Rotary Club of Canton

Today we gathered together to celebrate our first magical Club Assembly of the 2024-25 Rotary Year. Club leaders and committee chairs each spoke about plans for the upcoming year. Next Tuesday, July 16, join us at the Cherokee County School District Technology Services Center (1020 Keeter Road, Canton) for our monthly Heart for Service project. Our July Heart for Service project is aimed at helping school nurses around Cherokee County. Accidents can happen at school—while our nurses receive some funding to assist with these events, donations are always helpful. Our school nurses are in need of the following items for the upcoming school year: Girls' black leggings for middle and high school ages Boys' underwear for all ages 3 oz Dixie cups Ziploc bags of all sizes Individually wrapped paper towels Saltine crackers The Heart for Service meeting will also feature guest speaker Jami Stefano, Lead Nurse at Cherokee County School District - GA. See you all there!

Our first social of the new Rotary year was a fun-filled evening at Downtown Canton First Friday on July 5! The afternoon rain provided some relief from the heat and we all had a great time listening to the music. See you tomorrow at the Cherokee County Conference Center at The Bluffs for our Club Assembly.

Join Rotarian Marianne Butler and the Homeless Coalition of Cherokee County for an informative luncheon on Wednesday, July 10, at Local HQ in Canton. Guest speaker Mike Stott of the Cherokee Association of Realtors will discuss the current housing market. Scan the QR code to RSVP—see you there!

Please join us for a social at Downtown Canton's First Friday on Friday, July 5, at 6:00 p.m. with local musical talent Mark Wills. Rotarians will meet up at Rotary Park near the courthouse. See you then!

CANTON, GA (June 21, 2024) – The Rotary Club of Canton and local members of law enforcement posthumously honored Cherokee County Bailiff Charles Fernando “Charlie” Loggins, who was killed in the line of duty. In the midst of Georgia’s prohibition era, Bailiff Loggins was shot and killed on May 24, 1921, after arresting a man for transporting whiskey near Franklin Gold Mine outside of Canton. Bailiff Loggins, Sheriff Floyd Blackwell, and Deputy Guy Blackwell stopped a Packard automobile containing fifty gallons on whiskey. One of the occupants of the vehicle fled into nearby woods; the driver, F. H. Daniel of Atlanta, was placed under arrest. Upon transporting the Packard and the prisoner back to Canton, the vehicle stalled. While officers attempted to restart it, Daniel was able to pick up a handgun and exit the vehicle. He first attacked Deputy Blackwell, then shot and killed Bailiff Loggins. He then shot and injured Sheriff Blackwell before being overtaken by the deputy. Daniel was convicted of Bailiff Loggins’s murder and sentenced to life in prison. Bailiff Loggins was survived by his wife and nine children. Community members gathered in Canton Rotary Park on Tuesday, June 18, to commemorate the addition of Bailiff Loggins’s name to the park’s Public Safety Memorial, which bears the Rotary motto: “Service Above Self.” The ceremony included a moving performance of the national anthem by Jennifer Puckett, presentation of the colors by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office Color Guard, opening remarks from Rotary Club of Canton President Francisco Lozano, and a special presentation by Cherokee County Sheriff Frank Reynolds... Continue reading at the link below: https://lnkd.in/db-UC6jh #pressrelease #rotaryinternational #rotaryclub

On the evening of Tuesday, June 25, we celebrated the Changing of the Guard during which 2023-24 President Francisco Lozano officially passed the gavel to 2024-25 President Marcie Smith, with past-presidents, including past District Governors Shane Burr, Anton Zellman, and Kay Miller, participating in the presentation. During the ceremony, many of our Rotarians also received honors and recognition, including Lisa-Marie Haygood, MBA, CAE, who was named 2024 Col. Carlisle Coxe Rotarian of the Year and received the Paul Harris Fellow award, and PDG Anton Zellman, who was named Rotary Club of Canton's first Honorary Member Emeritus. Anton's wife, Lois, was also named an honorary member of the club. Congratulations to all who were recognized during the ceremony. We look forward to another wonderful year celebrating the magic of Rotary! #rotaryclubofcanton #magicofrotary #changingoftheguard #rotarydistrict6910 #rotaryinternational