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April 2, 2018

Don't forget
Whine or Wine-Tuesday, April 3rd @ Relish

First Tuesday of the month from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.It's a great time to get to know one another.

This Thursday at the Plaza
Blood Drive starting 11am - 2pm

This Week's Program
U. S. Ambassador (RET.) Tod Sedgwick

Our guest for the April 5th Rotary meeting will be U.S. Ambassador (RET.) Tod Sedgwick, a commissioner on the World War I Centennial Commission, who will speak about, "The Great War - Why is it The Forgotten War and Why Should it be Remembered?"

Tod graduated with honors from Harvard College with a degree in History and became a journalist, publisher, entrepreneur, Ambassador and has been active in the non-profit sector.

He served as U.S. Ambassador to Slovakia from 2010-2015, has started and sold a number of news and publishing businesses and serves on numerous non-profit boards. While at Harvard he served as assistant editor of the Harvard Crimson. He is a passionate hunter and advocate for wetlands conservation and timber management. Residing in Washington, D.C., his family owns Red Hills Lumber Company in Thomasville. He is married to Thomasville native Kate Watt and is brother-in-law to our club's Will Watt.

Great Turn Out-50 Rotarians
Club Assembly Cookout at the Chamber

Good company, conversations, food, with great questions and discussions! We would like to thank Fran for her facilitating our club assembly. And to all members who were able to attend, thank you for attending!.

Next Week's Program
GRSP Student, Anna Ahlstrom updates us on her year in the Georgia and her travels in the USA

Anna will be here to share her adventures and life in the USA. Also, this week Wallace & Debbie Goodman will be presenting the awards for the GRSP 2017-18 year.

Meetings

April is Environment Month

4/5 Regular Meeting-Tod Sedgwick Former US Ambassador to Slovkia on the WWI Commission
4/12 Regular Meeting-GRSP Student Anna-Her year in Georgia
4/19 Regular Meeting-Nancy Tinker from National Trust
4/26 Regular Meeting-John Eunice
5/3 NO Lunch meeting today-Join us the evening for Celebration fellow Rotarians & their Plus One
5/10 Regular Meeting-Matt Bishop, UGA's Fanning Institute for Leadership Development
5/17 Regular Meeting-John Brown-Be the Voice, Anti Bullying
5/24 Regular Meeting-Program- Annika A. Culver and Laws of Life & Scholarship Recipients

Our Rotary Family
BIRTHDAYS

4/6 Brigit Smallridge
4/10 Tom Shaw
4/18 Copper Comita
4/19 C. Grubbs, III
4/21 Fran Milberg
4/26 Irene Gleason
4/27 Wayne Newsome
4/30 Gretchen Bickel

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

4/2 Chris Kerr (4)
4/2 Craig Miller (32)
4/10 Dominic Ford (6)
4/13 Andrew Jones (58)
4/14 Anna Lee (15)
4/16 David Flowers (21)
4/22 Luten Nunnally (37)
4/24 Janet Liles (44)
4/24 Esther-Marie Lawrence (27)
4/29 Tom Everett (20)

YEARS OF SERVICE

4/1 Andy Vann (29)
4/1 William Blackburn (42)
4/15 Charles Dixon (19)

Rotary Online

https://thomasvillerotary.org
https://rotary6900.org/
https://rotary.org/

ROTARY CLUB OF
Thomasville

Thursdays, 12:15 pm
The Plaza Restuarant
217 Broad St
Thomasville, GA 31792

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LEADERSHIP

President Teri White
President-Elect André Marria
Immediate PP Jeff Zoller
Vice President Carol Jones
Treasurer Rick Piper
Secretary Angela Williamson
Fellowship Director Angela Williamson
Program Director Jay Flowers
Program Director Lauren Radford
Program Director Al Nicholson
Public Image Shanna Derby

Directors

Club President Nominee Kim Walden
Foundation Marta Jones-Turner
Membership Ben Wilds
Foundation Scott Rich
Club Director Scott Rich
Club Internet Communication Officer Howard Stephens
Youth Service Eddie Smith
Community Service Mary Beth Donalson
Club Webmaster Joe Brown