Projects
Facebook Page for The Rotary Club of North Fulton
Our club has maintained a Facebook page under the name of "Rotary Club of North Fulton".
Our projects, meetings, and socials are uploaded and documented. This is a well documented Facebook that chronicles our meetings, socials, and community service programs.
Fighting Polio on our 25th Anniversary
North Fulton Rotary celebrated its 25th Year Anniversary this year at Brimstone Restaurant & Tavern. Roswell Rotary lended us Bob Hagan'.s Mouth, which you will see in the video. For each person that made a bean bag in Bob Hagan's Mouth, North Fulton Rotary made a donation to Polio.
First Thursday Social - Head Cam Video
First, I realize that this is not a Community Service Project, however it was relevant to the infrastructure of our Club pertaining to Membership - and everything in Rotary starts with Membership!
Our Socials in the past were not well attended. One of the reasons why - there was no consistency on when we would get together. My Tina came up with the idea of "First Thursday Social". This way everyone would remember the Day of the Social.
Greenway Mural Project
This has become a signature project that our club started last year. We have expanded it this year with the support not only from The City of Alpharetta, but Fulton County as well.
The impact is enormous. Every person that walks on this trail enjoys the experience of the beautification of this trail and the theme of "clean water".
North Fulton Garden
This Peace Pole is at Alpharetta North Park. Our club installed this Peace Pole several years ago. This area has been visited by a number of people each day, but that daily number is continuing to grow.
Our club made the decision to make this are a Reflection Garden for anyone who wants to stop and read, sit in peace overlooking the water feature, or check out our Peace Pole in the middle of a lovely garden that Alpharetta Maintenance has agreed to keep up.
Polar Plunge
Our club had members that jumped at Wills Park Pool on February 1st. Donations were given to each jumper. Those funds went toward Community Service Projects.
We have good support from members who not only give, but come out to support the jumpers as well as get together for lunch afterwards. This is a project that we can do a lot more with going forward!
CDA Treasure Hunt
The CDA is a non-profit preschool providing high-quality learning programs to children whose families otherwise couldn't afford it.
Our Club did a Treasure Hunt for the Kids.
Please see the video for a detailed description of this event that we presented at our Club Meeting.
First Responders Lunch in the AM & CDA Literacy in the PM
My apologies in submitting these projects this way. It was the first time our club had ever done two projects in one day. I presented the video below at our meeting that including both projects.
In the AM - The First Responders Lunch started at Alpharetta High School. Chris Weber is the Culinary Chef, who teaches over 200 students. Our Club provided the funds to the High School Culinary Program, the students prepared 125 lunches, and our Rotary Club paired up in teams to deliver to Firefighters, Police, The Police Administration building, and 911 Dispatch.
CPR/AED Training in North Fulton
On May 17, 2024, one of our club's founding members suffered a cardiac arrest while enjoying a spirited game of pickleball. Fortunately, a nearby pickleball-playing and trained civilian along with a fast responding Fire Department were able to administer CPR and apply an AED (automated external defibrillator). This quick response, combined with proper training and equipment, saved his life; fortunately, the vital AED was only 45 yards away.
Disaster Relief in North Carolina
Joy Manbeck and her husband Bud traveled to the Asheville, NC area to help those in need. Joy and Bud have been on two trips. Our District has actually done three trips since the Helene and Milton storms occurred.
Foundation Giving
Since November is Foundation Month, our club did a couple of things. First, we had Bob Hagan speak on the topic along with Mike Mudd and Doug Higgins at a regular meeting. That meeting went so well that the decision was made for Mike and Doug to speak on a meeting "off week" to our members pertaining to a question/answer on the broad topic of Foundation in the same meeting room at Brimstone.
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
The Future Business Leaders of America, or FBLA, is an American career and technical student organization. The students that take part are the brightest and some of the most motivated. These kids are driven and yearn to be the best.
Happy Dollars
When Gordon spoke at PETS last year, his constant theme was "Change". This crazy idea popped in my head to make a video of Happy Dollars for our meetings. I decided to approach him with this idea at a cocktail function at PETS and planned to ask if he would do this video with Richard Matherly for me.
Jacob's Ladder
Jacob's Ladder focuses on families that have children that have been diagnosed with developmental delay, autism, brain injury, or an emotional behavioral -relational disorder.
The Team has certified professionals that spend one-on-one time with each child. Currently, they enroll 150 children over a fairly large campus.
Miss Mary's Ice Cream in Support of Drake House
Our Club made ice cream for Miss Mary's - Drake House. People would buy tickets and sample ice cream. All of the money received from ticket sales went to The Drake House. In addition to making Ice Cream, our club donated money and bought tickets. Below is an explanation about The Drake House.
North Fulton Community Charities Toy Land Drive
North Fulton Community Charities is a fantastic organization that has reached out to do multiple projects. One of them we did was toys for children for Christmas. Since we were already doing another toy drive, we did not want to confuse our members. Samaritan's Purse-Operation Christmas Child was finishing on Tuesday, November 26th. This one started on November 26th with Toys be delivered on Tuesday, December 10th. Our club provided 32 Toys for children.
North Fulton Interfaith Prayer Breakfast
Our Club has been producing The Interfaith Breakfast event for 23 years. It is International because we invite guest speakers from faiths that were founded and are predominately overseas such as Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, etc.
We have a key note speaker in addition to the Interfaith speakers. The constant themes that is preached each year are love, peace, and the power of prayer and includes Dignitaries, Veterans, Non Profit Organizations, Current-Future-and Past District Governors, and many Rotarians from multiple Clubs.
Rise Against Hunger
Our club joined up with the Interact Club at Cambridge High School with this yearly Rise Against Hunger Campaign. We had volunteers that joins forces with Interact in putting together meals that are shipped primarily overseas to families in need.
Samaritan's Purse - OPeration Christmas Child
Samaritan's Purse is an evangelical Christian humanitarian aid organization that provides aid to people in physical need as a key part of its Christian missionary work. The organization's president is Franklin Graham, son of Christian evangelist Billy Graham.
Santa's Workshop
Rotary members went to the Children's Development Academy to put bikes together for CDA Kids for Christmas. Our club donates money throughout the year for multiple functions for the CDA and this is one of the areas that we focus on for the families.
Steve Corder Passing
This is neither a Project or an Action, but I think it is only fitting that our Club recognizes Steve Corder.
Steve is the one who founded The Rotary Club of North Fulton 25 years ago on January 19, 2000.
At that time, Steve was the President of The Rotary Club of Alpharetta. He made the decision to give up a good percentage of his members to allow the beginning of our Club. This had to be a hard thing to do in the day of trying to increase Rotary Membership, but Steve was looking at a bigger picture - and he made a good decision!
Take Out Art Kits
Please see the video of this event that we presented at our Club Meeting.
The Problem:
VFW Dinner
Roswell asked our club if we would provide Tina's cheesecake desserts for a Veteran's Dinner at the VFW Center in Alpharetta (also the place where Alpharetta Rotary meets). The plan was for the meal to serve 125 people for the event.
Tina's cheesecakes (Banana Pudding & Key Lime are sold in Kroger). It would have been very easy to pick them up and serve them because they taste exactly the same as from the manufacturer. However, it was important to Tina for her to make these herself in honor of our Veterans.
Women in Rotary
Developing Leadership roles for women in Rotary is just a small part in what "Women In Rotary" do. It is much bigger than Rotary itself whether they realize that this is happening.
They also empower women and young girls outside of Rotary in the workplace and on the playground at a young age instilling confidence and letting them know that one day they will have a major impact on the world.