[Dilworthian] July 31 issue

Thu Jul 30 10:54:00 PDT 2009

The Dilworthian

July 31, 2009

District Flight of Honor Fills Seats

District 7680’s September 19th Flight of Honor has booked 120 World War II
veterans and already has a waiting list of 37 veterans for the next flight.
The Flight of Honor Steering Committee heard that report Wednesday night.  

Fund-raising for the flight is lagging.  Andy Jones of the Charlotte South
Club, one of three committee members responsible for promotion, pointed out
that there are about 3,100 Rotarians in the District and that if 75 percent
of them raised $75 from friends, family and business acquaintances, the
result would be $150,000.  That amount would cover the September flight and
the next flight. Applying that same formula to Dilworth, if 49 members each
raised a total of $75 from their circle of family and acquaintances, the
total would be $3,675.  That amount would sponsor seven veterans. 

So far only 19 members have contributed, but they have averaged more than
$10 each suggested by Lamar Gunter.  Five members and a guest contributed a
total of $108 last week.

Probably almost every member has a grandparent, parent, uncle or some other
relative who served in World War II. For example, Lamar had an uncle who
served in the Army in the China-Burma-India Theater, an uncle who served on
an aircraft carrier in the Pacific and a first cousin who participated in
the Iwo Jima invasion.  What better way to honor those relatives than to
contribute to and raise money for the Flight of Honor.

Members and their circle of family and acquaintances can make tax deductible
contributions to the Flight of Honor by making out their checks to Dilworth
Charities and marking the memo line Flight of Honor.  Members can give their
checks to Lamar, to Dewey Jenkins or mail it to Dilworth Charities, P. O.
Box 19429, Charlotte, NC 28219.

DilWorth Noting

 August Rotarian Features Water & Wellness, Four-Way Test, Dental Care,
Rotary Basics

The August Rotarian features a story on “Water and wellness” that magazine
describes this way: “Low-maintenance bio-sand filters provide clean
drinking, cooking and bathing water in Puerto Plata and improve the lives of
people elsewhere in the Dominican Republic.

Other articles in the August issue:

*	Page 46 “Is it the truth?”

We revisit the life of Herbert J. Taylor, creator of The Four-Way Test, and
get new family insights and photos not seen before.

*	Page 52 “A program with teeth”

Ugandan and U.S. Rotarians work together to bring dental and medical care to
Ssese Islanders.

*	Page 57 “Rotary Basics”

Start your Rotary education.

News about Members

Happy Birthday             Happy Anniversary
Dan Carrigan, July 26                     Evelyn and Jay Shinn, July 25

Bob Mills, Aug. 1

Corey Wilhelm, Aug. 6

Programs

July 31        “Cutting Edge Politics” – Jim Morrill, political writer for
The Charlotte

                      Observer. A  graduate of Loyola University, Chicago,
he has worked for The Observer since 1981.

Aug. 7        “Discovering Your Memory Power” – Gary Castellano, Trainer for

                     Freedom Personal Development .  Find out how to
remember names

and faces, presentations (without notes), to-do lists, numbers, dates and
appointments,  Information from books and conferences. 

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

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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