[Dilworthian] July 10 issue

Wed Jul 8 13:13:57 PDT 2009

The Dilworthian

(Issues posted at www.charlottedilworthrotary.org)

July 10, 2009

Letter from President Dale 

Dear Fellow Dilworthians,

To paraphrase our new Rotary International president, John Kenny, it is a
great honor to have been chosen as your president.  Our club has established
a long tradition of community and world service over the past 60-plus years
and I am humbled to have been entrusted with its leadership at this critical
time.

While you will hear more about these over the coming year and will hopefully
become involved in their implementation, our priorities for the coming
Rotary Year will include:

1.	An emphasis on membership that will include our continued recruiting
of high-quality members, more clearly-defined expectations for new members
and an organized retention program that ensures that every member knows that
he or she is valued by the club.
2.	An emphasis on fund-raising to allow us to fund more service
projects and reduce our reliance on fund-raising from the club membership.
Despite a number of excellent projects we have done, it has been several
years since our club had a major infusion of cash from fund-raising.  The
bank balance available to support good deeds is not where any of us would
like to see it.  I ask that you join me in believing that we CAN raise money
in 2009-2010 and ask for your help when the Fund-Raising Committee calls for
volunteers.
3.	Assimilating a revised committee structure that should allow for
clearer lines of responsibility.  As you have probably heard, we have
adopted the new Rotary International slate of five committees (Club
Administration, Rotary Foundation, Public Relations, Membership, Service).
In addition, we have separated Fund-Raising as a stand-alone committee due
to its importance.  Each committee has several sub-committees that would
have previously been separate committees.  Also, we plan to consider the
standard RI constitution and bylaws this year, as our existing constitution
and bylaws have been misplaced over the years.  We have a highly capable and
motivated group of committee and sub-committee chairs.  I ask that you give
them your full support during the coming year.
4.	Continue our excellent support of the Rotary Foundation.  We are
also planning to fund our requested share of the Polio Plus matching funds
for the $350 million pledge to Polio Plus by the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation.
5.	Review our service projects to ensure that they are all relevant and
still supported by the membership.  As part of the review, we will be open
to adding new projects.

In closing, I would like to quote John Kenny, “In Scotland, we have a saying
that I’m fond of quoting:  “We must look beyond our own parish pump.”  It
means that we must look beyond our own home and our own community.  We must
be aware that ours is only one community, of one country, of the many
countries and communities in the world.

In every one of those communities, there is work to be done.  As Rotarians,
we will not stand idly by.  As Rotarians, we will accept our responsibility.
We can, and we must.  For we know that Rotary is only as great as its
club—and our clubs are only as great as the members within them.

The Future of Rotary Is In Your Hands.”  The future of Charlotte Dilworth
Sound End Rotary Club is in OUR hands.  I ask that you join me in accepting
this challenge and pledge to you my best efforts to see that our club is
stronger when I leave office next June than it is today.  

Thank you in advance for your help.  Dilworth Rotary needs you!!

Dale

Leadership Team for 2009-10

Directors and officers for the 2009-10 Rotary year were installed June 26.
Officers are President Dale Harrold, President-Elect Fenton Erwin, Secretary
Kay May. And Treasurer Joy Rucker. 

Directors for 2009-2011 are Ron Melvin, Joe Smith, Robert Thomas and Corey
Wilhelm.  Directors for 2009-2010 are Brad Goforth, Lamar Gunter, David
Hodgkins, and Ret Turner.

Committee chairs are Club Administration – Andrea McGowan; Membership –
Fenton Erwin and Joe Smith; Service Projects – Ron Melvin;  Fund Raising –
Kate Richards; Public Relations – Lamar Gunter assisted by Brad Goforth; 

Reporting to Club Administration Chair Andrea McGowan are Frank Kiker,
Programs; Richard Pockat, Web Master; Corey Wilhelm, Social.

Membership Co-Chairs Fenton Erwin and Joe Smith will have responsibility for
STAR Subcommittee headed by Brad Goforth; Club Trainer and Retention
Subcommittee Chair David Kirkpatrick

Reporting to Service Projects Committee Chair Ron Melvin will be John
Barringer, World Community Service; Ed King, Habitat for Humanity; Kate
Richards, Crisis Assistance Ministry Coat Drive; Lee Wensil, Salvation Army
Bell Ringing; Pete Johnston, USO;  David Hodgkins, Adopt-A-Street and Latta
Park Rotary Garden; Brad Goforth, Samaritan House; Robert Thomas,
Ambassadorial Scholars; Evan Webster, Group Study Exchange; Corey Wilhelm,
Vocational Service.

DilWorth Noting

 Serving Alto Cayma – A Family in Need

By Jim Hintz

One of the last things we did before we left Arequipa early Saturday morning
was to conduct a fact-finding (and instant relief) visit to a family whose
situation only recently came to our attention. 

