Remembering J. D. Daniel
Smyrna Rotary mourns the loss of a great Rotarian, a wonderful father and a terrific leader in our community. J. D. Daniel was a charter member of our club, and over the past 47 years has had almost perfect attendance. J. D. passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2010. District Governor Roy Strickland eulogizes him on this page: [Read more...]

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 Dan Hoppe...]

Roy Strickland - DGE
We are absolutely thrilled that our own Roy Strickland is the District Governor starting July 1, 2009.

Teasley Elementary
October 2009-Smyrna Rotarians Brad Cottrill, Jay Treadwell, Narayan Sengupta, David Wine (and wife Debbie), and Ken Crowell helped with Teasley's semi-annual Weed / Seed Day.  Landscaping was the order of the day as these Rotarians helped created a more beautiful learning environment for these students, teachers and staff.

Brown Elementary School
October 2009 - Smyrna Rotarians Jay Treadwell, Larren Odom, and Ken Crowell handed out awards for Most Improved Student and Best Commmunity Service for grades 4 and 5.

Veteran's Day 2009
November 2009-The Smyrna Rotary Club co-sponsored the second annual Smyrna Veteran's Day ceremony on November 11, 2009.  Immediate Past President Narayan Sengupta chaired the event, which was attended by more than 300 citizens and veterans.  Speakers included Chuck Clay, whose grandfather ran post-war Germany and Larry Odom, who commanded the B-2 bomber base in Knob Noster, MO (and also is father of Smyrna Rotarian Larren Odom).

Keep Smyrna Beautiful-Adopt A Mile
November 2009- John Hubbard led a group of  six Smyrna Rotarians to help clean up our Smyrna mile. as part of this wonderful program, ranked as one of the top nationally.  John will represent Smyrna Rotary at the Keep Smyrna Beautiful Banquet in spring 2010.  Adopt A Mile pickup dates for 2010 are 1/23, 4/17, 7/17, and 10/16.

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:

- Will Howard
- Joey Durham, Chic-Fil-A
- Brad Cottrill, Wachovia

The club now has approximately 50 members. [Read more...]

News
- 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
- 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.

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.

Contact
For further information about Smyrna Rotary, please contact Narayan Sengupta at 770 850 1640 or via email at membership@smyrnarotary.com.

Rotary International - www.Rotary.org

District 6900 - www.RotaryDistrict6900.org