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Our club will host an exchange student for the 2025-2026 school year, and we need to identify Decatur host families by January 31. Three families within the City of Decatur School district are needed to host – the student spends about three months at each home and will attend Decatur High. Let John Bennett, Kelly Caudle, or Doug Park know if you or a friend are interested.
Have you signed up? The MLK Service Project is happening over three days this month, so there’s plenty of opportunity to pitch in and help. If you can help with meetings or food, please sign up there, too.
Scroll down to join your fellow Rotarians for the MLK service project January, 18, 19, 20!
SERVICE SIGN UPS
MLK Sign up for Shifts:sign up HERE
Home and yard maintenance and repair for elderly residents
Help Setup Rotary Meetings: sign up HERE
Setup for the weekly meeting and breakdown afterward
Food Donation:sign up HERE
Drive leftover lunch food to shelter on Church St., 1.5 mi from courthouse
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Milestones
Club Anniversaries
David Ewing, 29 years
Doug Robinson, 12 years
Bryan Markowitz, 10 years
January Birthdays
Brian Deutsch, 6 years
Charles Lutin, 3 years
James Herndon, 1 year
Pete Pfeiffer, Jan. 1
Bill Mealor, Jan. 4
Alan Dishman, Jan. 19
Lawrence Sharp, Jan. 23
Doug Robinson, Jan. 27
FRIDAY | MARCH 21, 2025
Speaker Sarah Woodard (left) and Herb McCoy
Rick Garnitz gave the invocation. Dudley Larus introduced our speaker, Sarah Junkin Woodard, of Jubilee House Community. She spoke about the work Jubilee House is doing for the poor in Nicaragua. They pursue projects community members want, and look for sustainable approaches. Rotary Global Grants and Rotary clubs in Nicaragua support Jubilee House projects.
Visitors included Isabelle Cogburn, guest of Selma Doganson; Linda Curry, guest of Maria Alvarez; Gwendolyn Milner, guest (and mom!) of TES Stewart.
Meeting Recap
Eric Lucas, left, and speaker Robert Franklin, right.
At our last meeting of 2024, Jamaal Ellis gave the invocation. Eric Lucas introduced our speaker, The Rev. Dr. Robert M. Franklin Jr., who serves as the James T. and Berta R. Laney Chair in Moral Leadership at the Candler School of Theology of Emory University.
Dr. Franklin spoke on the theme of human interconnectedness and interdependence, and about the need for moral leadership to bring divided people together. He recounted the story of the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton and the fateful Antarctica voyage of the Endurance, which became trapped in pack ice. Due to his leadership, Shackleton managed to keep the 27-member crew going, and all made it home alive. Dr. Franklin urged us to find the people who can help us become better versions of ourselves, inspire us, hold us accountable.
Visitors were Mac Speed and Daniela Montoga, guests of the Rev. Todd Speed; Pat Faulk and Thomas Mitchell, guests of Eric Lucas; and Anita Jefferson, guest of Danielle Jones.
Doug Robinson won the weekly wine raffle. Congrats, Doug!
Scenes from our March 21 lunch meeting.
Eric Lucas, Dudley Larus, and Maria Alvarez at March board meeting
Kelly Caudle and Selma Doganson
Congrats to Stacey Stevens, winner of this week’s whiskey raffle!
TES Stewart and her mom, Gwendolyn Milner
. . . . . Scenes from the Be THE Voice event at Decatur High School on March 17. The first crew talked to students during lunch, and the second crew served pizza to students at the girls lacrosse game.
Our club will host an exchange student for the 2025-2026 school year, and we need to identify Decatur host families by January 31. Three families within the City of Decatur School district are needed to host – the student spends about three months at each home and will attend Decatur High. Let John Bennett, Kelly Caudle, or Doug Park know if you or a friend are interested.
Speaker Sarah Woodard (left) and Herb McCoy
Eric Lucas, left, and speaker Robert Franklin, right.
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