Rotary Club of West Austin donates school supplies backpacks

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Rotary members, Rotary Youth Leadership students, TyRex Group volunteers, and Target employees worked to fill backpacks for Wooldridge Elementary School students, including Rotary members Pieter Sybesma, K.C. Cerna, Bruce Cardwell, Jim Dardnne, Coleen O’Connell, Nancy Ray, and Mark Kurusz.TyRex volunteers are Denny Hean, Danny Ross, Maria Moreno, Elisa Rodriguez, Leslie Leuenhagen, and Joel Coffman. Charlotte Bailey represents Target. And the student leaders are Ashley Mankinen, Fox Redmond, Ben Reiff.
Rotary members, Rotary Youth Leadership students, TyRex Group volunteers, and Target employees worked to fill backpacks for Wooldridge Elementary School students, including Rotary members Pieter Sybesma, K.C. Cerna, Bruce Cardwell, Jim Dardnne, Coleen O’Connell, Nancy Ray, and Mark Kurusz.TyRex volunteers are Denny Hean, Danny Ross, Maria Moreno, Elisa Rodriguez, Leslie Leuenhagen, and Joel Coffman. Charlotte Bailey represents Target. And the student leaders are Ashley Mankinen, Fox Redmond, Ben Reiff.

The Rotary Club of West Austin (West Austin Rotary) in August donated backpacks stuffed with school supplies to Wooldridge Elementary School. Rotary members and Rotary Youth Leadership Awards students shopped and filled the backpacks.

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards is a leadership training program for young people offered by Rotary clubs and districts around the world. The program focuses on leadership, citizenship, and personal growth, and aims to help participants develop skills like decision-making and positive values. This year, West Austin Rotary sponsored four AISD High School students to the District 5870 Rotary Youth Leadership Award camp held in early July  --  Ashley Mankinen, Fox Redmond, Ben Reiff, and Lily Steinhauser.

Partners in the annual backpack program for Wooldridge Elementary include TyRex Group of Austin who donated backpacks and provided volunteers for the project and Target.

Rotary Club of West Austin invites new members who want to help make changes in the community and in the world. “West Austin Rotary is the center of service in our local community,” said Bruce Cardwell, president of Rotary Club of West Austin. “Members are dedicated people who share a passion for community service and friendship. A primary service program is an outreach suite of projects for Austin’s Wooldridge Elementary School.”

Rotary Club of West Austin was founded in Austin in 1953 with a mission to put service before self. West Austin Rotary Club members meet for lunch and a program on the first three Thursdays in each month at noon at Casa Chapala Restaurant and Cantina, 9041 Research Blvd., Austin 78758 and also through public Zoom access. Visit rotaryclubofwestaustin.org for more information.