From gunter4283 at bellsouth.net Wed Feb 1 14:10:21 2012 From: gunter4283 at bellsouth.net (Lamar Gunter) Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:10:21 -0500 Subject: [Dilworthian] Feb. 3 issue Message-ID: <000c01cce12e$4b75ac50$e26104f0$@net> The Dilworthian Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Club www.charlottedilworthrotary.org ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ February 3, 2012 aas ALL 2012-7Front row, Ron Skufca and Howard Castleman. Back row, left to right, David Hodgkins, Frank Kiker, Ron Melvin, Ret Turner, and Neil Howell. Photo by David Miller. Ten Members Clean Our Adopted Street Ten members performed our Club?s quarterly duty to clean the right of way of East Boulevard, our adopted street. They were: Howard Castleman, Pete Heuberger, David Hodgkins, Neil Howell, Frank Kiker, Ron Melvin, David Miller, Ranjit Rawlley, Ron Skufca, Ret Turner. Team Leader David Hodgkins said "this was the largest turnout in some time and I greatly appreciated the response from the club." It was a beautiful day to walk the street, engage in good fellowship, and remove trash from the street. David Miller said, ?Thanks to each of you who came out and assisted. It was a most enjoyable two hours!? DilWorth Noting Joe Epley Told Human Side of American Revolution By Paul Whitfield Joe photoJoe Epley told us the human side of the American Revolution, a story almost never told. The mix of opinion, not unlike today, itself is a story. Back country militia versus back country militia is another story. Father versus son and brother versus brother, yet another. The history books tell us about the battle, but not about the people. And the people were what it was all about. History books were written and published in the north: Boston, New York, Philadelphia. They took little note of the war in the south or the significance of Kings Mountain or the Over Mountain men. They couldn?t sell any books in the Carolina backwoods. Very few could read or write and none had the hard currency to buy books, so why would they care. Thanks, Joe for a good Joe S. Epley, APR story. And story is what it is all about. News about Members Happy Birthday Happy Anniversary Ret Turner, Feb. 4 Romelle and John Scharnberg, Feb. 6 Ron Melvin, Feb. 7 Lynn and Pete Heuberger, Feb. 19 Jonathan Sink, Feb. 9 Sergeant at Arms Staff Ron Melvin, Ed King, and Rosemary Hill, February Harding Shinn and Deb Clark, March Jonathan Black April: Programs Feb. 3 ?Children in Trouble? ? Bruce Jamieson, Leadership Council Advisor, Alexander Youth Network Feb. 10 ?Girl Scouting?s 100th Anniversary? ? Sally Daley, CEO of Hornet?s Nest Girl Scout Council. Ms. Daley will talk about the 100th anniversary, how Scouting has changed over the years and the Council?s new camp under construction. Feb. 17 ?History of Business in Charlotte? ? Chase Saunders. He will talk about 4 booms, 4 busts, and what's next: He will peek ahead to Charlotte in 2030. March 2 ?Work and Challenges: Charlotte Rescue Mission? ? Tony Marciano, Executive Director, Charlotte Rescue Mission. March 9 ?Pat?s Place? ? Anne Pfeiffer, Executive Director of Pat?s Place, will talk about their work advocating for abused youth. March 30 ?The Role of the North Carolina State Auditor? ? Beth Wood, North Carolina State Auditor. She will talk about the types of audits the office performs, whom the office audits, the type of things that are found as a result of the audits, and how these findings affect the individual citizens of the state. April 13 ?Charlotte Family Housing? ? Darren Ash, Director of the Workforce Initiative for Supportive Housing, will talk about family homelessness and innovative solutions.. Coming Events Our club?s events are in red, other clubs? events are in green and district and Rotary International events are in blue. Date Time Event Details Feb. 13 5:30 p.m. Club Directors? Meeting Providence Baptist Church Feb. 21 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donated clothes April 17 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donated clothes Apr. 20-22 District Conference Asheville Renaissance Hotel May 4 9-11 a.m. Latta Park Work Day Spruce up the Rotary Garden for Spring May 18 12-1:30 p.m. Picnic in the Park Annual Picnic at Latta Park June 19 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Aug. 21 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Oct. 16 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Dec. 18 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Service Opportunities 339222417 at 28062007-0F2F Weekly at Meetings: International Projects - ? Participate in the weekly lottery. Half the proceeds go to benefit our charitable 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 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 Brad Goforth, Secretary, bgoforth at aol.com, or P. O. Box 471211, Charlotte, NC, 28247-1211. Make-Up Opportunities All make-ups should be mailed to Brad Goforth, Secretary, P. O. 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., Taste Restaurant, Founder?s Hall. 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. Davidson ? 5 p.m., Sabi Asian Bistro off Exit 30, I-77. WEDNESDAY Charlotte West - 12:15 p.m. - Morehead Inn North Mecklenburg - 12:15 p.m. - Peninsula Country Club, Hwy 73, W. Jetton Rd., Cornelius THURSDAY Charlotte East - Red Rocks Caf?, 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., Skillets Restaurant, 11324 North Community House Road Ballantyne Rotary ? Piper Glen County Club, 4300 Piper Glen Dr. Charlotte SouthPark - 7:30 a.m. Doubletree Hotel, 6300 Morrison Boulevard Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Club Charter 7076 Chartered December 3, 1948 Post Office Box 471211 Charlotte, NC 28247-1211 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 81529 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/png Size: 11642 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Harding Shinn and Lee Wensil served several years on the team, but do not serve currently. During the month, the USO of North Carolina Charlotte Center at Charlotte Douglas International Airport hosted the following: Army ---------------------------------------------3,256 Reserve and National Guard---------------1,138 Marine Corps----------------------------------- 908 Navy---------------------------------------------- 642 Air Force----------------------------------------- 550 Coast Guard------------------------------------ 92 Dependents-------------------------------------1,635 Military Retirees--------------------------------1,137 Guests 16---------------------------------------- 16 Total------------------------------------------------9,374 The USO volunteers served another 274 individuals involved in deployments, homecomings, escorting wounded warriors and family members of deceased service members, and other activities. Our team and the other volunteers gave a total of 2,109 volunteer hours during the month. USO volunteers Left to right, Bob Lyons, David Hodgkins, Lamar Gunter, Harding Shinn, Lee Wensil, John Barringer DilWorth Noting Program Gives Overview of Service Alexander Youth Network Provides Bruce Jamieson, Leadership Council Advisor, Alexander Youth Network and retired President of IRM, presented a program on ?Children in Trouble? at our Feb. 3 meeting. He explained the ways in which the Alexander Youth Network works to help those children. Mr. Jamieson said the Alexander Youth Network has roots that go back to 1888. The organization?s web site has this about