This Week's Speaker
Debbie Cwalina, Founder, Be THE Voice
Join us this Friday at the Embassy Suites to welcome Debbie Cwalina, Roswell Rotarian and creator of Be THE Voice. Debbie is the owner and founder of Creative Corporate Ideas Inc., a certified Woman Owned Business (WBE). She started her company in 1993 and has received recognition as a Top Woman Owned Small Business in the state of Georgia.
In the Fall of 2014, looking for a place to make a difference, Debbie joined the Roswell Rotary Club. Not long after her induction, she came across an article highlighting the rise in tween suicides linked to cyberbullying. Having witnessed the social struggles of a sibling during her own upbringing, she was deeply moved by the tragic reality that children were taking their own lives to escape torment. This sparked a passion within her, which laid the groundwork for the creation of Be THE Voice. [read more]
Getting to Know You
Meredith Morris ... "Global Citizen" with "Vampire Hours"
If you've attended one of the club's general meeting's
during the past couple years, then you've met Meredith who is the first
friendly face greeting members and guests. She manages our Laws of Life raffle
and embodies the Rotary spirit of community service. She is pictured below
(right) with Alison at the welcome table.
Meredith is approaching her two-year anniversary with the
club. She loves the unity of Rotary doing good for the community. Her father
was a long-time Rotarian and she carries his Montblanc pen with her
to remind her to continue his legacy. She has worked in the education
field for 28 years, spending time at two public schools and two private schools
before becoming a private tutor seven years ago. She works individually
with 10-20 private students at a time and although she keeps vampire hours
to work with her international students, she loves the flexibility and
connecting with students over time. Sometimes she gets to meet her students in
person for the first time after providing 2-3 years of online tutoring with
them.
Meredith sees herself as a global citizen of the world and
loves studying languages (as her car's license plate "SHXPER"
suggests), other cultures, and travel. Oh, and she is the host mom for our 2024-25 GRSP student - Nguyen Hoa from Vietnam - so be ready to say "yes" when she asks you to show her new-found daughter what living in Georgia and being a Rotarian is all about!
