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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

March 18, 2025


Meetings

March is Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Month

3/20 Pack & Sort at Second Harvest
3/27 Regenerative Farming with Putt Wetherbee of Schermer Pecans
4/3 PCOM pf South GA with CEO Dr. Marla Golden
4/10 GA Center for the Oncology Research & Education w/ CEO Lynn Durham, EdD

Events

3/19 Coffee Chat
3/21 Lunch at Pebble Hill with GA GRSP Students
3/22 Produce Distribution at Weston Park
3/29 District Assembly

ROTARY CLUB OF
Thomasville

Thursdays, 12:15 pm
Vashti Center
1815 East Clay Street
Thomasville, GA 31792

LEADERSHIP

President Marta Jones-Turner
President-Elect Nathaniel Tyler
Immediate PP Mary Beth Donalson
Vice President Nathaniel Tyler
Treasurer Warren Ballard
Secretary Anna Lee
Public Image David Sofferin

Directors

Membership Angela Williamson
Service Projects Barbara Williams-Anderson
Foundation Carol Jones
Club Director Scott Rich
Youth Service Chandler Giddes
Admin Devona Thompson

Rotary Online

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

YEARS OF SERVICE

3/1 Joe Brown (20)
3/7 Bryant Beadles (12)
3/8 Hinson Arwood (7)
3/19 Angela Williamson (10)
3/19 Copper Comita (5)
3/19 John Comita, Jr. (5)
3/20 William Felts (11)
3/22 Irene Gleason (13)
3/23 Sharon Edwards (2)
3/24 Shanna Derby (2)
7 years in Rotary
3/24 Janet Liles (9)
3/27 Rankin Smith, Jr. (11)
25 years in Rotary
3/28 Danny Braddy (23)
3/31 Gregory Adams (9)
53 years in Rotary

Upcoming Events
Mark Your Calendar

Here's a look at the upcoming calendar for March:


  • TOMORROW: Wednesday, March 19: Coffee Chat
    No agenda, no program. Drop by Grassroots Coffee anytime between 7:30 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. This month's coffee chat is sponsored by Morgan Bailey and Anna Lee.
  • Thursday, March 20: Pack & Sort at Second Harvest
  • Friday, March 21: Lunch at Pebble Hill with GRSP Students
  • Saturday, March 22: Produce Distribution at Weston Park
  • Thursday, March 27: Regenerative Farming
    Putt Wetherbee of Schermer Pecans will discuss regenerative farming, a land management practice that aims to improve soil health and crop yields while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Saturday, March 29: District Assembly. Sign up on the district website or contact Nate Tyler or Angela Williamson to sign up. 
  • Tuesday, April 1: Fireside Chat

Find the Rotary calendar anytime:

Saturday, March 22
We need your help: Produce distribution

Our club meeting on Thursday, March 20 will be at 11:30 a.m. at Second Harvest Food Bank where we will make produce boxes for distribution on Saturday.

The monthly produce distribution is at Weston Park on Saturday, March 22. Set up begins at 7:30 a.m. Food distribution begins at or before 8:30 a.m. and is finished when all the produce is distributed, usually around 10 a.m.

This is one of our local Rotary Club's Big Impact Projects to help make fresh vegetables and fruits available to all. We partner with the Marguerite Neel Williams Boys & Girls Club, Envision Credit Union and Thomasville National Bank to sponsor these monthly events, but we need Rotarians to volunteer their time to help with box creation and distributions. Please come.


GRSP Lunch at Pebble Hill

CALLING ALL MEMBERS!

Lunch with GRSP Students Pebble Hill Learning Center
Friday, March 21
11:30 a.m.

Please join us at Pebble Hill on Friday, March 21 for lunch with GRSP students. The group is participating in the 59th annual Pelham International Weekend and Friday is Thomasville’s day to host. We’ll have catered picnic foods — delicious hamburgers, hotdogs, all the fixings, side dishes and desserts. Our members will serve as table hosts and have the opportunity to chat with students at their tables.

Will Watt will speak briefly about his late his grandfather, a member of the Thomasville club, who founded the GRSP program shortly after World War II.


Tuesday, April 1
Fireside Chat

Gentian Creek Preserve
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

This event is for new members, current board members and past presidents. Appetizers, drinks, and dinner will be served. Please RSVP.


View full Rotary Club of Thomasville calendar.
Attend a club meeting via Zoom. Use the meeting ID: 850 1793 4263.
Dial-in by phone: +13126266799.