District Conference Recognition

By Marta Jones-Turner
At District Conference last month, Rotary Club of Thomasville was recognized in several areas, thanks to your hard work throughout the year.

Per Capita Giving to GRSP: As the birthplace of the Georgia Rotary Student Program, it has always been important for our club to support GRSP with financial contributions. This year, Thomasville earned top per capita giving among large clubs (with more than 100 members) and earned the GRSP Jake Cheatham Award with 100% giving to GRSP. We've earned this recognition for at least 15 years, as we maintain our 100% giving rate. Kudos to all our members for their donations and to our GRSP Chair Debbie Goodman.

Thomasville also was recognized as an All-Star achiever finalist in four of six areas of service that the District Governor identified as most significant this year. Our All-Star finalist  recognitions were:

As we close out this Rotary year, I am proud of all that our club has accomplished, and these district-wide recognitions serve to highlight the service our Rotarians put into the community.  


Rotary Youth Exchange
Support Ivan's Study Abroad Year


Ivan Santoyo is still fundraising for his upcoming study abroad program through Rotary Youth Exchange. We are very excited for Ivan, our first-ever Rotary Youth Exchange participant, and our club has committed to help Ivan pay his out-of-pocket expenses for the program.

To assist with fundraising … [more]

Thursday, May 8
Center for the Arts Update

This week’s program is brought by Britt Shiver and Sam McCoy with the Center for the Arts.

Britt is director of programs and engagement for the Center for the Arts, where she cultivates relationships with community members, partners, artists, and instructors, and is responsible for shaping the vision for day-to-day programming. 

She has established five new programs in the past year, all of which are open and accessible to a wide-ranging audience, including newcomers and beginners. 

Sam is director of exhibitions at the Center. She works with artists and is part of the curatorial team that brings shows to the Center’s main building and Wall Space at Grassroots Coffee Co. She works with established artists who showcase contemporary exhibitions three times a year, emerging artists to develop and build their professional practice as fine artists, and the Center’s local collective of artists, the THOM Collective, on putting together juried exhibitions.

Sam also is an instructor in the Interior Design and Architecture department at Florida State University as well as a contemporary painter who earned her MFA from FSU.  Her work focuses on contemporary landscapes with a focus on hyperlocal flora and fauna.  She’s interested in how tourism has shaped our ecology and the roles of curated gardens and the ecotourism industry.

They will provide an update about what’s happening in art in our community. 

Upcoming Events
Mark Your Calendar

Here is a look at our upcoming events for May.


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