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Smyrna Rotary Club
A Proud Tradition of SERVICE ABOVE SELF... Rotarians plan and carry out a remarkable variety of humanitarian and educational service projects that touch people's lives in their local communities and our world community. Our club is involved in international service projects in Kenya, the Dominican Republic and right here in Smyrna. Under Scott Auer's leadership in this area, we are now planning a hospital project for Costa Rica. [Read more...]
Message from the Club President
It has been a busy year, busier than in previous years. With our growing size, we have been able to take on more projects. In fact, in the past 18 months, we have doubled the number of projects we were working on previously. [Read more from club President Narayan Sengupta...]
Roy Strickland - DGE
We are absolutely thrilled that our own Roy Strickland is the District Governor Elect and will be District Governor starting July 1, 2009.
Teasley Elementary
3/2009 - March 2nd and March 6th were Dr. Seuss and Career Day respectively at Teasley Elementary School. Smyrna Rotarians had a great time reading to the kids and telling them about their careers. [View Photos]
Brown Elementary School
3/2009 - Smyrna Rotarian Narayan Sengupta judged a writing contest on March 5th. On March 27th Smyrna Rotarians will hand out cerfiticates of recognition to the 4th and 5th graders.
Book Drive for Brown and Birney
1/2009 - We have completed our book drive for Brown and Birney Elementary Schools. We purchased 500 used books with $1500. Rotarian Johnny Wilson also donated several hundred more to the Cavalry Children's Home as part of this project.
Keep Smyrna Beautiful
1/24/2009 - John Hubbard led another festive group of Smyrna Rotarians into drizzle filled skies for a fifth time in this wonderful program, ranked as one of the top nationally.
Cobb Christmas
12/9/2008 - The Smyrna Rotary Club had a great time at Cobb Christmas. We do this every year and have a wonderful time. Cobb Christmas is a fantastic organization which assembles gift bags and food boxes for people in Cobb County.
Snyder Turner
11/20/2008 - Smyrna Rotarian Snyder Turner was recently selected as Marietta Citizen of the Year<. Snyder is the director of Calvary Children's Home< located in Powder Springs. Congratulations Synder... we are all very proud of you and all that you do for our community.
Veterans Day
11/11/2008 - The Smyrna Rotary Club celebrated Veterans Day with a special "90th Anniversary of the End of World War I Veterans Day" Program on Tuesday 11/11/2008. And now we've started planning for 11/11/2009. [Read more...]
Breast Cancer Awareness
10/21/2008 - October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Special thanks to member Tyger Volrath for his presentation on Breast Cancer Awareness.
CART Program
CART stands for Coins for Alzheimer's Research. Veteran member Johnny Wilson has been instrumental in advocating the CART program in our club. Smyrna Rotary's final contribution was over $1,564.21 pushing the district over the $24,000 mark.
Meetings
Smyrna Rotary Club meetings are held each Tuesday in the City of Smyrna Community Center (200 Village Green Circle). Meetings begin at 12:15 p.m. and lunch is always served. We have a superb speaker list including US Senator Saxby Chambliss, Cobb County Chairman Sam Olens, US Congressman David Scott and many others. Smyrna Rotary meetings are loaded with fellowship and our speakers program is outstanding. The cost to attend our meetings is $15. [Read more...]
2008 Annual Banquet
Photos of the Smyrna Rotary 2008 Annual Banquet have been added to the site for review. [View Photos]
Citizen of the Year
Smyrna's Outstanding Citizen as recognized by the Rotary Club of Smyrna, whether Rotarian or non-Rotarian, will typify Rotarian ideals of Service Above Self, will demonstrate character, commitment, and community service, contribute his/her talents in helping others, and will demonstrate leadership. The Outstanding Citizen must serve in more than one area of interest, demonstrate service over period of time, and make a significant impact in the Smyrna community.
Larry Freeman was our Smyrna Rotary Outstanding Citizen of the Year for 2008 and Mayor Max Bacon was our Smyrna Rotary Oustanding Citizen of the Year for 2007!
Cavalry Children's Home
11/2008 - Special thanks to Rotarian Johnny Wilson who donated approximately 200 books to the Cavalry Children's Home in honor of his beloved wife Betty. Betty was an avid reader and her collection included gorgeous books that went back to the 1930s.
New Members
The Smyrna Rotary Club is proud to announce its newest members:
- Denise Magee, Principal at Campbell Middle School
- Peter Wasserman, Architect
- Rhenna Rice, Lending
The club now has approximately 50 members. [Read more...]
