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Bulletin - December 4, 2003

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

STRATFORD: - Meets Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at Forsyth Country Club
Dec 11: Dale Page, BB&T, Capital Market, "A Look Ahead"
Dec 18: Site Visit Meeting at Historic Bethabara
Dec 25: NO MEETING! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
Jan 1: NO MEETING! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Jan 8: MEETING WILL BE HELD AT FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

WINSTON-SALEM ROTARY: - Meets Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. at the Benton Convention Center
Dec 9: Elaine Marshall, N.C. Secretary of State
Dec 16: HOLIDAY LUNCHEON AT SALEM COLLEGE, RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Dec 23: NO MEETING - HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Dec 30: NO MEETING - HAPPY NEW YEAR

REYNOLDA: - Meets Fridays at 12:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the LJVM Coliseum
Dec 12: Holiday Luncheon at Forsyth Country Club - starting at noon
Dec 19: Holiday party at Cook Elementary School. Lunch with the students will be at 12:30. This takes the place of the regular meeting.
Dec 26: NO MEETING - HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Jan 2: NO MEETING - HAPPY NEW YEAR
Jan 9: Bill Thompson, President & CEO, of the Boys/Girls Homes, “50 Years at Lake Waccamaw”

CLEMMONS: - Meets Wednesdays at 7:00 a.m. at the Ramada Inn - Clemmons
Dec 10: TBA
Dec 17: TBA
Dec 24: NO MEETING - HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Dec 31: NO MEETING - HAPPY NEW YEAR

ANNOUNCEMENTS, NEWS & INFORMATION................

District News:

Now is the time to mark your calendars for the fantastic 2004 District 7690 Conference being held on April 22-25 at the beautiful Renaissance Hotel in Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville in the spring.... what could be better? See all that Asheville has to offer and enjoy the fellowship of Rotarians from across District 7690. The natural beauty of the mountains, where altitude affects attitude, is an inviting place to learn what Rotary is doing in our District and around the world. Asheville offers unique shopping, arts and crafts, and local attractions such as the Biltmore Estate, Chimney Rock Park, and outdoor adventure. Bring the entire family and celebrate the Family of Rotary. There is something to do for the entire family. Meet us in the mountains!

Dates To Remember:

December 18 - Meeting at Bethabara
You must sign up for this meeting!! Spouses are invited free of charge. I will have a sign up sheet at the December 11 meeting. If you can not be at that meeting, please call Margaret at 784-6276 and leave a message.

PROGRAM FEATURES............

November 13 - Our own Scott Wierman, President, Winston-Salem Foundation, brought us a wonderful program today. Scott talked about the successes and future plans of the Foundation. Some of the topics Scott discussed were the ECHO Fund, Millennium Fund, Social Capital and its benefits, and Robert Putnam’s Social Capital Benchmark Survey. Thank you Scott for all you do for our community.

November 20 - Bob Forney, CEO and President, America's Second Harvest Food Bank and Nan Holbrook Griswold, Executive Director, Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, brought us a very important and timely message today. At Thanksgiving time we are thankful for all the blessings we have received, but what about the poor and hungry? Hunger is a problem that’s largely ignored in a land of plenty, but a hard reality for the 200,000 people living in poverty in northwest North Carolina. Second Harvest Food Bank’s ministry is to reduce hunger and malnutrition in northwest North Carolina. They are committed to 1) acquiring and distributing food to supplement the food needs of faith and community-based organizations; 2) advocating for the rights of hungry people; 3) educating the public about hunger; and 4) pursuing partnerships with like-minded organizations. The organization has started such programs as Kids Café and Second Helpings. Their motto, “Sharing the abundance so no one goes hungry" says it all. Thank you Mr. Forney and Ms. Griswold for your caring and concern for our poor.

WHAT AN AWESOME NIGHT!! Thank you is hardly enough to say to Chris Douglas and her committee and President Loy McGill for all their hard work and everything they did to make Stratford Rotary’s Holiday Social and Silent Auction a huge success. The day started off doubtful because of the weather, but the night ended up superb. The food was wonderful, music fun, speaker awesome and the silent auction terrific! Also, a big thank you to all members and vendors who donated items for the silent auction. It looks like we raised approximately $7,000 from the auction. Just think of all the good things we can do with the dollars raised and you helped by donating or purchasing items.

A special thank you to Earline King for her early donation of a sculpture to our silent auction. Her generous and inspirational gift got the auction off to a great start.

