[Dilworthian] March 27 issue of The Dilworthian

[LAMAR GUNTER]

The Dilworthian
(Issues posted at www.charlottedilworthrotary.org)
March 27, 2009
Contributions for “Feed the Homeless”
Total $1,250; About $800 More Needed 
The Club has adopted a new aspect to its annual fund-raising barbecue and has exceeded the halfway point of its goal of about $2,000 to provide barbecue lunch for 400 homeless persons.  $1,250 has been raised so far.
Our annual BBQ Fundraiser will be next Friday, April 3rd from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.  Ticket Chair Kay May said, “To all who have placed their orders and picked up their tickets THANK YOU!  To those who have not yet placed their order and picked up tickets, please email Kay May at kay.d.may at bankofamerica.com and let me know how many tickets you want and which ticket (Office Pack, Pound or Plate) and what time you will pick up your barbecue on April 3rd.”   
Each Rotarian will be billed for a minimum of $48 worth of tickets.  Tickets will be available for pick up this Friday March 27.  To help make this year’s ticket sales work smoothly,  Please email Kay or let her know in advance which tickets you want and how many.  Your choices of tickets are:  

Ticket for one Office Pack $16.00; - Please specify what time you will pick up 
Ticket for One lb. BBQ $9:00;   take out only – indicate time to pick up
Ticket for One dinner $8.00 – please specify eat in or take out. 
You can purchase any combination of tickets and of course as many as you like, more is always appreciated.   For example, you can purchase 
·            3 office packs for $48. 
·            6 individual meals for $48 
·            2 office packs and 2 dinners for $48 
·            Or for $54 you can purchase 6 (one pound container) of barbecue
Also, if you want to purchase office packs in bulk, just let Kay know how many you plan to feed and the Club will bill you for the amount needed.  For example if you plan to feed your office of 30 persons, that would be the equivalent of 10 office packs for $160.  But we would package this in bulk instead of 10 separate office packs.  
DilWorth Noting
 
March Social Thursday, at Mama Ricotta’s
The March social will be Thursday, March 26, at Mama Ricotta’s, 601 S. Kings Drive. Dinner is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., and some will gather from 6 p.m. on in the bar for drinks. Bring spouses or friends. Everyone is responsible for his or her own bar and dinner tab.
 
 Drawings Held For Paul Harris Clubs
At our March 13 meeting, one name was drawn from each of our three Paul Harris Clubs to make those persons Paul Harris Fellows.   The new Paul Harris Fellows are: Club #1 - Tom Philson; Club #2 - Kay May; Club #3 - Lee Wensil
 
Clubs #1 and #2 were formed in 2002, and Club #3 was formed in 2005.  These "clubs" were created to enable members to become Paul Harris Fellows faster and promote the Rotary International Foundation.  Drawings have been held each spring and $3,000 is sent to the Rotary Foundation in the names of the winners. Each member of each club has agreed to contribute $100 annually to the Rotary Foundation (which is very similar to EREY - "Every Rotarian Every Year" - giving $100 to the Rotary Foundation).  With the creation of EREY, and with most of our members contributing $100 annually via EREY or through the Paul Harris Clubs, the need for the clubs has been replaced by EREY.  
 
Clubs #1 and #2 will successfully complete their mission next year.  When Club #3 phases out in 2013, the 3 clubs will have raised $30,000 for the Rotary Foundation!   Thanks to ALL of the following who have made this program such a great success for the Rotary Foundation:
 
(Some members were replaced from time to time upon relocation, death, etc.)
 
Club #1
 
George Alexander, Rosemary Hill, David Hodgkins, Jim Hunter, Ed King, Dave Miller, Joe Morris, Bob Morrison, Tom Philson, Jim Stump, and Bob Teague
 
Club #2
 
John Barringer, Glenn Hines, James M. "Jim" Hunter, Dewey Jenkins, Frank Kiker, Van Vagianos, Marti McCracken, Harding Shinn, Richard Pockat, Doug Phillips, Ed Todd, and Kay May
 
Club #3
 
Tony Thompson, Bob Mills, Chuck Lapp, Lee Wensil, Ranjit Rawley, Bob Lyons
Ron Skufca, Bob Small, and Evan Webster
 
And, thanks to ALL Dilworth South End Rotarians who support EREY - "Every Rotarian Every Year" - with their $100 contributions.  ALL EREY contributions go towards your initial or multiple Paul Harris Fellow creation.  Most members have $25.00 per quarter added to their regular bills (only 27 cents per day). If you haven't already signed up for EREY and would like to do so, please see or call Jim Stump or Dewey Jenkins.
 
 
World War II Veterans Fill April 18th 
Flight of Honor; Waiting List Started 
Rotary District 7680’s Flight of Honor now has 120 World War II veterans accepted and a waiting list started in case of cancellations.  Most of the money for the April 18th charter flight to Washington, D.C. to visit the World War II Memorial has been raised, but some additional money will be required. Two women veterans will be among those on the Flight of Honor.  There also will be 40 guardians to assist the veterans in wheelchairs and using canes and walkers. There also will be doctors, nurses, and emergency medical technicians. The flight will leave Charlotte in the morning and return that evening.
 
News about Members
 
Robert Thomas now is on the mend after knee replacement surgery and should be back with us soon.
 
Happy Anniversary                               Happy Birthday
Jan and Joe Smith, March 26                                           Glenn Hines, March 21
Romy Cawood and Ranjit Rawlley March 29-30           Dick Payne, April 2
Bobbi and Paul Whitfield, March 30                                
     
Service Opportunities
 
 

 
Each weekend until the “Habitat for Humanity” Rotary House is completed, Rotarians are needed to work on it.  See Ed King if you want to help.
 
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, 704/442-7838 (office) or 704/525-0569 or e-mail it to 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 www.rotarydistrict7680.org and 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, 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 – City Tavern, Stonecrest
 
 
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