Sandy Springs Visit Gives Chinese Students Taste of American Culture

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China’s Mingde High School teachers and students were welcomed by Sandy Springs Rotarians during the Oct. 6 luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs.

The student hail from Taicang, China, a Sandy Springs sister city. The teens are attending North Springs Charter High School for one week and are being hosted by families of the high school students.

The visit was a unique opportunity for the Rotary Club of Sandy Springs to apply Rotary International’s 2015-2016 worldwide theme, Be A Gift To The World. The students enjoyed an American cookout lunch of hot dogs and hamburgers and a program at the Chattahoochee Nature Center that featured a live, female falcon.

Monday’s meeting was most likely the first Rotary meeting attended by these students, who were very interested in the international and community service works of the organization.

According to Rotary in China’s website, Rotary has charted clubs in four China cities: Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai and Suzhou, with provisional clubs established in Dalian, Nanning, and Tianjin.

The Rotary Club of Sandy Springs has a 44-year history of service both internationally and locally to the Sandy Springs community.

Lunch meetings are held most Mondays at 12:15 p.m. at Hilton Perimeter Suites at 6120 Peachtree Dunwoody Road in Sandy Springs.

The club welcomes interested business leaders, professionals and community leaders to visit for lunch. Reservations aren’t required but may be made in advance at www.sandyspringsrotary.org.

For more information about the club, visit its website or Facebook page.

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Photo 1: Sandy Springs Rotarian Fred Ferrand (left) with four of the Chinese students.
Photo 2: Visiting Chinese students with their teachers and Jerry Hicks, president of Rotary Club of Sandy Springs (far right).
Photo 3: Chinese teachers with Rotary Club of Sandy Springs President Jerry Hicks.
Photo credits: Rotary Club of Sandy Springs