President's Message
Our Future is Bright
Last Thursday we honored four special women, the recipients of the Tom Zachary and Power of One Scholarships. Full of hope and dreams, they are distinguished leaders living service above self within their schools and the community.
My heart was full as I listened to their plans. I thought of the unlimited opportunities and was grateful that Roswell Rotary could play a role in their future.
Rotary Opens Opportunities.
Soar high ladies!
This Week's Speaker
State Treasurer
Governor Brian P. Kemp appointed Lynne Riley to serve as Georgia’s first woman to hold the office of State Treasurer in May 2019. A thirty-year resident of Johns Creek Georgia, Lynne Riley has served as State Revenue Commissioner and served four years in the General Assembly representing House District 50. Lynne Riley currently serves on the Executive Committee of the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers (NASACT) and is Vice-Chair of the Legislative Committee of the National Association of State Treasurers (NAST). As Georgia’s State Treasurer, Riley is the administrative officer and board member of the State Depository Board, the Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan Board and the Georgia ABLE Program Corporation board. Treasurer Riley is a trustee of the Georgia Teachers Retirement System, the Georgia Employees Retirement System, and serves on the board of numerous state authorities. Lynne was appointed to the IRS Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee in 2018 for a three-year term. Lynne serves on the Board of Trustees of the Johns Creek Economic Development Corporation and is a member of the Emory Johns Creek Hospital Board of Trustees. Lynne and her husband Mike have three adult children and two grandchildren.
Charity Spotlight
Blessings in a Backpack
Mission:
Blessings in a Backpack mobilizes communities, individuals and resources to provide food on the weekends for elementary school children across America who might otherwise go hungry.
Fast Facts:
• Founded in 2008 in Kentucky when a teacher observed that children at her school, who participated in the free or reduced meal program, were returning to school on Mondays tired, hungry and not ready to learn.
• Blessings in a Backpack serves 87,300 children in 1092 schools in 45 states. The North Atlanta office serves 196 children in 5 Roswell Schools and 1 Cobb County school.
• It takes as little as $100 to feed an elementary school child in the Blessings in a Backpack program for an entire 38-week school year.
• More than 90,000 students in Fulton & Cobb Counties will leave school uncertain if they will have food to eat over the weekend.
• 100% of money raised to fund a school goes directly to feeding the children.
• Blessings in a Backpack has partnered to develop a multi-year national evaluation project that measures program impact. In the first year, the program reported the following impacts:
o 59% find it is easier to learn at school.
o 60% do not get in trouble as much.
o 78% feel cared for by their community.
o 71% feel they are helping their family.
o 60% report that their school attendance is better.
Find out more:
www.blessingsinabackpack.org
