In 2002, our current President, Ed Outlaw, along with District Character Education chair George Stewart from the Dunwoody Rotary Club, started working with the Georgia Laws of Life Essay Contest. The idea was to get Rotary Clubs to sponsor schools in the contest. Over the ensuing decade, the relationship between the contest and Rotary became stronger, to the point where a Rotary connected 501(c)(3) organization, Georgia Rotary Districts Character Education Program, Inc., was formed to administer the contest. Ed has served on the Board of that organization since it was formed.
As with past years, our club sponsored McIntosh High School in the contest this year, and donated as a Platinum Sponsor. We also had a member serve as an essay reader/judge. We are working with the Fayette County Board of Education and other local Rotary Clubs to expand into other schools in the county.