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2022 Veteran's Day celebrationA giant thank you to the many sponsors that made our 2022 Veteran's Day event successful. I think everyone in attendance had a good time, a good meal, and great entertainment from the Cornell Hurd Band. In addition, we raised over $7000 to help furnish the new Patriot's Hall. Please let the sponsors know that you appreciate their support. Thank you!!  |
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Veteran's Day Dinner and DanceThe annual Veteran's Day Dinner and Dance is coming up soon.... November 11, 2022.
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2022 Veteran's Day Dinner and DanceThe Dripping Springs Rotary club will once again be hosting our annual Veteran's Day Dinner and Dance on Nov 11, 2022. This years event will be held at the Dripping Springs Distillery on Bell Springs Road. See the attached flyer for more details. Sponsorships are available for local businesses or individuals that would like to help support the event. Any money raised beyond the cost of the event will be donated directly to the Patriot's Hall to purchase furnishings for the new veteran's building. Call, text, or email us if you would like to contribute. Thanks, Joe Peterson (jwpeterson@aol.com) 512-413-0636 |
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Rotary and Interact joint litter pickup was successfulThe Rotary Club of Dripping Springs and the Interact Club of DS High School completed a joint service project to clean up litter along RR12 in Dripping Springs. At least 28 bags of trash were collected, along with a large amount of concrete cinder blocks that someone had dumped along the shoulder of the highway. We had 19 members in attendance, working from 8am-10am on Saturday morning to clean the 2 mile stretch of highway from the intersection of RR12/Hwy290 to the cemetery at RR150.    |
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2021 Veterans Day Dinner and Dance2021 Veteran's Day Dinner and Dance Contact:Joe Peterson
Dear Dripping Springs Neighbor, Every day we meet our service men and women on the street, but how often do we tell them how much we appreciate their service to our country? With great pleasure we are announcing an opportunity for our community to show its appreciation for our country’s Veterans. It has been our honor, as your local Rotary Club, to host an event to pay tribute to our local Veterans each Veteran’s Day. This year’s event will be on November 11 (Veterans day), tentatively at the amazing Mercer Street Dance Hall on RR12. There will be dinner, and live music provided by the Hot Texas Swing Band. Last year we had to pivot to a drive through event and this occurrence is not yet completely ruled out (stay tuned). We are currently seeking sponsors for this year’s event. Please see the attached sponsorship form for the different levels of sponsorships available. The funds provided by your sponsorships will help us provide a special evening of food, fellowship and music to celebrate those who have so bravely served us. Any funds donated through sponsorships exceeding the expenses for the event will go directly as a donation to the Patriots Hall building fund to help with the construction of a permanent home for our Veteran’s organizations here in Dripping Springs. Thank you, Joe Peterson President, Rotary Club of Dripping Springs jwpeterson@aol.com
Can we count on your help in making this tribute a success by making a donation to help us thank our Veterans? Sponsors will receive recognition on the banner, social media, and on our publicity posters. Sponsorship Levels: Benefactor $1,000 Patron $750 Advocate $500 Friend $250 All contributions will go towards the Veteran’s program and funding of their new building, Patriots Hall. Dripping Springs Rotary Foundation is 501(c)3 certified and donations are tax deductible. Dripping Springs Rotary Foundation PO Box 1033 Dripping Springs, TX 78620 Joe Peterson (Club President) 512-413-0636
Please complete the following information if you are interested in helping: Sponsor Level donation: Benefactor ($1000) ________ Patron ($750) ________ Advocate ($500) ________ Friend ($250) ________ General donation: (Please describe your donation...money, gift cards, merchandise, etc) ___________________________________________________________________ Contact: Name:____________________________________Company:___________________________ Address:______________________________________________________________________ Telephone:___________________________Email:____________________________________ Please send checks to: Dripping Springs Rotary Foundation P.O. Box 1033 Dripping Springs, TX 78620 Thank you, Dripping Springs Rotary Foundation |
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Home in a Month ProjectDripping Springs Rotary was honored to be involved with Hometown Missions latest Home in a Month project
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Veteran's Day 2020 - Honoring those who served2020 Tribute to Veterans Sponsored by Dripping Springs Rotary Club
With the risk of Covid-19 this year, we are not able to host our traditional dinner and dance for local veterans and their families. However, we definitely want them to know that we appreciate and remember them.
