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| | | | 1 10 North Cobb: Learning: Senior Resource Fair You are invited to learn more about caring for the increasing needs of our aging population. This even features one-on-one interaction with representatives of 50 senior industry experts who are recognized as providing the very best senior services of all kinds in Metro Atlanta. This event is come and go, and open to everyone from children caring for adults to adults caring for children! Location: The Church of the Apostles, 3585 Northside Pkwy, Atlanta, GA | 2 7:15 Dunwoody: General Meeting
Guest Keith Pepper, editor of Rough Draft Atlanta. will brief us on developments in the local media industry and the role of Rough Draft Atlanta. 12:15p Atlanta West End: Regular Meeting - Program Speaker - Kimberly Carlisle, Attorney
Guest 
Business-smart attorney with experience as in-house legal counsel and member of executive team. Demonstrated leader with public and private sector expertise in employment law, procurement, and real estate law. Strategist successful at creating and implementing plans that achieve progress toward long-term goals. Skilled negotiator with focus on integrity and clarity leading to win-win outcomes. Strong attention to detail, engaging communication skills, and dynamic personal presence. |
 | 3 8 Dunwoody: FODAC Volunteer Event North Atlanta Rotary Club is sponsoring the 11th Annual FODAC Equipment Drive. With the hard work and efforts of the volunteers, Rotary has collected approximately $1.8M medical equipment for FODAC over the years. Start and finish at the 57th Restaurant, 3829 Clairmont Road, Chamblee, GA 30341. Dave Burr will coordinate the Rotary Club of Dunwoody's involvement.
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4 | 5 | 6 6p North Cobb: Volunteer: National Night Out with Kennesaw PD Join us for National Night Out at Swift-Cantrell Park! August 6th from 6 to 8 PM. There will be first responder vehicles, a helicopter, music, food, a bounce house, and you get to meet our K9 unit! No registration and its FREE!
3-4 volunteers needed to help cook/serve food from 6pm-8pm. Please arrive at 5:30pm
Sign up here for NNO with Kennesaw PD | 7 | 8 1:30p North Cobb: Volunteer: KSU CARE Pantry Unload and Restock Day(s) Unloading food truck at KSU Cares office. Location: 395 Cobb Avenue, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144 Located in the Kennesaw State University Kennesaw Campus's Carmichael Student Center, room 172 - Jeff Bass and Robert Shippey connected with Midwest Food Bank to begin a monthly food distribution with the KSU Cares Center! Great Rotary connections at work! We need you and a couple of dozen of your friends to help unload the truck. (Boxes weigh about 25#.)
| 9 12:15p Atlanta West End: Regular Meeting via Zoom - Member Showcase - Chris Hempfling Vice President, Service Excellence & Stakeholder Relations BrightSpring Health Services
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Chris Hempfling has been an active Atlanta West End Rotary Club member since Valentine's Day 2020. He is an attorney and leader in Health and Human Services Administration and Child Well-Being. Most recently, Chris led the review and revision of our Bylaws. He and his wife, Michele, also were involved in making sure our GRSP student's needs were met by providing transportation to meetings and GRSP events, outings to the Georgia Aquarium, and campus housing. Specialties listed on his linked in page include: Georgia family law, juvenile law, juvenile dependency law, family and children services policy and procedure, guardianships, elder law, elder abuse, elder conservators, legislation, government organizations, employment law, grant writing, leadership facilitation, meeting facilitation, personnel management, publicity, strategic vision development. In 2018, Chris was awarded the Chief Justice P. Harris Hines Georgia Attorney Child Advocacy Award and in 2012, the Dayton School of Law Lisa A. Kloppenberg Outstanding Student Leadership Award. Chris and Michele live in Conyers and celebrated a milestone anniversary - 10 years - last October 11.
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11 | 12 | 13 | 14 7p North Cobb: Volunteer: Women's Extension Dinner Volunteers needed to bring sides for 30 people, serve dinner, and cleanup. Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you! The Extension is a faith based, 12 step, recovery program for both men and women. The residential program has Marietta facilities on Church St. Extension for the men and Holiday St. for women. North Cobb Rotary has provided dinner on a monthly basis for going on 15 years. It is a chance to get to know your fellow members in service as well as provide some encouragement for the men and women in recovery. Residents are required to gain employment during their residence and they receive counseling, job preparation and life skills in addition to the recovery process. This is an opportunity to get to know your members and be an encourager to these residents as they transform their lives.
