Youth Day Parade Float Awards!

• 2nd Place Mayor's Award-Roswell Rotary Club
• 1st Place Civic Clubs Division-Roswell Rotary Club

The Roswell Rotary Interact Club float design this year was the very theme of the parade:  Growing Together.  With vines woven through the Rotary Wheels, down the sides, the front and the back of the Trailer, everyone saw the celebratory 75 anniversary spelled out in sunflowers as Interact students from Centennial HS, Crabapple Middle, Mimosa Elementary, Mt Park Elementary and Roswell HS threw the obligatory pounds of candy to thousands of onlookers.

Roswell Rotary Team

RRC Member Joe Gillespie had the vision, RHS Construction Teacher had the skill and the space while Becky Nelson queued up the middle school and high school Interact students to show up to build it. For 3 days after school, Joe, Kevin, Becky, were joined by Ken Briggs, Joe Mazzeo, Jay Pittroff, Bill Swahin to paint, glue, assemble and staple all of the components.  Joe Mazzeo & Ken Briggs used the infamous Rotary wheels to house a self-contained water feature showing a hot pink watering can constantly spraying the garden from 13' high.  A satisfying way for the Roswell Rotary Club's 75th birthday to be announced while celebrating in the 75th Frances McGahee Youth Day Parade.  

School & Interact Teams

We also really want to thank each Interact teacher and Rotary Club liaison who coordinated the Candy Collection, coordinated shuttling their students back/forth to Roswell HS and promoting their participation in the actual parade!  We thank Senor German Acosta (Centennial), Mrs Jennifer Riddy and Mr Matthew Levellee (Crabapple Middle) and Mrs Regan Pierce and Mr Kevin Squiers (Roswell HS).  

Candy Collection Winners

Congratulations to Crabapple Middle School for winning the Candy Collection Contest!  We also want to shoutout to Centennial HS & Roswell HS provided impressive haul while Mt Park Elementary won the elementary division!