Gilbert ToastMasters - Club #499

Throughout the past Toastmasters year, people were pretty busy and made some great accomplishments.  At our first in-person meeting on July 8, we recognized all the members who gave their Icebreakers:

• Angi Kieselyk
• Camie Lau
• Ebony Green
• Gwyn Nichols
• Jana

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We congratulate the new and continuing officers starting with the July 1, 2021 term and going to the end of the year!  Renee Pierce will be taking the helm as our incoming President.

The full slate is:

• Renee Pierce, President

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After polling all members, the Club has decided to resume in-person meetings effective July 8, 2021.  We are still working on whether we will be changing location or not.  Look out for communications with those updates.  In the meantime, be …

Renee Pierce was the winner of the Area International Speech contest held on Feburary 20.  She will compete at the Division level on April 24, to be held from 1-3pm.  Congratulations Renee and we will be supporting you at the …

Congratulations to the following people for achievements on their Pathways Levels:  Vincent Feutrier recently completed Pathways Levels 4 and 5;  Lauren Candreva completed Level 3, and Megan Stuff completed Level 2! These represent many hours of preparation and delivering speeches …

We held our Club Tall Tales contest on 9/24.  Congratulations to our contestants and a big shout out to our winners:

• First Place: Megan Stuff
• Second Place: Julie Caliendo
• Third Place: Adam Daha

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Even in this unusual environment we find ourselves in, Gilbert Toastmasters has continued to thrive and was recognized by District leadership with two awards.  An excerpt from the letter follows and the awards are shown below.

I am excited to

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Here at Gilbert ToastMasters we work very hard to help each other improve.…

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We had a great Club contest night on February 27. Mac Griffith won the Tall Tales contest with his exciting story highlighting his “bad boy” side.

In the International Speech Contest, Renee Pierce captured First with her exhilarating delivery of …