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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

May 15, 2019


Meetings

May is Youth Service Month

5/16 Regular Meeting - Be the Voice
5/23 Regular Meeting - Tim Harrell, Retired from the CIA
5/30 Regular Meeting - Marta Turner - Meet and Eat at the new Flowers Foods Museum.
6/6 Regular Meeting - One Blood, Be an Organ Donor

Our Rotary Family
BIRTHDAYS

5/1 Nathaniel Abrams
5/10 Craig Wentworth
5/15 Angela Williamson
5/17 Charlene Parrish
5/20 Thomas Carlton
5/25 Bill Blackburn

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

5/4 Frank Helms (13)
5/4 Barbara Williams-Anderson (20)
5/8 Danny Braddy (123)
5/15 Angela Williamson (9)
5/17 Charlene Parrish (123)
5/18 Kurt Stringfellow (17)
5/21 Susan Backofen (42)
5/21 John Blackmon (31)
5/22 Eric Ward (15)
5/23 Marta Turner (27)
5/26 Lorraine Williams Rahming (3)
5/29 Dan Bain, III (55)

YEARS OF SERVICE

5/1 Eugene McNease (41)
5/1 Oscar Mims (64)
5/1 Bruce Muller (23)
5/4 Bob Drummond (2)
5/5 Dicky Demott (4)
13 years in Rotary
5/7 Stuart Jackson (5)
16 years in Rotary
5/11 Warren Ballard (2)
5/11 Ray Thompson (2)
7 years in Rotary
5/22 John Bracey, Jr. (4)
35 years in Rotary

Rotary Online

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

ROTARY CLUB OF
Thomasville


Thursdays, 12:15 pm
The Plaza Restaurant
217 South Broad Street
Thomasville, GA 31792 FacebookInstagram

LEADERSHIP

President Andre' Marria
President-Elect Kim Walden
Immediate PP Teri White
Vice President Tom Callaway, III
Treasurer Teri White
Treasurer Rick Piper
Secretary Angela Williamson
Foundation Kim Walden
Foundation SCOTT Rich
Membership Ben Wilds
Public Image Marta Turner
Sergeant-at-Arms Janet Liles
Program Director Jay Flowers
Sergeant-at-Arms Krista Peace

This Week's Program
Be the Voice that stops Bullying!

McIntyre Park Middle School and Thomas County Middle School will be presenting their program. Over 13 million kids will be bullied this year, making it the most common form of violence experienced by young people in the nation. Bullying stops in less than 10 seconds when someone intervenes on behalf of the victim. 90% of children DO NOT like seeing someone bullied, yet less than 20% try to stop it …because they don’t know what to do. Our program helps students find their VOICE and speak up in situations that involve bullying.


2019 Charles H. Watt, Jr. MD Lifetime Service Award-Nathaniel Tyler

2019 Woody Faircloth Four Way Test Community Award - Stephen Cheney

2019 Woody Faircloth Four Way Test Rotary Award - Nathaniel Abrams

2019 Avenue of Service Award - Scott Rich

2019 Outstanding New Member of the Year - Adrian Burns

Club Members honoring Family & Friends with a Paul Harris Fellow

ABC's of Rotary

The Sponsor of a New Member
The bylaws of Rotary clearly outline the procedure for a prospective member to be proposed for Rotary club membership. The "proposer" is the key person in the growth and advancement of Rotary. Without a sponsor, an individual will never have the opportunity to become a Rotarian. The task of the proposer should not end merely by submitting a name to the club secretary or membership committee. Rotary has not established formal responsibilities for proposers or sponsors; however, by custom .and tradition these procedures are recommended in many clubs. The sponsor should:

1. Invite a prospective member to several meetings prior to proposing the individual for membership.
2. Accompany the prospective new member to one or more orientation, informational meetings.
3. Introduce the new member to other club members each week for the first month.
4. Invite the new member to accompany the sponsor to neighbouring clubs for the first make-up meeting to learn the process and observe the spirit of fellowship.
5. Ask the new member and spouse to accompany the sponsor to the club's social activities, dinners or other special occasions.
6. Urge the new member and spouse to attend the district conference with the sponsor.
7. Serve as a special friend to assure that the new member becomes an active Rotarian.

When the proposer follows these guidelines, Rotary becomes stronger with each new member.

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From the Desk of the President

Next Week's Program
Tim Harrell-Retired from the CIA