Quiet Thanksgiving Day

Carol and I enjoyed a quiet day by the fire. She is reading a 900 page book and I spent half of the day running invoices and December’s paychecks. My brother is flying the holiday crowd. He called from Kansas to say Happy Thanksgiving. I pulled out my orange flavored hot tea for the holiday; it tastes like “winter”

The Stuart Clan 1958

The city of Savannah hanging holiday decorations at the corner of Barnard and Broughton

Cat pie

The Drifters played at “dancing with the docs” – held at AASU

RLI Rotary Leadership Institute graduating class, Part 1

Kenan – thank you for sending this photo-

RLI held a weekend RLI session in Savannah, GA. 

 

TOP 10 TAKE AWAYS FOR PART 1

Many clubs are now making RLI mandatory for all board members

 

100% of the donations goes toward programs. Everytime we make a donation to the Rotary foundation, they hold it for 3 years to earn interest. After 3 years, only the interest money is used to pay for overhead.

 

Rotary has an endowment goal of one billion dollars by 2025. Rotary would also like every club member to be a Paul Harris.

 

EREY “Every Rotarian Every Year”  - is where each club member donates $100 or more to the Annual Giving Fund. This fund allows the money to come back into the district. 

Make sure each club has a Foundation Chair. They help clubs coordinate funds and viable projects.

Rotary used to have 4 pillars – they have recently added a 5th, being Public Relations.

10% of your members should be on the membership committee.

Clubs should consider using Rotary’s organizational chart, where committee heads report to the President.

Clubs should make sure that EACH member is involved in a committee.

Sponsors that induct new members should mentor them for the first year, to help with retention.

Leadership Savannah Graduate program. Reception at Ga Power

Anna Tringali’s last day of school at SCAD. Heading back to Maryland for the break

Anna is my cousin’s daughter.

Savannah Country Day School had Jack Hanna speak at the Creative Minds Series

Sponsors  are invited to attend a reception before the lecture. Picture: Marjorie Young and Jack Hanna

Solar in Savannah! Dr. Jay and Bernie drove from Atlanta to show me their solar system

They said that I need solar panels that could heat 40 gallons of water a day – for one person – in a 2000 square foot house - 

 

I have to see if my roof has enough sun – first

 

southeast solar.net

ORLANDO di Annone

BEA’s Birthday Party – 6 years old!

Poster gal for jet lag. Ian took this picture of me a few hours after we landed in Italy. Fell asleep at the kitchen table

Cox for SCDS – 10th grade / Carol

Carol at RPI in upstate NY – can’t wait to see you over Thanksgiving…MOM MISSES YOU

Carol in 11th Grade / Matt and Corrine

Autumn, by MAM – Christine Kreh Stuart

Matt Cohen of the New South Cafe in Savannah wins the Grace Award

The award was for best innovative restaurant – and catering

northern Italy