Our Speaker will be Past Rotary International President John Germ!!!
You won't want to miss this amazing speaker! John F. Germ, a
member of the Rotary Club of
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, and chair
of the International PolioPlus
Committee, was the President of Rotary International in 2016-17. For Rotary to
thrive, Germ says, members must face
current and future challenges and
opportunities with "passion, enthusiasm,
perseverance, and above all, integrity." "I envision
Rotary boldly and creatively engaging
the success of polio eradication,
membership and identity issues,
strengthening clubs, work with youth -
our future lifeblood, and the creation
of critical, strategic partnerships,"
says Germ. "The 2016-17 Rotary year
offers a tremendous opportunity for
Rotary International and the Foundation
partnership unified and thriving, on all
levels, via the six areas of focus." Germ says no one
should ever have to ask, "What is
Rotary?" "We will enhance
Rotary's public image by successfully
and enthusiastically marketing who we
are, what amazing things we are doing,
and incredibly, have done locally and
globally," says Germ. With the global
economy still unpredictable, Germ says
Rotary must make participation
affordable and "also be unfailing
diligent in efforts to ensure we spend
every dollar effectively and
efficiently," he says. In 1965, after
four years in the U.S. Air Force, Germ,
an engineer, joined Campbell and
Associates Inc., an engineering
consulting firm. He now serves as the
company's board chair and chief
executive officer. He also serves
on the boards of several organizations
including the Public Education
Foundation, Orange Grove Center Inc.,
and the Blood Assurance Inc. He is the
founder and treasurer of the Chattanooga
State Technical Community College
Foundation and is president of the
Tennessee Jaycee Foundation. In 1970 he was
recognized as Tennessee Young Man of the
Year, Engineer of the Year, and
Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year in
1992. A Rotary member
since 1976, Germ has served Rotary as
vice president, director, Foundation
trustee and vice chair, chair of
Rotary's US$200 Million Challenge, and
RI president's aide. He is a recipient
of Rotary's Service Above Self Award and
The Rotary Foundation's Citation for
Meritorious Service and Distinguished
Service Award. He and his wife, Judy,
are members of the Arch Klumph Society. Free Little Libraries will now include MasksHands On Thomas County has requested to use our Free Little Libraries as distribution points for their initiative to provide the community with face masks. This is a great opportunity to further expand community outreach. Rotarian Chris Lovelady is helping provide the masks 
Rotary VideoIf you haven't had a chance to view the video put together by the Public Image committee and Justin Allen, principal of Broad Street Media, please do so! Planning for the video began in earnest in December 2019. Over the next few
months, footage for the video was shot at one of the club’s Thursday meetings
and throughout the community. Recorded interviews with a number of Thomasville
Rotarians provided additional critical content to tell our Rotary story. Late
last week, the final footage for the video was shot at the dedication of the
club’s Peace Pavilion at Cherokee Lake. The finished video tells the compelling story of our club’s
influence and impact. We hope you like it and encourage you to use it wherever
possible in the course of your service through Rotary. Special thanks to our
outstanding Public Image Team - Director Mike Bixler, Lauren Vann, Susie Shin,
Kim Walden. We hope you love it as much as we do! https://vimeo.com/415232098/ 31474e0f43
Welcome to two new members!We are pleased to have added two new members to our club last week. We have now added five new members virtually 
Robert Vice is President of Americus Bank and was sponsored by Jay Flowers.
Chris Lovelady runs Vital Signsand was sponsored by Homer Pankey. 
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