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Texas State Football to Tackle Golf at May 16 Event

Texas State Football to Tackle Golf at May 16 Event

SAN MARCOS — A foursome from Texas State football will compete in the Rotary Club’s upcoming16^th annual Scramble 4 Scholarships on May 16 at the Kissing Tree Golf Club. The team was recruited by students working with Rotary as part of a public relations campaign class this spring.

After hearing about how the event helps high school students in the community, Dane Evans, assistant quarterbacks coach, Offensive Coordinator Landon Keopple, and quarterbacks Holden Geriner and Brad Jackson decided to join the Scramble.

Jackson, a redshirt freshman majoring in marketing, started playing golf just a couple of years ago. He threw for 9,986 yards and scored 120 touchdowns during his Reagan High School career in San Antonio. “But I’ve never done anything like this Scramble,” Jackson said. “I’m excited to represent Texas State football and be able to play a game that I truly love and, at the same time, give back to the community.”

Rotary still has openings for additional golfing teams and event sponsors. For more information contact event chair Scott Yarbrough at (512) 753-9413 or email him at scott@theyarbroughagency.com.

ABOUT ROTARY IN SAN MARCOS

The Rotary Club of San Marcos is 103 years old. Its members are a group of dedicated volunteers and community, business, and professional leaders, working together to make a positive impact in the community. Rotary works to combat hunger, alleviate poverty, promote health and education, and foster leadership development. Rotary International has more than 1.4 million members and 45,000 clubs worldwide.

April 23 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

JEFFREY BROWN DISCUSSES THE FIRST TUESDAY FILM SERIES AT ROTARY APRIL 23

SAN MARCOS -- Jeffrey Brown curates and organizes First Tuesday SMTX, a monthly community film series, bringing award-winning, indie films to the big screen for the first time in San Marcos on the first Tuesday of each month. He will discuss the film series and his own background in film at the next meeting of the Rotary Club of San Marcos on Wednesday, April 23. Rotary meets at noon at the VFW Hall, 1701 Hunter Rd. Visitors are always welcome.

First Tuesday was recognized by the Downtown Association for Best Innovation in 2023. It celebrates its two-year anniversary on May 13 with the film Get Back Up about the local rock band Blue October. The films are screened at the Price Center on San Antonio Street at 7 p.m.

Brown lived in the Czech Republic for 20 years before returning to the Texas Hill Country. He leads Big Day Pictures and has produced and directed award-winning narrative features and documentaries in Europe, Africa, Asia and the USA, screened at major international festivals including Sundance, Cannes, Tribeca, SXSW, Rotterdam and the New York Film Festival. His films have been released in cinemas internationally as well as on leading streaming outlets such as Netflix, HBO, Showtime, PBS, Amazon, Hulu, ESPN and AMC. Recent highlights include Runaway Radio, about Houston’s KLOL 101 FM, Cowboys, about big outfit cowboys, Nothing Stays The Same: The Story of The Saxon Pub and No No: A Documentary about African American baseball pitcher Dock Ellis’s legendary no-hitter. Altogether, Brown has produced 40 films, screened in over 100 festivals and 50 countries.

In addition to producing films himself, Brown also likes to share his knowledge about filmmaking in a documentary masterclass. It has been offered in Europe and the U.S. over the past decade, most recently in San Marcos in January and February 2025.

The Rotary Club of San Marcos is nonprofit, nonpolitical and nonreligious. It is more than 103 years old and funds scholarships, grants to nonprofits, international exchange students, and hands-on service projects. SMTXrotary.com

Scramble 4 Scholarships

The Title Sponsor for Scramble 4 Scholarships is La Cima.
The Lunch Sponsor is Divided Sky Roofing & Solar

Sponsorship opportunities are still available: scott@theyarbroughagency.com

Rotary scholarships are available to all San Marcos area high school seniors including SMHS, San Marcos Academy, and San Marcos Christian School. Applicants can pursue either college or vocational education programs.

April 16 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Rotary Names La Cima Title Sponsor of Annual Golf Event

San Marcos — The Rotary Club of San Marcos announces La Cima, a beautiful community located between San Antonio and Austin, as the title sponsor for the 16th annual Scramble 4 Scholarships fundraising golf tournament on May 16 at the Kissing Tree Golf Club. The official lunch sponsor for the event is Divided Sky Roofing and Solar.

Scott Yarbrough, chair of the May 16 event, said he is grateful for the strong support for this fundraiser. “The event brings the community together for a very fun event,” Yarbrough said. “It’s very gratifying to know that our scholarships are contributing to the education of outstanding students. The tournament is yet another event that allows community leaders to network.”

Proceeds from the tournament fund scholarships for local high school graduates to attend college or a vocational program. Rotary usually awards 10 to 12 scholarships to local San Marcos area high school students.

The Rotary Club continues to seek golf teams, food and beverage sponsors, and hole sponsors. Teams for the event consist of four players.

For more information contact Yarbrough at 512-753-9413 or email him at scott@theyarbroughagency.com. SMTXrotary.com.

New SMTX Rotary Banner Celebrates Unique Things About San
Marcos

New SMTX Rotary Banner Celebrates Unique Things About San Marcos

Rotary clubs often have small banners that clubs and members can present to other Rotarians and other clubs. For example, when Rotarians travel they may take a banner to present to another club in the U.S. or anywhere in the world.

This new banner celebrates things that are special about SMTX including Texas State University, the San Marcos River, 13,000 years of indigenous history, and our location in the heart of Texas.

Peter Baen, Seth Worley and a number of other Rotarians exchanged ideas about a new banner for some time before deciding on this design. Banners will be available at meetings for a nominal charge.

Welcome to San Marcos

Scramble 4 Scholarships May 16

Rotary awards many scholarships every year to high school seniors from San Marcos high schools. A lot of money comes from an annual fundraising golf tournament. We still need golfers, sponsors, and prizes for winners and small items for gift bags. The event is a blast and the proceeds benefit our local youth.

April 9 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Rotary Speakers Discuss HCWC on April 9

Veronica Medina and Kirsten Brotze will share information about the Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center at the Rotary Club of San Marcos on April 9. The month of April is both Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month. Medina and Brotze plan to discuss sexual assault and child abuse, including defining both issues, identifying myths and misconceptions, and finally, what can be done to support survivors and prevent abuse from happening in the future. Medina and Brotze will also provide information about the services of HCWC and how community members can be involved.

Veronica Medina is the Community Development Coordinator at HCWC . She joined the nonprofit in 2015 as the Shelter Legal Advocate. As the Community Development Coordinator, her role includes fundraising, community engagement, education, and donor development. Veronica earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology, minoring in Criminal Justice, from Sam Houston State University.

Kirsten Brotze has been the Community Engagement Coordinator at HCWC since 2023. She began her involvement at the nonprofit as a volunteer in 2021, then was hired on as an Overnight/Weekend Shelter Advocate. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado in Boulder.

Rotary meets Wednesdays at Noon at the VFW Hall, 1701 Hunter Rd., San Marcos. Visitors are always welcome. Rotary is nonprofit, nonpolitical, and nonreligious. The San Marcos Rotary Club is 104 years old. SMTXrotary.com

The Magic of Rotary Video: Rotary Club of San Marcos TX USA

April 2 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Peace Pole Dedicated in San Marcos TX

The Rotary Club of San Marcos purchased a four-sided Peace Pole that will be located near San Marcos Springs later this spring. It was commemorated at the Springs on Saturday, March 22 as part of a Bi-National Rotary Conference in San Marcos.

Rotarians from Mexico and South-Central Texas co-sponsored the Conference to share information about service projects in the two countries. The conference included presentations as well as music performances by Salsa Del Rio and Mark Anthony Cruz from Texas State University, and Mariachi student performers from San Marcos High School.

More than 200,000 peace poles have been installed around the world. The first was planted in Ishikawa, Japan. The poles serve as a silent visual for peace to prevail on the planet. The new San Marcos peace pole includes three languages. In English it says, “May Peace Prevail on Earth.” That is translated into Spanish as “Que la Paz Prevalezca en la Tierra.” The third language is Coahuiltecan. Indigenous people have inhabited the San Marco area for 13,000 years and the peace pole pays tribute, in part, to the long history of human habitation in the area. The Coahuiltecan language has no word for peace so the phrase is translated on the pole as “May We Walk Well With Mother Earth,” or “Na-kāi manām yō Tāp Tāi.”

The pole will be installed permanently when a suitable site has been agreed to. Rotary District 5840, which serves 55 Rotary clubs in South Central, Texas, planted a similar pole last September 21 on World Peace Day at the San Antonio Peace Center, located at Northwest Vista Campus of Alamo Community College.

Rotary is nonprofit, nonpolitical and nonreligious. There are 45,000 Rotary clubs in 200 countries around the world. The goal of Rotary is to help meet local and international needs in areas such as education, hunger and poverty, maternal and child health, disease prevention, hygiene, peace, and the environment. San Marcos Rotary meets Wednesdays at noon at the VFW Hall, 1701 Hunter Road, San Marcos. SMTXrotary.com

Rotary Celebration in San Marcos May 2-4

Rotary Celebration of Districts Conference in San Marcos May 2-4. Two Rotary Districts are coming together at the SMTX Embassy Suites. Registration: https://rotary5840.org/events/celebration-of-districts/ And here's the agenda

Join Rotary and Serve Your Community

May 16 is Rotary's 16th Annual Scramble 4 Scholarships

Email Scott@The YarbroughAgency.com for more information.

SMTX Rotary Has New Exchange Banner

April is Rotary Maternal and Child Healthcare Month

BiNational Rotary Conference Held in San Marcos March 21-22

Rotarians from a variety of communities in Northern Mexico and South Central Texas gathered in San Marcos on March 21-22 for a Bi-National Rotary Conference. Emphasis during the meetings was on cooperative service projects involving Rotarians from both countries, including water sanitation, surgical intervention for children with cleft palates and emergency shelter relief. The conference was hosted by Rotary clubs in San Marcos and Del Rio, Texas, and Ciudad Acuña, Mexico. The event also included a glass bottom boat tour at Spring Lake and a dinner and dance featuring a musical performance by Salsa Del Rio from Texas State University.

Rotary is nonprofit, nonpolitical and nonrelig

ious. There are 45,000 clubs in 200 countries around the world. San Marcos Rotary was chartered in 1921 and has 70 members. It meets Wednesdays at Noon at the VFW Hall on Hunter Road.

SMTX Rotary Dedicates Peace Pole in San Marcos

The Rotary Club of San Marcos purchased a four-sided Peace Pole that will be located near San Marcos Springs later this spring. It was dedicated at the Springs on Saturday, March 22 as part of a Bi-National Rotary Conference in San Marcos.

Rotarians from Mexico and South-Central Texas co-sponsored the Conference to share information about service projects in the two countries. The conference included presentations as well as music performances by Salsa Del Rio and Mark Anthony Cruz from Texas State University.

More than 200,000 peace poles have been installed around the world. The first was planted in Ishikawa, Japan. The poles serve as a silent visual for peace to prevail on the planet. The new San Marcos peace pole includes three languages. In English it says, “May Peace Prevail on Earth.” That is translated into Spanish as “Que la Paz Prevalezca en la Tierra.” The third language is Coahuiltecan. Indigenous people have inhabited the San Marco area for 13,000 years and the peace pole pays tribute, in part, to the long history of human habitation in the area. The Coahuiltecan language has no word for peace so the phrase is translated on the pole as “May We Walk Well With Mother Earth,” or “Na-kāi manām yō Tāp Tāi.”

May 16 Rotary Scramble 4 Scholarships

March 26 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Bi-National Rotary Conference This Weekend in San Marcos

Rotarians from Mexico and South Central Texas come together this Friday and Saturday in San Marcos, TX for a Bi-National Rotary Conference.

Rotary Theme for March

Message from District Governor Kristen Salazar Rotary District 5840 - South Central Texas about Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Month

"What an exciting month we're in! Our President Elects and Assistant Governors attended PETS and are returning to our clubs with a renewed inspiration to make each club the best it can be in the next Rotary Year! We also recognize the theme for March which is Water and Sanitation. We're reminded of the fundamental role clean water and sanitation play in building healthy communities.
Access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation is not just a basic human need—it is a right that millions still struggle to attain. Did you know that 2.2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water? Or that more than 4.2 billion people live without adequate sanitation services? Rotary has long been at the forefront of sustainable water projects, ensuring that communities gain not just access but also the education needed to maintain clean water systems. This month, I urge each club in our district to reflect on how we can further our impact in this critical area. Clubs cand participate in clean water projects, promote proper handwashing and hygiene education, especially for children, or even support rainwater harvesting just to name a few examples."

Rainwater Collection Is Rotary Program March 26

Brandi Whitaker Addresses Rotary on March 26 About Rainwater Harvesting for Water Conservation

Texans are no strangers to drought. Unpredictable rainfall combined with population growth has required many communities in the state to enact water conservation restrictions. Brandi Whitaker will speak to the Rotary Club of San Marcos on March 26 about rainwater harvesting for irrigation and domestic use. Rotary meets at the VFW Hall at 1701 Hunter Road at 11:45 a.m. Visitors are always welcome.

Whitaker is the Account and Business Development Manager at Pioneer Water Tanks in San Marcos. Pioneer Water Tanks has supplied water tank solutions for a wide range of potable, commercial and agricultural applications since 1988. Their systems can supply both irrigation and sanitized drinking water and range in size from 5,000 to 100,000 gallons.

The City of San Marcos is currently in Stage 3 drought restrictions. Stage 3 imposes significant measures under the city’s updated Conservation and Drought Contingency Ordinance.

The AgriLIFE Extension Service at Texas A&M says “Rainwater harvesting is an innovative alternative water supply approach anyone can use. Rainwater harvesting captures, diverts, and stores rainwater for later use. Implementing rainwater harvesting is beneficial because it reduces demand on existing water supply, and reduces run-off, erosion, and contamination of surface water. Rainwater can be used for nearly any purpose that requires water. These include landscape use, stormwater control, wildlife and livestock watering, in-home use, and fire protection.”

Rotary Polio Vaccination Program Has Dramatic Results

Rotary International and its 45,000 clubs in 200 countries have spent $ billions to vaccinate children against polio, along with many global partners. It is a great success story. There are still a few cases of polio each year generally in war zones so the work isn't done. But the progress made has been amazing.

March 19 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Rotary Scramble 4 Scholarships May 16 at Kissing Tree Golf Club

Join Us For Lunch

Thank You Everyone For Support Rotary Casino Night

March 12 Rotary SMTX Newsletter

Mexico and Texas Rotary Clubs Meet in San Marcos March 21-22

Registration for the Conference: https://delriorotary.com/events/bi-national-conference

Agenda:

Rotary Mardi Gras Casino Night Montage

SMTX Rotary Mardi Gras Casino Night Was A Success

The February 28 Rotary Club of San Marcos Mardi Gras Casino Night was a huge success. It was colorful and fun. Good food and fellowship. Rotary thanks everyone who sponsored and volunteered for the event:

La Cima

Brent and Liz Tuttle

Chuck Nash

Divided sky roofing & Solar

Jude and Kathy Prather

Elliott’s Jewelers, Huntsville Tx

Alyssa Garza

Bruce Smith

Chartwell’s Catering

Christus Hospital San Marcos

Corridor Title

Dos Gatos

Elliott’s jewelers

Frost Bank

Jamie Lee Case

Jane Hughson

Janett Jackson

Jason’s Deli

Katz Family & McNabb & Co. Realty

Lions Club San Marcos

Louis Doiron, Jr

Matthew Mendoza

Morgan Hammer

Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity

Power Haus

Republic Services

Sage Capital Bank

San Marcos Chamber of commerce

San Marcos Daily Record

Sharla Marshall

TekREscue

University Advancement, Texas State university

United Way of Hays County

Rotaract Club, Texas State University

Rotary Fellowships Nurture Special Interests, Hobbies, Passions

Rotary is more than a lunch on Wednesdays and service projects throughout the year. Rotary International hosts Fellowships for Rotarians with particular interests. These international groups allow Rotarians to pursue interests with like minded Rotarians worldwide.

Rotary Fellowships are international groups that share a common passion. 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.

How do I join a fellowship? Visit the Rotary website at Rotary.org and look for the link to Fellowships. Membership in a fellowship is open to any interested individual. You can contact a fellowship directly by using the links below.

Explore our fellowships
Interested in a particular subject? Visit the group's website or email it to learn more.

4x4
Antique Automobiles
Argentine Culture
Artificial Intelligence
Astrology
Authors
Badminton
Bathhouse
Beard and Moustache
Bee
Beer
Bird Watching
Bowling
Camping
Caravanning
Chess
Coffee Lovers
Comedy
Composting
Computer Users
Corporate Social Responsibility
Cricket
Cultural Heritage
Curling
Cybersecurity
Cycling
Doll Lovers
Draughts (Checkers)
E-Clubs
Editors and Publishers
Educators
Egyptology
Empowering Women
Entrepreneurs
Esperanto
Ethics
Fashion
Fine Arts
Fishing
Flying
Francophonie
Gaming Globetrotters
Genealogists
Gift and Estate planning
Gin
Global Development
Golf
Gourmet Cooking
Graphic Designers
Healthcare Professionals
Hiking
Home exchange
Horse Racing
Horseback Riding
Hunting
Internet
Italian Culture
IT Professionals
Jazz
Kites
Latin Culture
Lawyers
Leadership
LGBT+
Magicians
Magna Graecia
Marathon Running
Mental Wellness Counsellors
Mentoring
Metalhead
Metaverse
Military Veterans
Mountains
Motorcycling
Music
Old and Rare Books
Palmwine
Past District Governors
Past Presidents, Officers, and Friends
Peace Fellows
Performing Arts
Photographers
Pickleball
Public Health
Public Speakers
Quilters and Fiber Artists
Railroads
Real Estate
Recreational Vehicles
Rotary Global History
Rotary Means Business
Rotary on Pins
Rotary on Stamps
Rowing
Rugby Fans
Scouting
Scuba
Shooting Sport
Skiing
Startup Investors- RING
Surfing
Table Tennis
Tea Lovers
Tennis
Total Quality Management
Travel and Hosting
Triathlon
Urban Gardening
Vegans
Vintage Collectibles
Weather Enthusiasts
Whisk(e)y
Wildlife Conservation
Wine
Yachting
Yoga
Young Rotarians

How do I form a fellowship?
Read this Guide for Prospective Rotary Fellowships.
Use Rotary’s presence on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to promote your idea.
Attend the Rotary International Convention or other Rotary events.
Reach out to district leadership in other countries to build membership.
Rotary.org

International Women's Day March 8

SMTX Rotary Staffs Table at Kissing Tree

Ted Moor, Gary Gooch, Chuck Bryan, and Bill Pennington staffed an information table at a Nonprofit Fair at #KissingTree in San Marcos. Not pictured: Daina Slover.

March 5 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

March 5 Newsletter

Welcome to Rotary Andrew!

Welcome, Keith, back to SMTX Rotary!

We welcome Jake to the Rotary Club of San Marcos TX

SMTX Rotary Calendar

San Marcos TX Rotary Calendar

February 26 — Club Assembly
February 28 — Casino Night Fundraiser, 6:30-10 p.m.
February 28 — Diamond Raffle Drawing
March 5 — Patrick Hudson, Classification Talk
March 5 — Rotary Wet Wednesday
March 12 — Meeting Cancelled — Spring Break
March 19 — Daina Slover, Club Assembly
March 21-22 — Rotary Bi-National Conference at San Marcos Embassy Suites. Contact: Seth Worley. All Rotarians invited.
March 26 — Rainwater Harvesting, Brandi Whitaker
April 2 – Rotary Wet Wednesday
April 4 — District 5840 Rotary Foundation Fundraiser, San Antonio
May 2-4 — Rotary Bi-District Conference at San Marcos Embassy Suites. All Rotarians invited.
May 16 — Rotary Scramble 4 Scholarships Fundraiser at Kissing Tree.

