Letter from the President

Also, I would like to welcome other new leaders to the Notre Dame Club of Atlanta. Peggy Wood '88 and Lauren Taylor '04 will be co-Vice Presidents, succeeding myself in this position. Erin Buzzard ‘02 will be taking over from Doug Orsagh as the club’s Treasurer. Tai Romero '04 will be replacing Rose Carroll as the club's secretary.  I thank Chris, Doug and Rose for their dedication to the club, and hope that the incoming leadership can fill their shoes.

The club is pleased to offer many exciting events in the upcoming year. Bill Lewis, currently in the “Athletics Community Relations” department, but formerly an assistant Notre Dame Football coach, will be our guest speaker at the UND celebration on August 10^th at noon at the Piedmont Room. We have combined this event with our annual Student Send-off, as we believe it is a great way to introduce the new students to the spirit of the Notre Dame community here in Atlanta. On October 20^th, we will be hosting the 12^th annual Peach State Golf Tournament at the Heritage Golf Club. This fundraiser has helped the Peach State Scholarship endowment to grow and now supports eight students from Georgia with financial assistance. Our football game watches will return once again to the Wing Factory throughout the fall 2008 football season. Add to these events our Young Alum happy hours, community service events, and others too numerous to mention here, you can see that our calendar will be full for 2008-09.  Check out the "Calendar of Events" on the left side of the page.  

Lastly, we are endeavoring to get a Georgia license plate commemorating Notre Dame. In order to do this, we need to commit to 1000 plates to the State of Georgia. So far, we have over 250 committed. If you would be interested in getting an ND commemorative license plate, please sign-up under "Georgia License Plate Request", contact Scott Kriscovich at krisco@comcast.net, or call him (404) 345-2605.

If you have participated in any of these events or are considering getting involved, please think about "Joining the Club". Joining the club provides much needed funding to organize the events above plus support outstanding programs such as sending a teacher to the “Excellence in Teaching” conference at Notre Dame and hosting a student for the ND Summer Service Program. Benefits of club membership include discounts to club events, food and beverages at tailgate parties, and eligibility for football ticket auctions.