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2023-2024 Officers and Directors
President
Steve Rodgers
Immediate Past President
Chris Humphries
President Elect
Lindsay Haas
President-Elect Nominee
Garry Montgomery
Secretary
Doreen Fisher
Treasurer
Garry Montgomery
Sergeant-at-Arms
Britt Etheredge
Career Technical Education
Austin Milam
Charitable Contributions
J. Ed Guillen
Community Service
Randy Rodgers
International
Norma Castilla-Blackwell
Membership
Lindsay Haas
Public Image Chair
Gary Gannon
Youth Services
David Paulos
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays:
  • Bill Biggadike
    September 6
  • Marcie Rodriguez
    September 6
  • Craig Wilson
    September 9
  • Eric Pipkin
    September 15
  • John Dierksen
    September 15
  • Usiosefe Aimiuwu
    September 15
  • Heidi Aleman
    September 21
  • Avery Austin
    September 24
  • Lindsay Haas
    September 24
  • Gretchen Pruett
    September 25
  • Michael Lynch
    September 25
Join Date:
  • Bill Biggadike
    September 1, 1991
    32 years
  • Mike Dietert
    September 1, 1975
    48 years
  • J. Boyd Vaughan
    September 5, 2018
    5 years
  • Charlie Felts
    September 6, 2017
    6 years
  • Jim Wissmiller
    September 15, 2010
    13 years
  • Drew Traeger
    September 18, 2019
    4 years
  • J. Ed Guillen
    September 20, 2017
    6 years
  • Randy Rodgers
    September 22, 2021
    2 years
  • Judy Kovacs-Long
    September 26, 2008
    15 years
  • Donna Dishman
    September 27, 2017
    6 years
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January 2023
President's Message
Steve Rodgers
 
Welcome to the Rotary Club of New Braunfels! I am honored to serve as the 2023-2024 Club President and will work hard to continue this Club's long standing commitment to this community and to uphold Rotary's motto, "Service Above Self".  Our Club has over 150 members who work tirelessly to serve this community and communities across the country and around the world through service projects, the Rotary Foundation, and charitable giving.  The Rotary Club of New Braunfels also supports our youth through a very strong student exchange program, our scholarship program, and our top 10 students program.  Our Club meets each Wednesday at noon at the Knight of Columbus Hall.  I look forward to a great year and hope to see you at a Rotary meeting, a service project, or one of our fundraising events!
 
–Steve
2023 Scholarship Recipients
Rotary Club of New Braunfels is excited to announce the recipients of our Scholarship Program for applicants from the Class of 2023.
 
These graduating seniors competed against 50+ other students from the NBISD and CISD school districts for their chance at receiving a scholarship worth $1,500 for each semester of their education.
 
Congratulations to our 2023 Scholarship Recipients:
 
2-YEAR DEGREE / VOCATIONAL
Cade Becker
Canyon High School
Dallas Christian College / Business & Welding
Total: $6,000 / $1,500 per semester  
 
4-YEAR DEGREE / UNIVERSITY
Celeste Gomez
New Braunfels High School
University of Miami / Accounting Finance
Total: $12,000 / $1,500 per semester
 
4-YEAR DEGREE / UNIVERSITY
Michael Sangoy
Canyon High School
Texas State University / Computer Science
Total: $12,000 / $1,500 per semester
 
And congratulations to Lauren Blythe Cox and the entire scholarship committee for all their hard work this past year in revamping our scholarship program, reviewing applications, and selecting our 2023 recipients.
Charitable Contributions 2022-2023
 
April – July 2022
 
  • Communities in School of South Central Texas – $3,000
  • Spell Africa International – $1,000
  • UDOSA World-Wide 2002 – $1,250
  • New Braunfels 24 Hour Club – $6,400
  • International Vision Project - Rotary Club of Zacoalco – $6,000
  • Children's Advocacy Center of Comal County – $1,000
  • STEPS – $2,000
  • RecoveryWerks – $4,000
  • Food For Kids Student Chapter – $2,500
  • International Partnership Ukraine Grant – $1,000
  • Brauntex Performing Arts Theatre – $6,500
     
    August – December 2022
     
  • Family Promise of Greater New Braunfels – $10,000
  • New Braunfels Christian Ministries – $5,000
  • Project MEND – $2,500
  • Circle Arts Theatre – $7,500
  • Comal County Child Welfare Board – $2,000
  • Mision de Candelilla – $1,500
  • Hope Hospice – $10,000
  • Canine Classmates – $2,500
January – April 2023
 
  • Grandma's Stocking Guild – $1,500
  • Humane Society of New Braunfels – $2,500
  • Cry Cameroon USA (Harvest Children's Homes) – $3,000
  • New Braunfels Parks Foundation – $5,000
  • Kinetic Kids, Inc. – $5,000
  • CRRC of Canyon Lake – $5,000
  • Seeds of Love Outreach – $6,500
  • Service Dogs for Kids – $6,500
  • Rock Haus Foundation – $6,500
  • NB Housing Partners – $6,500
  • Comal County Family Violence Shelter – $10,000
 
If your non-profit or charitable organization is interested in applying for a Rotary Charitable Contributions Grant, please click here.
Rotary Club of New Braunfels
New Braunfels

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Wednesdays at 12:00 PM
Columbus Hall
111 West Landa Street
New Braunfels, TX 78130
United States of America
If you are interested in joining Rotary Club of New Braunfels as a new member or would like to transfer from another club, please fill-out the Membership Inquiry Form located in the Become a Member section at the top right of this page.
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OBJECT OF ROTARY
 
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
 
  1. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; 
     
  2. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society; 
     
  3. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life; 
     
  4. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
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Lisa Hood
Sep 27, 2023
Member Classification Presentation
Hon. Sherman Krause, Comal County Judge
Oct 04, 2023
State of the County
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Oct 11, 2023
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New Braunfels, TX  78131 USA
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Rotary is the oldest and most prestigious service club in the world. Its ranks include executives, managers, professionals - people who make decisions and influence policy.
 
Rotary Club of New Braunfels is very active in the community with members participating in dozens of services projects and two major charitable fundraisers each year.
 
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