Paulding County Rotary Club welcomed new member Ralph Turner, DBA, MHA, MPA, FACHE. Ralph assumed the responsibilities as the SVP Wellstar, President, Wellstar Paulding Medical Center on May 9, 2022. Previously, he served as the Chief Operating Officer for the Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and Executive Director of Patient Support Services for the Cleveland Clinic enterprise. Ralph also served at the University of Wisconsin Health System as Vice President for Facilities, Support, and Emergency Medicine Services (EMS) and at MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2008-12) as Vice President of Facilities and Support Services.

Rep. Gravley spoke on several important legislative topics including medical cannabis for cancer patients, firefighter cancer insurance coverage, and Georgia-Israel economic relation development.

Each student thanked the club for its $1,000 scholarship. Betty completed her core classes and is set for the Reinhardt nursing program. Rachel will graduate in Dec. with a Computer Information Systems degree. Dr. Newcombe thanked the club for its support and also updated the club on the new Aviation Academy that will be housed at the Paulding Airport.

While we were at McKenna Farms today to present new cushioning mats for their pediatric therapy rooms, we had the chance to deliver a special gift that we hope will enable them to accomplish even more good works. McKenna Farms makes a positive difference in our community and so does the Rotary Club of Paulding County.

Lots of smiles today at the Paulding County backpack event where we also completed the summer reading book distribution for area kids. Kids chose not only a new backpack loaded w school supplies, but chose at least two books supplied through our District grant. Science, history, fiction, and non-fiction books for grades 4-12 now have a new home! Thankful for the Interact club from Paulding County High School as well as for volunteering!

We were thrilled to welcome this talented Georgia Rotary Student Program recipient, Michael Jeong-woo, once again this week! Great future ahead for this scholar! Back today for a return engagement . . . Jang Jeong-woo, our Georgia Rotary Student Program scholar from South Korea.

Paulding Rotary teamed up with CAYA (Come As You Are Reconciliation Ministries) and Get Paulding Reading to pack lunches and deliver over 470 books to Paulding County kids as part of the 2022 Summer Reading program.

Future leaders are learning all about Rotary through the RYLA program. Thanks for sharing Ella! Terrific report on Rotary Youth Leadership from North Paulding High student Ella Pavlovsky. It is our goal to empower each RYLA student with the skills necessary to become leaders in their schools and communities. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Paulding County.