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No Meeting This Week
Mark Your Calendars for July

We will not be meeting this Friday or next - but plan to be back in person at the Dunwoody Country Club on July 10 to install Ardy and his Board, and on Thursday, July 16 at the Country Club to celebrate the great year we have had with President Cathie and her team. You can read below about how we plan to come back live and about how the District recognized our work at last week's District 6900 awards celebration. 

Celebrating Us!
Dunwoody Captures Best Club of the Year and the Decade (2011-20) Titles

At District 6900's celebration event last Saturday, our club was recognized as Category III's Club of the Year and Club of the Decade! Congratulations to everyone who helped make this happen. Special thanks to the Club Presidents who led us in this decade - Sidney Browning, Laura Kann, Susan Schwall, Harvey Rosenzweig, Scott Jennings, Lorri Christopher, Tina Philpott, Rick Otness, Rick Woods and Cathie Brumfield.  The District has recognized Clubs of the Decade for three decades now - and Dunwoody captured the banner for all three decades!

Congratulations to Kathy Brandt!

The Rotary Foundation recognizes a special group of Rotarians around the world each year for their active service on behalf of the Foundation. A Rotary district may nominate one person to receive the Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service. It does not recognize giving, but actual personal service to the Foundation for a long period of time. It is the second highest award you may receive from The Rotary Foundation. And to be eligible to receive the highest Foundation honor, you must have received the Citation for Meritorious Service.

This year, District 6900 nominated our own Kathleen Brandt to receive this high honor from The Rotary Foundation for her many years of work on the Global Grant Scholar program. The program focuses on finding scholars who will make a long-term difference in the world.

Kathy has served on the district scholarship committee for 11 years - as Chair since the 2011-12 Rotary year.

Celebrating Us!
District Honors Dunwoody and Our Rotarians

District 6900 recognized our club and club members with many awards:

• President Cathie and Jackie Cuthbert received District Service Above Self awards
• Jackie also received the Frank E. Bentley Leadership Award for her long-time support of  the Georgia Rotary Student Program, as a host family, trustee and most recently as chair of the GRSP Pilot Program committee exploring new ways for sponsoring students in the future
• The club was runner-up in our category for Total Foundation Giving and Per Capita Giving ... donating $12,450 in total for the year and $172.93 per capita - thanks to PDG Bill Mulkey for always inspiring our giving
• The club received an award for Best Membership Retention ... thanks to Membership Chairs Fred Brandt and Hoshi Daruwalla
• Dunwoody claimed the Best International Service Project award for our Alzheimer's project in Italy ... thanks to Louise Barden for her  leadership
• We were runner-up for Best Community Service Project ... thanks to Kobelah Bennah and all of you who worked to make a difference in the community
• The club received the Best Club Administration award ... thanks to Ed Holliday and his team
• We also received an award for Best Attendance at last Saturday's event.

Thanks for Serving
Newest Member Joins the Bounds Garden Crew

When we gathered last Saturday for Bounds Garden clean-up, we had a new gardener in our midst - Peyton Abrams-Graham, our newest member. She was joined by Hoshi Daruwalla, Rick Otness, Freddy, and of course, Chief Ranger Fred Bounds. Watch for postings from Ranger Fred on future gatherings at our traffic island across from the Dunwoody Library.