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PRESIDENT'S CORNER
President Will MacArthur'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!

UPCOMING PROGRAM
September 18, 2017 - Maria Fejervary

On Monday, September 18, 2017, Maria Fejervary will speak to the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs about safe houses in Costa Rica for victims of human trafficking.

From the FACEBOOK page, "Salvando Corazones is dedicated to the fight against trafficking of children into the sex industry in Costa Rica. Through the operation of safe homes, child survivors of commercial exploitation receive education, rehabilitative services and unconditional love and support needed to return to society as capable young adults. Salvando Corazones translated into English means "Saving Hearts" which is what we do on a daily basis. We have girls brought to us that have no hope left and it is our job to give them that hope back! We opened a Safe House for these girls at an undisclosed location (for their safety). They are now leading new lives and given that second chance they so deserve!" Facebook Link

LAST WEEK'S PROGRAM
September 11, 2017 - IRMA

Hurricane IRMA's inclimate weather in the Atlanta area caused President Will McArthur to cancel last Monday's meeting. We hope everyone came through o.k. and pray for those seriously affected by the storm.

UPCOMING EVENT
HERITAGE SANDY SPRINGS FESTIVAL, SATURDAY/SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 23-24

President Will MacArthur: Call for Volunteers: As an early reminder, the Club, as in the past, will have a booth at the Sandy Springs Festival on Saturday (9/23) and Sunday (9/24) and we will need volunteers to man our booth on both days. If we allow for 2 hour shifts and 2 volunteers per shift we will need 16 members to volunteer. Please check you calendars and plan of volunteering at our booth. We will have sign up sheets available at our meeting on the 18th.

Then plan to attend the Festival. Bring your family. Best of all, it is FREE!

CLUB ESSENTIALS

GREETERS/INVOCATION

Next Week's Greeters and Invocation

September 18, 2017

GREETER A: Charan Shikh

GREETER B: Jordan Hutchinson

INVOCATION: Ralph Thurmond

If you are unable to serve as a greeter or give the invocation, please be responsible for finding a replacement.

ROTARY MONTHLY THEME - SEPTEMBER - BASIC EDUCATION AND LITERACY MONTH

Realizing that getting children into schools isn't enough to solve illiteracy, Rotary shifts to mentoring and coaching teachers

By Arnold R. Grahl

On Carolyn Johnson’s second visit to the central highlands of Guatemala, she met a first-grade teacher who made a shocking confession. Before taking part in the Guatemala Literacy Project, the teacher was convinced that her students could not learn to read.

“She said ‘We were willing to go through the program because it was a day out of class and you gave us books and you provided us with a nice lunch, but we knew that you were crazy,’ ” says Johnson, a Rotarian who helped design the curriculum for the project and now serves as a technical adviser for the Guatemala Literacy Project.

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