This Week's Meeting
Emily O'Day, Our 2018-19 Rotary Youth Exchange Student
Emily O'Day, our 2018-2019 sponsored Rotary Youth Exchange student, has returned from her year abroad. She is eager to talk with us about her story and the knowledge she gained from living in Vicosa, Minas Gerais- a small university town in the interior countryside of Brazil.
Emily graduated from Dunwoody High, and now, after an entire year abroad, she is ready to embark on her next journey. She will be attending Georgia Tech in the fall, and plans to continue learning about the world around her as she studies global economics.
Rotary Youth Exchange Needs You!!
Our RCD Rotary Youth Exchange committee needs some additional members! Please take this opportunity to meet some amazing high school students who want to be a part of the Rotary Youth Exchange program. We especially could use help with recruiting outbound students for the 2020-21 school year – recruiting starts in August! All that is required is (1) a criminal background check; and (2) a short on-line training regarding interactions with Youth Exchange students. That’s it!! Other volunteer opportunities (i.e., meeting make-ups!) also are available. Please contact Deb Cameron with questions or to get involved in this great Rotary program: dsc630@gmail.com or 404.668.1259.
Servce Opportunity Reminder
FODAC Equipment Pick-Up This Saturday, July 27
Join us on Saturday, July 27 when the DeKalb Rotary Council holds its annual FODAC Equipment Drive. The day starts with breakfast at the 57th Fighter Group Restaurant on Clairmont Road in Chamblee at 8 AM. We will collect donated home medical equipment and/or supplies for the Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC) a 501c3 organization located in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Last year, the Council was able to collect over $250,000 in equipment for FODAC and we hope to
do the same or better this year.
We will provide breakfast and drinks for the volunteers and head out to pickup equipment about 9 or 9:30. Everyone is usually done between 1 and 2. We would love to have anyone that is interested in volunteering join us. If you are interested in participating - or have equipment you would like to have picked up, contact President Cathie.
Save the Date
Celebrating Our Rotary Foundaton on August 10
Preident Cathie has designated The Rotary Foundation as a major area of focus for 2019-20. Join us for at Aldo's Restaurant in Sandy Springs on August 10 to enjoy fellowship and celebrate all that we've done and plan to do to partner with the Rotary Foundation to do good in the world. More details next week!.
Service Opportunity
Help Us Support Dunwoody Nature Center Butterfly Festival - August 17
The Rotary Club of Dunwoody has long supported the Dunwoody Nature Center - and we have an opportunity to do so again at this year's Butterfly Festival. The event draws quite a crowd and parking at the Nature Center is limited, so the Festival offers shuttle buses from offsite parking to the event. Immediate Past President Rick Woods is in charge of operating shuttle service and has asked for our help to be shuttle drivers.
We are looking for 16 drivers to operate eight shuttle buses - there are two shifts on August 17: one in the morning (8am-1pm) and one in the afternoon (12:00 to 5pm). According to Rick, "This is a fun time, really. It is not a burden. You'll meet plenty of people and each of them will be very grateful that you're hauling them around. I've done it for many years and each time is a treat."
If you can help, please send an email to sdoowrm@gmail.com with subject line Shuttle Driver.
Learning Opportunity
Consider Attending District Vibrant Club Workshop - August 24 in Macon
Vibrant Clubs engage their members, conduct meaningful projects and try new ideas. They are always on the lookout for those ideas - and this August 24, you have the opportunity to share ideas with other District 6900 Rotarians at the district's Vibrant Club Workshop at the Macon Marriott. The evet begins at 9:00 a.m. with a continental breakfast and ends at noon.Think about representing RCD at this workshop to explore ways we can make our club more vibrant by focusing on Public Image, Membership and the Rotary Foundation.
This is open to anyone interested in attending; just let President Cathie know if you'd like to be there. The club will pay for the $25/person registration fee for any Dunwoody Rotarians who would like to attend - and we'll look into carpooling to Macon if we have enough interest.
Happy Anniversary - Happy Birthday - Happy Records Clean-Up Time
In the last few weeks, people are paying more attention to the information in the left column of the bulletin … and commenting that they've been married longer than the data shows or weren't even alive to be married as many years as we claim. All that to say, we need your personal help with data clean-up.
Please check your birthday and anniversary (and addresses, phone numbers and email addresses for that matter) on dunwoodyrotary.org (you need to be logged into the website to do this) - then make any needed changes. Once you log in, you can click your name at the top of the blue bar to get to your information, then click Update just below the blue bar on the right, make changes, and scroll to the bottom and click the Save button.
Let me know if you need any assistance!