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From The Rome Exchange Club
Recipient of Exchange National Service Award 2014-2015
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Rome's #1 Service Club For Over 79 Years
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November 20, 2015
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Winner of the Leonard Grace Best Club Bulletin 2013-2014 Greg Gaston - Editor
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Exchange Club of Rome Newsletter
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Greetings!
Next Meeting
November 20th
One Nation Under God
Rev. Phillip May, Pastor
Pleasant Valley South Baptist Church
Rev May is originally from Augusta, Georgia and has been Sr. Pastor of the Pleasant Valley South Baptist Church, Silver Creek, Georgia since 1977.
Rev May received his Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1980, and his Doctorate of Ministry from Luther Rice Seminary, Lithonia Georgia. He also has a BBA in Business Management from Augusta College.
He has been a pastor for 34 years. He is also serves on the Board of Trustees of Shorter University.
Chicken & Dumplings, Pork Loin, Greens, Mac & Cheese, Fried Squash, Cornbread, Garden Salad, Cobbler, Cake and Ice Cream.
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At Our Last Meeting
It was a most fitting way to end the week of Veterans celebrations as five of our own members took to the podium to tell what Veterans Day and the activities of our club meant to them.
Harry Wise, Dr. Bob Williams, John Fortune, Ralph White, and Bill Fricks each related to the club their own personal stories of military service and the lasting effect it has had on each one of them.
The program was coordinated by Bill King who joined with some others in a brass quintet that provided patriotic music flanked by the flags of each branch of military service.
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Christmas Party
You are invited to Exchange Club of Rome Annual Christmas Party.
Friday, December 4th
Cocktails 6:30 P
Dinner 7:00 P
The Palladium
The cocktail hour with Hors d'oeuvres to begin at 6:30 P and the dinner will be served at 7 P. Following the dinner there will be a dance with music provided by the Flashback Band.
Please make your reservations by responding to the email you received on Monday!!
In that email,just click on the "Register Now!" line below to go make your reservations and select your entree.
If you do not plan to attend, please click on "I Can't Make It", and we will miss you.
Note: Of course this newsletter and the email only goes to those Exchangites who have email. If you know of some Exchangite that may have not been notified,
please get in touch with Buzz at 706-291-0678.
Remember, your only price of admission is one new unwrapped toy per person for
our Toys for Tots kids
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Volunteer Opportunity....
The final registration for the 2015 Toys for Tots will be held on Saturday, December 5th, from 10 AM to 4 PM. As usual, volunteers from the XC will be registering the families that need help with providing toys for their children. We will need six volunteers per shift, with the first shift being from 10 AM to 1 PM and the second from 1 PM until 4 PM (or shortly thereafter).
We will have sign-up sheets at the meeting this Friday but if you can't attend the meeting and would like to volunteer, please email your name, email address, telephone number, and shift you would like to work to [email protected]. Preference will be given to those who have done the registration before, but don't let that stop you from registering. We'd rather have too many volunteers than not enough.
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Strike Out Child Abuse
A great time was had by all who attended this years Strike Out Child Abuse Bowling Tournament held Tuesday Night at the Classic Bowling Center. First.. Thanks to all the Exchangites who participated and supported this years event. This is the 7th year and, so far, the event has raised over $33,000 for the FRC!
Twenty four teams with 5 members each bowled 2 games and competed for best team costume and best team score.
Now just a selection of pictures to give a flavor of the fun and excitement and the participation.
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Proudly we hail.....
We need nominations for "Proudly We Hail" American Flag displays at residences, businesses, schools, and government sites. Nomination forms will be available at the meeting Friday.
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As Exchangites, we are used to looking around our community for properly displayed American Flags so that we can recognized and honor the businesses, government buildings, schools, and residences that proud fly our flag. Of course sometimes we find flags that are just the opposite, tattered and faded and just too worn out to be displayed. Recently Exchangite Bryan Shealy noticed just such a flag at, of all places, our Rome Chamber of Commerce. The Rome Exchange Club Board decided to offer to replace this flag, and on Friday, November 6th, after our meeting, a group of Exchangites visited the Chamber and raised an brand new flag in front of their building. The Exchange CLub has also replaced worn flags at a number of local schools in our area.
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Toys for Tots.....
It's not too early to start thinking about and supporting our Toys for Tots effort this year.
A robust thanks to all the XC volunteers that registered families this past week for the 2015 toy program. In the 15 hours that we registered families, over 400 families were interviewed, with over 1200 children registered. There was a steady stream of applicants and the work was non-stop. Exchangite Marti Robles' husband, Al, and a student from Georgia Highlands both registered and acted as translators, making the process more comfortable for the Hispanic families. Not only was that part successful, but Exchangite June Noble and a non-member have already entered all of the data and June is now doing the final verification on the data. This will enable us to better plan what ages and genders we need to buy toys for, a three-week jump on past years.
A final registration will be held on Saturday, December 5th to accommodate those did not or could not make the registration sessions last week. Be on the lookout for signup sheets!
Thanks to everyone who worked so hard! - Hal GosnellExchangite Bob Evans is just one of the Exchange volunteers that has been working signing up families for toys to be distributed on December 19th at our fairgrounds.
TFT Chair Hal Gosnell has also been busy. He has lined up a number of items to raffle and tickets are available from him at each meeting.
In addition to the handmade items shown here, a Big Green Egg with it's nest, as well as a Cultured Pearl Necklace from Ford, Gittings, and Kane Jewelers are going to be raffled off.
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Family Resource Center News...
The Family Resource Center is in the midst of our Adopt-a-Family for Christmas program. We currently have 20 families that we are serving through this program, but still have five families left unsponsored. We are doing our best to make sure that all of the families who have applied for this program are able to get the assistance that they need. The sizes of the families range from 2-4 people.
If you are interested in sponsoring a family, please contact Kelsee Estes, the FRC intern at [email protected] or call (706) 290-0764.
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The State Advisory Board will review and make recommendations to the director of the Division of Family and Children Services regarding issues relating to the protection of children and the welfare and public assistance functions of the division. Bartleson has more than 26 years of experience working with children and families, primarily in child abuse prevention. She is a member of the Exchange Club of Rome and holds a master's degree in Public & Social Services from West Georgia College.
According to Bartleson, "I am honored to have an opportunity to share lessons learned through the Exchange Club Family Resource Center's prevention programs and our work with children and families. Family engagement and support is critical to the protection of children." According to Representative Katie Dempsey, "I am grateful that Gov. Deal appointed Tina to this very important position and even more grateful that she accepted this opportunity to serve. Her experience will be helpful beyond measure as our State works together to keep Georgia's children safe."
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Exchange Fellowship
This week please remember these Exchangites in your thoughts and prayers:
Exchangite Phil Franssen's daughter-in-law, Robin Franssen passed away suddenly on last week in Raleigh NC. Please remember Phil and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
Exchangite Steve Van Meter's father , James Curtis Van Meter Sr. passed away last week. Please keep this family in your thoughts and prayers.
If you have fellowship information, please let us know. The email addresses are:
If you have emailed one of the above and your fellowship need has not been announced within a few hours, please email one of the other contacts.
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Rome Exchange Club
Meetings Held Friday At Noon
The Palladium
Coosa Valley Fairgrounds
1400 Martin Luther King Blvd
Rome, GA | |
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