Harrisonburg Toastmasters

06/05/2026

Yes, sometimes Table Topics can get a little hilarious as evidenced by Frank Marshman’s wearing a sock “ear warmer.” Thanks to Yelena Ouderkirk on presenting such a creative bag of topics for tonight’s meeting!

06/05/2026

Congratulations to Sharon Bares, DTM on receiving the Triple Crown award recently. A member receives the Triple Crown when they have achieved at least three education levels in a year. Each Path has five levels. 👑👑👑🎉

05/06/2026

Congratulations to Jackie Hensley on her captivating speech at the District 66 Conference and placing third in the International Speech Contest. 🎉We are so proud of you. This is an amazing accomplishment and all in less than a year of joining Toastmasters! It was an exciting conference in Charlottesville and well attended by several Harrisonburg Toastmasters. Susan Mathias also received an award for Outstanding Area Director.

04/17/2026

🎉🎉🎉🎉Celebrating Jackie’s Division A Speech Contest win at Magnolia’s after the Toastmaster meeting tonight.

04/17/2026

Congratulations to Paul Cook on completing Level 2 of Presentation Mastery!

04/14/2026

Jackie Hensley and Joey Figliola represented Harrisonburg Toastmasters and Area 12 superbly in the International Speech and Table Topics contests respectively. We thank you and are so proud of you! Congratulations to Jackie who placed first in the International Speech Contest and will compete at the district level at the District 66 Conference May 2 in Charlottesville.

04/09/2026

Congratulations to Al Tuten, DTM on completing Level 2 of the Engaging Humor Pathway! You sure bring us some great stories laced with your unique brand of humor!

03/22/2026

🎉🎉Congratulations to Harrisonburg Toastmasters Jackie Hensley and Joey Figliola who placed in the Area 12 Speech Contest in Salem, VA and will advance to the Division Contest in Lynchburg on April 11. Jackie Hensley wowed the audience with her “Walking with Tigers” speech winning first place in the area contest level of the International Speech Contest. And Joey Figliola earned a seat at the table at the next round for his Table Topics response. We are proud of you both and thank you for representing our club so well! 👏🏼👏🏼

03/10/2026

Olga Salama, one of our Toastmasters, was featured in an article about her educational journey and selecting EMU for her studies in biology. Here’s a link to read more about this dynamic young lady.

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03/10/2026

Congratulations to Jackie Hensley on completing Level 2 of Dynamic Leadership. She sure worked hard to achieve this goal in time to be eligible for the speech contest, and having placed first, she will represent Harrisonburg Toastmasters at the Area Contest March 20.