[Dilworthian] May 29 issue

Thu May 28 07:26:34 PDT 2009

The Dilworthian

(Issues posted at www.charlottedilworthrotary.org)

May 29, 2009

Clubs Can Help Young Leaders Grow

With New District Summer Program

(Article Courtesy of District 7680 Newsletter)

The district is expressing its commitment  to youth this summer with the new
“Seminar for Tomorrow’s Leaders” for rising high school juniors and seniors.
Program organizers Calvin Gaddy and Angela Mills of the Albemarle Rotary
Club

hope to enroll as many as 75 students in the July 23-26 event at Catawba
College.

Three professional facilitators from The Center for Creative Leadership, a
worldwide not-for profit organization based in Greensboro, will lead
participants

through an intensive interactive curriculum of exercises, simulations,
discussions, and games designed to increase their self-confidence, practice
team building,

learn to appreciate different leadership styles, and improve communication
skills.

Student applicants should have at least a B average and demonstrate
leadership potential for serving school and community. Participants will be
nominated by high school principals, reviewed by local Rotary club selection
committee, and selected by the program’s district committee. Each will be
sponsored by $400 commitment from local Rotary clubs. Participating clubs
will also receive 500 points toward club of excellence awards.

Mills, who recently retired from a 34-year career as a classroom teacher,
principal, and assistant system superintendent, agreed to get involved as a
way to maintain her involvement with young people.She said the curriculum is
specifically designed to promote leadership development in an atmosphere

that students will find challenging, fun, and engaging. Activities include a
6:30 a.m. hike around campus, blindfold trust walk, sessions in ethical
decision-making and effective team building, and simulations that
demonstrate ways

to turn conflict into a productive encounter. Students will also create blog
entries on a Facebook page throughout the weekend to document their
impressions of the program.

“The key is that it’s very interactive,” said Mills. “They’re not sitting
and listening to lecturers. They’re engaged in activities that will teach
them a lot about themselves.”

In addition to the three CCL facilitators, Mills and Gaddy and other
Rotarians on their committee will be on-site for the weekend to chaperone
and help as needed.

DilWorth Noting

June Rotarian Offers Articles 

On Coping with Hard Times

The June Rotarian offers articles on coping with the current recession.
“Fighting Back” is an article about two Rotary Clubs, one in California and
one in Ohio, and how they are facing the recession head-on and with
determination. 

Another article, “Tip jar,” outlines seven ways to help a Rotary Club get
through hard times.

“Giving in an era of scarcity” tells how charities of all sizes are
weathering the storm.

The issue also has photographs of the finalists in the magazine’s yearly
photo contest. 

Another feature article worth reading is “How I survived genocide and
learned to live again.”  The writer tells us how he became an American and a
Rotarian, and how that saved him from a life of rage and revenge.

News about Members

Justin, Jenna Bice Welcome New Daughter

Justin and Jenna Bice are the proud parents of a daughter, Lauren Elizabeth,
born May 18.

Happy Anniversary
Silvia and Ron Skufca, May 26

Nancy and Ron Melvin, June 1

Patsy and Jim Stump, June 1  

Programs

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

   David Dorch

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

                Chase Saunders

June 26: Installation of officers and directors for the 2009-2010 Rotary
year

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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