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.

My mother died a year ago this week. Her greatest legacy to her children was her compassion. She taught by her deeds that the strength and nobility in any family can be measured by its extension of love and care to those in need. Her most urgent care was offered internal to the family, of course, but her greatest lesson was about caring for extended family, too – for parents, siblings, friends, and neighbors. Her compassion was diffused like ripples on the surface of a pond, and was almost as visible. It mattered. It shaped me.

I believe this is a shared family experience for most of us: listen to Robin speak about his mother, or to Alan speak about his father. They beckoned their children to a life in service to others. If we were to diagram the overlapping circles of care offered to our respective, extended families, I believe we’d find they make a big honeycomb pattern. This is what draws us to Rotary. Sharing our compassion is a natural, necessary, and rewarding human behavior. Rotary allows our compassion to play in a larger pond. In a way, we in Rotary are all bee-keepers to the big honeycomb that is the Family of Man.

Thanks mom. Thanks, Rotary.

What a wonderful experience! Small town America at its finest. Flags, fun, food, and festival! Thanks so much to all of you who gave your time, talent, and treasure to this event: to parade marshals, traffic directors, booth keepers, membership solicitors, and advice-givers. A special tip of my hat to Nicole for organizing and for providing furniture, to Ali for the generous donation of coffee and fixings, to Thea for the beautiful raffled pearls, and to Don for providing cookies! Great job, everyone! You make me proud to be a Rotarian and a small part of you, because you embody the finest qualities of citizenship.

You are the Key, Dennis.

Review of 2008/2009 Budget

Dennis will give the membership a review of the budget for our chapter for the upcoming year.

Melvin Murphy, Choosing the Right People to Help You Network

Melvin Murphy, a new board member of the Dunn Loring Rotary Club, gave a presentation on Choosing the Right People to Help you Network and Manage Effective Alliances and Partnerships. Melvin is a noted author and professional speaker. Several club members purchased a copy of his new book, "I'm Somebody, Who are you?"

Date	Speaker	Description	Guest Of
October 1	Bryan Garcia	Classification Talk	member

Date	Event	Time
Saturday, September 27	Children's Wellness Festival	11am - 3pm
Saturday, October 11	Paint - Turning Point Shelter	TBD
Saturday, October 25	Fireside Chat	1-4 pm
Monday, December 22	Salvation Army - Bell Ringing	TBD

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	John Grezjka	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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