[Dilworthian] May 15 issue

Wed May 13 16:53:52 PDT 2009

The Dilworthian

(Issues posted at www.charlottedilworthrotary.org)

May 15, 2009

 Dilworth Rotary Honors Davidson Senior 

With Paul Harris Fellow for Kilifi Project

Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary has honored Davidson senior Anne Stevens
with a second Paul Harris Fellow designation for launching a college
fund-raiser that mushroomed into multiple projects to benefit
underprivileged young people in Kilifi, Kenya.

 Anne said in her talk to our club May 8 that she learned about Rotary and
what it could accomplish from her Rotarian father, Bob, who was there with
her mother, Elizabeth, to see their daughter honored. 

She said the original goal for the fund-raiser was $2,500.  Some of her
fellow students had been on a field trip to Kenya with a Davidson biology
instructor and knew about the great needs of the young people in Kenya.
Anne knew that in helping someone in a foreign land, it is good to link up
with an organization that is used to implementing overseas projects.  

Her previous exposure to Rotary through her father in Durham led her to
contact Davidson Town Council member and Dilworth Rotarian Evan Webster.
Evan contacted John Barringer, who at the time was World Community Services
chair for Rotary District 7680. 

Anne met with John to discuss what the students had in mind.  John knew it
was best when possible to work through a Rotary Club in the area where a
project is planned.  He contacted the president of the Kilifi Rotary Club
who told him that an Atlanta area Rotary Club in Vinings and another Rotary
Club in the Richmond area already were considering projects with the Kilifi
Rotary.  John contacted both clubs about cooperating on projects for Kilifi,
and both agreed to cooperate.

Evan made some solicitations among Davidson citizens he knew and with his
help, the fund raiser exceeded its goal and raised a total of $5,000.  

After Anne finished talking about how she and her fellow students planned
and carried out the fundraiser, John Barringer told the club how the magic
of Rotary took the results of the efforts of Anne and her fellow students
and multiplied it. Their original goal of $2,500 has been multiplied by more
than 76 times to $192,099.

Phase 1 of the Kilifi Project sponsored by the Rotary Clubs in Vinings, the
Richmond area, and Charlotte Dilworth South End, with matching funds from
District 7680 provided 100 computers for schools and libraries in Kilifi at
a total cost of $17,500.

Phase 2 of the Kilifi Project provided 50 students with tuition, books, and
uniforms for four years of second education, plus treatment for parasites
28,750 for four years. That amount, aided by a competitive grant, totaled
$157,624.  

Because Anne and her fellow students wanted to do something for kids in
Kenya that they probably will never meet, there is a Phase 3 in progress.
Called Making Kenya Kids Healthy, this District 7680 Showcase Project In
partnership with the Kilifi Rotary Club and the Kilifi District Hospital, is
providing de-worming pills to combat parasites that affect almost all school
age children.  Infection rates run as high as 85 to 90 percent.  Phase 3
will treat 13,500 kids for four years at a cost of $16,975.

Some of these good things would have happened anyway, but because Anne and
her fellow students cared, good things multiplied and are still multiplying.
District Governor Bob Wilson came to participate in honoring Anne. As an
added touch, Davidson graduate and Dilworth Rotary President Ranjit Rawlley
donned a Davidson Wildcat shirt in her honor at an appropriate time in the
program.

DilWorth Noting

 Club Social at Brixx Pizza Set for May 28

The club’s next social is scheduled for Thursday, May 28, at Brixx Pizza –
Uptown in Seventh Street Station at 225 E. 6th Street.  Each person will be
responsible for his or her own bill.  Dinner reservations are for 6:30 p.m.,
but feel free to stop in for a drink at 6 p.m.  Corey Wilhelm is host for
the social.

Martha Mason, Paul Harris Fellow, Honorary Rotarian, Iron Lung Polio Patient

Martha Mason, Paul Harris Fellow and honorary Shelby Rotarian, died Monday,
May 4, after living 61 years in an iron lung as a result of polio when she
was 11 years old. 

Martha was the subject of a documentary film, “Martha in Lattimore,” and
appeared in “The Final Inch, a documentary about polio nominated for an
Academy Award.  With the aid of a voice-activated computer, she wrote her
memoir, “Breath,” published in 2003 by Down Home Press.

She was graduated from high school, Gardner-Webb College and Wake Forest
College (both now universities) with highest honors.   

News about Members

Happy Birthday             Happy Anniversary
Dewey Jenkins, May 10                 Lisa and Gary Toothman, May 11 

 Gus Psomadakis, May 10              Starr and Dale Harrold, May 18

Tom Chaltas, May 20                      Deborah and Bob Mills, May 1`

Programs

May 15:  Eighth Annual Picnic in the Park

May 22: “Butterflies” -- Duane Clark of Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens

May 29: “Uptown and Midtown Commercial real Estate Development” – 

   David Dorch

June 5:  “The Mecklenburg Court System: Challenges Facing the System” – 

                Chase Saunders

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 – City Tavern, Stonecrest

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