Rotary meets Wednesdays at 11:45 a.m. at the VFW Hall, 1701 Hunter Rd., San Marcos. Visitors are always welcome.

Come learn about Rotary.

March 8 is International Women's Day: Celebrating Women in Rotary

SMTX Rotary 26 February Newsletter

Elliott's Jewelers Helps Rotary With Diamond Raffle

Our Rotary Diamond Raffle diamond comes to us from Elliott's Jewelers - Huntsville, TX Elliott obtained it for us from Fischler Diamonds in Antwerp, Belgium. Antwerp is the diamond capital of the world. Elliott provides the diamond at cost and also donates a $2,500 gift certificate for a custom setting for the diamond. So Elliott has made a major donation to our club. https://www.facebook.com/elliottsjewelershuntsvilletx

He is a longtime Rotarian in Texas and Tennessee. He and his wife Alisa hope to join us for Casino Night on Feb 28 when the winner of the diamond raffle will be drawn. Tickets are $100 and only 150 tickets are being sold.

Last year's diamond raffle funded multiple donations for food programs including gifts to School Fuel San Marcos and Rise Against Hunger which sent food packaged in San Marcos to needy children and new moms in Honduras. It also paid for school supplies for some nonprofits in San Marcos and eight rural villages in Northern Mexico. The diamond would be great to win but the underlying goal is community service.

Elliott's Jewelers - Huntsville, TX

Elliott has been jewelry expert, designer and appraiser with over 40 years experience. By Appointment

President Elect Daina Slover Attends PETS Training in DFW

Daina S. Slover becomes President of San Marcos Rotary on July 1, 2025. She will spend the weekend of Feb. 28 at the DFW Hyatt Hotel attending Rotary’s annual Lone Star President Elect Training Seminar. Ten Rotary Districts provide joint training for new presidents that weekend.

Daina transferred to San Marcos Rotary from Wimberley Rotary after about 3 years there . She is the Marketing and Advertising Manager for Ozona Bank, which has four locations, including one in San Marcos. She graduated from Angelo State University with a major in Communications and minor in Business Management.

Daina serves on the Wimberley Valley Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and was an active volunteer with Boy Scouts of America, Texas Southwest Council, for 17 years. She is married to Mike Slover and their blended family includes 5 adult children and 14 grandchildren.

What Happens at PETS?

PETS addresses leadership and management skills and knowledge of Rotary International and its myriad programs and opportunities for service. Lone Star PETS has historically been held in the Dallas/Fort Worth area because of its central location and ease of transportation.

There are currently 10 Rotary Districts that make up the membership of Lone Star PETS . Almost all of these Districts lie totally within Texas and Oklahoma with the exception of District 5830 with three clubs in Oklahoma and one club in the Arkansas portion of the city of Texarkana.

Lone Star PETS began in March, 1987, in San Antonio with nine charter districts that are still participating today. The organization was formally incorporated as a nonprofit corporation with the State of Texas in 1989 under the name Lone Star P.E.T.S., Inc.

Daina Skiles Slover Ozona Bank Rotary District 5840 - South Central Texas

Bi National Conference in San Marcos

Rotarians from Mexico and Texas will host a joint conference in San Marcos March 21-22 at the Embassy Suites.

Here is the registation site to attend: https://delriorotary.com/events/bi-national-conference

Buy Your Rotary Casino Night Tickets Online

Or use this link:
https://www.clover.com/pay-widgets/d8c383be-9339-4c4c-906c-d36c18566a43

Rotary is 120 years old on February 23

Two Rotary Districts Meet in San Marcos May 2-4

Rotarians in two districts from Del Rio to Waco will meet together in San Marcos at the Embassy Suites May 2-4

SMTX Rotary Newsletter February 19 2025

Rotary Mardi Gras Casino Night Feb 28

The Rotary Club of San Marcos is hosting a Mardi Gras theme Casino Night fundraiser on Friday, February 28 from 6:30 to 10 p.m. The event will be held at the Centex Wing of the Commemorative Air Force Museum, 1841 Airport Road, Building 2249, San Marcos. The event features gaming, food, beer and wine, prizes and a diamond raffle. Attendees are encouraged to wear beads and other Mardi Gras accessories.

Co-chairing the event this year are John and Allison Hardy. John said about the event, “This is a great annual community event that has raised thousands of dollars to support local charities who share Rotary’s values of service above self. Great time with great people.“

Most of the proceeds this year will benefit the Beth and Kelly Damphousse Foster Educational Support Endowment at Texas State University. This scholarship assists students who are the product of the Texas Foster Care system. Tickets are $50 at the door. Tickets and reserved tables for eight are available in advance on the club’s website, SMTXrotary.com.

The nonprofit Commemorative Air Force Museum houses military aircraft including a rare flying Bell P-39Q Airacobra (named Miss Connie), the NAA B-25J (Yellow Rose), a Vultee BT-13 Valiant, a Cessna U-3A Administrator, Beech C-45 Expeditor (Lone Star Lady), the NAA AT-6 (Texan), and the Douglas Sktrain C-47 (That's All Brother). The aircraft are still air worthy and maintained by Commemorative Air Force volunteers.

Rotary is nonprofit, nonpolitical and nonreligious. The Rotary Club of San Marcos is 104 years old.

Rotary Diamond Raffle Tickets on Sale

Rotary Diamond Raffle Tickets on Sale. Email SMTXrotary@gmail.com. 150 tickets @ $100 each.

Feb 12 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Here are links to purchase Mardi Gras Casino Night Tickets for February 28

Purchase your tickets for Rotary's Mardi Gras Casino Night on Feb. 28 at the Commemorative Air Force Museum at the San Marcos Airport. Tickets are $50 each. You can use this link or the QR code below to buy tickets. Remember: This is a Mardi Gras party. Grab your beads and boas and have a blast.

https://link.clover.com/urlshortener/KG6kY4

Rotary International is 120 Years Old on February 23

Scramble 4 Scholarship Seeks Sponsors and Golfers

This year's Scramble 4 Scholarships will be on the morning of Friday, May 16, at the Kissing Tree Golf Club in San Marcos. Proceeds from the event are used to fund scholarships for San Marcos area high school seniors to attend college or a vocational program. The event needs:

Golfers -- form a team
Sponsors for food and beverages and hole sponsors
Donations of small gift bag items and prizes for winning teams

Contact Scott Yarbrough at scott@theyarbroughagency.com for more information.

Rotary is nonprofit, nonpolitical, and nonreligious. The San Marcos club is 104 years old.

Feb 5 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Orientation for New & Prospective Rotary Members

Orientation for New and Prospective Rotary Club Members

If you are new to Rotary or thinking about joining, please plan on attending the

The orientation is an overview of Rotary including types of National and International Programs; Local Programs and member responsibilities such as dues and attendance. Please plan on attending.

It lasts roughly one hour. Our Next Orientation: Wednesday, February 5th @ 11:00 am Location: Scott Burton’s Office at Benchmark Insurance Group, Inc. 225 West Hopkins, San Marcos. (Across from the Little HEB) Please RSVP to Scott at 512-754-2700 or SBurton@Benchmark-Ins.com

Welcome Mike Dillon to Rotary

Welcome Alfonso!

SMTX Rotary 29 January 2025 Newsletter

Beth and Kelly Damphousse Speak to Rotary

BETH AND KELLY DAMPHOUSSE ADDRESS ROTARY ABOUT

FOSTER STUDENT ENDOWMENT AT TEXAS STATE

The Rotary Club of San Marcos sponsors its annual Casino Night fundraiser on Friday, February 28, at the Centex Wing of the Commemorative Air Force Museum at the San Marcos Airport. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $50, which cover gaming chips, food, beverages, and the opportunity to explore the historic Museum. There will also be a raffle drawing for a one-carat natural diamond and custom setting valued at $11,800.

Each year Rotary dedicates 75 percent of proceeds from the event to a local nonprofit. This year the beneficiary will be The Kelly and Beth Damphousse Foster Educational Support Endowment at Texas State University. Dr. Damphousse and his wife Beth will speak to the Rotary Club on Wednesday, January 29, about their Endowment. Dr. Damphousse has been the President of Texas State University since 2022. The meeting begins at 11:45 at the VFW Hall, 1701 Hunter Road, San Marcos. Visitors are always welcome at Rotary meetings.

Inspired by Dr. Damphousse’s experience with foster children growing up, the Damphousse Endowment helps foster students who “at no fault of their own were thrown into these circumstances.” The endowment provides financial assistance beyond traditional tuition coverage, helping with essential needs like clothing, housing, and technology. The recipients are Texas State students who demonstrate financial need and who were in the Texas Foster Care system (state conservatorship in the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services on or before their 18th birthday).

Dr. Damphousse was adopted and his adoptive parents took in foster children throughout his childhood, which he says left him with a passion for justice and inclusion. He is a first-generation college graduate who personally knows, he says, the life-changing impact that higher education can have on a person’s life. Only five percent of former foster kids graduate from college, often for financial reasons. The Damphousse Endowment was created seeks to help more fosters succeed at Texas State.

This year’s Casino Night has a Mardi Gras theme. The major sponsors include La Cima San Marcos, Chuck Nash Auto Group, Divided Sky Roofing and Solar, Brent and Liz Tuttle and Jude and Kathy Prather. Tickets can be purchased in advance from Rotarians or at the door.

The Rotary Club of San Marcos is nonprofit, nonpolitical and nonreligious.

Chartered in 1921, San Marcos Rotary is part of Rotary International, a global organization that works to improve the world through service and humanitarian efforts. There are 35,000 Rotary clubs in 200 countries around the world.

Welcome to Rotary Louis!

Damphousse Endowment Donations

If you can't attend Casino Night but would like to donate to the Damphousse Endowment at Texas State University you can do so at the link below. This endowment benefits youth who have gone through the Texas foster care system and need some financial help to attend Texas State University. 75% of the proceeds of Casino Night go to the endowment but you can make a gift to it even if you don't attend the Feb 28 event.

Damphousse Endowment at Texas State University for Foster Youth

Rotary Casino Night Mardi Gras Fundraiser

Welcome to Rotary Patrick

San Marcos Rotary Helps Honduras

Meals packaged at San Marcos Rotary Rise Against Hunger Experience have shipped.

At this moment, healthy meals are on their way to a community in urgent need of nutrition. We’re excited to share that destination with you. (Drumroll, please!)

Meals you packaged are headed to Honduras!

Honduras, a Central American country, has a population of over 9 million people. Almost 40% of the population in Honduras make a living by working in agriculture. The World Food Program considers Honduras to be a hunger hotspot due to El Niño weather conditions and natural disasters that impact agriculture production and threaten food supplies. The Global Hunger Index, which assesses food insecurity based on indicators that measure undernourishment and undernutrition, categorizes Honduras as having a “moderate” level of hunger, with many areas facing higher food insecurity.

Rotary Rose Bowl Parade Float 2025

New mobile app for Rotary members

Discover the New Features of the ClubRunner Mobile App

The ClubRunner Mobile App has just gotten even better! Designed to make staying connected with your club and district easier than ever, the latest updates bring a host of new features and improvements. Whether you’re an officer, member, or simply interested in staying in the loop, the app's enhanced functionality ensures you have everything you need at your fingertips. Here’s what’s new:

https://rotary5840.org/Stories/discover-the-new-features-of-the-clubrunner-mobile-app

Rotary International History

Rotary Diamond Raffle

Basic Information About SMTX Rotary Club

Rotary Donor Advised Fund

The Rotary Foundation operates a Donor Advised Fund similar to those run by Vanguard, Fidelity, etc

The donor can deposit money in this 501c3 charity and then make gifts to other nonprofits. For Rotarians this might be a great alternative

https://rotary.planmygift.org/donor-advised-funds

New Rotary SMTX Facebook Page

Visit, like and follow the new SMTX Rotary Facebook page:

facebook.com/61569554556118

http://facebook.com/61569554556118

Story of a Raffle Diamond

https://studio.youtube.com/video/HeYLJqDzrX0/edit

New Facebook Page

San Marcos Rotary has 3 Facebook accounts which is very confusing and time consuming to manage. I am creating a new Facebook account and hoping over time we can do everything with that one account. Please try it. It doesn't have much content yet but it will.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61569554556118

What is Rotary? funny video!

There are so many misunderstandings about Rotary? What is it? This funny video was created by Rotarians in Fargo-Moorhead in the U.S.

For more information about Rotary in San Marcos, Texas go to SMTXrotary.com or email SMTXrotary@gmail.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coqag4TufB0

Press the link above and enjoy this short entertaining video, streamed from YouTube.

Rotary Diamond Raffle to Support Local Service Projects

Email SMTXrotary@gmail.com to arrange for ticket purchases.

Rotary San Marcos is again sponsoring a Diamond Raffle that will help raise funds for Rotary service projects. Focus please on funding service projects rather than the diamond, which you may or may not care about. We want to raise funds a couple of times a year with large fundraising events rather than pester people constantly for funds. The diamond raffle last spring helped to pay for much of the cost of our food projects this fall.

The diamond was provided at cost by Elliott's Jewelers https://www.elliottsjewelers.com/about/ in Huntsville TX. Elliott is a long-time Rotarian in several different clubs over the years. He obtains the ethically sourced diamond from a dealer in Antwerp, Belgium. The diamonds come from democratic Botswana.

The diamond is appraised at $9,300. In addition, Elliott's Jewelers is providing a $2,500 gift certificate for a custom setting. 150 tickets will be sold at $100 each. Email SMTXrotary@gmail.com to purchase a ticket. They can also be purchased from Cody Lock or Bruce Smith.

Rotary Sponsored Child Trafficking Workshop

The Rotary Club of San Marcos - Service Above Self! and TxSt Rotaract sponsored the Human Trafficking Workshop on Nov 11, hosted by #SMCISD.

The trainer was Krista Leeburg Melton. Opening and closing remarks by Peter Baen. There were teachers and school administrators present, Rotarians, Rotaract members, and Youth Service Bureau board members and students.

Melton covered general information about human trafficking and the difference between trafficking and human smuggling. Trafficking involves using force, fraud or coercion to gain profit from forcing someone to work or engage in sex. Smuggling relates to illegally bringing someone across an international border. She also discussed the ways to recognize trafficking, how to contact authorities to encourage law enforcement involvement. She can be reached at Kirsta.Melton@JusticeStartsNow.org.

There is a video available online about Trafficking in Texas that is titled BE THE ONE. https://youtu.be/mlwjZrpqab0

Workshop to Prevent Child Trafficking

San Marcos Rotary Donates $5,000 to San Marcos School Fuel

The Rotary Club of San Marcos presented a $5,000 donation to board members of San Marcos School Fuel on November 6. School Fuel provides food to 1,400 K-12 school children on weekends and holidays when regular school meal programs are not operating. From left: Larry Hanson, Jesse Gamble, Cody Lock, Jessica Cousineau, and Molly Ann Rosas-Garcia.

International Rotary Meeting in San Marcos Texas

International Bi-District Rotary Meeting: Mexico & Texas in San Marcos Tx March 21-22

Rotary Foundation Month

ROTARY FOUNDATION PROGRAMS (All figures are as of 30 June 2023 and in U.S. dollars.)

PolioPlus Since 1988, Rotary and our partners have immunized nearly 3 billion children against polio. As of June 2023, Rotary had committed more than $2.5 billion to global polio eradication. We’re still working to eliminate the wild poliovirus in the last two countries where it remains endemic and to ensure that it does not return elsewhere. In 2022-23, program awards, including PolioPlus Partners grants, totaled $156.5 million.

Rotary Peace Centers Each year, the Foundation supports the training of peace fellows at Rotary Peace Centers, where they earn master’s degrees or professional development certificates. Since 2002-03, 1,600 fellows from more than 140 countries have participated. In 2022-23, 92 fellows from 42 countries began their studies at the Rotary Peace Centers, and program awards for the fellows and centers totaled $4.9 million.

District grants District grants support small-scale, short-term projects related to the Foundation’s mission. In 2022-23, the Foundation approved 473 district grants, and program awards totaled $26.2 million.
Global grants Global grants fund large-scale international activities with sustainable, measurable results that support Rotary’s areas of focus. Activities include humanitarian projects, scholarships, and vocational training teams. In 2022-23, the Foundation approved 1,098 global grants, and program awards totaled $54.6 million.
Disaster response grants Rotary’s disaster response grants support relief and recovery efforts in areas that have been affected by natural disasters within the past six months. In 2022-23, the Foundation approved 321 disaster response grants, and program awards totaled $14.8 million.
Programs of Scale grants Programs of Scale grants empower Rotary members to work with experienced partners to implement large-scale, high-impact projects over three to five years to benefit a large number of people. United to End Cervical Cancer in Egypt, which aims to ultimately reduce the number of cervical cancer cases in Egypt by implementing a four-year campaign to increase awareness about cervical cancer and how to prevent it, was awarded the 2022-23 grant of $2 million and was matched by $4 million in funding from our partners.

How does this relate to the Rotary Club of San Marcos Texas?

Most years SMTX Rotary receives a District Grant from the Rotary Foundation that supports one of our local service projects. We have receives District Grants to help the Food Bank, School Fuel, Rise Against Hunger, many other groups and projects over the years.
A Texas State University alum received a $30,000 scholarship to get her master’s degree at Kings College London in medical microbiology. That was a Global Grant and benefitted a Texan and local college graduate.
Each year SMTX Rotary raises funds to help END POLIO NOW as part of the Rotary Foundation Polio program. Tens of thousands of children have been vaccinated because of our gifts.

It is easy to donate to the Rotary Foundation. Give a check to club treasurer Cody Lock or do it online in a couple of minutes at https://my.rotary.org/en/donate

Jerry Hardy Speaks to SMTXrotary About Rotary Foundation Nov 6

November is Rotary Foundation Month. Former District Governor Jerry Hardy will share information about the Foundation and the programs it supports around the world on November 6.

Hardy is a retired Air Force pilot with a bachelor’s degree in math and a graduate degree in systems management. His final duty assignment was as comptroller and chief financial officer for Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

He has served in multiple roles at his Rotary Club, San Antonio West. He is a past District Governor of Rotary District 5840 and has been involved with the District’s Rotary Foundation activities for many years. He is also a Paul Harris Fellow and a Major Donor to the Rotary Foundation.

Johanna Hansen Becomes Rotary Foundation Major Donor

The Rotary Club of San Marcos honors Johanna Hansen in November as its 5th Major Donor to the Rotary Foundation. She will be honored at the club’s meeting on November 6, when former District Governor, Jerry Hardy, presents a program about the Foundation in observance of Rotary Foundation Month.

Johanna has been a San Marcos Rotarian for more than 30 years, with more than 30 years of perfect attendance. Her total donations to the Foundation over the years qualified her as a Major Donor in October. She asked that a significant amount of her donations be used to fund water and sanitation projects by the Rotary Foundation, a Rotary area of focus that she has been interested in for years.

Johanna has served in a variety of roles in the San Marcos club, including Club President. She was actively involved in education and literacy projects at the Rotary District level. and she has hosted more than a dozen Rotary Youth Exchange students while also sending two of her own children abroad as part of Rotary Youth Exchange.

The Rotary Club of San Marcos has four other Rotary Foundation Major Donors, including Jimmy and Sue Cobb, Glen Marshall, Ted Moor, and Bruce Smith. The club has 50 Paul Harris Fellows.

Human Trafficking Workshop Nov 11 San Marcos TX

What is Rotary? Funny short video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coqag4TufB0

What is Rotary? A funny short video to help explain what this international organization is all about.

