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Welcome to the Sandy Springs Rotary Club

Welcome Sandy Springs Rotarians to the new Rotary year. It will be hard to top last year but we'll do it with your help & support. Kudos to past president Nancy Schroeder and PDG Jim Squire for your service and helping the club receive many awards at the District Celebration including our second "Club of the Decade" designation.

Some changes are being made in our club's meeting program to make it more varied & interesting. We will be adding the Sandy Springs Business Spotlight, a third raffle drawing, and wine one meeting a month. Members are now asked to come a little earlier as lunch will begin at noon with the program to start promptly at 12:15. Along with our traditional club events & projects we'll have a couple more service projects/media events, membership events (Rotary Pizza Night at Pontoon) and different Family of Rotary social events. I look forward to engaging with you to make it a exciting year.

Visitors are welcome to experience the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs' hospitality and energy. Meetings are typically the 1st, 2nd & 4th Mondays. Lunch is served at noon and the 1 hour program begins at 12:15. Hilton Perimeter Suites, 6120 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Sandy Springs, GA 30328. Reserve a spot by going to our website at www.sandyspringsrotary.org. Join your fellow professionals, community and business leaders, and learn how Rotary can benefit your future. Experience Rotary Making Things Happen in Sandy Springs!

Upcoming Program
David Frew & Howard Shore along with their K9 Team to visit the RCSS

On Monday, January 25th, David Frew and Howard Shore will be visiting the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs. They will have with them possibly three dogs from their Happy Tails Therapy K9 team.

David and Howard joined us virtually in the recent past, but Monday they'll be in-person to show off just how much joy can be spread with happy tails.

As a quick reminder of David Frew's past, he provided a quick bulleted list as his bio:

• Was in the Sales Incentive Travel & Meetings industry my entire working career.
• Worked with Fortune 500 Corporations developing their international events and meetings.
• My Therapy dog Ranger, an English Setter recently passed away at 16.5 years old
• Ranger was my wife's dog, however lost her to cancer 2009.
• Ranger was trained by her and she got him certified to be a Happy Tails Therapy dog in 2003.
• After her passing I had to be tested and certified by Happy Tails to be his handler
• Ranger was a HOPE - Fema dog, being deployed to disasters in the Southeast
• He worked in most of the major Atlanta hospitals as a Therapy and Comfort dog.
• Also worked at Hospice Atlanta for many years in addition to many nursing homes.
• Has been featured by TV stations many times for his work in the city.
• In 2015 he was the original therapy dog for Northside Hospital's Chaplin department.

David also provided an 11alive news link to give us a sneak peak:  11alive - Happy Tails Therapy

This program can be attended in-person or virtually at:

Meeting ID  830 5329 7439
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83053297439

There is no password required. You can log in after 12:00. The meeting begins at 12:15.

Upcoming Program
2021 Rotary International Convention - Taipei

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A Look Ahead
A quick glimpse of our Rotary meetings next year

Upcoming Program (02/08/2021)
Andrew Staunton - The British Consul General in Atlanta

On Monday, February 8th, Andrew Staunton will speaking virtually to the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs.

Andrew Staunton took up his appointment in Atlanta as Her Majesty’s Consul General in June 2018. Andrew is the senior UK government representative in the Southeast United States responsible for relations with the states of Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi and Alabama. He leads a team which works to promote UK-US trade and investment, support British nationals, conduct public diplomacy on key issues, and build scientific and research co-operation. He also sits on the Marshall Scholarship selection committee.

Before taking up his posting in Atlanta, Andrew served four years as Deputy Head of Mission and Economic Counsellor at the British Embassy in Athens. He was also Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Dublin from 2009 to 2013. Throughout both postings, Andrew’s main focus was on the economic crises in Greece and Ireland, boosting bilateral relations, promoting the UK’s interests, and working on a range of issues linked to the European Union. Prior to this, Andrew worked in the Foreign Office as Deputy Director responsible for Security.

Andrew joined the UK’s diplomatic service in 1987. He has also served overseas in China, France, Romania and Canada.

Andrew was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He is accompanied in Atlanta by his wife, Rebecca. They have two adult children, both living in the UK.

This meeting can be attended live or online at:
Meeting ID  830 5329 7439
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83053297439

Please join us and give Mr. Staunton a warm Rotary welcome.