Kathryn R. Kest has been in Toastmasters since 2010.  In addition to her certification as a Project Management Professional, and a Grateful Leadership Trainer, Kathy has achieved 2 Distinguished Toastmaster Awards. 

She serves as the District 56 Director which has over 5,000 members in the Greater Houston area.  Like Rotary, Toastmasters International is a global community, with a presence in 143 countries, boasting 348,000 members. 

Kathy has served in leadership roles in TI District 56 for the past six years.  TI focuses on personal leadership and communication skill development.  The plan is for the alliance between Rotary and Toastmasters to provide new opportunities to apply these skills, make new connections, and contribute to our communities. 

We invite Rotary members to attend local club meetings, practice speeches and presentations as well as take advantage of the 8 new courses being developed by TI to provide in-depth leadership and communication structure.  We expect these courses to roll out by the end of 2020.

Today Kathryn will be sharing heartwarming stories of her personal journey and how she accidentally became a leader.  The title of her presentation is “Why”. 

Blood drive tentatively set for June 4 at our regularly scheduled meeting, provided we are meeting in person by then at Pico's.  

Sign up with Bob Geary via email at rmdradvisors.com on or before June 1.

Blood center needs anyone that can to donate blood.

Rotarians In Action By Sharing Our Skills at PEP

Prison Entrepreneurship Program

Empowering Innovation.  Releasing Potential.  Transforming Communities.

Our vision is to expand our community of accountability and encouragement until every inmate who is truly committed to change has the choice and the chance to reboot his life.  We strive to empower our men to move from being tax consumers to taxpayers; from gang leaders to servant leaders; and from felons to real fathers and even philanthropists.

We will build this robust community with an army of executive volunteers who share with us and our men a passion for education, mentoring and entrepreneurship.  Through their engagement, our volunteers will move from knowing the joy of success to experiencing great significance in their lives.

Location: events are located in Cleveland, Texas

Visit the website for more information about sharing your skills and other ways to support at https://www.pep.org/.

For more details, please contact our fellows, Suzanne and Bill Diecks, Carol Lester, Geoff Lanceley and Paul Ralph. They are happy to share their experiences as volunteers.

Books for the World

Rotary Books For The World is an International Service Project, started in 2000 and supported by Rotary Clubs nationwide, Rotaract Clubs, and Interact Clubs.  We are proud to announce the shipment of our 370th  40’ shipping container of books and school furniture (for a total of over 15.5 million pounds with a value of over $155 million) to Rotarian led literacy projects in 24 countries in Africa and around the world.

Would you & your club like to help with the shipment of the next container? 

Please bring a group of your Club members, Interactors, Rotaractors, friends and family members to help sort and palletize books on the following dates:

Saturdays:   9 AM to 11 AM – November 16, & December 7, 2019, January 18, February 15, March 7, April 11, May 9, and June 6, 2020.

Our warehouse is not air-conditioned or heated. Please dress appropriately.

Yes, you are welcome to bring used books of any type as long as they are in good condition to donate to this project.

Parking is available  on Eagle Ave. or under Hwy 225.  Be careful crossing the street and do not leave valuables in your car

Questions?  Terry Ziegler - bigzlumber@aol.com or 713-825-1176

Donations are welcome!  Please consider asking your club to donate to this great project or to apply for a District Grant to support us.  See more at the project website www.rotarybooksfortheworld.org.  

To be confirmed.

Terry Ziegler to provide details

The West U Rotary golf tournament will be held Monday, June 22, 2020, at Riverbend Country Club.   This year's tournament proceeds will go to Second Servings of Houston.

Second Servings is Houston’s only prepared and perishable food rescue organization. The nonprofit is on a mission to direct perfectly edible surplus food from businesses and fill people's stomachs, not the city's landfills. Second Servings picks up unserved and unsold food from convention centers, sports venues, distributors, hotels, etc. and executes free same-day delivery to more than 80 local shelters, soup kitchens, low-income housing, and many other charities. Since Second Servings of Houston began operations in 2015, the team has rescued approximately 3 million pounds of food, valued at more than $20 million, from over 200 food donors.

The West U Rotary Club Foundation supports numerous projects and non-profit organizations in Houston, across the country, and internationally.

Download a registration and sponsorship file on the left.  

We will be meeting at Skeeter's from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 

Rotarians In Action By Sharing Our Skills at PEP

Prison Entrepreneurship Program

Empowering Innovation.  Releasing Potential.  Transforming Communities.

Our vision is to expand our community of accountability and encouragement until every inmate who is truly committed to change has the choice and the chance to reboot his life.  We strive to empower our men to move from being tax consumers to taxpayers; from gang leaders to servant leaders; and from felons to real fathers and even philanthropists.

We will build this robust community with an army of executive volunteers who share with us and our men a passion for education, mentoring and entrepreneurship.  Through their engagement, our volunteers will move from knowing the joy of success to experiencing great significance in their lives.

Location: events are located in Cleveland, Texas

Visit the website for more information about sharing your skills and other ways to support at https://www.pep.org/.

For more details, please contact our fellows, Suzanne and Bill Diecks, Carol Lester, Geoff Lanceley and Paul Ralph. They are happy to share their experiences as volunteers.

We will be meeting at Skeeter's from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 

My long term goal is to create worldwide incentives for water reuse both in domestic and industrial scales by supporting water treatment and energy projects that are sustainable and allow the conservation of our world water sources.

For more than a decade, I have been involved in project planning and management of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) programs around the world. In 2019, I founded Global WaSH to form a network of people that can support international development projects and create a center of expertise in WaSH.

