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No Meeting This Friday
Join Us for Thirsty Thursday at VinOVenue

Join your Dunwoody Family of Rotary on Thursday, April 18 at VinOVenue - a restaurant, wine store, wine & cooking school, event facility that also offers wine-country tours - located at 4478 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Georgetown Shopping Center. We'll be getting together for fun and fellowship from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Great people - great venue - see you there! We'll be getting together for fun and fellowship from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Great people - great venue - see you there!

Service Opportunity
Also Tomorrow: Our First USO Day This Year

If you haven't signed up and have some free time on your calendar tomorrow, contact Charlie Augello at Italian@e48stmarket.com to see if there's still space available. If you are signed up, THANK YOU in advance!

Golf Tournament Update
In Case You Missed It: FORE! the Memories Golf is Coming May 13!

In 2023, the Rotary Club of Dunwoody raised $25,000 for the Georgia Alzheimer's Association and were #2 in their list of The Longest Day giving program. The rest of the money we raised went to the Dunwoody Rotary Charitable Fund to help with the work we do in the community.

We are well on our way to success in 2024, but still need your help:

• We have a new way for you to join the golf tournament fundraising fun! For a donation of $50 or more, you will get your name on the tournament website as a “Participating Sponsor” and receive a custom-made wood cellphone stand (pictured above) made by our own Ken Levy. If you donated last Friday to this offer, please let me know so we can add your name to the list of sponsors! We will also sell these at the tournament auction if you miss the chance now. Visit the FORE! The Memories – Rotary Club of Dunwoody Charity Golf Tournament website 
• Alison Norris will be working with any members wanting to work at the event. Please reach out to Alison if you are not playing golf and are interested in volunteering.

It would be great to have 100% participation by the club - in the forms of donations and/or volunteer hours.

Service Opportunity
Anchor Place Respite - Many Ways to Help

Eight Dunwoody Rotarians took part in this week's volunteer training for Anchor Place Respite and are one step closer to providing hands-on support when the program starts providing services in late April/early May at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church in Dunwoody. At the beginning, Anchor Place plans to be open two days a week - Monday and Thursday from 10-2 - and offers a range of activities plus lunch for $55/day.

There are ways we can all help with this organization as it welcomes older adults living with mild-to-moderate memory issues and other cognitive challenges, and gives their caretakers a few hours each week to rest and recharge.  For starters, we can spread the word about this resource. In addition, Anchor Place is looking for:

• Golf umbrellas
• Poker chips 
• Small costume pieces - like hats and masks
• Magazines from the 50s, 60s and 70s
• A small printer
• A first aid kit (very specific need - contact Anchor Place if you'd like to buy this)
• Scholarships - to be sure Anchor Place can offer respite to those who might not otherwise afford it.

We'll be sharing more as this initiative grows. In the meantime, you can check out the Anchor Place Respite Dunwoody website.

Rotary Means Business
Join Rotary Means Business April 23

Rotary Means Business District 6900 will hold its monthly networking meeting on April 23, 2024 from 6-8PM at the new Politan Row at Ashford Lane in the Perimeter Center area. This month's sponsor is the Rotary Club of Roswell.  Everyone that registers no later than April 22, 2024 (6PM) will get a free beer or wine. 

To register, go to https://lnkd.in/eCPVyJd5.  The pre-registration will also enable up to distribute a list of attendees at the event. [more]

North Fulton Holds 22nd Annual Prayer Breakfast: May 2

Each year on the National Day of Prayer, the Rotary Club of North Fulton hosts an annual prayer breakfast. With the theme, "Lift up the word, light up the world," this year's event takes place May 2 from 7-9 AM at the Jeffords Fellowship Hall, St. David's Episcopal Church in Roswell. Maggie DeCan, the CEO and Executive Director of the Children's Development Academy in Roswell will be the keynote speaker. If you'd like more information or want to attend, contact Doug Higgins at doug_higgins@ucbi.com or Mike Mudd at mike@jmmudd.com. Louise and Ron Barden are planning to attend.

Fellowship Opportunities
Join Us for Dunwoody Diners and/or the Aurora Theater This June

Dunwoody Diners plan to gather on June 1 at Petite Violette on Clairmont Rd NE in Atlanta; please let Ken Levy know if you plan to join us. The Levys will make reservations.

The Levys also  are inviting Dunwoody Rotarians to join them on June 15 for Sister Act at the Aurora theatre. Please purchase your own tickets. We will meet at Dominick’s for supper at 6 pm before the show. Please let Ken know if you will be joining us for supper. For more information and to order tickets, visit https://www.auroratheatre.com/productions-and-programs/view/sister-act/