Serving Our Community  We accomplished an important goal! After a wonderful Charity Garden Party fundraiser hosted by N2 Gives and organized by Jennifer Lynn Pizer the Club had $2500 to serve our community. Working with Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area and The Craftsman Center in Taylor, Texas, we met with five Apprentice Plumbers being trained by Coppera Plumbing to give each of them a $500 grant to support their education in a trade.
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Welcome New Member - Kim Masunaga Welcome new member Kim Masunaga officially inducted this morning as a member of The Rotary Club of Cedar Park - Leander. Rotary runs in her DNA as her father is a Rotarian!! |
2024 LISD Backpack Attack  The Rotary Club of Cedar Park-Leander volunteered today with 2024 LISD Backpack attack. With the help of community assembled 3400 backpacks for children that are affected with low resources.
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Serving Breakfast at RYLA Camp  The Rotary Club of Cedar Park - Leander members served breakfast for RYLA - Rotary Youth Leadership Awards an intensive leadership experience organized by Rotary clubs and districts where students develop skills as a leader while having fun and making connections at their 2024 camp.
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Supporting the Homeless at Bags of Grace Members volunteered at The Bags of Grace project packing food. Bags of Grace is a ministry of love to the homeless and a simple way to assist those who are living on the streets of Austin.
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Promoting Rotary at the Old Town Street Festival Rotary Club of Cedar Park - Leander attended The Old Town Street festival! We sold bottles of water to the attendees and promoted Rotary to the community. Thank you to all those who visited our booth and donated for Rotary Foundation which helps our community with scholarships, books, school supplies and more. |
Welcome New Member - Mick Donohoe Congratulations to our new Rotarian, Mick Donohoe!
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Exciting News: Our New Location & Special Thanks to Our Sponsors! We are thrilled to announce that we have officially moved to our new location! This exciting development would not have been possible without the incredible support and sponsorship from Christine Ishmael, the Director of Sales, and the Hampton Inn of Cedar Park.
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Congratulations to Joe Dahlstrom!  Congratulations to member Dr. Joe Dahlstrom who was awarded a Texas Library Champions 2024 at the Texas Library Association annual conference in San Antonio! The original recipients were 100 people recognized in 2002, the 100th anniversary of TLA. This year, an additional 28 were added to the list.
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Feed My Starving Children MobilePack The Rotary Club of Cedar Park - Leander volunteered to pack nutritious MannaPack meals distributed worldwide by Feed My Starving Children-Richardson (FMSC.org)
Feed My Starving Children is a nonprofit dedicated to seeing every child whole in body and spirit. |
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Apply for Rotary Peace Fellowship Rotary Peace Centers increase the capacity of dedicated peace and development leaders from communities around the world through academic training, relevant field experiences, and global networking opportunities. If you're a peacebuilding who wants to increase your impact, learn more about applying by 15 May for a fully funded master’s degree or professional development certificate fellowship: https://on.rotary.org/3J6sYLP
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Spreading Christmas Joy The Rotary Club of Cedar Park - Leander distributed books to the students at Bagdad Elementary during their Cookies with Santa program.
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Welcome New Member - Cheryl McGirr Please welcome our new member Cheryl McGirr!!
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Rotarians At Work for Salvation Army Rotary Club of Cedar Park-Leander members are ringing the bell this holiday season to raise funds for the Salvation Army.
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Thanksgiving Blessings at Reveal  The Rotary Club of Cedar Park - Leander volunteered at Reveal sharing a blessing and distributing hundreds of Thanksgiving meals for our community! A very worthwhile and touching event!
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Important News! Thursday, 11/16 will be our last lunch meeting at SouthStar Bank. We will continue with holding 2 meetings a month, 7:00 am on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays only.
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Creating Hope In The World  Great meeting this past week with District Governor Bob Crouch! We were joined by the Northwest Austin Rotary Club to prepare health hygiene kits for the homeless and veterans. It was a great night and even better company! Together, we are creating hope in the world!
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Supporting the Homeless  The Rotary Club of Cedar Park - Leander is honored to be able to partner with Mobile Loaves & Fishes to help support the homeless in our community. Our members helped make sandwiches and pack the Mobile Loaves & Fishes Truck for deliveries. Mobile Loaves & Fishes is a social outreach ministry that has been empowering communities into a lifestyle of service with the homeless since 1998.
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Rotary Bench at YMCA Camp Twin Lakes  The Rotary Club of Cedar Park-Leander has recently installed two park benches. One, funded through a District 5870 grant, is now in Leander’s Devine Lake Park. The second bench, purchased with club funds, is located at the Twin Lakes Family YMCA is Cedar Park. The Devine Lake Park bench is near a play area that is highly used by residents in the area. The Twin Lakes Family YMCA bench is located near the start of a hiking trail that starts at the YMCA and will be a welcome rest stop for hikers. These benches give Rotary visibility in both areas.
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Serving at the Annual BackPack Attack  Volunteers and Rotarians showed up on Friday, August 4th to pack 3200 backpacks for low income students!!
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Volunteers Needed! Volunteers needed!! We have 6 spots to fill for our... BackPack Attack assembling pack on – Friday, August 4th from 8:30 am to 11:30 am @ Leo Center, 300 S W Dr, Leander, TX 78641. https://rotarycedarparkleander.org/event/lisd-backpack-attack-1/
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Serving Breakfast to RYLA Campers & Staff  Round of Applause for Rotarians serving above self for RYLA attendees!
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Supporting House Hope Thank you Reveal Resource for collaborating with The Rotary Club of Cedar Park - Leander with donations delivered for Hope House!! Pictured Rotarian Earl Follis.
