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Becky Calzada, 2024-2025 President of AASL, is a District Library Coordinator in Leander, Texas, and a co-founding member of Texas #FReadom Fighters. She was selected for the 4th ALA Policy Corp Cohort, works as a member of the ALA Policy Corp Proactive Advocacy on Book Banning cadre and is a past member of the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee. She is actively involved in the Texas Library Association and serves on the legislative committee and served as Past-Chair for the Texas Association of School Librarians division in 2016-2017. Becky is the recipient of several intellectual freedom awards and was honored by People Magazine in their 2023 Women Changing the World portfolio. Becky is the co-author of Prepared Libraries, Empowered Teams: A Workbook for Navigating Intellectual Freedom Challenges Together which was published by ALA Editions in June 2024.

We are gathering with folks from other service clubs in our area for a HAPPY HOUR to enjoy some camaraderie and showcase an awesome local charity, Habitat for Humanity of Williamson County.

Proceeds from the evening will also support the Wilco Service Club member organizations: the Rotary Club of Cedar Park-Leander, the Kiwanis Club of Round Rock, the Longhorn Lions Club of Cedar Park/Leander, and the Round Rock Sertoma Club.  ALL ARE WELCOME! 

Many thanks to 5TH ELEMENT BREWING for their generous support!

Pack Shelf stable food items in Bags for the children

Julia Mitschke has served the City of Cedar Park as Library Director since 2015. As Library Director, she is responsible for overseeing the city’s library services, including a collection of over 196,000 digital and physical materials, the newly opened 47,000 square foot Library facility in the Bell District, extensive library programs, and 37 employees in the areas of Administration, Circulation, Makerspaces, Public Services, Technical Services and Youth Services. She is also the Library's liaison to the Cedar Park Public Library Foundation. 

Mitschke holds a Master of Science in Information Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a member of the American Library Association and the Texas Library Association. 

Prior to her current position, Mitschke was employed at the Cedar Park Public Library as Operations Manager (2010 to 2015), Children's Services Librarian (2008 to 2010), Public Services Librarian (2007 to 2008), and Children's Library Assistant (2006 to 2007).

Hill Country Bible Church will be hosting a Feed My Starving Children Mobile Pack event! Why a mobile packing event?  Food assistance is a vital component in the process of transitioning individuals, families and communities out of chronic hunger and poverty and into self-sufficiency. "Hunger is the world's biggest solvable problem." – World Food Programme. We believe that food is the foundation for all other progress. To a starving child, hope can only truly begin once a reliable source of nutritious food has been established. FMSC produces three special MannaPack™ meal formulas developed by food scientists to specifically stop malnutrition. We believe Jesus Christ has called us to feed the hungry and serve those in need. 
 

·      Feeding children in our community and around the world

·      Partnering with local churches, businesses, schools, civic orgs.

·      Encouraging 1,800+ volunteers to donate 2 hours of their time

·      Packing 300,000+ meals; that's enough to feed 800 kids a daily meal for an entire year! 

·      Collecting food to restock the Reveal Resource Center (local community food               bank).

Servant leaders enable us to do what we do, every day. We couldn’t do this work without YOU. Servant leaders pack all of the meals that the donations pay for.  It takes both packing and donating to feed the children!

Sign Up Link will be available January 2025.

The Expo is a community fair that showcases cultural events, interactive exhibitions and developments in our community..

Let introduce ourselves to the community in which we live!

Help Candlelight Ranch pre for their 8th Annual Chili Cook-Off & Car Show.

Nicole was born and raised in Ohio and graduated from Ohio University with degrees and social work,  psychology, and women's studies. She has been in the social work field for over 25 years. 

Nicole started her career working with youth and had a calling to support the senior community 4 years ago. She has now found her work family at Heart to Heart Hospice where her role is a community education representative. 

• WHAT: Food, fellowship, and fun at our Club Happy Hour
• WHO: Club members and their family & friends. It's a great time to Invite a potential new member
• WHERE: Santa Catarina, 500 Cypress Creek Rd, Cedar Park Texas 78613
• WHEN: Thursday, March 6th from 5 PM - 7 PM
• WEAR: Rotarians, wear a Rotary shirt

Assemble self stable food items for the area homeless

Dawn Lewis is a new member of the Rotary Club of South Austin, which she joined last Fall. She serves as the Executive Director of the TerraClear Foundation, securing funding and forging connections that enable Lao families to access clean drinking water. Dawn previously spent a decade as a teacher in Texas and authored the children’s book “My Teacher Moved to Laos,” which details life in that country, which is in SE Asia.

Through her leadership, the TerraCare program has made a huge impact on vulnerable families by expanding access to clean drinking water in several countries. TerraCare provided 10,000 subsidized ceramic filters that brought clean drinking water to over 50,000 Laotians. Dawn’s commitment also extends to clean water projects in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

A Missouri native, Dawn holds a BS in Civil Engineering and an MA in Linguistics. She speaks English, French, and Lao. She enjoys time in nature and moments with her family, many of whom reside in Austin, Texas, which Dawn now calls home.

Jill Leverages her years as a campus recruiter for top tier consulting firms in Chicago, MBA career advising at the University of Texas-Austin and 14 years in hardware and software marketing to lead a company that's creating more Flex Employee roles for the people and employers who want and need them.