Free Human Trafficking Workshop November 11 in San Marcos TX

ROTARY AND ROTARACT AT TXST SPONSOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING WORKSHOP NOVEMBER 11

San Marcos, TX, October 22, 2024—The Rotary Club of San Marcos and the Texas State University Rotaract Club have partnered to sponsor a free workshop to help area residents recognize and curtail human trafficking activities. The event will be hosted by San Marcos CISD on Monday, November 11 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Owen Goodnight Middle School Auditorium, 1301 State Highway 123, San Marcos.

The event should help parents, scout leaders, sports coaches, parent-teacher groups, teachers, and other concerned residents and officials to recognize child sex trafficking and know the communication steps for professional investigation. The focus is on practical and actionable information that will help those working directly with youth on a regular basis. Institutions in San Marcos and Hays County have been invited and indicate they plan to send staff and volunteers, but anyone interested in reducing the growth of this problem is welcome to attend. There is no cost and no pre-registration is necessary.

The trainer for the event will be Kirsta Leeburg Melton, founder of the Institute to Combat Trafficking. She has trained more than 20,000 people in-person about human trafficking. As a criminal prosecutor, she put human traffickers in prison for a decade, most recently as the Deputy Criminal Chief of the Human Trafficking and Transnational/Organized Crime Section of the Office of the Attorney General of Texas. From 2011 through the 2019 legislative session, Melton played a critical role in the restructuring of Texas trafficking law and procedure and was called regularly to consult with and testify before the Texas Legislature on trafficking-related issues.

Melton has a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and master’s and law degrees from U.T. Austin. She has spoken in San Marcos about human trafficking at earlier events organized by the Rotary Club of San Marcos. Rotary District 5840, which serves South Central Texas, has made combatting human trafficking a major service priority in recent years.

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Rotary is nonprofit, nonreligious and nonpolitical. The San Marcos club is more than 100 years old. Rotary worldwide has more than 1.4 million members in 35,000 clubs and 200 countries.

Human Trafficking Training in San Marcos TX Nov 11

San Marcos Rotary Moves to VFW Hall on Hunter Road

Rotary Club of San Marcos meetings are now held at the VFW Hall, 1701 Hunter Road, from 11:45-1 pm. Here is the catered menu for the first meeting. Visitors are always welcome. Rotary is nonprofit, nonpolitical, and nonreligious.

Rise Against Hunger video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dj0qirAbmU

Video of October 19, 2024 Rise Against Hunger food packaging event in San Marcos, Texas, sponsored by the Rotary Club of San Marcos.

Rotary Changes Meeting Location on October 23

The Rotary Club of San Marcos moves to a new location on October 23, 2024:

Meets Wednesdays at Noon
VFW Hall,

1701 Hunter Road,

San Marcos TX 78666

Volunteers Needed Oct 19 to Rise Against Hunger

Still need more volunteers for 2 hours on October 19 to package food for famine relief. Nonprofit Rotary Club of San Marcos and international nonprofit Rise Against Hunger have partnered for 4 years now to purchase, package, and ship food to starving people.
It is helpful if people would register as a volunteer at the link below. You can bring family, friends, work groups, or whatever.

We have had volunteers from 8 to 80+ in past years. Some tasks are seated so inability to stand for hours is not a problem.

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Rotary Sponsors PINTS FOR POLIO to vaccinate kids

PINTS FOR POLIO

The Rotary Club of San Marcos is sponsoring a Pints for Polio fundraiser at Zelicks Ice House on Wednesday, October 2 from 4:30-7 p.m. Zelicks is located at 222 W. Hopkins.

The goal of the event is to raise money for the polio vaccination of children in parts of the world where the virus is still present, including most recently Gaza in Palestine.

Rotary International has committed $500 million in partnership with the World Health Organization to vaccinate children in Gaza, after cases of the disease appeared recently. Regular vaccination programs for children in Gaza have been interrupted by war there.

San Marcos Rotary President Jessica Cousineau said that donations for polio are being matched 2 for 1 by the Gates Foundation. The club hopes to raise at least $1,500 which, with the match, will provide $4,500 for the program.

The club is tying its fundraiser to World Polio Day on October 24. World Polio Day was established by Rotary International to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis.

North and South America have been free of wild polio for 30 years. The only recent cases have involved individuals who became infected while traveling overseas. Until the recent Gaza cases, the only countries with wild polio in recent years have been Pakistan and Afghanistan, where conflicts have made vaccination efforts difficult.

Zelicks Ice House is the major sponsor of the Pints for Polio event. There is no admission charge and donations by attendees are voluntary.

Pints for Polio Fundraiser in San Marcos

Rotary San Marcos is hosting a Pints for Polio event on Wednesday, October 2 from 4:30 - 7 p.m. at Zelick's Ice House, 336 W. Hopkins St.

Zelick's is making a donation to Polio, and attendees will be invited to make voluntary contributions.

All of the money raised will be sent to the Rotary Foundation to support their End Polio Now projects worldwide.

Many of you may know that Rotary and other world health organizations have mobilized in Gaza to deal with cases of wild polio there and are busy vaccinating children. They also continue their work to end polio in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the two countries that had been the last to report polio cases.

Come enjoy a cool beverage and share fellowship while helping to end polio.

Rotary District 5840 Installs Peace Pole

(from left) Rotary District 5840 Governor Kristen Salazar, former District Governor Monica Gutierrez and Neil Lewis, Academic and Program Coordinator of the San Antonio Peace Center stand beside the newly installed Peace Pole at Northwest Vista College. The Peace Pole was installed on World Peace Day, September 21. It is one of 250,000 Peace Poles around the world. Salazar said “installing the peace pole today was more than just a symbol of peace locally. The peace pole installed at the Northwest Vista campus is going to be the start of a compassion corridor that leads from San Antonio down to Monterey, Mexico.”

Peace Pole To Be Installed

Rotary District 5840 to Install Peace Pole on World Peace Day AT San Antonio Peace Center, UTSA Northwest Vista Campus

WHAT: On Saturday, September 21st, at 8:00 AM, Rotary District 5840 will commemorate World Peace Day by installing a Peace Pole at the San Antonio Peace Center, located at Northwest Vista Campus, 3535 N. Ellison Dr. This event will bring together Rotary members, community leaders, and peace advocates in a shared commitment to promoting peace and unity.

WHO: Rotary District Governor Kristen Salazar, San Antonio, will lead the ceremony. Rotary District 5840 includes more than 50 Rotary clubs in South Central Texas with 2,500 members.

WHEN: On Saturday, September 21st, at 8:00 AM

WHERE: San Antonio Peace Center, located at Northwest Vista Campus, 3535 N. Ellison Dr.

WHY: The event celebrates World Peace Day. More than 250,000 Peace Poles have been installed around the world as symbols of the hope for peace. The Peace Poles website lists only 15 such poles in Texas, and none in San Antonio. https://worldpeace.org/peace-pole-map-2/

School Supplies Project A Success

Twenty-four San Marcos Rotarians, Texas State University students and community members packaged school supplies for eight villages in Northern Mexico and child-serving nonprofits in San Marcos on August 30. The event took place at First Christian Church on Ranch Road 12.

The supplies will be delivered by Misión De Candelilla, a non-denominational Christian medical mission organization. They serve the Ejidos (villages) twice a year, with three-day medical clinics, and also provide medicinal needs for the villages.

Rotarians and community volunteers stuff hundreds of zip lock bags with a wide variety of school supplies for students in the eight villages. Misión De Candelilla drops them off at the village schools as they travel through the rural region. San Marcos Rotary and Misión De Candelilla have partnered for many years.

Rotary is a nonprofit, nonre

ligious, and nonpolitical organization with more than 103 years of service in San Marcos. SMTXrotary.com SMTXrotary@gmail.com

Children's Books Needed for Mini Library

What is Rotary?

San Marcos Rotary:

SMTXrotary.com

SMTXrotary@gmail.com

We meet Wednesdays at Noon at the Texas Roadhouse on IH 35 Frontage Road South.

Rotary to Help the Hungry

Oct 19 volunteers needed

Oct 19 from 9 to Noon Rotary needs 150 volunteers to package 15,000 meal packets serving 90,000 people. Help for just 2 hours! Sign up here to volunteer

Rotary Seeks Donations for Food Bank and School Fuel

The Rotary Club of San Marcos is raising funds to give to the Hays County Food Bank and San Marcos School Fuel. These programs Help The Hungry in our community. San Marcos Rotary devotes October to raising awareness of food insecurity and raising funds to help locally and internationally. Rotary is nonprofit nonpolitical, and nonreligious. We are an all volunteer organization.

If you would like to help you can make a donation you can use this link San Marcos Area Food or use your smart camera with the QR code below.

Rise Against Hunger Meal Packaging Event

For the 4th year in a row the Rotary Club of San Marcos is sponsoring a Rise Against Hunger meal packaging event. The date is Saturday, October 19. Set up begins at about 8:30 a.m. and meal packaging at 10 a.m. It takes only two hours if enough volunteers help. We put together 15,000 food packages, each of which serves six people. So 90,000 meals in all. October 19 is on the weekend of World Food Day when people around the world mobilize to help feed the hungry.

There are three tasks for which you can sign up: 1) set up 2) meal packaging 3) clean up. Here is the link to the site where you can sign up to volunteer. The site also accepts voluntary contributions toward the $6,000 cost of this service event.

http://events.riseagainsthunger.org/rotaryclubsanmarcos2024

Rotary to pack school supplies for Mexico

On Friday, August 30 from 8:30 a.m. to noon San Marcos Rotary will package school supplies for children in seven villages in northern Mexico, and nonprofits in San Marcos, including the Hays County Women’s Shelter and the Youth Services Bureau.

The event will be held at First Christian Church, 3105 Ranch Road 12, San Marcos.

The club partners with Mision de Candelilla in Fredericksburg, who delivers the school supplies when they visit the villages to provide free medical care. Email SMTXrotary@gmail.com to volunteer.

Cash donations to purchase the school supplies would also be welcome and can be sent to Rotary Club of San Marcos, PO Box 581, San Marcos TX 78667.

We Are Rotary: People of Action

We Are Rotary: People of Action

New Rotary District Governor

Rotary District 5840 - South Central Texas Governor 2024-2025

New President Leads SMTXrotary

Retiring @SmtxRotary President Peter Baen hands off the gavel to incoming President Jessica Cousineau at the Installation Banquet June 27. Rotary Club of San Marcos Tx

Rotary Foundation Donation Site

Donating to the Rotary Foundation

Donate to the Rotary Foundation

Rotary Foundation Donation Site:

Sponsors of SMTX Rotary Scramble Fundraiser

Scramble 4 Scholarships 2024 Sponsors

Rotary San Marcos Awards 12 Scholarships

The Rotary Club of San Marcos awarded 12 scholarships in the amount of $1,500 each to seniors attending high schools in the San Marcos area, for total of $18,000.

San Marcos High School:
Austin Ault
Angel Camarillo
Clayton Engler
Jordan Ledesma
Katalina Postert
Pranav Rastogi*
Destinnie Salazar
Natasha Schimelman
Annabella Wagner
Ruby Wilsford

Hill Country Christian School:
Andrew James Hi

San Marcos Academy:
Gabriela Barrientos

*Pranav Rastogi was the recipient of the Travis Elementary School Scholarship. Half of the funds were raised by students at Travis, which Rastogi once attended. The Rotary Club matched the funds raised by the students.

Rotary is a nonprofit, nonpolitical, nonreligious service organization. The San Marcos club is 103 years old. SMTXrotary.com Rotary of San Marcos

Scramble 4 Scholarships a Big Success May 17

Scramble 4 Scholarships is an annual SMTX Rotary fundraising event to raise money for scholarships for local seniors. This year's event was held Friday, May 17 at Kissing Tree Golf Course in San Marcos.

Rotary San Marcos TX 2023 Achievements

Child Trafficking Town Hall -- Creating Awareness

Human Trafficking -- Child Trafficking Event San Marcos TX April 18, 6:30 p.m. at Goodnight Jr. High School, 1301 Hwy 123 San Marcos TX. Free. Everyone is invited.

Rotary Scramble 4 Scholarships Fundraiser May 17

Scramble for Scholarships May 17

This year's Rotary Scramble 4 Scholarships will be on the afternoon of Friday, May 17 at the Kissing Tree Golf Club, 201 Kissing Tree Lane, San Marcos, TX 78666. This is our first Scramble at Kissing Tree, a beautiful newer course.

Funds raised will support scholarships for San Marcos area high school grads.

The Scramble chair once again is Scott Yarbrough: scott@theyarbroughagency.com

Scott is anxious to sign up 1) teams to play 2) major sponsors 3) hole sponsors 4) food and beverage sponsors 5) gift bag donations 6) prize donations 7) volunteers to work the event. Email Scott if you can help with any of the above.

Rotaract Students Help Rotary With Casino Night

Rotaract students from @TxSt helped immeasurably at

Casino Night sponsored by @SmtxRotary at the @cafcentex Museum at San Marcos Airport March 1 2024 raising funds for @CASACenTex

Rotary Casino Night March 1

Casino Night sponsored by @SmtxRotary at the @cafcentex Museum at San Marcos Airport March 1 2024 raising funds for @CASACenTex

Rotary Casino Night March 1

Casino Night sponsored by @SmtxRotary at the @cafcentex Museum at San Marcos Airport March 1 2024 raising funds for @CASACenTex

Congratulations Jennifer Whitcomb

San Marcos Rotarian Jennifer Whitcomb was profiled for a Texas State Univ alum of the Master of Public Administration program. Congrats Jennifer for this recognition!

Best of Hays ballot

Rotary San Marcos is nominated this year. Support Rotary please.

https://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/best-hays-ballot#//

Helping School Fuel

Helping SMHS softball team go to national tournament t

Join Rotary

March 1 Casino Night

Rotary Club of San Marcos Casino Night Friday March 1 from 7-10 p.m. at the Commemorative Airforce Museum at the San Marcos Airport. $50 donation. Table of 8 reserved for $400. Sponsorships available for $500-$5000. SMTXrotary@gmail.com

Become a Sponsor of Casino Night

Rotary's Annual Casino Night Fundraiser March 1

Rotary Club Travel Banner

This is the Rotary San Marcos travel banner we have at present. It has an old Rotary brand so it is time for an update. Seth Worley, Peter Baen and others will be soliciting opinions about how to update it to reflect the uniqueness of our community.

For new members, banners are often exchanged by Rotarians when they travel. You might bring along one of our banners if you plan to visit a club elsewhere, and they generally would give you one of theirs which you would present to our club when you return home.

We have a large display of banners from all over the world. It was last used at the Chamber of Commerce Business Expo at Embassy Suites as part of our club booth.

How do you know when and where other clubs meet? There is a phone app called Rotary Club Locator that is free to download. You specify a location and you can see days and locations for clubs in that vecinity. You even get a map.

Friday March 1 Rotary Casino Night

2 Minute Video: What Rotary Does Around the World

2 minute video

https://youtu.be/z1dxvQD3ryQ?si=INj8YseET-4wVGhN

Annual Rotary Casino Night

Fundraising event for the Rotary Club of San Marcos: Annual Casino Night. Gaming, food, beer and wine, and a raffle for an $8,600 diamond. Proceeds from the event will be used to support community service projects of the Rotary Club of San Marcos. San Marcos Regional Airport,1841 Airport Dr Blding. 2249, San Marcos, TX 78666

The event will be held at the Commemorative Air Force Museum, The Central Texas Wing Museum houses seven CAF aircraft for which the Wing has maintenance and restoration responsibility: a very-rare flying Bell P-39Q Airacobra Miss Connie, the NAA B-25J Yellow Rose, a Vultee BT-13 Valiant, and a Cessna U-3A Administrator, Beech C-45 Expeditor Lone Star Lady, the NAA AT-6 Texan, and the Douglas Sktrain C-47 That's All Brother. https://www.centraltexaswing.org/

SMTXrotary.com SMTXrotary@gmail.com Rotary Club of San Marcos PO Box 581 San Marcos TX 78667

Rotary is Worldwide Helping People

There are 1.4 million Rotarians in 40,000 clubs in 200 countries around the world, all seeking to serve their local communities and people in need everywhere. SMTXrotary@gmail.com

https://youtu.be/ASeR_-K3Jo4?si=6j2mvDrZr5DCBSfm

Happy Holidays

Rise Against Hunger Oct 14

Texas State Univ Rotaract Club

Oct 14 San Marcos Texas Rise Against Hunger

Rotary to Help the Hungry October 14

What Rotarians Do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1dxvQD3ryQ

Rise Against Hunger in San Marcos Oct 14

Rise Against Hunger Event in San Marcos TX October 14

Rotary Sponsors Rise Against Hunger October 14

On October 14

Help Rotary Help The Hungry

As part of international World Food Day celebrations the Rotary Club of San Marcos plans to:

Host the Rise Against Hunger Food Experience: Saturday, October 14, 9-Noon at First Lutheran Church, 130 W. Holland St., San Marcos TX 78666. We will package 15,000 meals that feed 90,000 people in a country stricken by famine. Needed are cash donations and 150 volunteers to package the food in partnership with Rise Against Hunger, an international non-profit.. You can volunteer or donate for Rise Against by using the QR code below with your smart phone or email smtxrotary@gmail.com. Or or you can use this link to go to the Rise Against Hunger site: http://events.riseagainsthunger.org/rotaryclubsanmarcos2023

Raise funds for the Hays County Food Bank as well as nonperishable food. Bring food to First Lutheran Church in San Marcos on October 14.
Raise funds for San Marcos School Fuel for school children on weekends and vacations. Mail contributions to Rotary Club of San Marcos, P.O. Box 581, San Marcos TX 78667.

Help Rotary help the hungry in San Marcos, Hays County, and overseas. The need is real. 1 in 7 (25,610) Hays County residents are food insecure (Feeding America 2019). And 1 in 7 (7,320) Hays County children are food insecure (Feeding America 2019).

The Rotary Club of San Marcos is nonprofit, nonpolitical, and nonreligious. The club is more than 100 years old.

September 20 San Marcos TX Rotary Newsletter

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Rise Against Hunger Oct 14 Sponsored by Rotary San Marcos TX

Help the Hungry Oct 14

Help San Marcos Tx Rotary fight hunger once again. We need volunteers and donors for Rise Against Hunger Oct 14 from 9-12 at First Lutheran Church, San Marcos.

We are also raising money to help the Hays County Food Bank and School Fuel.

At the link below you can volunteer to help on Oct 14. 150 volunteers are needed. You can also donate money at that site or mail it to Rotary Club of San Marcos, PO Box 581, San Marcos TX 78667

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Deadline is September 15!!!

The deadline to apply for NEXT year to the Rotary Youth Exchange program is September 15. High school students can spend part of the summer or all of an academic year living abroad with a family. They learn a language and culture and become citizens of the world. The program is surprisingly affordable because it is nonprofit and Rotary volunteers do much of the work. Students even get a monthly cash allowance for incidental expenses from the local Rotary Club while abroad.

SMTX Rotary Moves to New Location

The Rotary Club of San Marcos Texas moves to its new location on Wed Sept 6. The new venue is the Texas Roadhouse restaurant at 1502 South IH35 frontage road. Meetings at Wednesdays at noon and visitors are always welcome.

September 6 2023 San Marcos Rotary Newsletter

New Location for Rotary Meetings

Rotary now meets Wednesdays at Noon at the Texas Roadhouse restaurant, 1502 IH35 South, San Marcos, TX 78666

Donating to the Rotary Foundation

Thank You

We appreciate your gift to The Rotary Foundation.

https://my.rotary.org/en/rotary-direct

August 16 Newsletter

August 9 San Marcos Rotary Newsletter

San Marcos Rotary is Moving

In September 2023 the Rotary Club of San Marcos TX is moving from the Holiday Inn to the Texas Roadhouse at 1502 IH 35 South, San Marcos, TX 78666. It is just a few blocks north of the old location.

