Of the things we think, say or do:
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Promoting peace: Rotary encourages conversations to foster understanding within and across cultures.
Fighting disease: We educate and equip communities to stop the spread of life-threatening diseases like polio, HIV/AIDS, and malaria.
Providing clean water, sanitation, and hygiene: We support local solutions to bring clean water, sanitation, and hygiene to more people every day.
Saving mothers and children: Nearly 6 million children under the age of five die each year because of malnutrition, poor health care, and inadequate sanitation. We expand access to quality care, so mothers and their children can live and grow stronger.
Supporting education:Globally, more than 775 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate. Our goal is to strengthen the capacity of our community to support education and literacy, reduce gender disparity in education, and increase adult literacy.
Growing local economies: We carry out service projects that enhance economic and community development and create opportunities for decent and productive work for young and old.
About Rotary
Rotary International is the world's first service club organization, with more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide. Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto Service Above Self.
Rotary Service Project This project was in conjunction with the Dublin Service League, the Dublin Rotary Club, and Dublin-Laurens County Recreation Department. The scope of the project was spreading a new layer of playground mulch at Southern Pines Recreation Complex.
Pints for Polio promotion
On behalf of the entire Dublin Rotary Club,
I want to sincerely thank Deano's, Saltwater Fishery,Your Pie
and Company Supply restaurants for participating in the
Pints for Polio promotion and fundraiser. With your help and
donation, a total of $520 was raised from the four Downtown
Restaurants from Thursday, October 22, 2020 – Saturday, October
24, 2020. The Dublin Rotary Club matched this amount, and the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will match that amount,
combining for a total of $2,080 directed to the eradication of
poliovirus throughout the world.
For your knowledge, Rotary Clubs all over the world consolidated
efforts around World Polio Day (October 24th) and participated
in education, fundraising and support efforts for Polio
eradication. Funds that were raised locally in Dublin will be
combined with the robust efforts of thousands of Rotary Clubs
all over the globe. Please know that your willingness to
support Pints for Polio will change the world and the lives of
those most vulnerable to this terrible disease.
With heartfelt thanks and appreciation,
Will Curry
Dublin Rotary Club, President
Dublin Rotary Club Ringing the Bell
Dublin Rotarians rang the bell for the Salvation Army and raised $905.93.This year's bell ringers were Ben Cochran, Bob Walker,Clift Crews,Jack Walker, George Durden, Lock Wilford,Wallace Miller,Louie and Will Curry,Patrick Thames, Cameron Curry,Rick Hudson,Ryan Waldrep, Beth Crumpton, Tim Redding and children.
Dictionary Project ...Laura Horne’s 3rd Grade Students with their Dictionaries at NWLE
Rotary Club presents a check for $500 to go toward CASA Christmas gifts
Rotary Club Dictionary Project
The Dublin Rotary Club met with school officials today to donate dictionaries to all third graders. Hundreds of dictionaries were donated to Dublin City Schools, Laurens County Schools and Trinity Christian Schools. Watch this interview with TV35 to learn more about the Rotary Dictionary Project and its impact in our community: https://youtu.be/Z-1Uv7GPVu0
Transformer Initiative for GED certification – Dublin Police Department
The Dublin Rotary Club
presented a check for $2,000 at last week’s meeting to the
Dublin Police Department’s Transformer Initiative. The Club
has long supported education initiatives in Laurens County
ranging from scholarships, leadership programs, quarterly
student achievement recognition, and international student
exchange programs; however, this partnership with the Dublin
Police Department is aimed to help those who need it most.
The Transformer Initiative was developed and implemented by
the Dublin Police Department in 2016 and offers individual
mentoring as well as a curriculum that is flexible to help
redirect at risk youth and adults to reach their full
potential by providing a path to obtain a GED diploma. Other
areas of assistance include resume development, mock
interviews, and assistance with job placement. The driving
force behind the project is ‘transforming’ the lives of
everyday people through education and creation of new
opportunities.
James R. Stritzinger, Jr. Rural Broadband
Thank you to James R. Stritzinger, Jr., for speaking to the
Club on October 30. Stritzinger is the Founder, President
and CEO of Revolution D, Inc. REVD is a consulting firm that
specializes in the deployment of rural broadband. Mr.
Stritzinger is regarded as a national expert and was
selected to speak at the IBM Think 2019 conference and
present to the House Rural Broadband Task Force by
Congressman Clyburn.
Mr. Stritzinger has held roles with public, private,
academic, non-profit, and entrepreneurial organizations.
During his career, he has worked as an engineer/software
developer for IBM, GE, and held senior roles with
Solomon/Great Plains/Microsoft and Connect SC. His career
highlights include launching SC’s private equity
organization (SC Launch) and a software company (ClearView)
which was acquired and later became part of Microsoft
(2001).
Mr. Stritzinger is a Fellow in SC’s prestigious Liberty
Fellowship and an inductee to the NC State Electrical
Engineering Alumni Hall of Fame (2015). He holds a BS
Electrical Engineering, a Master of Health Information
Technology, and is a Senior Member of the IEEE.
