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Augusta West Rotary Club is a medium sized club committed to community and international service.

10/12/2026

AUGUSTA WEST ROTARY CLUB NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS

We have a busy few months ahead, with opportunities to serve our community, learn from great speakers, and spend time together as Rotarians!

🎉 A HUGE SHOUT-OUT TO BILL HAMILTON!

Please join us in thanking Bill for graciously accepting the position of President-Elect! We appreciate your willingness to serve and help lead our club. Congratulations, Bill!

🩸 DOMINATION DONATION — IT'S NOT TOO LATE!

Thank you to everyone who attended Monday's joint meeting with the Augusta Rotary Club and to those who donated blood this week!

There is still time to participate in Domination Donation. Visit any Shepeard Blood Center this week and register under code 4012 so your donation counts toward Rotary credit. Every donation makes a difference!

🎃 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: TRUNK OR TREAT

Warren Road Elementary School has invited our club to participate in its “Schools Not Spooky” Trunk or Treat!

📅 Wednesday, October 28
⏰ 6:00–8:00 PM

Interested in decorating your vehicle or donating candy? Please let us know! Let's help make this a fun event for local families.

📅 OCTOBER MEETINGS & EVENTS

Thursday, October 15 | 12:30–1:30 PM
📍 Logan's Roadhouse
🎤 Speaker: Stan Sheppard, Regional Director at AT&T

Saturday, October 17 | 9:00 AM–12:00 PM
🛠️ Service Project: Sleep in Heavenly Peace
📍 First Presbyterian Church, 642 Telfair Street, Augusta
Help build beds for children in need! Kelly will be attending, and all who can help are encouraged to join us.

👉 Register here: https://x.gldn.io/e/oqO5mtW8h6b

Thursday, October 22 | 12:30–1:30 PM
📍 Logan's Roadhouse
📚 Rotary Training with Aub & Bob
💗 October is Polio Awareness Month!

Tuesday, October 27 | 7:30–8:20 AM
💻 Virtual Meeting via Zoom
🎤 Jason LaClair, Consilium Solutions
Continuing our discussion on Artificial Intelligence (AI).

🔗 Join the meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82811510964?pwd=e8ogGy2Qe8frVurmjR0Sb5oC3nIPzb.1

Please invite others who may be interested in joining this discussion!

Wednesday, October 28 | 6:00–8:00 PM
🎃 Warren Road Elementary School Trunk or Treat — Schools Not Spooky

Thursday, October 29 — NO MEETING

🥫 NOVEMBER: GIVING BACK & ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTH

Throughout November, we'll be collecting canned food donations for GAP Ministries at every in-person meeting!

🥫 Donate 4 or more cans and receive one FREE 50/50 drawing ticket. Let's help support local families in need!

Thursday, November 5
📍 Logan's Roadhouse
🎤 Speaker: Anne Cordeiro, District 6920 Foundation Chair
Topic: Rotary Foundation Month, including an overview of Global Grants and more. Anne will present via Zoom while our club meets in person at Logan's.

Saturday, November 7 | 9:00 AM–1:00 PM
🇺🇸 Fort Gordon Military Retiree Appreciation Day
📍 Darling Hall
Resources will include flu vaccinations, VA benefits information, and cyber scam awareness.

Wednesday, November 11 — Veterans Day
🇺🇸 Take time to thank a veteran! Members are also encouraged to attend the Augusta Veterans Day Parade at 10:00 AM on Telfair and Greene Streets.

Thursday, November 12
📍 Logan's Roadhouse
🍽️ Lunch gathering — no speaker.

Thursday, November 19
📍 Logan's Roadhouse
🎤 Guest speaker to be announced.

Tuesday, November 24
💻 Virtual meeting — speaker to be announced.

Thursday, November 26 — NO MEETING
🦃 Happy Thanksgiving!

🎄 DECEMBER: HOLIDAY SERVICE & FELLOWSHIP

Thursday, December 3 | 11:30 AM–1:00 PM
🎁 St. John Towers Holiday Party
A beloved Rotary service project we've supported for more than 25 years! A $30 donation is requested to help purchase gifts.

Thursday, December 10
🔔 Salvation Army Bell Ringing at Kroger
Time to be announced. A big thank-you to Dave Thomas for leading this service project again!

Thursday, December 17
🎄 AWRC Holiday Party
Location and time to be announced. A lunchtime celebration is being considered this year.

Thursday, December 24 — NO MEETING
🎄 Christmas Eve

Thursday, December 31 — NO MEETING
🎉 New Year's Eve

❤️ Rotary is about service, fellowship, and making a difference in our community. We look forward to seeing everyone at our upcoming meetings and service projects!

10/05/2026

It’s Donation Domination week at the Shepeard Community Blood Center. Augusta Rotary Clubs are supporting this year. Do your part and donate blood this week!

10/04/2026

This past week, we were pleased to welcome Matt Jay from PC Techware as our guest speaker. Matt shared with us about PC Techware and the work they do in our community. Thank you, Matt, for joining us!

