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President John’s Message

This week we have the special privilege to hear from Past Rotary International President John Germ about The Rotary Foundation and Rotary’s campaign to end Polio throughout the world.  The Rotary Foundation was founded over 100 years ago at the RI Convention in Atlanta in 1917.  Since it was founded, the Foundation has spent more than $4 billion on life-changing, sustainable projects.

The Rotary Foundation’s mission is to help Rotary members advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace by improving health, providing quality education, improving the environment, and alleviating poverty.  What impact do our donations have?

·        For as little as 60 cents, a child can be protected from polio.

·        $50 can provide clean water to help fight waterborne illness.

·        $500 can launch an anti-bullying campaign and create a safe environment for children.

This week, we will recognize Rotarians who have reached their first Paul Harris Fellow giving level and others who reach a Paul Harris+ level.  We still have a special matching opportunity for a one for one match of your donations to the Rotary Foundation through December. If you have questions about the matching funds or how to get to your first or next level of giving, contact our Foundation Chair, Leslie Bassett.

John Germ
Speaker for Thursday, Nov. 10: John Germ Rotary Chair End Polio Now

Join us Thursday to welcome John Germ to our club. He will bring us up to date on Rotary's efforts to End Polio NOW.  In his role as Rotary's Chair of the End Polio Now Committee, John is on the front lines of Rotary's key mission...ending polio forever. Don't miss this chance to hear from John in person and to thank him for his leadership and to support our club in this important fight!

John F. Germ is the retired board chair and CEO of Campbell & Associates Inc., consulting engineers. He joined the firm as an engineer in 1965 after four years in the U.S. Air Force. He served on the boards of several organizations, including the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority Board of Trustees, and as board chair of the Public Education Foundation, Orange Grove Center Inc., the Miracle League Chattanooga, and Blood Assurance Inc. He is the founder and treasurer of the Chattanooga State Technical Community College Foundation and president of the Tennessee Jaycee Foundation. He is also the founder of Camp Discovery, a camp for intellectually and developmentally disabled individuals. 

Germ was awarded the Tennessee Young Man of the Year in 1970; Engineer of the Year in 1976; Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year in 1992 and Tennessee Community Organization’s Volunteer of the Year in 2009. He is the recipient of the Boy Scouts Silver Beaver Award and the Arthritis Foundation Circle of Hope Award. 

Germ joined Rotary in 1976 and has served RI as president in 2016-17, vice president, director, Foundation trustee, and vice chair, aide to the Foundation trustee chair, chair of Rotary’s $200 Million Challenge, RI Board Executive Committee member, chair of numerous committees, area coordinator, and RI training leader. In 2013, the White House recognized him as a Champion of Change. 

Germ has received Rotary’s Service Above Self Award and the Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service and Rotary Foundation Distinguished Service Award. He and his wife, Judy, are Foundation Benefactors and members of the Arch Klumph Society. 

They have four children and six grandchildren.

Join us for these projects
New Member Call to Action

We have some wonderful service opportunities to finish out the year for Roswell Rotary Club. Jump on in!!

Message for Our Newer Members:

Getting involved has never been more fun or more important. No matter your interest, there is something for you!

Love veterans? Then the Honor Air Basketball Tournament is the event you want to be part of. There are opportunities to man the ticket desk or to help serve food for the coaches and the officials. The money raised goes to fund a trip for veterans-always an emotional and super rewarding event for all involved.Join us by clicking here  

Another veteran Opportunity: Veteran's Day Volunteers needed Friday November 11th at Roswell Area Park.Events include:Veterans Breakfast: 8 AM - 9:30 AM Honor walk at 9:30AM to pond Volunteers Must sign up by November 9th https://www.roswellgov.com/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/14921/18

Want to inspire youth? Be a speaker for Career Day at Roswell High School. Remember when you were in high school? Wouldn't you have loved to hear about opportunities and lessons learned? Here's a chance to pour into these young people. Be a speaker by clicking here 

Want to help youth in crisis? Help us to share the Roswell Teen Talk podcast series with schools and churches and clubs and neighborhoods. Getting the word out is so important! Sign up to share Podcasts, Listen on Spotify Amazon Pod Bean, other resources Talking Points Email template to share with others Posters to print and post   

Message for Our Longer Term Members:

Pick up the phone, shoot an email, send a text, reach out at lunch, attend an After Hours Meeting and connect, but somehow reach out to a new member to invite them to join you in any or all of these projects. Everyone wants to help, but everyone does not always know how to plug in best. Let's make the ask. 

Hump Days are Back!
Hump Day Wed Nov. 9 at Lucky's Burger & Brew

Veterans Breakfast, Honor Walk & Ceremony
Veterans Day

The City of Roswell is honoring and celebrating our Veterans on Friday, November 11 at Roswell Area Park.  Events include:

Rotary Club of Sandy Springs
Wine Tasting supporting Vision To Learn

Please join us Sunday, November 13 from 3-5 PM for the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs wine

tasting event at the Brooklyn Café. The event will raise funds to support an important Rotary

Vision To Learn project for our community.