July 26 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

School Supplies Service Project September 1st

July 19 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

New Service Club Sign on Hwy 123

July 12 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Chamber President Speaks to Rotary

Page Michel Speaks About Chamber of Commerce Plans to Help Business Community

San Marcos, TX, June 7, 2023– Chamber of Commerce President, Page Michel, speaks to the Rotary Club of San Marcos on Wednesday, June 14 at noon. Her topic is "Cultivating a Thriving Business Community: The San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce's Impact and Vision for the Future." Rotary meets at the Holiday Inn Conference Center, 105 Bintu Drive. Visitors are always welcome at meetings.

Michel says she will discuss the Chamber's role in the community, how it advocates for large and small businesses, the benefits it provides for businesses to stay competitive, the power of connections, future plans, staff updates, and upcoming events.

Michel has been a Chamber and Economic Development executive for more than 20 years. She is originally from the east coast (New York and Miami) before marrying her Texan husband, Vince, and raising her family in Houston and Brenham. She graduated from Western Carolina University (North Carolina).

For more than 14 years she served as President/CEO of the Brenham/Washington County Chamber of Commerce, Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Brenham Economic Development Foundation. From 2020 to 2022, she served as President/CEO of the Texas City-La Marque Chamber of Commerce in Galveston County. She has been President/CEO of the San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce since October 2022.

Michel has a long record of volunteer service with state and local organizations including the Texas Association of Business, Texas Chamber Executives Association, Gulf Coast Chamber Executives, Rotary Clubs, Keep Washington County Beautiful, PFLAG, CASA, Lions Club, and the Heritage Association of San Marcos. She and Vince have two sons, one attends Texas

State University and the other lives in Houston.

Rotary 2023-2024 Them: Create Hope in the World

SMTX Rotary Installation Dinner June 28

The Rotary Club of San Marcos will change leadership on July 1, 2023. The installation of new officers will be celebrated at an Installation Dinner June 28.

Rotary Installation Dinner

Wednesday, June 28 at 6:30 p.m.

Pauline Espinosa Community Hall

170 Charles Austin Drive, San Marcos

Dinner will be catered by Miss Red's, as in recent years.

Dress is cocktail casual.

Spouses, partners, & other guests are encouraged.

There will be no regular noon meeting of Rotary that day.

Thank You for Support May 12 Scramble 4 Scholarships

June 7 Rotary San Marcos Newsletter

May 31 Rotary San Marcos Newsletter

May 24 Rotary San Marcos Newsletter

Rotary Fellowships Allow Rotarians to Pursue Personal Interests

In addition to regular meetings and service work, many Rotarians are part of one or more Rotary Fellowships. Fellowships are groups that focus on a particular interest. Rotarians connect to discuss and often to pursue together these special interests. Examples include golf, quilting, beer, wine, skiing, hiking, travel, RVing, etc. etc. There are more than 100 Fellowships and new ones are created all the time to meet the interests of Rotary's 1.4 million members in 35,000 clubs in 200 countries. Another benefit of being a Rotarian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LdL5v9pQY8

Scramble 4 Scholarships is a Success

The 2023 Rotary Scramble 4 Scholarships raised money for scholarships for San Marcos TX area seniors. And it was a lot of fun for golfers and volunteers. Golf, food, prizes, and a charitable cause. Rotarians and our friends in the community are truly People of Action.

Early Act Program at Travis Elementary Has New 4-Way Test Banners

The Rotary Club of San Marcos TX purchased 4-Way Test banners for the Early Act program at Travis Elementary, San Marcos. One is posted near the entrance and another in the cafeteria. SMTX Rotary has sponsored the Early Act program at Travis for 14 years. The students every morning recite the 4-Way Test.

May 17 Rotary San Marcos Newsletter

Rotary Youth Exchange Seeks Outbound Students for 2024-2025

Rotary Cruise May 2024

May 10 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

San Marcos Rotary Awards Scholarships for 2023

May17 Rotary Meeting at Fish Hatchery

May 17 Rotary Meeting is a Field Trip to the Fish Hatchery

Rotary Club Field Trip Lunch Meeting

Wednesday, May 17

A.E. Wood Fish Hatchery

507 Staples Road

Lunch catered by Steger' s Chiffonade, which includes a variety of sandwiches and salads. As usual, lunch should be available by 11:45 a.m.

We will tour the fish hatchery as aour program. This is similar to what we did a few years ago when we had a field trip meeting to the Commemorative Air Force Museum at the Airport.

There will be no meeting at the Holiday Inn May 17 and no Zoom transmission of the meeting. The field trip is the meeting.

May 3 Rotary San Marcos Newsletter

Travis Early Act bell gets refurbished

Travis Elementary Early Act bell gets refurbished

The Travis Elementary Early Act Rotary bell was broken. David Rodriguez fixed it. Ben Duncan cleaned up 14 years of tarnish from the bell. Here is the finished product before its return to Travis.

History of Rotary bells & gavels

In 1922, U.S. Rotarians organized an attendance contest. The challenge was that the losing clubs would join in giving the winning club a prize. The Rotary Club of New York City was declared the winner and to them was awarded as a prize a bell from a popular patrol boat, which was placed on wood that came from HMS Victory, Admiral Nelson's vessel at the battle of Trafalgar.

Since then, the bell used in Rotary meetings has come to represent, as on ships, order, discipline, and the time to guide us through the weekly meetings. The bell informs us of the beginning and ending of meetings, and other highlights.. The gavel symbolizes the authority invested in the president of a club. When presidents transmit their positions to their successors at the end of their year, they give the bell their last hit turning the gavel over to their successor, symbolizing the transfer of authority.

Thanks to Ben Duncan for locating and sharing the information about Rotary bells and gavels.

Travis Elementary students say Rotary 4-Way Test

Rotary supports a program called Early Act in elementary schools to nurture the spirit of service in young people. It is nonpolitical and nonreligious. Travis Elementary in San Marcos, Texas, USA has had an Early Act program for 14 years. The students take on modest service projects to help the community. Every morning the students say the 4-Way Test, as do Rotarians worldwide at their meetings.

Here is a video of the Travis students reciting the 4-Way Test:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1-aQrBdKk0

April 26 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Travis Elementary students recite the 4-Way Test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1-aQrBdKk0

Video of 500 students saying the 4 Way Test

The Early Act program at Travis Elementry in San Marcos is 13 years old. David Rodriguez and Ben Duncan from San Marcos Rotary were at the school on April 21 to present the school with two new 4-Way Test banners, one of which resides at the entrance to the school and the other in the lunch room. The students at Travis say the 4-Way Test every morning. The 4-Way Test asks 4 simple questions about the things we think, say, or do:

1. Is it the truth?

2. Is it fair to all concerned?

3. Will it build goodwill and better friendships?

4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

4-Way Test Banners Presented to Travis Elementary

Calendar of events at Rotary San Marcos

Program at Rotary San Marcos April 19

April 19 Rotary San Marcos Newsletter

Scramble 4 Scholarships May 12 Gollf Benefit

April 12 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Great Springs Project is Rotary Program Topic April 12

Garry Merritt Presents Great Springs Project Goals to Rotary Club

Garry Merritt leads a regional initiative called Great Springs Project to add an additional 50,000 acres of protected lands over the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone between Austin and San Antonio. This national park-scale green corridor will be connected by a 100+ mile network of spring-to-spring trails, linking four iconic springs in Central Texas: Barton Springs, San Marcos Springs, Comal Springs, and San Antonio Springs. Merritt will share the group’s plans with the Rotary Club of San Marcos on Wednesday, April 12 at Noon at the Holiday Inn Conference Center, 105 Bintu Drive, San Marcos. Visitors are always welcome.

Merritt says the outcomes of the project include the protection of natural resources for both aquatic and non-aquatic endangered species, water quality protection for the over two million people in the corridor who rely on the Edwards Aquifer for their drinking water, an economic development catalyst for the cities and counties along the proposed trail, and access to nature and health benefits for the projected population of 6.4 million people living in and between Austin and San Antonio by 2050.

Merritt brings to the Great Springs Project a combination of business development experience, real estate law expertise, government service, and longstanding commitment to conservation of Texas’ natural resources. He is a former Real County Judge, Real County Attorney, and corporate counsel. His legal expertise includes real estate transactions, real estate finance, water rights, business development, and contract negotiations. He holds degrees from Rice University and The University of Texas School of Law. Prior to joining the Great Springs Project, Merritt served as General Counsel and Legislative Director of the Texas Association of Counties which represents all 254 counties in Texas with over 2,500 elected officials. An avid river guide and mountain climber, Merritt says he cares deeply about Texas and the beautiful Hill Country and conserving our natural resources for generations to come.

Scramble 4 Scholarships Title Sponsor

The Rotary May 12 Scramble 4 Scholarships has a title sponsor: tekRESCUE, owned by Rotarian Randy Bryan. The company was just recognized as Best of Hays County business in a couple of categories. We are grateful for this help raising money for scholarships for San Marcos area high school seniors.

May 12 Scramble Registration Form

April 5 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Rotary Golf Fundraiser for Scholarships May 12

March 29 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Rotary District 5840 Conference

YOUR District Leadership so excited to announce the location of the 2023 Rotary District 5840 Conference. The Conference will be at the UTSA Sports Complex in San Antonio on 6 May 2023.

Please click here to sign up - www.rotary5840. org.

This one-day event is designed for everyone in the district and will only cost $50 with lunch.

Club leadership training will be provided for President Elects, Treasurers, Secretaries, and other key positions.

Even further exciting news is we will also announce the Club of the Year, President of the Year, Assistant Governor of the Year and Rotarian of the Year along with other top awards at this event.

Clearly, this is an all-attend district event. Come on out, wear your favorite professional football shirt/jersey and have fun. We will start at 9:00 a.m. and be finished by 5:00 p.m.

Dwayne Hopkins, 5840 District Governor

Rotary San Marcos March 22 Newsletter

Kevin Katz Shares Airstream Adventures at Rotary

Kevin Katz shares Airstream experiences

Rotarian Kevin Katz speaks to Rotary on March 22 about how he and his wife, Melissa, got involved in the Airstream community after acquiring a 1965 trailer. He will also discuss his Covid project, the complete restoration of a 1949 Curtis Wright trailer.

Kevin has been a Rotarian for over 40 years. As a hobby he has built hot rods and restored Airstream trailers. He is a retired eye doctor and moved to San Marcos in 2016 to be close to family.

Rotary meetings are at Noon on Wednesdays at the Holiday Inn and Conference Center, 105 Bintu Drive, San Marcos. Visitors are always welcome.

Hays-Caldwell Women's Center is Rotary Meeting Topic March 29

Melissa Rodriguez speaks about Women’s Center at the Rotary Club of San Marcos at Noon March 22 at the Holiday Inn and Conference Center, 105 Bintu Drive, San Marcos. Visitors always welcome.

Melissa G Rodriguez is Chief Executive Officer of the Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center in San Marcos. She has served the Center for over 20 years. Prior to her role as CEO, Melissa was the Program Director for Roxanne’s House, HCWC’s Children’s Advocacy Center and later served as Director of Development and Community Partnerships for the organization. Melissa earned a B.A. in Sociology and an M.S. in Counseling from Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi.

HCWC has a 45-year history of providing critical victim services and prevention education in Hays and Caldwell counties to survivors of family violence,

dating violence, sexual assault, and child abuse via its family violence shelter, non-residential counseling center, children’s advocacy center, and a new transitional housing complex, Marla’s Place.

Melissa’s presentation will focus on sheltering survivors of family violence, responding to local hospitals for sexual assault, answering a 24-hour crisis hotline, providing specialized services to children who have experienced abuse or witnessed violence, leading critical discussions about healthy relationships and preventing violence, providing transitional housing and ways that to support these services in the community.

San Marcos TX Rotary March 15 Newsletter

Rotary Casino Night March 4 San Marcos TX

Rotary Casino Night Marh 4, 2023 at the Commemorative Air Force Museum. A charity event to benefit youth serving organizations in San Marcos. #PeopleofAction #ServetoChangeLives #GSMYC #YSB #Rotary5840

Rotary San Marcos March 8 Newsletter

May 12 Rotary Scramble 4 Scholarships

San Marcos Rotary Newsletter for March 1

San Marcos Rotarians Meet Incoming Rotary International President in Dallas

San Marcos Texas Rotarians Peter Baen and Jessica Cousineau met Rotary International President Elect Gordon R. McInally (center) at the President Elect Training Seminar in Dallas in February. McInally becomes RI President on July 1, 2023. He is a member of the Rotary Club of South Queensferry, Lothian, Scotland. Peter Baen will be Rotary San Marcos President in 2023-2024 and Counsineau will take the reins for 2023-2025. The Rotary Club of San Marcos in more than 100 years old.

Rotary International is 118 Years Old on February 23

Rotary International is 118 years old on Thursday, Feb 23.

Casino Night March 4 at Historic WW2 Air Force Museum

Ticket purchase link: https://link.clover.com/urlshortener/pL3xJX SMTXrotary@gmail.com

San Marcos Rotary Newsletter for Feb 22

Casino Night in San Marcos Texas March 4

Cody Lock is Treasurer of the Rotary Club of San Marcos TX

Cody Lock is the Treasurer of the Rotary Club of San Marcos, Texas and a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow. He has been active in Rotary service projects and serving on the club’s Board of Directors.

He is an Assistant Vice President for Frost Bank in San Marcos and works in Frost’s corporate banking division. After several years in the financial industry, Cody joined Frost in 2016 as a personal banker before making the transition to commercial banking. He has worked with companies of all sizes, ranging from startups to businesses with $25 million-plus in annual revenues and assists clients to obtain financing for commercial real estate, equipment, working capital and other business needs.

A native of East Texas, Cody was born and raised in Nacogdoches, Texas. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Stephen F. Austin, and a master’s degree from the University of Texas at Tyler. Cody participates in many organizations in San Marcos in addition to Rotary, including Leadership San Marcos and the Downtown Association of San Marcos.

Cody lives in San Marcos, Texas with his wife Alison, and son John.

@RotaryDistrict5840 #District5840Family #WeAreRotary #SMTXrotary Frost UT Tyler Stephen F. Austin State University

Downtown Association SMTX Leadership San Marcos

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Jennifer Whitcomb Joins SMTXrotary Board

Jennifer Whitcomb becomes Secretary of the Rotary Club of San Marcos on July 1, 2023, for the 2023-2024 Rotary year. She has been a Rotarian for six years, including four years in Salisbury Maryland, and two in San Marcos. She expects to become a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow in March 2023.

Jennifer was the Director of Finance for Texas State Independent Living Council (2017-2023), the executive director for Deaf Independent living Association (2006-2015) and executive director for Georgia Council for the Hearing Impaired (1999-2006. She now serves as the Finance Director for Waterloo Greenway Conservancy.

Jennifer served as a member of several Boards including Rehabilitation Advisory Councils for the states of Maryland, Georgia, and Tennessee. Her advocacy efforts were instrumental in several legislative initiatives. In Georgia, she helped pass legislation supporting the Telecommunication Equipment Distribution Program, a $3M project funded by a surcharge on landline phone usage.

Jennifer has a master’s degree from Texas State University in Public Administration. She also has a master’s degree from San Diego State University in Rehabilitation Counseling, and a bachelor’s degree from California State University, Fullerton.

Jennifer has a daughter, Aubrie, who is pursuing her undergraduate studies at the University of Nevada, Reno.

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President-Elect of SMTX Rotary for 2023-2024

Jessica Cousineau becomes President-Elect of the Rotary Club of San Marcos,Texas on July 1, 2023. She will serve as President of the club in Rotary year 2024-2025.

Jessica is an attorney at David K. Sergi and Associates, in San Marcos. She currently practices in the areas of bankruptcy and federal litigation, but has worked in many areas over the more than 20 years she has been a practicing lawyer in Oregon and Texas. She has a J.D. degree from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, and BCJ and BA degrees in criminal justice and anthropology from New Mexico State University.

Jessica joined Rotary in 2014, after her oldest son was accepted as a Rotary exchange student and has loved the opportunity it has given her to help both locally and internationally. She served as President of the Tualatin Rotary Club in Oregon during the 2017-2018 Rotary year and enjoyed the opportunity to help that club accomplish their goals. She has been honored as a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow.

Jessica, and her husband Steve, recently moved to New Braunfels to be closer to their children and they have enjoyed exploring central Texas.

Election of San Marcos Tx Rotary Officers

Unanimous positive vote 18 Feb 2023 for the following slate of officers, board members, and committee chairs for 2023-2024 to lead the Rotary Club of San Marcos, Texas, USA in Rotary District 5840

Rotary Club of San Marcos Officers, Board Members and Committee Chairs 2023-2024

President Peter Baen

President-Elect Jessica Cousineau

Immediate Past President John Hardy

Secretary Jennifer Whitcomb

Treasurer Cody Lock

Sergeant-at-Arms Seth Worley

Director-At-Large Jason Dixon

Director-At-Large Scott Yarbrough

Director-At-Large Sean Locker

Public Image Committee Chair Bruce Smith

Membership Committee Chair Ben Duncan

RI Foundation Committee Chair Jimmy Cobb

Service Projects Committee Chair TBA

10 Myths About Rotary Clubs

MYTH 1: Rotary is a secret society with an official creed.

TRUTH: Rotary has no secret handshake, no secret meetings and no secret rituals. It is an open society of men and women who simply believe in helping others.

MYTH 2: Rotary is exclusively a male only organization.

TRUTH: Rotary started out as a men only organization but has changed its constitution to allow women for over 35 years. Women now play important roles in Rotary including club Presidents. The President of worldwide Rotary International this year is a woman.

MYTH 3: You have to be older to join Rotary.

TRUTH: Absolutely not! Many clubs have Rotarians in their 30’s and 40’s as well as experienced managers who have been committed to Rotary for a long time. Rotary values the individual, not their age.

MYTH 4: Owning a business is a must.

TRUTH: One does not have to own a business. Members include teachers, nurses, city workers, real estate agents and many other professions. Many Rotarians work for nonprofits.

MYTH 5: Rotary is boring.

TRUTH: Rotary is FUN. Every meeting is FUN. The club projects are FUN. Social activities are FUN . Service is FUN !

MYTH 6: You have to be rich to join Rotary.

TRUTH: You need not be rich. You only need a deep desire to serve your fellow man. The dues are $50/month. Rotary has a program to help young professionals who can't afford the dues. Eating lunch at the meeting is optional. The cost is $10 is you elect to dine.

MYTH 7: Rotarians are not friendly.

TRUTH: In an increasing complex world, Rotary provides one of the most basic needs, the need for friendship and fellowship. The Rotary Club of San Marcos meets Wednesdays at Noon at the Holiday Inn & Conference Center, 105 Bintu Dr., San Marcos. Come visit and see who we are and what we do.

MYTH 8: Rotarians need to be good public speakers.

TRUTH: Rotary develops confidence in people to allow them to speak in public but individuals don't have to speak if they don't want to.

MYTH 9: Rotary is all about business.

TRUTH: Rotary is about service to others. Our purpose is to do good in the community.

MYTH 10: Rotary is a local group

TRUTH: This is a worldwide organization of 33,000 clubs. Find out more at http://www.rotary.org

Feb 15 San Marcos Rotary Newsletter

Christus Santa Rosa Hospital President speaks to San Marcos Rotary February 15

Thomas McKinney is an executive leader with more than twenty years in health care. He currently serves as the President of Christus Santa Rosa Hospital in San Marcos, where he leads a team of 500+ health care professionals at the 170 bed acute care hospital, including a 35+ provider multispecialty group.

In April 2020, Thomas led the operational transition team and finalized the acquisition of Central Texas Medical Center by Christus Health, at which point he was invited to serve as the President. He will speak to the Rotary Club of San Marcos on February 15 about the transition from CTMC to Christus Health and the history of Christus Health in Central and South
Texas.

Thomas holds a Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology from the University of North Texas and holds a Masters in Healthcare Administration from the Seton Hall University of South Orange, New Jersey.

