Committee Reports
- May is Youth Service Month. Our district is involved in RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) Rotaract (ages 18-30), Preston Johnson Speech contest, Interact – Woodville Tompkins & St. Andrews. & GRSP (Georgia Rotary Student Program)
- Dues invoices will be going out soon. Goal is to have everyone paid in full by July 15th.
- Reminder to pre-pay lunch for part of the year (contact Tony with any questions at tuhrich@husseygaybell.com)
- May 13 - Tharros Place volunteer - Julie Wade, Executive Director
- May 25 - TEDxSavannah volunteering (bonus service)
- ASP Committee has narrowed it down to 6 finalist. Finalists will present on May 16th, with voting ending on May 31st.
- Next social is May 23rd at Late Air
- Melaney Cress, a Construction Manager with ESG initiatives, Guest of Leigh Acevedo
- Aaron Miller has done his service and social requirements for membership!
FEATURED SPEAKER: GRSP Beatriz Hashimoto
Lexi Hengigman introduced Beatriz Hashimoto, who will be heading back home to Brazil this month. Her hobbies include spinning classes, beach tennis. Back home she is a chemical engineer student and will be entering her 5th year starting in June at State University of Maringa, which is one of the top ten in Brazil. She’s an only child, but her Italian mom has 10 siblings and her father is Japanese. Back home in Brazil, she participates in Rotaract and focuses on the “Friendship Forest” project as well as a partnership with the city collecting vegetable oil and then selling it for diesel- the funds they raise are used to purchase food for shelters. Her mom is a rotarian and she participates in many service projects with her. She loves going to the farm multiple times each month.

- First time trying S’Mores
- Greek Festival
- Concerts
- Meeting with a group of Serbians from Friendship Exchange, and a new GRSP will be here from Serbia with the Downtown Savannah Club
- Sophie (last year’s GRSP) visited her in Sav.
- Phil the Park
- Birthday celebration
- Disney with her Brazilian friends.,
- DC with other GRSP
- Charlotesville
- First Thanksgiving
- Christmas Pajamas
- Parents visited between the holidays- loved that they got to meet Rotarian hosts, even though neither parents speak English.
- Glass Blowing class
- Boston- Samuel Adams, BU, MIT, Harvard