In place of our regular event, the Dripping Springs Rotary Club will be hosting a ‘drive thru’ recognition event on the afternoon of Veteran’s Day, Wednesday, November 11, 2020. The drive thru will be decorated with American flags, a banner in recognition of their service, and lots of red, white, & blue. ‘Thank You’ gift bags will be given to each veteran as they drive thru. The gift bags will include a Veteran’s lapel pin, a CD from the Hot Texas Swing Band that normally performs at our event, several other patriotic themed items, and gift cards to various local businesses that want to support our Veterans on their special day.
Can we count on your help in making this tribute a success by making a donation of money, gift cards, or merchandise to help us thank our Veterans? We are particularly wanting to provide gift cards for meals and treats at local restaurants since we can’t provide a sit down dinner this year.
Sponsorships are also available. Sponsors will receive recognition on the banner, on the Thank You note inside each bag, and on our publicity posters.
Sponsorship Levels:
Benefactor $1,000
Patron $750
Advocate $500
Friend $250
All contributions will go towards the Veteran’s gift bags and funding of their new building, Patriots Hall.
Dripping Springs Rotary Foundation is 501(c)3 certified and donations are tax deductible.
We really need your help with this as most of the Veteran’s Day appreciation events have been canceled this year. Let’s make sure they know we remember them.
Dripping Springs Rotary Foundation PO Box 1033 Dripping Springs, TX 78620
Joe Peterson (Event Coordinator) 512-413-0636 Glenn Wash (Club President) 512-585-8652 Please complete the following information if you are interested in helping:
Sponsor Level donation: Benefactor ($1000) ________ Patron ($750) ________ Advocate ($500) ________ Friend ($250) ________
General donation: (Please describe your donation...money, gift cards, merchandise,etc)
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Please send checks to: For more information, contact: Dripping Springs Rotary Foundation Joe Peterson (512-413-0636) P.O. Box 1033 Glenn Wash (512-585-8652) Dripping Springs, TX 78620
Thank you, Dripping Springs Rotary Foundation |
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Annual Veteran's Day Dinner and Dance The 15th Annual Veteran's Day Dinner and Dance took place on November 11, at the new Mercer Street Dance Hall from 5 to 8 pm, with music from the Hot Texas Swing Band. Despite the cold, wet weather, there was a great turnout for the event. Our Veterans enjoyed food, music, fellowship, and dancing. Thanks to the event sponsors and donations we were honored to present a check for over $5000 to the Patriot Hall building fund to help begin construction on a new building for our local Veteran's groups.We would like to thank our Sponsors for making this event possible: Red White and Blue Sponsors Broadway Bank Lions Club of Dripping Springs Prosperity Bank Freedom Sponsors Dripping Springs Automotive Bud Wymore - Candidate for State Rep Dan O'Brien Law Firm Deep Eddy Vodka Allstate - Ed Mena Agency Inc, Indigo Healing Acupuncture Judge Tacie Zelhart Kimmell Builders Inc Lloyds Automotive Malone Diesel Walt Smith, County Commissioner Security State Bank & Trust Sunset Canyon Veterinary Clinic Sponsors in Kind Bill Bailey Signs Hot Texas Swing Band Mercer Street Dance Hall |
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District News
Assistant District Governor Sharon Collier on district good news! * Rotary International Foundation is doing well this year. * Polio is down to 3 countries, Pakistan, Nigeria and Uganda. A new mobile phone program through RI has issued 5,000 mobile phones to track polio, recording who is vaccinated, who is not vaccinated, who refused vaccination. The phone have other applications that will make a big difference when applied. * The district is doing well - membership has grown, we have a new club in Blanco, a new mobile club in San Antonio and is financially fit, employing a treasurer. The district is expected to meet membership growth goals. * The Dripping Springs club accomplished much this year by getting our club foundation in order and well funded; a signature fundraiser that was the main contributor to the club foundation and she is excited about the new club officers. Sharon voice appreciate for representing our club to the district and has enjoyed serving as assistant district governor.
