July 24, 2023
Meeting Minutes
President Bill Keogh rang the bell and called the meeting to order.
Erick Montgomery led us in the Pledge and Invocation.
Faye Hargrove gave the Sunshine Report.
Club members introduced their guest in attendance today
President Bill asked everyone to contribute to the blue buckets on the tables. You may give online at mycartfund.org. Login credentials are the same as DACDB.
The Inside Challenger this week was Chris McKinney and the Outside Challenger was AAPNAS Properties, LLC.
Announcements:
- Please try to pay club dues in a timely matter.
- This year’s GRSP Student Victoria Jorgensen will be here Augusta 9th.
- College Pick`em – Stacy Tallent will be heading up College pick`em this year. He will be looking for members to offer analysis on your favorite team August 28th.
- The club will be discontinuing future club zoom meetings, your input is appreciated.
- Hull Fund Committee will be meeting August 7th.
Today’s Program
President Bill introduced our guest speaker Frank Spears, Community Volunteer for the American Red Cross Disaster Assessment Team. Three years ago, Frank retired as an All State Insurance agent in the Augusta area. He then joined American Red Cross as a volunteer for the Disaster Assessment Team. Frank shared his impactful experiences as a Red Cross Volunteer. He discussed Large disasters such as hurricanes, flooding and tornadoes in addition to small scale disasters such as house fires, flooding and tornadoes.
When disasters strike the Assessment team is called to the scene to perform Damage Assessments. The process of observing, analyzing and recording specific levels of disaster related damage to individual residences. They assist in sheltering, feeding and bulk distribution of materials (tarps, rakes, shovels, cleaning items, etc.)
The American Red Cross in the only organization assisting families in our 23 counties with emergency preparedness and disaster related needs – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, with all assistance provided free of charge.
President Bill led us in reciting the four-way test and adjourned the meeting.
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