The Friendly Breakfast Club

This Week's Speaker
Imani Reynolds, Senior Marketing Analyst, Cox Media, "Finding the GEM in You"

Join us on January 6 to ring in the new year and hear from new Dunwoody Rotarian Imani Reynolds, who currently serves as a Senior Marketing Analyst at Cox Media and as our Public Image Director. You can join us live at LeMeridien or via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89796844807

Experienced in analytics and project management, Imani supports the data analysis, metric strategy, and overall performance reporting of Cox’s marketing initiatives. Before transitioning to marketing, Imani supported several projects in process improvement and mergers & acquisitions as a business improvement consultant at WarnerMedia. [read more]

Fundraising
Help Us Make FORE! the Memories a Huge Success!

Set your New Year's resolution to support our major fundraiser for 2023 - our May 15 golf tournament.

We are happy to report that we already have 3 Event Sponsors and 2 Hole Sponsors ... all Dunwoody Rotarians, so thanks!  Just a reminder, next year’s tournament will be held at St. Marlo Country Club on Monday, May 15, 2023. Please go to the tournament website, www.rcdgolftournament.com, and see photos from last year as well as the information to share for this coming year’s sponsorship opportunities.

Service and Fellowship Opportunity
Calling All Host Families and Volunteers for GRSP Leadership Weekend 2023

We are planning now for the 2023 GRSP Leadership Weekend - scheduled for February 10-12. A signature Dunwoody Rotary event for the last 20+ years, this weekend provides many opportunities to meet some special college students from around the world - here for a one-year cultural exchange as part of a program that is unique to Georgia. And you'll meet Rotarians from many of the clubs who help us host this weekend.

At the moment, we are looking for host families willing to provide bed, breakfast and a bit of transportation between Friday night and Sunday morning. We try to keep the students in groups of two to four, but we welcome your participation even if you can only take one student - or want to volunteer with some of the many weekend activities - from a group service project to Friday night social events to Saturday night suppers, the Sunday morning Shark Tank competition, or helping with logistics during the weekend sessions.

Contact Jackie Cuthbert if you'd like to talk about the best ways for you to help with the leadership weekend. And watch for more about an upcoming planning meeting.

Laws of Life
Sign Up to Help with 2023 Essay Review

This contest year we anticipate receiving approximately 2000 essays for the Georgia Rotary Clubs Laws of Life Essay Contest judging process. Volunteer Essay Judges are needed. As a Contest Sponsor you and your club members are invited to participate in the judging process.  The process kicks off with the essay due date of February 13, 2023.

Volunteers can sign up at this link. They may serve as a School-level Judge, a State Judge or both. All volunteers only need to attend one training session.

Training dates to be selected during sign up are: 

School-Level Judge 

Monday, February 6, 2023 8:00 - 9:00 AM

Wednesday, February 8, 2023 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Wednesday, February 8, 2023 5:30 - 6:30 PM

State Judge

Thursday, March 23, 2023 12:00 - 1:00PM

Tuesday, March 28, 2023 12:00 - 1:00PM

The judging process kicks off with the essay due date of February 13, 2023. Similar to last year, essays will be judged in two groups to help us better manage the workload. Volunteers can sign up for both Group A & B and as State Judges.

• Group A judges will receive essays by Thursday, February 16, 2023.
• Group A Team Discussion Meetings - February 22 - March 1, 2023.
• Group B judges will receive essays by Thursday, March 2, 2023.
• Group B Team Discussion Meetings - March 8 - March 15, 2023.
• School Level Winners will be announced on March 31st.
• State Judges will receive essays by Wednesday, March 29, 2023
• State Level Winners will be announced on April 7th.

If you have questions, contact me (George Stewart) or write to elizabeth@georgialawsoflife.org.