President's Message
This last week I hope you enjoyed hearing of the great work our Roswell Fire Department is doing for our community to make Roswell a great place to live work and play. Thanks to John Carruth for ringing the bell in my absence and showing off his wardrobe. From the pictures of the meeting, I definitely have suit envy! While away I made sure I registered a make up by visiting some fellow Rotarians in Santorini Greece. Although our cultures are different and they speak a different language, all Rotarians share in our motto of “service above self” and strive to make their communities and the world a better place. Our discussion made me appreciate living in a country in which we are free to give back unencumbered by political or religious challenges. You won’t want to miss this week’s meeting where we will hear from Roswell’s very own Gia Pergolini. Gia is a world class blind swimmer and will compete for the first time in the Paralympic games in Tokyo this summer!
This Week's Speaker
Paralympic Swimmer Gia Pergolini Speaks This Week
Gia Pergolini began swimming in 2008 at age four and started competing competitively at age five. Growing up, she played lacrosse, soccer and gymnastics, but swimming was her passion. When she was diagnosed Stargardt’s disease, she decided to drop the other sports and focus on swimming. In 2017, Pergolini set multiple records, including the American and Pan Am record in the S13 100-meter backstroke at the 2017 U.S. Paralympics Swimming World Championships Trials in Colorado Springs, Colorado....Daughter of Bill and Alice Pergolini…Has two brothers, Matthew and David…Hobbies include hanging out with her friends, baking and listening to Ariana Grande World Championship Experience • Most recent: 2019 – silver (100m back), 5th (100m fly) • Years of Participation: 2017, 2019 • Medals: 2 (2 silver) • Silver – 2019 (100m back), 2017 (100m back) Other Career Highlights • 2017 World Para Swimming World Series, Berlin, gold (50m back) • 2017 Can Am Para-swimming Championships, gold (50m free, 200m free)
Hump Day Social This Wednesday at Lola's on CantonHump Day This Wednesday, August 4th 5pm Lolas Burger and Tequila bar 944 Canton St. Roswell http://lolasburgerbar.com/
2021 Golf & Tennis Tournament Latest News
Sponsors Click Here for Video-What Does the Mission Statement "Like Minded, Same Passion, One Goal" mean to our you? As our 2021 Golf Chair Tim McFarlin reminds us with this mission statement....whether you are a golfer or a tennis player or a volunteer....a sponsor or a donor...we all have ONE GOAL and that goal is to raise as much money as we can to support our charity organizations. More even more so than in other years, this support is so badly needed. We need everyone to be a part of this tournament. You are reason why this tournament creates miracles, and we need YOU now. So every Roswell Rotarian is part of the golf and tennis tournament! We need YOU and your network of friends, neighbors, business associates. We need YOU to share social media posts...One post on the Roswell Rotary Facebook site shared by each member of this club who is on Facebook could reach hundreds of thousands of people! YOU are the secret sauce that makes this tournament a success! Call to Action this week's meeting: 1. Complete the Commitment form for YOUR commitment for the tournament 2. Hand out or email asks to your network for sponsorship, for players, for donors...give them a chance to join in this amazing event! Volunteer NOW
Golf Volunteers Needed We need your help for our upcoming Aubrey Greenway Golf Tournament. If you would like to have fun and be a volunteer for our Sept. 13th golf tournament we have an easy volunteer signup process here. All you have to do is Click Here and then sign up on the red check box… you wish to work. Volunteers need only check the boxes for the times you want to serve then just submit it. When you do sign up we ask that you put in your email and cell phone information on the form. We'll plan to contact you in advance of the tournament on the roles and responsibilities the day of the tournament. Plus we'll continue to have a table at our weekly meetings leading up to the tournament to answer any questions you might have or to give you more opportunities to serve. For more information on volunteering please contact James Stone or Darrell Bartlett. Please consider being a part of this by volunteering today!
Charity Spotlight
Huskies Helping Huskies
Why do we as a club work so hard to make the Golf & Tennis Tournament a huge success? So we can raise money to make a difference for the charities we support! Watch this video to hear from Becky Nelson about the impact that Roswell Rotary has had on families at Crabapple Middle School. We DO make a real difference.
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