We will be meeting at Skeeter's from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 

Rotarians In Action By Sharing Our Skills at PEP

Prison Entrepreneurship Program

Empowering Innovation.  Releasing Potential.  Transforming Communities.

Our vision is to expand our community of accountability and encouragement until every inmate who is truly committed to change has the choice and the chance to reboot his life.  We strive to empower our men to move from being tax consumers to taxpayers; from gang leaders to servant leaders; and from felons to real fathers and even philanthropists.

We will build this robust community with an army of executive volunteers who share with us and our men a passion for education, mentoring and entrepreneurship.  Through their engagement, our volunteers will move from knowing the joy of success to experiencing great significance in their lives.

Location: events are located in Cleveland, Texas

Visit the website for more information about sharing your skills and other ways to support at https://www.pep.org/.

For more details, please contact our fellows, Suzanne and Bill Diecks, Carol Lester, Geoff Lanceley and Paul Ralph. They are happy to share their experiences as volunteers.

We will be meeting at Skeeter's from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 

Rotarians In Action By Sharing Our Skills at PEP

Prison Entrepreneurship Program

Empowering Innovation.  Releasing Potential.  Transforming Communities.

Our vision is to expand our community of accountability and encouragement until every inmate who is truly committed to change has the choice and the chance to reboot his life.  We strive to empower our men to move from being tax consumers to taxpayers; from gang leaders to servant leaders; and from felons to real fathers and even philanthropists.

We will build this robust community with an army of executive volunteers who share with us and our men a passion for education, mentoring and entrepreneurship.  Through their engagement, our volunteers will move from knowing the joy of success to experiencing great significance in their lives.

Location: events are located in Cleveland, Texas

Visit the website for more information about sharing your skills and other ways to support at https://www.pep.org/.

For more details, please contact our fellows, Suzanne and Bill Diecks, Carol Lester, Geoff Lanceley and Paul Ralph. They are happy to share their experiences as volunteers.

We will be meeting at Skeeter's from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 

Rotarians In Action By Sharing Our Skills at PEP

Prison Entrepreneurship Program

Empowering Innovation.  Releasing Potential.  Transforming Communities.

Our vision is to expand our community of accountability and encouragement until every inmate who is truly committed to change has the choice and the chance to reboot his life.  We strive to empower our men to move from being tax consumers to taxpayers; from gang leaders to servant leaders; and from felons to real fathers and even philanthropists.

We will build this robust community with an army of executive volunteers who share with us and our men a passion for education, mentoring and entrepreneurship.  Through their engagement, our volunteers will move from knowing the joy of success to experiencing great significance in their lives.

Location: events are located in Cleveland, Texas

Visit the website for more information about sharing your skills and other ways to support at https://www.pep.org/.

For more details, please contact our fellows, Suzanne and Bill Diecks, Carol Lester, Geoff Lanceley and Paul Ralph. They are happy to share their experiences as volunteers.

Rotarians In Action By Sharing Our Skills at PEP

Prison Entrepreneurship Program

Empowering Innovation.  Releasing Potential.  Transforming Communities.

Our vision is to expand our community of accountability and encouragement until every inmate who is truly committed to change has the choice and the chance to reboot his life.  We strive to empower our men to move from being tax consumers to taxpayers; from gang leaders to servant leaders; and from felons to real fathers and even philanthropists.

We will build this robust community with an army of executive volunteers who share with us and our men a passion for education, mentoring and entrepreneurship.  Through their engagement, our volunteers will move from knowing the joy of success to experiencing great significance in their lives.

Location: events are located in Cleveland, Texas

Visit the website for more information about sharing your skills and other ways to support at https://www.pep.org/.

For more details, please contact our fellows, Suzanne and Bill Diecks, Carol Lester, Geoff Lanceley and Paul Ralph. They are happy to share their experiences as volunteers.

Rotarians In Action By Sharing Our Skills at PEP

Prison Entrepreneurship Program

Empowering Innovation.  Releasing Potential.  Transforming Communities.

Our vision is to expand our community of accountability and encouragement until every inmate who is truly committed to change has the choice and the chance to reboot his life.  We strive to empower our men to move from being tax consumers to taxpayers; from gang leaders to servant leaders; and from felons to real fathers and even philanthropists.

We will build this robust community with an army of executive volunteers who share with us and our men a passion for education, mentoring and entrepreneurship.  Through their engagement, our volunteers will move from knowing the joy of success to experiencing great significance in their lives.

Location: events are located in Cleveland, Texas

Visit the website for more information about sharing your skills and other ways to support at https://www.pep.org/.

For more details, please contact our fellows, Suzanne and Bill Diecks, Carol Lester, Geoff Lanceley and Paul Ralph. They are happy to share their experiences as volunteers.

Rotarians In Action By Sharing Our Skills at PEP

Prison Entrepreneurship Program

Empowering Innovation.  Releasing Potential.  Transforming Communities.

Our vision is to expand our community of accountability and encouragement until every inmate who is truly committed to change has the choice and the chance to reboot his life.  We strive to empower our men to move from being tax consumers to taxpayers; from gang leaders to servant leaders; and from felons to real fathers and even philanthropists.

We will build this robust community with an army of executive volunteers who share with us and our men a passion for education, mentoring and entrepreneurship.  Through their engagement, our volunteers will move from knowing the joy of success to experiencing great significance in their lives.

Location: events are located in Cleveland, Texas

Visit the website for more information about sharing your skills and other ways to support at https://www.pep.org/.

For more details, please contact our fellows, Suzanne and Bill Diecks, Carol Lester, Geoff Lanceley and Paul Ralph. They are happy to share their experiences as volunteers.