Rotary Fundraising
University Rotary Club Foundation
Fundraising Activities
Our Rotary Club’s Fundraising Activities
Rotary is about service to the community. Our Rotary Club and our members support a variety of charitable and community efforts. But we can only do this with your support and your donations.
To support these efforts, our club holds several fundraising activities throughout the year. Your support and participation goes directly to helping fund these important charitable efforts.
Our Holiday Flags Program
For an annual subscription price, volunteers will place a large 3×5-foot American Flag or Texas Flag on 8 foot poles in front of your house on four major national holidays.
Join your neighbors in proudly displaying the American Flag in front of your home on major national holidays. You can sign up at any time throughout the year. Learn more…
Our Annual Beer & BBQ Event
Every spring we hold a Sunday Brew & BBQ at St. Arnold Brewery. We bring together the best beer and the best BBQ in Houston. All in a family friendly environment. Great BBQ and all the beer you can drink. Learn more…
Our Community Coupon Book
Every Fall we offer our Rotary Community Coupon Book. Loaded with coupons worth over $3500 all for only $35. Enjoy coupons for dining, travel, sports and recreation, theaters, and special events. Learn more…
Charitable Efforts
Our Charitable and Community Efforts
Your support of our fundraising efforts goes directly to support several charitable and local community efforts.
Rotary Fire Fighters Home
Your support helps us fund building of the local Rotary Firefighter’s Home in partnership with M.D. Anderson. This provides a place where firefighters and their families can stay while in Houston being treated at the Texas Medical Center for cancers acquired by exposure to carcinogens during their work. Learn more…
End Polio Now
Your donations also go to support the End Polio Now program providing free polio vaccinations. End Polio Now has helped immunize more than 2.5 billion children against polio in 122 countries. We have reduced polio cases by 99.9% worldwide and we won’t stop until we end the disease for good. Learn more…
About Our Rotary Club
The University Rotary Club
We meet Wednesdays at 7:15 AM
HERMANN PARK GOLF COURSE CLUB HOUSE
2155 North MacGregor Way
HOUSTON, TX 77004
Hermann Park Golf Course Club House
To learn more about the University Rotary Club visit our main website at: University Rotary Website
Our History
Our Rotary Club is part of Rotary International, the world’s first service club organization beginning in 1905, with more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs in over 165 countries worldwide. Rotary International is an NGO member of the United Nations. Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace and eradicate polio under the motto “SERVICE ABOVE SELF.”
The Rotary Club of Houston sponsored the University Rotary Club while Merrill Brown was president. The club was chartered February 26, 1946, It was the fourth Rotary Club to be formed in Houston. The charter was presented Saturday, March 9, 1946 in the Rice Hotel. Reverend Tom Sumners pushed for the establishment of the club and became the first president.
All Rotary Clubs believe in “SERVICE ABOVE SELF”. Members also practice in their lives and businesses THE FOUR WAY TEST OF THE THINGS WE THINK, SAY OR DO:
- Is it the TRUTH?
- Is it FAIR to all concerned?
- Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
- Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
We apply these principles to our projects locally, regionally and internationally.