Leesburg Daybreak Rotary Club

Joylynn Hannah came and spoke to our Totary club this morning about the Inova - Lafies Board annual rummage sale Oct 14 and 15 and loudoun county fair grounds.

It is the 84th rummage sale.

They have given over $3,000,000 to the hospital and over $2,500,000 in nursing scholarships.

Thank you

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Eric Ianson spoke and had wonderful slides with fascinating pictures of the many successful endeavors NASA is doing, had done, or is about to do. We learned about the exciting Artemis Program and the recent "skipping" re-entry into the atmosphere into the Pacific and the moon work. We learned about Dragon Fly and new nuclear fusion energy. We saw incredible pictures and learned about the James Webb and Hubble telescopes. Jet Propulsion Lab and work with Cal Tech. The Mars mission with 30 helicopter missions, using a machine intended for 5 missions! And samples being rocketed back to Earth from Mars. The trips to Neptune, the moon Titan, and other adventures. We also were enlightened into some of the practical applications to advances made through and with these incredible projects.

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Fellow Rotarians and Guests,

What a great meeting today. Dr. David Goodfriend, was an incredible speaker today. We are so fortunate to have a person of his caliber running the Loudoun County Health department and a friend to the club.

If you made it today, great seeing you.

If we missed you today, we all hope all is well. Please let us know if you need anything - a ride, a visit, an errand.

The President of the club was late, and immediate past president, Dave Butler, stepped in with grace and alacrity, as you would expect. Thank you Dave.

Good News / Announcements

Joe and Gloria are home for 4 weeks, welcome back.

Newsha joined us, great to see you.

Mary Frances Forcier joined us, thanks and welcome.

Amy Ritter let us see a great article on Chix Pix, Hillary Tattersall's venture - great article.

The Holiday Celebration will be December 20th at 20 W. Market Street, Leesburg, Va - former site of Rotary for Leesburg for over 50 years. It will be from 5-7 - we will get a list of dishes to bring and share and work on the beverages.

Dave Jones let us know that we have the inter planetary head of NASA coming next week, please bring any friends interested in this great topic.

Sheryl Hine let us know our gift project is fully subscribed, thanks to all that gave gifts and funds to buy gifts I am sure Stephanie, 12, Stevn, 11 and Brandon, 17 and their parents.
Thank you for your leadership and making the holiday great for this family.

Dec 10, this Saturday is Smile Boxes at Loudoun County High with Interact / FBLA 9am.

Dave Jones introduced Dr. David Goodfriend.

Dr. Goodfriend spoke to us in February of 2020 as the Covid pandemic began.

He mentioned the 3 years of work and how proud he was of Loudoun's response. Loudoun did the best, well planned out and as we started with the healthiest population, we were fortunate.
He also mentioned we had lower hospitalizations and lower deaths and we had higher vaccinations.

Dr. Goodfriend mentioned 3 sayings kept him going and were relevant on his journey to help everyone.

1. from his Navy training - "Train like you fight" operations, knowing what to do and who will do it, real and ready responses

2. from ROTARY - our 4 way test!!!!!!!!
specifically fairness (to kids, schools, parents, masks, vaccines) which all leads to reflection on perspective and the hard work on mitigation.

3. The Serenity Prayer

Covid numbers are up and up after Thanksgiving.

Flu numbers are up, as is RSV which is very hard on children.

Our area is early on the uptake of most illnesses in Virginia.

Other issues are Monkey Pox and Ebola, which the Health Department is watching.

And the trauma of covid and the brittle people after challenges of loss, being alone, life changes which leads to concerns and issues with mental health.

We appreciate Dr. Goodfriends efforts to keep everyone safe and healthy.

Yours in Rotary Service,

BG

From President Elect - DAVID JONES

We are very excited to invite you to hear our speaker H.H. Leonards at our Leesburg Daybreak Rotary Club on Tuesday, Nov. 1 from 7:15-8:30am upstairs at Tuscarora Mill Restaurant at 203 Harrison Street, SE, in Leesburg, VA. "Lady H." is the founder of the O Museum in Washington, DC. She also is the author of "ROSA PARKS...BEYOND THE BUS BENCH". Rosa lived at the Museum for 10 years and considered it "my home away from home" from 1994-2004. Lady H will also be signing copies of her book. We look forward to seeing you there!

Yours in Rotary Service, Bradley Gable



PLEASE BRING GUESTS!!! She is coming from D.C. and it would be great to have a strong turnout!!!

Flags are up. Thank you everyone for helping this morning!

