Rev. Robert Ross Johnson Humanitarian Award
Pat Haly

Honor non-Rotarian who exemplifies the ideals of Rotary & who has had a significant impact on bettering the lives of others. 

Roster
Alec Smythe

Publish roster by year end. 

Website
Alec Smythe

Maintain website, repository for all club information. 

Buckhead Rotary Foundation
Lee Nunn

Sponsored by our club, this foundation was founded to support our local Buckhead community. All club contributions run through the foundation. Board of trustees, made up of past presidents of our club; determine amount and recipient of contributions. 

Foundation Ball
Phil Curtis

Annual Black Tie Auction/Fundraiser at Ansley Golf Club. Proceeds fund the charitable giving for the club as well as the Buckhead Rotary Foundation. Goal - $20,000 in net proceeds. 

Georgia Rotary Student Program (GRSP)
Raymond Reynolds

Foundation supports international academic scholarships in Georgia. Club will sponsor one student this year, Samvel Kasyan. Since 1946, Rotarians in Georgia have promoted world peace through understanding by offering scholarships to international students for one year of study in Georgia colleges and universities. Each year about 80 students from all over the world make friends and learn about differing cultures and life styles. The Buckhead Atlanta Rotary Club has sponsored 50 students from 1958 until 2007.  

Otis Jackson Foundation
John Saunders

Sponsored by our club, this foundation started in honor of our late Past President, Otis Jackson, educator and graduate of Oglethorpe. The foundation provides two, two year scholarships beginning with the student's junior year, providing $10,000 in tuition assistance to each student, paid in increments of $5,000 per year. 

Rotary Foundation
Jim Coleman

Foundation supports Ambassadorial Scholars, World Matching Grants, District Simplified Grants, Group Study Exchange, Polio Plus, etc. Goal - $15,300 in club contributions ($100 per capita), add Paul Harris Society members. 

Membership Development
Craig MacKenzie

Club currently has 164 members, including five honorary members, with a cap of 175. Goal: create waiting list by asking members to bring one guest plus identify key members to target candidates. To encourage participation, new members indicate their committee interest on our application and will be invited to a board meeting. 

Membership Retention
Jim Breedlove

Implement and maintain programs to increase membership retention. 

Rotary Information
Julia Chabannes

Review and improve our process to conduct Rotary Information for new member introduction. Develop and maintain orientation materials for new members. 

Photography
Alec Smythe

Take pictures of key events for publicity, website, Viewer, and scrapbook. 

Publicity
Mark Meltzer

Create interest among local media outlets and Rotary International magazine for publication of club's key service projects. 

Viewer/Bulletin
Brennan Robison

Publish and distribute Viewer weekly, current events and announcements of the club including summary of most recent speaker talk. Viewer posted on website. 

Calendar
Don Waguespack

Maintain Rotary Calendar, including speakers, and update board and Viewer and website committees so information is published. 

Club Chaplain
Charles Gardner

Deliver invocation, and lead club in Pledge of Allegiance and Four Way Test at each meeting. 

Greeting
Elizabeth Gill

Greet members when they arrive for weekly meetings ... a great way for new members to meet club members. 

Programs
Ty Tippett

Responsible for recruitment of speakers; create list of potential speakers with broad interests (Government, Business, Non-Profit, Education, Media, Sports, etc) 

Sunshine
Bill Dukes

Responsible for introducing visiting Rotarians and guests plus add a bit of humor to brighten everyone's day. 

Sunshine
Sam Alston

Responsible for introducing visiting Rotarians and guests plus add a bit of humor to brighten everyone's day. 

Vocational Series
Phil Curtis

Vocational talk by a different Rotarian at each weekly meeting highlighting their background, education and career. 

Apple Polishing
Beatrice Garner

A tradition in our club, this is a Family of Rotary event with spouses, guests and children. In lieu of a regular meeting we meet for an evening of fellowship and polish apples for presentation to area schools. Apples are delivered to teachers in over 25 schools in the Buckhead area along with a thank you note and the Four Way Test. Teachers are requested to present the Four Way Test to their students. 

District Conference
Candace Klein

Maintain hospitality room and hospitality table at House of Friendship at District Conference and encourage members to attend. Conference held in Sandestin, FL. 

Shrimp Boil
Lee Whitfield

A tradition of our club, this is a Family of Rotary event with spouses, children and guests. In lieu of a regular meeting we meet for an evening of fellowship. 

Tommy Nobis Center
Candace Klein

Coordinate volunteer efforts to assist the Tommy Nobis Center 

Basketball League
James Cotton

A club tradition for 48 years, we organize, fund and run a seventh grade basketball league for local private middle schools in the Buckhead area. The club provides clock keepers, scorekeepers, referees and trophies. Entry fees are used to fund the event's expenses. The championship team is recognized at one of our weekly meetings. 

Basketball League
Means Davis

A club tradition for 48 years, we organize, fund and run a seventh grade basketball league for local private middle schools in the Buckhead area. The club provides clock keepers, scorekeepers, referees and trophies. Entry fees are used to fund the event's expenses. The championship team is recognized at one of our weekly meetings. 

Boy Scouts
Lane Harrison

Buckhead Rotary partially funds the cost of the Eagle Scout Badges for Boy Scouts in 13 counties of the metropolitan Atlanta area served by the Atlanta Area Council Boy Scouts of America. Badges are presented in a specially designed jewelry box with a congratulatory card from the club. 

