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December 5, 2023


Meetings

December is Disease Prevention and Treatment Month

12/7 Jack Williams - Whole Brain Thinking Leadership
12/14 Dale Cardwell
12/21 Marlon Grigsby
12/28 no meeting

Events

12/6 Hump Day, Toy Drive & Live Music at Rockin Taco!
12/7 Toys for Tots Due for North Fulton Charity
12/8 Caroling on Canton (right before Holiday Party)
12/8 Holiday Party

Our Rotary Family
BIRTHDAYS

12/1 John Michael Brunetti
12/4 Michael Hernandez
12/8 Nathan Porter
12/10 Ray Peabody
12/15 Tod Baker
12/18 Angela Medley
12/19 Alan Greensmith
12/20 Becky Nelson
12/22 David White
12/24 Vivian Bankston
12/24 Steven Malone
12/26 Joseph Gillespie
12/26 Lou Tabickman
12/31 Trummie Patrick, III
12/31 Shields Blankenship, III
12/31 Stephen Clausen
12/31 Lee Hollingsworth
12/31 John McCool
12/31 Aaron Farrant

YEARS OF SERVICE

12/1 Gary Garrett (46)
12/3 Jim Byrd (4)
12/6 Nathan Porter (2)
12/6 Courtney Lott (2)
12/7 Andrew Dalby (23)
12/7 Craig Simons (23)
12/8 Danny Broadway, II (12)
12/8 Matt Thomas (12)
12/9 Alan Christian (13)
12/11 Michele Johnson (16)
12/12 SaraBeth Huntley (10)
14 years in Rotary
12/12 Bill Swank, II (10)
12/13 Jeff Hamling (38)
12/13 John Greaves (11)
12/19 Dave McCleary (21)
12/20 Blake Turner (5)
12/20 Marcus Smith (5)
12/20 Ed Klaas, II (5)
12/21 John Reddick (6)
12/21 Dennis Canata (28)
12/31 Frank Brown (49)

Rotary Online

https://roswellrotary.club
https://rotary6900.org/
https://rotary.org/

ROTARY CLUB OF
Roswell

Thursdays, 12:15 pm
Roswell Area Park
Bill Johnson Community Activity Building
10495 Woodstock Road
Roswell, GA 30075


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LEADERSHIP

President Alex Kaufman
President-Elect Nancy Alterman
Treasurer Leslie Bassett
Secretary Trummie Patrick, III
Membership Bob Clarkson
Public Image Becky Nelson

PAST DISTRICT GOVERNORS

  • Cheryl Greenway 2012-13
  • Bob Hagan 2015-16

FAMILY OF ROTARY

Our membership cares deeply about the needs and concerns of our members. We don’t want to miss an opportunity to reach out in friendship when such concerns arise. The chairperson of this committee is Lynn Dunn and all news should be directed to her at lynn.dunn@rmcpa.com

AJC Covers RRAH's Brooke Foxman at the Suicide Prevention Walk


After Hours President Brooke Foxman grew up in the quiet enclave of Roswell, but, as she discovered, even suburbia isn’t immune to big city troubles.  Foxman had three mutual childhood friends who took their lives, and the grief that followed for her and her younger brother was hard and confusing.  “Unfortunately, from the time I was a freshman in high school until I was a junior in college, we lost a kid in our high school every single year,” said Foxman, now 25. “Mostly to suicide, unfortunately."

The young professional signed up to help after hearing Lynn Prothero speak on the subject at a Roswell Rotary Club meeting. Prothero, also from Roswell, serves on the Georgia Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). She invited others to join her in the fight for better mental health. Foxman has since become a leader with Georgia AFSP, serving on the Junior Board and the Board of Directors. 

Earlier this year, she helped to organize the chapter’s annual spring fundraiser, Party for Prevention, which raised more than $19,000 to support suicide prevention initiatives across the state. It was planned with Gen Z in mind — a band, an auction and a craft brewery location. The 20th Annual Atlanta Out of Darkness Community Walk, at Piedmont Park on Nov. 5, drew crowds of young professionals. The walks are planned each year by a group of dedicated suicide loss survivors, and raise money to help reduce the suicide rate in Georgia and bring hope to people impacted by suicide.

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