The week of Friday 27th of June 2008

Keep up with Sarah Strange, our Ambassadorial Scholar, in her Blog from Egypt.


Photos from the Sweet Tea Jubilee
First Annual Sweet Tea Jubilee Proves
Successful; Club Looks Toward Next Year

We don't have the full financial picture yet, but everyone seemed to enjoy the music and fun at the first Sweet Tea Jubilee. On the financial side of the ledger, we took in $6,080 in receipts on the day of the event.

There were 12 sponsors and 14 vendors. WBAV radio and WAXN-TV had booths. Audi of Charlotte had three new cars on display. There was a mime artist, a face painter and a caricature artist. We had a Rock Climbing Wall and inflatable Obstacle Course, Jurassic Adventure, Dual Slide and Circus Train Crawl for the children.

The Scouts from Troop 147 emptied trash and recycling receptacles, as well as picked up litter that was left of the ground. They hauled three pickup truck loads of trash and one pickup load of recyclables. The Scouts and their adult Scouters were Alexander Herndon, Christopher Migliaccio, Nicholas Migliaccio, Kevin Sookbir, Jamie Dinkler, Binh Nguyen, An Ngyuen, Alex Gerber, Christi Migliaccio, and James Dinkler. They also made the rounds with collection buckets and did quite well with collections. Dilworthian Tony Morton arranged for the Scout Troop to help make the Sweet Tea Jubilee a "green event." President Dewey already has sent a thank you note to Scoutmaster Christi Migliaccio.

Club Welcomes Nick Bowen Into Membership

The Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Club welcomed Nick Bowen into membership at the June 20 meeting and he was at work at the Sweet Tea Jubilee the next day. A story about Nick will be in the next Dilworthian.

DilWorth Noting

Letter from Our President
Fellow Dilworthians,

The first annual Sweet Tea Jubilee is now complete. It was a fun event and one that our Club can be proud of. It is just finished and my mind is full of ideas of how we can make it even better next year. But there's one area that needs no improvement and that's our volunteers. You were fantastic.

I was overwhelmed by the turnout from our Club. You came for shifts, you came all day, you recruited others and you were smiling.

You made the event run smoothly. You presented the friendly face of Dilworth Rotary to many people for the first time. And above all you made it fun for the vendors, other volunteers and attendees.

Thank You. I am grateful for you.

Dewey Jenkins
President

Host Counselor Needed For District's
Exchange Ambassadorial Scholar

Chien-Yu ("Jeff") Lin from Taiwan will be in Charlotte on an exchange as Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar to District 7680 from District 3520. The District is seeking a host counselor for Jeff. Each Host Counselor is an important member of the Rotary Foundation team providing support for the scholar in the study district and a contact for the Scholarships Coordinator at World Headquarters. Host Counselor responsibilities begin before the scholar arrives and continue for the duration of the scholarship.
If you are interested in learning more about Jeff and the Host Counselor's responsibilities, contact Lamar Gunter, lgunter@catevo.com, and he will forward all the information to you.

July Rotarian Presents Good Reading

The July edition of Rotarian features the first letter from the new Rotary International President Dong Kurn Lee and a story about Rotary in his native Korea. It also has these features:
o "And it's one, two, three...Miracle League!" Batter up and play ball: Everyone gets to play baseball in West Jacksonville, Fla.
o "Door to a polio-free world." Fighting polio door to door in northern Nigeria.

June 20: "How "Communities in Schools" Is Helping our School Children in Mecklenburg County" - Bill Anderson, Executive Director, Communities in Schools
June 13-Ranjit Rawley, incoming president, with wife Romy.
May 30-Robert Thomas is inducted as a new member. Shown with friend and sponsor Gus Psomodakis.
May 30-Robert Thomas is inducted as a new member. Shown with friend and sponsor Gus Psomodakis.
May 30: "The Charlotte Rescue Mission" - The Rev. Tony Marciano