the origin: ?Founded in 1888 by the women of Charlotte's First and Second Presbyterian Churches, Jamieson photoAlexander Youth Network began on a carriage ride through Charlotte?then a town of 7,000. The devastation and poverty of the Reconstruction Era led the women on that trip to start a rescue mission for women and children. In August 1894, R.B. Alexander, a farmer and grocer devoted to the welfare of children, donated a home located at McDowell and Third Streets. The Alexander Children?s Home served as a haven for poverty-stricken and displaced women and orphaned children for several decades.? Bruce Jamieson Mr. Jamieson said the total number of youth in Mecklenburg County with severe psychological and emotional problems is large enough to fill the Time-Warner Cable Arena and there are 275,000 such youth in the state. Alexander Youth network provides diagnostic and outpatient services as well as services for residents of the Center. He said about 75 percent of the funding comes from the federal government and the remainder of the money must be raised locally. Our Club?s World Community Service In the January 13 issue of The Dilworthian, there was an article about the Blue Badge Seminar and a talk on our Club?s World Community Service. The newsletter published information about one of those projects. Below is another and the newsletter will carry others from time to time until we have covered all of the projects. GUATEMALA CITY and ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA ?COMMON HOPE? ? Work team of +/- 16 Dilworthian Rotarian guys and gals, shared two rooms and cooked their own meals. ? It was a program to bring the poorest of the poor to a new location with educational and medical facilities, housing and job opportunities; a total new village. ? Our crew helped in construction and new water lines. ? A number of our club members are now sponsoring children there. ? After a recent visit and presentation to our club, about 35 new computers were contributed by Dilworth members. ? February,2005 another work team made a second visit to Common Hope. >From Rotary International District 7600 Newsletter, February 2012 What Is Your EREY Story? By Ann Lee Hussey Rotary Club of Casco Bay Sunrise, Portland, Maine Chair ? Polio Survivors Rotarian Action Group It was the summer of 1955 that I contracted polio living in a small town in southern Maine. At 17 months of age I was initially paralyzed from the waist down and spent several months in the hospital. I required daily care when I was sent home, My mother massaged my legs every 3 hours round the clock in an effort to make them work again. Standing here today, I know I owe my Mom my life. I am the youngest of five, so my Mom certainly had her time filled caring for me. It was a different time then. Illnesses were published in the daily papers complete with names and addresses. Neighbors near and far pitched in by bringing hot meals to our family every day. Even people from a greater distance sent their best wishes to our family by mail. Though my Mom responded to them all, one of them rose above the rest. Mrs. Bessie Woodbury became a constant in our lives as years of correspondence flourished. She sent me a card every single day whenever I was in the hospital and with multiple surgeries that was often. I have scrapbooks filled with get-well cards and postcards and Mrs. Woodbury sent them all. As soon as I was old enough Mrs. Woodbury and I started a correspondence that lasted until she died when I was a young adult - almost 30 years. I will always cherish the birthday cards and holiday cards that came all those years, always arriving with $2 tucked inside. It doesn?t sound like a lot, but back then it was. We never traveled far when I was a child and it wasn?t until I was about 9 years old that my parents drove me to Mrs. Woodbury?s home some 70 miles north of us. That was the first time I met her and her house smelled like my grandmother?s, filled with the aromas of cookies and pies. During my college days, I would sometimes stop in to see Mrs. Woodbury on my way home and soon realized what a special lady she was. Her house, though filled with love, was pretty basic and her shed tilted in disrepair. She was not a wealthy woman and yet all those years, those cards and $2 arrived faithfully. She gave to me, not because she was rich and had plenty to spare but because she cared about a little girl and wanted to help. When Mrs. Woodbury first wrote to us, we were total strangers. She gave of herself to someone she was not sure she would ever meet. I am blessed to have Mrs. Woodbury in my life. She taught me the meaning of giving, to help someone far away that you may never meet. Just as important, she taught me how to receive - something not everyone learns. Today that lesson and the $2 hold great significance now that I am in Rotary. When someone asked if I would give $2 a week to the Rotary Foundation to help children in faraway lands, I never hesitated. I recalled my first trip to immunize children in India against polio, and how $2 could save lives through the purchase of polio vaccine. As my journey into Rotary brought me to many far off lands, I saw the Rotary Foundation come to life right before my eyes. My $2 contributions grew larger and through the Foundation multiplied, creating a tremendous impact in the projects I worked on. I have seen my monies furnish schools, construct toilets, drill wells, feed the hungry, deliver wheelchairs and much more. And I gratefully receive the smiles of gratitude and joy with a quiet addiction that keeps me going. Today I like to think I am a Mrs. Woodbury to the children of the world. Wouldn?t you like to be a Mrs. Woodbury too? It?s easy, give with your heart to our Rotary Foundation, you will change lives and one of them will be yours. As a polio survivor, Past District Governor Ann Lee has a passion for the polio eradication program and shares Rotary International?s vision for a polio free world. She chairs the Polio Survivors Rotarian Action Group. Ann Lee was the 2010-11 Governor of District 7780. She is a recipient of the RI Service Above Self award and the Rotary Foundation International Service Award for a Polio Free World. News about Members Whitney Simpson has recovered enough from her injuries to be return to work. Programs Feb. 10 ?Girl Scouting?s 100th Anniversary? ? Sally Daley, CEO of Hornet?s Nest Girl Scout Council. Ms. Daley will talk about the 100th anniversary, how Scouting has changed over the years and the Council?s new camp under construction. March 2 ?Work and Challenges: Charlotte Rescue Mission? ? Tony Marciano, Executive Director, Charlotte Rescue Mission. March 9 ?Pat?s Place? ? Anne Pfeiffer, Executive Director of Pat?s Place, will talk about their work advocating for abused youth. March 23 ?History of Business in Charlotte? ? Chase Saunders. He will talk about 4 booms, 4 busts, and what's next: He will peek ahead to Charlotte in 2030. March 30 ?The Role of the North Carolina State Auditor? ? Beth Wood, North Carolina State Auditor. She will talk about the types of audits the office performs, whom the office audits, the type of things that are found as a result of the audits, and how these findings affect the individual citizens of the state. April 13 ?Charlotte Family Housing? ? Darren Ash, Director of the Workforce Initiative for Supportive Housing, will talk about family homelessness and innovative solutions.. Coming Events Our club?s events are in red, other clubs? events are in green