December 17, 2024 Committee Updates:
SERVICE: Ro Patrick
- See Events Calendar for all service opportunities: Dec. 28 Second Harvest
- Interact Club service: January 16th Inspiring Hope/Empty Bowl fundraiser - Publix and Kroger $25 gift cards & volunteers needed! Register here.
GRSP (college-aged/specific to Georgia) and Rotary Youth Exchange (high school aged/worldwide program): Brad Patrick
- Our GRSP student Sonali is running the Disney Princess 10K & Half Marathon Feb. 22nd & 23rd for American Cancer Society! Donate to support her here: https://d6920.online/run-sonali-run
- Metro will be sponsoring a Rotary Youth Exchange outbound student which means we need to find a school and host families for the inbound high school student. If you are interested in learning more about being a host family, we are hosting an information session on Tuesday, January 14 (location and time TBA).
- Metro has committed to sending abroad (outbound) one student for 10 months. Which means we need to connect with schools to find a home for an incoming (inbound) student.
- Host Families (3 needed, 3-4 months each) and finding the High School needs to be settled by January 31.
MEMBERSHIP MOMENT:
Ben Senger: Joined Rotary in 2016 with Clint Murphy as his sponsor. He’s known about Rotary since high school and was a scholarship recipient and attended leadership camp. Since he’s in the news business, he gets tons of story ideas from our club. He loves that this is an encouraging group of people and a bunch of do-ers (not just observers.)
Something people might not know about him is that all four members of his family were born in different states. He also unintentionally dissed Taylor Swift back before she was as famous as she is now to her face (via the Sea Ray’s Yacht as part of a flotilla in Knoxville) by denying taking a selfie with her...!
Dr. Kelley Waldron: Joined Rotary several years ago with Denise Grabowski as her sponsor. Dr. Waldron is the head of school at St. Andrews School. Her Rotary Moment is the opportunity to work with the Interact Clubs and helping the youth connect with their community. She took piano from the age of 5 to 22, but she has major performance anxiety so we will likely never hear her play.