We recently presented Trudy Marshall of Libraries of Love with a donation of $4000 from the fund raising events we have carried out through 2023 so far.
Libraries of Love promotes literacy in Africa by partnering with Africans to create libraries in individual schools, provide financial support to assist in the educational development of individuals, and address humanitarian needs in Africa.
Rotary Club of Pflugerville is proud to support Libraries of Love in their work to promote literacy in Africa.
The Rotary Club of Pflugerville will partner with the Rotary Club of Katy to host Wild West Brew Fest for the first time - April 6-8th 2023!
WWBF has been awarded the “#1 Beerfest in North America” for multiple years in a row. Most importantly, WWBF was volunteer created, is all-volunteer created, is all-volunteer run and 100% of all proceeds are given back to the local community in student scholarships and donations to charitable organizations.
Since it’s inception, the WWBF has raised and donated almost $1 million!
The Rotary Club of Pflugerville will hold its End Polio Now event on Monday, November 14, 6PM at the Growler Bar, 1300 FM 685, Suite 100, Pflugerville.
Beer and food available for purchase.
Donations welcome!
Any donations $20 and more will count towards your Paul Harris. Hope you can join us!
Join us for our 15th Annual Casino Party - our Comicon themed Casino Party celebrating the world of science fiction and fantasies in movies, television and comics.
Superheroes and villains of Star Trek, Star Wars, and even the classics of decades gone by will make an appearance at this Pfun, Pfun, Pfun event!
Pflugerville Rotary Club is having its 24th Annual Golf Tournament fundraiser to raise money for local scholarships. Last year alone we awarded $25,000 in scholarships and over the last 10 years we’ve awarded over $200,000!!
This year’s tournament will be held on Thursday, May 12th at Star Ranch Golf Course. We are currently seeking sponsors and teams for this event. We need your support to reach our goal of $25,000 again!
Join us for our 14th Annual Casino Party! We have a gnarly theme planned this year: Summer of 1969!!
Remember Go Go boots, Flower Power, Woodstock, Vietnam, Men on the Moon, the Summer of Love? Return with us to the days of hippies in wild clothes,* cool music, muscle cars and decorated vans as we pay tribute to that crazy year: 1969. It will be GROOVY!
Monday, May 17, 2021, The Rotary Club of Pflugerville held our annual Scholarship Ceremony where we awarded $25,000 in scholarships! We had a wonderful virtual event this year, and it is now available to watch!
Are you a current Sophomore or Junior? We have an opportunity for you to apply for the most amazingly transformational leadership camp you will ever experience!
On April 22, 2020, our club held it's Annual Scholarship Ceremony through Zoom. Click on "Read More" to see the full story, find access to the video, photos, and newsletter!
Imagine what we would accomplish if we work together! Click on the link below to hear John Germ's vision about joining forces between Rotary and the American Legion.
John Germ, current president of Rotary International, AF vet, and 25 year member of American Legion Post 14 in Chattanooga gives his thoughts on why American Legion and Rotary work so well together in helping communities. John states "I want my community to be a stronger, better community, and I can do it working with the Legion in various programs to make it happen."
ShelterBox. What is it? That's what John from the Rotary Club of Hutto asked while Ambassadors were set up at a booth at the District 5870 Conference of Clubs. I was privileged to give a Shelter Box USA presentation to their club today. Every person educated, every dollar collected, every box given--that's one more family given shelter, hope and dignity. Please let Chelsea or Jim M. know if anyone needs an Ambassador to answer questions or give a presentation. This is Rotary branching out to Service Humanity.
What an amazing visit with our DG Melinda Osborn, incoming DG Bruce Golden, and our AG John Barber! Such a wealth of information. Don't pforget to hashtag your club posts to share with the District. Hashtags allow other clubs to see what we do and bring in more people that believe in Service Above Self. Our District hashtag is #1districtstrong
Any social media posts that have #1districtstrong will show up for most of Texas, and as Rotary gains momentum. It goes National and then Global! Our club has a new member percentage of 17% this year. We are not even half way through the year. Keep up the good work! The more amazing members we have, the more good we can do in our community and throughout the world. Thank you for all you do!
