RotaryI N T E R N A T I O N A L

From my teenage years, I remem-ber seeing a movie entitled Aroundthe World in Eighty Days. My ap-preciation for this world-wide,whirlwind journey has grown con-siderably over the past threemonths as I have traveled “Aroundthe District in 80 Days.”

Along with Jo Ann, who accompa-nied me on many of the club visits,we saw 43 enthusiastic, committedand “downright friendly” RotaryClubs. Thank you for making usfeel right at home during each vis-it. You shared your exciting clubprojects, your zeal for all that isRotary and, above all, your friend-ship. I know that the Family of Ro-tary, with members from a varietyof occupations, is in good handsand that you are determined tohelp our family grow.

Since October is Vocational Ser-vice month and Rotary is deeply

rooted in this avenue of service,let’s look at how our respectivevocations impact our clubs. Justas our founder Paul Harris envi-sioned, vocational service ac-quaints us with those in otherprofessions and occupations whotogether serve our communities,our district, and society.

Because we can learn so muchfrom those in other occupations, Ichallenge you to seek out potentialnew members whose vocationsrepresent your community. Duringmy visits, I asked, “How did youbecome a Rotarian?” and you re-sponded with “Someone asked meto join Rotary.” So, please starttoday by inviting a new profession-al to attend your Rotary Club. OurRotary journey will be more enjoy-able and more successful if wetravel together “Around the RotaryWorld” with professionals who en-rich our ability to serve.

RYLA has new site 2Cary Rotarian gets award 3Peace Fellows profiled 5Foundation news 6, 7Club news & good works 8, 9Club events calendar 10

DISTRICT 7710Polio Challenge Fundraiser

TAKE A BITE OUT OF POLIOOctober 20 $ 21(see page 10)

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Plans are in place for RYLA 2010. Thedates are April 9-11, 2010. The loca-tion has moved to Camp Kanata nearWake Forest NC. The application andselection process remains the same,but your applications are not due untilDecember 31, 2009. The informationand application materials are postedon the Rotary 7710 website. Click onforms and publications listed in the toolbar on the homepage. Direct yourquestions to Dave Stuckey, RYLACommittee Chair, 919-967-7335, an-oddduck@ aol.com.

Each club has two reserved slots untilthe December 31 application deadline.You may submit additional applications

to be considered by the District com-mittee, but do not tell these studentsthey have been accepted until youhave been notified that there is roomfor additional students from yourClub. If every Club submits two dele-gates, we will only have room for anadditional 8 delegates total.

With the change in venue, there aretwo significant changes from when wewere in Brown Summit. Delegates willneed to bring their own bed linens (orsleeping bag), pillow(s), washcloth andbath towel, and all personal toiletriesincluding soap. The second change istransportation to and from RYLA.There will not be bus service since we

are now holding the event in our Dis-trict. Each Club sponsoring studentswill need to provide transportation forthe students. Delegates and parentswill not be allowed to drive to and fromthe facility. More on this as we getcloser to our April date.

Dave Stuckey2009-2010 RYLA Committee Chair

This October marks 95 years sinceJonas Salk, developer of the first safeand effective polio vaccine, was born.Saturday, 24 October, is World PolioDay – a perfect opportunity to join thefight to end the disease.

Rotarians are raising US$200 millionto match the Bill & Melinda GatesFoundation’s $355 million in grants by30 June 2012. (See District 7710’s“Take a Bite Out of Polio” project andCary-Kildaire Rotary Club’s “PolioChallenge Fun Play Golf Tourney”.)

Although the Global Polio EradicationInitiative (GPEI) has faced soberingchallenges in the past year, officialssay it is moving forward in key political,technical, financial, and operationalareas.

Stepped-up efforts to end the diseasein the four endemic countries -- Af-ghanistan, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan-- are paying off, they say.

Global health experts are calling thepush to end polio "the final inch," inlight of the remaining 1 percent of cas-es that are the most difficult and ex-pensive to prevent. Rotary's US$200Million Challenge is seen as crucial tothe initiative's success.

