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🎤 Tomorrow’s Speaker: Courtney Nix, CRNP
Owner, homeRN
Care That Comes to You
Born and raised in Mobile, Courtney Nix brings over a decade of experience in both hospital and family practice settings. After working alongside her father, an MD in Saraland, Courtney launched homeRN to deliver compassionate, accessible care directly to patients’ homes. A passionate advocate for wellness and a busy mom of three boys, Courtney is excited to share her journey and how homeRN is serving the community in a new way.
🎓 Scholarship Spotlight: Thomas Walding Returns
We’re excited to welcome back our 2023 Special Scholarship Award winner, Thomas Walding, at this week’s meeting.
We’re excited to welcome back Thomas, one of our Rotary scholarship recipients, as he returns to give us an update on his academic journey.
A Daphne High School graduate, Thomas is currently pursuing a Chemical Engineering degree at Vanderbilt University. He’ll be joined by his father, Jeffery, as he shares his experiences and gratitude with the club.
Let’s give them a warm Rotary welcome!
Tony handed out Taste of Rotary tickets last week — if yours is still MIA, track him down like a game of Where’s Waldo.
🍷 Taste of Rotary: Sponsors Wanted — We Accept Cash, Checks, and Flattery!
We’re heating things up for this year’s Taste of Rotary on Sunday, October 26 at The Wash House, and right now, we’re on the hunt for… SPONSORS!
Why sponsors? Because scholarships, service projects, and youth programs don’t pay for themselves — and neither does the wine! 🍷✨
We’re calling on all members to channel your inner fundraiser:
- Know a local business that loves good publicity?
- Have a friend who owes you a favor?
- Own a company and want your logo on everything but the dessert?
Send them our way! Big or small, every sponsorship helps us make an impact (and makes you look like a hero).
Stay tuned for more ways to help — auction items, behind-the-scenes magic, and event day hands-on fun — but for now, let’s focus on filling up that sponsor list like it’s happy hour! 🍾🥂
Let’s make this year’s Taste of Rotary the most delicious, most meaningful, and most well-sponsored event yet! Cheers to that!
🔍 Rotary Fun Fact of the Week:
Rotary’s emblem wasn’t always a wheel!
When Rotary was founded in 1905, the original emblem was a simple wagon wheel—symbolizing civilization and movement. But it took over a decade (and several redesigns) before the familiar gearwheel with 24 cogs and six spokes was officially adopted in 1923. And yes—it’s a working gear by design, symbolizing that Rotarians are people of action!
🥞 Save the Date: Pancake Breakfast at the Rotary Youth Club
Mark your calendars for Saturday, August 23, 2025, from 8:00–10:30 AM at the Rotary Youth Club (19128 Young Street, Fairhope)!
Join us for a flapjack-filled morning that supports a fantastic cause—proceeds go directly to the Club’s Afterschool Tutoring Program, helping local students thrive in and out of the classroom.
Bring your appetite, your friends, and your stretchy pants. Pancakes taste even better when they help power brighter futures!
🎬 AV Help Needed – Don’t Make August Another Ghost Town!
July came and went… and guess what? Not a single soul signed up to help with AV. We know you’re out there with opposable thumbs and a basic grasp of “put plug here.”
All we need is someone to help put away equipment after Thursday meetings. It’s a one-month gig, not a lifelong vow—and yes, it’s way easier than deciphering IKEA instructions.
Be the hero we know you are. Sign-up sheet’s at the desk (it’s even on paper not the iPad!).
Individual commitment to a group effort — that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
Vince Lombardi
Upcoming Speakers:
August 14 – Nathan Payne hosts Ormand Thompson, President of Thomas Hospital
August 21 – Jenny Ross hosts CEO Micheal Lynch of Chonex Corporation
August 28 – Bill McNair hosts Kirk McNair of BAMA 247
Check out the speaker page here
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