Wednesday Feb 15 at Noon at the Holiday Inn & Conference Center, 105 Bintu Drive, San Marcos, Texas. Visitors welcome.

Purchase Tickets for March 4 Casino Night!

Peter Baen to Become San Marcos Rotary President

Peter Baen to Serve as San Marcos Rotary President for 2023-2024

Peter Baen is President-Elect of the Rotary Club of San Marcos, Texas, and becomes President of the club on July 1, 2023, for the 2023-2024 Rotary Year. He has been a Rotarian since 1992 and was honored to become a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow later that same year.

Peter was a member of the Math Department faculty at SWTSU (now Texas State University) before joining the Thermon Company in December of 1976. He was introduced to Rotary through Dick Burdick, founder of Thermon and Past Rotary District Governor.

An active member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), Peter focuses much of his attention on Industry Applications Society (IAS) including serving as Conference Chair for multiple Technical Conferences. Since retiring he has been working as an independent consultant for electrical standards development.

He served the San Marcos Independent School District Board of Trustees for three terms, and remains involved with the Boy Scouts of America, thru which he was awarded the “Silver Beaver” in 2007.

Peter and his wife, Dee Dee, have hosted many Rotary Youth Exchange Students from various countries, and two of their four children were outbound Rotary exchange students.

Rotary District 5840 - South Central Texas SMTX

John Meeks speaks about humanitarian relief in Ukraine

San Marcos resident John Meeks shares insights about his recent a one month deployment with Samaritan’s Purse to Ukraine at the Rotary Club of San Marcos meeting on Wednesday, February 8 at noon in the Holiday Inn Conference Center, 105 Bintu Drive.

Rotary Casino Night Sat March 4, 7-11 pm

Rotary Club of San Marcos Casino Night Saturday, March 4 from 7-11 at the Commemorative Air Force CENTEX Wing Airport hanger.

This benefit event raises funds for the Greater San Marcos Youth Council GSMYC and Youth Service Bureau YSB. $50 per person. Table of 8 $400. Sponsorships will all sorts of promotional benefits are $500 & up. Email SMTXrotary@gmail.com

Rotary San Marcos Casino Night March 4

Saturday, March 4 from 7-11 p.m. Rotary Casino Night, a benefit fundraiser to support San Marcos area youth organizations, including the Greater San Marcos Youth Council and the Youth Service Bureau.

The location is incredible: The Commemorative Air Force Museum at San Marcos Airport. Fun, gaming, fundraising and historic WW2 aircraft. What a package! $50 per person. Table of 8 reserved for $400. Company and individual sponsorships available for $500 and up with promotional benefits.

Email SMTXrotary@gmail.com for more information.

Photos

from our last Casino Night:

February 8 Rotary of San Marcos Newsletter

Feb 1 Rotary San Marcos Newsletter

Steven Trout speaks to Rotary Feb 1 about TxSt Baseball

Texas State Head Baseball Coach Steven Trout speaks to the Rotary Club of San Marcos on Wednesday February 1st at Noon at the Holiday Inn Conference Center, 105 Bintu Dr., San Marcos. Visitors are welcome.

Trout will reflect on the team's great 2022 season and what he sees for the upcoming season, which begins Feb 17 with a three-game series against Northwestern. Texas State University

John Meeks speaks to Rotary San Marcos about Ukraine humanitarian relief experience

San Marcos resident John Meeks speaks to the Rotary Club of San Marcos on February 8 about his one month experience working with Samaritan’s Purse U.S. Disaster Relief to deliver humanitarian relief war torn Ukraine. Noon at the Holiday Inn and Conference Center, 105 Bintu Dr., San Marcos. Visitors to Rotary meetings are always welcome. McCoy's Building Supply

Dwayne Hopkins, Rotary 5840 District Governor, speaks to San Marcos Rotary

Dwayne Hopkins is the Rotary District Governor for 2022-2023. He will speak to the Rotary Club of San Marcos TX on Wed Jan 25 at noon at the Holiday Inn & Conference Center, 105 Bintu Dr., San Marcos. Visitors are aways welcome. Rotary District 5840 - South Central Texas

January 25 Rotary Newsletter

Rotary Hosts Casino Night Fundraiser March 4

Location: Commemorative Air Force CENTEX Wing, Airport Road. Event will be in a wonderful museum of WW2 aircraft and artifacts.

Rotary District Governor Speaks to San Marcos TX Club

Rotary Youth Leadership Conference in New Braunfels

Rotary Club of San Marcos Texas USA
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January 11 Rotary Newsletter

Rotary Exceeds Hunger Goal

https://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/news/rotary-club-san-marcos-exceeds-help-hungry-fundraising-goal

Thank You Letter from Food Bank

New San Marcos TX Rotarian

Texas State University President Addresses Rotary

Dr. Kelly Damphousse, President of Texas State University in San Marcos, was the guest speaker at the Rotary Club of San Marcos. He became an Honorary San Marcos Rotarian after speaking about his plans for the University. Rotary invited Kiwanis and Lions Club officers so it was a packed house. Pictured are John Hardy, Rotary Club President, Chris Zuniga, Texas State University Rotaract President, and Dr. Damphousse. The three are doing the Texas State Bobcat "Eat 'Em Up, Cats" hand sign.

Txstate University Texas State Rotaract Club Kelly Damphousse Rotaract Rotary District 5840 - South Central Texas San Marcos Lions Club John Hardy

Early Delivery of January 4 2023 Newsletter

Let the slime begin!

Students at Travis Elementary in San Marcos had a fundraiser to collect money for a Travis Scholarship that would be awarded in the spring to a San Marcos high school senior who had attended Travis. The students raised $750 for the scholarship.

The two classes who raised the most money got to "slime” the Principal, Mr. Macini, and Asst. Principal, Mrs. Voigt.

Since the Rotary Club of San Marcos matches the money raised by students, bringing the total amount of the scholarship up to $1,500, the Early Act students allowed the Rotary Club adviser, Ben Duncan, to "slime" the Principals as well.

December 14 Rotary San Marcos Newsletter

New Texas State University President Speaks to Rotary

Texas State President Dr. Kelly Damphousse addresses Rotary on December 14

Rotarians will have an opportunity this week to meet and welcome Dr. Kelly Damphousse to San Marcos when he addresses the club on December 14.

“Dr. Kelly Damphousse was named the tenth president of Texas State University on April 21, 2022, after a unanimous vote of The Texas State University System Board of Regents.

Before joining Texas State, President Damphousse served as chancellor of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro for five years. He previously served as associate dean and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oklahoma.

President Damphousse began his academic career as an assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and then at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, before joining the University of Oklahoma faculty.

President Damphousse was born and raised in a small fishing village in northern Canada. He moved to southern Alberta in Grade 12, where he later earned an associate degree in law enforcement from Lethbridge Community College.

After he completed his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Sam Houston State, he and Beth were married in her hometown of Bryan, Texas. He then earned a master’s degree and Ph.D. in sociology from Texas A&M University, during which time both their daughters were born.” Source: president.txst.edu

Rotary Club of San Marcos Texas Service in 2022

ROTARY CLUB OF SAN MARCOS SERVICE PROJECTS in 2022

Hosted a Celebration of Service on January 14, 2022 to commemorate the Rotary Club’s 100^th Anniversary and also the work done by the many nonprofit groups in the San Marcos/Hays County area.
$5,000 gift to Hays County Food Bank
$5,000 gift to San Marcos School Fuel
$1,500 sponsorship of the San Marcos School Fuel Fun Run
Packed nearly 15,000 meals in partnership with Rise Against Hunger at a cost of $5,700. Each meal serves 6 and are shipped overseas to a famine-stricken country
$7,500 for the Rotary Foundation Polio Plus program raised with Hair Raisin’ benefit, which was matched with $15,000 by the Gates Foundation
Packaged school supplies for seven villages in northern Mexico and several nonprofits in San Marcos.
$35,000 in scholarships awarded to 17 San Marcos area high school graduates
Stocked two free mini-libraries with books in the Victory Gardens area of San Marcos
Sponsored a Rotaract Club at Texas State University
Sponsored an EarlyAct character building program at Travis Elementary
Sponsored two SMHS juniors to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards experience
Participated with the Lion’s Club in two events at San Marcos Academy
Purchased eight shade and ornamental trees for the Victory Gardens Park, also site of one of the Rotary mini libraries
Purchased banners for the VFW Posts in San Marcos and Kyle
Purchased snacks and beverages for SMCISD personnel administering STARR tests
Sponsored table at Wimberley Rotary Club “Dinner in the Dark” benefit for school for the blind in Africa
Raised more than $2,000 for Rotary Foundation service projects through the sale of Rotary District 5840 raffle tickets
Sponsored Scramble for Scholarships golf tournament to raise $12,000 for scholarships
Participated in the Chamber of Commerce Business Expo and routinely attend Chamber functions

CONSIDER BECOMING A PERSON OF ACTION IN ROTARY. EMAIL SMTXrotary@gmail.com to learn more.

Rotary is a nonprofit organization. Tax-deductible gifts can be sent to the Greater San Marcos Rotary Foundation, P.O. Box 581, San Marcos, Tx 78667. All gifts are used to fund service projects.

Rotary Foundation Presentation by Jerry Hardy

Zelicks Social Gathering for Rotary Dec 7

Dec 7 Rotary San Marcos Newsletter

November 30 Rotary Newsletter

New Member of Rotary Club of San Marcos TX

San Marcos Tx Rotary: People of Action

Mission complete! $5k for School Fuel. $5k for Food Bank. $5k for Rise Against Hunger. San Marcos Rotarians ARE People of Action!!!

Rotary Presents $5,000 Gift to School Fuel

San Marcos Rotary presented a check for $5,000 to San Marcos School Fuel on November 16. School Fuel provides K-8 students with food to take home on weekends and holidays when school meals are not available.

The gift was one of a 3-part project called Help the Hungry this fall that raised funds for School Fuel, the Hays County Food Bank, and Rise Against Hunger.

SMTX Rotary Wins District 5840 Awards

SMTX Rotary Donates $5,000 to Hays Food Bank

Rotary Club of San Marcos Texas

Rotary presents $5,000 donation to Hays County Food Bank

The Rotary Club of San Marcos presented a check for $5,000 to the Hays County Food Bank on November 9. It was part of a project in October called Feed the Hungry. Half of the gift came from a grant from Rotary District 5840 in South Central Texas. The project also raised money for San Marcos School Fuel and the international nonprofit Rise Against Hunger.

Photo:
Left to right: Chase Stapp, San Marcos Director of Public Safety; Jamie Lee Case, President of the Hays County Food Bank; John Hardy, President of the Rotary Club of San Marcos; Eleanor Owen, Executive Director of the Food Bank; Julie Hollar, Rotarian; and in the front row John Turner Hardy, future Rotarian.

San Marcos Rotary: People of Action

What happens at Rotary meetings?

What happens at Rotary meetings?

Rotary meetings open to the public and visitors are always welcome. Meetings begin with an invocation, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a recitation of the Rotary 4-Way Test of the things we think, say or do:

1. Is it the truth?
2. Is it fair to all concerned?
3. Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

Half of the meeting is a program on a different topic each week. In the past year we had programs about Habitat for Humanity, School Fuel, Hays County Food Bank, the Rotary Early Act program at Travis Elementary, Crime Stoppers, Texas State Greek Life service programs, the Hays County Sheriff’s Department, Twilight 127, building sandcastles, the international effort to eradicate polio and more. Several new members of the club introduced themselves to us by sharing information about their professional, personal and Rotary lives. And we discussed upcoming Rotary community service projects and gave checks to local nonprofits and to high school seniors to whom we awarded scholarships.

Rotary is nonprofit, nonpolitical, and nonreligious. Our motto is Service Above Self. Rotary began in 1905 in Chicago. The San Marcos Rotary Club was chartered 100 years ago on December 1, 1921. There are 1.4 million Rotarians in 34,000 clubs in 200 countries around the world. San Marcos is in Rotary District 5840, which includes 57 clubs in South Central Texas. smtxrotary.com rotary.org smtxrotary@gmail.com

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Rotary Blood Drive Nov 9 in San Marcos

Schedule a blood donation here: https://weareblood.org/donor/schedule/?location=62459&date=11/09/2022&reschedule= or use the QR code in the image below. Thank you!

November 2 San Marcos Rotary Newsletter

San Marcos TX Blood Drive Nov 9

San Marcos Rotary is sponsoring a blood drive on Nov 9 from 9-Noon in the parking lot of the Chamber of Commerce. To schedule an appointment go to https://weareblood.org/donor/Schroll down to the link for the blood drive on Nov 9 in San Marcos.
Or use the QR code below.

October 26 San Marcos Rotary Newsletter

San Marcos Texas Blood Drive November 9

Rise Against Hunger Thank You

Rotaract Club at Texas State University Fights Hunger with Rotary

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Vocational Rehabilitation Discussed at Rotary October 12

Giovanne Turincio discusses vocational rehabilitation Oct 12

Giovanne Turincio is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor with 17 years of experience working with Vocational Rehabilitation. She will speak at Rotary on October 12 about vocational rehabilitation services provided by the Texas Workforce Commission.

Turincio has worked for the State of Texas over 30 years. She joined Vocational Rehabilitation to manage a mental health case load. Then she worked at the Central Texas Regional Office as a Program Specialist, and now serves as Community Outreach and Awareness Specialist to bring awareness of VR Services to the community.

Texas Workforce Solutions-Vocational Rehabilitation Services supports people with disabilities to prepare for meaningful employment by providing a range of services based on an individual’s employment goals. The program also helps businesses and employers
recruit, retain and accommodate employees with disabilities.

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September 28 Rotary San Marcos Newsletter

Rise Against Hunger October 15

Rotary speaker Sept 28

Founder of Rotary International: Paul Harris

San Marcos Rotary Club Awarded Citation

Rotary International awarded the Rotary Club of San Marcos this citation for achieving all of its service goals during the 2021-2022 Rotar year.

Joint social event with Rotary Clubs in San Maracos and Wimberley

San Marcos Rotary Calendar

Wednesday, Sept 21 at 11:45 at Holiday Inn Conference Center, 105 Bintu Drive, San Marcos. Visitors welcome. smtxrotary@gmail.com smtxrotary.com

Rotary speaker September 21

Wednesday, Sept 21 at 11:45 at Holiday Inn Conference Center, 105 Bintu Drive, San Marcos. Visitors welcome. smtxrotary@gmail.com smtxrotary.com

September 21 San Marcos Rotary Newsletter

September is Rotary Education Month

Wimberley and San Marcos Rotary Plan Joint Social Event

History of the Rise Against Hunger Organization

Central Texas Fisheries Discussed at Sept 14 Rotary Meeting

Hunger Projects Story in University Star

Rotary Club packages school supplies for 9 villages in Mexico

The Rotary Club of San Marcos packages school supplies for 9 very rural villages in Mexico, and for child serving nonprofits in San Marcos Texas. #PeopleofAction #Rotary5840

Hunger is real in Hays County TX. Can YOU help?

Hunger is present and very real in Hays County and San Marcos Texas. Can you help?

Have you signed up to volunteer for or donate to the three October 15 hunger projects in San Marcos yet? You can do both at the QR code below or at
https://rah.secure.force.com/events/homepage?id=7013Z000002vph5QAA

Col. Bill Fillman Shares Experiences as U.S. Military Intelligence Analyst on September 21

Col. Bill Fillman Shares Experiences as U.S. Military Intelligence Analyst

Colonel (retired) Bill Fillman will speak at the Rotary Club of San Marcos on Wednesday, September 21 at noon about his 43 years as a senior intelligence officer/analyst for the U.S. Army, NATO, Department of Defense and in the private sector.

From 1998-2005, Fillman was stationed at NATO military headquarters in Mons, Belgium. Earlier in his military career he commanded the 203rd Military Intelligence Battalion. As a junior officer he alternated between tactical and strategic intelligence assignments in Germany, Korea and the U.S., including one year supporting the President's Daily Brief Team at the CIA. He supplied analysis of political-military, threats and infrastructure issues that might affect US Transportation Command throughout the US Central Command Area of Responsibility in the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia.

Fillman now lives in San Marcos. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army War College and has a master’s degree in National Security Studies from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and a BA degree in Political Science from Southwest Missouri State University.

Rotary meets at the Holiday Inn and Conference Center, 105 Bintu Drive, San Marcos. Visitors are welcome.Rotary is nonprofit, nonreligious and nonpolitical. The San Marcos club is 100 years old.

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October 15, 2022 We Rise Against Hunger

Rotary Club of San Macos Texas USA
October 15, 2022 We Rise Against Hunger with both local and international food projects. smtxrotary@gmail.com
Volunteer to help or donate to this effort at http://events.riseagainsthunger.org/sanmarcos2022

Rise Against Hunger on October 15

August is Rotary Membership Month: Join Now!

SMTXrotary@gmail.com Meetings are Wednesdays at Noon at the Holiday Inn Conference Center, 105 Bintu Dr., San Marcos 78666

August 17 San Marcos Rotary Newsletter

Hunger Projects Need Volunteers and Donations

Rotary Seeks Volunteers and Donations for Rise Against Hunger Project

The Rotary Club of San Marcos is preparing for its second Rise Against Hunger Experience on Saturday, October 15 from 8:30-Noon.. The club is seeking both volunteers to help package meals and donations to purchase the food for shipment overseas.

Rise Against Hunger RAH was founded in 1998. The organization was founded by Ray Buchanan, a Methodist pastor, with the goal of providing food and aid to people in need around the world and responding to disasters. Nonprofit RAH is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina but they have 28 locations across the U.S. and five overseas in Italy, India, Malaysia, South Africa and the Philippines.

The Rotary Club of San Marcos works with the Houston RAH office. They sponsored their first RAH “Experience” in October 2021. More than 150 volunteers packaged 15,000 meals (each serving six people) that were shipped to famine stricken Burundi, in East Africa.

The meal packaging will be held at the First Lutheran Church on Holland Street in San Marcos. .Meals packaged by volunteers, and consist of rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables and essential vitamins and minerals. To date, RAH has packaged over 550 million meals for distribution in 78 countries.

San Marcos Rotary is partnering with Rotary clubs in Kyle and Wimberley for this event, as well as Rotaract, the Rotary student club at Texas State University. In addition to RAH, on October 15, the clubs are seeking nonperishable food donations for the Hays County Food Bank, and cash donations for the Food Bank and San Marcos School Fuel, which provides food to San Marcos students on weekends and over holidays when school meals are not served. The goal is to meet the needs of hungry people both locally and internationally.

Volunteers can signup for RAH at http://events.riseagainsthunger.org/sanmarcos2022. . Contributions to the three hunger initiatives can be made out to Greater San Marcos Rotary Foundation and mailed to P.O. Box 581, San Marcos TX 78667. Gifts are tax-deductible.

Rotary is nonprofit, nonpolitical, and nonreligious. The San Marcos Rotary Club is 100 years old.

August 10 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Rotary packages school supplies for Mexico and San Marcos Texas

SMTX Rotary receives grant
Ben Duncan successfully submitted a grant proposal to the Rotary District 5840 Donor Advised Fund. The grant will fund half of the cost of this year’s School Supplies project on August 26, or about $1,250.

School supplies packaging Aug 26 and volunteers needed
School supplies will be packaged by Rotary on Friday, August 26 from 10-Noon at First Christian Church on RR12. They will go to seven villages in Mexico and SMTX nonprofits. Many volunteers needed. The project is being led by Ben Duncan and Sean Locker. Money is still needed to pay for the supplies too!

smtxrotary@gmail.com to volunteer or donate

Mike Jones Address School Safety at Rotary

Mike Jones addresses school safety and standard response protocol August 10

Mike Jones is the Director of the Hays County Office of Emergency Services. He will speak to the Rotary Club of San Marcos about the county's Standard Response Protocol for emergencies and how to practice business situational awareness. He has also been involved with addressing school safety and the reunification of children with parents after emergencies.

