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Welcome Back Roswell Rotary!

 I hope everyone had a great holiday season and is well rested.  As we launch the new year 2023, it’s a great time to reflect on the first six months of our Rotary year of we do best - giving back to our community and having fun while doing it ! 

• July 4th - nature provided the fireworks (massive thunderstorm) after we enjoyed a great cookout and potluck side
• Cops ‘N Cars - served burgers to raise money for the Friends of Roswell Police
• NFCC Back to School Drive - 23 filled backpacks and plus many more items
• Alive in Roswell - third Thursday fun gatherings on Canton Street
• 9/11 First Responders Cookout - honored our police and firefighters with help from our Interact clubs
• Golf & Tennis Tournaments - great day of fun raising money to give back to our community
• Jackson, Mississippi Water System Crisis - delivered semi-trailer load of bottled water to two local Rotary clubs for distribution in the local schools
• Interact - sponsoring 10 clubs this year
• Gary Garrett’s Farm Day - family fun day in the country, 4-wheelers, shotguns, great food
• RR After Hours Club - twice a month meetings and activities supporting mental health and Suicide Prevention, veterans at the VEO, Unity Garden at CNC, and Toys for Tots
• Youth Day Parade - prize winning float built by Interactors with leadership from our members
• World Polio Day - first annual cornhole tournament at Lucky’s raised over $1,100
• Rotary Foundation - heard from Rotary International Past President John Germ about our efforts to end Polio - raised over $27,000 for the Foundation
• Career Day at RHS - 16 Rotarians and 8 others shared about their careers
• Honor Air Basketball Tournament - three days of ticket sales and hospitality to help fund our upcoming spring trip
• NFCC Christmas Toy Drive-donated over 75 toys and $500 worth of gift cards
• Holiday Party - festive time, dancing, tunes spun by the Shag Man

And so much more … Roswell Rotary - you truly rock our community!!

Yes, Dave Wears a Cape
Program Speaker Jan. 5: Dave McCleary

We are so honored to have our own Dave McCleary speaking at our first meeting of 2023. Dave is truly a super hero and a true example of the Power of One. He saw a need and he answered the call in a huge way, causing change in Roswell, Atlanta, the US, and even around the world. 

Dave McCleary is a son, husband and father. He is a small business owner from Roswell, Georgia. He is a man with a heart for making a difference in other people’s lives by getting involved. In January of 2012, Dave volunteered as a ‘doorholder’ at the Passion 2012 Conference held in Atlanta. It was there he became aware of the Human Trafficking issue and felt the first sparks of desire to get involved. He learned that it’s not only happening worldwide in impoverished, third world countries, but in his own hometown community and other communities across the U.S. With two teenage daughters of his own, the reality of the issue became real and awareness led to action.

As the President of the Rotary Club of Roswell at the time, the sparks quickly ignited into ‘how can we help’ stop this. Knowing the influence and vastness of Rotary, which embraces 34,000 clubs and 1.2 million members worldwide, collectively the many become one force. Dave spent countless hours attending meetings, contacting and working with non-profit groups already serving different aspects of this multi-faceted issue to learn and determine the best way Rotary could help to achieve the goal of stopping human trafficking/modern day slavery).Dave Founded End Human Trafficking Now in 2012 with the goal to bring awareness and action, these include Business Engagement, Effective Law Enforcement and Sustaining Freedom though empowering survivors.

In 2013 Dave was appointed worldwide Vice Chair of Rotarians Against Slavery with the mission to engage 1.2 million Rotarians and 35,000 clubs on over 200 counties to take on the issues of ending modern day slavery.Dave serves on Georgia’s Statewide Taskforce as workgroup chair “Deterring Traffickers and Buyers” though Business Engagement.

In 2015 Dave Chaired a World Summit with President Carter on ending human trafficking with participation from 14 counties and 32 States with a focus on Business Engagement, Effective Law Enforcement, Legislation and Sustaining Freedom though empowering survivors. Dave moderated a panel on Human Trafficking at the UN for Rotary Day in 2015 with the US State Department, Carter Center and International Justice mission.Dave lead an effort in the US for Rotarians to lobby their US House and Senate members to sponsor the End Modern Slavery Initiative Act.

Dave was appointed chair to the 2019 Super Bowl Anti-Trafficking task force responsible for Business and civic engagement.Can't wait to hear from our very own crime fighting super hero!

For more info: Dave McCleary - Vice Chair Rotary Action Group Rotarians Against SlaveryFounder/CEO ‘End Human Trafficking Now’ - Past President Roswell Rotary 2011-2012 - dave@endhtnow.com - Cell 770-480-2620

Give a pint. Get a Pint. Save a life.

April 3, 2022, marked the arrival of my first grandchild, Jonathan Henry Lockstedt. His birth was perfect, having arrived via c-section. Momma, on the other hand, had a different story. My daughter Kristine has a Familia condition of low platelets she inherited from her mom’s side of the family. She only carries 70,000 platelets at any given time, when the national average is 150k to 450k. The condition becomes worse during pregnancy. Kristine dropped all the way down to 19,000 platelets just before birth. Even via infusion of platelets, the doctors were only able to get her up to 31,000. For major surgery, which a c-section is considered, you are supposed to have 50,000. They had to move forward with the procedure, as baby “Henry” was starting to come naturally. The c-section went fine, however an hour after birth, Kristine began to hemorrhage

She lost 3 liters of blood, which is half the body’s blood supply, in the space of 15 to 20 minutes. Had the hospital not recently been certified for the MIP (Massive Infusion Protocol), Kristine would not have survived, according to the nurses attending.

The possible scenarios race through the mind. What if there had been a low supply of blood, not the correct type of blood, too many other urgent needs at that moment with a low supply of blood and they had to decide. Do we save one life, or multiple lives? Fortunately, they didn’t have to make that decision.

We don’t see these scenarios from our chair at home, we only hear about them after the fact. The bottom line is simple, if the blood isn’t there, the lives, or the life, can’t be saved. We have an opportunity to save a life, not because we are medically trained, but because we took the time to make the donation. You will never know who you helped; all you’ll know is you did so. In the end, isn’t that enough? For the person you helped, maybe even saved, as those who donated did for my daughter, my grandson’s mother. Yes, I’d say that’s enough. I’m finally healthy enough to donate again. I’d love to see you next to me as I give. So, I’m going to look for you January 27th. Let’s do this together. May God Bless you for doing so.

ACTION ITEM:  If you are one of the 2 out of 3 people that can NOT give, then please share this story with a friend, coworker or family member who can, and encourage them to donate.  If you can donate, click here to schedule your appointment.  If the good feeling of donating isn’t enough, we’ll give your free snacks afterward plus – and this is a popular one – a coupon for free pint of Gate City’s beer.  Pint for a pint.  Get it?  Now help us get another donor appointment booked.

For more information, contact Jonathan Crooks (jonathancrooks@bellsouth.net); Darrell Bartlett (Darrell.Bartlett@allegion.com) or Hal Schlenger (hschlenger@greatsouthbenefits.com) 

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