Twenty high school students andseven advisors representing schoolsacross District 7710 gathered on theDuke campus Saturday, September26 for the second InterACTION Day. The Interact members spent themorning discussing effective pro-gramming, sharing fundraising tips,and talking about "best practices" forhaving an active service club in theireight high schools.

The seminar was led by District 7710Interact Chair Susan Cranford Ross ofDurham and former Bay Area InteractDistrict Governor Courtney Han, aDuke senior. A special guest was UNCRotaract co-president Blaine Stancilland Rotaract District Chair Carole Me-shot, who encouraged the students tocontinue their involvement with Rotary-sponsored youth programs after grad-uation.

Cary-Kildaire Rotarians Kyle and LarrySmith presented a slide show to thestudents about their trip to Africa toadminister polio vaccine, encouragingthe clubs to get involved in Rotary'sPolio Plus program as part of theirfundraising this year.  One of the Dis-trict's newest Interact clubs, CaryChristian Academy, raised more than$600 last year for Polio Plus.  All Inter-act clubs are asked by Rotary Interna-tional to take on at least one globaland one domestic project every year.

District Governor Russell Duncan waspresent to welcome the students, andPast District Governor Don Bucknerbrought a group of Roxboro teens andshared his personal enthusiasm withthe assembly.  Members of the Dis-trict's Interact Committee this year areTim Carr (Cary) and John Wood(Clayton).  Copies of the handouts willbe sent to the District's other 19 Inter-act Clubs.  If your club is interested instarting an Interact Club, please go tothe www.rotary.org website and clickon students/youth, then Interact forcomplete information.  Contact Susanat sross@mossandross.com for copiesof the materials from the seminar.

District 7710 thanks the Duke Librariesfor generously providing beautifulspace for InterACTION Day again thisyear.

Susan Ross, District Interact Committee Chair

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In a world suffering from widespread violence, peace struggles to growand make its way amidst hostility. I am writing these words as daily ex-plosions kill many innocent civilians here in Iraq, and we lose friends,family members, relatives, co-workers, children, women, and the elderly.In many other places around the world, violence is occurring as well.Aside from violence, poverty, gender inequality, illiteracy, and climatechange are other challenges that we currently face. In this part of theworld, people think that peace is impossible; they cannot imagine peacebecause of long-term internal and external violence and war. The roadto peace in Iraq is fraught with danger.

On Monday, September 21st, 2009 (International Day of Peace, UnitedNations Day), I want to take the opportunity to say that we have anamazing world which can provide a good life for everyone, so whyshould we fight? We can create peace. A new faith, hope, and love canreplace the dead leaves of the past. (When the power of love over-comes the love of power the world will know peace. [JIMI HENDRIX]).All of us in this world must realize that peace is a journey, not an end.

As an Iraqi physician, I am proud of what Rotarians are doing around theworld to create and foster peace. I am also proud that I am a KurdishIraqi World Peace Fellow who has graduated from the Rotary center inChulalongkorn University in Thailand and am now working with the Inter-national Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Henry Dunant, the found-er of ICRC, shared the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 with FrédéricPassy, a leading international pacifist of the time.

In conclusion, peace is not impossible; by sharing and communicatingbetween different cultural communities and bringing nations together wecan create and support peace. Let us all create and distribute love toour world.

* ASHTY in the Kurdish language means Peace

Dr. Dilshad Al-JaffRotary Peace FellowInternational Committee of the Red Cross

Last year, the Cary-KildaireRotary Club and District7710 sponsored Dr DilshadOthman Jaff to the Peaceand Conflicts ResolutionStudies at ChulalongkornUniversity in Bangkok,Thailand.

Dr. Jaff recently sent me aletter and asked me to for-ward it.  He wanted to let allof the Rotarians in District7710 know that he wasworking hard for peace.

Since completing his stud-ies at Chulanlongkorn Uni-versity, Dr Jaff has beenworking for the Internation-al Committee of the RedCross (ICRC).

