No Meeting This Week
Fans Head to District United Conference
Many of our members will head out this Friday morning to Jekyll Island, Georgia - home of the first ever United District Conference - where Districts 6900, 6910 and 6920 will join together for fun and fellowship. We are excited that one of the featured speakers - Bishop Lawson, will address a Saturday break-out session about Respite for All, the organization suppo9rting and inspiring groups across the nation like our own Anchor Place. Anchor Place director Mary Cohen and her husband Scott will be joining us at Jekyll.
Enjoy your week and we’ll see you at Embassy Suites next Friday, May 2.
Calling All Volunteers
Dunwoody Arts Festival - May 9-11
It’s only two weeks until Mother’s Day weekend, when Dunwoody Village will be transformed into an artist’s village. And you can be part of its transformation - as a volunteer for the Dunwoody Arts Festival.
As a Dunwoody Rotarian - or a member of the Dunwoody family of Rotary - you have an opportunity to participate! Consider this your call to volunteer. The 15th annual Dunwoody Art Festival features artisans from across the country, a creative Kidz Zone, entertainment and tasty festival food. Mark your calendar now. Be part of the team that will make this 2025 signature event a “best-ever” success.
The Rotary Club of Dunwoody has been part of the Festival since its inaugural year in 2010. In exchange for the amazing volunteer support by Dunwoody Rotarians and Atlanta Rotaract, the Rotary Club of Dunwoody receives a complimentary ($2,000+ value), well-located exhibit space ($2,000+ Value) at the festival. We utilize this exhibit as the center for the Rotary Club’s community outreach - a place where we have recruited new members and enlisted potential Rotary Youth Exchange host families and outbound students.
There are two ways to help:
- Be a Festival volunteer: Welcome artists and help them set up on Friday (6-9 pm) and/or Saturday (6-9 am)
- Be a Rotary Club of Dunwoody ambassador: Help share our story with the community. We will staff the booth from 10 am - 4 pm on Saturday and Sunday; let us know when you might be able to help that happen.
You can register by completing a form on Friday, or contacting Jay Brackman (404-483-5886 or by email at atlcubsfan@gmail.com) or Kathy Brandt (404-797-0705 or email at kgbrandt1@comcast.net). Please include name, cell phone #, requested shifts, and t-shirt size.
Celebrating Our Impact on Students at Dresden Elementary
As most of you know, for many years the Rotary Club of Dunwoody has supported literacy among the students at Dresden Elementary - with a new book every year for every student during the holidays. We have partnered with the school’s Librarian/Media Specialist to select those books. This past year, our partnership took a new direction - with suppport for Dresden’s electronic book library - called SORA.
Electronic books have changed school libraries and public libraries too. When Amazon introduced the Kindle, readers were able to carry their entire book collections wherever they went. Students can still check out hard copy books from the Dresden library, but they can use SORA too. At Dresden, more than 80% of the students are learning English and I’ve in homes where only Spanish is spoken. The students can read and listen to digital boos at home on famiy’s phones/iPads to help improve their English.
You can watch more of Dresden’s story in a video produced by Lisa Flanagan, Teacher-Librarian; contact Roy Ethridge by email at ethr4533@bellsouth.net for the link.
Dunwoody Diners
Dunwoody Diners Heads to Lawrenceville ... June 14
Join us for a fabulous evening of great food,
fellowship, and theatrical entertainment. The Dunwoody Diners will be having
dinner at Dominck's on 6/14/25 (Time to Be Announced). The address of
Dominck's is: 197 W Crogan St, Lawrenceville, GA 30046, phone
770-277-8477. After dinner, we will be attending the play
"Waitress" at the Aurora Theater. The address of the Aurora
Theater is : 128 Pike Street, Lawrenceville, GA 30046, phone
678-226-6222. Please note that you will have to order your own
tickets. Also, please order your tickets soon.
Please RSVP to
sherrylevy13@hotmail.com with
your number of attendees by 6/11/24. This promises to be a wonderful
evening!