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Hospice Austin Michelle Bailey and Shirley Price of Hospice Austin share some excellent information on how hospice care works and how you can do advance care planning. Advance Care Planning is your plan for what happens when you can't be your own advocate. Here's some great take-aways from the program: * Hospice provides comfort care, support for family members and peace of mind * Hospice manages symptoms - there is no curative treatment or treatment drugs, only doing pain management on patients who are disease eligible, meaning there is no cure. * Hospice can be utilized at home, in the hospital or assisted care facilities. * Hospice can provide equipment, medication, nurses, assistants and provides 24-hour access to a hospice nurse while in hospice care * Hospice Austin has the Christopher House, which is an end of life facility for patients with an acute level of symptom management issues. * In evaluation of who should enter care, a 6-month prognosis is the basis (is it reasonable to expect them to pass in 6 months), some patients last longer * Hospice Austin supports a bereavement camp for minor children to equip then with the tools they need to cope. * Medicare regulates hospice care and 100% of hospice care is covered under Medicare part A as well as most insurance plans have good coverage for hospice care. * You need a physicians order, medical records and it is always best if the patient is able to arrange for their care before becoming unresponsive. Hospice Austin has over 400 volunteer in their huge service area of Travis, Caldwell, Bastrop and Hays counties. However, they are short of volunteers in the Dripping Springs area. Volunteers are needed in many functions: * Stuff envelopes * Cut patient hair * Licensed message therapy * Acupuncture * Read to patients *Shop for families * 11th hour volunteers - those willing to sit with patients while actively passing. To volunteer for hospice in Dripping Springs, reach out to:Michelle Bailey, Hospice Representative mbailey@hospiceaustin.org or 737-346-9940Shirley Price, Advance Care Planning Director sprice@hospiceaustin.org or 512-348-4789 |
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Tax Increment Reinvestment ZonesWHAT IS TIRZ?TIRZ stands for the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone. The program set 2016 property tax values as the base and anything above that generates a match from the city and county. As we see our property values rise, then we see more money coming into the TIRZ for projects. The 4 key projects include: 1. RR 12 at Hwy 290 - flood/drainage correction 2. The new Town Center 3. Old Fitzhugh improvements - sidewalks, street lights, and drainage 4. Parking for downtown The Town Center project is proposed on the 14 acres of land owned by the school district. Development would include city hall, the library, retail and possibly the school district offices (however, passage of the bond may change that). The concept was approved at the end of 2017 and now market studies are being conducted. The size of city hall needs to double and the library needs 30-35K square feet and they want to be up front in the center. The county tax office is expected to be in the new Town Center, but the law enforcement station would stay on Roger Hanks Parkway. The vision is to create a civic complex with shared resources and commercial uses. 450 parking spaces are planned and drainage with holding ponds have been considered. This is designed as a public/private partnership. It is still in the vision stage with the concept approved. Now seeking private sector developer input. The TIRZ meetings are the 1st Monday of every month at 4 pm. |
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Civilian Response to Active Shooter
HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE UPDATE AND ACTIVE SHOOTER PROGRAMHays County Sheriff Gary Cutler and Lt. David Burns put on a great program regarding Active Shooter. Sheriff Cutler also shared some great information about what is happening with the bond money we passed last year. To view the Power Point presentation by the Sheriff, click on the link below: Some highlights include: Our county covers over 680 square miles and crimes in our growing county from 2016 to 2017 include: 19% increase in crime against persons and property 3% increase in property crimes Animal control actually decreased Drug Offenses are up by 17% year over year Progress from the bond package: The Public Safety Bond should be complete by end of 2019 The jail currently holds 317 inmates and the county has a total of 571 inmates, thus costing the county $13,000 per day to outsource inmates (that's $4.7M per year). The new jail will house 1,000 inmates and will be able to house and charge for other inmates in our system. The link/power point presentation has many details you will find interesting. The Sheriff wants folks to know the progress and how this bond expenditure will improve our law enforcement services. |
