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This Week's Speaker: Captain Baron V. Reinhold, USN - ""On Behalf of a Grateful Nation"

Captain Reinhold grew up in Miami, Florida and graduated from Miami Palmetto Senior High School in 1985. He then enlisted in the Navy and attended the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, Rhode Island. In 1990, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science Degree in History and was “winged” as a Naval Flight Officer (NFO) in December of 1991.

His flying tours include deployments in aerial reconnaissance to the Persian Gulf following OPERATION DESERT STROM, as well as missions in support of OPERATION RESTORE HOPE in Somalia; multiple deployments following 9/11 executing critical JCS tasking in the Pacific, European, and Central Command Areas of Responsibility to include combat detachments at the outset of both OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) and OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF); his Command tour in which he assumed the role as Task Group Commander and flew continuous combat operations in support of OIF, OEF, OEF-HORN OF AFRICA, and OEF-Philippines in addition to other sensitive JCS, JSOC, JTF and Combatant Commander tasked missions and his final flying tour where he served as the Team Captain of a nuclear command and control Boeing 747 (The E4-B, National Airborne Operations Center) where he deployed worldwide conducting Presidential Support Missions and airborne/ground alert missions as a component of the National Military Command System in response to tasking from the President, Secretary of Defense, and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

His shore tours include serving as a Naval Flight Officer Instructor, serving on an Admiral’s staff aboard an Aircraft Carrier, serving at the U.S. Navy’s FIFTH FLEET HQ in Bahrain, multiple joint tours at U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt AFB in Omaha NE, a tour at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California where he earned his Master’s degree in National Security Affairs (with an emphasis in the Middle East), and service as the Director of Military Community Management where he was directly responsible for the management of the Navy’s entire 324,000 active component and 64,000 reserve component force.

In July 2015 he assumed the duties as Commanding Officer and Professor of Naval Science at the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corp (NROTC) Atlanta Region comprised of Midshipmen from Georgia Tech, GSU, KSU, Morehouse, Spelman, and Clark Atlanta University.

His personal decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal (3 awards), Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal (3 Strike/Flight awards), Air Force Aerial Achievement Medal, Navy Commendation Medal (5 awards), Joint Service Achievement Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, the Battle Efficiency (Battle “E”) ribbon (4 awards) and various other service, campaign, and unit awards.

Captain Reinhold is married to the former Jamie Barcus of Stockton, California. They have four wonderful children, Meghan, Kirk, Logan, and Bella and currently reside in Suwanee, GA.

Thanksgiving Food Drive - November 15, 2017

Kingsley is a title one school with approximately 200 children receiving subsidized meals during the week. A subset of this group, approximately 50, often have minimal food over the weekends. With the long Thanksgiving weekend ahead, we are partnering with Kingsley on a food drive for these families:

What’s Needed:

Canned Goods or Box Supplies specifically, green beans, peas, corn, pumpkin, apple sauce, canned peaches, fruit cocktail, mandarin oranges, apricots, pineapple, chocolate syrup, box of stuffing mix or bag, potato flakes, peanut or almond butter, cranberry sauce, boxes of pudding mixes like chocolate, etc. Alternatively, gift cards at Walmart, Kroger, Publix, Target, etc… will be accepted.

Collection / Drop off:

Above items can be brought to a Friday meeting, dropped off at East 48^th Street Deli or Warren Turner’s Home 4851 Olde Village Ct. Dunwoody GA

For More Information Contact:

Warren Turner 404-664-6000 wturner@cardinalpoints.com or Anita Augello nycgal338@gmail.com

Upcoming Event: Tour of Grady Memorial Hospital - Thursday, November 16, 2017

A few weeks ago our speaker was Frank Blake, Chairman of Grady Hospital Corporation. We learned many interesting things about Grady and the services they offer the greater Atlanta metropolitan area. They are nationally rated and provide outstanding services for burn victims, stroke patients, ER services and many other medical conditions.

Our tour date is Thursday, November, 16, 2017 at 11 AM ET.

Our plan is, hopefully, to have volunteer drives so we can carpool. Dependent upon the number of cars, the hospital will reserve spaces for us in the employee parking deck. It is always fun to ride together and share Rotary ideas and get to know each other better.

