Rotary Club of Savannah

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The Club had the pleasure of holding today’s meeting at the Discovery Center of Savannah on the Georgia Southern Armstrong Campus.

We enjoyed hearing from our fellow Rotarians at Thomas & Hutton as they reflected on 80 years of leadership, service, and impact across our region and beyond.

We also heard from Dr. Desma Patterson of Brock Elementary School about the incredible impact United Way of the Coastal Empire’s Reading United Buddies program is making in the lives of students.

The club heard from Chris Brand with Friends of Disabled Adults and Children about the work they do here in Georgia and around the world. We also welcomed (back) Johnathon Barrett as a new member. Next week's meeting is at the JA of Georgia Discovery Center at the Armstrong Campus of Georgia Southern.

We got an EAR full from our speakers at Monday's meeting 😄 Thanks to Dr. Timna and Palmer with Expert Hearing for educating us on the connection between hearing loss and falling. We also had special guests from Serbia, RD 2483!

Congratulations Rotarian Lola!

LOPL Celebrates DeWitt's Prestigious Appointment During National Library Week (April 19 - 25th)

April 22, 2026 Savannah GA: Live Oak Public Library Executive Director, Lola DeWitt, was elected to a three-year term as director-at-large for the Public Library Association (PLA) board at its annual conference earlier this month in Minneapolis.

PLA is the largest association dedicated to supporting the unique and evolving needs of public library professionals across the United States and Canada.

DeWitt's term on the twelve-member board begins with the 2026 ALA Annual Conference, June 25 - 29th, in Chicago, and will continue through the 2029 ALA annual conference.

DeWitt has been Executive Director of Live Oak Public Library for three and a half years. She has more than twenty years of library experience in Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico and Georgia and earned her Master of Science in Library and Information Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She also has a Master of Science in Nonprofit Management from Eastern University.

In its more than one hundred years of existence, Lola is the first African American, and one of a just few women, to be named Executive Director of the Live Oak Public Library system.

She is the first Executive Director of Live Oak Public Library to be elected to the board of PLA.

Join us in celebrating our fellow Rotarian, Shirley Barber James!

Publisher and Owner of the The Savannah Tribune, she was recently honored with an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Spelman College during their 145th Founder’s Day Convocation.

Dr. James continues to be a trailblazer in journalism and a powerful voice in our community. Her leadership, impact, and dedication to telling our stories are nothing short of inspiring.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Shirley James on yet another magnificent accomplishment! 🎉

Another great Monday at Rotary!

We were honored to welcome Sarah Porter, Chapter Director of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary, as our guest speaker. She shared valuable insight on the importance of protecting our coastal ecosystem and the impact it has on our region.

Thank you for an engaging and informative presentation, and for the work you do to preserve one of Georgia’s natural treasures. 🌊