Thank you everyone for helping us collect food for Tree of Life Ministries. We were able to deliver 186 lbs of food at their pantry.

It is time for our Annual Grant program, please follow the link for the guidelines and forms to complete your application.


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LEESBURG DAYBREAK ROTARY CLUB GRANT PROGRAM Please click the link to complete this form.

Thank you everyone at Leesburg Daybreak Rotary Club. You will put big smiles on a few faces this Christmas.

We enjoyed Buddy's presentation today at our Rotary meeting.

Washington Business Journal reached out to Buddy Rizer and fellow leaders on the Power 100 List for insights on finding solace and staying happy during 2020:

"Music has always had a way of transporting me to a better headspace," Rizer said.

"While I was teleworking during Covid, I made a point of actively listening to at least one vinyl album from start to finish. Some days, it would be the Stones, some days Wilco, some days Tom Petty — but every day it was something different, and every day it brought me to a happy place."

Read more advice from the Power 100 List: https://bit.ly/3mrKT0R

Newsha and Amy Ritter, representing our club at the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s Tree Planting Project.

Please join us tomorrow morning at 7:30 AM via Zoom to learn about Voting in America. Ben Lenhart will be giving us a brief history of voting in America. Message Newsha Nazmi Ansary for Zoom information.

Every week on Tuesday Morning at 7:30 AM our Rotary Club meets via Zoom. At each session, we have a valuable speaker bringing us updates on what is going on in our community. Please come and join us to see for yourself.

Message us for the Zoom Information.

Are you upset about not having Olympics this Summer? Come join our Rotary Club on August 18th at 7:30 AM via Zoom for a surprise. We are sure to put a smile on your face. If you wish to join, let us know and we will forward the meeting information to you.

The cover of Loudoun Now features our Rotary Club's guest this week talking about the Corona Virus. Thanks to Dr. David Goodfriend for coming out and giving a talk! https://loudounnow.com/2020/03/04/county-leaders-launch-coronavirus-outreach-urge-caution-not-panic/

County Leaders Launch Coronavirus Outreach; Urge Caution, Not Panic - Loudoun Now Is the coronavirus here already? We don’t know. Should you be panicked? No. Prudently cautious? Yes. Oh, and leave the

Congratulations to Michael Cauldwell as our club's newest Paul Harris Society member. Standing with Ronnie Chantker, District Foundation Chair, Michael Arietti, Paul Harris Foundation Chair, all with our Rotary Foundation Chair, Tom Bowman. Paul Bice, Past President, becomes Paul Harris Fellow Plus 4.

Leesburg Daybreak Rotary Club is happy to welcome our newest member, Lynn Walters.

Another fantastic Rotary Club of Leesburg-Daybreak Annual Pig Roast. Featuring a fantastic country music band, great Carolina Bros BBQ, delivious pies, impressive silent auction, beer wine, great Navy ROTC honor guard and Rotary ShelterBox disaster relief display, plus lots of fun things. Lots of money raised for community Non-Profits, scholarships and Boulder Crest Retreat for Wounded Veterans.

Exciting and fun time at our Rotary Club breakfast promoting our annual Pig Roast. This is a don't miss event. Some tickets are still available. Money raised goes to a dozen Loudoun County Non-Profits, College Scholarships and the Bolder Crest Retreat for wounded warriors and their families. Chance to win $5,000. Contact Philip Martin 202-316-5828 if you want a ticket.

We are so pleased to showcase our newest 3 members of our Daybreak Rotary. Welcome Taylor Taylor, Kim Yeager and Michael Cauldwell. Shown here with their sponsors along with President Susan Jane Stack and Membership Chair, John Tattersall.

Our guest presenter today at our Rotary Club was Davida Luehrs of the Northern VA Chapter of Foundation Fighting Blindness. She shared enlightening information about various sight impairments and the diseases causing them, plus advances in blindness research her non-profit supports.

Past Rotary Club President, John Forcier, visited the Rotary Club Calvia International in Mallorca-Spain and brought back a banner.

Our Rotary Club, once again, generously supported Tammy Strobeck's Non-Profit, "It takes a village baby" serving thousands of babbies.

Here's a picture of the winning Leesburg 4th of July Parade float. Our Rotary Club judges who selected the float were Wallace Judd, Amy Ritter, Les & Michele Janka, Laurraine Landolt and Dave Butler.

This evening was our annual Rotary Club of Leesburg-Daybreak Charter Night celebration. The Rotary year 2018-2019 was our club's 29th year since it was chartered.

