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December 10, 2019

This Week's Program

In addition to recognizing our Students of the Month, we will be having a Christmas pageant to help us celebrate the season.

COATS, BLANKETS, SWEATERS NEEDED

Please help us with our annual coat and blanket drive. Bring your items to our meeting. These items help individuals in our area stay warm this winter. Please share your resources in this worthy project.

Main Street Program

April Norton and Madison Eaton with Thomasville Main Street presented information on the programs and impact of the Main Street program. It is estimated we will host 15,000 people each night of the Victorian Christmas this year.

In 2018, 2,003 promotional events were held with 106,753 people attending. This includes the Victorian Christmas, First Friday and Sip and Stroll events. We have netted 19 new businesses opening or expanding creating 130 new jobs. Eighteen building rehabilitation projects were completed at an investment of $1.3 million. Thomasville's Main Street Program has been recognized on the state and national levels as one of the nation's most successful programs.

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS CHRISTMAS A SUCCESS

Support the Troops Christmas Meal was a big success! Thank you to all who assisted and for all those wonderful desserts!

Each year the Rotary Club prepares a Christmas meal for the 1230th Transportation Company. This year the event was held at the Armory on Sunday, December 8, 2019. Rotarians arrived early to prepare a meal which included putting turkey and ham on the smoker and all the trimmings. Rotarians also made all kinds of desserts to complete the meal. Also at the event was a bounce house and craft room for the kids. A DJ kept things festive by playing great music. Rotarians received thank you upon thank you from the troops for the meal. It really was a great day enjoyed by almost 200 people. The event takes a lot of organizing and volunteer help. Special thanks to Joe Brown for organizing everything and to Warren Ballard for transporting and manning the smoker! Thanks Carlton for transporting all the food. So many others volunteered to make this event wonderful for the troops! Thank you to everyone who shared their time and/or brought a dessert. We couldn't support our community like we do without your Service Above Self!