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 20169

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Last week we had the pleasure of inducting two Paul Harris Fellows. Congratulations to Nicole Negvesky, pictured here with her uncle, who is also a Rotarian and David Crandall, and to Charlie Mills, pictured here with John Grezjka and Russ Tuck!

Club Assembly

Today the Rotary Board will be giving an update on what is going on within our chapter. Dennis will also be presenting highlights from the District Conference, where he represented the Gainesville-Haymarket chapter.

Earth Day, Every Day, presented by the Earth Day Committee

The Earth Day Celebration in Haymarket on Saturday, April 25th from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm is focused on children. They are our future and we owe it them to make Earth Day happen every day. The day’s highlight is the Children’s Parade starting at 10:00 at Madison and Washington Streets. Children may wear home-made costumes, carry art work, decorate bicycles or wagons. Flyers have been set to Pre-K through 5th grade Public and private schools within the boundaries of Haymarket. Prizes will be awarded based on originality, enthusiasm, environmental or recycling themes.

Another focus on children is the Middle School Essay Contest with a $100 first prize sponsored by the Gainesville-Haymarket Rotary Club. The essay will be titled What I Can Do Every Day To Promote a Cleaner Environment.

We’re thrilled to report that the Battlefield High School Interact Club will have a booth and activity for children. They’ll be raising funds for an International project they are undertaking.

The club will be selling food at our booth. Mark Cooke is leading this part of the effort. We’ve already raised over $1700 and we expect the event is going to turn out to be a nice fund raiser. All proceeds are going to the Gainesville-Haymarket Rotary Foundation.

A long stretch of Washington Street will be closed from 8:00 to 4:00. They’ll be parking in various locations, just look for the signs. Come early and have breakfast with the Haymarket Woman’s Club at the Mason’s lodge on Jefferson Street. They’ll start serving at 7:00 am. The Town Beautification starts at 8:00 and volunteers should gather at the old town hall at 15000 Washington Street.

Stop by the Kids Fun Activity Corner and enjoy arts and crafts and games. Bring your bike to the Bike Rodeo hosted by the Haymarket Police Department where you can get you bike inspected and run an obstacle course. Much fun is to be had by going on the Treasure Hunt that starts at BB&T. Clues that will take you throughout Haymarket. Be sure and catch wonderful live performances on our stage.

Other environmental awareness activities include a Recycling Fair for electronics and shredding for personal papers. Don’t miss the exciting Green Car Show where you’ll be able to see the latest environmentally friendly cars.

Each hour we’ll present an Earth Day Workshop. Washington St. will be lined with vendors booths full of environmentally friendly products and lots of environmental literature.

This event is being produced by the Town of Haymarket and the Gainesville-Haymarket Rotary Club of Virginia. For more information please visit the Earth Day in Haymarket website by clicking here. Vendor booths and sponsorships are still available. You can download the forms from our website.

A lot of people in this community are working very hard to make this a special Earth Day Celebration in Haymarket. Save the date! Saturday, April 25th 2009.

As you can see this is a big event and we are going to need everyone to help us both get ready and on the day of the event. This is a high visibility event in the community. Remember to bring your Rotary magazines. We will have sign-up sheets for:

Volunteers to serve food at our booth Volunteers to man the booth – we are the last stop on the treasure hunt and we need people to talk about Rotary to potential new members

Volunteers for the parade 9:30 – 11:00

Volunteers for Haymarket Beautification 8: - 10

Volunteers for Electronics Recycling 9 - 3

Volunteers to answer questions about where things are 8 - 4

Volunteers to monitor the event to ensure refuse bins are usable 8 – 4

We working on getting other volunteers but this is our event and people should see us everywhere in our hats and shirts. Ask you spouses, children, friends, neighbors to help.

The Earth Day Committee is pictured here.

Member Jim Miller was honored last month at the Prince William Red Cross Gala. Jim was presented with an award for Outstanding Volunteer Leadership and Service. Jim and his wife Anna have been sponsoring our Interact Club at their table at the annual gala for the last several years. Here they are pictured with several of the Interact Students at the Gala, which had a pajama party theme. Congratulations Jim for your much deserved recognition!

Date	Speaker	Description	Guest Of
April 15	Debi Alexander	Rainbow Center Therapeutic Riding Center	Linda Marlow
April 22	Michael Kieffer	Bull Run Mountain Conservancy	Linda Marlow
April 29	Timothy Burtch	Aircraft Accident Investigator - National Transportation Safety Board -	Linda Marlow
May 6	Curt & Margaret Dierdorf	Volunteer Chaplains	Marti Dahl
May 13	Jan Nelson	National Wildlife Federation	Marilyn Karp
May 20	Bonaventure Gonsalves	Bonefish Grill	Jim Miller
May 27	Eric Latham	Walk Across America	Don Rusch
June 24	Congressman Gerald Connolly		Amelia Stansell

Date	Event	Time
Saturday, April 25	Earth Day, Every Day
Saturday, September 26	Childrens Wellness Festival

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 Grzejka	Club Public Relations	Amelia Stansell
Sergeant-at-Arms	Ali Sayed	Rotary Community Corp	George Layne
Interact Club	George Layne	Past President	John Grzejka

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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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