and district and Rotary International events are in blue. Date Time Event Details Feb. 13 5:30 p.m. Club Directors? Meeting Providence Baptist Church Feb. 21 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donated clothes April 17 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donated clothes Apr. 20-22 District Conference Asheville Renaissance Hotel May 5 9-11 a.m. Latta Park Work Day Spruce up the Rotary Garden for Spring May 18 12-1:30 p.m. Picnic in the Park Annual Picnic at Latta Park June 19 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Aug. 21 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Oct. 16 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Dec. 18 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Service Opportunities 339222417 at 28062007-0F2F Weekly at Meetings: ? Participate in the weekly lottery. Half the proceeds go to benefit our charitable 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 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 Brad Goforth, Secretary, bgoforth at aol.com, or P. O. Box 471211, Charlotte, NC, 28247-1211. Make-Up Opportunities All make-ups should be mailed to Brad Goforth, Secretary, P. O. 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., Taste Restaurant, Founder?s Hall. Charlotte South - Zebra Restaurant at 4521 Sharon Road in SouthPark. Charlotte Evening ? 6:20 p.m., Chima Brazilian St eakhouse, 138 S. Tryon St. TUESDAY Charlotte ? Crowne Plaza, 201 S. McDowell St. Charlotte University City - 7:30 a.m., University Hilton, 8629 J. M. Keynes Dr. Davidson ? 5 p.m., Sabi Asian Bistro off Exit 30, I-77. WEDNESDAY Charlotte West - 12:15 p.m. - Morehead Inn North Mecklenburg - 12:15 p.m. - Peninsula Country Club, Hwy 73, W. Jetton Rd., Cornelius THURSDAY Charlotte East - Red Rocks Caf?, 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., Skillets Restaurant, 11324 North Community House Road Ballantyne Rotary ? Piper Glen County Club, 4300 Piper Glen Dr. Charlotte SouthPark - 7:30 a.m. Doubletree Hotel, 6300 Morrison Boulevard Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Club Charter 7076 Chartered December 3, 1948 Post Office Box 471211 Charlotte, NC 28247-1211 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 16267 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 58474 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 1464 bytes Desc: not available URL: From gunter4283 at bellsouth.net Wed Feb 15 10:32:29 2012 From: gunter4283 at bellsouth.net (Lamar Gunter) Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:32:29 -0500 Subject: [Dilworthian] Feb. 17 issue Message-ID: <000d01ccec10$35a17f70$a0e47e50$@net> The Dilworthian Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Club www.charlottedilworthrotary.org ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ February 17, 2012 District Nominating Committee Headed By Jim Stump Chooses District Governor Nominee On Friday, February 3, 2012, the 2011-2012 Nominating Committee for District Governor met in Charlotte to select the District 7680 Governor for 2014-2015. The District?s Nominating Committee meets annually and is charged with the duty to seek out and propose the best available candidates. Once clubs in the District have proposed qualified candidates, the Committee meets to choose the finalist. The Immediate Past District Governor serves as Chair, but this year he could not do so because one candidate was from his home club (thus creating a potential conflict of interest). Past District Governor Jim Stump was asked by Governor Allen Langley to chair the Committee this year. The Chair does not vote except in the case of a tie. The current District Governor (Rotary Club of Shelby), the District Governor Elect (Chris Jones from the Rotary Club of Lake Norman/Huntersville)), and the District Governor Nominee (Luther Moore from the Rotary Club of Charlotte) serve as ex-officio members of the Nominating Committee, but can not vote. Ten (10) additional voting members serve on the Nominating Committee, four (4) of whom are Past District Governors, and six (6) who have served a full term as a Club President within our District. The 6 past Club Presidents are deliberately selected from different geographic regions of our District in order to provide balanced, equitable representation. All 10 members must be approved by the District Governor. Six (6) members constitute a quorum and the finalist must secure a clear majority of the votes cast. All voting is accomplished via secret ballot. The nominating process begins each year on November 1 when the Governor issues, in the name of the Nominating Committee, an invitation for clubs to submit suggestions for the new District Governor Nominee for consideration by the Nominating Committee. This year, there were 3 highly-qualified candidates who were interviewed by Nominating Committee. Ken Dresser from the Rotary Club of North Mecklenburg County was selected to be Governor for the Rotary Year 2014-2015. By profession, Ken is a Professional Engineer and an executive with IBM Corporation (since 1983). He joined Rotary in 2003 and served as his club?s President in 2008-2009. He has served in other club leadership capacities, as the District?s 2009-2010 Technology Advisor, and as an Assistant District Governor since 2010. He has received a number of Club Awards and was his club?s ?Distinguished Rotarian? in 2007-2008. Ken is a Multiple Paul Harris Fellow, a Rotary Foundation Benefactor, and a Member of the Paul Harris Society. He also serves as a Facilitator for the Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI). Ken is very active in the community and in his church. He is married (to Barbara) and they have 3 children and 10 grandchildren. Beginning this March at Carolinas? PETS, Ken will start a very comprehensive training program that will encompass intensive training activities provided by Rotary International, Zone 33 (our regional Rotary entity), Carolinas? PETS, and by District 7680 itself. Ken can be reached at Ken at dresser.cc Since our club?s founding in 1948, Dilworth South End Rotary has provided our District with three District Governors: Jones Pharr (1962-1963) Jim Stump (1996-1997) Joe Morris (2006-2007) ______________________________________________________________________ DilWorth Noting Fitness Expert Will Present Feb. 17 Program -- Ogie Shaw, President of Ogie Shaw Fitness in Beaverton, Oregon, will present this week?s program on What To Do About Childhood Obesity & Physical Fitness." His program will address the issues of high blood pressure, stress, fitting exercise into the busiest day, and how to simplify making wise nutritional choices. This information is especially important because of rising obesity rates, the resulting increase in health problems, and the reduction of physical education programs in public schools. After the meeting there is an optional exercise demonstration and blood pressure readings. Ogie Shaw is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with B.A. degrees in both Speech and Physical Education. He also holds a Master of Sacred Ministry degree from Multnomah (pronounced Mult-no-ma) Biblical Seminary in Portland, Oregon. He served four years in the U.S. Army, and was presented the Army Commendation Medal for his work in Military Intelligence in Vietnam. He has served as Brigade Fitness Director for the Oregon National Guard. Hornets? Nest Council CEO Highlights Girl Scouts on Their 100th Birthday cid:P2100277Sally Daley, CEO of Hornets? Nest Girl Scouts