Projects
2024 District 6900 Interact Conference
AWER Members provided volunteer power to run the 2024 District 6900 Interact Conference the day of.
Our immediate past president CJ Stewart chaired this event. The event was the 2024 District 6900 Interact Conference and this year the program centered on Mental Health. The program was run by the professionals at Chris180. AWER members volunteered to run the event. From ordering breakfast and lunch food and setting it up, to greeting and checking in participants, to keeping the flow of students moving from one project to another, and taking pictures, and participating in Interact training.
AWER Raffle Braves Tickets
Our
club held a number of online raffles for Atlanta Braves tickets. Funds raised are used
to enhance Atlanta West End Rotary Club's Interact program and its
engagement with students at the historic Booker T. Washington High
School by providing more resources and opportunities. Raffle was run through our club and on Facebook.
Crossroads Community Ministries Lunch Bags
Purchase items, assemble and deliver lunch bags for Crossroads Community Ministries homeless clients
Crossroads Community Ministries feeds homeless clients M - F at Clyde's Kitchen in Atlanta GA. They have a 50 person capacity inside, and up to double that outside. Lunch bags are used to supplement the lunches that they are able to serve those who are in line outside. The bags contained turkey and cheese, or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, applesauce, granola bar, gummies, chips and a bottled water. The bags are assembled by Atlanta West End Rotary Club members after a meeting once a month in September and October, and then in a members home in November and December. The assembled bags are delivered to CCM at Clyde's Kitchen that same day. This project benefitted CCM homeless clients, and those who serve them lunch. 165 people. The project will resume as needed.
Donate Greenhouse to M. Agnes Jones ES
Donate and Dedicate Greenhouse to enhance M. Agnes Jones’ ES STEAM/STEM program.
The purpose of the project is to address a challenge faced by M. Agnes
Jones STEM/STEAM educators in their sustainable garden projects.
Educators find it challenging to properly incorporate the planting cycle
into a school cycle, where testing starts and school winds in prime
planting and growing seasons. A greenhouse would greatly alleviate this
challenge and make for a more meaningful educational experience for the
students. AWER worked with M. Agnes Jones educators to determine what
would work, then purchase the Greenhouse mostly with grant funds and
dedicated it at a special event at the school with District Governor
Andre Marria presenting. This project will benefit 500 educators and
students at M. Agnes Jones ES for years to come.
Sit and Serve at the 9th Annual Safe at Home Game
Members of Atlanta West End Rotary Club and Midtown Atlanta Rotary Club enjoyed cheering on Atlanta's youth and police officers they played in the 9th Annual Safe at Home Game - an Atlanta legacy! A great day for a ball game and for the city of Atlanta! They ask was to come out and "Sit and Serve" and cheer on the players and their communities. The Beneficiaries # projected and actual are estimates. The beneficiaries are not just the players but the communities where they live, work and play. Cheering them on resonated beyond the field that day into the Atlanta Community.
Speakers Program-Cultural and Diversity Education
We schedule speakers from diverse groups and cultures to educate and inform our members to encourage dialogue and discussion. We welcomed Cantor Nancy Kassell from a reformed Temple. Her presentation included discussion on Israel-Gaza conflict, Jewish traditions, including prayer and music, and the impact of Anti-Semitism. As well as her perspective as a Jew vis a vis pressing international and domestic matters. Recently, Jasmine Reid gave a presentation centered around Black hair from a historical and contemporary perspective. We learned of Black women entrepreneurs who created product to handle challenges early on. Jasmine has made it her business to help young Black female athletes strategize their hair care successfully in light of their heavy workout schedules. Our Rwandan GRSP scholar also presented her country and culture. We schedule regular DEI programs as well to have open club discussions about current events. All to foster peacebuilding and conflict prevention. It is difficult to know just how many beneficiaries there and how many volunteers and hours apply. It is beneficial beyond our club members into the community.
Tasse Trivia to benefit Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Tasse Trivia is a trivia game played at each meeting where a wrong answer costs players $1.00 that is donated to OLPH.
Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, Servants of Relief for Incurable Cancer, care for those suffering from incurable cancer who cannot afford care
elsewhere. Our Lady of Perpetual Help provides a loving, peaceful,
home-like environment to their guest patients. All patients admitted to
the Home have a diagnosis of incurable cancer. The Sisters strive to
meet their physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs, and
to give comfort and consolation, knowing that they cannot offer them a
cure. Support of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is the second longest continuous tradition of charitable work by the club, dating back to December 1972, when the club sponsored a flea market to raise the fund to secure a much needed podiatrist chair for them. In addition to the leadership group, that met up with the Dominican Sisters at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in December to present the donation, volunteers extend to other club members who participate weekly in Tasse Trivia and continue to come up with daffy responses to the question so they can have the honor of making a donation!