Rotary Club of New Orleans
Chartered 1910

BOLO
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12th oldest Rotary club in the world
We meet Wednesdays at 12:00 PM
The Stadium Club at Manning's Restaurant
519 Fulton St.
New Orleans, LA  70130
United States
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Member Birthdays
Jim Carter
August 1
 
Carole Neff
August 3
 
Patty Monju
August 4
 
Wayde Dubroc
August 8
 
Laverne Pitts
August 12
 
Susan Peterson
August 15
 
Frank Carbon
August 17
 
Magdalen Bickford
August 17
 
Juli Pattison
August 18
 
Brian Greffenius
August 20
 
Dottie Nelson
August 21
 
Kathy Breaux
August 22
 
Larry Boudreaux
August 27
 
Graham Bosworth
August 31
 
Join Date
Jay Rive
August 2, 2000
16 years
 
Karen Sulzer
August 5, 2015
1 year
 
Mike Duplantier
August 8, 2007
9 years
 
Robert Tarcza
August 11, 2010
6 years
 
Troy J. Broussard
August 13, 2014
2 years
 
Charlie Young II
August 15, 1990
26 years
 
Jay Aronson
August 18, 2010
6 years
 
Butsy Remmers
August 19, 1991
25 years
 
Melanie Talia
August 19, 2009
7 years
 
Patty Monju
August 19, 2009
7 years
 
Christine Hoffman
August 21, 2002
14 years
 
"Sparky" Martyn
August 24, 2011
5 years
 
Bob Heaps
August 27, 2014
2 years
 
Mark Romig
August 27, 2014
2 years
 
Scott Simmons
August 28, 2013
3 years
 
Charles Nelson
August 29, 1990
26 years
 
Daniel LaGrone
August 29, 2001
15 years
 
Barbara Beckman
August 30, 2000
16 years
 
Craig Wroten
August 30, 2000
16 years
 
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Alan Case
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Stories
Pay It Forward - Flood Relief
The Board has committed up to $2,000 in budgeted funds for assistance to the victims of the recent flooding in our state, as match for funds donated by club members. More than $1,000 was gifted or pledged by club members at last week’s meeting, and another request for funds will be made at the meeting this week. All club members are requested to make a contribution (payable to NORFI) to help our fellow citizens who are suffering from this terrible natural disaster
New Member Nominations - Patrick Widhalm and Christopher Wolff
The nominating committee puts forward for membership the following candidates:
 
Proposed new member: Patrick Widhalm
Position and Employer:  Head of School, Benjamin Franklin High School
Proposed classification:  School Administration
Proposed by: Michael Duplantier
 
AND
 
Proposed new member: Christopher Wolff
Position and Employer:  CEO/Systems Architect, Sprocket Communications, LLC
Proposed classification:  Information Technology
Proposed by: Michael Duplantier

If you have comments or concerns about approving either of these proposed members, please contact Michael Duplantier. Thank you.
 
 
 Mike
New Orleans Rotary has a FACEBOOK page
 
The club is on Facebook in two different ways and we encourage everyone to connect in both ways. We have a Facebook PAGE that is public and meant as a way for us to show the rest of the world what we do, including convincing prospective members that we are worth joining. Please like the page if you haven't already, and invite others to like it too!
We also have a Facebook GROUP that is only for members and not accessible to others. The purpose of this group is to share information with fellow members, and ask for help when there is something you think other members can help with. Think of it as the fun bucket, just free (but you can always donate to NORFI if you want). Also think of it as somewhere to share something that you think is not quite important or club-relevant enough that you would email all the members about it, but you DO want people to know. Shameless self-promotion is perfectly acceptable.
The Facebook PAGE that is open for all is at https://www.facebook.com/RotaryNewOrleans/
The Facebook GROUP that is only open to members is at https://www.facebook.com/groups/289140871203308/

 

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Neutral Ground Maintenance--You Are Needed!

 

The neutral ground is located on Poydras Street between Tchoupitoulas Street and South Peters Street. The new signs make it easy to see where you need to go. Two or three Rotarians are scheduled each week, but you can get creative and have others help if you wish. If you cannot work during the scheduled week, try to switch off with someone else. During your week, the deal is to pick up trash or broken limbs you find on the neutral ground. You can bring your own garbage bag and gloves. The trash pick up takes less than 15 minutes but be careful on the busy street. After you are finished, just throw the garbage bag into one of the public trash containers on Poydras Street. 

 
 
Week of 8/29/2016, Alberto Musto, Carole Neff
Week of 9/05/2016, Seth Nehrbass, Charles Nelson
 

During the year, we will arrange to do more gardening work on the neutral ground and go to lunch afterward.

REMEMBER that in addition to keeping up this stretch of Poydras Street, this is a great way to get to know your fellow Rotarians. Also, if you cannot perform your assigned task think about getting a group of younger folks to handle it for you. They can be Interactors, high schoolers looking for community service hours or just folks looking for a way to get involved.

 

 

 



 

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Member of the Week - Andrew Kerr
Andrew has served in lead fundraising positions for a number of non-profit organizations with a focus on disaster response (All Hands Volunteers) and international development (Carolina for Kibera, Kenya).   He is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), he completed Boston University’s Certificate in Professional Fundraising as well as Duke University’s Nonprofit Management Certificate Program. 
 
Andrew has been a member of the Rotary since 2004, serving in numerous roles including president of the RTP Rotary Club, NC (twice) and foundation chair. He is just finishing his second term as president for the 2016-2016 year. It was under his leadership that the club rebuilt from 14 members to 46 members. The club also received numerous awards for the 2016-2017 year including “Best Local Service Project”, “Membership Growth Award” two years in a row, “Zone 33 Public Image Citation”, Governor’s 5 Star Award with Distinction”, “ The President Citation” and they were awarded the “Best Club Award” out of 46 clubs in central North Carolina.
 
He was also active in District 7710 (North Carolina), including serving on their Grants Committee and their New Generations Committee.  
 
Of particular interest, he was featured in the October 2010 issue of The Rotarian, under the headline “Young Rotarian quits job, makes service his life.”  
 
He has been voted Rotarian of the Year by his club twice, is a Paul Harris Society member, is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow, and is a member of the Bequest Society.
 
Andrew recently moved to New Orleans and joined the New Orleans Rotary Club.
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