Council, presented an informative program on the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts and the work the Charlotte area council is doing. She explained the four areas of focus of the council: Environmental Leadership, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), Healthy Living and Community Building. Sally Daley During the February 10th program, she also talked about the Council?s new camp under construction. Ms. Daley involved the audience by giving boxes of Girl Scout cookies to Dilworthians who answered correctly questions about Girl Scouts. She explained that in addition to raising funds for operations, the Girl Scouts learned business skills from selling cookies. She said those skills include goal setting, customer service, sales techniques, money management, ethics, and decision making. She explained that cookie sales have now gone high tech with a phone app for locating sales points. Guess Who This Is The photo of this gentleman comes from one of the printed predecessors of the current Dilworthian. If you think you know who this is, email your guess to Lamar at gunter4283 at bellsouth.net. The subject of the photo is not eligible, though even he might not guess. There is no prize, but the first one to respond with the correct answer will get his or her name in The Dilworthian next week. Plus In Polio-Plus Has Meaning >From Rotary International When Rotary launched PolioPlus in 1985, the ?plus? signaled the belief that the polio eradication effort would increase immunizations against five other diseases prevalent in children: measles, tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus. As time went on the list of benefits grew. Polio immunization campaigns created an avenue for other lifesaving health interventions such as the distribution of vitamin A supplements. New equipment for transporting and storing vaccines made it easier to combat infectious diseases in developing areas. The enormous network of laboratories and health clinics charged with identifying new cases of polio began to monitor the spread of other viruses as well. And the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which Rotary helped to create, rose to international prominence as a model for public-private partnerships to address world health issues. The ?plus? in PolioPlus means that Rotarians are doing more than stopping the spread of polio in the last four countries in which it is endemic; they also are building a legacy of infrastructure and partnerships that will support the fight against infectious disease long after polio is gone. The cold chain Transporting vaccines to developing areas is no easy task. From the time they leave the manufacturer until they reach recipients, vaccines must be kept between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius (though some may be frozen at -15 to -25 degrees). Variances of even a few degrees could spoil and entire shipment, leaving children without the protection they need. The ?cold chain? created to distribute polio vaccine has been used to transport other vaccines, such as measles, tetanus, and diphtheria. An estimated one-third of the cold chain capacity in sub-Saharan Africa was implemented to support polio eradication. Polio Survivor inspires support for ending the disease Ten days before his 21st birthday, David Goldstone lay in a hospital bed near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, his arms and legs paralyzed by polio, his body gripped by a fever and in terrible pain. His hospital admission form read, ?Life expectancy: 24 hours.? Six days later, Goldstone emerged from a semi-coma and was moved out of isolation into a children?s ward; adult polio victims were and still are relatively rare. ?You will probably never walk again,? the hospital?s chief medical officer told him. ?I will,? Goldstone replied. His story ? That was 55 years ago. Now 76 and a member of the Rotary Club of Crawley, Western Australia, Goldstone recounted his battle with polio at an October meeting of nearly 600 Rotarians gathered in support of polio eradication. He had never shared his story in public because of the emotional trauma it would have caused him. But fellow club member Michael Sheldrick, manager of the Global Poverty Project?s polio eradication campaign, had persuaded him to talk about his experience. Throughout most of the story, Goldstone referred to himself as ?John,? a friend, revealing only at the end that the story was about him. ?For days, John?s arms and legs were covered with sandbags to stop any deformity from occurring, [then] they were placed in splints,? Goldstone told his listeners. ?Then, John was placed in a half-body plaster cast to stop his limbs from changing shape, and was administered injections of morphine every four hours to help the pain. After six weeks, he became immune to the morphine and lived with the pain.? cid:image002.jpg at 01CCEA37.16C6A600 John was fortunate to receive physical therapy, Goldstone said. First, he learned to bend a knuckle, then to regain use of his left hand, to bend an arm, and to feed himself. Several weeks later, he sat in a wheelchair. From there, he learned to walk all over again, ?just like a baby.? ?Near the entrance to the ward were three iron lungs, always occupied with children,? Goldstone continued. ?John still has nightmares of the ghostly sound of the bellows pumping air. Whenever the level of the sound changed, he knew another child John Goldstone had passed away.? Goldstone finished by saying, ?There is no friend John. This is my story and I do not want one more person in this world to suffer as I have suffered. He said that Rotary must keep the promise it made to the world?s children 25 years ago to eradicate polio. For many years, Goldstone has worked extensively with children crippled by polio, inspiring them with the simple message: ?If I can do it, you can do it.? And for 10 years, he chaired the polio eradication committee of District 9450 (now 9455). A signature accomplishment was the Pennies for Polio project, which he initiated in 1999. A partnership with the Perth Mint, the effort made available as collector?s items 100,000 pennies produced before 1964. Sales of the near-mint-condition coins raised more than 84,000 Australian dollars for PolioPlus. Goldstone now has post-polio syndrome, enduring fatigue, muscle and joint pain, and respiratory problems. Yet he continues to help young people with disabilities and disadvantaged youth by generating support for projects like CanTeen, Camp for Kids, Teen Challenge, and the St. John of God Horizon Program for the homeless. All told, he has raised $11 million for charity. cid:image003.jpg at 01CCEA37.16C6A600Goldstone has also been a leader in expanding the Crawley club, which now has a membership of more than 100, with an average age of 42 and with several corporate members. Recently, the club raised $20,000 for PolioPlus through an online petition drive in support of polio eradication, sponsored by Australian Rotarians and the Global Poverty Project. The club contributed $1 for each supporter?s signature. ?If I have helped save a life or made someone?s dream of a better life come true, then that is why I am proud to be called a Rotarian,? Goldstone says. News about Members Welcome back to Whitney Simpson was at the Rotary meeting Friday. The Dilworthian noted John and Romelle Scharnberg?s anniversary in a recent issue, but was not aware it was their 50th. The Charlotte Observer published pictures and a short article about the milestone