She LOVES connecting people and creating wonderful connections. In her role with Better Balance she gets to do that and experience both employer and employee delight.

 

Spring concert in the park! Come support Band of the Hills!

Band of the Hills is a wind and percussion ensemble composed of musicians from Cedar Park, Leander, Round Rock, Pflugerville and the surrounding area. We are a non-audition, volunteer organization of dedicated musicians who love to perform and whose purpose is to provide a cultural and musical experience for central Texas communities.

I’m a husband to Aldine for 26 years, father of four exceptional children, and a strong advocate for public education. I believe in the power each individual has to change the world and as such, I know that the future of our globe is sitting in our public schools right now. It’s our responsibility to ensure they are ready for the extreme challenges they will face in their lifetime. As A.J. Juliani says it best: “Our job is not to prepare students for something, our job is to help students prepare themselves for anything.”

I will continue to fight to empower learners in public schools across the globe by setting the example for what can be accomplished in my community. It truly takes a village to raise a child. We must work together, empower one another, and set the example with every choice we make.

Anne K. Duffy was elected to a fourth term to serve on Place 3 of the Cedar Park City Council in May 2023. She currently serves as Mayor Pro Tem, as of April 2023. She was elected to her first term for Place 3 in 2017, her second term for Place 3 in 2019, her third term for Place 3 in 2021 and served as Mayor Pro Tem from May 2018 until May 2019. She is a native of Montana but has lived in Cedar Park since August 1999.

Anne has an extensive record of public service, most notably to our country. She served 13 years in the United States Naval Reserve, initially as a Naval Hospital Corpsman and achieving the rank of Hospital Corpsman Second Class. In the Naval Reserve, she was assigned to Naval Fleet Hospitals where she provided medical support for the United States Marine Corps and other field personnel. Anne was commissioned in the United States Navy Nurse Corps in 2001, serving until 2004, achieving the rank of Lieutenant. During her Navy tenure, she served as Assistant Training Officer, Training Officer, and Assistant Officer in Charge of her detachment. She was awarded two Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals.

Serving others is one of Anne's core values. She dedicates much of her time to volunteering. Her volunteer activities include: Samaritan Health Ministries, Hill Country Community Ministries, Reveal Resource Center, Community Care Vaccination Clinics, Vista Ridge PTSA, Mentor for Vista Ridge Incubator (2024 Mentor of the Year), Education Connection Literacy Partner, Heroes Night Out, Cedar Park Chamber, Cedar Park Public Library Foundation.  Anne is a proud graduate of Leadership Cedar Park, (best) Class of 2020.  Anne was recognized as a Medical Hero by the VFW in January 2022, for her work during the COVID-19 Pandemic.  

A graduate of Montana State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing. Anne works as a Clinical Nursing Manager for Seton Premiere Staffing in Austin, where she manages RNs, LVNs, Surgical Technologists, and Medical Assistants in the float pool for the Ascension Seton network. She was formerly a Nursing House Supervisor at Brackenridge Hospital, Cedar Park Regional Medical Center, and Seton Medical Center - Williamson, and spent eight-and-a-half years as a Surgical-Trauma ICU RN/Charge Nurse at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin. Prior to moving to Central Texas, she was a Medical-Surgical RN/Charge Nurse at University Medical Center in Lubbock.

Anne and her Husband Derral Partin, who is a Lieutenant with the Leander Police Department, and Command staff of Central Texas Regional SWAT(CTRS), live in west Cedar Park with their children, Addison and Padraig. Addison graduated CPHS, where she played Varsity Softball. Padraig attends Vista Ridge High School.

Anne says her favorite aspects of life in Cedar Park are the people, small-town feel, and close proximity to recreation, Austin, and a major airport - as traveling is one of her top hobbies. She also enjoys reading, running, hiking, fishing, cooking, and watching sports, especially St. Louis Cardinals baseball.

Band of the Hills is a wind and percussion ensemble composed of musicians from Cedar Park, Leander, Round Rock, Pflugerville and the surrounding area. We are a non-audition, volunteer organization of dedicated musicians who love to perform and whose purpose is to provide a cultural and musical experience for central Texas communities.

Monty Chamberlain is the Employment Recruitment Coordinator for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC).  In this role, Mr. Chamberlain has been responsible for networking with employers across the state of Texas to share information about the many values disabled individuals can bring to an employer as well as working on various Employment First related projects, including the HHS Vocational Apprenticeship Program.

Mr. Chamberlain has 41 years of state government experience.  He began his career with the Texas Department of Transportation and worked with that agency for 18 years, progressing to his last position with the agency as Director of Administration for one of the agency divisions.  For the last 23 years, he has been with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. He was the Director of Administration for the Richmond State Supported Living Center for eight years, and then assumed the role as the statewide Business Services Director in the State Supported Living Center division, coordinating all business and support services for the 12 State Supported Living Centers and overseeing the nearly $700 million budget at the time.  For the last 10 years, Mr. Chamberlain has been in his present position working on Employment First related projects.  

Mr. Chamberlain holds a bachelor’s degree with a concentration in Public Administration from Saint Edwards University in Austin, where he graduated with Summa Cum Laude honors and is credentialed by the State Comptroller as a Certified Texas Contract Manager.