The Friendly Breakfast Club

It's a Special Week!

We hope you read through to the end, but if you don't, at least know that it's back-to-back Thursday and Friday events:

• Tomorrow is Thirsty Thursday at the Dunwoody Tavern - where we'll draw the winning ticket for the first of this year's Whiskey Raffles - festivities begin at 5:30 pm. There are still tickets available for the drawing!
• Friday we welcome Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, as our speaker ... and continue our quest for a Scholarship Drawing winner, with the pot up to about $1,000.

This Week's Speaker
Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State

Join us this Friday at the AC Hotel to welcome Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State. It's a great opportunity to bring a guest - especially one who might be interested in Rotary!

Brad Raffensperger is Georgia’s 29th Secretary of State, first elected in 2018 and overwhelmingly re-elected in 2022.  The Secretary’s top priority is secure and accessible elections. The Secretary’s top priority is secure and accessible elections.

As Secretary of State, Raffensperger delivered the largest implementation of voting machines in the history of this country, on time and on budget.  Under the leadership of Secretary Raffensperger, Georgia modernized its election system by adding its first auditable paper ballot system and giving the power to secure Georgia’s elections directly to the voter. He is the first Secretary of State to pass legislation requiring photo ID for all forms of voting, and the first to hold counties accountable to voters by expanding polling places.

Brad and his wife Tricia started out as high school sweethearts and have now been married for over 45 years.  They raised three sons and immensely enjoy spoiling their three grandchildren. They are members of North Point Community Church.

Time is Running Out
Whiskey Raffle Meets Thirsty Thursday - Tomorrow at Dunwoody Tavern

Now is the time to buy tickets for Whiskey Raffle #1 - just ahead of tomorrow night's drawing at our monthly Thirsty Thursday event. 

• Just click this link to travel to the raffle site - as of this writing we have sold 110 of the 175 targeted to sell. You can share the link with your friends!
• Come to the Dunwoody Tavern on Thursday, Sept. 19, for fun, fellowship and to find out who will win the first of this year's three whiskey raffles!

Thanks for your support!

History Did Not Repeat Itself, But That's Good News for You

Last week, we came close to repeating history - with a major Dunwoody Scholarship drawing on Friday the 13th! No one so lucky as this story from the club's fifth anniversary year ... January 20, 1989 ... "What are the odds that Someone named Friday would win thirteen dollars not once but two times on the same day in our Scholarship drawing on Friday the 13th? Al Friday did! Believe it or not!"

The good news ... about $1,000 in this week's Dennis Crean memorial scholarship drawing. Play to win!

Fellowship and Fun
Here's to Our Wine Tasting Fellowship

Thanks for hosting the club, Meghan Berry as we restart our Wine Fellowship group! Oh so many wines to sample - and the blind wine taste testing was a hit!! Good thing there was so much good food, too.

Thanks for Your Service
Dunwoody Volunteers at FSHD Fundraising Event

Good walk for a great cause last weekend with Rotary Club of Dunwoody volunteers Hoshi & Baku Daruwalla, Jennifer Shumway & Jud Shumway, Bob & Andrea O'Brien. The team handled check-in and then did the walk with the whole group. FSHD made their $50,000 goal today for work and research for this rare form of Muscular Dystrophy!

North Atlanta Rotary Hosts Whiskeys of the World Fundraiser ... October 21

The Rotary Club of North Atlanta will host its Whiskeys of the World fundraiser this Saturday night, October 21. General admission tickets are still available and the club could use some additional volunteers to help with registration, escorting VIPs, assisting with the Masterclasses (checking tickets, arranging chairs, etc.), verifying tickets for general admission, etc. If you are interested in attending, visit the Whiskies of the World/Atlanta website. To see about volunteering, contact Club President Mike Emanuele at memanuele@horizonstaffing.com. Our club and the Rotary Club of North Atlanta are part of the DeKalb Rotary Council. 

Atlanta | Whiskies Of The World

Saturday October 21

Intercontinental Buckhead

3315 Peachtree Rd NE Atlanta GA 30326

General Admission          6:45pm-9:30pm