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Lunch Meeting Friday, Sept. 5 Historic DeKalb County Courthouse 101 E. Court Square
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SEPTEMBER 26 Meeting Program RYLA Experience, New Members
Classification Talks
Your Club Needs You!
Check out these opportunities for club service:
Club Secretary-in-Training | Because Eric starts the President-elect training soon, we need to identify someone to assume this important club role that serves as the focal point for communication for the membership and Board. Duties include such tasks as maintaining Board records, answering email inquiries about the club, sending communications to club members as needed, and coordinating with membership directors on new and existing members.
Treasurer-in-Training | Pete plans to step down from this role next summer, and we need someone to shadow him now and be ready to take over for the 2026-27 year. The treasurer processes funds collected, provides financial reports to the Board, and works closely with the President, Board, and membership. Duties include invoicing members, depositing checks, working with the accounting firm, and approving invoices. This is a big club
commitment!
Greeter Scheduler | We need someone to handle scheduling our weekly meeting greeters from October through next June. Duties are to secure volunteers, send weekly reminders, and communicate about such logistics as where to place our meeting sign, etc.
Wow–Our friends who organized the FODAC drive last month just tallied the numbers, and it was a very successful day. The value of equipment picked up is $521,121. This is by far the largest dollar amount we have ever picked up!
There were 72 total volunteers, 11 teams, and completed 46 pickups with a total of 314 items. Y'all did great! This brings the total to $2,683,000 in medical equipment collected since 2013. This effort has helped hundreds if not thousands of people in need.
Thanks again to everyone who volunteered for FODAC!!
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PROGRAM: Laws of Life
Did you know Rotary supports character education in schools? The Georgia Laws of Life Essay Contest asks students to select their own “Law of Life” and write about how it has applied to their lives. In doing so, students reflect deeply and write from the heart about what they think matters most. The contest celebrates the students’ stories and their often profound reflections, and offers significant cash awards to students and teachers.
Want to get involved? We need:
A CLUB COORDINATOR to be the point person with Decatur High School. Duties involve communicating with a DHS teacher about the program and deadlines.
ESSAY JUDGES to read and score essays in February 2026. Teams of 3 are assigned approximately 48 essays to read and score. Scoring takes approximately 5 to 7 hours; judges have a week to read and score. A virtual team meeting is held to discuss and select School-Level winners and Honorable Mentions.
As a judge, you will see how core values – such as generosity, courage, compassion, perseverance and grit – are experienced by a younger generation.
Marvin Fralish, 36 years
Bryan Downs, 29 years
Barbara Tedrow, 25 years
Chet Burge, 11 years
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Leo Ladefian, 8 years
Kelly Caudle, 6 years
Adam Laverack, 2 years
TES Stewart, 1 year
Dan DeWoskin, September 1
Andrea Arnold, September 2
Gyimah Whitaker, September 3
James Smith, September 8
Jason Conn, September 8
Shara Sanders, September 8
Vee Nelson, September 18
DeAnna Julian, September 21
Eric Lucas, September 22
Stacey Stevens, September 22
No meeting last Friday due to the Labor Day holiday.
Individuals are identified from left to right.
Seen at the DeKalb Realtors Association breakfast: Nedra White-Shaw, Jason Conn, Laura Brookshire, and Lawrence Sharp
GO ATL UTD!!! Art Rosser and his wife Robin Hollis (far right) enjoyed an Atlanta United game along with Nick Villaume and his wife Mary (left center).
OVERVIEW
Wow–Our friends who organized the FODAC drive last month just tallied the numbers, and it was a very successful day. The value of equipment picked up is $521,121. This is by far the largest dollar amount we have ever picked up!
