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From The Rome Exchange Club Recipient of Exchange National Service Award 2014-2015

Rome's #1 Service Club For Over 78 Years June 26, 2015

Winner of the Leonard Grace Best Club Bulletin 2013-2014

Greg Gaston - Editor

Exchange Club of Rome Newsletter

Dear District Newsletter goes here,

Next Meeting

Installation Banquet at the Palladium

Friday, June 26th

No Noon Meeting this week!

Installation will be conducted by 2014-2015 Georgia District President Tyron Spearman.

Reservations Required

Hot Topics

Message from President Bryan Shealy

Forgotten Your Dues?

At our last meeting

Volunteers Needed

Living the Covenant

FRC Campaign Underway

We Have New Fellowship

FRC News....

'Stuff" Needed For Sale

New Exchange Shirts

Still Time To Register

Mark Your Calendars ...

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Social Hour with Hor's Doeuvers - 6 PM

Dinner - 6:45 PM

Farewell Message from President Bryan Shealy

I am not sure I felt this way all during the year ... but ... where did this last year go? It seems like I have just started my term as President of the Club and now it is time to be "put out to pasture". It has been fast but it has been extremely productive. We began a busy July passing out flags and rallying with the Family Resource Center gang for a big outing and school supply give away. We never slowed down after then.

The Club and its members have accomplished a lot this year in many different venues. There were many highlights which you have participated in or read about as the weeks rolled on. We did a lot of new things this year, some minor but many were very major in both planning and execution. Our FRC is involved with a record number of families and we have helped them in many ways. Our members have been very involved with each of their fund raisers which have raised a record amount of funds. We have had a number of community involvement opportunities which we were glad to support and participate in. Our Club had an unbelievable year with our main fund raising event - The Coosa Valley Fair. Under the guidance of Kirk Milam the Fair raised a substantial amount of money which we were able to funnel to the community in various forms. Of course, our main charity is the FRC and we have contributed over $30,000 to them through direct donations, fund raising sponsorships, and in-kind donations directly from the Club. In addition the $4,000 we donate to the United Way helps bring back another almost $30,000 to the Center. We have helped the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Library, Red Cross and many others along the way. Many events we do from year to year. We strive to make them better and provide service to our community at the same time. Events like the Senior Santa gifts, military postcards, miniature flag give away, blue cup donations, youth programs, scholarships and so many more. This year we also added a few like the children safety program downtown for Trick-or-Treat. We did, however, add a couple very major events which took months of planning and a concentrated amount of funds and manpower to pull off with help from a number of special friends and organizations. The first was the raising of the flag pole and posting of the Star Spangled Banner replica flag on Jackson Hill. The second was the gathering of many community organizations to rally behind a single Memorial Day event to honor our fallen heroes that gave their all for our great land. All of the efforts have be greatly appreciated by our community and our peers. There is daily talk about the presence of the wonderful flag which can be seen from almost anywhere in Rome. It is a fitting tribute which our Club has instigated and successfully completed for our

June 26

Installation Banquet - 6PM (NO NOON MEETING)

July 3

No Noon Meeting

Distribution of Flags at First

Friday Concert - downtown Rome - see article below about

volunteering.

Have a Safe Fourth of July

July 10

Business Meeting

Get Behind The "Force"

Again this year, we will be recording the names of members who bring in a new member. Members who recruit a new member will receive a

badge pin like this from National.

JP Cooper

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citizenship and visitors. Our efforts have not gone unnoticed in any way. Nothing shows more evidence of this than our trip to the Georgia State Convention. We brought home every single award we submitted except for one. Not too shabby gang! I leave you now with this last thought. We could not have done it without each and every one of our members. I offer a very heartfelt THANK YOU to all of you for helping me this year. You made my job much easier and it has been a pleasure to serve you .... May God continue to bless you and your families. Bryan

PSST...Have You Forgotten To Mail That Dues Check? Treasurer Meredith Brown is reminding all members with a past due balance that it's time to pay. Reminder statements have gone out to all members with a past due balance requesting payment and all members are asked to be aware that our club's bylaws state that any member who is two quarters

behind will be dropped from the rolls. If you have received a letter from Meredith, please contact her as soon as possible.

When dues become more than two quarters behind your account will be considered delinquent. Your membership will be dropped if you do not contact the treasurer or submit a letter of resignation. In order to resign as a member in good standing, please pay any dues outstanding.

At our last meeting.....

Terry Simmons

Kirk Milam

Leslie Duke

Paula Wachsteter

Ben Levy

Cathy Kerce

Diane Warner

Harry Wise

Joel Megginson, Sr

Jordan Knight

Buzz Wachsteter(3)

Bob Williams

Don Chambers

Bryan Shealy (2)

Frank Shropshire

Add Your Name To This Prestigious List

June

Club Anniversaries

61 years !!

