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PRESIDENT'S CORNER
President Will MacArthur's Welcome Message

On behalf of the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs, I welcome you to visit our club and experience the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs' hospitality and energy. We meet on Monday for lunch at 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. at the Hilton Perimeter Suites, 6120 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Sandy Springs, GA 30328. You can reserve a spot by going to our website at www.sandyspringsrotary.org. Join your fellow professionals, and community and business leaders, and learn how Rotary can fit in your future. Experience Rotary Making A Difference!

UPCOMING PROGRAM
9-25-2017 Joe Payne, Founder VASSIC, LLC

On September 25, 2017, Joe Payne, founder of VASSIC, LLC, will speak to the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs. According to the company's website, "Vassic offers customized Internet-based telecommunications solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. We work with the major providers to give you the power you need, while making sure you get the attention you need. With our services you can increase productivity, benefit from complete mobility, flexibility, increased security, and telecommunications systems integration."

LAST WEEK'S PROGRAM
September 18, 2017 - Maria Fejervary

On Monday, September 18, 2017, Maria Fejervary spoke to the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs about safe houses in Costa Rica for victims of human trafficking.

From the FACEBOOK page, "Salvando Corazones is dedicated to the fight against trafficking of children into the sex industry in Costa Rica. Through the operation of safe homes, child survivors of commercial exploitation receive education, rehabilitative services and unconditional love and support needed to return to society as capable young adults. Salvando Corazones translated into English means "Saving Hearts" which is what we do on a daily basis. We have girls brought to us that have no hope left and it is our job to give them that hope back! We opened a Safe House for these girls at an undisclosed location (for their safety). They are now leading new lives and given that second chance they so deserve!" Facebook Link For more photos go to http://rotaryclubofsandysprings.zenfolio.com/p7894...

NEW MEMBER INDUCTED
Three New Members Inducted on September 18, 2017!

On September 18, 2017, Jim Squire inducted three new members into the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs. We welcome Adam Bowling of Emerald Data Networks, Ed Ukaonu, CEO, Indoor Billboard Networks, and Reginald Thomas, Branch Manager, Fidelity Bank. L-R, Adam Bowling, Fred Ferrand, Ed Ukaonu, Tamara Carrera, Fran Farias, Reginald Thomas, Jim Squire. For more photos, go to http://rotaryclubofsandysprings.zenfolio.com/p7726...

COMMUNITY EVENTS
HERITAGE SANDY SPRINGS FESTIVAL, SATURDAY/SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 23-24

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Lots of fun at the Heritage Sandy Springs' Festival. We hope everyone enjoyed volunteering at the booth and meeting up with new and old friends.

CLUB ESSENTIALS

GREETERS/INVOCATION

Next Week's Greeters and Invocation

September 25, 2017

GREETER A: Linda Randolph

GREETER B: Chris Burnett

INVOCATION: Mike Lindstrom

If you are unable to serve as a greeter or give the invocation, please be responsible for finding a replacement.

ROTARY MONTHLY THEME - SEPTEMBER - BASIC EDUCATION AND LITERACY MONTH

Realizing that getting children into schools isn't enough to solve illiteracy, Rotary shifts to mentoring and coaching teachers

By Arnold R. Grahl

On Carolyn Johnson’s second visit to the central highlands of Guatemala, she met a first-grade teacher who made a shocking confession. Before taking part in the Guatemala Literacy Project, the teacher was convinced that her students could not learn to read.

“She said ‘We were willing to go through the program because it was a day out of class and you gave us books and you provided us with a nice lunch, but we knew that you were crazy,’ ” says Johnson, a Rotarian who helped design the curriculum for the project and now serves as a technical adviser for the Guatemala Literacy Project.

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