On August 18th, Abby Donnelly – Sandler Training spoke about District 7690's “End Polio Now” Fundraiser

On August 11th, Bruce Frankel, Executive Director of Körner's Folly, gave an impassioned talk to our club. The Folly Foundation is starting a 2 year drive to obtain 1880 members for its membership drive. The Folly is truly Kernersville's own work of art and we as a community need to pull together and help restore it to its original glory.

On August 4th, Denny Schlindwein, former Secret Service Agent, spoke to our club. Denny has served under Presidents Carter, Reagan, both Bushes and Clinton. His fondest memories were not of the Presidents during their respective terms, but afterwards. "Most Presidents don't have the time to chat with the agents when they are in office." Denny had many stories to tell us about the first ladies, the children and how almost all of the presidents still have a relationship with him. "They are all great human beings!"

On July 28, District Governor for 2010-11, Wes Patterson, came by a visited our club. Wes spoke about the Rotary wide slogan of the year, "Building Communities and Bridging Continents". He also reminded us that polio is only found in 4 countries, and they spell out P... A...I...N (Pakistan, Afghanistan, India & Nigeria). Rotary world wide has raised $140M of the necessary $200M for the Gates Foundation matching grant. We also discussed the "Future Vision" that relates to our District grants. Conflict resolution, clean water, child health, literacy and economic development are its main goals. "Yesterday is a dream, Today is a vision"

On July 21st, John Coulter spoke about the YMCA's 5th annual program called "Bright Beginnings". This program pairs up an adult from the community with a needy child, and a trip to Wal-Mart so that this child can have a new pair of shoes, new clothes and enough school supplies for the beginning of the school year. Last year, about $5200 was collected from the community and some 100 volunteers assisted 80 kids. This year JOhn's goal is to raise $7000, have 120 volunteers and help over 100 children.

July 19th-23rd was the 14th annual RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Academy). Outstanding young leaders from both East Forsyth and Glenn High Schools participated in the program which is modeled after the Leadership Kernersville program. Topics for the week included History of Kernersville, Education, Law Enforcement, Government and Leadership.The group also toured Körner's Folly, the Kernersville Police Department and the Forsyth County Jail.

On July 14th, Jean Dominique and Susan Cook, a medical missionary, spoke to our club. Susan explained to us the conditions that the Haitian people have to endure and Jean conveyed to us the frustration involved in dealing with the corruption. The "Children's Nutrition Program" attempts to treat the many thousands of children that desperately need medical treatment and are malnourished. Their mission is to improve health and development of Haitian children.