Rotary Bulletin
May 2, 2016
Meeting Minutes
President Elect Jennifer Pennington rang the bell to call the meeting to order and mentioned that this is “Youth Service” Month. She also let us know that President Billy was under the weather and could not join us today. The pledge and invocation was given by Tim Owings. Chris McKinney welcomed our guests and visiting Rotarians. CART: Thanks to last week’s inside challenger Chris McKinney we raised $300.00 for CART. This week the challenger is Max Statura. Thom Tuckey gave our Sunshine Report.
Announcements
- District Conference May 13-15th-Savannah Desoto Hilton. Raffle tickets are available for sale to help defray the cost of the event.
- This past weekend the club held two service projects; rebuilding walking paths at Phinizy Swamp and passing out water for the Fire-K 5K Run. Thank you to all who participated.
- The Club will hold its annual golf tournament on May 16th. More details to follow.
- The Club is looking for volunteers to house 3 men and 3 women who are coming to August as part of the Group Study Exchange program.
- Thursday is the Past Presidents Luncheon, please RSVP if you have not aready.
- Jeff Futrelle reminded the Club of the upcoming RYLA event on June 24-25. We have 1 student signed up and have room for 1-2 more.
President Elect Jennifer called on Jerry Woods to introduce new member, Chris Melcher, EVP and General Counsel for Augusta University. She then called on Lowell Greenbaum to introduce new member Dr. Angela Pringle, RCBOE Superintendent.
President Elect Jennifer called on Becky Shealy to introduce our guest speaker, Mr. Dan Hillman Executive Director of Child Enrichment.
Mr. Hillman described the services provided by Child Enrichment to help children who are victims of both physical and sexual abuse. During 2015, the organization was able to help 802 children, 402 parents, and served another 632 families through the Clothes Closet.
He described the struggles of keeping qualified staff due to the constant stress of the job. Most counselors start right out of school and leave after two years. Just last year, the staff conducted 486 forensic interviews of child victims.
Mr. Hillman closed by reminding the Club that Child Enrichment needs financial support and volunteers in order to continue to educate the public on the abuse that is within our community.
Next meeting May 9, 2016 and the speaker will be Patrick Cullinan with the Police Benevolent Association of Augusta.
The meeting was adjourned by reciting the four way test.
Special Events
Rotary Golf Tournament
Monday, May 16th
River Golf Club – 1:00 Shotgun
Lunch Provided
Guests Are Welcome
CART
CART buckets
Inside Challenger: Max Stachura
Outside Challenger:
Total
$141.29
$141.29
$00.00
$282.58
Guests
Guest
Dan Hillman
John Flythe
John Snider
Keith Hull
Whatley Bush
Debra Harris
Debbie Alexander
Guest Of
Guest Speaker
George Hall and Bill Keogh
Sue Parr
Max Stachura
TR Reddy
Lowell Greenbaum
Lowell Greenbaum
Interact Club
Visiting Rotarians
Name
Club
Meeting Makeup
The following will receive a make up for helping with the Phinizy Swamp Project on Saturday, April 29, 2016.
Dustin Young
Ray Walters
Guy Daniels
Andrew Williams
Clay Jolly
Susan Jernigan
Dee Beaird
Billy Franke
Rick Herring
The following will receive a make up for helping with the Fire Run on Saturday, April 29, 2016.
Jennifer Pennington
Ed Presnell
Dora Hogg
Christine Bett
Paul Dainer
Make Ups:
Andrew Williams 5-2-16 Phinizy Swamp
Susan Jernigan 5-2-16 Phinizy Swamp
Billy Franke 5-2-16 Phinizy Swamp
Rick Herring 4-25-16 Phinizy Swamp
Dee Beaird 4-25-16 Phinizy Swamp
Christine Betts 4-18-16 Fire Run
Paul Dainer 5-2-16 Fire Run
Russell Keen 4-11-16 On Line Make up
Russell Keen 4-18-16 On Line Make up
Russell Keen 4-25-16 On line Make up
Barclay Bishop 4-25-16 Augusta West Rotary
Ashlee Duren 5-2-16 Red Badge Orientation
Bobby Gagnon 4-25-16 Red Badge Orientation
Herb Upton 5-2-16 Red Badge Orientation
Chris McKinney 4-25-16 Red Badge Orientation
Travis McNeal 5-2-16 Augusta West Rotary (speaker)
The following will receive a make up for attending the Red Badge Orientation On Monday, May 2, 2016 at Kevin Wade's Office.
Chris Bird
Ashlee Duren
Kevin Mayne
Betts Murdison
Leigh Porterfield
Linda Tucciarone
Havird Usry
Bobby Gagnon
Chris McKinney
Jennifer Pennington
Herb Upton
Kevin Wade
Bill Kemp
Absentees
Stacie Adkins
Brooks Keel
Barclay Bishop
Mahendra Mandawat
Kathleen Bogolea
Rob McKenzie
Steve Bogolea
Travis McNeal
Marilyn Bowcutt
Brad Means
Dee Bruker
Pete Michenfelder
Peter Buckley
Marc Miller
Greg Capers
Russ Morgan
Mike Cash
Jita Morrison
Tom Coghill
Frank Mulherin
Len Collins
Jeb Murray
Jeanette Cummings
Steve O'Neil
Paul Dainer
James Osborne
Tom Denlinger
Sheri Osburn
Neal Dickert
Jonathan Powell
Judy Downie
Daniel Rhodes
Ashlee Duren
Stan Shepherd
Sandy Dykes
Jeff Spears
Bob Evans
Stan Stanton
Fran Forehand
Herb Upton
Billy Franke
Barry White
Rick Hall
John Whitwell
Randy Hatcher
Andrew Williams
David Hudson
George Williams
Janice Jackson
Margaret Woodard
Susan Jernigan