🃏 Weekly Raffle
Unfortunately for Bob Schloesser, the Ace of Spades remained elusive this week. Better luck next time, Bob!

📅 Upcoming Events

Monday, October 5 | 11:45 AM–1:00 PM
📍 Fatman’s Conference Room
Joint Meeting with the Augusta Club
🎤 Speaker: Director, Regional Boy Scouts of America
District Governor Beverly will also be in attendance.

🩸 Blood Drive — Starting Monday, October 5
Please consider donating blood next week. Your donation can make a real difference in our community.

Thursday, October 8
🚫 NO MEETING

Thursday, October 15 | 12:30–1:30 PM
📍 Logan’s
🎤 Stan Sheppard, Regional Manager, AT&T

Thursday, October 22 | 12:30–1:30 PM
📍 Logan’s
🍽️ Lunch Meeting — No Speaker

Tuesday, October 27 | 7:30–8:20 AM
💻 Virtual Meeting
🎤 Jason LaClair, Consilium Solutions
Continuation of our discussion on AI.

Thursday, October 29
🚫 NO MEETING

We look forward to seeing everyone at our upcoming meetings and events!

09/03/2026

🇺🇸 Serving and Developing the Next Generation

Today, our Club met at Logan's Roadhouse and welcomed Hank Cartegena, who gave us an overview of the Civil Air Patrol’s Cadet Program here in Augusta.

We appreciate Hank taking the time to share about the impact Civil Air Patrol is having on young people in the Augusta area.

Thank you, Hank, for the work you do investing in the next generation!

We also held our weekly raffle. Congratulations to Bill Phillips, this week’s unlucky winner!

08/21/2026

AWRC partnered with the Martinez-Evans Rotary Club and invited the city of Augusta Mayor-Elect Steven Kendrick as our speaker. He is on the right track to hear issues/concerns from the community and create solutions to solve those problems before he takes office in January. If you need to report any concerns, please click on the appropriate QR code to leave a message or attend one of his townhall meetings and share your concerns in person.
M-E Kendrick has a vision to flip this city to be an economic powerhouse in Georgia.

08/10/2026

🍎📚 Welcome Back, Teachers! 📚🍎

Augusta West Rotary was excited to kick off the new school year by hosting one of our annual service projects—our “Welcome Back, Teachers” Party at Warren Road Elementary School! 🎉

We started the morning by providing breakfast and plenty of snacks to help fuel the amazing teachers and staff as they prepare to welcome their students back for another year of learning, growth, and success.

Our teachers give so much to our children and our community, and we’re proud to show our appreciation in a small but meaningful way. ❤️

Here’s to a fantastic school year ahead! Welcome back, teachers—and thank you for all you do! 🍎✏️

07/28/2026

Today was our first Virtual Meeting for the Club with Welton Chase and Dave Thomas providing an excellent overview of the world of Cisco. Did you know they were originally a company from San Francisco; hence, the name “Cisco” and logo Golden Gate Bridge?
If you would like to join us each month as we invite speakers from all across the world to share their business successes, then consider becoming an Augusta West Rotarian. Our only requirement is attending one meeting/event per month. (You can attend virtually, in-person, socials or service projects.) Virtual meetings will commence on the fourth week of every month from 7:30-8:20am. Next month our virtual meeting is WED, 26 August (speaker TBD). If interested in learning more about Rotary International, then contact Kelly Knitter at (808)499-8025 or Debra Vernon at (520)220-9996.
Dues are only $25/mo or $300/yr, plus a $100 donation to the Paul Harris Foundation.

07/27/2026

On 7/22, Rich Laschober and Kelly Knitter (and son, Thomas) had the opportunity to help the Nursing College of Augusta set up for their Healthy Grandparents “Children’s” health fair at Augusta University, Summerville Campus. The following day was pretty busy for the nursing students as they provided free medical health checks for kids in the community.

07/25/2026

Aubrey Highsmith and Kelly Knitter represented Augusta West Rotary Club at today’s service project helping build beds for kids with “Sleep in Heavenly Peace.” We partnered with 68 other volunteers from Lowe’s, VFW 12190, Lions Club, Ft Gordon Better Opportunity for Single Soldiers (BOSS), AUSA members (Sophia Galifianakis) and others to build 30x beds.
Save the Date: next “Build a Bed” event is 29 August at VFW 12190 (0800-1100).
If you can’t help build beds, then you can always donate new pillows, twin sheets and comforters for kids in need.
SERVICE ABOVE SELF

07/16/2026

Approximately 25 people attended today’s Martinez-Evans Rotary Club (MERC) traditional meeting, with 7x attendees coming from AWRC. We enjoyed the fellowship and meeting new Rotarians. Their newest member (Juan) provided a wonderful classification talk about his military service as a surgical tech in the Army. Rich Laschober won the MERC raffle drawing this week ($107); he graciously donated the money to Juan’s non-profit organization called “Marci Boxing Club” in Grovetown.
It was nice to see a large group of Rotarians fill the clubhouse once again.

Address

4275 Owens Road
Evans, GA
30809

Opening Hours

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Telephone

+18084998025

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