November 9, 2006

UPCOMING PROGRAMS...
STRATFORD: - Meets Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at Forsyth Country Club
Nov.16: Keith Hobgood, Illustration Director, Out of Our Minds Animation Studios. Keith will discuss the status of his award-winning
animation company’s first animated feature film, show film clips and discuss recent film festival awards.
Nov.23: NO MEETING, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Nov.30: Club Assembly
Dec. 7: NO LUNCH MEETING! HOLIDAY SOCIAL IN THE EVENING!!
Dec.14: Dr. Susan Pauly, President Salem Academy and College

WINSTON-SALEM ROTARY: - Meets Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. at the Benton Convention Center
Nov.14: Jim Clinton, Exec. Dir., Southern Growth Policies Board
Nov.21: Jon Obermeyer, CEO, Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network.

REYNOLDA: - Meets Fridays at 12:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the LJV Coliseum
Nov. 17: Thorns Craven, GES Team Leader to Scotland
Nov. 24: No Meeting!
Dec. 1: Paul Norby, FAICP, Director of the WS/FC Planning Board, “Long Range Planning”
Dec. 8: Holiday Luncheon at Forsyth Country Club, Reservation required

CLEMMONS: - Meets Wednesdays at 7:00 a.m. at the Village Inn - Clemmons
Nov.15: Kyle Swicegood, “Operation Smile”
Nov.22: No Meeting!
Nov.29: No Morning Meeting. 5th Wednesday evening social.

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

DATES TO REMEMBER:
November 16 – Board Meeting 11:45
December 7 – Holiday Social

CONGRATULATIONS:
Happy Birthday:
Allston Stubs 11-15
Jane Potter 11-16
Chris Douglas 11-19
Bob Beach 11-25
Fletcher Wilson 11-27
Rick Amme 11-29
Greg Binney 11-29

WHAT’S GOING ON?……..
We will be collecting food again this year for Second Harvest Food Bank. The Second Harvest Food Bank provides food to people in need through emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, rescue missions, battered women’s shelters, etc., and also to feeding programs as Meals on Wheels

Most needed items: high protein foods such as tuna, canned meats, peanut butter, dried/canned beans; vegetables, including canned vegetables, soups, tomato sauce and paste, spaghetti sauce, tomato juice; fruits such as canned sliced fruit, fruit cups, fruit juices, dried fruit; pasta and grains including macaroni and cheese, boxed pastas and rice, cereal and cereal bars, oatmeal, pancake and biscuit mix. You may bring your donations by the 16th.

Our Holiday Social is December 7, 2006. As those of you who were at the last meeting know, we now have the raffle tickets to sell. We will be selling them until the last week of November. The tickets are $5.00 each and everyone is asked to sell at least 10 tickets but you may sell more if you would like. You may buy the tickets yourself or sell them to someone else. The winner will receive a $1,500 gift card to Best Buy. The remaining proceeds will go to our International Project, Clean Water Wells in Nigeria. The drawing will be held at our Holiday Social, and you do not have to be present to win. Please remember to bring a wrapped toy with age and gender identification to the social.

PROGRAM FEATURES............
November 2 – Dr. Gary Greene, President Forsyth Technical Community College, spoke to us today. Dr. Green updated us on the growth of FTCC. He discussed the different programs offered and why the $25 million bond package is needed for 3 projects; Transportation Technology Center on Campus, Expanded Swisher Center in Kernersville, and five Training Centers in King. He encouraged everyone to go out and vote for the bond referendum.

November 9 - What a great day we had today. Stratford Rotary was honored by District Governor Mitzi Ellis, Immediate Past District Governor Phil Morris and Past District Governor Stuart Fountain. They came to our meeting today to present Stratford Rotary with a 100% Paul Harris club Banner. This recognition is quite an honor and demonstrates the club’s dedication to the ideals of The Rotary Foundation. One of the programs that our money goes to is the Scholarship Program. Elizabeth Joyce, a WS/FC schoolteacher, started her relationship with Rotary by participating in The Rotary Leadership Camp, then she was in Interact then was a recipient of an Ambassadorial and Cultural Scholarship from The Rotary Foundation. She talked about her experiences in Japan and Australia and how it changed her life. She learned about relationships around the world and still has those relationships today. Rotary helped her to connect bridges and dispel bad images of the USA. She is grateful for her advanced education and life experiences. She has applied for the World Peace Scholarship. This is your Foundation dollars at work.