It’s a great day to be a ROTARIAN, especially from The Rotary Club of Marietta!”, exclaimed President, Christopher Bethel. On this day, Tuesday May 12, and the day before, under the code name “Operation Chick-Mar," the Rotary Club of Marietta served Chick-fil-A lunches to the two Section 8 Senior Housing facilities (Walton Renaissance on Henderson and The Tower at Dorsey Manor) in the City of Marietta. The project was joint effort of Chick-fil-A, the Rotary Club and the Marietta Housing Authority.

• All the lunches were generously donated by Sandeep Kapoor, the Owner/Operator of the Macland Road Chick-fil-A) and a member of The Rotary Club of Marietta
• Lunches were served by Club volunteers
• Mark Wright, Chief Operating Officer for the City of Marietta Housing Authority) also a member of the Rotary Club of Marietta, coordinated with these two outstanding facilities. Mark stated that the residents were very excited because their “Senior” Prom in April had to be cancelled due to the pandemic. “It is nice to be able to spread some Rotary love and Chick-fil-A with them!”, said President-Elect Mary Ansley Southerland.

“It was a lot of fun meeting and connecting with some of the residents”, said attorney Joe Atkins. Residents who came out and agreed to take pictures include Mrs. Brown (the first brave Resident to get her picture taken) and Ms. Mason (who had the best sign on her door)! [“BEWARE – Guard Chihuahua on Duty. Due to Corona Virus, I am self-isolating. No one may enter except: George Clooney and Johnny Depp and those firefighter guys holding puppies who we see on calendars!”] The residences were so appreciative for the thoughtfulness and gesture of being served a delicious Chick-fil-A meal. “A lot of smiles were made today”, said Brett Edwards, who was one of five new members inducted into The Rotary Club of Marietta just a couple of weeks ago during a Zoom meeting.

Lunches seen served by Rotarians, Joe Atkins (Attorney) and Brett Edwards (Head of School at The Stonehaven School), and delivered by the efforts of Don Barbour (Sr. VP AT&T), Marlys Williams (Retired Coca-Cola Executive) and Rotary President Christopher Bethel (Attorney).

During the pandemic, The Rotary Club of Marietta has served children, college students, not-for-profits and now Senior Citizens.