The presentation will be on Wednesday, August 10 at noon at the Holiday Inn & Conference Center, 105 Bintu Drive, San Marcos. Visitors are always welcome at Rotary meetings.

The Hays County Standard Response Protocol (SRP) "is an all hazards approach that aims to teach and train first responders, teachers, and students on the five types of responses and actions to man-made emergencies or natural disasters."

Jones became Director of County Emergency Services in 2020. He was previously a Standardization Instructor, 36 Combat Aviation Brigade, and a BlackHawk Crew Chief for the Texas National Guard. He became Director of County Emergency Services in 2020.

Rotary is nonprofit, nonpolitical, and nonreligious. The San Marcos Rotary Club is 100 years old this year.

Dr. Steven Beebe Speaks to Rotary About New C.S. Lewis Book

Dr. Steven Beebe speaks to the Rotary Club of San Marcos about his new book about author C.S. Lewis on Wednesday, September 7 at noon. The book, titled “C.S. Lewis and the Craft of Communication” is a comprehensive review of Lewis’s work revealing five communication principles that explain his success as a communicator. Lewis is famous among children for his “Chronicles of Narnia” series, but he is also well known as a Christian writer of such books as “Mere Christianity” and “Miracles.”

Beebe draws on Lewis’s advice about communication in his books, essays, and letters. Lewis believed a skilled communicator must be holistic, intentional, transpositional, evocative, and audience centered. The acronym HI TEA memorably summarizes these five principles. Lewis taught at Oxford University in England and Beebe has spent years researching his life and work there.

Beebe was chair of the Department of Communication Studies for many years at Texas State University. He is also a past president of the National Communication Association and an internationally recognized communication author and educator. He is the author and co-author of numerous textbooks about communication used in college classrooms across the country.

Rotary meets Wednesdays at the Holiday Inn and Conference Center at 105 Bintu Dr., San Marcos. Visitors are always welcome. Rotary is nonprofit, nonpolitical and nonreligious. The San Marcos club is celebrating its 100^th anniversary this year.

Dr. Rosina Ruiz Valle speaks to Rotary

Dr. Rosina Ruiz Valle speaks about the SM Education Foundation on August 3
Dr. Valle was born and raised in San Marcos, graduated from San Marcos High School and was a teacher and administrator in the district for 35 years. She retired after serving 35 years. She has been part of the San Marcos Education Foundation for over 20 years and currently serves as the President.

Dr. Valle also serves as a Program Specialist at Texas State University and has taught at there for four years.

She and her husband, David, have one son, David Rene, who graduated from both San Marcos High School and Texas State University.

October 15 projects to address hunger

Nov 9-11 Rotary District Conference at a Great Venue

Two great experiences in one! Attend the Rotary District 5840 Conference Nov 9-11 in Kerrville and experience this wonderfully Texan conference venue. Rooms will be just over $100 a night. All District Rotarians are invited. It is a great chance to learn more about Rotary and what other clubs are doing.

Welcome to Y.O. Ranch Hotel
& Conference Center

Embrace the spirit of the Old West at the Y.O. Ranch Hotel & Conference Center, located in Kerrville, TX – the heart of Texas Hill Country. Legendary stories of cowboys and frontiersmen come to life in our sprawling hotel, which takes its name from the historic Y.O. Ranch that once stretched over 600,000 acres of this rugged yet beautiful landscape. Every inch of our comfortable Kerrville hotel pays tribute to the Old West. From exotic game trophies and century-old antiques to the 390 branding irons dangling from the chandeliers.

Rotary District 5840 - South Central Texas Rotary of San Marcos

August 3 2022 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

August is Rotary membership month

Rotary spelling test

Partners Against Child Trafficking

Partners Against Child Trafficking video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VGmSGygthM

Partners Against Child Trafficking

July 20 Rotary San Marcos Newsletter

School Supplies Project on Aug 26

On Friday, August 26 from 10 a.m. to noon San Marcos Rotary will package school supplies for children in six villages in northern Mexico, and nonprofits in San Marcos, including the Hays County Women’s Shelter and the Youth Services Bureau. The event will be held at First Christian Church, 3105 Ranch Road 12, San Marcos. The club partners with Mision de Candelilla in Fredericksburg, who delivers the school supplies when they visit the villages to provide free medical care. Contact Ben Duncan at ben.duncan@austin.rr.com to volunteer. Cash donations to purchase the school supplies would also be welcome and can be sent to Rotary Club of San Marcos, PO Box 581, San Marcos TX 78667. Rotary in nonpolitical, nonreligious, and nonprofit.

July 13 2022 San Marcos Rotary Newsletter

Rotarians participates in Spartan Death Race

Katie Deolloz shares Death Race experiences

Katie Smith Deolloz participated in the Spartan Death Race in the Green Mountains of Vermont a week ago. She discusses that experience at the Rotary Club of San Marcos meeting on Wednesday, July 13 at noon.

The Spartan Death Race has been described as the world’s toughest race. In the past ten years only 10 percent of racers have completed it. This year all but three got eliminated. The race lasts 70 hours.

“The Spartan Death Race is formidable. I was woefully unqualified to participate, but I showed up anyhow. It changed my life in ways I did not anticipate,” Deolloz said.

“When do you know you’re taking part in the Spartan Death Race? About the time you are flat on your belly, vomiting for the second time in less than thirty minutes, whilst being log-rolled over by perfect strangers. Yep. And that’s just the beginning,” she added.

Deolloz is very physically fit. She founded WalkSMTX out of a passion to merge the need for people to live more physically active lifestyles with advocacy for safe places in which to move. Her dream is to see San Marcos transformed into America’s most walkable city. A graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, Deolloz is an integrative health coach. She has served on the boards of Vision Zero ATX and Walk Austin, Relatively new to San Marcos, she is a new member of both the San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance and San Marcos Rotary Club.

Rotary meets at the Holiday Inn and Conference Center, 105 Bintu Drive, San Marcos. Visitors are always welcome. Rotary is nonprofit, nonreligious, and nonpolitical. Every week it has interesting speakers addressing a wide variety of local and global topics.

smtxrotary@gmail.com

smtxrotary.com

Rise Against Hunger volunteers and donations needed

The Rotary Club of San Marcos Texas USA will sponsor its second Rise Against Hunger event on Saturday, October 15, 2022 from 9-12. We will purchase and package almost 15,000 meal packets for shipment to famine stricken people overseas. Last year the meals went to Burundi, East Africa. Rotary needs more than 150 volunteers and small or large cash donations for this effort.

In addition to Rise Against Hunger, San Marcos Rotary this year is raising funds to benefit the Hays Food Bank and San Marcos School Fuel. Donations of food or cash would be much appreciated for these efforts too.

So many volunteers helped in 2021 that the food packaging only took a little over an hour. Volunteers can be young and old. Entire families came to help last year. https://rah.secure.force.com/events/homepage?id=7013Z000002vph5QAA

You can volunteer or donate at the link above or the QR code below. Rise Against Hunger and Rotary are both nonprofit organizations and gifts are tax-deductible.

Upcoming SMTX Rotary Service

Rotary International History

July 6 2022 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

SMTX Rotary Installation Dinner June 24 2022

June 29 2022 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Rotary Club of San Marcos Installation June 24, 2022

Rotary Club of San Marcos Texas USA Installation Dinner June 24, 2022. Photos by Lance Winter. New President John Hardy installed. New Paul Harris Fellows and Paul Haris Fellow + members recognized. Event held at Price Center, San Marcos TX. #smtx #rotary5840 #rotary

San Marcos Rotary Installation Dinner June 24, 2022

June 22 2022 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

June 24 2022 Installation Dinner Program

2022-2023 Installation June 24
Welcome ………………………………Bruce Smith

Invocation……………………..……… Jimmy Cobb

Pledge of Allegiance …………….……Ben Duncan

4 Way Test……………………………Gregory Ross

DINNER

District 5840 Governor ………...Kristy Vandenberg

The Rotary Year in Review ……..……Bruce Smith

Attendance Awards ………………....…Julie Hollar

PH Fellows…...Fay Gillham & Kristy Vandenberg
Installation of Officers & Directors……Jason Dixon
Passing the Gavel……………………..Bruce Smith

Introduction of Committee Chairs…..…John Hardy

2022-2023 President Remarks…….……John Hardy

Closing…………………………………John Hardy

Rotary Theme for 2022-2023: Imagine Rotary

RI President Jennifer Jones imagines a Rotary where members act to make their dreams become
reality and they make the most of their club experiences. She urges members to engage more with each other and use these connections to build partnerships that change the world.

The logo for the theme was designed by Riki Salam, an Australian artist and graphic designer specializing in contemporary Indigenous art, design, and communications.

There is, of course, a deeper meaning behind each element of the design. The circle in aboriginal culture for instance, signifies our connections to one another. The dots around it represent people and there are seven because of Rotary´s areas of focus.The circle and the dots together become a navigation star – our guiding light. The solid line underneath is what is referred to as a digging stick and it is used when doing hard work. And since Rotary members are people of action – it represents a tool for getting things done.

New Rotary member inducted

David Rodriguez was installed as a new member of the Rotary Club yesterday. As it happens, he was also thenprogram, giving his classification talk. David is co-owner of San Marcos Window and Pressure Washing. https://www.smtxwash.com/

The 7 focus areas of Rotary International

Come meet some Rotarians for fellowship

Want to learn more about the San Marcos TX Rotary Club? Come socialize with us on Wed., June 15 at 5:30 p.m. for what we call Wet Wednesday.

Rise Against Hunger event October 15, 2022

June 15 2022 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

What is Rotary? 90 second YouTube video.

https://youtu.be/znCiyq309m0

Scramble 4 Scholarships

Raising money for scholarships for San Marcos TX seniors.

History of San Marcos TX Rotary

https://youtu.be/kImnoyAsDnM

Rotary addresses many needs

Rotary International Convention June 4-8 in Houston

Thousands of Rotarians from 100+ countries converged on Houston to celebrate service and plans to solve problems around the world.

Rotary Club of San Marcos Texas Service Projects

June 8 2022 Rotary San Marcos Tx Newsletter

Scramble 4 Scholarships 2022 Thank You!

Rotary San Marcos TX Accomplishments 2021-2022

San Marcos Rotary Installation Dinner

June 1 2022 Rotary San Marcos Texas Newsletter

Rotary golf fundraiser May 20 2022

May 25 2022 Rotary SMTX Newsletter

Welcome New Rotarian Tiffany Harris

Welome new San Marcos TX Rotarian

smtxrotary@gmail.com smtxrotary.com

May 18 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

John Hardy is SMTX Rotary President for 2022-2023

EarlyAct at Travis Elementary in San Marcos TX

Travis Elementary in San Marcos Texas celebrated their Earlyact Rotary character award winners for 2022. The Rings of Character winners are posted on the bulliten board in the main hallway at the school. Students at an assembly celebrated the winners. The students say the Rotary 4-Way Test every morning:

1. Is it the TRUTH?

2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

3. Will it build GOODWILL and better friendships?

4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Travis students raise money every year to give a scholarship to a San Marcos High School senior who attend Travis when they were younger. Rotary matches what the students raise.This year Rotary gave a second scholarship to a deserving Travis alum as well.

May 11 2022 San Marcos Rotary Newsletter

What happens at a Rotary meeting?

Incoming District 5840 Rotary District Governor

May 4 2022 San Marcos Rotary Newsletter

Sign up to volunteer for Oct 15 Rise Against Hunger

http://events.riseagainsthunger.org/sanmarcos2022

SMTX Rotary video history

https://youtu.be/kImnoyAsDnM

2022 SMTX Rotary Scholarships to SMHS Seniors

Texas State University Rotaract Club Fundraiser

San Marcos Rotary Calendar

Youth Service Month

Rise Against Hunger Oct 15

Individuals can register to volunteer or donate at this online site.

http://events.riseagainsthunger.org/sanmarcos2022

San Marcos TX Rotary Sponsors Golf Scramble as Fundraiser

Rotary Sponsors Scramble 4 Scholarships Golf Event

The Rotary Club of San Marcos hosts its annual Scramble 4 Scholarships fundraiser on Friday, May 20. All proceeds from the event fund scholarships for San Marcos area high school seniors. This spring the club plans to award more than $35,000 in scholarships.

For the second year in a row, Scramble 4 Scholarships will be held at the Quicksand golf course at Woodcreek, just outside Wimberley. Registration begins at 7:15 a.m. and the shotgun start is at 8:15 a.m

The San Marcos Treatment Center is the Title Sponsor of the event. Scott Yarbrough, one of the event planners, says the club still needs individuals and companies to be Hole Sponsors at a cost of $100. Also, there is still room, Yarbrough said, for additional players and teams of players to sign up to participate. Email smtxrotary@gmail.com or scott@theyarbroughagency.com for more information.

The Rotary Club of San Marcos is nonprofit, nonpolitical and nonreligious. It was founded in 1921 and celebrated 100 years of service to San Marcos on December 1, 2021.

Photos: Event planners Scott Yarbrough, Mike Harper, and David Case

Rotary Club of San Marcos

smtxrotary@gmail.com

smtxrotary.com

April 20 2022 Rotary San Marcos Newsletter

Seeking Sponsors to Help Feed the Hungry

Thought for the Day

SMTX Rotary Scholarship Fundraising Golf Tournament

Rotary/Rotaract social event April 6 2022

October 15 SMTX Rotary Event to Fight Hunger

April 13 2022 Rotary Club of San Marcos Newsletter

April 6 2022 San Marcos Rotary Newsletter

Rotaract Fundraiser

Rotaract is a partner of Rotary

Fundraising Event for Rotaract at Texas State Univ

Fundraising for Scholarships in San Marcos TX

March 30 San Marcos Rotary Newsletter

Scramble 4 Scholarships Fundraiser

March 23 Club Newsletter

Donations to Fall 2022 Hunger Projects

Good Day Fellow Rotarians and Concerned Community Members,

The October 15 is fast approaching. The target this year is $15,000 and $50,000 next year. We plan to pack 15,000 meals for shipment overseas as we did last year as well as raising significant funds for School Fuel and the Hays County Food Bank to serve food insecure people locally.

I propose the following plan to raise the funds.
The plan is to create a model that can be used year on year to grow the funding going forward.

I will need assistance with creating a database for email campaigns to update donors and potential donors. A graphic web page to show the funds donated/received would be a handy tool.

I am an accomplished beggar - I have no qualms asking people for money and assistance for those in need. All I ask is for fellow Rotarians to send the names and contact details of potential donors to me and I will do the rest.

The idea is to partition the community into segments and interest groups to reach everybody far & wide.

Every name that I receive will be asked to sponsor one of the following:-

A Day Sponsor - Bronze - $1 - this will pay for 3 x 33 cent meals
A Week Sponsor - Silver - $7
A Month Sponsor - Gold - $30
A Year Sponsor - Platinum - $365

To-date we have 3 x Bronze Sponsors and 1 x Platinum Sponsors - a total of $375

All we need is 40 x Platinum Sponsors to achieve the target for 2022

I thank you for supporting the projects of San Marcos Rotary Club

Please circulate to all the members

Regards
Billy Pullen

PO Box 191, Lockhart, Texas 78644
4838 FM 2001, Lockhart, Texas 78644
Cell: 512-466-1859 | Office: 512-722-3713

March 16 2022 San Marcos Rotary Newsletter

Rotary International Convention Dates and Locations

March is Rotary Water and Sanitation Month

Rotary San MarcosTX Calendar

Thought for the Day

Thought for the Day

Thought for the Day

March 2 2022 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Feb 23 2022 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Rotary Supports School Fuel

Araceli Aguilar presents a $1,500 check to Michael Pigg, President of School Fuel, a nonprofit that provides needy school students with food for weekends and holidays. Rotary of San Marcos is a sponsor of School Fuel's upcoming March 5 Fun Run 5k fundraiser. Araceli is both a Rotarian and a member of the School Fuel Board of Directors.

Feb 16 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

School Fuel 5k Run

https://www.schoolfuelsanmarcos.org/5k-run

San Marcos Rotary will be a sponsor of the School Fuel 5k Fun Run March 5. We will also have a meet & greet table there w brochures etc
Perhaps some Rotarians or their kids want to run/walk as well. Adults go at 8 am. Kids at 9.
Here's some info:

https://www.schoolfuelsanmarcos.org/5k-run

Feb 9 2020 San Marcos Rotary Newsletter

Feb 2 2022 San Marcos Tx Rotary Newsletter

New Rotary: James Bryant, Jr.

Welcome James Bryant, Jr. to the Rotary Club of San Marcos TX!

History of San Marcos TX Rotary Club

The video researched, written and produced by Seth Worley documenting in 12 minutes the history of the Rotary Club of San Marcos was a bit hits at the Jan 14 2022 100th Anniversary Banquet. He also introduced it. The YouTube link to the video is below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kImnoyAsDnM

100th Anniversary Banquet of the Rotary Club of San Marcos TX

Jan 26 2022 San Marcos TX Rotary Newsletter

History of the Rotary Club of San Marcos Texas VIDEO

Here is the video, on YouTube, that was played at the 100th Anniversary Banquet on Fri. Jan. 14, 2022 celebrating the centennial of the Rotary Club of San Marcos Texas.

The images were gathered by Seth Worley and the video was written and directed by him. The music in the background was also composed and performed by him. It is entitled Canon of Proportion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kImnoyAsDnM

Jan 19 2022 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

100th Anniversary Banquet

Thank You Anniversary Sponsors

Video Presentation of Images About Rotary Club of San Marcos Texas

https://youtu.be/MIfPWWBLxdc

The people, service projects, and joy that San Marcos Texas Rotarians get from being Rotarians are illustrated in this video. Each slide lasts 5 to 10 seconds. This was created for the 100th Anniversary Banquet of the Rotary Club of San Marcos TX on January 14, 2022 in the Embassy Suites Ballroom, San Marcos.

Video of City Proclamation Celebrating 100th Anniversary

Video of Mayor Jane Hughson reading a proclamation regarding SMTX Rotary's 100th Anniversary. Fast forward the video 10 min 30 seconds to get to our part:

http://san-marcos-tx.granicus.com/player/clip/1758?view_id=9&redirect=true

Images Displayed in Background

Rotary images shown in background during Centennial Banquet Jan 14 2022. smtxrotary@gmail.com

https://www.youtube.com/watchv=MIfPWWBLxdc&feature=youtu.be

San Marcos Rotary Newsletter for Jan 12 2022

District 5840 Newsletter Jan 2022

https://rotary5840.org/bulletin/viewsent/348b4bde-6bce-4239-9f76-3c7dba3ccb38/c211f10c-0015-4acb-bc9b-143e1edaf474?mid=aRUSgvzbRtMA+yIJo2f0KWhpeVtCapQIbwFO7+rFb00=&type=m

Rotary Club of San Marcos Texas service projects in 2021

4 min video about Rotary Club of San Marcos Texas in 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zVElnxUHRs

News from scholarship recipient in London

Jan 5 2022 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Rotary Club hosts discussion of child sex trafficking in Texas

Rotary Speaker Discusses Child Sex Trafficking in Texas

Rick Naylor is founder and Executive Director of Partners Against Child Trafficking (PACT), based in Austin. Naylor shares information about child trafficking and ways to address it at the Rotary Club of San Marcos meeting on Wednesday, January 5. Meetings are at noon in the Holiday Inn Convention Center, 105 Bintu Drive, San Marcos. Visitors are welcome.

PACT is a leading authority and advocacy organization that trains youth and adults how to detect, defend, and disrupt against child trafficking. It is recognized as a Continuing Education provider by the Texas Health and Human Services and is a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Naylor says child sex trafficking is a worldwide problem of 4.5 million victims and a local problem with 79,000 victims in Texas.

