[Dilworthian] Jan. 22 Dilworthian

Thu Jan 21 06:57:13 PST 2010

The Dilworthian

January 22, 2010

Club Choose 2010-11 Leadership Team

The Club elected Fenton Erwin to be President during the 2010-11 Rotary year.  It chose Kay May as President-Elect.  The Club also elected Joe Smith Treasurer and Joy Rucker Secretary.

 Directors elected for 2010-2011 are: Lamar Günter, Brad Goforth, Ron Melvin, Robert Thomas, and Corey Wilhelm.

New Directors elected for 2010-2012 are: Brian Hadley, Nick Bowen, and David Kirkpatrick.

DilWorth Noting

 Speaker Tells Club about Alzheimer’s Association Mission and Services

Lori Walker, Executive Director of the Alzheimer’s Association of Western North Carolina (http://www.alz.org/northcarolina/in_my_community_about.asp), presented a program on her association at our Jan. 15, 2010 meeting. 

She explained that her association covers 49 counties in Western North Carolina, and provides services for patients and caregivers.  It also supports research.  She asked for a show of hands of those present who had a personal connection to someone with Alzheimer’s.  Most of those present raised their hands.

Some of our members may not be aware that the change put into the blue CART bucket at the check-in table supports Alzheimer’s research.   CART is Coins for Alzheimer’s Research (http://www.cartfund.org/) and it is project of the Rotary Clubs in the Carolinas and Georgia.  From donations of those coins, the fund already has distributed $2.8 million through grants to 12 university research programs.

Rotary Offers Avenues for Haiti Assistance

Many Rotarians have expressed concern for our neighbors in Haiti and want to know how they might help. Listed below are three organization/foundations through which you may want to contribute. Contributions to any of the three are considered charitable giving for tax purposes.

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION

A Donor Advised Fund has been established and is accepting contributions for disaster relief in Haiti. Complete information is available at  <http://www.rotary.org/haiti> www.rotary.org/haiti.Information is also available on the Rotary International website home page, www.rotary.org. If you have any questions regarding the fund, please send inquiries to  <mailto:relief at rotary.org> relief at rotary.org.

DISTRICT 7680 

The District is providing an opportunity for Rotarians and friends to contribute to disaster relief in Haiti. Contributions would be collected and distributed through the Rotary Club of Gastonia foundation.

Checks should be made payable to:

Rotary Foundation of Gaston County, Inc. 

P.O. Box 33

Gastonia, North Carolina 28053

Please indicate in the memo---“Haiti Earthquake” or “Haiti”

SHELTER BOX USA

Shelter Box USA is a grassroots Rotary club project which has rapidly grown to an international level and responds to disasters such as the one in Haiti by providing self-contained emergency shelter units. Shelter Box USA is a 501(c)3 organization – donations qualify as a charitable deduction for tax purposes. 

You will find more information about Shelter Box USA at:  <http://www.shelterboxusa.org> http://www.shelterboxusa.org. 

Rotary District 7690 is sending shelter boxes to Haiti. The cost for each ShelterBox is $1,000. The ShelterBox is a ten-person tent designed to withstand extreme temperatures, high winds and heavy rainfall. The box includes a range of survival equipment including insulated ground sheets, mosquito nets and life saving means of water purification. Also included is a basic tool kit and a children’s pack containing coloring books, crayons and pens.

Checks in any amount can be made payable to “Rotary District 7690” and sent to District Secretary Margaret Padgett, 114 Willoughby Park, High Point, NC 27265, though it is preferable for each club to collect all the checks from its club members and mail them to Margaret. Please designate the check for the “Haiti Disaster Relief Fund.”

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News about Members

Happy Birthday

Pete Johnston, Jan. 16

Jim Maxwell, Jan. 26

Programs

Jan. 22           Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection (And Why You Have To Get a Flu 

                        Shot Every Year) – Dr. Ian Brauner,  Molecular Biologist    

Feb. 5             “100 Years of Scouting”  –  Mark Turner, Executive Director, Mecklenburg 

                        Council of Boy Scouts of America

Feb. 12           Valentine Program

Feb.26            Club Fund Raiser – No luncheon meeting

March 19       “Airport Security” – Dwain Wilkins, Deputy Federal Director for Screening 

                        at Charlotte Douglas International Aiport

March 26       “Childhood Obesity”  – Angela Calamia, CMS Nutritionist  

Coming Events

Jan. 30          Mid-Year Assembly – Charles Mack Citizens Center, 215 N. Main Street,

Mooresville.  Begins at 8:30 a.m.  You may register via the www.DaCdb.com <http://www.dacdb.com/>  calendar, or go to www.rotary7680.org <http://www.rotary7680.org/>  (the district’s website), and click on the banner for the Mid-Year Assembly. This will take you directly the district calendar without your having to log onto the DaCdb.com database (you will be able to register for events but not access your record). Click on the “Register NOW” button and following the prompts. Be sure to click on the “Confirm” button to finalize your registration. 

Feb. 12           Charter Celebration of The Rotary Club of Troutman.  The Troutman 

Rotary Club Cordially Invites You and Your Guest to share in our
Charter Ceremony at 7:00 p.m. Friday, February 12, 2010 at
Little Joe’s Chapel and Enrichment Center, 107 Grannis Lane, Statesville, NC 28677. Cocktails at 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Attendance is $25.00 per person. Please R.S.V.P.. by January 31, 2010,  <http://www.dacdb.com/> www.DaCdb.com,  <mailto:annettelyoncpa at live.com> annettelyoncpa at live.com | 704-677-3298.
Dress requires coat & tie and there will be a cash bar. 

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

Feb 26            Club Fund Raiser - “Beach Party in February”

April 23-25     2010 District Conference, Hilton Wilmington Riverside, Wilmington

                         <http://rotary7680.org/documents/09-10_district_conf_brochure.pdf> Click here to download the conference brochure.  

Service Opportunities

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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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