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Parking With A Heart: Support Great Charities With Game Day Parking for UT Football

If you are a UT Football fan, you can go to the game AND help out with great charities. The Rotary Club of Austin University Area has 4 parking lots available just 3 blocks north of DKR Stadium near E. Dean Keeton St and Medical Arts Parkway. Lots open 3 hours before game time. Parking is $40 per spot, and all proceeds from parking go to the charities we support (see the list of our charities here.). For more information, click here

Welcome to the

Rotary Club of Austin University Area

Our club embodies the Rotary credo of Service Above Self. We are dedicated to helping the underserved in our Austin community who need it the most. We support our community through local and international service projects in education, health and human services for K-12 and the elderly. Our primary fundraising effort is the "Park With A Heart" project, where our club members 'work' designated parking lots during UT Football Games. We also value lifelong education, networking and fellowship. If you'd like to make a difference in our community, come visit us (we'll buy dinner the first time!) at 5280 Burger, 7032 Wood Hollow Dr, Austin, TX 78731 on Monday evenings from 6:15 PM to 7:30 PM.

Building Beds for Kids Who Never Had Their Own Bed

On March 28th, 2026 (Service Texas Day for Rotary), members of the Rotary Club of Austin University Area and the Rotary Club of Bastrop, partnered with Sleep in Heavenly Peace to deliver beds to children who have never had their own beds. Earlier in the year our clubs helped build these beds, and on March 28th, we had the opportunity to assemble them and give them to the kids. The look of joy on the children's faces when they got to get in their own bed was amazing.

Books For Me Gives 2 Books to Children at Pecan Springs Elementary

With our partners at the Rotary Club of Austin and Bookspring. we give away

books to every child at Pecan Springs Elementary. This fall each child

got to pick 2 books that are their very own. Watching the excitement

on the faces of the children when they select their own books inspires

all of us.

Pictured are Charles Smaistrla, Aubrey Buxton and Ivan Milman

helping give away the books.

Parking Program Milestone - Over $1 Million Dollars Raised For Local Charities in 20 years

This year marks the 20^th year of the Rotary Club of Austin University Area’s primary fundraiser “Park with a Heart”, which has raised upwards of $1,000,000 for local charities since it began.

Initiated by club member Dr Fred Hansen, an Austin OB/GYN specialist, club

members collect fees from UT football fans when they park at parking lots

set aside for Rotary during UT football games. According to Dr. Hansen: “Our

club embodies the Rotary credo of Service Above Self. We are dedicated

to supporting the underserved in our Austin community, through local and

international service projects in education, health and human services for

K-12 and the elderly.”