Washington Rotary Club

02/20/2026

02/14/2026

Our first medical equipment drive was today and our community really turned out. Thank you so much. We are having it again next Saturday, February 21, 10a-3p.

02/02/2026

Rotary Club of Washington, Georgia’s last meeting of the month was held on January 29, 2026. John Keen, Vice President of F&M Bank was officially inducted into membership of the Club, sponsored by long-time member, Ed Pope, III, President and CEO of F&M Bank. Welcome, John!

Our guest speaker was Crystal Martin, Community Development Director for the City of Washington. Her position is multifaceted centering around Housing, Economic vitality and Family support initiatives. In her work for Housing, she manages the CHIP Home Rehab Grant program; the HRRP program for disaster relief; and GICH, Georgia Initiative for Community Housing which provides collaboration and technical assistance relating to housing and community development.

Crystal’s goals as Community Development Director are to strengthen housing, support families, grow our workforce, build economic opportunity, and position Washington for long-term success.

On March 26, the City of Washington will be hosting a Home Buyer Seminar to educate future homebuyers on all aspects of the home buying process. The Seminar will be held at the Pope Center and will provide lunch. Save the Date!

01/24/2026

Washington Rotary Club is hosting a

Collection Drive for used Home Medical Equipment (HME) to benefit the

Friends Of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC)

Please drop off clean, gently-used home medical equipment-
Wheelchairs
Standers/Walkers
Strollers
Shower supports
Shower chairs
Cane
C-Pap machines

to the Rotary Trailer in front of F&M Bank, 911 E. Robert Toombs

Saturday, February 14, 2026

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm

FODAC provides free or low-cost refurbished home medical equipment and services for adults and children with disabilities to improve their overall quality of life. For more information go to

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01/15/2026

Washington Rotary Club celebrated the New Year today with a special luncheon prepared by Newton and Pam Gunter. President Frank Fullbright and members recognized them for their dedication and hard work all year long, preparing the Club's weekly meal. A post-holiday white elephant gift giveaway and party followed.

01/11/2026

Rotary Club of Washington, Georgia held it’s first luncheon meeting of the New Year on January 8, 2026. Our guest speaker was Jacquin Santillan, Health Safety and Environment Manager at Rekord Tent, LLC Manufacturing and Production Company. He has over thirty years of experience in HSE, beginning with his service in the United States Marine Corps.

At Rekord, he leads their Health, Safety and Environment Department with heart through a culture of respect and genuine caring for every employee and their well-being on and off the job. The company manufactures a broad range of high-quality stressed membrane and custom engineered structures along with various modern design tent and shelter products.

Since 1998, Rekord has established itself as an Industry leader providing the most reliable turkey structural solutions for sports facilities, warehousing, dining facilities, double-decker structures and domed structures for commercial, military and public projects.

Santillan’s most notable achievement at Rekord is that the company has just reached a milestone rating in HSE of no recordable injury incidents in 4 years, equaling 555,000 hours of manufacturing operational safety. Congratulations, Peggy Anderson, Rekord Chief of Staff and Washington Rotarian and Jacquin Santillan, Rekord Health, Safety and Environment Manager. Well done!

12/22/2025

Washington Rotary Club participated in the annual Christmas parade in Washington, GA.

12/08/2025

On December 4, 2025 Washington Rotary Club hosted Robert Smith, owner of Clovis Soil Investigations as our guest speaker. A native of Washington, Robert graduated college with a degree in Forestry and spent most of his early career with the United States Geological Survey. His true interest, experience and further education in soil Taxonomy, Genesis and Pedology led him to establish his own company specializing in soli investigations. Clients include commercial and residential developers, farmers, ranchers and individual homeowners.

Washington, Georgia falls within the Piedmont soil classification area of the state, known for its stable, red granite soils high in iron content. The lower part of the state resides in the Coastal Plains area where soils contain a more sandy composition. Clovis Soil Investigations conducts thorough testing of land to identify where the water table is, the compaction and percolation characteristics of the ground and where it is most suitable for development.

He and his wife, Jordan, are active in the business community of Washington. The name Clovis comes from the first native American tribe to settle in North America.

11/06/2025

Last week on October 30th, The FODAC President, Chris Brand, told the club about FODAC’s work around the state, U.S. and international service with home medical equipment (HME). As a Rotarian himself, he mentioned the work Rotary does with them all over GA and Internationally. Communities and Rotary clubs create volunteer drop off locations for collection of gently used HME that can be offered locally or picked up by FODAC when the space or container is full www.fodac.org/donate/medical/

People in need of HME can contact their main office at 770 491-9014 or by fodac@fodac.org

Find out more at www.fodac.org

10/20/2025

At last week’s luncheon, October 14, 2025, Rotary member Ed Patton gave a lecture on the Geology and Geography of the Eastern Snake River plain in Idaho. The area is an ancient track of the Yellowstone Hotspot and is home to Craters of the Moon National Monument.

The EBR1, (Energy Breeder Reactor) was developed there and powered the first town to be lit by nuclear power in the country.

Hagerman Fossil Beds located nearby depicts fossils of the earliest ancestors to modern day horses, donkeys and zebras. The Equus Simplicidens is the identifying term given to the horse fossils discovered in Hagerman, Idaho in 1928.

And on another significant note, the path of the Oregon Trail runs through the Eastern Snake River plain. We thank Ed for sharing his knowledge of the area with our club.