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Join us this Friday at Maggiano's to welcome Sebastián Samayoa. Sebastian is this year's proud recipient of our Georgia Rotary Student Program (GRSP) scholarship. He is originally from Guatemala, and is a third-year student at Oglethorpe University, majoring in Physics.
Sebastián has always been interested in understanding how things work, and his passion for science has inspired him to pursue a future career in Civil Engineering. He hopes to use his education to contribute to projects that improve communities and people’s lives. Outside of academics, Sebastián enjoys meeting new people, exploring different cultures, and learning from new experiences.
Sebastián is the Rotary Club of Dunwoody's 41st GRSP student and our first from Guatemala. He is grateful to be part of GRSP and for the opportunity to build meaningful connections with people and make friends from all around the world.
Our annual Dunwoody Rotary Whiskey Tasting is Thursday, November 19, at the Spalding Lake Clubhouse, and we still have more than half our tickets left.
You don’t need to know a thing about whiskey to help. Here are three easy ways:
Let them all know they simply must take a look at our website and the whiskey on offer! http://www.spiriteddunwoody.com
The website has the full whiskey lineup and ticket details. Just get people there, and the whiskey will do the rest!
We have an opportunity to put Service Above Self into action by joining Tapestri for the 2026 Georgia Festival of Trees teardown partnership!
Tapestri is assembling a 25-person volunteer team for a high-energy, four-and-a-half-hour shift. They currently have eight volunteers and would welcome help from our Rotary Club of Dunwoody members to fill some of the remaining 17 spots.
Volunteer details:
The festival runs November 21–29 and benefits Street Grace, supporting its work to eradicate the commercial sexual exploitation of women and children in Georgia. Tapestri hopes to become a beneficiary of the festival’s fundraising next year and is helping with this year’s teardown as part of building that partnership.
Our volunteers will work alongside festival leadership and other volunteer teams to help transform the venue after the festivities and bring the event to a successful close. It’s a meaningful opportunity to enjoy fellowship, work together, and support anti-human trafficking initiatives serving Georgia families.
If you can join us, please reply to Alison Norris by email at callingdunwoodyhome@gmail.com or phone at 678-596-7695. I’ll share additional details as they become available.
An initiative of the Marine Corps Reserve, Toys for Tots strives to deliver joy and send a message of hope to America’s disadvantaged children through the gift of a toy or a book. Since its founding in 1947, Toys for Tots has distributed 732 million toys to 325 million deserving children.
The Rotary Club of Dunwoody has supported Toys for Tots every year since 2008 - and this year is no exception! We'll be collecting new, unwrapped toys, dolls, bicycles and craft kits on Friday, December 11, at our annual holiday luncheon. Help the Marines and Jim and Janet Glass make this one of the best drives ever.
And be sure you have marked your calendar for the holiday luncheon! Details coming soon.
We had the absolute pleasure of hosting a very special guest at our club meeting this month! Maynor Larrieu, current President of the Rotary Club of Belize Sunrise, stopped by Dunwoody during his visit to Atlanta. To mark the occasion, President Maynor and our club president, Dave Burr, participated in a colorful, longstanding Rotary tradition: exchanging club flags!
For those unfamiliar with this tradition, Rotarians around the world trade small decorative pennants or banners when visiting other clubs. These flags serve as a tangible symbol of global friendship, international goodwill, and the common bond we share in Service Above Self—no matter where we are in the world.
Thank you, President Maynor, for visiting us and sharing in our fellowship! Safe travels back to Belize, and you are always welcome at the Rotary Club of Dunwoody!
Thanks to those who helped with the FSHD Walk n’ Roll event on October 11 at the Chattahoochee Nature Center. We managed check-in and presented Chapter President Jack Gerblick with a donation of $1,000. Entertainment was provided by the Saw Grass Blues Band with Jud, Jennifer Shumway’s husband. Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a genetic muscle disorder that causes slowly progressive, often asymmetrical weakness and degeneration of skeletal muscles.