Paul Smith

41 years !!

John Youmans

40 years !!

Lowell Wilkins

22 years !!

Bob Babcock

Mike Littlejohn

20 years !!

Jackie Moreland

Bryan Shealy

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Last weeks program brought to our attention the Palliative Care Unit at Floyd Medical Center. Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. It focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms and stress of a serious illness. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family. Tim Adams R.N. (pictured above) was entrusted with starting the Palliative Care Consult service at Floyd in 2011.

Volunteers Needed For July 4th Weekend

The first Americanism project for the 2015-2016 Exchange year will be done in cooperation with Rome's Downtown Development Authority's First Friday Concert on July 3rd. This will be a huge block party on Broad Street and we plan to distribute small American Flags to all children attending the party. If we have any left over, we plan to distribute to children on July 4th at Ridge Ferry Park. If you can volunteer, please contact Bill King at 706-766-8451, or email him at [email protected] and let him know which day(s) you can help. we will need a large group for a small time.

Living the Covenant of Service....

Exchangites continue to provide leadership and service to our community.....

Exchangite Dan Caesar was recently promoted to Captain of the Roman Holiday, the City of Rome's public

13 years

Wanda Whitten

9 years

Ron Kiefer

5 years

Jimmy Dupuy

Bud Owens

4 years

Sam Reeder

Gene Richardson

1 year

Debbie Jordon

Bill King

Charles Norris

Gary Smith

Terry Swanson

June Birthdays

June 8

Bud Ware

June 10

Lydell Hunt

June 14

Bryan Shealy

June 16

Gene Richardson

June 17

Phil Franssen

June 19

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excursion boat which sails on our local rivers. Dan has been serving as First Mate on the Roman Holiday for the last three years and recently obtained his US Coast Guard certification which allows him to serve as captain of the boat. The Greater Rome Tourist and Convention Center operates the Roman Holiday which is available for both public and private cruises. Congratulations Dan!!!

Rome Exchange Club members and City Commissioners took part in the historic groundbreaking for the Rome Tennis Center of Georgia at Berry

College on Tuesday. Pictured are Exchangite Sue Lee, Buzz Wachsteter, Bill Irmscher, and Milton Slack. Fellow Exchangite Patrick Eidson, Assistant City Manager of Rome, was also on hand taking part in this

event.

Answer The Letter...Join The Campaign Family Resource Center Vice-President Jim Talley reminded all Exchangites at the last meeting that Annual Campaign letters had been sent to all members asking them to make a financial contribution to our Exchange Club Family Resource Center, the only fully accredited Exchange Child Abuse Prevention

Center in Georgia. Talley thanked all those who have already responded and urged those who have not yet sent in their pledge cards or a donation to please do so as quickly as possible. He also reported referrals to the FRC are running ahead of last year and there are more cases than we can handle with the current staff we have. Exchangite Charles Stevens has accepted the role of Chairman of the Exchange Annual Campaign. Charles will be selecting fellow Exchangites to serve as Campaign Leaders who will then contact individual members that have not pledged or donated. Please Answer the letter.

Exchange Fellowship

This week it seems like we have a lot people we need to pray for:

• Exchangite Bill Irmscher continue to improve and now is

Buzz Wachsteter

June 22

Rodger Duncan

June 25 Don Chambers

June 26 Hal Gosnell

June 27

Joe Wade III

June 28 Leonard White

June 30

Vann Knight Dave Schreiber

It's Not Too Early To Plan

Georgia District of Exchange

2016 Convention

June 9 - 10 - 11, 2016

Quick Links

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beginning rehab and therapy for his hand after his very serious encounter with a table saw.

• Exchangite Dan Caesar's 9 year old great nephew, Micah Winkle is showing improvement and has undergone some surgery to remove the main tumor at St. Jude's for bone cancer.

• Sherry Loyd, wife of Exchangite Jim Loyd is having severe kidney problems.

• Mary Louise Dixon, wife of Exchangite Richard Dixon, Exchangite Ray Dempsey, and Terri Scott wife of Exchangite Dan Scott, all undergoing treatment for cancer.

If you have fellowship information, please let us know. The email addresses are: Gail Johnson: [email protected]

Greg Gaston: [email protected]

Bryan Shealy: [email protected]

If you have emailed one of the above and your fellowship need has

not been announced within a few hours, please email one of the other

contacts.

Family Resource Center News.....