event in its Sunday issue. The article in part says, ??To celebrate the couple will take a trip to Florida, where they spent their honeymoon. The Scharnberg?s were married (Feb. 6) in Chicago. Their children are Douglas Scharnberg, Melissa Scharnberg Burris and husband Alan. They have two grandchildren, Cassady Douglasand John Adrian Robinson. ?John, a World War II veteran, began his career as a chemical engineer, then worked as a real estate appraiser until his recent retirement. Romelle had a very successful career in new home sales and in real estate marketing, and remains active in many volunteer roles in the community.? Happy Anniversary Lynn and Pete Heuberger, Feb. 19 Programs Feb. 17 ?What To Do About Childhood Obesity & Physical Fitness" ? Ogie Shaw, President of Ogie Shaw Fitness in Beaverton, Oregon. This UNC-CH graduate will address the issues of high blood pressure, stress, fitting exercise into the busiest day, and how to simplify making wise nutritional choices. This information is especially important because of rising obesity rates, the resulting increase in health problems, and the reduction of physical education programs in public schools. After the meeting there is an optional exercise demonstration and blood pressure readings. March 2 ?Work and Challenges: Charlotte Rescue Mission? ? Tony Marciano, Executive Director, Charlotte Rescue Mission. March 9 ?Pat?s Place? ? Anne Pfeiffer, Executive Director of Pat?s Place, will talk about their work advocating for abused youth. March 23 ?History of Business in Charlotte? ? Chase Saunders. He will talk about 4 booms, 4 busts, and what's next: He will peek ahead to Charlotte in 2030. March 30 ?The Role of the North Carolina State Auditor? ? Beth Wood, North Carolina State Auditor. She will talk about the types of audits the office performs, whom the office audits, the type of things that are found as a result of the audits, and how these findings affect the individual citizens of the state. April 13 ?Charlotte Family Housing? ? Darren Ash, Director of the Workforce Initiative for Supportive Housing, will talk about family homelessness and innovative solutions. April 20 ?Do Something Scary: Get Undressed for Business? ? H. A. Thompson, President of Rose Chauffeured Transportation. H. A.?s talk will relate stories about successful business people who didn?t dress for success. They may have worn appropriate business attire, but they stripped their business success down to the essentials ? caring about the job, caring about the details ? caring about people. Coming Events Our club?s events are in red, other clubs? events are in green and district and Rotary International events are in blue. Date Time Event Details Feb. 13 5:30 p.m. Club Directors? Meeting Providence Baptist Church Feb. 21 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donated clothes March 8 8 a.m. until Work on Rotary Habitat House First workday April 17 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donated clothes Apr. 20-22 District Conference Asheville Renaissance Hotel May 5 9-11 a.m. Latta Park Work Day Spruce up the Rotary Garden for Spring May 18 12-1:30 p.m. Picnic in the Park Annual Picnic at Latta Park June 19 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Aug. 21 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Oct. 16 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Dec. 18 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Service Opportunities 339222417 at 28062007-0F2F Weekly at Meetings: ? Participate in the weekly lottery. Half the proceeds go to benefit our charitable 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 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 Brad Goforth, Secretary, bgoforth at aol.com, or P. O. Box 471211, Charlotte, NC, 28247-1211. Make-Up Opportunities All make-ups should be mailed to Brad Goforth, Secretary, P. O. 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., Taste Restaurant, Founder?s Hall. Charlotte South - Zebra Restaurant at 4521 Sharon Road in SouthPark. Charlotte Evening ? 6:20 p.m., Chima Brazilian St eakhouse, 138 S. Tryon St. TUESDAY Charlotte ? Crowne Plaza, 201 S. McDowell St. Charlotte University City - 7:30 a.m., University Hilton, 8629 J. M. Keynes Dr. Davidson ? 5 p.m., Sabi Asian Bistro off Exit 30, I-77. WEDNESDAY Charlotte West - 12:15 p.m. - Morehead Inn North Mecklenburg - 12:15 p.m. - Peninsula Country Club, Hwy 73, W. Jetton Rd., Cornelius THURSDAY Charlotte East - Red Rocks Caf?, 4223 Providence Rd. Lake Norman-Huntersville - 7:30 a.m. NorthStone Country Club, 15801 Northstone Rd. 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Name: not available Type: image/png Size: 19064 bytes Desc: not available URL: From gunter4283 at bellsouth.net Wed Feb 22 10:36:07 2012 From: gunter4283 at bellsouth.net (Lamar Gunter) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:36:07 -0500 Subject: [Dilworthian] Feb. 24 issue Message-ID: <000001ccf190$d83ca720$88b5f560$@net> The Dilworthian Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Club www.charlottedilworthrotary.org ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ February 24, 2012 John Burns 2012-02-17 12.56.14 New Member John Burns with Sponsor Deb Clark John Burns Becomes Member of Dilworth John Burns, Director of Client Services at the Charlotte Housing Authority, became a member of Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Club at the Feb. 17 meeting. Deb Clark sponsored John for membership. John is a member of the National Association of Social Workers and is Chair of its Technology Committee. He is a member of the Homeless Service Network and a member of the Charlotte Family Housing Advisory Board. He enjoys photography, technology, reading and hiking. He has two daughters, Kristin Burns, and Rachel Holmes, and a son, Joseph Burns. 70% of Members Participate In One or More Service Projects Dave Miller reported to the Club?s Board of Directors that 70 percent of the members have participated in one or more of the Club?s projects during the current Rotary year. Highlights from the February 13 board meeting include: Membership We have a net gain of 5 new members so far this year. President Kay May says thank you to everyone who has sponsored a new member. Keep it up. Operating Expenses We started the year with an operating deficit, but we are now going to be at break even for the year. The Board is now recommending no change in location during this Rotary year. Fund Raiser We still need a committee chair Happy Dollars The donations raised at the Feb 17 and 24th meetings will be donated to the Rotary Inner Wheel to help support their projects to assist children. Socials We have had some exciting socials and have had great participation. A special thank you to Kate Richards for her creative socials this year. Local Community Service - Dave Miller reported that we have had 70% member participation. President Kay says thank you to all who have participated World Community Service Thomas Mussoni and John Barringer are very busy identifying new projects and our participation in Peru is still very strong. John Barringer also reported that we have now treated 56,000 kids in Kilifi Kenya all from the humble beginnings of some Davidson students! Youth Exchange Our club is sponsoring Valentina Rodriguez. Ambassadorial Scholarships We will have several Queens Univeristy students applying for the Ambassadorial scholarship this year. President Kay says, ?Overall, I am very proud of this club and our continued focus on Service Above Self. Thank you for all you are doing.? This Week?s Program Spotlights Foundation President Kay May has designated this week?s meeting Foundation Day. As Club Foundation Chairman, Bob Teague will introduce Joe Morris, past District Foundation Chairman and Past District Governor, who will talk about the Foundation and what it means to Rotary International and the local clubs. After PDG Joe?s talk, Bob will then present Certificates and Pins to several Paul Harris Fellows (PHF), Multiple PHF, and Paul Harris Society recipients (11). DilWorth Noting Club Members Have Opportunity to Help USO By Volunteering for Vietnam Veterans Event The USO of North Carolina is looking for volunteers to help out with this event for Vietnam veterans Saturday, March 31. This is open to all Club members, not just members of the Club?s USO team. The USO has the following shifts available: 8:00 a.m. ? 