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Pawsitivity Partnership Seal
October 10, 2025

Meetings

October is Economic and Community Development Month

10/13 No Meeting Columbus Day
10/20 Christa Pitts, Owner and Co-CEO, The Lumistellla Company
10/27 Rotary Polio Awareness Day: Robert Hall. Past Rotary International Trustee
11/3 Timo Resch, President and CEO of Porsche Cars North America, Inc
11/10 Veterans Day Panel Conversation
11/17 Monsignor Frank McNamee, Rector, The Cathedral of Christ the King
11/24 No Meeting Thanksgiving Holiday
12/1 Gary P. Stokan, CEO & President, Peach Bowl, Inc.

Events

10/11 Dekalb Healthy Pet Event as part of the Pawsitivity Partnership with LifeLine
10/18 Pawsitivity Partnership with Buckhead Rotarians Delivering Pet Food with OpenHand AND OpenHand Tours
10/20 Board of Directors Meeting
10/23 New Member Reception and Social

Our Rotary Family
BIRTHDAYS

10/1 Candace Klein
10/1 Jim Coleman
10/1 Ben Shapiro
10/6 Drew Amerson
10/10 Jack Hellriegel

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

10/14 Shelley Hammell (8)
10/21 Raymond Reynolds, Jr. (36)

Rotary Online

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LEADERSHIP

President Shelley Hammell
President-Elect Jeff Clark, Jr.
Immediate PP Denise Starling
Vice President Jeff Clark, Jr.
Treasurer Radu Zernoveanu
Secretary Michael Stimpert
Public Image Mark Meltzer
Sergeant-at-Arms Garth Peters

Volunteer Opportunity! Healthy Pet Event Tomorrow!

Dekalb Healthy Pet Event as part of the Pawsitivity Partnership with LifeLine Reservation  

October 11, 2025 10:00 am— 1:00 pm 


RSVP HERE

 
Come out and support our Pawsitivity Partnership with LifeLine's Healthy Pet event. There will be 1,500+ pets and their people in attendance. This event provides the much needed vaccinations for dogs and cats as well as chipping and vouchers for spaying and neutering. As a volunteer, you will have the opportunity to engage with the animals as you help direct people, check them in, and assist with paperwork. Come for an hour or stay for the entire time. Families and children of all ages are welcome to attend. Volunteers will help check pets and their owners in and assist with crowd control. The event is being held at Wade Walker Park 5585 Rockbridge Rd SW, Stone Mountain, GA 30088.  

Rotarians, please login first or you won’t have access to tickets and special pricing available only to Rotarians. 

Use the first reservation block for yourself. To add a guest to your reservation, use the Add Person button. 

For Rotarians, type the first few characters of the last name and then pick from the drop down list. 



Volunteer Opportunity! October 18, Open Hand + Lifeline!

Pawsitivity Partnership with Buckhead Rotarians Delivering Pet Food with OpenHand AND OpenHand Tours Reservation  

October 18, 2025 10:00 am— 12:00 pm 

RSVP HERE

Lend a paw (or a hand) through our Pawsitivity Partnership bringing together Buckhead Rotarians supporting LifeLine's mission to keep pets with their people. We are delivering pet food to those in need. We will meet at OpenHand for an orientation and optional tour and then each carload will hit the road to help our furry friends and their people.  A tour of Open Hand's new facility will be offered to all volunteers who are interested.  That tour is also available to all Buckhead Rotarians and their guests who register as "Tour Only." Children and families are welcome.  Coffee and Good Measure breads will be available for everyone and for purchase (100% of sales go to funding OpenHand meals)! 

And if this didn't sound like a reason to get out on a Saturday, we will be meeting afterwards at 12:00 pm at the Bold Monk for lunch and/or a beer (sorry, you will need to pay for your own food and beverages). Even if you aren't coming to deliver meals, meet your fellow Buckhead Rotarians and their guests for some Saturday cheer. 

Open Hand, 1380 West Marietta St NW, Atlanta, GA 30318 

Rotarians, please login first or you won’t have access to tickets and special pricing available only to Rotarians. 

Use the first reservation block for yourself. To add a guest to your reservation, use the Add Person button. 

For Rotarians, type the first few characters of the last name and then pick from the drop down list. 


 

Think Pink on October 20

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and I wanted to invite all members to join in showing support by wearing pink to our Monday, October 20th meeting. This can be a jacket, tie, dress, or even a splash of jewelry. Together, let’s support this important cause. To highlight this theme, we will hear from one of our newest members, Liz Loretti, Executive Director of TurningPoint Breast Cancer Rehabilitation, who will be delivering her Sunshine Presentation. It’s the perfect opportunity to learn more about Liz while also honoring a cause that touches so many lives. 


Adoption, BBQ, and Barking Good Times

We had a truly rewarding time partnering with LifeLine this past Sunday to help increase visibility for pet adoption and ease shelter overcrowding. This joint effort between Buckhead Rotary and LifeLine was made so much easier thanks to the support of the North Atlanta High School Interact Club, who teamed up with us to wave down cars and engage with the interested families. 

  

Thanks to everyone’s support, 38 interested families came through to explore pet adoption. We are excited for our furry friends to find their fur-ever homes! A huge thank you to our Interact Club for lending a helping paw in making this event a success. Thank you to our GRSP student, Dani Bergamo and our RYE student Leo Klein-Kraneberg for volunteering at the event! 

  

And we had a fun time at the Bark-A-Cue with Rotarians and their guests enjoying a balmy afternoon under a spacious tent while sharing a delicious barbecue meal and connecting with new and old friends. It was a barking good time. Thanks to Rosa McHugh and the Chastain Park Conservancy for the use of the tent and restroom facilities, much appreciated by us humans. The dogs of course preferred the trees. 
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