The Gainesville-Haymarket Rotary meets every Wednesday at 7:30 am at the Piedmont Country Club. Here's the address:

14675 Piedmont Vista Drive, Haymarket, Va 2016

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This week I was reunited with a submarine crew I hadn’t seen for forty-one years. We were tentative at first, all of us cautiously scanning the Muppety gatherers for clues to once-smooth faces. But the chemistry of time quickly dissolved in the strong alkaline of returning memory. I saw my friend, recognized him instantly, and knew that I still knew him. I knew that he was an electrician from St Louis, that he loved baseball and particularly, the Pirates; that his dislike for commuting had brought him back to the Navy; that the task he liked least as an electrician was running cables from one compartment to another; and that his favorite drink was Early Times and water. I called him by his nickname, Herbie. We spoke with our eyes and hands, our arms and our laughter, and inevitably, with our tears for lost shipmates and forty-one lost years. We told stories and relived experiences as small tribes have done for centuries. We read each other as though we were books. See, shipmates are life-mates.

I believe that Rotary offers this same kind of bonding for many. But it requires a little study. The reading of people is its own, special kind of literacy.

We're organizing a baseball outing on August 2nd as one of our fellowship events. We've asked the Manassas and Bull Run Clubs to join us. We are partnering with these clubs on our Children's Wellness Festival project. We are also inviting fellows from the International Counterterrorism Fellows Program to join us.

Here is the flyer that describes the event . .

Please note in order to have the picnic we need a minimum of 20 people to sign up. Click here to view and print out a signup form. .

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Picnic is from 4:00 - 5:15 pm Game starts at 6:30

Tickets to picnic and game $21 (Children under six $9) Tickets to game only $9

Tickets must be purchased in advance

We'll be watching the Potomac Nationals play at Richard Pfitzner Stadium.

Our presence at the game will be announced and a notice will appear on the display boards It is good Rotary PR for our clubs and a fun fellowship event.

For additional information email baseball@gh-rotary.org

Background One of the ways to demonstrate service above self is to get involved with our community service projects. These projects belong to each of us. We make them successful.

The Children's Wellness Festival is our signature health project and happens on . The event provides health screening and education. Through this project we become a source for children who will not get the medical attention they need because they have exhausted all possible avenues of support. The Senator Colgan and Accomplished under 40 Fund Raiser is being undertaken to raise the funds to provide health care to these at risk children.

We have lots of projects on our plates and we should focus on the ones that are just around the corner. On Saturday September 20th the Town of Haymarket holds the biggest event of the year. It is called Haymarket Day. Here's what's involved:

Volunteer to help with the parade. Last year Charlie, Dennis, Marilyn and kids from the Interact Club helped organized the groups in the parade and then when told helped the groups flow into the parade. We started around 8 and the paradae ended at about 11.

Have the club purchase a booth for the event. (Cost is $150). We did this our part of our PR compaign to be known in the community and as a membership drive. We found Thea Taylor and she found us at this event. Last year we sold coffee and donunts and raised enough money to pay for the booth and then some. This brings up an important point. Our projects should be self funding whenever possible.

Here if a preliminary task list for Haymarket Day project

Establish the committee including a Chairperson. Marilyn as the Service Director will help the chairperson if they feel they need it

Purchase booth from the Town of Haymarket

Get volunteers to set up booth

Get volunteers to man the booth in 2 hour shifts

Orangize literature to be handed out at the booth

Determine what to sell at the booth

Arrange to acquire what will be sold - this could be raffle tickets or whatever the committee comes up with

Determine how to allocate any funds raised that go beyond the cost of the booth

Organize volunteers to help with the parade.

We're looking for people to manage the event and then people to volunteer to be part of the event. Let Marilyn Karp know if you are interested.

TODAY'S PROGRAM

Jean Kellogg, Executive Director, Hylton Performing Arts Center

LAST WEEK'S PROGRAM

CLUB ASSEMBLY

The new board members addressed the general membership on their roles in the organization and outline the club's goals for the coming year.

We also inducted Nicole Negvesky into our club at last week's meeting. Welcome Nicole!

UPCOMING PROGRAMS & EVENTS

Date	Speaker	Description	Guest Of
July 30th		Governor's Visit
August 6th	Ali Syed	Classification Talk

HOLD THE DATE

Date	Event	Time
Saturday, September 20	Haymarket Day	All Day - Time Slots to man our Rotary Booth
Saturday, September 27	Children's Wellness Festival	TBD
October 24, 2008	First Annual Senator Charles J. Colgan Accomplished Under 40 Awards	Luncheon - Heritage Hunt

Rotary Club of Gainesville-Haymarket

2008-2009 Board of Directors

Officers	Name	Directors	Name
President	Dennis Fargo	The Rotary Foundation	Russ Tuck
President Elect	Charlie Mills	Club Administration	Lori Power
Vice President	Alan Myers	Membership	Linda Marlow
Secretary	Don Rusch	Service Projects	Marilyn Karp
Treasurer	Dick McCord	Club Public Relations	Amelia Stansell
Sergeant-at-Arms	Ali Sayed	Rotary Community Corp	George Layne
Interact Club	George Layne	Past President	John Grezjka

Places to make up a meeting

Excellence is the result of:

• caring more than others think wise
• risking more than others think is safe
• dreaming more than others think is practical
• and expecting more than others think is possible

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