Rotaract's Gifted Hands Project

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This year, the Dublin Rotary Club and the OFTC Rotaract Club gave out 750 of the "Gifted Hands" books to all 5th grade students in the city, county and private schools of our service area. This year they were able to also give 25 of the books to their own Adult Literacy Program at OFTC. This has been a wonderful way for the Rotaract Club members to encourage students and share a positive message.

Tiny House Project Eric Cannada

A “tiny house” is exactly what the name says a small house that has the features and requirements of a larger home, just on a much smaller scale. The houses are built from an architectural drawing and are 128 square feet. The Tiny House Project at Dublin High School was created to teach students construction and the skilled trades associated with the construction industry. Classes teach students these trades by actually building a tiny house.
The Tiny House Project has teamed up with a non profit organization, The Widows Oil Ministry, to take ownership of the homes and use them to help the working poor and homeless. The plan is to locate the houses inside the city limits of Dublin. The non profit will set the requirements to determine those chosen to live in the houses.
Students learn a skill while building and helping the community. They are gaining a sense of pride in their hard work and will be able to see a finished completed home that will be lived in for years to come. Eric Cannada is the CEO of the Heart of Georgia College and Career Academy. He and his wife Tracie moved to Dublin in 1989 with Fairview Park Hospital and quickly transitioned to a career as a teacher and coach with Dublin City Schools. Thirty years and three kids later they are still here. ”We decided Dublin is a good place to raise a family and now our children know no other home.” While at Dublin City Schools, Eric worked in Technology and Transportation as well as the Career Technical and Agriculture programs. Their oldest child, Briceton, graduated from Dublin High and the Air Force Academy. Jon-Luke graduated from Trinity Christian School and Georgia Southwestern. Their youngest child and only girl, Kate Cannada, is a senior at Trinity Christian School this year. 

Allen Thomas “It Happened in Laurens County”

Allen Thomas served as Clerk of Superior Court for 20 years. Since retirement, he has been going through old probate records and recording them by a person’s name. Allen is a historian for Laurens County and for The Dublin Rotary Club. Allen is a servant of the community having served as Past Chairman of the Saint Patrick’s Festival Committee and Past President of The Dublin Rotary Club.

Georgia Military College

Lieutenant General (Ret.) William B. Caldwell, IV is the 21st President of Georgia Military College. Georgia Military College’s growth has been significant since the arrival of President Caldwell on November 1, 2013. New campuses were opened in Fayetteville, Dublin, Eastman, Albany, and Zebulon growing the GMC footprint in Georgia to 14 campuses plus an on-line campus. In each of the four years he has been president, enrollments have set new records, with the most recent year reflecting a 4% increase in enrollments from the previous year to 14,343 students. At the same time, stu-dent success has also improved: graduation rates have increased from 25% to 28%. Programs at GMC have also expanded. GMC currently offers 23 two-year degree programs and has developed strategic partnerships with high schools, technical schools, and four year colleges to help close gaps with traditionally disadvantaged students. The college also now offers three four-year B.A.S. programs developed for Technical School graduates in Georgia to continue with their educational goals. (see bulletin for full bio)

Rotarians Ring for the Salvation Army

A. Tim Chatman Dublin City Police Chief

Literacy for Learning, Living, and Leading in Georgia

Rhonda Walker reviews the Literary Task Force program with club members.L4GA offers a unique approach to improving literacy by unifying community-driven action with research-proven instruction. Georgia’s state plan promises to improve literacy learning by establishing partnerships that utilize evidence-based practices with proven success for improving student learning, teacher learning, classroom literacy instruction (birth to grade 12), school climate, family literacy and community-school partnerships.

Students of the Quarter

Ansley Mole,Trinity, Emily Johnson, West Laurens, Hailey Mullis, East Laurens, Jalicia McRae,Dublin

Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership

This years GOAL nominees Michelle Purvis Sterling, Business Management, Brandi White, Cosmetology,Tiffany Darnell ,Early Childcare Care and Education and Christian Hancock, Welding and Joining.

GOAL strives to stimulate the community's interest in and knowledge of technical education by recognizing outstanding student talent, as well as strengthening the association between educators and the business community. GOAL emphasizes the importance of technical education in today's world and rewards students who exemplify excellence in their chosen program of study. The recipient of the state wide GOAL award is recognized as the TCSG STUDENT OF THE YEAR.

Shelter Box

Shelter Box has been a Rotary International project partner since 2012. About 85 million people around the world are currently displaced by natural disaster and conflict. Shelter Box is working to change this. By providing emergency shelter and tools for these families, Shelter Box is transforming despair into hope.

Mr. Ogie Shaw Ogie Shaw Fitness® & Ogie Shaw Wellness

Mr. Shaw is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with B.A. degrees in both Speech and Physical Education. He also holds a Master of Sacred Ministry degree from Multnomah Biblical Seminary in Portland, Oregon and earned a certificate as a Cooper Trained ™ Health Promotion Director from the Cooper Insti- tute® in Dallas, Texas.
He played on two State Championship baseball teams, studied Karate in Japan, and holds a Second Degree Black Belt. He served four years in the U.S. Army and was pre- sented the Army Commendation Medal for his work in Military Intelligence in Vietnam. He has served as Brigade Fitness Director for the Oregon National Guard. Ogie has lectured at over a dozen Northwest colleges and universities. In 1979 he designed an off season conditioning program for the Portland Trailblazers.
He has served as a consultant and instructor for the Seattle Seahawks in the use of isokinetic aerobic exercise. He has given over 4,000 talks on Fitness Motivation.
He is Executive Director of Community Fitness Leaders, which is a training program for health and fitness professionals, and he is President of Ogie Shaw Fitness® & Ogie Shaw Wellness in Beaverton, Oregon