We also want to thank Kathy Acton for her suggestion and coordination of the toy drive. I don’t know how many toys were brought in; however, I do know every table had at least four to five toys on it. Your support of this endeavor was heart warming. Many children in our area, who might not have otherwise, will enjoy a very happy holiday this year. Helping our children is what it is all about. Stratford Rotary definitely “Lent A Hand”.

One of the highlights of the evening was when President Loy presented a Paul Harris Award to our Rotarian of the Year. This year’s recipient is Annette Lynch. Annette is Vice President, Donor Services for The Winston-Salem Foundation and is very active and involved in the community. Annette has been a member of Stratford Rotary since August 2000. In the three years Annette has been a member, she has been a faithful member, a member of the Board of Directors, chairperson of the Benevolence and Scholarship program and is the current Program chairperson. Annette exemplifies Service Above Self and we congratulate her on this award.

2003-2004 Board, Officers, and Committee Chairs

President: Loy McGill (W) 724-0318, (H) 724-0318
President Elect: Charlie Chatham (W) 727-8900, (H) 723-5556
Vice President: Bobby Sprinkle (W) 765-8637, (H) 777-8646
Secretary: Jay Luke (W) 768-4410, (H) 659-7665
Treasurer: Robert Nichols (W) 721-4217, (H) 998-4687
Immediate Past President: Tom Eshelman (W) 725-2395, (H)760-4438
Executive Secretary:Margaret Warren (W) 784-6276, (H) 784-8667

Directors.
Scott Wierman 725-2382 659-0860
Vernon Ferrell (W) 721-3000, (H) 765-0870
Jeff Clark (W) 768-8500, (H) 768-0492
Lu Anne Wood (W) 945-3151, (H) 765-6050
Mary McCandless (W) 761-8834, (H) 761-8834
Scott Krewson (W) 716-9220, (H) 760-9008

Committee Chairs:
International Project: Tom Eshelman (W) 725-2395, (H) 760-4438
Programs: Annette Lynch (W) 725-2382, (H) 722-4070
Public Relations: Rick Amme (W) 631-1855, (H) 631-1855
Rotary Foundation: Gerry Malmo (W) 724-1810, (H) 724-2468
Club Projects - Local: Bobby Sprinkle (W) 765-8637, (H) 777-8646
Membership Admissions: Larry Gray (W) 774-1624, (H) 712-1320
Membership Recruitment and Retention: Vernon Ferrell (W) 721-3000, (H) 765-0807
Classifications: Sanders Mosley (W) 733-3412, (H) 759-7697
Rotary Information: Sue Carson (W) 748-8863, (H) 748-8863
Member Orientation: Sue Carson (W) 748-8863, (H) 748-8862
Website: Sue Carson (W) 748-8863 , (H)748-8863
Club Bulletin: Margaret Warren (W) 784-6276, (H) 784-8667
Club Directory: Margaret Warren (W) 784-6276, (H) 784-8667
Invocation: Carl Deaton (W) 725-0159, (H) 765-3433
Fellowship(Socials): Christine Douglas (W) 721-3600, (H) 722-1207
Sergeant at Arms: George Newstedt (W) 744-5000, (H) 768-9460
Rotary Youth Leadership: Bobby Sprinkle (W) 765-8637, (H) 777-8646
Interact Program: Bobby Sprinkle (W) 765-8637, (H) 777-8646
The Family of Rotary: Scott Krewson (W) 716-9220, (H) 760-9008

Happy Birthday:

Jim Haley 12-01
Alan Cox 12-03
Jim Bunn 12-09
Frank Murphy 12-09
Robert Pulliam 12-12
Everette Murphrey 12-18
Melissa Combes 12-19
Mary McCandless 12-22
Tom Ogburn 12-25
Jim Whitney 12-26
Jeff Clark 12-27
Arthur Affleck 12-30
Peggy Low 12-31

ATTENDANCE

MAKEUPS:

WINSTON-SALEM ROTARY: (11-18) Gordon Spaugh: (11-25) Doug Leckie, Sandra Mitchell, George Ragland: (12-02) Rick Amme, Doug Leckie:

REYNOLDA: (11-14) Kay Johnson, Dayle Phillips, Jim Yates: (11-21) Olan Beam, Richard Bell, Tom Gatewood, Jim Lambie, Everette Murphrey, Jim Yates: (12-05) NONE

CLEMMONS: None