This Week's Program
One Blood, Be an Organ Donor
Irene Gleason will introduce Bob Drummond from One Blood to give us an update on their services, Archbold will provide a speaker (TBD) to talk about Organ Donation.
From the Desk of the President
A sincere thank you for contributing towards the
Rotary Sponsored YMCA teams
The YMCA is enjoying another successful year of baseball & softball. Children from all areas are having a wonderful time learning fundamentals and values necessary for a healthy childhood. If it were not for sponsors like Rotary, who care for our community and our youth, a program could never come together.
The Thomasville YMCA Staff thank you for your support.
Awesome Event-Thank you Marta Turner
Flowers Foods 100 Year Exhibit - History of Baking at the Flowers Museum
Rotary Club of Thomasville
Weekly Meeting Time Poll
We are taking a poll next week, June 6 at the Plaza on our weekly meeting time:
Option 1 - 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm (current meeting time)
Option 2 - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (proposed meeting time)
This would be for the upcoming year - July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020
Board Meeting NEXT Thursday
We will hold a joint board meeting (current board and incoming board) on Thursday, June 13th at Noon at The Plaza.
Don't forget
No lunch meeting on June 13th - we celebrate at the Biscuit at 6:30pm
Make your reservations for our
Year end Bash Celebration
Make your reservations by clicking on https://thomasvillerotary.org/v2/reservation/create?event=3875
Rotarian - no charge
Guest - $20.00
ABC's of Rotary
More Rotary Firsts
Rotary established the "Endowment Fund" in 1917, which became the forerunner of The Rotary Foundation.
Rotary first adopted the name "Rotary International" in 1922 when the name was changed from the International Association of Rotary Clubs.
Rotary first established the Paul Harris Fellows recognition in 1957 for contributors of US$1,000 to The Rotary Foundation.
The Rotary emblem was printed on a commemorative stamp for the first time in 1931 at the time of the Vienna Convention.
The first Rotary club banner (from the Houston Space Centre) to orbit the moon was carried by astronaut Frank Borman, a member of that club.
The first Rotary International convention held outside the United States was in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1921. |
The first head of state to address a Rotary convention was U.S. President Warren G. Harding in 1923 at St. Louis.