RSVP and registration is now closed. Please speak with Kathy Brandt if you have any questions.

Calling All Entrepreneurs!

Are you an Entrepreneur? Would you be willing to serve on a Panel Discussion regarding your Entrepreneurial experience(s)?

If so the Rotaract Club of Atlanta would like to host a panel discussion on Entrepreneurship to its members and guests at an upcoming meeting sometime, over the next several months. This would be our third panel discussion to the RCA on a topic of their choosing. These sessions are moderated, generally lasting 30-40 minutes with 3-4 RCD panelists.

If you're an entrepreneur and interested in sharing your insights with a highly energized group of young professionals (ages 22-30) please contact Warren Turner, RCD Rotaract Liaison, by phone 404-664-6000 or email wturner@cardinalpoints.com

Sharing What Is Your Passion Survey Results

Last Friday, President Rick presented the first installment of the results from our recent member survey – highlighted the demographics and providing a high-level overview of the results. He also shared plans to review more detailed results in three additional presentations over the next three weeks or so: Club Service Projects, the Dunwoody Charitable Fund, and Club Events/Activities.

You can see the overview presentation from week 1 at: https://goo.gl/Szj2ZM

The survey’s purpose was two-fold. We wanted to use it to:

• Start discussions with you that will allow us to revise our Club’s strategic plan and reinvigorate/stimulate the engagement of Club members, in a fun way. Our aim was to find out what you like doing, what you don’t like doing, and to learn how to make the best use our most precious resource, your time and talents. We not only want to support our club’s initiatives, but to align those initiatives to what you’re really passionate about.
• Begin a “Dunwoody community” mapping effort, to see what kind of overlaps exist between what our club wants to do and what other organizations in the greater community are doing – to identify longer term partners we can work with to make a bigger difference

Rick summarized the demographic information collected in the survey, observing that:

• Nearly 80% of respondents were born before 1970 (older than 47), and 60% was born before 1960 (older than 57).
• Only 16% of our members have school age children, but half responding to the survey have grandchildren. This is important because “buy in” from the spouse and family of a Rotarian plays a role in keeping our members in the club.
• Nearly half of those responding own the company they work for. Many of the comments suggest we’re doing a poor job of promoting each other and the vocational aspect of Rotary is what Rotary’s founders blended so well into their charitable work.

In Friday’s presentation, Rick showed survey respondents’ “top 11 projects” – based on the percentage of respondents who said they were “very passionate” about the project. It was concerning that only three projects received a “very passionate” rating from more than 50% of respondents. A future presentation will show how the rest of the projects fared.

Friday’s presentation also looked briefly at:

• The Dunwoody Charitable Fund: 60% believe our charitable spending should be split 50/50 between local and international projects, while 40% believe it should be 75% local and 25% international. In terms of how much money our charitable fund should have, nearly 75% of you thought the “safety net” balance should be $250,000 or less; the rest of respondents thought a higher balance would be better.

• Fundraising: Our passion for fundraising is low – only 27% of respondents said they were “very passionate” about fundraising; and the Governor’s Ball received a slightly higher rating than RunDunwoody.

A copy of the presentation used in Friday’s meeting will be available soon on the Club website, along with a more detailed summary of the survey responses to all questions.

GEORGIA ROTARY STUDENT PROGRAM INC. - OSLO SCHOLARSHIP

Do you know a worthy 20-24 year-old looking to study abroad?

The Norwegian Rotary Advisory Board is once again will be inviting three (3) young Georgia students to study in Norway next summer.

Rotary Club of Dunwoody (RCD) is trying to identify possible candidate(s) for this award. The final selection will be made by a committee of Trustees in each District.

The program includes:

• Air fares Atlanta-Oslo and return to Atlanta,
• A field tour to Bergen (administered by the University of Oslo),
• Room, board and tuition at the International Summer School at the University of Oslo (http://www.uio.no/english/)
• and visiting for one week with Norwegian Rotary host families.

The recipients of the scholarships must pay their travel expense to and from Atlanta, plus provide their own personal spending money.

PURPOSE:

While the immediate goal of this International School is to impart knowledge about some aspects of Norway, it also seeks to increase understanding and good will among nations through daily living together.

