At a Glance
Bell will ring at 7:22 this week – be ready to join the breakfast line. Sandra Kinney is up first for Vocational Minute!
- Speaker is Chris Carr, Georgia attorney General. You will not want to miss his presentation. We are honored to have him visit with us – thanks to your speaker chairs, Dan Merkel and Lee Doernberg. See his bio at: https://law.georgia.gov/biography-attorney-general
- Vocational Minute – Sandra Kinney AND Michelle Miralles
- Independence HS Interact – Pin Presentation
- Final Chance 7-8am Rotary Directory headshots by Clark Savage
- Sign-up for Fresh Market – questions? Contact Lee Doernberg
- Sept 30 - Sign-up for Rivers Alive Day of Service 9/30
- Oct 05 - Attend N. Fulton Rotary “Concert in the Park” – we have a table! See Scott D.
- Oct 5 - Sign-up for USO 10/05 Contact Past President William at 770-876-5106
- Oct 7 & 14 Work Crew needed at Rotary’s Drake Village apartment
- Oct 21 Sign-up for Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) Sandy Springs – Contact Steve Corder at 770-855-5225
- Oct 21 Oyster Roast to benefit End Polio. We will include Milton/Windward and North Fulton Rotary in this fun event. Bring your friends and neighbors (and their check books) for fun, fellowship and a serious philanthropic cause. Cost is $35pp with an opportunity, should you choose, to give more to End Polio Now! I’m “in.” I hope you are as well!
Week in Review
I wanted to share the Channel 2 News for a story on the MedReturn boxes (attached) and a link to the outstanding Mayor’s Corporate Challenge video https://vimeo.com/233922566 shot by our own Matt Williams. We can ALL take pride in what these videos represent – we ARE Alpharetta Rotary. Rotarians in Action.
Harvey and Irma Hurricane Disaster Relief – and now Maria
Will Daniel has confirmed that our funds: $6,000 to Harvey Disaster Relief and $5,600 to Shelter Box are on their way to those in need. We will look to engage for long-term relief and “boots on the ground” service within the Caribbean through the leadership John Hipes and Kirk Driskell are providing to our District.
Trust Your Crazy Ideas…
I had the crazy idea on Sunday night to kayak on the Chattahoochee in the pre-dawn darkness of a Monday morning – i.e. – it was dark as night! I reached-out to fellow Rotarian, David Cochran, by text, and to my surprise he said – “what time do you want to meet?” His support of my crazy idea resulted in an extraordinary experience, seeing the dawn of a new day from the river. Had he told me I was crazy, I might not have done it and neither one of us would have enjoyed seeing the GA 400 overpass from an entirely different perspective. TRUST YOUR CRAZY IDEAS, involve a fellow Rotarian in the process and do something extra-ordinary, even on a small scale.. On an entirely different scale I’m sure the thought to End Polio was a crazy idea, and yet a fellow Rotarian said – “what time do you want to meet?”