Toastmasters rounds out the bottom half of the top ten of 2021 at #6.
June 1 marked ten years in Toastmasters for me. Ten Years Toastmasters Strong. There have been many memories made along the way in my decade long Toastmasters Journey.
I’ve attended many district events such as the conferences and club officer training. I accepted the award for Select Distinguished District at the Fall 2013 conference. I served as Sergeant at Arms for the District from Fall 2012 to the end of the 2013-14 Toastmasters year. I am a two time area director with a stint as Division Director in between.
I achieved my Distinguished Toastmaster award in the summer of 2019 and accepted the plaque at our Fall Open House. I showed off the medal at our awards ceremony at the 2020 Fall Symposium. I also won the prestigious Spirit of Toastmasters award along with two other dedicated members. My goodwill to the District helped me achieve the award. We did a panel discussion at the Winter TLI that December.
Going remote because of COVID helped us visit other clubs when before it seemed impossible. Earlier this year and in the Spring, we held all our contests and Spring District conference all online. The conference turned out to be a huge success.
I finally got my opportunity to take part in the DTM gauntlet at our DTM gala on July 24. I hugged all the past DTMs and even twirled a few of them. What a fun night that was in addition to the disco dancing and fire alarms going off that sent us outside. We still danced though. The fun continued at Ron and Sarah’s on August 14. I highlighted these events a few weeks ago. It’s a honor to be an adopted member of Cranberry High Noon Toastmasters.
Last month I got the opportunity to visit Cranberry High Noon Toastmasters open house on my day off. They had many guests visit whether it was in person or by way of Zoom. We had 30 in attendance that day physically and virtually. I joined Sarah Rashmee Souri, Maragatham Maha and Linde Geissler Riley for lunch afterwards at Chen’s. My first time there and we had a great lunch. They even played Disco music. It was sign that we needed to be there.
The next night I attended the red carpet gala and officer induction at Laurel Highlands Toastmasters Club. What a celebration that was as everyone was dressed for the occasion. It was a great program too with Dana Mitnik talked about the history of Toastmasters in Fayette County, and Robert Johnson and Melissa Davis McGavick giving great speeches. Fred and Shawna were amazing that night as our emcees and the members couldn’t be any more proud than they were that night to be recognized as one the newest clubs in District 13.
I’m also proud to say I’ll be joining Laurel Highlands very soon as their newest member.
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