Rotary Club of San Antonio West

08/19/2026

UT Health update including merger with UTSA, and SA West Rotary's $52,000+ contributions to Alzheimers disease research was the topic for Rotary today. Pictured L-R are club president Dan Van Syoc (MD), club Alzheimers project lead Jane Luke Hill, speaker Jason Derscheid from UT Health, and Rotarian Dr Bob Gracy, former VP for Research at UTSA.

07/18/2026

SA West Rotarian Jerry Hardy (pictured with Past District Governors Kristy Vandenberg and Carol Holmes) was at the July 18th Kerrville flood relief supplies distribution. Items included mops, brooms, trash bags, bottled water, paper goods, diapers and cleaning supplies.

06/22/2026

05/09/2026

Creative artists residents of our Rotary meeting home were our program for May 4.

02/13/2026

Rotarian John Wendt pictured at the February 11th event celebrating the opening of the Center for Brain Health that houses the Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s research. We had a San Antonio West Rotary table, led by club president Dan Van Syoc.

01/22/2026

Bob Seper spoke to the club on Jan 20th about his Green Beret experiences in Southeast Asia. Pictured here autographing a book for the Allen Elementary School library and in conversation with Rotarian Paula Haley--who served with the American Red Cross in Vietnam.

01/22/2026

Allan Johnson was welcomed as our newest Rotarian on January 20th.

12/05/2025

Rotary Christmas presents gift-wrapped for 32 children from families at our nearby partner elementary school. Generally includes a shirt, pants, shoes, a toy and a lot of love. A huge shout out to Dwayne and Anneka Hopkins for coordinating things and their abundance of goodwill.

12/05/2025

Our Rotarians were at this month's opening of The Brain Center at the San Antonio Medical Center, home to the Biggs Institute and its alzheimer's disease research programs. Pointing out the plaque at the institute entrance acknowledging significant contributors from The Rotary Club of San Antonio West are John Paul Sullivan and Jane Luke Hill.

12/05/2025

Our 3 December program was about Soldiers Angels, a national nonprofit started in San Antonio supporting active duty and veterans with care packages, food distributions, holiday gift stockings and many other resources. Pictured with Rotarian Dan Van Syoc is David Avilla from SA.