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🎤 Tomorrow’s Speaker: Ormand Thompson, Executive Vice President, Baldwin County Operations, President of Thomas Hospital – Infirmary Health
Excelling In Leadership
Ormand Thompson brings over three decades of leadership experience with Infirmary Health, where he currently serves as President of Thomas Hospital. Since joining the organization in 1991, Mr. Thompson has played key roles in hospital operations and physician practice management. He holds a Bachelor’s in Marketing from the University of South Alabama and is active in the community, serving on the boards of the Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce and the Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance. He’s also a proud Leadership Mobile alum (Class of 2006). We’re looking forward to hearing from him about the current state and future of healthcare in Baldwin County.
Tony handed out Taste of Rotary tickets the past few weeks — 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:
In 1989, Rotary International became the first major service organization to welcome women as members. Today, women make up over 25% of Rotary’s global membership and are leading clubs, districts, and initiatives around the world.
🥞 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!
🦋 Rotary in the Community
Flying Creek Nature Preserve Grand Opening
📅 Saturday, August 23
🕙 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
🎀 Ribbon Cutting at 10:30 AM
The Rotary Club will have butterfly display panels at the event—swing by and see them in action!
Note: This is the same day as our Pancake Breakfast, but if you’re quick with syrup and sausage, you might be able to make it to both!
🎬 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!).
If you are always going to agree with me, the company doesn’t need both of us…and I’m staying
Roberto Goizueta
Upcoming Speakers:
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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