Martha Meyers, Rotarian of the Month, was the first president of Rotary E-Club and has been actively involved as Membership Chair. For many years Martha has been the nurse at RYLA and has always had a wonderful rapport with the campers. Martha lives Rotary's motto "Service above Self"! Join our next meeting to hear more about Martha.
Rotary's Newest Area of Focus is the Environment.
https://vimeo.com/491085190
400 + Virginia pine seedlings are arriving on January 15 for a Rotary service project. Each member can take as many trees as they can plant or give to a good home. Watch the video about the contest and take pictures of the trees being planted; email them to joan9e@gmail.com and we will make a video for the contest.
https://vimeo.com/482236703
As you give them to your friends and family suggest a donation to our club's foundation RESCUSA (rotaryeclubcentex.org)
Kinda like a puppy. Just take care of it and you are taking care of the environment.
Call Kent 512-663-1005 to arrange a pick up location. Just let him know how many trees and where in Austin or Bastrop you can meet up.
Rotarians in Action!
10 year old Virginia Pine
At our last meeting we welcomed three new members.
The Facebook Page is the way to show the world what we are about and what we do. It is a way to grow our Rotary Club. The more you like and comment and share posts the more other people will see what we are doing. Our Facebook Page is Rotary e-club Central Texas. Please go to it every time you get on Facebook and comment.
We also have a Twitter account: Rotary E-Club of Central Texas. If you are on Twitter there are lots of Rotary Clubs that Tweet what they are doing and lots of great ideas. We put our clubs latest news on Twitter so please follow your club.
Virginia pine planted end of January 2020- now are 2 to 3 feet tall.
Watch this video on Forests:
https://youtu.be/Ixh5JMmbuLw
Two pairs of shoes donated by Betty were in the drawing.
Soap was donated by Erin for the Foundation Drawing.
Tiesa donated honey from her own bees for the drawing.
Joan and Kent donated an overnight stay at the 9E Ranch Cabins.
The Rotary Foundation is the backbone of Rotary work. Our DAP grant money and Global Grant funding are from The Rotary Foundation determined by what we give as a club.
The appeal for foundation giving was a great success and everyone had fun participating in the drawing for prizes. Thank you to the following for donating prizes: Tiesa, Erin, Joan, Gene and Betty. The prize winners were Tricia, Brigitte, Linda, Sam, Joan Celeste, Kent, Tiesa, Ashley, Carol and Twyla. Congratulations to all for giving and winning! We all win when we give! Thank you!
One of the challenges of an E-Club and of the pandemic is building better friendships. So the goal of Rotarian of the Month is to know each other better. When you are named please forward me a picture and lots of information about you- like where you grew up, family, schools, career, hobies, Rotary service. We want to get to know each other. We would also like for you to do a "classification talk" at our monthly zoom meeting. Let's keep working towards getting to know each other better.
Meet on the web by weekly e-mail updates, Facebook, Twitter, Zoom first Tuesday at 6:00 for a meeting program; third Tuesday at 6:00 for our Club Board meeting and we get together for socials on zoom and in person.
How to make a donation: Go to My Rotary. Sign in (your sign in is your e-mail plus password) Donate to the Annual Fund either set up monthly of $10 a month or give one time at least $100 and you are in the pool to win!