End of Summer/back to Skool/Hey it's a Thursday social at Hanover's Draught Haus Thursday September 3 from 7-9 A great opportunity for Red Ribbon to knock out a few of the removal requirements:
Talking to past presidents, Paul Harris Fellows, attending a special event, meeting a scholarship chair, meeting 2 members who have been members more than 1-year, meet the Interact and Foundation chair.
Thank you to Dan Bachler for arranging this Social Date! Invite a friend!
Deutschen Pfest Update:
The Deutschen Pfest Committee met Wednesday evening, and decided that Deutchen Pfest will continue as scheduled. The committee should be determining whether or not the carnival is able to enter the Pfestival grounds. If the carnival cannot access the park, the pfestival will still continue with the remaining vendors.
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Thursday Set-Up: Everyone who signed up for storage pick-up will be meeting at the storage unit at 4:15 pm to load the truck. Everyone else who signed up for set-up should be at the park by 5:00 pm. All members are more than welcome to attend the set-up this afternoon, even if you didn't sign up.
The following people are scheduled for Thursday set-up:
Randy Reese, Manuel, Heather Bridges, Serita Lacasse, Kenneth Kidd, Rob House, Matt Sparkman, Jim McDonald, Jessica Havey, Boyd Hemphill, Chris Davenport, Shannon Coleman, Jeff Colman, and Bob Evans.
On Friday we will need to finish set-up. All members are more than welcome to show up early to help finalize all decorations.
We have the following people scheduled for Friday Set-Up: Randy Reese, Amy Ellsworth, Manuel, Serita Lacasse, Judi Carter, and Jim McDonald.
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If you are scheduled to work, please allow yourself ample time to find parking or take the shuttle. Plan to arrive 20 - 30 minutes before your scheduled shift . If an emergency arises, and you cannot make your shift, please contact Serita Lacasse at 512-470-3943 or Chelsea Robertson at 512-751-8894. There will be copies of those who signed up for booths/shifts available at every booth.
If you do not remember which spots/booths you signed up for you can go back to this website http://vols.pt/pSZyYH, log-in, and check your spots.
Make sure to show up for your shifts, rain or shine!!
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The following members have Square, and are able to accept credit card payments: Chelsea Robertson, Bob Evans, William Fischer, Matt Sparkman, Barbara Najera, Serita Lacasse, Mary Ann Provance, Dale Woodkey, Jim McDonald, and Nancy Ledbetter.
Just look for the members with Square stickers on their aprons.
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Bob Evans is our main contact for all things Deutschen Pfest. He is running the show this year, in Shannon's absence. You can contact him at 512-560-0020.
What does the best Rotary Club do after a long few months of Golf Tournament Planning? Why, make 20 gallons of chili, of course!
Special thanks to Rob House and Kenneth Kidd, as well as all who made chili, volunteered at the booth, and generally had a grand time! Pflugerville Rotarians were also involved in our big, little town's Chili Pfest as organizers, Volunteers, and even Celebrity Judges! Rotary continues to "do good" in our Community. Although Chili Pfest isn't a Pfundraiser, it is important for us to be out in the Community showing all just how much Pfun being a Pflugerville Rotarian is. Good job All!
Our 14th Annual Golf Tournament was a success because of you! Yes YOU. Every Rotarian who was there. Friends of Rotarians volunteering. Players. Sponsors. Steve Gore for Photography. We can't do it without each and every one of you. Thank you for helping us raise more than $30,000 to go towards our Scholarships and other charities. It really is a blessing to spend a day in the sun with so many Pfriends for a good cause. Numbers and album coming soon!
