This Tuesday (Oct. 17) is an important meeting for our Club, as we'll be welcoming our Rotary 7280 District Governor John Marshall for his official club visit! I sincerely encourage you to attend<3
THIS TUESDAY, October 17th - District Governor John Marshall
SECOND FLOOR of Franklin Elks - Use Front Entrance, Proceed Upstairs
We'll be meeting on the 2nd floor of the Elks - please use the Front Entrance and proceed up the stairs. Our Members do so much, so I'd really like your attendance to demonstrate our Club's commitment to Service Above Self (Not to mention we will be having prime rib for lunch!)
Franklin Rotary Club's 17th Annual 3rd Grade Dictionary Project took place Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at Franklin and Valley Grove Elementary Schools. 188 Dictionaries were distributed this year, bringing the projects grand total dictionaries distributed to 3,724 Dictionaries! Thank you, to Rotarians Linda Lusher and Dennis Hoover for facilitating this impactful project! The Dictionary Project is sponsored by Franklin Rotary Club.
We did it! We pulled off another successful fundraising marathon at Applefest 2023
25 Franklin Rotarians and family members contributed 4 Days, 12 Hours of Volunteer Service Hours with organizing, labeling, setting up, and selling Apple Butter this year!
Thank you to Diane Kemick, for chairing our club's Apple Butter fundraiser. As our second largest annual fundraiser, it takes a lot of work to facilitate the 'event' and Diane did an outstanding job!!
13 Rotarians and family worked in as Parking Attendants in the Galaxy Federal Credit Union lot, serving over 1 Day, 6 Hours of Volunteer Service Hours!
Thank you to Jessica Zacherl, for chairing/facilitating the parking lot fundraiser!
A BIG THANK YOU TO GALAXY FOR ALLOWING US TO USE THEIR PARKING LOT AS OUR FUNDRAISER
Total Applefest 2023 Volunteer Service Hours: 5 Days, 18 Hours
The Final Fundraiser Reports will be available for these two soon!
SUCCESS: Apple Butter Labeling!
THANK YOU to all the Rotarians who attended our annual Apple Butter Labeling party this year! We were able to complete the labeling in a record time of 33 minutes! Many hands make light work :) It was a great evening of service and fellowship.
A BIG SPECIAL THANK YOU TO CREEKSIDE GRANITE (Jessica, Justin, Harper, Jase) for hosting such a wonderful labeling party and for storing the applebutter!! True Rotarians<3
Welcome, Marcella! Our 2023-24 Exchange Student
We had the opportunity to meet and welcome our 2023 Brazilian Exchange Student Marcella at our meeting Tuesday, September 19th! Marcella is attending Franklin High School and has quickly gotten involved in various activities. One of which is, she will be playing a role in this year's school musical! We'll continue to provide updates and additional information on the events she participates in and when/where you're invited to support her!
Rotary Fellowship Groups
Corey,
I had a couple of questions about the Rotary Fellowship affinity groups that I mentioned yesterday in the presentation. Here is a link to the listing of all of the different fellowships that exist:
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