Smyrna Rotary Club Meetings

We meet at Brawner Hall (3180 Atlanta Road, Smyrna, GA 30080) most, but not all, Tuesdays for lunch (12:15 to 1:15 pm). To attend, please email f12@nfiweb.com. For our list of meetings, please see Latest Schedule. This will take you to our new, official website, www.smyrnarotary.org.

Speakers and Events for 2019-2020 Rotary Year

07/09/19 - We Are This Close: The End of Polio?: PDG Bob Hagan, End Polio Now Coordinator Zone 34 2017-2020
07/11/19 - Kick Off Banquet: Atkins Park
07/16/19 - SPLOST V and 2019/2020: Dr. Jaha Howard, Cobb County School Board
07/23/19 - Superior Court: Judge Ann B. Harris, Cobb County Superior Court
07/30/19 - Member Introductions: David McGinnis, Anthony Iorillo, Rick Beauford, Don Parkerson, Sam Belcher, Kevin Young and Bill Keappler
08/06/19 - World Trade, Tariffs and More: Robert Balentine
08/13/19 - At the Capitol in the Capital: Rich Golick, State Representative
08/20/19 - Georgia's Future: Stacey Evans, Smyrna Visionary
08/27/19 - DOT Updates: Dana Lemon, Georgia DOT, 13th Congressional District
09/03/19 - Seeing is Not Believing: Joe Turner, Atlanta's Favorite Mentalist
09/10/19 - Georgia Update: Representative Teri Anulewicz
09/17/19 - Cyclorama Restoration: Gordon Jones, Senior Military Historian, Atlanta History Center
09/30/19 - GOLF TOURNAMENT: 10 am; Dogwood Golf Club, Powder Springs
10/01/19 - Smyrna and Georgia Topics: Erick Allen, Smyrna State Rep., District 40
10/08/19 - Greece’s Humanitarian Response to Refugees: Joseph Bock, Director, KSU, School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development
01/00/00 - : Teasley Elementary Career Day
10/22/19 - Hospitals, ERs, Urgent Care and More!: Callie Andrews, President, Wellstar Hospital
10/29/19 - The Game of Sales: Buck Buchanan (author)
11/05/19 - D6900 Updates: DG Jim Squire
11/12/19 - Rotary Foundation: PDG Roy Strickland
11/19/19 - : Peter Verbeeck, DGN 6990; Smyrna Community Center
11/26/19 - Building Stronger Families: Michael Bailey, Deputy Director, Georgia Dept. Human Services
12/03/19 - Holiday Music:
12/10/19 - Combating Alzheimer's and CART: PDG Margie Kersey

Speakers and Events for 2016-2017 Rotary Year (Partial List)

Joe Brywczynski, WellStar Health Systems Senior Vice President
President of Life University, Dr. Guy Riekeman
District 6900 District Governor Raymond Ray
Cobb Commissioner Mike Boyce
Kristen Stocks, Executive Director and Coach of Kids Boost, Inc.
Rotary Foundation Major Gifts Officer Debra Lowe
Rob Hathcock, Manager Local Government Data Acquisition Program, Georgia DOT
Janine Eveler, Cobb County Director of Elections
Connie Engel, Board Member of the Cumberland Community Improvement District
Remembering 9/11 - Tyger Vollrath, Founder and COO, PS Web Solution
Ross Kelly, author of "Emergence of The Me Enterprise"

Alec Smythe, District Governor, 2017-2018, Rotary District 6900

Rotary's Alec Smythe spoke at the Smyrna, Georgia Rotary Club about polio, community service literacy healthcare clean water leadership, peace, conflict resolution, etc. “Get out of your living room and into your community," he suggested, "and get involved. Work with people with complementary skills. Rotary is unique, caring intensely about health and welfare of our local communities, but we are also big enough to help the rest of the world. You can have a bigger impact as part of Rotary than on your own.” He added that Rotarians are getting nearly 10:1 matches on contributions to fight polio. “But it’s only 20% of what we do.”

Speakers and Events for 2015-2016 Rotary Year (Partial List)

District Governor Bob Hagan
Louise Blais, Consul General of Canada in Atlanta
The Ebola Threat and More: US Congressman David Scott
Nicole Moore, Manager of Education for the Center for Civil and Human Rights
Ariane Weldon, Director, Get Georgia Reading Campaign
Fulton Superior Court Judge Todd Markle
Mary Elizabeth Davis, Chief Academic Officer for the Cobb County School System
State Representative Rich Golick
Your Privacy Rights: Bob Barr
Israel and America: Opher Aviran, Israeli Consul General
Georgia Air National Guard: Major General Stacye Harris, Commander, 22nd Air Force
Cobb’s Emergency Preparation: Sam Heaton, Cobb County Director of Public Safety
Keeping an Eye on Cobb: Otis Brumby, Publisher, Marietta Daily Journal
Georgia Supreme Court Justice Keith Blackwell
Scoop of Smyrna
Adopt a Mile
Teasley Career Day
$4500 STEM science and robotics kits for Griffin Middle School
Books for the Smyrna Jail Project
Books for the Cobb Jail Project (on-going)
$3500 STEM science and robotics kids for Teasley Elementary School

A little history of Smyrna, Georgia

150 years ago, this area was the epicenter of one of the greatest campaigns in US Military History. The battles of Chattanooga, Dalton, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain and Atlanta were the stepping stones on Sherman’s March to the Sea. The Battle of Smyrna took place July 3, 1864, and the Battle of Atlanta was on July 22, 1864 though the fighting in the area really ran from June to September 2, 1864. To bring that fascinating history to life, Smyrna Rotary welcomes award-winning author Bill Marchone (7/8/14) and Gordon Jones, Senior Military Historian and Curator at the Atlanta History Center (9/2/14).

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