We celebrated our many accomplishments and outstanding year under outgoing President Dina Abu-Hassan and her officers and committee chairs. We had the induction of our new President Susan Jane Stack and her new slate of officers and committee chairs.

Brad Gable was honored as the well-deserved "Rotarian of the Year" and Stilson Green was honored as "Citizen of the Year." His unbelievably vast list of community service contributions over countless years was beyond impressive.

Congratulations to Adrienne Greene who was inducted as our newest member.

Our Rotary motto is "Service Above Self" and we each try our best to abide by the "Rotary Club Four-Way Test."

We have grown to a 64-member club of wonderful, caring and service minded people. So proud of this year's many community service endeavors and we raised $100,000 to support our numerous programs, which include grants to 12 Loudoun County Non-Profits, college scholarships and countless other local and even international projects.

Another day of pride with fellow women and men of our Leesburg-Daybreak Rotary Club, their family members, our many friends and community supporters. It was another great Flags for Heroes event. Many thanks to our sponsors, organizers, volunteer workers, wonderful speakers and honored guests.

Once again this year, our Leesburg-Daybreak Rotary Club is beaming with pride about our Flags for Heroes on Memorial Day event MONDAY at NOON. Please join us at Leesburg's Freedom Park on Evergreen Mill Road. A really great program of speakers and music not to be missed as we honor vast numbers of heroes.

Please join my Rotary Club, Memorial Day at Freedom Park (between Simpson Middle and Heritage HIgh). 12:00 - Monday May 27th.

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At our Rotary Club breakfast meeting this week we were honored to have Mr. Eric Ianson Associate Director of Flight Programs in the Earth give us a very informative presentation. He covered information about the vast number of NASA satellites, airborne programs and projects. Fascinating to learn about the quite numerous programs and projects NASA does to gather critical data on our planet.

"Rotarians prepare for our Flags for Heroes campaign this month"

300 Flags at Freedom Park in Leesburg will be dramatic. Please consider purchasing a flag sponsorship for one or more of your heroes, people who had a special impact on your life.
Check out this link to learn more.
This is special. Funds raised will go to help our local Non-Profits who make a positive impact on our community, plus other worthy community projects.
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At the Leesburg Flower and Garden Festival Brad Gable and John Tattersall were promoting the Rotary Club of Leesburg Daybreak's Flags for Heroes event.
THIS MEMORIAL DAY 2019
FLAGS FOR HEROES
Our Rotary Club of Leesburg-Daybreak wants to honor your heroes. Who are the people who made a difference in your life and others special to you. Maybe it is/was a service person, mom, dad, first responder, teacher, mentor, friend, nurse, doctor, brother, sister, etc... Sponsor them with a flag. 300 Flags will be on display at Freedom Park. Check on our weblink and purchase now. This is special.
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Congratulations to Olga Odhiambo on becoming the latest inductee of our club. A wonderful addition who embraces the "Service Above Self" motto and the Rotary Four-Way Test. Thanks to her sponsor Dave Jones.

Proud to announce our Rotary Club was able today to award grants to the following Loudoun County, VA Non-Profits:
-All Ages Read Together
-Bridal Path
-LAWS
-Free Clinic
-Loudoun Hunger Relief
-Joy To The Kids
-Loudoun Volunteer Caregivers
-OAR
-Library Foundation
-Dulles South Food Pantry
-ARC
-5 Stones

Congratulations to Will Samson on becoming our newest member of the Leesburg Daybreak Rotary Club. With his sponsor, Philip Martin.

Again today, we rang the bell. This time in the rain. Fellow Rotarians doing the changing of the guard for the Salvation Army bell ringing. A great organization.
"Doing The Most Good"
Rotarians: Tom Bowman, Ronald Clark, Noel Brown, Philip Martin and Ted Miller

Our Rotary Club Leesburg Daybreak Rotary Club has sponsored this holiday party for kids that are clients of Health Works in Leesburg for over 7 year now. It is one of my favorite events of the year. Loudoun County High School Interact kids support us with games and set up / clean up. We get great food and drinks. And the USMC Toys for Tots provides all the toys for the kids. It is truly a win - win - win event.

What an amazing Christmas party for the kids at HealthWorks for Northern Virginia today, complete with food, games, crafts and toys. The kids were so excited to see Santa (aka Tony Howard) who once again was the highlight of the day!

What an amazing Christmas party for the kids at HealthWorks for Northern Virginia today, complete with food, games, crafts and toys. The kids were so excited to see Santa (aka Tony Howard) who once again was the highlight of the day!