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Dan Phillips, The Longest Day Manager, The Alzheimer's Association Georgia Chapter

Join us this Friday at the AC Hotel to hear from Dan Phillips, The Longest Day Manager for The Alzheimer's Association Georgia Chapter. The Longest Day is our partner in our upcoming FORE! the Memories golf tournament.

Dan has worked for the Alzheimer's Association for 17 years, mostly in South Georgia before moving to Woodstock in 2020 to take over the North Georgia Walk portfolio. He transitioned into The Longest Day role in 2024.

Dan says, "Our family continues to travel this journey of A;zheimer's. My Grandmother passed from the disease and now all three of her daughters including my Mom are living with Alzheimer's."

Dan was a member of the Dougherty County Rotary Club before moving to Woodstock. In 2017, he was honored as the club's Rookie of the Year and in 2018 as Rotarian of the Year.

Service Opportunity
Sign Up Now to Train to be a Volunteer for Anchor Place Respite Care

Anchor Place Respite-Dunwoody is excited to open registration for our first volunteer training on Monday, April 15, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Training will take place in our gathering space at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church. A complimentary lunch will follow.

We hope you can join us for this important and engaging training, which is critical to Anchor Place Respite Care's ability to open in May. To ensure the safety of our entire Anchor Place Respite community, all volunteers serving directly with participants and in certain other roles must complete the following:

• volunteer training
• an independent background check
• the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta's Safeguarding God's People online program.

More details about the background check and Safeguarding program will follow.

At the training, we will share more about dementia-friendly communication, our programming plans, various volunteer roles, and flexible volunteer sign-up process. It will also be a great way to get to know the wonderful folks you will be serving alongside.

Feel free to share this opportunity with others who may be interested in volunteering with Anchor Place. Mary Cohen is happy to answer any questions you may have - write to her at mary.cohen@st.pat.net

Golf Tournament Update
Thanks for Your Support! Keep Up the Good Work!

Thanks to all who have signed up sponsors - and signed up as sponsors - for our May 13 FORE! the Memories Golf Tournament. We acknowledged most of you in the last few newsletters.  And to any of you who have not - there's still time!

• We have a $10,000 Platinum , $5,000 Gold and $3,000 Silver sponsor and these include an extra-large sign at registration and the after event.
• We have all $2,500 Event sponsor slots are filled and these sponsorships include a very large sign at registration and the after event.
• We have 20 $1,000 Hole sponsors but can always use more. This sponsorship also includes a large sign on a tee box.
• We have seven $250 Contributing sponsors but can always use more! This sponsorship includes a medium sign on a tee box.
• We have two $100 Donating sponsors but can always use more.
• We have about 70 golfers but are aiming for 100 and need anyone fielding a foursome to let Rick Woods know.

There are other ways to help support the event. Alison will start to solicit for the various volunteer positions with a sign-up sheet, and Dottie continues to build a great auction item selection.

One last request……pray for good weather!!

Dunwoody Enjoys District Conference at Jekyll Island

Special thanks to Griff Ransom for getting us organized and arranging a great evening of food and fellowship with our club and the Rotary Clubs of Sandy Springs, Brookhaven and North Atlanta. And thanks to Jennifer Shumway and her team (Tina Philpot and Meredith Morris) for representing us well in the Disco Lounge with a special "We're 40" display.

Dunwoody received a Governor's Citation and the award for Best Foundation Giving in our category.

Celebrating Rotary Youth Exchange

Last week,  At last Friday's meeting, we celebrated our amazing involvement with Rotary Youth Exchange - presenting plaques to Dunwoody High School recognizing their support for the program from its start here in Georgia, remembering students we've hosted here and sent overseas for a year of high school study, and some of the parents, host parents and Dunwoody Rotary volunteers who have made this a success! A special shout out to Michael Parks, who brought Rotary Youth Exchange to District 6900 and Dunwoody - and has led the initiative at the District level for all those years. We look forward to the next chapter!