Rotary Club of Bastrop County
Service Above Self
COMMUNITY SERVICE

CASA & CAC

In July 1994, the Board of the Rotary Club of Bastrop County accepted proposals from non-profit organizations for the purpose of entering into a long-term support relationship for community service.

In November 1994, the Club elected to support the Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) and the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) as the Club’s major project in the future.  The purpose of the partnership was to help the two organizations acquire a permanent facility which both groups would share.

In November 1995, the Club made its first financial contribution by donating $5,000 toward the down payment of the Rotary Children’s House at 1202 Chestnut in Bastrop and an additional $5,000 was donated for the purpose of renovation of the property. The Club has contributed to these organizations over $67,000 since November 1995.

In December 2001, a new program was developed whereby the Rotary Club of Bastrop County members would donate Christmas gifts to the Bastrop County CASA children.  The gifts have been donated and wrapped by Club members and Interact students during the annual Christmas Party at the LCRA Conference Center.  Each year members have donated gifts to approximately 50 to 80 children.
Weekly Luncheons:
Tuesdays at Noon
Cedar's Mediterranean Grill
904 College Street
Bastrop, Texas
512-321-7808

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Kerr Community Center

June 2008 — The Club applied for a District 5870 matching grant of $1,600 ($800 from the District and $800 from the Club) to cover the cost of a 215 foot picket fence around the Kerr Center.  The Club bought the materials, paid for the construction of the fence, and eight Club members painted the fence.  Gerald Kahler was Chair.

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VOCATIONAL SERVICE

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

On June 26, the Rotary Club of Bastrop County presented a new ambulance to its partner club from Ciudad Victoria, Mexico.  The two clubs worked together raising $18,000 and obtaining a matching grant of $18,000 from The Rotary International Foundation to fund the vehicle.  The ambulance was given to the Red Cross unit in Ciudad Victoria.  The matching grant application was developed during the 2000-01 presidential year of Travis Sheffield.

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CENTENNIAL PROJECT

On Thursday, October 28, the Rotary Club of Bastrop County unveiled their Rotary International Centennial Project with was housed at the Bastrop County Court House Annex.  RI will celebrate 100 years in 2005 and RI asked each club to do a centennial community service project.  The Bastrop County Club funded a public art piece.  Sculptor, James Muir, created a bronze sculpture entitled, “Truth and Justice.”  The base was made by the Deep in the Heart Foundry, Bastrop, and is granite with the Rotary Centennial logo and the Four Way Test.  Presidents Dolores Hestdalen, 2002-03; Jay Polsky, 2003-04; and Bill Reed, 2004-05, set aside $3,000 in each of their presidential years to fund this project.

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