July 18, 2023
Meeting Minutes
President Bill rang the bell and called the meeting to order.
Robert Osborne gave the pledge and invocation
Brenda Durant gave the Sunshine Report today.
Dat Haung called on club members to introduce their guests in attendance today.
Announcements
- President Bill recognized the following members with Club Citations;
- De Pierce – Club Service Citation
- Jerry Rogers – Youth Service Citation
- Kayla Cooper – Community Service Citation
- Matt Aitken – Club Ambassador/Colorado Club flag exchange
- As a reminder, quarterly dues statements have been distributed. Please make every effort to pay dues on time as those funds are already committed to fund club expenses.
- Zoom calls will be coming to an end as this feature has become very labor intensive and utilization continues to decrease.
- Jerry Woods, Chair of the Membership Committee, asked the club to please refer potential new members to the Committee.
Paul Harris Fellows
President Bill called on TR Reddy who introduced his two good friends Doug Cates and Ben McElreath. Following his introduction, Past President Kevin Wade recognized Mr. Cates as a PHF and presented Mr. McElreath with his PHF+1 pin.
CART: President Bill asked everyone to please continue to contribute to the blue buckets on the table or online at mycartfund.org using the same login credentials you use with DACDB. Also, please complete our club’s Google form to sign up to be a Cart Challenger. This week’s inside challenger is Steve Munn and the outside challenger is MAI Risk Advisors.
Guest Speaker/Program
Abagail Kelly, Volunteer and Engagement Coordinator of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Augusta gave a brief overview of the organization and the 8 clubs in the area.
She then introduced our speaker, Miss. Antoniyah Rolland, a 10th grader at AR Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet School.
Antoniyah gave a passionate testimonial to the power and impact of the Boys and Girls Clubs on her life. She was raised by her grandmother due to the absence of her mother for long periods of time. Her grandmother enrolled her in many activities to help her grow and develop while dealing with the stress and anxiety of not having her mother around.
The Boys and Girls Club gave her the confidence to overcome these struggles and showed her that she has the power within herself to succeed. Antoniyah has a strong belief in her school, her club, and her community. Even at such a young age she has demonstrated leadership qualities that will serve her well as she pursues her career goal of becoming a nurse practitioner.
President Bill led us in reciting the four-way test and then adjourned the meeting.
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