The Rotary Club of
Savannah East
 
Chartered 1983
September 17, 2021
Details for the September 17th Meeting  
 
We will be meeting at The Pirates House this Friday.  It is an IN PERSON ONLY meeting. We will be meeting in our normal meeting room - Captain Flints Hall.  The side door to the room will be unlocked if you would prefer to use that entrance.
 
Our speaker for this Friday is Megan Miller of Hale Tea Company.  With roots tracing back to a humble tea shop in London, England in 1872, Hale Tea Company was brought to Savannah, Georgia in 1989 by the Hale family. Today, Hale Tea Company is owned and operated by a local SCAD graduate.  Hale Tea Company strives to bring tea and design together by working with local artists and purveying the highest quality ingredients.  They are steadfast in their belief that tea makes a positive contribution to the body and soul, and Megan will unveil the mysteries of tea and share with us the many riches that it has to offer.  RCSE looks forward to seeing all members on Friday!  
 
 
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
September 10, 2021 - Meeting Recap
It was another wonderful day for a Rotary meeting.  President Laura Lane McKinnon announced that the Service Project committee has recently purchased several hundred Thanksgiving cards and we’ll be partnering with the Meals on Wheels program of Senior Citizens, Inc. to distribute the cards to homebound and isolated seniors the week of Thanksgiving.  She is asking each RCSE member to take at least one packet of 12 Thanksgiving cards and to handwrite a positive and uplifting message in each one.  The packets of cards will be at our meetings from now until November.  After all Rotary business items were discussed, Assistant District Governor Sam Eskew introduced our speaker for the day, District Governor Ed Presnell. 
 
 
Ed Presnell started by saying the Rotary theme for the year is "Serve to Change Lives."  One little thing can impact thousands.  He used our service project at P.A.C.K. and our upcoming service project with Thanksgiving cards as an example of how RCSE is doing just that.
 
Ed feels it is an honor and privilege to be a Rotarian and to be a Paul Harris Fellow.  He is encouraging all the clubs in District 6920 to be a 100% Paul Harris club.  Currently, there are around 2800 Rotarian's in District 6920.  Attendance is improving at all the clubs so he is happy that the district is trending in the right direction.  Opportunity is there to grow and he believes RCSE is poised to grow since we are such a diverse club.  He concluded his talk saying "fun is the most important discipline of all!"
Meeting Responsibilities
Weekly Duties - September 17
 
Invocation
Friday, Marc
 
Raffle
Smith, Gordon
 
Weekly Duties - September 24
 
Invocation
Bohnstedt, Karl
 
Raffle
Engel, Lois
 
Weekly Duties - October 1
 
Invocation
Enoch, Terry
 
Raffle
da Cruz, Jose
 
Speakers
Sep 17, 2021
Megan Miller of Hale Tea Company
Different Types of Teas and Their Benefits
Sep 24, 2021
Amy Shippy
Entrepenuership in Savannah
Oct 01, 2021
Steven Moore from Colonial Group
Kaolin
Oct 08, 2021
No Meeting - Indiginous Persons Day | Columbus Day
Oct 15, 2021
TBD
Oct 22, 2021
TBD
Oct 29, 2021
No Meeting - Halloween
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Upcoming Events
Service Project: Thanksgiving Cards for SCI
Sep 01, 2021 – Nov 19, 2021 1:30 PM
 
CANCELLED: Phil the Park
CANCELLED
Oct 09, 2021
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 
October Social
BowTie BBQ
Oct 14, 2021
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
 
Service Project at America's Second Harvest
America's Second Harvest
Nov 06, 2021
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
 
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Ben Lingle
September 6
 
Betsy Stewart
September 6
 
Steve Acuff
September 7
 
Lee Belford
September 18
 
Anniversaries
Barrett Benton
Pamela
September 7
 
Join Date
Gordon Matthews
September 1, 1986
35 years
 
Joe Buck
September 1, 1986
35 years
 
Kirk Duffy
September 1, 1986
35 years
 
Laura Lane McKinnon
September 1, 2016
5 years
 
Jeff Heeder
September 17, 2004
17 years
 
Jim Wellen
September 21, 2018
3 years
 
Mel Mrochinski
September 30, 2011
10 years
 
Russell Hampton
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Executives & Directors
President
Laura Lane McKinnon
 
President Elect
Jason Jones
 
Treasurer
Bruce Montgomery
 
Secretary
Katie Wohlust
 
Community Service
Ben Lingle
 
Rotary Foundation
Ed Engel
 
Membership
Terry Enoch
 
Service Projects
Andrew Cosey
 
Immediate Past President
Cindy Kelley