PRESIDENT'S CORNER
President Fred Ferrand's Welcome Message

On behalf of the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs, I welcome you to visit our club and experience the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs' hospitality and energy. We meet on Monday for lunch at 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. at the Hilton Perimeter Suites, 6120 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Sandy Springs, GA 30328. You can reserve a spot by going to our website at www.sandyspringsrotary.org. Join your fellow professionals, and community and business leaders, and learn how Rotary can fit in your future. Experience Rotary Making A Difference!

This Week in Rotary
US House Representative, Congresswoman Karen Handel to address our Club - RSVP requested


"On June 20, 2017, the voters of Georgia's 6th Congressional District elected me as their next congressman. It's an amazing privilege. I was sworn in on June 26 and assigned as a member on the House Education and Workforce Committee and the House Judiciary Committee."


Prior to becoming the first female to represent Georgia in the United States House of Representatives, Congresswoman Karen Handel held policy and communications positions with several major corporations and nonprofit organizations. She served in the Bush-Quayle White House, as deputy chief of staff to Governor Sonny Perdue, and as the CEO of one of Georgia's largest chambers of commerce.
After being elected Chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, Karen quickly distinguished herself as a problem-solver and smart negotiator -- plugging a $ I 00 million budget deficit without raising taxes, delivering the County's first truly balanced budget, and achieving significant ethics reforms. One of just five women ever to be elected to statewide office in Georgia, Karen was Georgia's 26th Secretary of State, and its first Republican Secretary of State. In this role, Karen successfully implemented various elections integrity reforms, including photo ID, and executed a much-needed, agency-wide modernization initiative while cutting the department's budget by nearly 20%.
In Congress, Karen serves on the House Judiciary Committee and on the Education and the Workforce Committee. Earlier this year, she was also appointed to the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), a bipartisan group of 20 Senators and Representatives split evenly by party affiliation. In this capacity, she is tasked with reviewing economic conditions and recommending improvements to national economy policy.

For the past 25 years, Karen and her husband Steve have lived in the 6th District, which stretches from Marietta to Brookhaven, and from Milton to Sandy Springs.

Here is your chance to meet one of our elected officials. Questions and answers will follow her presentation.

PLEASE RSVP:
Please invite your friends or family to join us. This should be a big event and we are asking that you
RSVP: Ed Ukaonu at edukaonu@ibn-ga.com

Thank you!


Last Week at Rotary
Azizi Williams - Director of Communications and Community Engagement

Filling in at the last minute for Renay Blumenthal, Azizi Williams did a brilliant job of representing the Grady Health system.

Her program began with a brief history of Grady's 125+ year heritage. Officially opened on June 1, 1892, and the vision of Henry W. Grady, editor of the "Atlanta Constitution", Grady had at the time 110 beds and one operating room. Grady Health System has grown considerably since then and not stands as one of the largest public health systems in the United States.

A glimpse of Grady today reveals:

She went on to explain Grady's plan for the future. That plan includes a new center for Advanced Surgical Services and an expansion of Ponce Center for Treatment of HIV/AIDS

The Rotary Club of Sandy Springs extends a special thanks to Grady and Azizi for the outstanding service they provide to our community.


Last Week at Rotary
GA State Senator Kay Kirkpatrick, M.D. District 32 visited

Sandy Springs Rotary was paid a special surprise visit from our Georgia state senator, Kay Kirkpatrick M.D.
Kay stayed late and spoke about a few challenges she faced being a "newcomer" in the state senate.
Afterwards she took questions from the club. We all thoroughly appreciated her taking the time to stop by and say hello.

Fred Ferrand, Kay Kirkpatrick, Jim Squire

Save the date
Oktoberfest - October 6th! -- Details coming soon --

Family of Rotary Event
Happy Hours at Grub Burger

AUGUST 27th
TIME: 5:00pm - 6:30 PM
Grub Burger, 1110 Hammond Drive, Suite 35
Sandy Springs GA 30328


This is a Family of Rotary Event, please come out, bring your family, meet a few Rotarians and enjoy an amazing burger.

Looking Forward
Regular Rotary Club meetings will not be held August 27, or September 03

Mark your calendars.

Is your name mentioned below?​
Greeters and Invocation Leader for 08/20/2018


Rotary Club of Sandy Springs Greeters & Invocation leader for next meeting. (08/13/2018)
Invocators, as per the "Make it fun and they will come." theme, have a joke ready!

Greeter A:
Tim Fore
Greeter B:
Allison Toller
Invocation Leader:
Linda Randolph