12:00 noon, 12:00 noon ? 4:00 p.m. or 8:00am ? 4:00pm. The USO says All volunteers must be able to stand and move around for the entire shift. Volunteer duties will vary and we will do our best to accommodate specific requests. If our club or a group of our club members would like to volunteer together, please make sure that you include all requested information for everyone in the group. Vietnam veterans never received the homecoming they deserved. To honor those who served, the USO of North Carolina and the Charlotte Motor Speedway along with the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters, are hosting a long, overdue homecoming celebration. The Vietnam Veterans Homecoming Celebration 2012 is set to be an unforgettable experience featuring live entertainment, displays and demonstrations, military salutes, and much more! If you would like to participate, please send an email to Lamar Gunter, gunter4283 at bellsouth.net and he will forward the information in one packet to the USO. He will need the following information: Name Email Address Cell Phone Number Shift Preference (1st or 2nd shift or both) Once our request is received, we will be in touch with a confirmation. Final details (duties, dress, event info) will be sent as we get closer to the event date. For more information on the 2012 Vietnam Veterans Celebration, please visit http://www.charlottemotorspeedway.com/tickets/vietnam_veterans_homecoming_celebration/. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Members Who Guessed About Mystery Photo Guessed Correctly that It Was David Hodgkins Nine members and two former members sent emails saying the mystery photo was of David Hodgkins. No one sent an incorrect guess. Dale Harrold was first with his call at 2:11 p.m., less than an hour after The Dilworthian was sent. Former member Jeff Morgart wrote, ?Is the picture David Hodgkins? Even though I cannot be a part of the club, I do read the weekly newsletter.? Pender McElroy, another former member, also emailed the correct answer. Others who guessed correctly were Fenton Erwin, Kay May, Tony Morton, Thomas Mussoni, Jim Stump, Paul Whitfield, and Lee Wensil. David Hodgkins emailed, ?I have no idea who this is!!! More importantly ? where did you get the photo. News about Members Tell Dilworthian about Milestone Anniversaries Last issue, we took special note of the 50th anniversary of Romelle and John Scharnberg. If you have a milestone anniversary such as a 50th, 40th, 30th or 25th, please let the editor know in advance. Give The Dilworthian information when and where you were married, where you honeymooned and plans to celebrate the anniversary. Happy Birthday Tony Thompson, Feb. 25 Programs Feb. 24 Paul Harris Fellowship Program -- Bob Teague and Joe Morris will tell us all about the Paul Harris Fellowship program and how it impacts the Rotary Foundation. Awards will be presented to members. March 2 ?Work and Challenges: Charlotte Rescue Mission? ? Tony Marciano, Executive Director, Charlotte Rescue Mission. March 9 ?Pat?s Place? ? Anne Pfeiffer, Executive Director of Pat?s Place, will talk about their work advocating for abused youth. March 23 ?History of Business in Charlotte? ? Chase Saunders. He will talk about 4 booms, 4 busts, and what's next: He will peek ahead to Charlotte in 2030. March 30 ?The Role of the North Carolina State Auditor? ? Beth Wood, North Carolina State Auditor. She will talk about the types of audits the office performs, whom the office audits, the type of things that are found as a result of the audits, and how these findings affect the individual citizens of the state. April 13 ?Family Homelessness and Innovative Solutions ? Darren Ash, Director of the Workforce Initiative for Supportive Housing, will talk about family homelessness and innovative solutions. April 20 ?Do Something Scary: Get Undressed for Business? ? H. A. Thompson, President of Rose Chauffeured Transportation. H. A.?s talk will relate stories about successful business people who didn?t dress for success. They may have worn appropriate business attire, but they stripped their business success down to the essentials ? caring about the job, caring about the details ? caring about people. Coming Events Our club?s events are in red, other clubs? events are in green and district and Rotary International events are in blue. Date Time Event Details March 8 8 a.m. until Work on Rotary Habitat House March 12 5:30 p.m. Club Directors? Meeting Providence Baptist Church April 17 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donated clothes Apr. 20-22 District Conference Asheville Renaissance Hotel May 5 9-11 a.m. Latta Park Work Day Spruce up the Rotary Garden for Spring May 18 12-1:30 p.m. Picnic in the Park Annual Picnic at Latta Park June 19 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Aug. 21 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Oct. 16 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Dec. 18 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Service Opportunities 339222417 at 28062007-0F2F Weekly at Meetings: ? Participate in the weekly lottery. Half the proceeds go to benefit our charitable 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 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 Brad Goforth, Secretary, bgoforth at aol.com, or P. O. Box 471211, Charlotte, NC, 28247-1211. Make-Up Opportunities All make-ups should be mailed to Brad Goforth, Secretary, P. O. 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., Taste Restaurant, Founder?s Hall. Charlotte South - Zebra Restaurant at 4521 Sharon Road in SouthPark. Charlotte Evening ? 6:20 p.m., Chima Brazilian St eakhouse, 138 S. Tryon St. TUESDAY Charlotte ? Crowne Plaza, 201 S. McDowell St. Charlotte University City - 7:30 a.m., University Hilton, 8629 J. M. Keynes Dr. Davidson ? 