an in-meeting service project and a fellowship game night.

Dear Rotarians, please watch this short video to learn more on how ESRAG (Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group) - is taking Action for Climate Change. Join hands with ESRAG at https://esrag.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmLie5eXAec&t=4s

Taking Action for Climate Change | Rotary International & ESRAG Climate Action Policy In this impactful video, we delve into the urgent need for climate action and how Rotary International, along with the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Ac...

Rtn.Patrick Hanrahan volunteered last Saturday at the Grand Oaks neighborhood in south Austin for a project with a community partner Treefolks Young Professionals to mitigate invasive plant growth in the neighborhood. A total of 16 participants were involved in the event : 11 from Treefolks, 1 from RC of Austin Cosmopolitan and 4 residents of the neighborhood.

Here's a photo with fellow volunteers that participated in the event.

To learn more about Treefolks, please visit https://www.treefolks.org/about/

👏👏👏 Patrick

Kudos to our club members for joining hands with the Austin Parks Foundation

Thursday at Rotary: Join us for our FIRST regular meeting of the 2023-24 Rotary Year! We will hear from new ACRC President Cyril Bernier about his vision for the club as well as priorities from Rotary International and Rotary District 5870. See you at Clay Pit or on Zoom tomorrow at 6pm. - https://mailchi.mp/f75f038f7a6c/acrc-newsletter-1-1-10380526

July marks a "New Leadership Month" as we invite our new Rotary leaders across the globe. For more information on the new district leadership, please visit https://rotarydistrict5870.org/

Thanks to our Rotarians Terry Foor, Laura Liem, Bernard Williams, Patrick Hanrahan and Chris Burrows for volunteering & creating a better place for the locals to enjoy the park. Our club's recent Govalle & Boggy creek cleanup activity in collaboration with Austin Parks Foundation was featured in this month's district newsletter.

https://rotarydistrict5870.org/Stories/cleanup-govalle-park-and-boggy-creek-with-austin-parks-foundation

Cleanup Govalle Park and Boggy Creek with Austin Parks Foundation "Members of the Austin Cosmopolitan Rotary club - Terry Foor, Laura Liem, Bernard Williams, Patrick Hanrahan and Chris Burrows volunteered on June 17th at the “Neighborhood Volunteer Event: Cleanup Govalle Park and Boggy Creek!” with Austin Parks Foundation.

☀️ See you tomorrow, bright and early, for a virtual Bibliobus celebration! ☀️ - https://mailchi.mp/1989621fab15/this-sunday-celebrate-the-bibliobus-with-us-10378374

RI President Gordon R. McInally reveals the Rotary Presidential Theme 23-24 "Create hope in the World"

Rotary Theme 2023-2024 Gordon McInally "Create Hope in the World" (3:22 min) Presidential Theme 23-24 "Create hope in the World".Gordon R. McInally reveals the Rotary Theme 2023-2024 "Create Hope in the World". Part of the 22 minutes...

Mark your calendars for this upcoming event in Sep. This is a great networking opportunity with fellow Rotarians in Dist 5870.

Who is ready for some fun? Join us for ROTARY NIGHT AT THE BALLPARK on Saturday, September 16th at Dell Diamond! Round Rock Express vs. Las Vegas Aviators at 7:05 PM. Tickets are $20 section, section 113. Buy tickets: https://ow.ly/VX9r50OWahl

Join us this Sunday as we celebrate the launch of our mobile library (Bibliobus) - a partnership with the Rotary CLUB d'Antananarivo Tsimbaroa!

Event details: https://www.facebook.com/events/797432038693435?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[]%7D

Thursday at Rotary: Join us at Clay Pit or on Zoom for our FINAL club meeting of the 2022-23 Rotary Year! Also, check out this week's newsletter for a link to a brief video about our Installation Event from Sunday. We were glad to have had the chance to celebrate another amazing Rotary Year together. - https://mailchi.mp/fa74c954664e/acrc-newsletter-1-1-10377570

Thursday at Rotary: Come learn more about the Global Grant service project that the Central Texas e-Club is working on (with support in part from Austin Cosmo Rotary!): Oxygen Refilling Plant for Rural Health Facilities in Liberia. See you at Thursday at 6pm at Clay Pit. - https://mailchi.mp/6554bb97da39/acrc-newsletter-1-1-10376306

Thanks to Todd Smith - Rotary District 5870 Governor Nominate Designee for sharing information about Rotary Fellowships, our club members now know more on tapping into the greater network that can be leveraged by being a Rotarian. If you’re interested to learn more Rotary Fellowships, please visit https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/more-fellowships.

