Michelle Nunn is president and CEO of CARE USA, a global poverty-fighting organization that works in 90 countries and reached more than 72 million people in 2014. Michelle has spent 25 years in civic and public service, as a social entrepreneur, a nonprofit CEO and a candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia. She co- founded the volunteer-mobilization organization Hands On Atlanta before engineering its merger with Points of Light, the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service. She served as its CEO from 2007-2013.
The NonProfit Times has named Michelle seven times to its annual “Power and Influence Top 50” list of change agents from the nonprofit sector. Georgia Trend magazine named Michelle one of its “100 Most Influential Georgians,” and the Anti-Defamation League awarded her its 2005 Touch of Liberty.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Virginia, Nunn majored in history with a minor in religion. She received a Kellogg Fellowship to study faith and social justice in more than a dozen countries, from Peru to Namibia to Jordan. Nunn earned her Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where she received the prestigious Public Service Fellowship.
National Philanthropy Day 2016 is November 1st and the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta is proud to be the Philanthropy in the Classroom Presenting Sponsor! KCAmembers are encouraged to attend this year's National Philanthropy Day, Tuesday, November 1st, 11:30 am at the Georgia Aquarium. The recipients will be Chris M. Carlos, Philanthropist of the Year, and Lucy Carpenter Vance, Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year
Our club has 50 tickets to the event and full luncheon members can attend at no cost with advance RSVP. Associate and Satellite members can attend for a discount of $15. Members' guests can attend for only $30 if seats are available after the reservation deadline -- our members get first priority of seating! Make your reservation by October 20th to KiwanisClubAtlanta@gmail.com.
Legion of Honor 2016 - In 1945, Joe Shaw, a past president of our club, created the Legion of Honor program, which is now International in scope and recognizes individuals who have been part of Kiwanis for at least 25 years.
This year, the Georgia District will celebrate the Kiwanis International One Day project by collecting school supplies and other items! Bring your donations to the October 25th club meeting.
Just in case you missed the last couple Member Spotlights at the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta luncheon meeting, we have listed the last few below. The next time you need someone with their expertise, please, "Do Business with a Kiwanian!"