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National Day of Prayer Cheers to member PDG Jerry Chapman who was asked to provide the prayers over local businesses at the Leander Police Department's "Leander Prayer Breakfast"!
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Club Happy Hour Event We are having a Happy Hour Event @ Los Reyes Mexican Restaurant, 251 N Bell Blvd, Ste 111b, on Wednesday, May 3rd from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The 1st 25 ppl free for the Taco Bar and drinks are on their own. After, that it's $10 per person for the Taco Bar.
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2023 Charity Garden Party Fundraiser Pull out that sundress and big hat and come join us! Our Garden Party is open to the public (with limited capacity) and through advanced ticket purchase. Enjoy live music, catered bites, craft cocktails & wine, silent auction, pop-up shopping, yard games, and helping a great cause. This event is hosted by N2 Gives. Proceeds from this event will support youth scholarships and leadership coaching for LISD youth. Tickets are $50. Save $10 by registering by June 1st by using discount code CGP2023 Sponsorships are available.
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Rotary 2022-23 Projects Recap |
Doggie Fashion Show - Fundraiser - Postponed! The DOGGIE FASHION SHOW FUNDRAISER has been postponed until Saturday, September 9th.
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CURRENT CHARITY EVENTSHere is one of our current, local charity groups that we endorse and help out with on a regular basis: Reveal Resource Center Food Pantry: The Reveal Resource Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to feeding families through both physical and spiritual resources! It takes more than one person to spread the message of compassion, and Reveal Resource Center cannot exist without the support of others! Community Clothes Closet: If your Church, School, Business, Agency or Family would like to take action to eliminate hunger and provide resources for self sufficiency, you can support this ministry through the following areas: Canned Food, Clothing Drive, Monetary Donations and Volunteer work. |
President's Message
Dear Fellow Rotarians and Friends, Wow, I feel so blessed with the opportunity to be club president for the Cedar Park-Leander Rotary for 2022-2023. What an honor! |
MLK Parade Leander, Texas |
Fruit Fundraiser |
RYLA |
Little Free Library The Rotary Club of Cedar Park-Leander has enjoyed being a part of DG Beverly Luedke’s Rotary District 5870 grant which includes the construction, installation, and ongoing management of a Little Free Library.
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Club Anniversary |
Audrey Wernecke |
HEB Center - Fundraiser
Sign up for a shift to work one of the 6 storefronts (ie-food vendor) inside the HEB Center to help our Rotary club raise funds for local school scholarships and other community events we sponsor. At $50+/person and an average of 5-8 people per event, it won't take us long to earn enough to give a $500 scholarship for each worthy student we sponsor. Our goal is to sponsor several students this year. Let's all have some fun and help the community at the same time! ** REMINDER: YOU MUST HAVE COMPLETED YOUR TABC COURSE AND GONE THROUGH THE HEB ORIENTATION TO BE ELIGIBLE TO WORK! ** (this is for a hockey event) |
ARCH - Serve meals to the homeless
Help serve meals to the people who are experiencing homelessness. We need 5 people on each night. Here is their website for more information: http://frontsteps.org/what-we-do/arch/ |
Hope House: Help us spruce up the place!
Join us to help Hope House spruce up their place by general cleaning, mowing, etc. They need us for 2 Saturday mornings, Nov 3rd and Nov 10. Please sign up for one or both! We can use up to 20 people each day. Here is more information about this great organization that helps the severely disabled live more fuller lives: https://www.hopehouseaustin.org/ |
Knowles Elementary - Literacy Faire
Come join us as we distribute DAP Grant free books to children and read to them while the teachers get acquainted with the parents. We will also be supporting their PTA bake-sale.
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Reveal Resource Center
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Foundation-Part 1The Rotary Foundation - Part 1 Past District Governor Rich Kaye was our guest speaker on April 12th. His presentation was Part One of Two dealing with the Rotary Foundation.The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into projects that change lives both close to home and around the world. As the charitable arm of Rotary, the Foundation taps into a global network of Rotarians who invest their time, money, and expertise into our priorities, such as eradicating polio and promoting peace. Foundation grants empower Rotarians to approach challenges such as poverty, illiteracy, and malnutrition with sustainable solutions that leave a lasting impact.
When you give to The Rotary Foundation, you support Rotary's work across the world and help ensure our future. You can choose where to direct your donation and how you wish to give. Recognition is offered at many giving levels.
There are a number of ways to designate how you donation is used...the best being t allow the Foundation to choose how best to place your donation funds.
Come Tuesday and learn more about how our small individual donations multiply into making some SERIOUS changes in the health and happiness of the world family that Rotary supports.
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Fable FestFable Fest 2016 is Coming!
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Other NewsGuests & VisitorsAlong with our speaker, Jackie Cara, of Rabalais Law, we had the honor of a visit from Dee Thomas who had been invited to join us by Ken Hay.
Talent CompetitionThe Talent Team has things well under way for the final competition which will be Sunday, April 2nd, from 2 to 5PM in the Performing Arts Center at Cedar Park High School, 2150 Cypress Creek in Cedar Park. Plan to attend - it is a blast to see the talent our local students have...just ready to be set free.
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Family Financial PlanningFinancial Planning for Your Family.jpg) Jackie Cara of the Rabalais Law Firm was our guest speaker on March 22nd. She spoke to about an aspect of planning tht many of us avoid considering jut as long as we can...
It is not rocket science...it just takes a little time and thought to protect our assets and our families.
Some things to consider include:
Visit the Rabalais Law Firm web site at http://rabalaislaw.com/ for answers to questions like those above and to download a
FREE Special Legal Report!
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