We were also happy to see our founding club president Brian attend the meeting, here’s a photo of Terry Foor and Brian Nalle

TOMORROW at Rotary: We will be visited by Rotary District 5870 Governor Nominee Designate Todd Smith who will share information with us about Rotary Fellowships. Join us at Clay Pit on Thursday at 6pm for our second regular meeting of June! - https://mailchi.mp/f680283c6f1c/acrc-newsletter-1-1-10374950

Being part of a fellowship is a fun way to make friends around the world, explore a hobby or profession, and enhance your Rotary experience.

Rotary International offers a great opportunity to every Rotarian to join more than one fellowship that can enhance and introduce you to a new group of people who may already be pursuing similar interests. Please visit https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/more-fellowships to learn more on the plethora of opportunities one has to explore in the Rotary world.

Our last night's meeting at Clay Pit was a great informative session by our incoming president Cyril Bernier on his takeaways and experiences from RI Convention 2023. Also, our incoming PI Chair Abhishek Padmanabhuni presented Public image strategy & exchanged his ideas for the year 2023-24. Thanks to all the Rotarians that could make it for the meeting. Looking forward to the new Rotary year.

For our first regular club meeting of June, we will hear from ACRC member Abhishek Padmanabhuni about his Public Image strategy for the club next Rotary year. We will also hear from incoming ACRC president Cyril Bernier about his experience at the 2023 RI Convention in Melbourne. See you at 6pm on Thursday! - https://mailchi.mp/fbfabb7a4a5b/acrc-newsletter-1-1-10373614

No Rotary Tonight! See you next week at Clay Pit. - https://mailchi.mp/636f189f8dfe/acrc-newsletter-1-1-10372686

Last week, Jill Turner from Painting Pandas visited our club and explained the great work they are doing in providing children with art tools and visual art lessons to those who may not have access. To learn more about upcoming events, please visit https://www.austincrc.org/events/

The Rotary International Convention 2023 in Melbourne is under way since Sunday!

Two of our members are attending, and we can't wait for them to share their experience with us next week!

TOMORROW at Rotary: Join us at Clay Pit or on Zoom at 6pm as we hear from Jill Turner with Painting Pandas, a unique local nonprofit organization. We also have details about our club leadership installation event at the end of the month, so check out this week's newsletter! - https://mailchi.mp/e5474b9456c8/acrc-newsletter-1-1-10371366

Rotarians from the & Austin Cosmopolitan Rotary Club helped with special events at Pecan Springs Elementary in Austin last Friday. Students were given a chance to earn a spot at the event by completing all the educational assignments they were given to help them get ready for the next part of STARR testing. The Rotarians enjoyed working face to face with the students on both water quality and skill testing.

Last Thursday, Dr. Randall Parr & Amber Parr from Early Act First Knight EAFK met our club members at Clay Pit and provided great insights into the impact that they are having on school children in imparting moral ethics part of the school curriculum and laying foundations for children from under privileged communities to become better citizens in the society.

EAFK is actively involved with Pecan Springs Elementary and many other schools in states across the nation.

Please visit http://www.eafk.org/ for more details

If you are interested to learn more about exciting volunteering and community impact opportunities please join us at Clay Pit this coming Thursday @ 6 PM

Thursday at Rotary: We will be participating in a social activity with Club Admin chair Blair Loaiza! Please note that due to the nature of this week's meeting, there will be no option to join virtually via Zoom. See you Thursday at Clay Pit! - https://mailchi.mp/f687b76817a0/acrc-newsletter-1-1-10369918

Last week, our Club met at the Lazarus Brewing Co. to share some laughs and beers. We also add the opportunity to welcome Miriam from the Austin NW Club. 🍻

Tonight, let's see you at the Clay Pit for our regular meeting with Dr. Barr, founder and CEO of the EarlyAct FirstKnight program!

Join us Thursday at Clay Pit or on Zoom to hear about Early Act First Knight. EAFK is an organization which promotes social-emotional learning and character development for elementary and middle school students. See you Thursday for fun, food, and Rotary fellowship! - https://mailchi.mp/69e9c8ce064e/acrc-newsletter-1-1-10368814

Last Thursday, we were joined by Lizzie Wilson and Ayah Alomari from Engineers Without Borders Greater Austin to cover the great work they are doing in our local community and internationally.

A lot of commonalities with Rotary. Discover their current water project in Tanzania communities: https://ewbgreateraustin.org/projects/tanzania/ 🚰🚰🚰

This week is our Social night. Join us at 6:00pm at Lazarus Brewing Co. 2, their new location on Airport Boulevard for some Rotary fellowship, food, and fun! 🍻

Thursday at Rotary: We will be meeting at Lazarus Brewing for our monthly club social. Please note that we will be at their new location at 4803 Airport Blvd. Join us for some Rotary fellowship this week and again next week when we'll be back at Clay Pit for our first regular club meeting of May. See you then! - https://mailchi.mp/1ec96893116e/acrc-newsletter-1-1-10367566