Engaging a diverse membership, building a brand
Rotarians, our motto is “service above self”, where we strive to provide service to our community and others through living daily the Four-Way Test. We further look to build relationships with one another and have “fun” in the process!
-Club President Rick Hoffman 2021-2022
“If you’re not having fun – you’re doing something wrong!”
-Groucho Marx
For more than 110 years, Rotary International’s people of action have used their passion, energy, and intelligence to act on significant local and global projects. This club’s purpose is to help improve the quality of life for our communities locally and internationally. Our major activities currently revolve around building youth leadership, reducing food insecurity, and improving education quality. By 2027 the Northwest Austin Rotary Club will have grown in diversity and impact with members volunteering service in addition to giving financially through individual gifts. Our club focuses on a large annual fundraiser to enable local community-focused activities and international service projects. Members will participate in club meetings both in-person and virtually. Our Service Above Self reputation will be established by the success of our service projects. We will use our Wealth of Experience among our members to build Intentional Recruitment, overcoming our Technology weaknesses to address the changing demographics of our community. We have 6 goals focused on the following areas: membership, fundraisers, fiscal responsibility, service projects, foundation, and marketing. Our Key Performance Indicators are Engaged Membership, Diverse Membership, Brand, and Fundraising. We are looking for involved, diverse community leaders who are looking to make a substantial impact in the local and global community.
Summary of our Purpose
Rotarians make an impact locally and internationally through service projects and fellowship. This club’s purpose is to help improve the quality of life of our communities locally and internationally. Currently, our major activities revolve around building youth leadership, reducing food insecurity, and improving education quality. We also partner internationally to help build libraries in Uganda and provide solar lighting in Belize to allow adults and children to read at night. We support polio eradication efforts throughout the world. We help build water wells in Kenya and Ethiopia in our efforts to improve global health. We are ~100 engaged community leaders who actually walk our talk with tangible projects to serve our world.
Our current 5 avenues of service that have been selected by this club are:
- Club Service – club socials and meeting logistics for engaged membership
- Community Service – food pantry, support for local community initiatives
- Vocational Service – educators recognition and scholarship awards
- Youth Service – food insecurity, youth leadership, international exchange
- International Service – libraries, lighting, water wells