5 p.m., Sabi Asian Bistro off Exit 30, I-77. WEDNESDAY Charlotte West - 12:15 p.m. - Morehead Inn North Mecklenburg - 12:15 p.m. - Peninsula Country Club, Hwy 73, W. Jetton Rd., Cornelius THURSDAY Charlotte East - Red Rocks Caf?, 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., Skillets Restaurant, 11324 North Community House Road Ballantyne Rotary ? Piper Glen County Club, 4300 Piper Glen Dr. Charlotte SouthPark - 7:30 a.m. Doubletree Hotel, 6300 Morrison Boulevard Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Club Charter 7076 Chartered December 3, 1948 Post Office Box 471211 Charlotte, NC 28247-1211 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 80811 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I am sure the USO will have sufficient volunteers, but I wanted to make this opportunity known to the Club. cid:488061013 at 17042007-1D4A Club Members Have Opportunity to Help USO By Volunteering for Vietnam Veterans Event The USO of North Carolina is looking for volunteers to help out with this event for Vietnam veterans Saturday, March 31. This is open to all Club members, not just members of the Club USO team. The USO has the following shifts available: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon, 12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m. or 8:00am - 4:00pm. The USO says All volunteers must be able to stand and move around for the entire shift. Volunteer duties will vary and we will do our best to accommodate specific requests. If our club or a group of our club members would like to volunteer together, please make sure that you include all requested information for everyone in the group. Vietnam veterans never received the homecoming they deserved. To honor those who served, the USO of North Carolina and the Charlotte Motor Speedway along with the North Carolina Broadcasting Association are hosting a long, overdue homecoming celebration. The Vietnam Veterans Homecoming Celebration 2012 is set to be an unforgettable experience featuring live entertainment, displays and demonstrations, military salutes, and much more! If you would like to participate, please send an email to Lamar Gunter, gunter4283 at bellsouth.net and he will forward the information in one packet to the USO. He will need the following information: Name Email Address Cell Phone Number Shift Preference (1st or 2nd shift or both) Once our request is received, we will be in touch with a confirmation. Final details (duties, dress, event info) will be sent as we get closer to the event date. 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Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 1464 bytes Desc: not available URL: From gunter4283 at bellsouth.net Wed Feb 29 10:11:50 2012 From: gunter4283 at bellsouth.net (Lamar Gunter) Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:11:50 -0500 Subject: [Dilworthian] March 2 issue Message-ID: <000301ccf70d$9d312160$d7936420$@net> The Dilworthian Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Club www.charlottedilworthrotary.org ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ March 2, 2012 PHF groupphoto Paul Harris recipients, left to right, David Kirkpatrick, Bob Teague, Frank Kiker, Kate Richards, Ret Turner, Deb Clark, Bob Lyons Paul Harris Fellows Recognized Our club recognized nine Paul Harris Fellows of several levels during a program presented by Past President and Foundation Chair Bob Teague and Past District Governor and Past District Foundation Chair Joe Morris. David Kirkpatrick honored his wife, Jan, by making her a Paul Harris Fellow. Bob recognized Deb Clark and Whitney Simpson for becoming Paul Harris Fellows. The club also recognized the following for being Multiple Paul Harris Fellows: Level 1 ? David Kirkpatrick, Bob Lyons, Kate Richards, and Whitney Simpson. Level 2 ? Ret Turner Level 3 ? Bob Teague Level 4 -- Frank Kiker Ret Turner donated $1,000 to the Foundation in Frank Kiker?s name to honor him for being an outstanding Rotarian and club role model for him. PDG Joe Morris gave the members a multiple choice quiz that revealed some important facts about the Rotary Foundation. The facts included: ? 40 Rotarians have been killed while on Rotary missions ? The Foundation motto is ?Doing Good in the World? ? $107 million was contributed to the Foundation?s annual Fund in the most recent Rotary year ? Rotarians in the United States comprise 33% of all Rotarians ? U.S. Rotarians give 66% of all annual funds ? Rotarians are asked to give $100 to the Foundation every year (EREY) ? Rotarians have raised $1.2 billion to eradicate polio ? Polio has been eradicated in every country except Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan Bob told the Club that ?The mission of the Rotary foundation is to support the efforts of Rotary International in the fulfillment of the Objectives of Rotary, Rotary?s mission, and the achievement of world understanding and peace through local, national, and international humanitarian, educational, and cultural programs.? He explained that The Foundation separates us from all the other active service clubs. Bob said, ?No other service organization has anything to offer like our Rotary Foundation.? Bob explained that there are two needs, two ways of giving. They are: Annual Program Fund Permanent Fund Gifts Funding Foundation programs since 1957 A part of Rotary History Seeks annual gifts from all Rotarians since 1917 50% of gifts returned to Districts to support Supplements Annual Fund Foundation programs Endowed funds invested 50% support Humanitarian and Educational programs permanently Such as a GSE program for every district Builds long term stability Every year for foundation future 100% spent on Foundation programs. Here?s how- Donors are recognized as Contribution invested for 3 years. Interest $?s Benefactors- 5 levels Are used to fund the Foundation?s operations Gifts made from assets and Recognition: bequests Paul Harris Fellow- $1000.00 / first $100 a passive contribution- you by Club Multiple PHF- each additional $1000.00 will never miss the money Sustaining Member ?$100.00 per yr. $200 million currently contributed Every Rotarian Every Year (EREY) Key to Foundation Role in Major donor- $10,000 or more. the 21st century Recognize 5 levels Paul Harris Society ? pledge $1000 per year Key to Foundation role ?.Today Tomorrow As a Rotarian?..YOU have several responsibilities 1) Attend 60% of the weekly meetings 2) Actively recruit new qualified members 3) Aspire to be a Paul Harris Sustaining member Consider beginning the journey ? Paul Harris Fellow ? Paul Harris Sustainer ? Benefactor Frank PHF photo Ret Turner honored Frank Kiker with a Paul Harris Fellow contribution to the Foundation. Flooding imperils these rudimentary dwellings in Alto Cayma Flood Wrack Alto Cayma Homes; Relief Donations Needed Immediately A flood has wracked the homes of the poor people in Alto Cayma and relief aid is needed immediately. Jim and Gloria Hintz have reported that they have already used about $3,000 from emergency funds. They have identified the most pressing need as getting school supplies for children in the area. They estimate about 50 children and about $50 per child. President-Elect Richard Pockat said, ?The need is too immediate to be considered for a Rotary grant.? Checks may be made out to Advent Peru Mission Support, with Flood Relief on the memo line, and mailed to Susan Hartsell, 1025 Autumnwood Lane, Charlotte, NC 28213. All donations are tax deductible under the federal tax code. The photos and the description from Jim Hintz?s report below give an idea of the depth of the need. ?The past few weeks we have been having steady rains which have caused widespread damage here in Alto Cayma. There is one particular neighborhood, however, which has suffered damage of disastrous proportions. Due to work being done on the new water plant farther up the hill, this neighborhood received much more than its share of the runoff when the rain came down fast and furious. This resulted in the erosion of deep canyons in the loose soil. The water continued on to collect in low spots in the neighborhood. ?Those are houses down there, houses inhabited by very poor people who saw water leaking in through their doors and opened them to confront a wall of water rushing into their houses. Of course