Rotary District 5840, serving South Central Texas, has made a priority of asking clubs to share information about all forms of human trafficking, which is a major problem in Texas. The District says, “Human trafficking is a considered a modern-day form of slavery and usually involves commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor. A report by the Statewide Human Trafficking Mapping Project estimates that 79,000 Texas youth are victims of sex trafficking. Another 234,000 people in Texas are estimated to be victims of labor trafficking, forced to perform domestic or agricultural work without their consent.”

The Human Trafficking Unit in the Attorney General’s Office has a website with information and a video about the issue: https://texasattorneygeneral.gov/human-trafficking. PACT also has a website that shares information specifically about their efforts to address sex trafficking: www.pact.city

The Rotary Club of San Marcos is a 100-year-old nonprofit, nonpolitical, and nonreligious service organization. www.smtxrotary.com

Rotary District 5840 - South Central Texas #humantrafficking #sextrafficking #childsextrafficking #smtx #sanmarcostx

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Andres Carvallo speaks about new tech at Rotary meeting Dec 8

ROTARY CLUB SPEAKER DECEMBER 8

Andre Carvallo will speak at the Rotary Club of San Marcos on Wednesday, December 8. Meetings begin at noon at the Holiday Inn Convention Center, 105 Bintu Drive, San Marcos. Visitors are welcome.

Carvallo is a Texas State University Materials Applications Research Center (MARC) Fellow, Professor of Innovation in the College of Science and Engineering, and Co-Director of Connected Infrastructure for Education, Demonstration and Applied Research (CIEDAR) Consortium. CIEDAR has 100 plus faculty, 250 students, 32 traditional labs, and is building 9 smart living labs in 500 acres focus in 5G/IoT, Mobility, Utilities, Cities, Infrastructure and Buildings, Energy, Water & Wastewater, Sensors, Networks and BigData/Software. Outside of Texas State, Carvallo is the founder and CEO of CMG Consulting, a strategic planning and advisory firm focus on Smart Grids, Smart Utilities, Smart Cities, and Smart Buildings.

Carvallo is known as the “Godfather of the smart grid” for designing and building the very first smart grid in the US at Austin Energy, the author of “The Advanced Smart Grid” and has published 40 titles in Power Engineering, Telecom/IoT, and Building Technologies. Carvallo has received 36 industry awards since 2005. Carvallo has held c-suite and senior executive roles at Austin Energy, Philips Electronics, Digital Equipment Corp, Borland and six IoT, telecom and Internet startups. Carvallo started his career as a Windows Product Manager at Microsoft in Redmond, WA. At Austin Energy, Carvallo was the CIO/CTO and led a storied $4billion deployment of technology, in 2,500 projects, with a 98% on-time and on-budget transformation from 2003 to 2010.

Carvallo received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering degree from The University of Kansas with a concentration in Robotics and Control Systems. And Carvallo also has received post-graduate certificates in Business Management from Stanford University, in Quality Management from The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania, and in Power Utility Management from The University of Idaho.

Dec 8 2021 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

December 1, 2021 - 100th Anniversary

December 1 2021 Rotary Newsletter SMTX

The ABCs of Rotary

An article with everything you ever cared to know about Rotary Clubs, Rotary International, and the Rotary Foundation. A few sections are a bit out of date. PDF file.

https://www.clubrunner.ca/Data/5510/4012/HTML/34471/THE_ABCS_OF_ROTARY.pdf

Nov 24, 2021 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Rise Against Hunger food shipped to East Africa

The San Marcos Texas Rise Against Hunger Experience on 10/16/2021 has shipped in a container totaling 285,120 meals from the RAH Houston warehouse.The meals will be received by RAH in-country partner Salesian Missions in Burundi. Burundi is a very poor landlocked country in East Africa.

Salesian Missions is an organization that nourishes lives through food assistance and other services in Burundi. To learn more, please visit our partner/country spotlight on the Impact Stories tab and click and drag on our World Aid Map at https://www.riseagainsthunger.org/global-impact/.

Thank you for generously giving your time to volunteer and packaging meals with Rise Against Hunger. We are sincerely grateful for your dedication and for sharing our vision of a world without hunger.

Due to the global health crisis, our meal inventory is shrinking and we are working to find ways to still meet the needs of our beneficiaries.
The Rotary Club of San Marcos TX thanks all volunteers and donors and Rotary District 5840 for donations and grants that enabled us to sponsor Rise Against Hunger. We are planning to do it again next year

City of San Marcos Proclamation Celebrates 100th Anniversary

San Marcos Mayor, Jane Hughson, reads a proclamation declaring December 1, 2021 "Rotary Club of San Marcos Day in Honor of its 100th Anniversary. Present were Bruce Smith, Larry Hanson, and John Hardy.

SMTX Rotary History: 25th Anniversary

The Rotary Club of San Marcos celebrated its 25th Anniversary on December 12, 1946. The club was chartered on December 1, 1921. The San Marcos club was the 1030th club in Rotary International. Today there are 35,000 clubs in almost 200 countries with more than 1.2 million members.

The creation of Rotary in San Marcos TX

Rotary of San Marcos created

One Hundred Years Ago…November 1921

Initial discussions for the establishment of a Rotary Club in San Marcos were held at the Hofheinz Hotel during a luncheon of local businessmen on August 4, 1921. Guests at the luncheon were representatives from the Austin, Belton and Waco Chapters of Rotarians.

Fast forward three months to the evening of November 3 rd when thirty Austin Rotarians traveled to San Marcos for the installation of twenty-five charter members into the San Marcos Rotary Club. The dinner/meeting was held at the Post Office Café. W.H. Richardson, Jr. from the Austin Rotary delegation chaired the ceremonies as businessmen from San Marcos were inducted into the Rotary Association. After adopting the constitution and by-laws of the International

Association of Rotary Clubs, officers were elected – Dr. Lovard L. Lee, Jr. was elected president and John W. Gantt, was elected secretary-treasurer; Directors were Lovard L. Lee, Edward M. Cape, John W. Gantt, Tom C. Johnson, and Homer R. Blair. Weekly meetings were held each Wednesday at the Post Office Café.

On January, 11, 1922, members of the San Marcos Rotary Club gathered together with Rotarians from Austin and San Antonio for dinner at the Normal School dining room for formal presentation of the San Marcos club’s charter. (The official charter of the club from Rotary International is dated December 1, 1921.)

The photos depict the San Marcos Rotary Club celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Rotary International during a banquet on February 24, 1955. The banquet was held at the Commons

dining room on the SWTTC campus. Tom C. Johnson and Edward M. Cape - two charter members of the 1921 Rotary Club were honored. A dance program was presented by SWTTC students representing Spanish and Scottish dances symbolizing the international aspects of Rotary. The cake was a present from HEB and served at the conclusion of the dinner/program. Over one hundred members of the Rotary Club along with members of the Kiwanis, Lions and Exchange Clubs joined with the Rotary Club in celebration.

Research and story by Beth Grayson

Historic Photographs of San Marcos & Hays Co.

Sources: San Marcos Free Press Newspaper 8/12/1921, 11/11/1921, 12/9/1921, 1/13/1922; TXST and San Marcos Record Newspaper 3/4/1955.

Rotary Mini Libraries

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What is Rotary?

San Marcos TX Rotary meets Wednesdays at Noon at Holiday Inn Convention Center, 105 Bintu Dr. San Marcos. Visitors always welcome. smtxrotary@gmail.com smtxrotary.com

New Rotarian

New San Marcos Rotarian

First Rotary Mini Library Installed in San Marcos

The Rotary Club of San Marcos installed a mini library in Victory Gardens Park at 300 Roosevelt Street. The library contains a variety of books, including bilingual children's books. A second mini library will be installed next to the Southside Community Center on Guadalupe Street.

The libraries are part of a project by Rotary District 5840 to construct 100 such book boxes in underserved areas in South Central Texas. San Marcos Rotary paid for most of the materials, with donation of some materials by Divided Sky Roofing and Exteriors. Rotarian Larry Hanson constructed them. Julie Hollar of the Youth Service Bureau sought donations of appropriate reading material to go into them. Rotary plans to build more in San Marcos in the near future.

Rotarians present the installation of mini library #1 included Larry Hanson, Julie Hollar, Katie Deolloz, Bruce Smith, Lance Winter, Jimmy Cobb, Fay Cliett Gillham

November 17 Rotary SMTX Newsletter

Visitors and prospective members are always welcome at Rotary meetings. We meet Wednesdays at noon at the Holiday Inn - Convention Center at 105 Bintu Drive in San Marcos. I-35 South frontage road just before WonderWorld. smtxrotary@gmail.com smtxrotary.com

Hair Raisin Fundraiser for Rotary Club

Polio fundraising for San Marcos Rotary. An unusual event to raise money for polio vaccinations. The money raised is matched 2:1 by the Gates Foundation. If we raise $3000 it becomes $9000 with the match. According to the Rotary Foundation, it currently costs 60 cents to vaccinate one child against polio. So $3000 vaccinates 5000 and with the Gates match that would be 15,000 children vaccinated

If you don't care to participate in this event, you are most welcome to send donations to the Rotary Club of San Marcos, PO Box 581, San Marcos TX 78667. On the memo line put POLIO.

Peter Baen Rotary of San Marcos Rotary District 5840 - South Central Texas End Polio Now #polio San Marcos Local News #smtx

P.S. Rotary has vaccinated more than 2 billion children in the past 35 years. The fight is almost won. Only two countries have polio cases right now. Help eradicate this terrible disease.

Rotary / Rotaract Gathering Nov 17

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Welcome new SMTX Rotarians

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Video: Rotary Club of San Marcos, TX

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Video of Rotary Club of San Marcos, TX

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Meeting Wednesdays at Noon at Holiday Inn - Convention Center, 105 Bintu Dr., San Marcos

Visitors always welcome

Blasts from the Past

The Rotary Club of San Marcos is 100 years old on December 1, 2021. Here are some events that happened back in 1921:

President Warren G. Harding becomes President, replacing Woodrow Wilson.
Calvin Cooledge becomes Vice President.
The U.S. declares an end to a State of War with Germany, Austria, and Hungary (WWI)
The Tomb of the Unknown (soldiers) is dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery.
Babe Ruth hit his 138th home run, setting a new home run record.
The first World Series broadcast in made on KDKA, Pittsburgh.
The first religious broadcast is made over KDKA, Pittsburgh.
President Franklin Roosevelt is struck by paralytic polio.
Coco Chanel introduces Chanel No. 5.
The first Lowes store opens, in North Carolina.
The U.S. is in its 2nd year of national alcohol prohibition.
Iowa becomes the first state to impose a cigarette tax.
Adolf Hitler becomes chair of the Nazi Party.
William Howard Taft is sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the only person to be President and Chief Justice.
The Tulsa Race Massacre occurs in Tulsa, OK.
The Irish Republic is created, and the Irish War of Independence begins, pitting Catholic versus Protestant Ireland.
Torrential rain in Texas left 5 to 9 feet of rain standing in San Antonio. Hundreds of people died. Rain totals varied from 24 to 36 inches in 35 hours.
THE ROTARY CLUB OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, WAS CHARTERED BY ROTARY INTERNATIONAL.

Rise Against Hunger video from Oct 16 San Marcos Rotary event

Video of Rise Against Hunger service project in San Marcos by Rotary. Video by Donte Jones.

https://youtu.be/n7Yn6lTYulE

Rotarians are People Of Action

Rotaract at Texas State Uni

https://youtu.be/u30sSe2W3Vk

Rise Against Hunger Rotary project a big success

Thank you everyone who helped

Oct 20 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Two Mini Libaries Constructed for San Marocs

Larry Hanson completed construction of two mini libraries for San Marcos. Rotary District 5840 set a goal of constructing 100 in the District. Larry painted them in the Rotary colors. One is Rotary blue and the other is Rotary yellow. One will be placed outside the Southside Community Center on Guadalupe. The location of the second one is TBA.

Rotary SMTX 100th Anniversary Banquet

Rotary Fellowship Groups

New Rotarians, did you know that there are countless Rotary Fellowship Groups that bring together Rotarians with common interests.

Rotary Fellowships consist of members who share a common interest in recreational activities, sports, hobbies, or professions. These groups help expand skills, foster vocational development, and enhance the Rotary experience by exploring interests while developing connections around the world.

While networking and doing service locally, you can connect worldwide with Rotarians who share some common interests with you. In San Marcos we had a Rotarian in the RV Fellowship. Groups of Rotarians traveled all over the U.S. together, seeing the sites and staying at campgrounds together.

Interested in a particular subject? Visit the group's website or email it to learn more. https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/more-fellowships

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Bathhouse

Beard and Moustache

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Beer

Bird Watching

Caravanning

Chess

Comedy

Computer Users

Corporate Social Responsibility

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Cruising

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Hiking

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Hunting

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Jazz

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Lawyers

Leadership

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Magicians

Magna Graecia

Marathon Running

Metalhead

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Music

Old and Rare Books

Palmwine

Past District Governors

Peace Fellows

Photographers

Pickleball

Police and Law Enforcement

Public Health

Quilters and Fiber Artists

Railroads

Recreational Vehicles

Rotary Global History

Rotary Heritage and History

Rotary Means Business

Rotary on Pins

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Rowing

Rum

Scouting

Scuba

Shooting Sport

Singles

Skiing

Social Networks

Strategic Planning

Surfing

Table Tennis

Tennis

Total Quality Management

Travel and Hosting

Triathlon

Urban Gardening

Wellness and Fitness

Whisk(e)y

Wildlife Conservation

Wine

Yachting

Yoga

World Food Day is October 16

SMTX Oct 13 Rotary Newsletter

Chef's Battle Royale celebrating Rise Against Hunger and World Food Day

Rise Against Hunger invites you to attend a culinary battle royale broadcast to celebrate World Food Day! On October 15, 2021 at 2 p.m. ET, renowned chefs Ali Khan and JJ Johnson will create dishes inspired by the countries that benefit from Rise Against Hunger's support. You can vote for your favorite chef or dish! The chef who raises the most funds will take home the Golden Whisk Award!

The Ambassador Flyer is the best resource for physical print and the link to sign up is riseagainsthunger.org/chefshowdown

https://act.riseagainsthunger.org/event/chef-showdown/e341011

Every Rotarian Every Year

Rotary Club of San Marcos Brochure

People of Action since 1905

Rotarians have been #PeopleOfActton since 1905. Rotary is the oldest worldwide service organization. Its first service project was constructing public restrooms in Chicago, Illinois. Since then Rotarians around the world have dug wells in communities with no safe water supply, constructed toilets, vaccinated 2.5 billion children against polio, provided food and emergency shelter to the need in the U.S. and overseas, funded scholarships and countless other education projects. Rotary in San Marcos TX was charted in 1921 and is celebrating 100 years of service to the San Marcos TX area. Rotary is nonprofit, nonpolitical, and nonreligious. Our motto is: Service Above Self. SMTX Rotary meets Wednesdays at noon at the Holiday Inn Convention Center, 105 Bintu Dr., San Marcos TX. Guests always welcome. smtxrotary@gmail.com smtxrotary.com #Rotary5840 #Rotary

Wet Wednesday Rotary friendship event

SMTX Rotary constructs mini libraries

The Rotary of San Marcos club joins with Rotary District 5840 - South Central Texas in building mini libaries in our region to promote education and basic literacy. San Marcos Rotary is lucky to have a master carpenter, Larry Hanson, who is constructing the first mini libraries. Another Rotarian, Julie Hollar, is arranging their placement and installation. Rotary is nonprofit, nonpolitical, and nonreligious. We participate in both local and international service projects.

smtxrotary@gmail.com Rotary meets Wednesdays at noon at the Holiday Inn Convention Center, 105 Bintu Dr. Guests welcome.

Early Act in 13th Year at Travis

https://m.facebook.com/groups/RotaryClubSanMarcos/permalink/10157846326266260/

SMTX Rotary Newsletter October 5 2021

SMTX Rotary addreses hunger

Food Bank Donations

As part of World Food Day service projects on October 16, SMTX Rotary is collecting nonperishable food for the Hays County Food Bank.

Canned or boxed items can be brought to the next several meetings. Food can also be brought to First Lutheran Church on October 16. Billy Pullen will
collect donations and arrange delivery. This is a local service component to go with the international service project, Rise Against Hunger.

The Rotary program October 13 features Michael Pigg from School Fuel, another food program Rotary has supported. It provides food for kids on the weekends and over holidays.

Rotary Club of San Marcos meets Wednesdays at noon at the Holiday Inn Convention Center, 105 Bintu Dr., San Marcos Visitors are always welcome. Come learn about Rotary.

SMTX Rotary Newsletter Sept 29

Dr. Jennifer Devine speaks to Rotary September 29

Jennifer Devine gives classification talk at Rotary Club of San Marcos on Wednesday, September 29 at noon at the Holiday Inn Convention Center, 105 Bintu Dr.

Dr. Jennifer Devine is a newish Rotarian and adviser to the reinvigorated Rotaract Club at Texas State. Her previous experience with Rotary was as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in Seville, Spain, 2000-2001. www.jenniferdevine.com

Jennifer completed two Bachelors of Arts degrees in International Studies and Geography from the University of Washington, two Master of Science degrees at the London School of Economics, and a PhD from the UC, Berkeley, in Geography. She is a tenured Associate Professor of Geography at Texas State. She will share information about her background and research interests.

Jennifer and her husband, Erik Lukehart, have two boys, Leif and Dane Lukehart.

SMTX Rotary September 22 2021 Newsletter

SMTX Rotary packs food for Rise Against Hunger Oct 16

Oct 24 is World Polio Day

Since Rotary started the fight against polio, we’ve reduced the number of polio cases by 99.9 percent and reached more than 2.5 billion children with the vaccine. There are fewer polio cases today than ever before, but we will not stop until we reach zero. If polio is not eradicated, hundreds of thousands of children could be paralyzed.

The child is the photo is showing her pinky because after a child is vaccinated their pinky is inked so there is no confusion and they don't get vaccinated a 2nd time.

Rise Against Hunger Oct 16 SMTX

3-1/2 minute video about Rise Against Hunger. Rotary of San Marcos seeks 100+ volunteers to help pack 15,000 meals for shipment to starving people in East Africa. It only takes two hours to help! Sat., Oct. 15 from 10-12 at First Lutheran Church on Holland St. in San Marcos. Here's the video:

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/589071195

You can register to volunteer on our club website:

https://smtxrotary.com/Stories/website-to-sign-up-for-rise-against-hunger

Rotary District 5840 Governor speaks to SMTX club

Rotary District 5840 Governor Visits SMTX Rotary

Rotary District 5840 Governor Kristy Vandenburg visits the Rotary Club of San Marcos on September 22. She meets with club board members at 11:15 a.m. and speaks to the entire club after lunch. The club meets at noon on Wednesdays at the Holiday Inn – Convention Center, 105 Bintu Drive, San Marcos.

Vandenburg graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in education. Shortly after graduation she began working for the American Red Cross. She served the Red Cross in Michigan, New York, Houston and Kerrville, TX. She retired in 2013, after 37 years with the Red Cross.

In 2014, Vandenburg became Executive Director of The Ultimate Gift of Life Foundation, a new non-profit that recruits registered organ donors in Texas and throughout the United States.

Vandenburg joined the Rotary Club of Kerrville in 2008. She served on the club’s board of directors and as its president. She also serves on the Kerr County United Way Board of Directors. She lives in Kerrville.

Rotary District 5840 includes 57 clubs in South Central Texas with more than 2,000 Rotarians. Rotary is nonprofit, nonpolitical and nonreligious. Visitors are welcome at meetings.

