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Lunch Meeting Friday, May 15 Historic DeKalb County Courthouse
101 E. Court Square | 12:15 pm
NOTE: The elevator is currently out of service.
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Meeting Speaker This Week: Charles Seabrook AJC 'Wild Life' columnist
Charles Seabrook retired from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2005, after 34 years as a science and environmental writer. He continues to write on a freelance basis his popular weekly column, “Wild Georgia,” which appears in the AJC's Living section. He is the author of four books: 35 Natural Wonders of Georgia to See Before You Die; Red Clay, Pink Cadillacs, and White Gold: The Kaolin Chalk Wars; Cumberland Island: Strong Women, Wild Horses; and The World of the Salt Marsh: Appreciating and Protecting the Tidal Marshes of the Southeastern Atlantic Coast. He and his wife, Laura, live in Decatur.
His book 35 Natural Wonders of Georgia to See Before You Die will be available for purchase and signing at the meeting.
GREETERS THIS WEEK
DeAnna Julian and Bryan Markowitz
Weekly luncheon meetings begin at 12:15 pm
on Fridays unless otherwise noted.
Friday
May
22 NO MEETING
In observation of Memorial Day Weekend
Friday
May
29 Meeting Speaker Maryum Phillips
Status: Home
Thursday
June
4 Thirsty
Thursday
Location: TBD
Friday
June
5 Meeting Speaker Tony Powers
Mayor of Decatur
Friday
June
12 Community
Grant Awards
Friday
June
19 NO MEETING
In observation of Juneteenth
Community Grants Applications Open until May 29
Spread the word! The Decatur Rotary Club invites applications from nonprofit organizations for our 2026-27 Community Grants. Applications should be for projects or programs that focus on literacy or youth at-risk and that will have a positive impact on the Decatur / DeKalb County community and its residents.
Click HERE for more details, and click HERE to apply.
. . . . . ANNOUNCEMENT: Help Needed with Meeting Setup and Take Down during May
Our Sergeant-at-Arms, Luis Abularach, needs help during the month of May with setting up the A/V and club banners in preparation for the weekly meeting, then putting these things away after the meeting.
Can you help? Please let Luis or President Alison know. Thank you!
. . . . . Milestones: May
Club Anniversaries
Bedros Sharian Jr., 49 years
Bob Wilson, 44 years
Chris Brannon, 8 years
Dorian DeBarr, 2 years
Birthdays
Kelly Caudle, May 5
Tom Adams, May 6
Herb McCoy, May 8
May 8: Meeting Recap
RYE student Max Lee; RYE team gives update
Last week, Todd Speed talked about the disaster relief work of ShelterBox. John Bennett, Doug Park, and Kelly Caudle gave an update on the Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) program and explained how it works.
Our club is getting ready to sponsor two high school students who will leave this summer for exchange to France and Italy. And we are saying farewell to Max, the student we have hosted in our community over the past school year. Max gave a great presentation about his time in Decatur and the U.S.
We will miss him and wish him all the best!
We had several visitors last week:
Sam Han, guest of Dan DeWoskin
Trina Whitaker, guest of Gyimah Whitaker
Max Lee and Celie Howard, RYE students
Carol and David Hill, guests of the club
Marion and Jim Crabb, guests of the club
Emily and George Howard, guests of the club
Bob Macdonald, visiting Rotarian from Johns Creek North Atlanta
We hope to see you again soon!
Individuals are identified from left to right.
Jason Conn and Jack Kirivong
RYE host family Marion & Jim Crabb talk with Doug Park
Rick Garnitz gives the invocation
Bob Ettensohn, seen taking an extra cookie!
Doug Robinson and Doug Tozzi, waiting to talk to Doug Park
Harl Pike entertains Bob Macdonald, visiting Rotarian
Thirsty Thursday @ Eddie’s Attic: Charlie and Kelly
Thirsty Thursday @ Eddie’s Attic: Dan and Doug
Thirsty Thursday @ Eddie’s Attic: Bob, Doug, Kelly, Tom, and Joe. (Not pictured is Gloria!)
Thank You to Our Club Sponsors
We are grateful for the support of our local sponsors, and we encourage our members to support them in return.
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