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This Week's Speaker
Jennifer Bowers Long, Executive Director, Create Dunwoody

Join us this week at the AC Hotel to hear from Jennifer Bowers Long, Executive Director, Create Dunwoody - responsible for leveraging art and culture to drive economic vitality for the city of Dunwoody,

A leader with more than 20+ years of entrepreneurship, non-profit, and corporate experience, Jennifer has a strong track record of increasing revenue, developing and implementing operational strategy, creating and executing marketing/communication campaigns, and enhancing organizational functions to increase revenue while staying within or under budget. [more]

Club Vote This Friday on Dues Increase

The Board of Directors voted to raise dues $50 per quarter ($200 per year) across all membership types. You can read President Jack's recent email (available here when you click "more" at the bottom of the article) which outlines the vote and reviews the details of the operating budget.

The club will vote on this proposal during our Friday, March 29 meeting (this Friday). If you are unable to attend this meeting, you can vote by proxy - please email your vote to approve or reject this proposal to raise the dues $50 per quarter to Dave Burr at dave@mailcenteretc.com.

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Golf Tournament Update
FORE the Memories Golf Tournament - May 13, 2024 - You Can Help!

As our May 13 FORE the Memories! golf tournament approaches, we still need your help:

• We are looking for the Hole-in-One $2,500 sponsor for our golf tournament. This sponsorship is the last Event Sponsor we need! It comes with four signs on four different holes on the course including the $10,000 Hole-in-One hole.  Let's get this one!
• We would like to have a $5,000 Gold Sponsor which gives us 100% of the tournament sponsorships filled!
• We can always use more Contributing and Donating Sponsors which are great ways to support this fundraising activity! Anyone interested can visit FORE! The Memories – Rotary Club of Dunwoody Charity Golf Tournament (rcdgolftournament.com)
• We now have 20 Hole Sponsors and a very full auction so we are looking good for a successful event. Thanks to Jim and Janet Glass and to Hotel Equities for joining the list of Hole Sponsors. We also welcome Maintenance Concepts Inc. as our Putting Contest Sponsor.
• Golfer spots are almost sold out but we still have room for some foursomes not associated with a sponsor. Note: if you are a sponsor and are entitled to golfers, please let Bob O’Brien know via an email to rsobrien@bellsouth.net on if you will field a foursome. Thanks.
• Watch for Alison Norris's call for volunteers!

Lastly, we are looking to move next year's tournament out one week to give us all a break between the Dunwoody Art Festival and our tournament's volunteer efforts. More to come on this. 

Service Opportunity
Join the Dunwoody Arts Festival Team - May 10-12, 2024

Calling all volunteers to help Splash Festivals (festival organizers) transform Dunwoody Village into a thriving artist market. The 14h annual Dunwoody Art Festival features artisans from across the country, a creative Kidz Zone, entertainment and tasty festival food.  Mark your calendar now.  Be part of the team that will make this 2024 signature event a “best-ever” success.

Bestowed the trophy for the “Best New Event of 2010” by the Southeast Festivals and Events Association, Dunwoody Art Festival continues to attract the top artisans from across the country. Along with the partnership of the Dunwoody Rotary Club and hundreds of volunteers, Dunwoody Art Festival is a must-see! Take a tour of Dunwoody Art Festival 2023! [more]

Service Opportunity
Help Us with Our First 2024 USO Date - April 18, 2024

We will serve our service personnel and family members an “All American” lunch of hot dogs with all the condiments, potato chips, fresh fruit, snack bars, home baked cookies bottled water plus a portion of baked Ziti & Mom’s meatballs.

We would like to have a total of eight volunteers for the day from 9 AM to 3 PM. Duties vary from greeter, cookie packer, hot dog grill mate, server, bag monitor among other to do items that need to be done to serve our military service personnel.

There are ways to help if you can't be there the 18th, including donation of home baked cookies, or bottled water and snacks. Read on for more details. [more]

Service Opportunity
Sign Up Now to Train to be a Volunteer for Anchor Place Respite Care

Anchor Place Respite-Dunwoody is excited to open registration for our first volunteer training on Monday, April 15, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Training will take place in our gathering space at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church. A complimentary lunch will follow. We hope you can join us for this important and engaging training, which is critical to Anchor Place Respite Care's ability to open in May. [read more]

Fundraising
Cheers to the 2024 Whiskey Raffle Committee!

The committee for this year's Whiskey Raffle held its first meeting on Tuesday, March 26. Matthew Johnson hosted the gathering at his home. The committee kicked off planning early this year because we expect a lot of changes to the format, including a much larger prize fund and only having one night for all the drawings. Dave Burr is this year's chairperson for the fundraiser and will share more details as well as solicit your help during our general meetings.