Rome Exchange Club
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 From The Rome Exchange Clu 
Recipient of Exchange National Service Award 2015-2016 

Rome's #1 Service Club  For Over 80 Years

Oct 14, 2016 

Best Bulletin
Winner of the

National Exchange Club Best Bulletin Award 2015-2016


Greg Gaston - Editor

Exchange Club of Rome Newsletter
   
Greetings!



Next Meeting
October 14

Business Meeting
Remember - No Guests at a Business Meeting


  
Menu:   Sweet Tea Brined Chicken, Fried Fish, Green Beans, Baked Potatoes, Coleslaw, Rolls, Salad, Cobbler, Cake and Ice Cream. 
Fill In The Form On Friday

T4T signup
We Need You To Register The Children For Toys For Tots

 

On Friday this form will be on every table and we need YOU to volunteer to help register families for our Toys For Tots program.

Registration will be held at Good Neighbor Ministries as usual on November 7-8-9-10-11 from the hours of 1pm to 4 or 5pm each day,  depending on the demand.
  • We can use you for one day...or multiple days.
  • Please be there by 12:30 on your first day for a bit of training, but it is an easy assignment.
  • We expect there will be an English/Spanish interpreters available to assist you with the process if necessary.

If you will not be at the meeting on Friday, just click below and send an email as to the time you are available.  Remember...the kids are depending on us to make their Christmas a merry one.

[email protected] 

Fun at the Fair


For more pictures from Gail Johnson's archive, click here.



Miss Georgia,  Patricia Ford, congratulates Little Miss Challenger at the Coosa Valley Fair. The Challenger Pageant is sponsored by the Miss Rome Scholarship program and is held each year for young women with special needs.




Attention All Members

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A nominating committee has been established by the Coosa Valley Fair Association for the purpose of presenting a slate of Directors at a special meeting to be held at the conclusion of the Exchange Club business meeting on November 4, 2016.  Those elected will assume office on January 1, 2017.



The committee is comprised of Past Presidents Jackie Moreland, Chair, Bill Irmscher, member, and Ted Noe, member.



All members of the Exchange Club of Rome are members of the Coosa Valley Fair Association.  Members may submit names for consideration to any member of the committee.




John Garner

President

Coosa Valley Fair Association

Downtown Trick or Treat Crossing Guards
Once again this year, Rome's Downtown Development Authority is asking the Exchange Club of Rome to protect the children during the annual Downtown Trick or Treat on
Monday, October 31.



Exchangites will be crossing guards at several intersections and crosswalks to insure the thousands of children make it across Broad and the side streets safely.



Please hold this date and watch for the signup sheets to participate in this Community Service and Youth Program of Service.

First Call For Bowlers




Strike Out  
Child Abuse 
Bowling Tournament
Benefiting The Exchange Club

Family Resource Center  
November 15th 


Once again this year the Exchange Club will be sponsoring a bowling team in the Strike Out Child Abuse Bowling Tournament. If you are a bowler,
or possibly just think you are a bowler, and want to join the Exchange Club team, please get in touch with President Mike Elliott.  We guarentee a great time will be had by all as dollars are raised for the FRC.   
 
Toys for Tots
  Toys For Tots Train
You may think of Toys for Tots as being a Christmas time event, but work goes on all  year round.  Again this year,  the Rome Exchange Club is the local coordinator for this project.


Exchangite Marti Robles is the chair and she and several others have been working behind the scenes all year long.  Soon it will be time for you to help out!! 


Dates to remember are:
  • Distribution of boxes to businesses as Drop off points
    • Starting Oct 3rd - Floyd EMTs
  • Registration for children to receive toys for Christmas
    • Nov 7-11th At Good Neighbor Ministry, INC 100 E 1st St
    • ** Exchangites needed **
  • Sorting of the toys 
    • Dec 5-16th 8:00 am -
    • ** Exchangites needed **
  • Pick up day of the boxes/toys Floyd EMTs
    • Dec 12th
  • Distribution day for toys
    • Dec 17th 8:00am - At Coosa Valley Fair
    • ** Exchangites needed **
Please put these dates on your calendars.  As we get closer to these times, signup sheets will be available. 


Family Resource Center




    Have you ever wondered what happens after the Exchange Club Family Resource Center receives a referral?  Just how does the Exchange Parent Aide program work for a family?  With this 3-part series of articles, we'll share the experience of one family:

We received a referral on a young family from a friend who thought they needed extra support.   Luckily, the friend had permission to make this call and we were able to quickly make an appointment to visit the family in their home.  Mom and Dad were nervous about us at first but agreed to meet with a Parent Aide on a weekly basis. This family has a lot going for them---Dad has a job, there is some local family support, and parents are attached to their newborn.  But they are experiencing stressors that can set up their baby for risk---family members aren't accessible on a day-to-day basis, the baby cries a lot, Mom is on her own during the day while Dad works, and both have overly high expectations about how their baby should act.

