Welcome to Rotary Club of Austin-Southwest 
The Rotary Club of Austin-Southwest meets at DK Maria's Tex Mex located at 1807 W Slaughter Lane Ste 750, Austin, TX 78748.  We meet most Thursdays at noon, have monthly service projects and we have a quarterly social.   If you need more information, please contact President Jack Gabig.   We Welcome You to our meetings, socials and service projects!  
How We Give Back

Recycling Styrofoam

We will have a booth the first Saturday of every month at the SFC Farmers' Market at Sunset Valley (Toney Burger Center, 3200 Jones Road) from 9 am -1:00 pm
 

Texas Ramp Project

Our members help yearly to build a ramp for a needy person.  We recently completed a ramp project on May 16, 2026.  If you would like to participate next year or with another local ramp, please contact us.

Feeding the Hungry

Club members worked with Oak Hill United Methodist Church to prepare food at the Rise Against Hunger Event to feed 10,000 people.

What's Happening

Joy Diaz is BookSpring's Associate Director. She is also an award-winning journalist, radio producer, public speaker, educator, and bilingual storyteller with a deep love for books.

Diaz has a degree in Journalism from Universidad de Cuautitlán Izcalli in Mexico City. And a degree in Education from Lynchburg College.

She is the mother of two amazing Texans. Diaz has traveled with a circus. Feel free to ask her to tell you that story!

 
Styrofoam collection is coming up. On Saturday, September 5, 2026 we will be happily collecting your Styrofoam. 
Folks, we are so close to 4,000 lbs collected! Tell your neighbors and friends!

Community volunteers always welcome.  Click this link to sign up. 
Fall is fast approaching and things slow down some in our busy lives. Kids are back in school, schedules worked out, and maybe some extra time for lunch with new friends.
We have some great speakers coming this fall and we would love for you to join us for lunch. Join us at DK Maria's on Thursday.  Lunch is on us!
 
Our Rotary theme for September is Basic Education and Literacy.  Literacy is a big part of our club's focus.
 
We successfully had a flash book drive earlier this month thanks to our connection with Streetbooks ATX. Rotarian Keith came across a very large amount of used books, and we knew it could go somewhere other than the landfill. Patrick Crowley with Streetbooks was able to take them, and he'll add them to his collection for books that go out on his mobile library. He also will donate some to Violet KeepSafe Storage as part of their library there. Because of our community connections, we were able to keep over 300 books out of the landfill and hopefully into the hands of someone in need of entertainment, comfort or a little bit of escapism. 

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Upcoming Events
Speakers
Joy Diaz
Sep 03, 2026
Igniting a Love of Reading
Charlie Agar
Sep 10, 2026
Don’t Save the Bees! Confession of a Bee Rescuer - and the Case for Better Land Use
Trudy Marshall
Sep 17, 2026
Libraries of Love, Africa
No Meeting Today
Sep 24, 2026
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