GENERAL COURSES:

Norwegian Art, Norwegian Language, History, Folklore and Literature of Norway and Scandinavia, Economics, Politics, Culture and Society, International Relations and Development Studies

GRADUATE COURSES:

Educational System of Norway, Physical Education in Norway, Medical Care and Health Services in Norway, Peace Research, Energy Planning and the Environment, Special Education, Kulturlivet i samtidesn Norge, Norwegian Petroleum Law and Transboundary Pollution.

The University of Oslo will issue a Certificate of Achievement to all who satisfactorily complete the Summer School courses. Credits may also be certified.

For More information or an application please contact Warren Turner Director of RCD Youth Services at 404-664-6000 or wturner@cardinalpoints.com until December 15, 2017. The scholarship application deadline is: December 31, 2017.

Get Ready to Welcome the World in January 2018!

No we’re not having another Rotary International Convention here in 2018, but January 13, 15, 2018, we will host the 16th GRSP Leadership Weekend – bringing all 45 students from the class of 2017-18 to Atlanta. There is at least one opportunity for every Dunwoody Rotarian and your families to be involved as the students explore “Service Above Self” and their possibilities for making a difference in the world. The weekend starts Friday afternoon at the Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta and continues all day Saturday and Sunday morning at Oglethorpe University. Friday and Saturday evenings are for fellowship and fun.

We’ll share more details on the weekend’s agenda as we get closer. For now, we’re especially looking for host families who can welcome GRSP students to their home on Friday and Saturday night. It’s a great way to get to know a couple of students better – and from personal experience, it’s pretty easy. Host families provide beds to sleep in, breakfast Saturday and Sunday, a Saturday night meal, and transportation (home from Friday night’s event, and to and from Oglethorpe Saturday and Sunday morning). We already have previous host families signed up to help again – with room for about 20-25 of the students, so we’re looking for more volunteers.

If you’re interested, please contact Jackie Cuthbert at cuthbert@mindspring.com or 770-597-1183, and remember - even if you can’t host for the weekend, we’ll have other opportunities for you to spend time with the GRSP students. So watch for more information in November and December.

RCD Caring Hands

An oft-quoted maxim says, "No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care". - Theodore Roosevelt

The cards for members and their families that circulate during our meetings are one way to express shared joy over good news or shared concern about difficulties experienced. As one of our members recently stated at his return from surgery, getting a card with heartfelt greetings from all the members present helped him feel better and heal sooner.

Once we know our friendly breakfast club is also a caring club, our dedication to "Service Above Self" is stronger and we look forward to participating in projects and events with other Rotarians. If we are in need of a service, the first call made will be to a Rotarian.

So, if you are aware of an approaching or pat event worthy of celebration or concern, please tell Dottie Toney-Ransom at toneydot@me.com. You can also write it on either a yellow card (for joy) or a blue card (for concern) and leave it on the table, or place it in Dottie's hand at the end of the meeting.

We ARE a very caring club! Thank you for helping to make it so.

From the desk of the Newsletter Editor

Send your Newsletter submission to: rcdnewsletter@yahoo.com

Our Club's Weekly Newsletter typically consists of:

• Speaker bio
• New Member Name(s)
• Featured article(s) (regarding events, service projects, or on-going topics general club administrative items, etc..).
• Foundation initiatives or other topics of interest to Members and with value for our Club archives.
• Announcements (seeking volunteers, advertising service projects, etc.)
• For Your Calendar (Club and other activities we encourage members and/or their spouses to attend, including Family of Rotary events
• Member News (birthdays, anniversaries, accomplishments, Caring Hands)

Please keep in mind key components to include with your submission:

• Title of your article
• Description of the activity
• Dates, Time, Location, deadline, etc... (especially for upcoming events)
• Key Points of Contact Information and/or a link to reference website for details
• Names and/or headcount of Rotarians (and others) participating,
• The reaction of those benefiting and the numbers of those benefiting.
• Picture(s)

Please also tell me the number of weeks would you like the article published.
Finally, the deadline for articles to run in the current week are Mondays by 5 p.m.

If you have any questions feel free to ask.

Thank you!
The RCD Newsletter Editor