Our club was excited to receive a Holiday Greeting card from one of our former exchange students, Johannes Naumann, from Germany!  Johannes was an exemplary exchange student during his school year at Tallmadge High School who touched the hearts of many of us then and continues to stay in touch. Following is the message he sent: 

Dear Rotary President, Mr. Manby, dear Akron Rotarians,

As a former exchange student in 2004-05, I wish you and all of your families a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2013!  Two amazing trips to the Us/Canada in 2012 showed me again how much I love your country and how much I cherish my time as a High School student in the U.S.!  Hope to make it to OHIO sometime soon, Johannes.

“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.” Abraham Lincoln

Johannes enclosed this photo of himself with his girlfriend, Luca, taken in San Francisco in August, 2012.

Marcia Holcomb, RYE Officer 2003-12