Micah called the meeting to order and Pete Beck led us in the prayer and Pledge of Allegiance.
Welcome Guests!
- Zach Young from the Breakfast Club.
- Phil Moseley from the Graham Club and outgoing Assistant Governor.
- Sang Ho welcomed three guests; Sean Quinn from Western Alamance High School, his son, William, and his nephew from NYU. Mr. Quinn is a current Teacher of the Year and will be leading the Interact club at Western High School next year.
- Susan Watson welcomed her guest, Diane Person from Elon University.
- Micah welcomed Pete Beck, former member of our club and Micah’s rotary sponsor 7 years ago. He also welcomed Tony Rose, his parents and wife, Kari.
Program Schedule
July 5th – Gail Moore
July 12th – Brad Moser
Thank You, Katie Dukeshire!
Micah thanked Katie Dukeshire for her service as President during the previous Rotary year. Here are a few of Katie’s accomplishments during her term:
- Organized the first annual Rotary Birthday Luncheon in February 2016. The luncheon joined all 4 local rotary clubs together to recognize servants in our community.
- Achieved Gold club status
- Received 3 district grants to assist Sustainable Alamance, Feed the Hunger and Alamance Community College.
- Organized a canned food drive for Allied Churches
- Revamped our club website with the help of Sam Holt
- Achieved net 3 in membership
- Led a service project to place flags on Veteran’s memorials for Veteran’s Day
- Sponsored two local students to attend the upcoming Rotary Youth Leadership seminar at Guilford College
- Sponsored a local student in the Rotary Youth Exchange program to Croatia
- Participated in Rotary Night at the Greensboro Grasshoppers game
Micah Fox – President 2016-2017
Micah shared the “feeling of family” is what makes this club special. He thanked Julian Griffin for his faithfulness and investment in our club. Julian was the charter President and truly exemplifies Rotary in the way he lives his life. Micah also thanked all the past Presidents who have served our club. Many are still leading as a board member or committee chair for the upcoming rotary year.
Micah identified his focus areas for 2016-2017:
- Improved fundraising efforts
- Fewer service projects with more focus
- Member spotlights
- Social events
- Collaboration with 4 Alamance County rotary clubs
Sang Ho led the Installation of new officers and board members.
- President – Micah Fox
- President Elect – Brian Dement
- Past President – Katie Dukeshire
- Secretary – Carolyn Rhode
- Treasurer – Peter Barcus
- Sergeant at Arms – Ryan Keur
- Membership – Kelly Carlisle
- Service Committee/Family of Rotary – Mark Laferriere
- Public Image – Lane Jones
- Rotary Foundation/Polio Plus – Debbie Porch and Susan Watson
- Fundraising – Kathleen Patterson
- Youth Services – Ed Woodall and Cliff Parker
- Club Communications – Angela Parham/Sam Holt
In closing, Micah encouraged everyone to get involved by joining a committee. Find one that interests you and contact the committee chair! He also thanked the members that will be rotating off the Board this year; Sang Ho Lee, Philip Smith, Richard White and Dick O’Donnell.
Card Drawing
The winning card was not drawn! The pot continues to grow.
We all stood to recite the Rotary Four Way Test and the meeting was adjourned. Until next week…