the water brought with it the soil it had eroded on the way down, so many of the houses were filled with soil and debris as well as water. In some cases, the intrusion of soil and debris was so extensive as to practically fill the entire house. In other cases, rather than bring soil to the house, the runoff eroded soil from under the house and from under lightposts, causing them to fall. Of course, the kind of construction you see in this neighborhood can't stand with no support underneath, so the walls have collapsed on some houses. In other cases, collapsing walls have caused collapsing roofs. These houses are obviously no longer habitable?. Drawing on emergency funds available to us thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we have purchased 100 alpaca wool blankets and a week?s worth of foodstuffs for the people most affected. ?We will continue with additional emergency relief donations as needed in the short term, but the bigger challenge will be helping the people restore their houses, and that is the objective of this appeal for funds. From the photos, you can see that it will take some time and many thousands of dollars to even provisionally repair the damage caused by this flood. Most of us have never been victims of a natural disaster such as these people are undergoing, but there, but for the grace of God, go we all. I ask any of you who are able, to write a check made out to Advent Peru Mission Support, with Flood Relief on the memo line, and mail it to Susan Hartsell, 1025 Autumnwood Lane, Charlotte, NC 28213. All donations are, of course, tax deductible. I will keep you posted on our progress in future Reports from Alto Cayma. For now, I thank you in advance for your compassion, and may God bless you all.? Flood-caused erosion brought down the roof on this dwelling DilWorth Noting Program Spotlights Charlotte Rescue Mission This week?s program spotlights the Charlotte Rescue Mission. Executive Director Tony Marciano will talk about the work and challenges of the Charlotte Rescue Mission (charlotterescuemission.org/). The organization has this on its web site: ?Since 1938, Charlotte Rescue Mission (CRM) has been serving the poor and homeless in our community. In our early days, we fed, sheltered and clothed homeless men. Recognizing that a large majority of homeless people struggle with addiction, CRM intensified its focus on homelessness by addressing this connection between homelessness and substance abuse. Today, the Mission provides residential, long term (100-130 day) primary care Christian recovery programs for men and women struggling with an addiction to drugs and alcohol.? Happy Dollars Bring $201 for Inner Wheel Club members donated $201 ?Happy Dollars? at the last two meetings to the Inner Wheel organization of wives, widows and daughters of Rotarians. Jo Anne Ellis of the Inner Wheel Club in Charlotte told members about the various projects Inner Wheel supports, including the Smile Train which pays for the surgeries to correct cleft palate in children. Jo Anne, who often visits our Club and provides table tents for special occasion, attended both meetings and expressed appreciation for the money that was donated. The International Inner Wheel objectives are as follows: ? Promoting true friendship ? Encouraging the ideals of personal service ? Fostering international understanding News about Members Five members last week processed donated clothes at Crisis Assistance Ministry. They were Bill Austin, Howard Castleman, Ron Melvin, Dave Miller, and Bob Teague. Happy Birthday Harding Shinn, March 5 Sergeant at Arms Staff Harding Shinn and Deb Clark, March Jonathan Black, April: Programs March 2 ?Work and Challenges: Charlotte Rescue Mission? ? Tony Marciano, Executive Director, Charlotte Rescue Mission. March 9 ?Pat?s Place? ? Anne Pfeiffer, Executive Director of Pat?s Place, will talk about their work advocating for abused youth. March 23 ?History of Business in Charlotte? ? Chase Saunders. He will talk about 4 booms, 4 busts, and what's next: He will peek ahead to Charlotte in 2030. March 30 ?The Role of the North Carolina State Auditor? ? Beth Wood, North Carolina State Auditor. She will talk about the types of audits the office performs, whom the office audits, the type of things that are found as a result of the audits, and how these findings affect the individual citizens of the state. April 13 ?Family Homelessness and Innovative Solutions ? Darren Ash, Director of the Workforce Initiative for Supportive Housing, will talk about family homelessness and innovative solutions. April 20 ?Do Something Scary: Get Undressed for Business? ? H. A. Thompson, President of Rose Chauffeured Transportation. H. A.?s talk will relate stories about successful business people who didn?t dress for success. They may have worn appropriate business attire, but they stripped their business success down to the essentials ? caring about the job, caring about the details ? caring about people. Coming Events Our club?s events are in red, other clubs? events are in green and district and Rotary International events are in blue. 3/30 is our next scheduled meeting. Date Time Event Details March 12 5:30 p.m. Club Directors? Meeting Providence Baptist Church March 30 11:30 a.m. Blue Badge Seminar Before regular Friday meeting April 17 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donated clothes Apr. 20-22 District Conference Asheville Renaissance Hotel May 5 9-11 a.m. Latta Park Work Day Spruce up the Rotary Garden for Spring May 18 12-1:30 p.m. Picnic in the Park Annual Picnic at Latta Park June 19 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Aug. 21 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Oct. 16 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Dec. 18 6:30-8:00 p.m. Crisis Assistance Ministry Process donate clothes Service Opportunities 339222417 at 28062007-0F2F Weekly at Meetings: ? Participate in the weekly lottery. Half the proceeds go to benefit our charitable 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 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 Brad Goforth, Secretary, bgoforth at aol.com, or P. O. Box 471211, Charlotte, NC, 28247-1211. Make-Up Opportunities All make-ups should be mailed to Brad Goforth, Secretary, P. O. 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., Taste Restaurant, Founder?s Hall. Charlotte South - Zebra Restaurant at 4521 Sharon Road in SouthPark. Charlotte Evening ? 6:20 p.m., Chima Brazilian St eakhouse, 138 S. Tryon St. TUESDAY Charlotte ? Crowne Plaza, 201 S. McDowell St. Charlotte University City - 7:30 a.m., University Hilton, 8629 J. M. Keynes Dr. Davidson ? 5 p.m., Sabi Asian Bistro off Exit 30, I-77. WEDNESDAY Charlotte West - 12:15 p.m. - Morehead Inn North Mecklenburg - 12:15 p.m. - Peninsula Country Club, Hwy 73, W. Jetton Rd., Cornelius THURSDAY Charlotte East - Red Rocks Caf?, 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., Skillets Restaurant, 11324 North Community House Road Ballantyne Rotary ? Piper Glen County Club, 4300 Piper Glen Dr. Charlotte SouthPark - 7:30 a.m. Doubletree Hotel, 6300 Morrison Boulevard Charlotte Dilworth South End Rotary Club Charter 7076 Chartered December 3, 1948 Post Office Box 471211 Charlotte, NC 28247-1211 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/octet-stream Size: 550121 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/octet-stream Size: 466336 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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