The Rotary Club of Austin-Southwest meets at DK Maria's Tex Mex located at
Our next New Home for Styrofoam booth will be at the SFC Farmers' Market at Sunset Valley on Saturday, September 7.
Beth Long and Holly DeLeon were recently interviewed on The Austin Common Radio Hour for KOOP 91.7. The topic was all about recycling so of course Beth and Holly were our New Home for Styrofoam experts. If you missed it, use THIS LINK to listen. Their interview is about 30 minutes in the hour, but the first half was very interesting as well. Great job, Beth and Holly!
Home for Styrofoam had an article in the American Statesman. Read it here. Austin Rotary Club's Styrofoam Project makes recycling in city easier (statesman.com)
The Rotary Clubs of Southwest Austin and Austin South are sponsoring Early Act First Knight program at Wayside Eden Park Elementary School. A lot of 
work is being done this summer to prepare the stage for the special events associated with this program. Stay tune for more good news.
We collected 206 books for Street Books ATX and presented Patrick Crowley with a $100 check earlier this month. He let us know that they are seeking a van. Please let us know if you hear of someone who has a used van and is willing to donate it to Street Books. Patrick explained that in bad weather he cannot take the bike out and also that unhoused communities are not as centrally located. The van would go far in helping him expand the mobile library's range. 
Our Styrofoam project was featured on the University of West Florida's Usha Kundu, MD College of Health's #UKunduGood campaign. Click HERE to see the campaign. The campaign was started to showcase the recognition and reward of spontaneous good. It spreads positivity and shows the world that there is still plenty of good to celebrate. This is an important project that balances out the negativity we see every day in the news. While you're on the website, feel free to nominate a Do-Gooder! 
Welcome incoming club President, Bill Poplin!!
Board members serving for 2024-25 are past President and Secretary, Brenda Osbon; Vice President Beth Long, Treasurer, Roblyn Thorne, Directors Bob Royal, Keith McComb, Rebekah Goolsby and Holly DeLeon.
Thank you to DGE Doug Smtih and his lovely wife Lisa for joining us for this special evening.
On June 15 we celebrated our Rotary year and Beth Long was named Rotarian of the Year. Beth was the lead on our new environmental project “A New Home for Styrofoam” and it has been quite a success. Beth also was the chair for our membership committee and she brought in our first corporate membership as well as other new members. In addition to this she rocked it in golf sponsorships and silent auction items. Thank you and Congratulations, Beth! 
We celebrated a great Rotary year recently at Onion Creek Country Club. Soon to be past president Brenda had some fun with big (fake) money, crowns and tiaras. 
Our club partnered with Oak Hill United Methodist Church for their Rise Against Hunger meal packaging experience on June 22. It was a fun event and a worthwhile cause.
Rise Against Hunger is growing a global movement to end hunger by empowering communities, nourishing lives and responding to emergencies. Meal packaging volunteers produce millions of nutritious meals annually that are then distributed to partners in countries around the world. They may look like simple bags of rice and soy, but Rise Against Hunger meals represent the hopes and dreams of people worldwide.
Another core focus of Rise Against Hunger is responding to crises – both natural and man-made. From droughts to floods, in conflict zones and transitioning political situations, food is often the most immediate need.
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