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"The Friendly Breakfast Club"
Newsletter


August 14, 2024


Meetings

August is Membership and New Club Development Month

8/23 General Meeting
9/6 General Meeting
9/13 General Meeting
9/27 General Meeting

Our Rotary Family
BIRTHDAYS

8/2 George Stewart, Jr.
8/4 William Thiele
8/7 Neal MacDonald
8/14 Cathie Brumfield
8/16 Meredith Morris
8/17 Charlie Augello
8/25 Mike Carlson

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

8/3 Deb Cameron (33)
8/12 Marion Bunch (46)
8/19 Mike Parks (7)
8/20 Ron Barden (57)
8/29 Buzz Law (16)
8/31 Rick Woods (23)

Rotary Online

https://dunwoodyrotary.org
https://rotary6900.org/
https://rotary.org/

ROTARY CLUB OF
Dunwoody

Fridays, 7:15 am
Embassy Suites - Atlanta Perimeter Center
1030 Crown Pointe Pkwy
Atlanta, GA , GA 30338

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LEADERSHIP

President Louise Barden
President Nominee David Burr
Vice President Matthew Johnson
Treasurer Carter Stout
Secretary Alison Norris

No Meeting This Friday
Join Us Tomorrow (8/15) for Thirsty Thursday!

Join us this week at Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant for fun and fellowship with the Dunwoody Family of Rotary. Iron Hill is located at 1224 Hammond Drive in Dunwoody. Festivities begin at 5:30 pm.

Iron Hill likes to remind us that "Nothing's More Local than beer brewed 10 feet from you table" and "Nothing's Fresher than every dressing, every stock, every sauce made from scratch. Every day."

Hope to see you there.

Service Opportunity
Are Your Gloves and Tools Ready? Saturday is the Day!


If you don't, use your next two days wisely - before you head to Thirsty Thursday,  get your gloves and favorite garden tool ready to join your fellow Spruce-tarians on Saturday, August 17 at 9 am - at Bounds Gardens, AKA the traffic island across from the Dunwoody Library!  See you there!

Membership Moment
Let's Keep Growing ...

Have you heard there's more incentive than ever for bringing in new members. We all know there's incentive to keep growing so we can have a bigger impact! But did you know that if you bring a guest who becomes a member, you will receive a $100 credit on your January club bill. See more about the incentive plan below.

This month’s positives?

  • Peter Sherman’s induction!!
  • Zero resignations
  • At least two excellent potential members in the pipeline

The usual message for members…keep bringing guests to our Friday meetings and to Thirsty Thursdays.  And back to that incentive: $100 off your bill in January for a guest you bring between now and then who joins the Club. Have two guests who become new members??...$200 credit!!  Max incentive is $300 but don't let that stop you.

Growing our Club’s membership allows us TO DO MORE FOR MORE… "IMPACT” is your payoff for the personal investment you are making in RCD!

Getting to Know You
Dave Burr ... in for the Long Run


Our president nominee, Dave Burr, has only been in Rotary a short time but he's been involved in nearly everything the club has going. Most recently, he coordinated our efforts with the DeKalb Rotary Council to collect used medical equipment for FODAC, and soon he'll be encouraging our participation in the Club's third annual Whiskey Raffle. And we can look forward to his leadership as our president in 2025-26.

Dave owns a small chain of retail shipping stores, including the Mail Center Etc location in the Mellow Mushroom plaza of Dunwoody. Before buying his first store, Dave was a management and technology consultant and worked in the brokerage, banking, and healthcare fields. He traveled regularly - for client engagements in NYC, Charlotte, and Denver - and vacationing in Colorado, California, and New York.

Dave lived in Florida for half his life and moved to the Atlanta area in 2009 when he went to work for e*Trade. When he first moved here, he'd planned to join a Rotary club and visited several of them but quickly realized his travel schedule would limit his attendance and decided he couldn't make the commitment. After changing careers and hiring more staff to work at his stores, he had more control of his schedule and approached the Rotary Club of Dunwoody during a Thirsty Thursday event. He joined the club shortly afterwards. Dave enjoys our club's excellent speakers, the regular volunteer and fundraising efforts, and connecting with the local community.

Dave lives with his two dogs downtown Roswell where he regularly visits with them. He recently gutted the master bathroom in his house and is currently renovating it. In his spare time, he manages to run a few races every year, including a 50k trail race last month in Stowe, Vermont.

Editor's Note: Dave is on a mission to help us all get to know each other better by sharing profiles like this. If you'd like to write a profile on someone in the club, please send your article to Jackie Cuthbert at cuthbert@mindspring.com.

GRSP News
Hoa Arrives on August 20!


We are so excited to welcome Quynn Hoa (first name Hoa) from Vietnam as our GRSP student for the 2025-26 school year! We will be at the Atlanta airport on Tuesday afternoon to greet her and then help her check in at Oglethorpe University, where she will be pursuing her degree over the next four years. The plane is scheduled to land about 1 pm on Tuesday; let Meredith Morris (her Dunwoody host mom for the year) know if you'd like to join the welcoming committee. 

Start thinking about spending some time with Hoa - a dinner or lunch, a special activity in our area, etc. And mark your calendar for a welcome party at Meghan's home on Sunday, October 6.

Join Us for Rotary Means Business

The District 6900 RMB meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month for networking and socializing.  The next meeting is August 27 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Politian Row at Ashford Lane (near Perimeter Mall).  Our events are on the District 6900 website calendar and the latest information is on our Facebook page (click here).

Fellowship Time
Do You Have Your Tickets for Music Man?

Please join us September 14 for a night of merriment, good food and a wonderful entertainment spectacular:  Meredeth Wilson's The Music Man at the City Springs Theater in Sandy Springs. BIG News for this coming week - Tickets go on sale Monday, July 29 - and we expect this popular show to sell out quickly. You can call the theater at (404) 477-4365 to buy tickets.

We will meet for dinner at Aldo's Italian Restaurant, 6690 Roswell Rd., NE. Sandy Springs, Ga  30328 at 5:45 pm.  Please RSVP for dinner to Sherry Levy at sherrylevy13@hotmail.com.

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