Upcoming International Speaker scheduled for September 17th at the noon meeting.Earl Follis of the Round Rock Sunrise Rotary Club has brought us the opportunity to host James Manyror, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan (who've been profiled several times on 60 Minutes, New York Times, and a few films). We will be extending an invitation to all local media as well. James moved from Sudan to Denver in the '90s before returning to Sudan in 2005 to start an orphanage for other lost boys. He is flying in from Denver to speak to a select few clubs in the area. All members and friends of Rotary are invited. Special thanks to Earl for thinking of Pflugerville! Here is his non-profit's website with more info: http://www.saoro06.org/ and here is background info on the Lost Boys of Sudan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Boys_of_Sudan .
The Rotary Club of Pflugerville was excited to welcome Amy Ellsworth to our club. Amy represents our 8th new member this Rotary year! Welcome. You are a great new asset to our Pflugerville Pfamily.
At a ceremony today (May 1, 2013) in the Connally High School Library, the Connally Interact Club was officially presented their charter and their officers were sworn in. Presiding over the program was Pflugerville Rotary Club President, KC Smith. Others involved in the presentation were Pflugerville Mayor & fellow Rotarian, Jeff Coleman, along with current Rotary District 5870 Interact Chair, Linda Tyler, as well as Past Rotary District 5870 Interact Chair, Julian Grant
Just in time for Deutschen Fest, the electrical system upgrade at Pfluger Park was recently completed. The project was done in conjunction with the City of Pflugerville's Parks & Rec department and funded through a Rotary DAP Grant. Pictured below from left to right are: KC Smith (Rotary Club President), Mayor Jeff Coleman (& fellow Rotarian), Matt Sparkman (Rotary Club President-Elect), and Jim Bowlin (City Parks & Rec Director). Photo by Pamela Cosel/City of Pflugerville
Electrical Upgrade Project at Pfluger Park is Completed
We are moving our Wednesday Noon meeting BACK to the Library on Wednesday, April 24th! If you go to the City Council Chambers, you will be reciting the 4 Way Test alone. :)
Please note that the entrance and parking has moved to the south side of the building. Main entrance is on Pfluger St. W. (1008 Pfluger St W).
Karen and Mitchell Duncan were formally inducted as new members into the Pflugerville Rotary Club at our meeting on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Pictured below (from left to right) is Mary Ann Provance, Membership Committee Co-Chair, Karen Duncan, Mitchell Duncan, and Jim Wilkinson (the Duncan's sponsor).
We had a good showing at the Adopt-A-Trail gathering on Nov 3. In attendance were: Matt Sparkman, Lauri Gillam, Randall Surrey, Bill Fischer and son CJ, Judi and Greg Carter, Chelsea Robertson, Jim McDonald and son Sam. Also, from our future Interact Club at Connally High School, Aatiq brought his friends Claudio, Chris, Truc, Khoi, and Michael .
AHG was started in 1995 and has been growing like wildfire since. It is a scouting equivalent to the girl or boy scouts, it is structured and works closely with BSA. AHG is a girls organization (ahgonline.org) and is designed to work with girls from 5-18 yoa to build women of integrity through service to God, family, community and country. It is to help build confidence as they grow and is faith based, owned by churches.
This past Wednesday at our noon meeting we were honored with another inspirational presentation by three of our four RYLA 2012 students.
(L-R) Randy Reese, Aatiq Ghulam, Pres. Kent Smith, Joseph Fischer, Zoi Thompson, DGE Rich Kaye. (not in photo Taylor Padgett)
The Rotary Club of Pflugerville would also like to recognize with our greatest appreciation our three RYLA Camp Counselors and previous RYLA students: Tori Vaughan (Texas Tech), Anisa Ruiz (Texas A&M), and Mary Shirley (President Interact Hendrickson HS). Pflugerville Rotary continues to have great representation at RYLA. We are extremely proud of these students!
Our club and community have been very fortunate with these future leaders as well as the many more who are currently actively involved in our Interact Clubs. Aatiq has already expressed that he will begin working towards starting the Interact Club at Connally HS. He has our FULL support as well as the FULL support of the District 5870 Staff! We are also very thankful to PISD for their support of these great programs!
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