SMTX Rotary Newsletter Sept 15 2021

Rotaract club initiative in Asia wins project award

Rotaract clubs in Southeast Asia won a Rotary International 2020-2021 Project Award for their You Are Not Alone mental health initiative, with an approach that included local outreach and virtual educational workshops on suicide, cyberbullying, trauma, and depression. https://www.rotary.org/en/rotaract-projects-take-honors

There is a Rotaract Club at Texas State University. Rotaract Clubs are service clubs for college students, similar in purpose to Rotary.

Rotary in Spain helps isolated seniors

Rotary Clubs throughout Spain, which was severely affected in the early days of Covid, undertook delivery projects to bring food to isolated seniors. When volunteers made deliveries, they found that people were craving human interaction just as much as fresh bread from the bakery. https://www.rotary.org/en/how-rotary-is-alleviating-effects-of-isolation-during-covid-19?fbclid=IwAR199rFaFyCrz6qvBsdojXGwBE-kvePwMLTcluC11GXcCDcKk-cL4L0D-TU

Rotary in San Marcos TX date back to 1921

Quote from 1921, the same year that the Rotary Club of San Marcos was chartered. Our 100th Anniversary is December 1, 2021.

Rotary of San Marcos Rotary District 5840 - South Central Texas

#smtx #rotary smtxrotary@gmail.com Email us if you are interested in joining us for lunch, as our guest, and learning more about Rotary. Rotary is nonprofit, nonpolitical, and nonreligious. We do local and international community service.

Memories of a Rotarian by Johanna Hansen

Memories of longtime San Marcos, TX Rotarian Johanna Hansen, part of a series commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Rotary Club of San Marcos on December 1, 2021.

#Rotary #Rotary5840 #smtx #smtxrotary #PeopleOfAction #ServeToChangeLives

Website to sign up for Rise Against Hunger

Sat Oct 16 from 9-12 at First Lutheran Church on Holland St., San Marcos. 100 volunteers needed. Website to signup to volunteer or donate:

https://rah.secure.force.com/events/homepage?id=7013Z000002KldwQAC

Sept 8 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

The weekly newsletter is attached.

Here is the link to volunteer for Rise Against Hunger on Sat Oct 16. We need 100 volunteers. Older kids, spouses, friends are all welcome. There are seated tasks for people who can't stand for long periods, https://rah.secure.force.com/events/homepage?id=7013Z000002KldwQAC

Here is the meeting Zoom link:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8897789476?pwd=MG8ySExmYlZiV1kzb1cxMWg5TkpQQT09

Meeting ID: 889 778 9476
Password: Godsarrows

Article about SMTX Rotary in Corridor News

https://smcorridornews.com/smtx-rotary-packed-school-supplies-for-needy-kids-in-mexico-and-san-marcos/

People of Action

People of Action

People of Action

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SMTX Rotary Newsletter Sept 1 2021

School supplies project Aug 27 2021

Rotary Club of San Marcos packaged hundreds of bags of school supplies for needy kids in San Marcos and Mexico on Aug 27, 2021.

2022 Rotary International Convention in Houston

Consider joining Rotary

Rotary is a wonderful way to create a professional network and do good in your community. We also have a lot of fun doing service projects. On October 16 the San Marcos Rotary Club will partner with Rise Against Hunger to pack 15,000 meals destined for starving people in Africa. This photo was taken Aug 27 of Rotarians and community volunteers packing school supplies for impoverished villages in Mexico, and for needy kids in San Marcos. The time commitment is just a few hours a month.

School Supplies Donated to School supply packs donated to Hays-Caldwell Women's Center

School supply packs donated to Hays-Caldwell Women's Center by Rotary Club of San Marcos

SMTX Rotary School Supplies Project

SMTX Rotary Newsletter Sept 1 2021

What is Rotary?

https://youtu.be/jLUpWV8z3ws

Rise Against Hunger

100 volunteers needed October 16 from 10-Noon in San Marcos TX

https://rah.secure.force.com/events/homepage?id=7013Z000002KldwQAC&fbclid=IwAR3ytY6TgPKseI0Sng9kUIDaZEsFD5pFqPWME5CpiC6lS_EH4rE266X7suQ

Rise Against Hunger Project Oct 16

Sat., Oct. 16 from 10-noon the Rotary Club of San Marcos will sponsor a Rise Against Hunger event to pack 15,000 meals for shipment to starving people overseas. It will be held at First Lutheran Church on Holland Street. Learn more or register to volunteer here:

https://rah.secure.force.com/events/homepage?id=7013Z000002KldwQAC&fbclid=IwAR3ytY6TgPKseI0Sng9kUIDaZEsFD5pFqPWME5CpiC6lS_EH4rE266X7suQ

Rotary Vision Statement

Rotary Club of San Marcos, Texas #smtxrotary #smtx #rotary5840

smtxrotary@gmail.com smtxrotary.com

SMTX Rotary Centennial Banquet

More details later.

Video: Rotary Youth Exchange alum Anne Nagle

https://vimeo.com/589376357

Rotary Youth Exchange. Anne Nagel was a RYE in San Marcos TX 25 years ago, hosted by the Rotary Club of San Marcos. smtxrotary@gmail.com

Aug 25 2021 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

Rotary Youth Exchange from South Africa

The Rotary of San Marcos is celebrating its 100 anniversary this year. A source of pride for the club has been its support of the #RotaryYouthExchange program, bringing international students to San Marcos and sending San Marcos high schoolers overseas.

This week's Rotary meeting speaker is Shannon Fitzpatrick, who went to Austria as a Rotary exchange student. Here is a video about a woman from South Africa who came to San Marcos at about the same time.The deadline to apply to go out of the U.S. in 2022-2023 is Sept. 15. smtxrotary@gmail.com

Anne Nagle Robinson from Durban, South Africa

https://youtu.be/fuuzn1eYv2E

Rotary District 5840 Gala Nov 13

Sorry about SMTX Rotary

Link take you to San Marcos Corridor article

https://smcorridornews.com/san-marcos-rotary-continues-serving-after-100-years/

SMTX Rotary Celebrates Rotary Youth Exchange

#SMTX #Rotary celebrates #RotaryYouthExchange. Article in the #SanMarcosDailyRecord on Aug 15, 2021

https://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/news/san-marcos-celebrates-rotary-youth-exchange-program

1923 photograph of Rotary Club of San Marcos

Rotary Club of San Marcos TX in 1923 in front of the Duke & Ayres Building at the corner of Guadalupe and Hopkins Streets, San Marcos. The San Marcos club was founded in 1921 and celebrates its 100th anniversary on December 1, 2021. At the time of this photograph, all Rotarians were men. For many decades now Rotary has invited both men and women to join. Rotary is nonprofit, nonpolitical, and nonreligious. It supports both local and international service projects. smtxrotary@gmail.com smtxrotary.com #smtx #rotary #rotary5840 The Heritage Association of San Marcos

New Rotarian Frank King

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New Rotarian Cody Lock

https://fb.watch/7nvjJp5A5d/

August 18 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

New SMTX Rotarians

SMTX Rotary has two new members:

FRANK KING as a San Marcos Rotarian years ago. He recently transferred his membership to SMTX after moving back to the city. His classification is retail retired.

CODY LOCK is a new Rotarian. He is Assistant Vice President for Commercial Lending at Frost Bank.

Please welcome them both.

SMTX Rotary Aug 27 School Supplies Project

August 11 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

August 4 2021 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

smtxrotary@gmail.com smtxrotary.com #ServeToChangeLives #PeopleOfAction

#smtx #smtxrotary #rotary #rotary5840

SMTX Rotary Goals Progress Report

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School Supplies Service Project

smtxrotary@gmail.com smtxrotary.com #ServeToChangeLives #PeopleOfAction

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Wet Wednesday Fellowship Aug 4

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Ben Kvanli discusses Red River Racing

#RedRiverRacing #BenKvanli #kayaking #paddlesports #SMTX #rotary #smtxrotary #rotary5840

July 28 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

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Paul Harris Fellows in SMTX Rotary

The Paul Harris Fellow recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, of $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation.

In the summer of 2021 the Rotary Club of San Marcos, Texas, added 14 new Paul Harris Fellows to its roster, bring the total up to 46. Twenty of Paul Harris Fellows are Multiple Paul Harris Fellows, meaning they have given $2,000 or more to the Foundation, or have had contributions made in their name.

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July 21 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

#CASA #SMTX #Children #rotary #rotary5840 #smtxrotary #ShekharMehta #ServeToChangeLives

Eloise Hudson speaks about CASA

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Hays County Vet Services is SMTX Rotary Program July 14

#JudePrather #Veterans #HaysCounty #SMTX #Rotary #Rotary5840

July 14 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

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July 9 Hays County Rotary Social

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July 7, 2021 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

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Article in San Marcos Daily Record 7/2/2021

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July 7, 2021 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

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Downtown SMTX focus at July 7 Rotary meeting

Downtown SMTX focus at July 7 meeting

#smtx #mainstreetsmtx #rotary #rotary5840

SMTX Rotary June 30 Officers Installation Dinner

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We have moved

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Bruce Smith becomes SMTX Rotary President

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June 30 Rotary Newsletter

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Rise Against Hunger SMTX Dinner

Fun, food, fellowship on Friday at Rotary of San Marcos Rise Against Hunger dinner and fundraiser at First Christian Church. A meal was prepared by Billy and Marcia Pullen based on the ingredients we will be packing Oct 16 for shipment overseas. Fellowship continued later at Aquabrew Brewery & Beer Garden .

SMTX Rotary Officers & Committee Chairs 2021-2022

#smtx #rotary #rotary5840 #smtxrotary #PeopleOfAction #ServeToChangeLives

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Short video about Rise Against Hunger project in San Marcos

Short video about SMTX Rotary's upcoming Rise Against Hunger project on Oct 16. Get a sense of what's involved in packing 15,000 meals in a couple of hours. Believe it or not, it was fun, educational, and satisfying. We are still looking for partners to help with this project. smtxrotary@gmail.com #rotary #rotary5840 #smtx #smtxrotary #riseagainsthunger smtxrotary@gmail.com

Be the good in the world

#rotary #rotary5840 #smtx #smtxrotary #ServeToChangeLives #PeopleOfAction

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June 23 Rotary Wet Wednesday at Riley's Tavern

Rotary meeting is at noon on June 23 at the San Marcos Academy, Shultz Lecture Hall

#SMTX #Rotary #Rotary5840 #smtxrotary #Rileystavern #Prohibition #Texashistory #ServeToChangeLives

June 23 2021 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

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#EarlyAct program at Travis Elementary School, #SMCISD.

#EarlyAct program at #Travis Elementary School, #SMCISD #SMTX #Rotary #Rotary5840 #ServeToChangeLives

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Rotary International Convention June 4-8 in Houston

Houston | Rotary Convention

SMTX Rotary Newsletter June 16

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Jennifer Hetzel's PowerPoint presentation about sustainability

Rotary Club meeting June 9, 2021

Jennifer Hetzel video presentation at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrCWupGforM

Paul Harris: Rotary’s Founder

#rotary #rotary5840 #smtxrotary #rotaryfoundation #paulharris #smtx #ServeToChangeLives #PeopleOfAction
rotary.org smtxrotary.com smtxrotary@gmail.com

Sean Locker presents classification talk June 16

Welcome new Rotarian Jennifer Devine

Friday June 18 at 6 pm - Fundraiser/Social

Friday June 18 at 6 pm - Fundraiser/Social at First Christian Church on RR12.

Cost is $5. The meal will consist of the food that SMTX Rotary will be packing for shipment abroad on October 16. Most of the $5 will go the buying peoples for hungry people. It is also an opportunity to experience and learn about the diet of people in food insecure nations. Come and share this experience while contributing a few dollars to the Rise Against Hunger project of the SMTX Rotary Club.

Photo: This is the truck that transports the raw food supplies to sites where they are packed and boxed for shipment overseas.

Rise Against Hunger Oct 16

The #SMTX #Rotary Club will do a Rise Against Hunger project on Saturday, October 16. We will pack 15,000 meals for shipment to starving people overseas. Rotarians in Central Texas District 5870 did a Rise Against Hunger project in Bastrop on June 5th. Here are some images from it, to help visualize what this project will involve. Billy Pullen, Larry Hanson, and Bruce Smith attended the Bastrop event to see what is involved and how it is organized. It is impressive. @RiseAgainstHunger #RiseAgainstHunger

Upcoming Rotary events

June 9 2021 Rotary SMTX Newsletter

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Like and Follow SMTX Rotary social media sites

Rotary radio psa #2

#Rotary radio psa #2

#PeopleOfAction

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Rotary radio PSA #1

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Jennifer Hetzel discusses sustainability June 9

Jennifer Hetzel discusses sustainability at Rotary June 9. ZOOM meeting. Email smtxrotary@gmail.com for the link to this Zoom meeting.

#sustainability #geeky #geekypodcast #jenniferhetzel #rotary #rotary5840 #environment #centexplaneteers #killeen #smtx #smtxrotary

Rotary YouTube video

SMTX Rotary video

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June is Rotary Fellowship Month

#Rotary #Rotary5840 #smtx #smtxrotary #fellowship

SMTX Rotary social media

June 2 2021 Rotary SMTX Newsletter

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SMTX Rotary Goals: 2021-2022

Discussed and endorsed by membership at Rotary meeting on 26 May 2021

Jennifer Hetzel discusses sustainabilityat Rotary Zoom meeting

Jennifer Hetzel discusses sustainabilityat Rotary Zoom meeting on June 9

#sustainability #sustainablygeeky #smtx #rotary #rotary5840 #smtxrotary

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement

Rotary Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement

#rotary #rotary5840 #diversity #equity #inclusion #smtx #smtxrotary #ServeToChangeLives #PeopleOfAction

Becoming a SMTX Rotary Club Member

Rotary Club of San Marcos Membership Form
Information on the first two pages can be completed by a prospective member or by a current member proposing the membership of an individual. Send applications to smtxrotary@gmail.com

#rotary #rotary5840 #smtx #ServeToChangeLives #PeopleofAction #smtxrotary

Ben Duncan of the Rotary Club of San Marcos presents a scholarship to Holly Prestage

Ben Duncan of the Rotary Club of San Marcos presents a scholarship to Holly Prestage, who is graduating from the Hill Country Christian School. In all, Rotary presented $20,750 in scholarships this year to seniors from SMHS, San Marcos Academy, and Hill Country Christian School. #ServeToChangeLives #PeopleOfAction #smtxrotary #smtx #rotary5840

Susan Hanson presents underwater photos to club

Susan Hanson presented underwater photos of the San Marcos River to the club on May 19, 2021. Photos are beautiful and the range of life in the river is remarkable.

#rotary #rotary5840 #smtx #sanmarcosriver #underwaterphotography

Susan Hanson presentation May 19, 2021

Rotary presentation by Susan Hanson, sharing underwater photos of the San Marcos River. This video is best seen on small devices like a phone.

#rotary #rotary5840 #SMTX #sanmarcosriver #underwaterphotography

May 26 2021 Rotary SMTX Newsletter

May 26 2021 #Rotary #SMTX Newsletter

Two pages, including draft goals for the coming Rotary year

#Rotary5840 #goals #2021-2022

New SMTX Rotary banner

New SMTX Rotary banner incorporates our club logo, meeting info and the 4-Way Test. Thanks to Amy Bawcom for creating this.

#rotary #rotary5840 #smtx #4waytest

YouTube video of SMHS Rotary Scholarships

Rotary Club of San Marcos TX presented scholarships to #SMCISD students at the San Marcos High School in May 2021.

Video shot by SMHS. #Rotary #Rotary5840 #smtx #smtxrotary #ServeToChangeLives #PeopleOfAction

Rotary presents scholarships to SM High School seniors

SMTX Rotary Awards 11 Scholarships

San Marcos, TX – May 20 -- The Rotary Club of San Marcos awarded $20,750 in scholarships this spring to Academy, SMCISD High School, and Hill Country Christian School seniors. San Marcos Academy senior, Evan Schawe, received a scholarship on April 28 in a ceremony at the Academy.

On May 13, San Marcos High School seniors received their scholarships, including Claire Elias, Angela Hernandez, Adriana Magee, Nakul Patel, Kiarissa Ugalde, and Mia Wilson. Two other SMHS students received Rotary scholarships that were jointly supported by the H.Y. Price Foundation, Nathan Kinsey and Isaiah Manuel Medellin. Malayla DeBardeleben, at SMHS, received a scholarship funded jointly by Rotary and students at Travis Elementary School, where DeBardeleben attended elementary school. Students at Travis raise money each year to give a scholarship to a former student, and the Rotary Club matches whatever they raise.

The final Rotary scholarship for this year was awarded to Holly Prestage at Hill Country Christian School on May 20.

#rotary #rotary5840 #smtx #scholarships #smcisd #smhs #smtxrotary

Membership Proposal Form (application form)

Form for proposing new members for SMTX Rotary Club

Scramble 4 Scholarships fundraiser

Rotary Club of San Marcos TX
Scramble 3 Scholarships May 14, 2021

#smtxrotary #rotary #rotary5840 #smtx #QuicksandWoodcreek #golf #sanmarcostx

Susan Hanson shares SM River underwater photos

Susan Hanson shares SM River underwater photos

#SanMarcosRiver #smtx #Rotary #Rotary5840 #Photography

May 19 2021 Rotary SMTX Newsletter

May 19 2021 #Rotary #SMTX Newsletter #SanMarcosRiver #Photography

May 5 2021 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

May 5 2021 #SMTX #Rotary Newsletter

#PeopleofAction #ServetoChangeLives #Rotary5840

May 12 2021 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

May 12 2021 #SMTX #Rotary Newsletter

#ServetoChangeLives #PeopleofAction #Rotary5840 #antisemitism #B'naiB'rith #RotaryPeaceCenter #Scramble4Scholarships

San Marcos Academy EarlyAct Photo

San Marcos Academy EarlyAct Photo
#Rotary #Rotary5840 #EarlyAct #SMTX #SMA #SanMarcosAcademy

SMTX Rotary programs in May & June

Upcoming meeting topics at #SMTX #Rotary Club

May is Rotary Youth Service Month

May is Rotary Youth Service Month #rotary #rotary5840 #rotaryyouthservice #youth #smtx #sanmarcostx

San Marcos Academy senior Evan Schawe receives Rotary scholarship

San Marcos Academy senior Evan Schawe receives $2000 RotaryClub of San Marcos scholarship

#SMA #sanmarcosacademy #rotary #rotary5840 #smtx #sanmarcos #smcisd

May 5 2021 SMTX Rotary Newsletter

May 5 2021 #SMTX #Rotary Newsletter

#rotary5840 #sanmarcos

Rotary Fellowships: Another benefit of Rotary membership

RotaCare free medical clinics

Wed April 28 Charlie Wasser presented a program at Rotary about the effort to launch RotaCare free medical clinics in South Central Texas. There is already one in El Paso.

Here are the PowerPoint slides for his presentation. #rotary5840 #rotacare #smtx

JEFFREY BROWN DISCUSSES THE FIRST TUESDAY FILM SERIES AT ROTARY APRIL 23

The Title Sponsor for Scramble 4 Scholarships is La Cima.The Lunch Sponsor is Divided Sky Roofing & Solar

Sponsorship opportunities are still available: scott@theyarbroughagency.com

New SMTX Rotary Banner Celebrates Unique Things About San Marcos

Rotary Celebration of Districts Conference in San Marcos May 2-4. Two Rotary Districts are coming together at the SMTX Embassy Suites. Registration: https://rotary5840.org/events/celebration-of-districts/ And here's the agenda

San Marcos TX Rotary Calendar

Orientation for New and Prospective Rotary Club Members

Meals packaged at San Marcos Rotary Rise Against Hunger Experience have shipped.

At this moment, healthy meals are on their way to a community in urgent need of nutrition. We’re excited to share that destination with you. (Drumroll, please!)

Meals you packaged are headed to Honduras!

The Title Sponsor for Scramble 4 Scholarships is La Cima.
The Lunch Sponsor is Divided Sky Roofing & Solar