News
- Ken Henry was our 2007-2008 Rotarian of the Year
- Tim Gowens was our 2007-2008 Rookie of the Year
- Bob Barr visited Smyrna Rotary then announced run for President a few days later
- Sam Whitfield established scholarship at Pickens High School
- Jennifer Bennett learned to ski and does the blues on her first weekend
- Larry Gillen and Billy Martin have both had new grandchildren
- Roy Strickland was announced as District Governor Elect in San Destin
- Tyger Volrath competed for a spot on the US Olympic Team
- 2007 GRSP student Magda Wierowska graduated from Southern Polytechnic and won a prestigious award
- Club President Narayan Sengupta organized 90th Anniversary Celebration for first US Fighter Pilots
- 13 Smyrna Rotarians attend District Assembly
- 25 members and family attend District Conference in San Destin
[Read more...]
Awards & Recognitions
Smyrna Rotary is one of the fastest growing Rotary Clubs in District 6900. Membership has doubled in the past 36 months.
Smyrna Rotary was named Runner-up Best All-Around Rotary Club for 2006-2007 (District 6900) and was number three in the world, among 32,000+ Rotary clubs in more than 200 nations, in per capita support of the humanitarian and educational good works of The Rotary Foundation. This year our club was recognized for having one of the best educational programs in the district.
Georgia Rotary Student
Every year Smyrna Rotary sponsors a GRSP student with another Rotary Club in order to build goodwill and fellowship with other parts of the world. These students live and study in Georgia for the year and teach us about their country and learn about ours. This year, Smyrna Rotary welcomes our newest scholar, Miss Gunita Zimacka from Estonia for 2008-2009. She attends Southern Polytechnic State University.
Last year our GRSP student was Robert Hjorth from Denmark. Robert also attended Southern Polytechnic State University. Smyrna Rotary has provided a scholarship to an international student for study at a state university since 1965.
Our 2006-2007 GRSP Student, Miss Magda Wierowska from Poland graduated from Southern Polytechnic in 2008. She graduated Cum Laude, received a 'Senior of the Year' President's Award and 'Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges' in recognition of outstanding merit and acomplishment as a student of SPSU. [Read more...]
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Speakers
Scheduled speakers include:
- Congressman Phil Gingrey, 04/07/09
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Marty Smith/Dean Rewley, Martin Luther King, 04/14/09
- Penny Bowman, Holocaust Survivor, 04/21/09
- John Kline, State of Georgia Banking,04/28/09
- John Weatherford, Georgia Public Broadcasting,05/19/09
- Joe Kirby, Bell Comber Plant, 05/26/09
- Bob Schukai, All things wireless, 06/02/09
- Sam Olems, Cobb County Commission Chairman, 06/09/09
- Mike Terry, Citizen of the year, 06/16/09
- 100th Rotary International Convention, 6/21-6/24
- Dr. John Hardman, President of The Carter Center, 6/23/2009
- No Regular Meeting; Year End Awards Banquet, 6/30/2009
- Maria Saporta, Atl Biz Chronicle, 7/7/2009
Recent speakers have included:
- Saxby Chambliss, United States Senator
- Roy Barnes, Former Governor, 10/28/2008
- Bob Barr, Presidential Candidate for Liberterian Party
- David Scott, United States Congressman 8/12/2008
- Phil Gingrey, United States Congressman
- Thurbert Baker, Attorney General, State of Georgia
- Michael Thurmond, Labor Commissioner
- Brett Leudke, F-22 Test Pilot, 7/8/2008
- Chuck Clay, Former Congressman and Head of the Georgia GOP
- General Rodeheaver, United States Army General in charge of Baghdad
- Ted Propes, District 6900 Governor, 7/15/2008
- Fred Sanderson, Chairman, Cobb County School Board, 8/26/2008
- Sam Massell, Former Mayor of Atlanta, 9/2/2008
- Doug Stoner, Georgia State Senator, 9/16/2008
- Jim Wooten, Atlanta Journal Constitution Editorialist, 9/23/2008
- Gordon Jones, Director of the Atlanta History Center, 11/11/2008
- Cynthia Tucker, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editorial Page Editor
- Dr. Lisa Rossbacher, President, Southern Polytechnic University
- Dr. Daniel Papp, President, Kennesaw State University
- Max Bacon, Mayor of Smyrna
- Tom Price, United States Congressman
- Lieutenant General David Poythress, The Adjutant General of Georgia
- Dick Williams, Host of The Georgia Gang
- Dick Yarbrough, Syndicated Columnist
- Ann Kirk, Director of Keep Smyrna Beautiful, 12/2/2008
[See full list...]
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Contact
For further information about Smyrna Rotary, please contact Club President Narayan Sengupta at 770 850 1640 or via email at membership@smyrnarotary.com.
Rotary International - www.Rotary.org
District 6900 - www.RotaryDistrict6900.org
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