Girl Scouts
Ruth Woodling

Buckhead Rotary will increase the funding to the Girl Scouts to enhance the work that was begun last year as this was a new service area for 2006-2007. The club plans to sponsor several campership programs so that Girl Scouts who cannot afford to attend camp will be able to do so. 

Interact
Elizabeth Gill

Explore sponsoring a new club at the Ron Clark Academy. Consider other private schools in the Buckhead area for additional Interact clubs. Organize and cosponsor District Conclave. 

Rotaract
Colby Craig

Sponsor an active Rotaract Club, which meets twice monthly in Buckhead and is comprised of young adults in the workplace. Encourage Rotarians to make-up at these Rotaract meetings. Our Rotaract Club will be involved with our tennis tournament, habitat house and other activities that need volunteers. 

RYLA
Ethan Staats

A district sponsored program in which two rising high school juniors are selected to participate in the RYLA conference, which typically is held on Fathers Day weekend. Buckhead Rotary participates in the selection process and recognizes the students for this honor at one of our weekly meetings. 

Tennis Tournament
Julia Chabannes

The April, 2008 tournament will be the event's 27th anniversary for the largest privately sponsored high school tournament in the Southeast comprised of 48 high school boys and girls tennis teams from Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee, with participation in excess of 375 players representing 24 to 26 schools. Tournament is funded through entry fees and corporate sponsors. Over 20 club volunteers participate in the event. 

Aging & Health
Jim Coleman

Evaluate whether to continue project from 2006-2007 or implement a new project to assist the elderly. 

Caring Hands
Katrina Graham

Provide emotional support and address crisis, death, health, financial, etc. and personal problems that arise in the lives of our club members. Honor members through tributes and "Good News" days. 

Clean Water Project
Ruth Woodling

Develop Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Project with reciprocal World Matching Grant. 

Habitat House
Bo Simmons

Re-hab Habitat house with club and Rotaract volunteers. 

St. Jude's Recovery Center
John Capito

Expanded opportunities for participation are being investigated. We have supported this group financially in past years and are exploring opportunities for increased participation. 

Character Education
Beatrice Garner

Support the District 6900 Character Education Program (Boy Scout curriculum) at E. Rivers Middle School. Learning For Life - Values for a Lifetime, co-sponsored by The Atlanta Area Council of the Boy Scouts. 

Georgia Laws of Life
Richard Taylor

Encourage and monitor the participation of North Atlanta High School in the Laws of life essay contest. Review essays to assist in selecting four winners from each school, one from each grade 9-12. Coordinate with public relations for media exposure. Attend Awards dinner in April as recognized supporter where grand prize winner is announced. Invite a winner to weekly meeting to read essay. 

Literacy In Action
Tony Walker

In conjunction with an anonymous foundation sponsor Operation Outreach-USA by providing books for elementary school children at Garden Hills Elementary School, lesson plans for their teachers and guides for their parents. 

Project Business
Jeff Stubbs

Expose youth to free enterprise and economics by bringing the professional experience and knowledge of our Rotarians into the classroom. Four teacher/consultants from our club volunteer through Junior Achievement and teach five one hour sessions on free enterprise and economics at the elementary or middle school level. The cost of the program for each consultant is paid by Buckhead Rotary. 

Service Above Self Awards
Jeff Stubbs

Select five graduating seniors from five area high schools to receive "Service Above Self" Award. Seniors exemplify Rotary ideals and are given the awards at one of our regular meetings. 

Ambassadorial Scholarship
Ila Burdette

Since 1947, 37,000 young people from 100 nations have studied abroad under Ambassadorial Scholarships. The primary objective of the program is to promote international understanding; the scholars are expected to serve as ambassadors of goodwill during the scholarship term. Buckhead Rotary's scholar candidates study at metro-Atlanta colleges or are legal residents of Atlanta. Undergraduate candidates fare best if they have reached at least their sophomore year; graduate-level students are also encouraged to apply. Applications are due to Buckhead Rotary about May 1st each year. The program awards up to $23,000 for study abroad; scholarship types include three- and six-month cultural programs and one- and two-year academic programs. Buckhead recommends candidates to the District 6900 scholarship selection committee which makes the final scholarship awards. District interviews are conducted during July and August.  

Georgia Rotary Student Program (GRSP)
Catherine Land-Waters

Foundation supports international academic scholarships in Georgia. This year the club is sponsoring Samvel Kasyan of Uzbekistan, who will attend Oglethorpe University. Alec and Donna Smythe and Brennan and Jennie Robison will serve as host families. 

Group Study Exchange
John Saunders

The Group Study Exchange (GSE) program of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for young business and professional men and women between the ages of 25 and 40. The program provides travel grants for teams of participants to exchange visits in different countries. Team members come a variety of profit and non profit businesses and agencies. Buckhead Rotary Club is the leading club in the district. We annually propose team members for the outbound teams and volunteer to host the inbound teams.  

World Community Service Matching Grant
Jack Hellriegel

This is our final year of a three year sister-club relationship and reciprocal matching grant program established with District 2420 and Istanbul-Ulus Rotary Club in Turkey. The World Community Service program was officially launched in 1967. The program offers grants to support clubs and districts as they undertake humanitarian and service projects internationally. The WCS program links Rotary clubs needing extra help with clubs in other countries that are willing to provide funds, materials, and technical and professional assistance. Since 1967, thousands of WCS projects involving Rotarians around the world have been completed. Each year, Rotary clubs provide an estimated US$26 million in funds and supplies.