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Lunch Meeting Friday, Oct. 31 Historic DeKalb County Courthouse 101 E. Court Square
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FRIDAY
NOVEMBER 14 Meeting Speaker Brian Green
Feel Big, Live Bigger Leadership
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WearYourHalloweenCostumeonFridayOct. 31!
President Alison encourages everyone to dress up for Halloween at our October 31 meeting. She promises a prize for the best costume. Who will be the judge? Hmm . . . we don’t yet know.
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NO BALONEY! Pssst! Here's the Thirsty Thursday Lowdown for Nov. 6
Listen up, all you dolls and daddy-Os! Our next shindig is Nov. 6 at that new speakeasy joint, Roaring Social, down in Decatur. But you gotta know the secret knock to get in, see?
First, mosey on up to the main door and stop at the desk.
Whisper to the doorman, "I'm here to check on my safety deposit box, number 1920." He'll slide you a "deposit slip" – keep it under your hat!
Then, head on down the stairs (or take the elevator), past another desk, and swing a right. Just past those closed "cashier windows," keep an eye out on your left for "Deposit Box 1920."
Give that box a good push to open 'er up. Pop in your deposit slip. And just like that, the door to fun will swing wide open for ya. Voilà! Let the good times roll!
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Your Club Needs You!
Check out these opportunities for club service:
Treasurer-in-Training | Pete plans to step down from this role next summer, and we need someone to shadow him now and be ready to take over for the 2026-27 year. The treasurer processes funds collected, provides financial reports to the Board, and works closely with the President, Board, and membership. Duties include invoicing members, depositing checks, working with the accounting firm, and approving invoices. This is a big club commitment!
Greeter Scheduler | We need someone to handle scheduling our weekly meeting greeters from October through next June. Duties are to secure volunteers, send weekly reminders, and communicate about such logistics as where to place our meeting sign, etc.
Did you know Rotary supports character education in schools? The Georgia Laws of Life Essay Contest asks students to select their own “Law of Life” and write about how it has applied to their lives. In doing so, students reflect deeply and write from the heart about what they think matters most. The contest celebrates the students’ stories and their often profound reflections, and offers significant cash awards to students and teachers.
Want to get involved? We need:
A CLUB COORDINATOR to be the point person with Decatur High School. Duties involve communicating with a DHS teacher about the program and deadlines.
ESSAY JUDGES to read and score essays in February 2026. Teams of three are assigned approximately 48 essays to read and score. Scoring takes approximately 5 to 7 hours; judges have a week to read and score. A virtual team meeting is held to discuss and select School-Level winners and Honorable Mentions.
As a judge, you will see how core values – such as generosity, courage, compassion, perseverance and grit – are experienced by a younger generation.
Doug Robinson announced the dates for our annual MLK service project: January 17-19, 2026. Everyone is invited to participate. We will team up to do home repairs and painting for some elderly residents in the Decatur community. Stay tuned for more info!
. . . . . Milestones | October
Club Anniversaries
Linton Broome, 55 years
Lawrence Sharp, 32 years
Brenda Leder, 28 years
Delores Crowell, 21 years
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Todd Speed, 18 years
Tim Martin, 18 years
Maria Alvarez, 3 years
Doug Park, October 4
Nedra White-Shaw, October 6
Jennifer Topple, October 10
Judy Turner, October 28
Rick Garnitz, October 29
Doug Tozzi, October 29
Friday | October 24
Last week, Jack Kirivong (left) introduced our speaker, Tanjuria Willis (right). She is the founder of Sustainable Fashion Week Atlanta and an advocate for zero waste in the fashion and textile industries. Through her organization, Sew Conscious, she is a proponent of circular innovation, an economic model that reimagines waste as opportunity and seeks to limit the use of finite resources through reuse and readaptation.
October 24 was World Polio Day, and President Alison reminded us that our club’s annual pledge to PolioPlus (Rotary International’s campaign to end polio and to support public health) is $1,500. We have raised about half of that so far. Keep buying weekly raffle tickets and playing the football grid game to help us reach our PolioPlus pledge goal!!
Dan DeWoskin reported that his bourbon-tasting event raised at least $1,700 for our club’s local grant program. (Event tickets were available at our fundraiser auction back in May.) Way to go, Dan, and all you bourbon drinkers!!
We had two special guests last week: visiting Rotarian Marlene Randall, president of the Stone Mountain club; and Cynthia Dorsey Edwards, District Governor-Elect.
Listen up, all you dolls and daddy-Os! Our next shindig is Nov. 6 at that new speakeasy joint, Roaring Social, down in Decatur. But you gotta know the secret knock to get in, see? 