Dublin Rotary Club, Businesses Work to Provide Schools with Personal Protective Equipment
The Rotary Club of Dublin, Georgia,
partnered with
The Home Depot to donate seven (7), 4’ x 8’ sheets of
Plexi-glass for student/teacher classroom protective
barriers. The donation is part of a larger donation effort
to collect supplies for Laurens County Schools, City of
Dublin Schools, and Trinity Christian School of Dublin.
Schools are asking for donations from businesses and
individuals in an effort to help protect and aid in the
safety and well being of students and staff.
To donate, please contact the District Safety Coordinator,
Stephanie Stubbs at (478) 353-8000 or email
stephanie.stubbs@dcsirish.com. Stubbs is working in
collaboration with Curt Kersey from Laurens County Schools
and Dawn Lane from Trinity Christian School. Donations can
be received at W. H. Bud Barron Airport located at 675
Airport Road, Dublin, Georgia.
Stepping Stone
Brooke Woods is the Executive Director of Stepping Stone Child
Advocacy and Sexual Assault Center. Brooke graduated with a
Masters Degree from the University of Georgia in Science
Education but found her passion in helping to prevent child
abuse after serving on a local jury that convicted a man for
child molestation. In the 8+ years she has been at Stepping
Stone, a medical and mental health program has been established.
Stepping Stone just recently became a dual center combing child
abuse services with sexual assault services allowing them to
serve victims of all ages.
Anthea Poulton is the Sexual Assault Coordinator of Stepping
Stone Child Advocacy and Sexual Assault Center. Anthea is a
registered nurse that grew up in South Africa but has made her
home in Dublin . She joined the team about 3 years ago on an as
needed basis, but is currently full time at the center. Anthea
is a special blessing to our community bringing kind and
compassionate support to victims of all ages.
Dr. Wayne Kelly.OrthoGeorgia
Dr.
Kelley is a board certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic
spine surgeon who specializes in the conservative and
surgical treatment of all spinal conditions. He has special
interest and signifi-cant experience in cervical spine
problems, de-generative lumbar conditions (spinal
stenosis/disc-herniation). Dr. Kelley is trained in the
new-est minimally invasive robot-assisted techniques for
nerve decompression and fusion which pro-vides for smaller
surgical scars, less blood loss, hyper accurate hardware
placement and faster recovery time.
Dr. Kelley has authored many national medical journal
articles and orthopedic book chapters and has presented on a
national level. Dr. Kelley is an eight-year military veteran
having served in our Naval Forces.
Dublin Rotary Club Partners with Communities in Schools to Provide Supplies
Communities In Schools (CIS) of
Georgia in Laurens is part of the state’s leading
organization in providing student support services and
drop-out prevention.
The
Dublin Rotary Club has partnered with
Communities in Schools of Laurens County (CIS) to
help provide school supplies for the 2020-2021 school
year. Dublin Rotary Club president, Will Curry,
presented a check for $500 to CIS on Wednesday,
September 16, to Jackie Curtis, Executive Director of
CIS. As a civic organization, one of Rotary’s key areas
of focus is supporting education efforts in the
Dublin-Laurens County community.
“The Dublin Rotary Club is proud to support CIS as it is
making a difference in the lives of young people within
our community,” said Will Curry, President of the Dublin
Rotary Club. “Jackie Curtis has dedicated her career to
empower teens, and all those she comes in contact with,
to realize their full potential and make a positive
impact in others. We are fortunate to have Jackie and an
organization like Communities in Schools in Dublin.”
The mission of
Communities in Schools of Georgia in Laurens is to
surround students with a community of support,
empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.
CIS believes that every child needs and deserves:
a healthy start and a healthy future
a safe place to learn and grow
a one on one relationship with a caring adult
a marketable skill to use upon graduation
a chance to give back to peers and community
“We are grateful to the Dublin Rotary
Club for their donation and continued support of this
community,” said Jackie Curtis, Executive Director of CIS.
“This donation will allow us to provide essential school
supplies for students in our programs.”
Learn more about Communities in Schools (CIS) and their
programs at
http://cislc.org/site/.
Doug Collins Legislative Update
Doug
Collins is a conservative Re-publican proudly representing
Georgia’s 9th Congressional Dis-trict. A former pastor, Doug
also serves as a chaplain in the U.S. Air Force Reserve with the
rank of lieutenant colonel. He and his wife Lisa have been
married more than 30 years and live in Gaines-ville with their
three kids: Jordan, Copelan and Cameron.
While in Congress, Doug has fought tirelessly for our
conservative values. He’s worked with President Trump to deliver
tax cuts, and he authored the First Step Act, a criminal justice
reform bill endorsed by President Trump. Doug’s fearless defense
of President Trump against the radical left has conservative
leaders in Geor-gia and across the country lining up in support
him.
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner, Gary Black, Former Gov. Mike
Huckabee, Congressman Devin Nunes and Congressman Drew Ferguson
know Doug is the con-servative who is tested, proven and trusted
to get the job done. Doug maintains a 100% rating from the
Amer-icanConservativeUnion,an“A” rating from the NRA, but most
proudly, he’s known as public enemy number one to Jerry Nadler,
Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi.
OFTC Rotaract Club
OFTC Rotarct member, Destiny Blizzard in front of the Rotaract Club sign at OFTC. She is holding a bookmark she created about Rotaract at OFTC.Destiny is in the Cyber Security Program.
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