Even in the midst of all the hardship stories we encounter daily in Alto
Cayma, this one stands out. Samuel and Elsa are a couple in their early 30s,
with 4 children. The family is very stable. Elsa is barely literate, and
takes low-paying manual labor jobs wherever she can find them. Samuel was a
journeyman construction worker before the accident. A year ago there was a
propane gas explosion in their house which set everything on fire, burning
up all their possessions and even the money they had been saving to build
themselves a proper house. There were 4 people in the house when the
explosion occurred, and all escaped alive, but Samuel and his brother-in-law
were badly burned. 

Samuel’s burns were on his face, arms and hands, and his hands have been
immobilized by the burns such that he can no longer work in his present
condition. The family has been living in a one-room house loaned to them by
a relative, and trying to get by on what little Elsa has been able to make,
supplemented by small donations from family and friends as they are able. 

Samuel has had one operation on his hands, and needs many more if he is to
recover their use. Meanwhile, the family is so strapped economically that
they couldn’t even buy school supplies for their children to start the new
school year. We took them a bunch of groceries, including a 9-lb. turkey
donated by some friends of ours here in Arequipa, and committed to covering
the cost of the kids’ school supplies. Where we go from here is a wide-open
question, but obviously something has to be done – an Acercándonos
sponsorship for one of the kids? A more comprehensive sponsorship of the
entire family? Support for additional operations for Samuel? Any ideas, dear
readers?

News about Members

Happy Birthday             Happy Anniversary
Joe Smith, June 29                         Carol and Bob Teague, June 30

Lee Wensil, July 2                           Janice and Gene Lamb, July 2

John Barringer, July 3                    Patsy and Howard Castleman, July
12

Dennis McGarry, July 14                Nancy and Ernie Rider, July 15

David Hodgkins, July 15                Kay and Dennis McGarry, July 15

                                                            Laura and E. J.
Rabell, July 16

Programs

July 10     “Flight of Honor”—Steve Brandt, public relations chair for April

      Flight of Honor   

July 17     “South Africa” -- Tentative: Dr. Ron Carter, President, Johnson
C. 

                  Smith University      

Coming Events

Board Meeting:       Monday, July 13, Self-Help Center in the Great Aunt
Stella 

                      Center, 926 Elizabeth Avenue.  Members are welcome to
attend any board meeting.

STAR Meeting:       Tuesday, July 14, 7:15 a.m., for breakfast at Pike’s 

                                 Restaurant, Camden Road.  All members are
welcome to 

                                 attend.

Club Social:            Thursday, July 16, at 6:30 p.m. at The Common House,

1101 Central Avenue, 28204, at the corner of Hawthorne Lane and Central
Avenue. . .  Reservations have been made for 6:30 p.m., but feel free to
come a little earlier for a cocktail.  Host Corey Wilhelm asks that you
please invite a friend/loved-one for a night out to socialize with your
fellow Rotarians.  Each member is responsible for his or her own bill.

Adopt-A-Street   A clean-up of the Club’s adopted section of East Boulevard 

Clean-up             is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Saturday, July 18.
Volunteers are 

                                    asked to meet at the corner of Camden
and West Boulevard  

                                    near the light rail station. Jeff
Morgart will provide biscuits. 

Please bring gloves if you can.  Safety vests and trash bags will be
provided. We need lots of volunteers and with a good turnout the task can be
completed in 1 ½ to 2 hours.  Please e-mail Jeff (jeffm at atcombts.com) or
David Hodgkins (dhodgkins at carolina.rr.com) if you can participate.

Service Opportunities

International House has several opportunities for service.  See below

Anne

Host an International Visitor! 

International House Seeks Home Hosts for Iraqi and German Youth Leaders

International House invites you to participate in citizen diplomacy in
Charlotte by opening your home to our international guests.  

Upcoming Visits

Iraqi Student Leaders - Group #1

Nine Iraqi students between the ages of 15 and 18 and one Iraqi adult will
visit Charlotte to study leadership, civic participation and the media.

Home hosts are needed for July 19 - 31. 

Iraqi Student Leaders - Group #2

A second group of nine Iraqi youth between the ages of 14 and 16 and one
adult leader will travel to Charlotte to learn about leadership and U.S.
culture.

Home hosts are needed for July 26 - August 5.

German Student Leaders

Nine German students between the ages of 15 and 18 will travel to our
community to study non-profits and civic participation.

Home hosts for this group are needed for August 6 - 12.  

Responsibilities of a Home Host 

*	Provide guest with morning and evening transportation to & from
International House. 
*	Provide guest with breakfast and dinner. 
*	Make your guest feel welcome in Charlotte.

Benefits of being a Home Host 

*	Discover and learn about a new culture. 
*	Promote Charlotte and U.S. culture. 
*	Make new friends.

To become a home host, contact Lara Printz, Program Director, at
704-342-2247 or e-mail:  <mailto:lprintz at ihclt.org> lprintz at ihclt.org.

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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