| 15 5p Buckhead: Thirsty Thursday Club Social This month's social will be held at The Veranda in Buckhead Village. Appetizers furnished by the incredible St. Germain French Bakery and Café and its owner, Mathieu Jourdan-Gassin. (The bakery is just across from Le Bilboquet.) The Veranda is at 217 Buckhead Avenue with parking in the Buckhead Village garage or on the street. Valet is also available. Cash bar. 5:30p North Cobb: Social: McKenna Farms Join NCRC for our August Social at McKenna Farms (3044 Due West Rd, Dallas, GA 30157). Get an up-close look at this amazing facility that provides therapy services to boys and girls ages birth-21 with special needs throughout Northwest Georgia and metro Atlanta Sign up here for Social
5:30p Dunwoody: Thirsty Thursday - Social Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant - 1224 Hammond Drive, Dunwoody GA "Nothing's More Local than beer brewed 10 feet from you table" "Nothing's Fresher than every dressing, every stock, every sauce made from scratch. Every day." 
| 16 12:15p Atlanta West End: Regular Meeting - Program Speaker - Myrna Fuller, President, West End Merchants Coalition
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Myrna Fuller is President of the West End Merchants Coalition. The Coalition empowers members by providing, tools, expertise, and support allowing them to make informed decisions to build sustainable, profitable, and innovative businesses. We are focus-driven business association for and about the interests, problem solving, and marketing of the West End commercial district from historic West End to Lee + White and back again. Myrna is also a freelance graphic designer and the retired executive director of The Hammonds House Museum. | 17 9 Dunwoody: Bounds Garden Clean-UP Come one, Come ALL. Brings your gardening gloves, tools and determination to love on/pull those weeds. They are feeling lonely and dejected! |
18 3:30p Buckhead: GRSP Welcome Party for Fabian Beermann Shelley and Joe Hammell will be hosting this year's GRSP, (Georgia Rotary Student Program) student. Come meet our GRSP student Fabian Beermann at Shelley and Joe's house. There will be refreshments and lite bites from 3:30 pm - 6:30 pm. 1234 Kendrick Rd NE, Brookhaven 30319, 404.680.6186 | 19 | 20 7:30 Dunwoody: Board Meeting - Monthly at Anchor Place 2024-2025 Club President -Dr. Louise Barden will send out the Zoom Link and Agenda to the Board Members prior to the Monthly Meeting. If any member in Good Standing, not on the Board, wishes to attend the Board Meeting please Contact Club Secretary, Alison Norris at CallingDunwoodyHome@gmail.com 1p Dunwoody: GRSP Student Arrives Do you have a warm smile and a welcoming face. Join your fellow Rotarians to meet and greet our incoming GRSP Student arriving from Vietnam. Contact Meredith for more information. | 21 | 22 | 23 7:15 Dunwoody: General Meeting: Billy Kramer, NFA Brands Founder
Guest Join
the Rotary Club of Dunwoody this Friday at the Embassy Suites to welcome Billy Kramer, owner and founder
of NFA Burger. After a 25-year career that spanned the shoe industry,
radio, print and digital media, Billy left the corporate world in 2018 to follow a
passion he developed during his business travels - BURGERS! After several popups, in the fall of 2019, he stumble upon a newly opened café RIGHT INSIDE a Chevron Gas Station (at Dunwoody Village). Since then, he's won tons of accolades. We look forward to hearing all about it!  
12:15p Atlanta West End: Regular Meeting - Program Speaker - Dr. Cynthia Spence, Professor, Spelman College
Guest 
Dr. Cynthia Neal Spence is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Spelman College and Director of the UNCF/Mellon Programs. Her interests in issues of higher education access, racial and gender equity, and diversity, frame her research, writing, community service involvement and public speaking. As Director of the UNCF/Mellon Programs, Dr. Spence creates, manages, and oversees a suite of future faculty development and faculty career enhancement programs for UNCF (United Negro College Fund) students and faculty. Dr. Spence also serves as the Founding Director of the Spelman College Social Justice Fellows Program. The Social Justice Program is a living and learning community program that attempts to match students’ intellectual interests with their social justice advocacy passions. Dr. Spence serves as the Director of the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Center, an initiative sponsored by the American Association of Colleges and Universities and the Spelman College Principal Investigator for the Crafting Democratic Futures Project sponsored by the University of Michigan Center for Social Solutions and the Andrew Mellon Foundation. She recently served as a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Committee on Advancing Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in STEM Organizations. She has served as a consultant for the Ford Foundation Institutional Transformation Project, the University of Chicago Provost Initiative on Minority Affairs, the Agnes Scott College Center for Teaching and Learning and the Georgia Department of Corrections. Dr. Spence is a graduate of Spelman College and received her Masters and Ph.D. from Rutgers University. |
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| 24 10 Buckhead: Chastain Horse Park Workday: Surprise the horses with your "Yea" to helping out When: Saturday, August 24th, 2024 from 10:00am-12:00pm Where: Chastain Horse Park Directions: Everyone attending fills out the form below before coming to the horse park: https://form.jotform.com/91114626692155 Directions to barn 1 are below: Barn Directions: Chastain Horse Park: 4371 Powers Ferry Rd., Atlanta, GA 30327 GPS will bring you to the yellow parking lot by the clubhouse— park there and proceed up the stairs towards the barn. You will turn right when you reach the top of the stairs, and we will meet in barn 1. We will be helping with property maintenance tasks outside, such as clearing leaves, sweeping, washing arena fences, clearing the riding trail, cleaning grooming tools, cleaning feed buckets, etc. All attendees must wear closed-toe shoes and dress for the weather in clothes that can get dirty. They do not allow open umbrellas on the property, so please wear rain jackets if necessary. Bring a water bottle, snack, and work gloves. They will have a room where you can store belongings, but we do not have secure storage. 