Did you know… about one in five kids will naturally need glasses to see the board, read a book,

or participate in class. Unfortunately, in underserved communities across the country, 95% of

kids who need glasses, about 2,000,000 in total, do not have them. What chance does each of

these children have to succeed in school, let alone break free from poverty? Vision To Learn

was founded to make sure every child has the glasses he or she needs to succeed in school and

in life. Its mobile clinics solve the problem by bringing eye exams and glasses, free of charge, to

children at schools in underserved communities.

Let’s make sure our Sandy Springs children have the glasses they need to learn well. Check out

this YouTube video.

Our goal is to provide more than 1000 pair of eyeglasses to our elementary schools: Ison Springs, Dunwoody Springs,

Lake Forest and Spalding Drive.

Please come out to support Rotary’s Vision To Learn project and enjoy top selling wines for a

great cause. Meet up with your Sandy Springs friends and folks who will become friends, taste

lots of good wine and purchase the wines you like for less than the retail price.

A special thanks to Jeff Trump, owner of the Brooklyn Café, for his willingness to open up his

restaurant to enjoy wine and heavy hors d'oeuvres for our Vision Project.

Here are the details:

Rotary Club of Sandy Springs Vision To Learn Wine Tasting

November 13, Sunday, from 3-5 PM

Brooklyn Café, 220 Sandy Springs Cir Ste 101

Atlanta GA 30328-3861

Cost: $99 per person – cash or check at the door (payable to Rotary Club of Sandy Springs) OR

pay via PayPal using this link: https://paypal.me/rotaryclubss

Wines to taste and buy:

• Raventos Sparkling Rose
• Laurent Perrier Brut Champagne
• Stewart Napa Sauvignon Blanc
• Paul Hobbs Crossbarn Chardonnay
• Frank Family Chardonnay
• Merry edwards Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
• Catena Vista Flores Malbec
• Paul Hobbs Crossbarn Cabernet
• Frank Family Cabernet

Register by email to Rollin Richmond at rollinr2@gmail.com by Nov. 7th.

SPACE IS LIMITED so let Rollin know how many are coming.

The Rotary Club of Sandy Spring thanks you for helping to support our community

Join us Tues Nov. 15 for Talk Saves Lives

RRAH is having a special virtual meeting on Tuesday, November 15th. Join us as we dive deeper into suicide prevention with a virtual course: Talk Saves Lives: An Introduction to Suicide Prevention. Sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the community-based presentation will cover the general scope of suicide, the research on prevention and what people can do to fight suicide. All Rotarians are invited. The link to access the course will be shared soon.

After Hours Learns about Be THE Voice

It's cool to be kind! Roswell Rotary's own Debbie Cwalina and Executive Director of Be THE Voice was the RRAH guest speaker last week! The club loved hearing about her organization's mission and watching a few videos from the Be THE Voice program. After Hours' two main focus areas are veterans and mental health, so it was informative to learn about an initiative that addresses students' mental health struggles. 

Wine Tasting Sun Nov 13
Support for Roswell Club of Sandy Springs: Project Vision to Learn

Opportunity to Support Project

Please join us Sunday, November 13 from 3-5 PM for the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs wine tasting event at the Brooklyn Café. The event will raise funds to support an important Rotary Vision To Learn project for our community.

Did you know… about one in five kids will naturally need glasses to see the board, read a book,or participate in class. Unfortunately, in underserved communities across the country, 95% of kids who need glasses, about 2,000,000 in total, do not have them. What chance does each of these children have to succeed in school, let alone break free from poverty? Vision To Learn was founded to make sure every child has the glasses he or she needs to succeed in school and in life. Its mobile clinics solve the problem by bringing eye exams and glasses, free of charge, to children at schools in underserved communities.

Please come out to support Rotary’s Vision To Learn project and enjoy top selling wines for agreat cause. Meet up with other Rotary friends and folks who will become friends, taste lots of good wine and purchase the wines you like for less than the retail price.A special thanks to Jeff Trump, owner of the Brooklyn Café, for his willingness to open up his restaurant to enjoy wine and heavy hors d'oeuvres for our Vision Project.

Here are the details:Rotary Club of Sandy Springs Vision To Learn Wine Tasting November 13, Sunday, from 3-5 PM Brooklyn Café, 220 Sandy Springs Cir Ste 101 Atlanta GA 30328-3861  Cost: $99 per person – cash or check at the door (payable to Rotary Club of Sandy Springs) OR pay via PayPal using this link: https://paypal.me/rotaryclubss 

Wines to taste and buy: Raventos Sparkling Rose, Laurent Perrier Brut Champagne, Stewart Napa Sauvignon Blanc, Paul Hobbs Crossbarn Chardonnay, Frank Family Chardonnay, Merry Edwards Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir, Catena Vista Flores Malbec, Paul Hobbs Crossbarn Cabernet, Frank Family Cabernet.

Register by email to Rollin Richmond at rollinr2@gmail.com by Nov. 7th.SPACE IS LIMITED so let Rollin know how many are coming.The Rotary Club of Sandy Spring thanks you for helping to support our community.

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