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

Please sign on to the District Club Database and review/update your membership information.

When Marilyn asked me to write about the Wellness Festival for the Bulletin, I said we need FUNDING. She said write it. So here I am.

Right now, the plans for our second Wellness Festival Saturday, September 27th 11-3 are solid. We have commitments for entertainment, food – Robin (Chick-fil-A is donating 200 meals for volunteers AND exhibitors), medical assistance, Lions Club, etc. Our own gallant members, Logistics - Jim & Don, Volunteers – George, Marketing – Midge and Becky, Sponsorships – Lori, etc. are doing an excellent job.

WE DO NEED SPONSORSHIPS! Please keep in mind that anything we raise, over and above the net cost to put on the Festival, goes toward helping children’s medical expenses. Several in the Club have donated $100. Although that would be nice, I’m not asking for that. Please ask companies for whom you work, where you shop, where you send your dry cleaning, etc. if they could spare $50-$100 or perhaps more.

Lori has the sponsorship forms. Please take some and look around. Let’s not just reach into our pockets, let’s spread the worthwhile commitment. Remember, we are a 501c3 organization!

Charlie

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

DISTRICT GOVERNOR'S VISIT

Today we welcome District Governor Chuck Davidson and AG Dave Mercer to our meeting,and look forward to heaing their vision for the upcoming Rotary year.

Jean Kellogg, Executive Director, Hylton Performing Arts Center

Jean gave us an overview on the progress of the new Hylton Performing Arts Center, which they are building in Manassas. The Hylton Performing Arts Center will contain three state-of-the-art performance and rehearsal venues, along with support facilities to showcase music, dance, theater, and choral productions from across the community and around the world. The center will also contain gallery space to present the work of regional visual artists. It is scheduled to open in the fall of 2009

Date	Speaker	Description	Guest Of
August 6th	Ali Syed	Classification Talk
August 13th	TBA
August 20th	Colin Davis	Executive Director, The Barn	Amelia Stansell
August 27th	Charlie Mills	Children's Wellness Festival Update

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

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

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• 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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