 

    During our first few months of service, the Parent Aide met with this family at least twice a week with phone contact in between.  We learned that Mom was staying up a lot at night with the baby and then trying to keep the "perfect house" in the daytime.  She was overwhelmed---and described crying at night when the baby wouldn't stop crying.  We shared information about crying and offered suggestions for soothing the baby...and for coping when baby can't be soothed. Though Dad works full-time, the family is quite strained financially so we evaluated their budget with them, offered suggestions, and connected them with WIC and food stamps to fill in some of the gaps while they get on their feet financially.  Through home visits, sharing information verbally, modeling skills, and watching/discussing DVDs, our services focused on day-to-day infant care, dealing with stress and financial pressures, and managing marital transitions as the family adjusted to a new child.   We saw the parents grow in confidence and we coached them as they practiced these new skills.  As a result, the stress level in the home decreased.  There is still more work to be done, however...we'll tell you more about that next week! 

 
Save The Date
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Put It On Your Calendars NOW!

Friday Night

December 2nd

Exchange Club of Rome

Annual Members Christmas Party

The Palladium

Dinner Buffet

(More details to follow)

 
Save The Date For 
The Celebration of the

25th Anniversary of the founding of The

Exchange Club Family Resource Center

October 27th
5:30 - 7:30P
Hawthorne Suites
Fellowship




Please remember the following in your thoughts and prayers for a complete speedy recovery:

Exchangite Ronnie Farmer undergoing rehab after knee surgery.



Exchangite Greg Fricks daughter and Bill Frick's granddaughter Grier Fricks Hay who  underwent her second brain surgery in Birmingham.



Many in our club know Hazel Hendrix thru District work.  Her husband Lewis is undergoing a second major heart operation this week.  The Hendrix family needs us to remember them in our thoughts and prayers too.



If you have fellowship information, please let us know. The email addresses are:

Gail Johnson: [email protected]

Greg Gaston: [email protected]

Mike Elliott: [email protected]

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.



Rome Exchange Club
 Meetings Held Friday At Noon
The Palladium
Coosa Valley Fairgrounds
1400 Martin Luther King Blvd 
Rome, GA
In this issue....
Fill In The Form
Fun at the Fair.
Attention All Members.
Downtown Trick or Treat
First Call For Bowlers
Toys for Tots
Christmas Party Date
Happy Birthday FRC...Save The Date
Fellowship
Be An Exchange Builder
Mark Your Calendars ...  



October 14
Business Meeting


October 21
DIGS
Louise Branham


October 28
Rome Police Chief
Denise Downer-McKinney
Who will wear the special Exchange Strong lapel pin for recruiting a new member?  Let's fill this space with sponsor names as Rome becomes
Exchange Strong!
Bill King

Terry Simmons

Buzz Wachsteter 
Bob Steinbruegge

 

Add Your Name To This

Prestigious List  



October
Club Anniversaries  
  
49 years !!
   John Hine


35 years !!
Sam Evans


30 years!!
Johnny Rogers


13 years
Bobby Padgett



6 years
Michele Randall


5 years
Sue Jones


2 years
Robert Fletcher
Dan Lewis
Shane Walley








October Birthdays


October 3 
Barbara Carter
 

October 4
Kimberly Hall


October 8
Bob Steinbruegge


October 10
Nan Winkelman


October 11
Tim Burkhalter


October 12
Anthony Pucillo


October 16
Bill Irmscher


October 20
Ben Harrison
Michele Randall


October 21
Ted Noe


October 22
Joan Crumley
June Noble


October 24
Len Woodward


Octoberr 27
Hugh Bonner
Richard Franklin


October 30
Beverly Mason
Jack Niedrach
Steve White




Quick Links
Rome Exchange Club 
2016-2017 Officers




President - Mike Elliott
Past President -  J P Cooper

President Elect - Charles Long

Secretary - Charles Norris

Treasurer - Bob Steinbruegge





Directors


Term Ending 6/30/2017
  
District President  -

Barney Knighton
Program of Service
Committee Chairperson


Americanism- Bill King 
Youth - Wanda Whitten
Community Service -Tom Caldwell  
Child Abuse Prev - Louise Branham  
P/R -Phil Burkhalter
Social -  J.P. Cooper
Awards -Steve White
Programs -  Charles Long
Fellowship -Rhonda Wallace & New Member Support  J.P. Cooper


Contact one of these Chairpersons and volunteer for a committee.  Just click
on their name to send an email.
Coosa Valley Fair Association Officers
Pres - John Garner
1st VP - Gene Richardson 

2nd VP - Jason Sanker

Treas - Joe Wade
Sect - Paul Smith
Ex Officio - J P Coooper

Past Pres - Bill Irmscher

Directors
Term Expires 12/2016
Phil Burkhalter

Cathy Kerce

Charles Long

Bryan Shealy

Milton Slack

Term Expires 12/2017
Sherri Beidek

Jordan Knight

Bobby Padgett

Robert Smyth

Joe Wade, III

Term Expires 12/2018
Barbara Carter

Jim Kelley

Bob Babcock

Dave Shelton

Len Woodward



















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Meal Policy Of The Exchange Club Of Rome
Members are encouraged to bring prospective member guests to all regular meetings.  The club is most happy to pay for the meals of prospects the first three times they visit, more then that you are required to pay for your guest's meal unless they have submitted an application for membership, in which case the meals will remain at no charge  If you bring a non-prospect guest, someone to just join you for lunch, or if you take out a lunch for anyone that is not a member, you are required to pay for your guest's or takeout meal.  The cost of the meal is $10 per meal and must be paid to the Treasurer or other officer at the time of the meeting.  Money can also be placed in the Dues Box in the lobby.


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