March 4, 2019
Meeting Minutes
Bell rung at 12:15 PM
Pledge/Invocation: Jeff Spears
Guests/visiting Rotarians: AK Golatti
Sunshine Report: Brad Means
Interact Students: Students stood and introduced themselves
CART
Last week we raised $375 for the Cart Fund thanks to our inside challenger Chris McKinney and outside challenger Rick Franza. This week the inside challenger is Brenda Durant and the outside challenger is Shanda Vaughn.
SMASH ALZHEIMERS
John Whitwell reported that he just returned from Perry, Georgia where he spoke to the local Rotary Club asking for support of the Smash Alzheimers effort. He reminded our club that he is asking for help to spread the word about the campaign by making videos to post on social media. The project is intended to raise awareness and financial support outside of our club, which is already doing so much to help.
SIGNATURE FUNDRAISING RAFFLE
President Leland congratulated the club on the outstanding effort in support of the Horizon Foundation raffle, which benefited Child Enrichment. He recognized the top 10 ticket sellers highlighted by Patrick Cullinan who sold 50 tickets. Later this year, the top 10 will be recognized with Paul Harris points. Also, the Board has agreed to participate again next year.
President Leland recognized our special guests, Dr. Mac Bowman and Dee Pierce with the Horizon Foundation, Nate Cartwright with Mercedes, and Carie Viola Brooks CEO of Child Enrichment. Dr. Bowman thanked the club and gave an inspirational message on using God’s gifts to help others. Leland then presented Ms. Brooks with a check for $25,000. Ms. Brooks thanked the club and reminded us all of why services provided by her organization are so vital to our community.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- President Leland announced that on Monday, March 18, we will not have a regular lunch meeting, but will instead celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a social from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Everyone and a guest are invited and all members are encouraged to bring potential membership prospects. We will enjoy Irish music, food, and beverages.
- Mr. Bill Kemp will have a Rotary Information Committee meeting later this afternoon at 4:30 at the Intellisystems office downtown.
- Ms. Kelly Knitter, guest from Augusta South Rotary Club, invited everyone to attend their annual event, A Taste of Something Wild coming up on Saturday March 9 at 5:00 p.m. Flyers are on the tables with more information.
PROGRAM
Rotarian Sue Parr introduced our speaker Ms. Teresa Cobb with Georgia Power who talked to us about a partnership between the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce and the Richmond County Board of Education called Students2Work.
Ms. Cobb began with a short video testimonial describing the benefits of the program from both the student and the employer perspective. By collaborating with the program, businesses have an opportunity to give back to the community by hiring one or more summer interns for an eight-week program. Students, in addition to being paid, learn valuable life skills that translate into any work environment such as how to dress for work, phone skills, and organizational skills. This program better prepares them both for higher education and for future employment opportunities.
The program is in its second year and off to a great start. A student application process is currently underway with over 184 applications received so far. If selected, students will participate in a weeklong orientation followed by seven weeks of fieldwork at their assigned business. While onsite, they will work a minimum of 32 hours and earn a minimum of $8 per hour.
The program is looking to fill 250 student slots and is always looking for area businesses to sponsor the program, mentor students, and host student workers. Anyone interested in learning more should visit www.student2work.org.
REMINDERS
Our next meeting will be March 11, 2019 and our speaker will be Janice Jackson, club member and Augusta’s City Administrator.
President Leland led the club in the 4-way test and the meeting was adjourned at 1:15 PM.
Easy links to pages on our website
Rotary schedule of meeting dates and speakers
Member Proposal Form
Online directory - Find a member or update your information
Bulletins - Weekly bulletins from 2014-current
Save the Date:
Annual Rotary Club Golf Tournament
Tuesday, May 7th
CART
CART buckets
Inside Challenger: Brenda Durant
Outside Challenger: Shanda Vaughn
Total
$109.22
$109.22
$109.22
$327.66
Guests
Guest
Teresa Cobb
Julie Ferguson
De Pearce
Mac Bowman
Sam Moore
Guest Of
Guest Speaker
Kyle Titus
Leland Malchow
Leland Malchow
Linda McKnight
Richmond Academy Interact Club
Reab Berry
Thomas Dozier
Braydon Curley
Westminster Interact Club
Augusta Tech Rotaract Club
Visiting Rotarians
Name
Larry Toole
Kelly Knitter
Rett Harbeson
Club
Rotary Club of Athens, Georgia
Augusta West Rotary Club
Rotary Assistant Governor
Meeting Makeup
Darryl Leech 3-4-19 On Line Make up
John Whitwell 2-25-19 Rotary Club of Perry, Georgia
Brad Means 2-19-19 Burke County Rotary
Nate Cartwright 2-25-19 Red Badge Orientation
Frank Mulherin 2-25-19 Red Badge Orientation
The following will receive a makeup for attending the Red Badge Orientation held on March 4, 2019:
Nate Cartwright
Millie Huff
Ed Presnell
Leland Malchow
Frank Mulherin
Herb Upton
Kevin Wade
John Whitwell
Bill Kemp
Absentees
Forester Adams
Scott Kelly
Erin Armstrong
Jim Laura
Clay Bednarz
Darryl Leech
Tony Bernados
Tony Lever
Shell Berry
Ben McElreath
Steve Boler
Rob McKenzie
Conley Braun
Linda McKnight
Bennish Brown
Travis McNeal
Carl Brown
Sam Meller
Wes Brown
Ian Mercier
Gretchan Caughman
Brett Montroy
Len Collins
Betts Murdison
Jeanette Cummings
Tim Owings
Tom Denlinger
Natalie Paine
Rob Dennis
Jeff Partl
Neal Dickert
Jennifer Pennington
Ashlee Duren
Leigh Porterfield
Chris Etterlee
Jonathan Powell
Bob Evans
Angela Pringle
Susan Everitt
Daniel Rhodes
Jeff Flowers
Jimmy Richards
Fran Forehand
Richard Rogers
Surendra Gupta
Hal Scott
Aimee Hall
John Sebby
Chad Harpley
Jeff Simless
Tripp Harrison
Steve Smith
Randy Hatcher
Kevin Steffes
Steve Hobbs
Linda Tucciarone
Dora Hogg
Frank Ward
Judy Kaye
Willie Williams
Margaret Woodard
