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June 11, 2019

It's here...this Thursday evening
Year end Bash Celebration - Venue has been changed to Studio 209


Rotarian - no charge

Guest - $20.00

From the Desk of the President

Last Week's Program
One Blood, Be an Organ Donor

Rotaract presents check to the Halcyon Home

Classification Talk by
Lorraine Williams Rahming

Congratulations to our Scholarship Recipients

Bishop Hall Charter School - Courtlen McCullers

Brookwood School - Lance Wortman

Thomas County Central High School - Emily Owens

Thomasville High School - Nyla Crawford

Thomasville Scholar's Academy - Tyla Joseph

ABC's of Rotary

Room 711 - Rotary's Birthplace

The number 711 has a very special significance for Rotary. Room 711 of the old Unity Building, formerly located at 127 North Dearborn Street in downtown Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., was the birthplace of Rotary International. That historic room, which was the office of engineer Gus Loehr, was the location of that first meeting when Paul Harris met with several friends to discuss his new idea of a club for professionals and businessmen. It took extensive research and dedication by a few Chicago Rotarians to preserve the room and restore it to its 1905 authenticity. For years, Room 711 was preserved as a miniature Rotary museum by Rotarians around the world who voluntarily belonged to and contributed annually to the "Paul Harris 711 Club," which provided funds for leasing, maintenance and preservation. In 1989, the Unity Building was about to be torn down. Members of the 711 Club carefully dismantled the landmark room and placed its contents in storage. There it stayed until 1994, when the recreated Room 711 found a permanent home, and this piece of the Rotary heritage is preserved at the RI World Headquarters in Evanston.

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Next Week's Program
2018-19 Year of Memories & Paul Harris Presentation

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