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Guest President Jared Evans led our Club Assembly which included spirited conversation over matters of concern to keep AWER growing and positively responsible for
leading change while cherishing our important history. President Jared provided succinct information
in his email to the membership on Friday afternoon, August 30. Below are
matters discussed: - Bylaws and Constitution: At the Club Assembly
members voted to approve updated bylaws and our Club's constitution.
- Budget: Approved RY2024-25 on August 24, 2024 with revenue
forecasted at about $19,000 and total funds on hand around $32,000. Expenses
budget at the time of adoption are just below $25,000 for the Rotary Year. The
bulk of the club revenue (75%) is from AWER members paying their quarterly
dues. This is why it is critical that members pay their invoices in a timely
way. If we add more members, this will increase revenue and enable the board of
AWER to entertain and approve new cost proposals to on new humanitarian needs
as opportunities arise and the AWER board approves.
- Scholarship: The scholarship is for
$2000. A process for soliciting
proposals from high school seniors has also been created. June 15, 2025, is the deadline for
interested students submitting applications for the scholarship.
- President
Jared announced that AWER is seeking a new Public Image Chair to
lead that committee’s efforts and serve on our club board of directors. He requested interested members to contact
him. Separately, AWER President-Elect Victoria
Seals noted that information about AWER can be tagged to other notices,
thereby amplifying AWER awareness.
- District
Conference and
the Rotary International Convention:
$2000 has been set aside for AWER members attendance at these gatherings
( priority will be that members attend the District Conference ). The
funds will be divided equally among those participants attending and only
reimburse conference registration fees ( not travel costs ).
- District Conference: April 24-27, 2025 in Jekyll Island. Cost for Registration is $300 until December 15.
- Rotary International Convention: June 24-25 in Calgary, Canada. Registration is $525 until December 15.
- Sonia Hantman, membership chair, needs everyone’s support to meet the AWER goal of adding six members during the year. Also, AWER wants to be mindful of attracting and keeping members younger in age, but not in wisdom! Some companies reimburse employees becoming Rotary members' dues (sometimes meals, too), which can enhance member recruitment from corporations. Debra Stokes said she was recruiting an executive from Accenture. Separately, President Jared stressed all AWER members are on the Membership Committee and should be thinking of people in their network would make great AWER members!
- C J Stewart stated that L.E.A.D. has obtained an MOU with the Atlanta Public Schools, which will enhance AWER's work with M. Agnes Jones Elementary School. He also hopes to increase partnership with AWER and L.E.A.D. through seven proposed service opportunities. CJ encouraged at least two Rotarians to lead one of the seven service activities in collaboration with the LEAD Center For Youth over the next 7 months. AWER members’ participation is crucial in making a meaningful impact in our community and students. C J's encouraging AWER members to work together to support young athletes and foster community spirit! Here are the seven service activities:
- Core Value Training: Attend a one-hour session in September and January.
- Rookies vs. Rotarians Wiffle Ball Game: Host a themed game in October.
- Community Trash Clean-Up: Organize a clean-up event in the West End community in November.
- Holiday Party: Host a festive gathering with cookies and ice cream in December.
- MLK Day Event: Plan an event on January 20, 2025, at the LEAD Center For Youth.
- Rotary Meeting at M. Agnes Jones: Host a meeting in February with Rookie parents.
- Baseball Games: Support and attend games at Booker T. Washington High School from April through May. Find a fellow Rotarian and select a program from one of these great opportunities - and ask C J for help - he and Kelli are ready!
- Rose Caplan and Mark Newman reported that the international project to obtain ultrasound equipment for Victoria Hospital in South Africa, AWER has raised $4,000 which is being matched by District 6900, and pooled with additional funds from numerous other Districts and Rotary Clubs. The total amount of cash contributions that were pledged for this grant is $14,950.
- Our meeting concluded with long-serving member and two x AWER president Frances Ellison-Dansby who introduced her two guests for the meeting: (1) Granddaughter Kamaria B. Dansby who's in her 4th year at Emory Medical School after obtaining her BS in Biology at Georgia Tech. In the summer of 2025, she will be entering a residency program in a hospital yet to be determined. (2) Then Frances presented Kamaria's brother, Omarr D. Dansby, graduate of Morehouse College in Business Administration, who's beginning his second year at Emory Law School.
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