[Dilworthian] Oct. 30 issue

Thu Oct 29 13:58:10 PDT 2009

The Dilworthian

October 30, 2009

Dilworth, South End Restaurants Join Forces 

To Raise Money for Dilworth Charities 

Five Dilworth and South End area restaurants have joined forces with Dilworth South End Rotary Club to raise money for the club’s Dilworth Charities which funds Charlotte and international projects.

The restaurants have committed to share a portion of their proceeds from restaurant receipts Wednesday, Nov. 4. In exchange, our Club is urging its members, other Rotarians, family and friends to eat at one of the restaurants on Nov. 4.  The restaurants are: 300 East at 300 East Boulevard, Brixx at 1801 Scott Avenue, Dilworth Neighborhood Grille at 911 East Morehead St., Greek Isles Restaurant at 200 Bland St., and La Paz Restaurant at 1910 South Boulevard. Sullivan's Steakhouse and Outback in Dilworth have helped in other ways.

Kate Richards, chair of the club’s fund-raising committee, said, “We hope all our members and other Rotarians will eat at one of these restaurants on Nov. 4 and let the restaurant management know they are there to support our club’s Dilworth Charities. We want this to be beneficial to the restaurants and our charities.”  The club’s Dilworth Charities is a 501 (c) (3) organization under IRS regulations and donations are tax deductible under the federal tax code..

You can help the cause by e-mailing all of your friends and asking them to eat at one of the restaurants. Also ask them to let management know that they are there to support our club’s fund raising.  If you send the same e-mail to multiple addressees, put them in the BCC line.  Otherwise many anti-spam programs will block e-mails with multiple addressees.

DilWorth Noting

Follow-Up to Program on USO

Some members asked after the USO program how to donate to the USO.  President John Falkenbury of the USO of North Carolina, responded by asking your editor to give the web site locations for the information.  

Information on donating to the USO of North Carolina is at www.uso-nc.org/supportus.html.  You can help the USO of North Carolina and yourself by buying an h-Card (usoofnc.schoolheart.com/).  The card costs $25 a year and $12.50 goes to the USO of North Carolina.  It is good for discounts at Avis, Howard Johnson, Days Inn, Hawthorne Suites, AAMCO, and many other businesses.

He said that the troops overseas who are served by USO Arlington also need help.  A check only to USO Arlington goes to support troops outside North Carolina.

The Dilworthian Needs Backup Editor

Lamar Gunter will undergo knee replacement surgery Dec. 2 and will not be able to produce The Dilworthian that week and perhaps the next week.  We need a volunteer to take over The Dilworthian at least for that week and possibly two or more, depending on the speed of recovery.

Area Is South End, Not Southend

The area in which our Rotary Club meets is South End, not Southend.   Our club is the Charlotte South End Rotary Club.  Let’s try to be accurate when we refer to our club and the area in which we meet.

Rotary District 3110 Uttar Pradesh in India 

Announces Taj Hosting & Fellowship Society

District 3110 Uttar Pradesh, India with some prominent Rotarians of Agra have made a   

Taj Hosting & Fellowship Society (THFSA) to host the International Rotarians, individuals or group for one or two days in the historical city of Agra, the first wonder of the world, “TAJ MAHAL”.

If Rotarians and their friends visit India to any district as Group Study Exchange Team, PULSE POLIO TEAM, international partner in any matching grant project or for any other purpose and want to see the "TAJ MAHAL" and  nearby places, the Rotarians of Agra will be happy to host and assist  them .

In years 2001 to 2008 THFSA hosted many Rotarians who came from different parts of the world/districts on Polio NID’s, Friendship Exchange & on general pleasure trip. They all were hosted by Rotarians of Agra who have made this Taj Hosting & Fellowship Society and provided them the home hospitality and showed them historical monuments along with the first Wonder of the World, “Taj Mahal.”  

Sunil Kumar, joint secretary of THFSA, “It has been always a good and new experience for us. For live experience visit our website: - www.tajhostingagra.com <http://www.tajhostingagra.com/> . If the Rotarians of your club and neighbors clubs or your friends want to participate for this noble cause on Polio National Immunization Day, our society will love to host all of them and can assist them in their further pleasure trip. 

“Or if an individual or group of friends wants to celebrate New Year or other festival in a big way among a gathering of 2,500 people and more and see the other part of India apart from Agra, they are also welcomed by THFSA  If you accept our society invitation please inform us accordingly and be a partner in promoting Friendship and Goodwill of Rotary.

“Also visit this link for recent update on Polio - http://thfsa.com/emaildata/Polio_Talk-April_2009.pdf . We hope to meet you and your club members in the near future.”

News about Members

Happy Birthday

Kate Richards, Nov. 3

Programs

Oct. 30            “Report from Iraq” – Colonel Mark E. Ware, USAF, Director of Operations 

                        for the 24th Air Force, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

Nov. 6             “The Alta Cayma Project” & annual card sale – Jim and Gloria Hintz

Coming Events

Nov. 4             Restaurants Fundraiser at various Dilworth restaurants.

Nov. 10          Board of Directors will meet at 5:15p.m.at Self Help Organization, 926 

                        Elizabeth Ave. Suite 302.  Board meetings are open to all members.

Nov. 16          Rotary Foundation Banquet at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Concord.

Jan. 30           Mid-Year Assembly – Time and place to be announced.

Feb. 13           Rotary Leadership Institute, Mooresville, Courses I, II and III

Service Opportunities

339222417 at 28062007-0F2F

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 at 4521 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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