The Rotary Club of Austin-Southwest meets at DK Maria's Tex Mex located at
Join us for our last program of the year on Thursday December 7.
Kaavya Venkat serves as the coordinator for the Texas Public Health Coalition (TPHC). She is also a Public Health Policy Analyst for the Texas Medical Association (TMA). As part of her role in TPHC, she works with multiple stakeholders around the state to develop educational one-pagers and talks titled "Distinguished Speaker Series" on public health priority topics.
Kaavya grew up in the suburbs of Dallas, TX and now resides in downtown Austin. She spent a few years in California completing her undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley and then went to Dartmouth for her Masters in Public Health. She is passionate about working towards creating an equitable and just world. For fun, Kaavya loves to create graphic design artwork!
TPHC meets once a month to discuss organizational/legislative updates and plans for future public health advocacy and awareness.
Welcome Kaavya!
Friday, October 27, the tool shed for El Buen was installed.
Thank you to Roblyn, Bob, and Bill for overseeing this part of the project.
Members will add some signage and landscaping soon.
This is our DAP grant project for 2023-24.
Our Rotarian of the Month is Bill Poplin. Bill is the smiling face we see at each meeting as sergeant at arms. Bill is a faithful participant in our El Buen Samaritano projects - the food bank, community garden, ESL program and Hands for Hope.
Thank you, Bill, for your smile, your professionalism and your servant heart.
We are so proud to share our 2023 Vocational Scholarship awardees at Austin Community College.
Our sincere thanks to Roger Beasley Mazda, HPI Real Estate, Ishtel Heat and Air, C. Brooks Construction, David Capshaw, The Garner Family for their support. These scholarships were funded by our annual charity golf tournament. With these fine businesses and friends, we were able to do $17,500 in scholarships.
A special thanks to Amy Bawcom and Ann Schubert from the Austin Community College Foundation.
A luncheon in these recipient's honor will be held in the coming months.
If you want to support this great program, we are planning our 25th annual charity golf tournament. Information coming soon.
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