Sgt. Adam Daley speaks to his fellow Exchange Club member, Sam Burrell through the power of the internet.  Daley spoke to the club using a web cam and a Skype connection. Daley was responsible for the club's American flag that flew over the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on July 4, 2009.  U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey, presented the club with the flag, which also flew over the U.S. Capitol, during the club's district convention earlier this summer.

New Officers & Board Members for the 2009 - 2010 term were inducted by Kenneth Hulsey, GA District Director for Area One.  Pictured above [L-R] Tony Daniels, Treasurer; J.C. Grimes, Vice President; Ted Noe, President; Kenneth Hulsey; and Buzz Wachsteter, Secretary.      

New Board Members to serve from 2009 - 2011 are as follows: Chip Nimmons,   Rhonda Wallace, Joan Crumley & Steve White

Speech Contest for local high school students was held at the April 3rd meeting of the Rome Exchange Club.  The topic for the speech contest was Positive Patriotism. 

Each contestant received a check from the Exchange Club.  The winner, Parker Strain Moore from Armuchee High School, will compete at the Exchange Club   District Convention in June held in Rome.

The 84th Annual District Convention will be hosted by the Rome Exchange Club, June 11-13, 2009. The activities will begin Thursday at 12:30pm with the annual golf tournament, with the proceeds going to the CAP Foundation. On Thursday evening there will be "Taste of Rome" dinner at Ridge Ferry Park. ..and best of all its free!  All Rome members please contact Jackie Moreland (706) 346-8824 to volunteer. 

For more details and registration forms, click on the link to the right.

Jeffery Rice, a senior at ModelHigh School, has been chosen as the 2009 Rome Exchange Club Student of the Year.  Rice has a 4.0 grade point average and would like to be a pediatrician some day.  Rice has been offered a full scholarship at ShorterCollege but he is also considering Princeton, Harvard, Duke, Vanderbilt and Emory.  He plans to major in pre-med.

Rice will compete in the District Exchange Club Student of the Year competition in June.

Jennifer Chandler, executive director of the Family Resource Center announced that over 350 people attended his years event and that over $13,000 was raised for the FRC.  The Center served 2,526 people in 2008, nearly 3% of the Rome & Floyd County population.  The Exchange Club of Rome and the Family Resource Center would like to thank our sponsors who made this fund raiser possible:

Here are instructions you can print out explaining how you can register on this website telling the site that you are a member of the Rome Exchange Club.