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DSISD Fab Lab - Jad Jadeja
DSISD Fab LabJad Jadeja leads the DSISD Fab Lab. He has 25 years in technology, including 2 start up companies and research. He joined the staff at DSISD in 2007 operating the computer lab, then come on full time in 2011. Schools are very competitive today. Students need to learn that failure offers a very valuable lesson and that failures generate creativity. He wants his students to think creatively as there is no recipe for innovation. He has had students from DSISD Fab Lab go on to some great opportunities, such as the student who is now interning at Google; a student went to UTSA and was immediately transferred because her first year classes at UTSA had already been learned at Dripping Springs - she is now an intern at NASA. He has a group of young ladies who include 4 engineering students and 2 programming students who have created a prosthetic hand on a 3-D printer. His class is currently working on a printed circuit board and has almost mastered it. His objectives are to continue to expand the engineering program from current of: * Programming * Robotics I & II CAD Engineering I & II Computer Science Current Projects: F1 in school - Team competing at a national level at COTA on June 14-16. Come on out and observe. 4X4 in school - Team also competing at national level, came in 12th in international last year; also will be at COTA June 14-16 Best Robotics FRC Robotics Lend a Hand |
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Foster Village with Chrystal SmithFoster Village - Chrystal Smith Chrystal and her family went on a mission trip in 2013 that would forever change their life. They took their 3 children, ages 1,9,and 3 to Reynosa. They wanted to make a difference and became licensed foster parents. Their first was an 8 month old baby girl, which they later adopted. They are still in touch with the child's birth mother, who was unable to care for her. When CPS arrived with this precious baby girl in the middle of the night with no clothes, diapers or anything, they realized how unprepared they were. As they started networking with other foster parents, they all had the same issues, which is partially why the average foster family quits after just 1 year. These families feel a lack of support and resources.
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Ransomed Life - Susan Burkholder
Ransomed Life - Susan Burkholder, Presentation CoordinatorRansomed Life is a healing community for sexually exploited girls age 12-17 years old who are trafficked or at risk of trafficking. 40 Million people are held in slavery per the International Labor Organization (ILO). 10 Million (1/4th) are minors. In 2016 it was a $150Billion industry! It is the #1 criminal enterprise followed by drugs as #2 and illegal guns at #3. Trafficking Victims Protection Act: A human trafficking victim is a person induced into performing labor or a commercial sexual act. A minor induced into performing commercial acts is automatically human trafficking. Sex Trafficking in the US: 10 are US born to 1 foreign born In Texas as of January 2017, 313000 humans trafficked. 79,000 are minors of which 75% are girls and 25% boys. The other 234,000 are labor/slave trafficked. 74% of trafficked children were somehow involved in Child Protective Services (CPS). |
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Jeanne Arnold, Red Team Thinking, LLC
Colonel (USA Retired) Jeanne Arnold is a Principal and one of the founding members of Arnold & Schroeder, LLC., a strategic planning consulting and Red Team Training company. She is also a senior consultant with Red Team Thinking, LLC. She holds a Master of Education from Texas State University and a Master of Business Administration from The University of Texas McCombs School of Business (EMBA ’14). Jeanne shared some quotes with us that resonated with our business instincts: "No matter how great your business is today, the only way it can stay great is to continue to evolve." "Change is the only constant" "There is no end state for any business" What is Red Team Training? Red Team Training is a structured and iterative process executed by trained, educated and practiced team members with access to relevant subject matter and using structured analytic techniques. |