2015 Katie Dempsey Star Volunteer Award

The Star Volunteer Award was created in 2003 by the Family Resource Center as a way to recognize individuals for their commitment to our mission to prevent child abuse and neglect. Named in honor of the first recipient, Katie Dempsey, this is the highest recognition conveyed upon an Exchange Club Family Resource Center volunteer. Individuals with outstanding volunteer efforts in the name of the Exchange Club Family Resource Center are nominated annually by their peers and selected by a committee. Past recipients include the following noted community leaders:

(2003) Katie Dempsey (2004) Jim Bishop (2005) Sam Evans (2006) Stephen Patton (2007) John Hine (2008) Lynn Maddox (2009) Gail Johnson (2010) Lisa Stuenkel (2011) Phyllis Pemerton (2012) Dr. Gary Smith 2013) George Kastanias (2014) Jason Sanker

National Exchange

Georgia District Exchange

Board & General Meeting Minutes of the Rome Exchange

Club

New Membership Application

Exchange Club of Rome Website

Family Resource Center

Website

Still Time To Register

CONVENTION!!!

The National Exchange Club Convention will be held

July 29-Aug 1 Hyatt Columbus (OH)

Rome Exchange Club

2014-2015 Officers

President - Bryan Shealy

Past President - Tony Daniel President Elect - J P Cooper Secretary - Ronnie Wallace Treasurer - Meredith Brown Ex-Officio - Bill Irmscher

Directors

Term Ending 6/30/2015

Debbie Burnett

Leslie Duke Michael Elliott Cathy Kerce

Jackie Moreland Lee Niedrach

Term Ending 6/30/2016

Louise Branham

Giles Chapman

Greg Fricks

Greg Gaston

Nan Langford

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Pictured are (l-r) Tina Bartleson, Exec. Director, FRC, Star Award recipient Gin Gunther, and State Representative Katie Dempsey.

This year, the 2015 Star Volunteer Award is presented to Gin Gunther. Gunther has been actively involved with the Family Resource Center Board of Directors since 2006 and has served in a variety of committee roles, with leadership in the areas of Personnel and Fund-Raising. According to those nominating her, "Gin's advice and council have not only been exemplary but also ever beneficial to the success the Center currently enjoys." According to Gunther: "I'm so glad to be a part of an organization that helps give children hope. The work of the Family Resource Center is important to our community and to the children we serve."

Yard Sale Items Needed

Our own Mr. Yard Sale, Scottie Edwards has put out a call for items to be placed in another Exchange Club Yard Sale to be held at the fairgrounds mid-August.

What ever you have...we want it and you can either bring it to an Exchange meeting with you or we will pick it up if you call

Scottie at 706-346-5998. Nothing is too small or too big because one man's trash is an others treasure.

John Upton

District President - Tyron Spearman

Program of Service Committee Chairperson Americanism- Leslie Duke Youth - John Upton

Community Service - Cathy Kerce Child Abuse Prev - Nan Winkelman

P/R -Jackie Moreland Social - Tony Daniel

Awards - Michael Elliott Programs - JP Cooper

Fellowship -Rhonda Wallace & Steve White

New Member Support - Tony Daniel

Contact one of these Chairpersons and volunteer for a committee. Just click

on their name to send an email.

Coosa Valley Fair Association Officers

Pres - Bill Irmscher

1st VP - John Garner

2nd VP - Gene Richardson

Treas - Joe Wade

Sect - Paul Smith

Ex Officio - Bryan Shealy

Past Pres - Kirk Milam

Directors

Term Expires 12/2015

Holly Kelly Gigi Binion Steve White

Frank Shropshire Phil Burkhalter

Term Expires 12/2016 Don Chambers Charles Long Sam Reeder Cathy Kerce Milton Slack

Term Expires 12/2017 Sherri Beideck Jordan Knight Bobby Padgett Jason Sanker Joe Wade III

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Have You Ordered The New Exchange Shirts?

Have you seen the new Exchange Club of Rome Shirts? The new distinctive logo includes the State of Georgia logo on a striped red and white flag and incorporates by the Exchange Club and the Fair Association. These are available in both men's and ladies styles and can be ordered for you. Please use the link below to

download an order form so you can make your selection. Please attached your check to your order form, give it to Bryan Shealy, and you shirt(s) will be ordered for you.

Download Shirt Order Form

Rome Exchange Club

Meetings Held Friday At Noon

The Palladium

Coosa Valley Fairgrounds

1400 Martin Luther King Blvd

Rome, GA

Meal Policy Of The Exchange Club Of Rome Members are encouraged to bring prospective member guests to all regular meetings. The club is most happy to pay for the meals of prospects the first three times they visit, more then that you are required to pay for your guest's meal unless they have submitted an application for membership, in which case the meals will remain at no charge. If you bring a non-prospect guest, someone to just join you for lunch, or if you take out a lunch for anyone that is not a member, you are required to pay for your guest's or takeout meal. The cost of the meal is $10 per meal and must be paid to the Treasurer or other officer at the time of the meeting. Money can also be placed in the Dues Box in the lobby.

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