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Page 18 APRIL 3, 2011 StarNews www.starnewsga.com
"Who's Carroll? 2011" Who are our civic/service clubs?
The Rotary Club of Carrollton
by Sam Gentry
The Rotary Club of Carrollton was
officially established on June 6, 1939,
with the first meeting being held at the
Clifton Hotel in Carrollton.
The founding president was Irvine S.
Ingam, then president of West Georgia
College, and there were 35 charter mem
bers, all male. The club accepted only
male members until 1987, when it
inducted Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, now the
Director of the Division of Public Health
for the Georgia Department of
Community Health. The club now has
around 100 members with one third of
the membership now being female, mak
ing it “the largest Rotary Club in the
West Georgia area.”
“It’s a fun club and a diverse group of
people,” said Rotarian and Carroll
County Schools board member Sandra
Morris. “It’s also a wonderful place to
share information.”
, The Carrollton club has sponsored
two other Rotary clubs, including the
Carrollton Dawnbreakers in 1997. The
Dawnbreakers club was started for those
Rotary members who had time conflicts
and required earlier meeting times, but
who wanted to remain active in the
organization. The Dawnbreakers were
featured in the March 6 print edition of
StarNews. For a back issue, call 770-214-
9900.
The club has focused on aiding youth
and others in need since it began, helping
a range of local organizations raise funds
through many programs. These include
but are not limited to: “the Carroll
County soup kitchen, hospice, Scouts,
community outreach, several homes for
abused children and women, and other
social services.”
The main objective of Rotary is service
develop community service projects that
address many of today’s most critical
issues, such as “children at risk, poverty
and hunger, the environment, illiteracy,
and violence. They also support pro
grams for youth, educational opportuni
ties and international exchanges for stu
dents, teachers, and other professionals,
organization of “business and profes
sional leaders that provides humanitarian
service, encourages high ethical standards
in all vocations, and helps build goodwill
and peace in the world.” Formed in 1905
by attorney Paul P. Harris, “the world’s
first service club” derived its name from
the early practice of rotating meetings
- “in the community, in the workplace,
and throughout the world.” Rotarians
and vocational and career development.”
Rotary International is a worldwide
among members’ offices. There are now
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The Carrollton Rotary Club recently awarded the Carroll County Council on Aging a check from a District Simplified
Matching Grant to help with printing their Senior Citizens Resource Guide. Left to right: Deidre Roush, Richard
Griffin, Danielle Jenkins, Jennie Lebowitz, Sandra Morris and Leonard Woolsey.
f. We employ approximately 125 full- and part-time associates
including childcare workers, teachers, nurses, food serv ice workers,
maintenance personnel and other professionals.
. Each year we purchase more than $380,000 in food,
clothing, school supplies and medication for the children in our
programs, all from local businesses.
J. Since 2004, we have purchased more than $7,221,2 1 I
in goods and services from local and regional businesses.
*7. Our annual payroll including state and local taxes since 2004
equals $ 1,334,200, funds that contribute to the infrastructure
and schools of the area,
JK The new therapeutic recreational center completed in 2010
cost $ 1,800,000 to build and furnish. All of the construction
was contracted to local businesses that employ local workers.
6, Since we opened our doors in 2004, KidsPeace Georgia
has served over 425 children on our campus and more than
1 0,450 Georgians through our free online prevention services.
( . The KidsPeace Georgia Board of Associates is comprised of
regional and local leaders committed to the KidsPeace mission
and the children and families we serve.
Learn more about how KidsPeace Georgia is committed to
contributing to Carroll County at www.kidspeace.org/georgia
or by calling 888-42 1-5437
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