On Friday, 38 international students from across the State of Georgia will join the Rotary Clubs of Dunwoody and Buckhead for the 25th annual GRSP Leadership Weekend! Thanks to all of you who have agreed to host and volunteer - we could still use more Rotarians to help out with weekend activities - all at the Dunwoody North Shallowford Annex, 4470 N Shallowford Rd., Dunwoody.

Yesterday, our friends at Anchor Place Respite Care helped us stuff "goodie bags" for the students - water bottles, notebooks, pens, snacks and gift bag with a starfish pin and the starfish story. Fred Bounds and I were on hand to assemble the bags. Anchor Place is also loaning us some equipment for the GRSP Olympics "pool noodle volleyball" and bean bag toss (students will also compete in tug of war and a three-legged race.

We could still use a few more people for Friday afternoon's service project - packing 10,000+ meals for Rise Against Hunger. Set-up starts at 3 pm; meal packing is from 4:30 to 6:30 pm - if you'd like to come, please register at Register – Rise Against Hunger. We'll be serving pizza afterwards - all volunteers are welcome to stay - and to help if they'd like with the first round of GRSP Olympics.

Saturday features Roswell Rotarian Michael Sutton, who will facilitate sessions on Courageous Leadership and presentation skills. We'll have more GRSP Olympic fun, and all host families and students can join for dinner and game night at the Annex, featuring food from East 48th Street Market. We would love volunteers for Olympic referring and scorekeeping!

Sunday morning is "Shark Tank" - led by Atlanta Rotaracters and Atlanta Metro Rotarians, where student teams come up with service project ideas and vie for $1,000 in starter cash for their project. 

We encourage you to stop by the Annex, to see what GRSP Leadership Weekend is all about - and take part where you can!