[Dilworthian] Aug.21 issue

Thu Aug 20 16:04:55 PDT 2009

The Dilworthian

August 21, 2009

Whitney

New Member Whitney Simpson

Whitney Simpson Becomes a Dilworthian

Whitney Simpson, Tax Manager with Cherry Bekaert & Holland, LLP, became a
member of Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Club at the Aug. 14 meeting.
Tony Thompson sponsored her for membership.

Whitney’s journey to becoming a Rotarian began when she was about 13. She
started taking private German lessons at that age and that prompted her
interest in the Rotary summer exchange program.  The summer between her
junior and senior years of high school, for a month her family hosted a girl
her age from a small village south of Stuttgart, Germany.  After that month
ended, she flew home with her for a month in Germany.  

She said that experience drove her decision to attend Davidson, not only for
its other great qualities, but because at the time it offered a year-long
study program for college juniors at the University of Wuerzburg.  She spent
a calendar year in Germany, the first month with a host family, and the rest
of the year living in a dorm in Wuerzburg.

After Whitney had been out of college for a couple of years, she started
working as a tax accountant for Dellinger & Deese, PLLC, a local public
accounting firm.  She did not have an undergraduate accounting degree and
wasn't eligible to sit for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam. In
2001, she took a leave of absence and moved to Columbia, SC, where she
attended the University of South Carolina and earned a Master of Taxation.
Whitney said, “I took all the necessary prerequisites simultaneously and
after 15 months and two very hot summers, I came back to Charlotte and
passed the CPA exam.  While I was gone, Dellinger & Deese had merged into
BDO Seidman, LLP and I stayed there until April 2007.”

She worked in a tax consulting practice at Moore & Van Allen for six  months
and then  joined Cherry Bekaert & Holland in November 2007.  .  As a tax
manager, she does mostly business tax compliance and consulting.  

She has family Rotary background.  Her father was president of the Jonesboro
Rotary club, and her brother is a member of the Sanford Rotary Club.  She
was a member of the Top of the Week Rotary Club until recently.

Whitney loves to travel, run, read, and cook.  She said, “I run with my best
friend a couple of mornings a week, which we have been doing off and on for
almost seven years.  I went to Hawaii for 10 days in May, which was a great
trip, and I'm trying to figure out where I want to go next!”

DilWorth Noting

 Dilworthians Surpass Rotary Foundation Goal

Dilworth Rotarians have done it once again by greatly surpassing the club's
Rotary Foundation giving goal for 2008-2009.  Against a club goal of
$7,200.00, Dilworth Rotarians contributed $13,562.50.  This is 188% of goal!

Club members contributed another $1,050.00 in restricted giving, thus
bringing the total to $14,612.50. Total giving from the Dilworth South End
Club members ranks among the TOP 10 clubs within District 7680, according to
the Foundation's year-end (6/30/09) giving summary.

Thanks to all Dilworth South End Rotarians who helped to make this
noteworthy giving a reality once more.  The Rotary International Foundation
is the "heart and soul" of Rotary and our club members have once again gone
the extra miles for OUR charity, the Rotary International Foundation.

Thanks are also extended to the club's 2008-2009 Rotary Foundation Committee
members: Frank Kiker, Ernie Rider, Tony Thompson, David Hodgkins, Dennis
McGarry, Joe Morris, Ranjit Rawlley, and Jim Stump.

News about Members

Happy Birthday

Tom Philson, Aug. 20

Gene Lamb, Aug. 20

Kay May, Aug. 27

Joy Rucker, Aug. 27

Correction:  The Dilworthian had an incorrect name for Karen Vagianos in the
note about Karen and Van’s wedding anniversary.  Van is no longer a member
of the club.

Programs

Aug. 28          Official Visit by District 7680 Governor Karen Shore.  Each
District 

            Governor visits each club in the District and meets with the
officers

            and directors of the club. The District Governor will address
the full 

            membership.

Service Opportunities

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Weekly at Meetings:

International Projects - 

·      Participate in the weekly lottery.  Half the proceeds go to benefit
our

      International projects. 

·     CART - Donate your loose change to the Alzheimer's research project by

           tossing it into the blue bucket at the check-in table.  

Have News for The Dilworthian

Have news for The Dilworthian? Deadline is each Tuesday at 9 p.m. Call Lamar
Gunter, 704/525-0569 or e-mail to Lamar at gunter4283 at bellsouth.net  

Dilworth Rotary's Web site is a valuable source of information on committee
chairs, upcoming programs and events, projects and other club matters.
Other important Rotary links on the Web are
<http://www.rotarydistrict7680.org/> www.rotarydistrict7680.org and
<http://www.rotary.org/> www.rotary.org, the Rotary International Web site. 

Please report changes of e-mail address by using the "contact us" feature on
the Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Web site.  Please report changes of
postal mailing address to Tricia King, assistant secretary-treasurer,
<mailto:thekings at carolina.rr.com> thekings at carolina.rr.com, or P. O. Box
471211, Charlotte, NC, 28247-1211.

Make-Up Opportunities

All  makeups should be mailed to Tricia King, Dilworth Rotary, Post Office
Box 471211,  Charlotte, NC 28247-1211. Club projects and committee meetings
count as make-ups.  All meetings listed below are at 12:30 p.m. unless
otherwise indicated.

MONDAY

Charlotte North - Byron's South End, 101 W. Worthington Ave.

Matthews - The Senior Center, 1050 DeVore Lane, Matthews, NC 28105 

Charlotte Top-of-the-Week  -  7:30 a.m., Dunhhill Hotel, 237 North Tryon,
uptown.

Charlotte South  -  Zebra Restaurant on Sharon Road in SouthPark. 

TUESDAY

Charlotte – Crowne Plaza, 201 S. McDowell St. 

Charlotte University City  -  7:30 a.m., University Hilton, 8629 J. M.
Keynes Dr.

WEDNESDAY

Charlotte West  -  Carolina Golf and Country Club, 2415 Old Steele Creek Rd.

North Mecklenburg - 12:15 p.m.  -  Peninsula Country Club, Hwy 73, W. Jetton
Rd., Cornelius

Charlotte SouthPark - 7:30 a.m. Marriott SouthPark Hotel, 2200 Rexford Rd.

THURSDAY

Charlotte East  -  Red Rocks Café, 4223 Providence Rd.  

Lake Norman-Huntersville - 7:30 a.m. NorthStone Country Club, 15801
Northstone Rd.

Waxhaw-Weddington - 7:30 a.m. in Rippington's Restaurant in Waxhaw.

Mint Hill - 7:30 am at Pine Lake Country Club, Mint Hill 

FRIDAY

Mecklenburg  County-South  -  7:30 a.m., Raintree  Country Club, 8600
Raintree Lane

Ballantyne Rotary – Piper Glen County Club, 4300 Piper Glen Dr., 

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