The letter he sent is a mes-sage of peace in honor ofThe International Day ofPeace (September 21,2009).

Scott R. Rossi

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Cary-Kildaire Rotarian Kenn Gardner (right, in photo),received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine on Thursday,October 1, 2009 at its weekly meeting.

The Award was presented by Maria Spaulding, Deputy Di-rector of the NC Department of Human Services. She notedKenn’s initiative in creating a life-changing foster care in-vestment fund, known as WISE, and formulating a public-private partnership which included Rotary, Wake CountyHuman Services, Wake Tech and local businesses. Fromconception through fundraising, Kenn’s energy drove theprogram’s success, which has been recognized nationallyby the National Association of Counties.

Cary-Kildaire Rotary President, Rick Steadman, noted “as ayouth scholarship-focused club, we were excited to be apart of this innovative effort.”

Today, Kenn continues his vision as honorary chair andmember of the Fostering Bright Futures Board, with themission of assisting foster care students to attend WakeTech and gaining life skills. “I am honored to receive thisaward from the governor, grateful to all who made this vi-

sion a reality and I continue toseek opportunities to replicatethis successful foster caremodel throughout the state.”said Mr. Gardner.

The Order of the Long LeafPine is bestowed by the gover-nor and is the highest civilian honor that can be granted inthe state of North Carolina. The Order of the Long LeafPine is presented to individuals who have a proven recordof extraordinary service to the state. Contributions to theircommunities, extra effort in their careers, and many yearsof service to their organizations are some of the guidelinesby which recipients are selected for this award.

Once awarded, the individual may use the following toast atesteemed gatherings:

“Here’s to the land of the longleaf pine, the summer landwhere the sun doth shine, where the weak grow strong andthe strong grow great. Here’s to ‘Down Home,’ the OldNorth State.”

Interviews by the District Scholarship Commit-tee resulted in the naming of two Ambassadori-al Scholars and an alternate. A total of sixapplicants were interviewed on August 23.Selected as scholars for the 2009-2010 studyyear are Melinda Elizabeth McNeil and AmandaMargaret Black.

Ms. McNeil graduated from the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003, and hascompleted three years of graduate school, twoin the UNC School of Medicine and a third atthe UNC School of Global Health. She holds aMaters Degree in Public Health. Ms. McNiel’spresent aspiration is to be involved in clinicalpractice and research directed towardswomen’s health and related gender health in-equalities. Ms. McNeil was sponsored by theChapel Hill-Carrboro Sunrise Rotary Club.

Ms. Black graduated with a B.A. from Universityof North Carolina at Greensboro with a com-bined major in Spanish and Studio Art. She is

currently employed by UNC-Chapel Hill Schoolof Dentistry as a Spanish interpreter. In herpresent position Ms. Black provides interpreta-tion services for pre-doctoral, graduate and al-lied dental students as well as for faculty andstaff. Ms. Black’s ultimate professional goal isto warn an advanced degree in Literary andHumanistic Translation. She was sponsored bythe Chapel Hill Rotary Club.

In the event one of the scholars if unable to ful-fill their scholarship obligations, the position willbe filled by Wesley Thomas Johnson. Mr.Johnson has completed three years at WakeForest University and is majoring in Biology.He was sponsored by the Dunn-Erwin RotaryClub.

The applications and committee recommenda-tions have been forwarded to Rotary Interna-tional for final approval.

Bob Melone, Ambassadorial and Cultural Scholar-ship Committee

Amanda Black

Melinda McNeil

In the October issue of Rotary World RI President John Kenny’s president’s message is titled Vocational service, ethicalstandards more than just Rotary traditions. He states, “I firmly believe that our focus on vocational service is one of themost important reasons why Rotary has flourished for 104 years. ... The Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses and Pro-fessions is a reminder of what is expected of us as Rotarians, and all of us should take its words to heart. In October, Vo-cational Service Month, we would benefit from asking ourselves whether we abide by all of its strictures.”

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The Duke-UNC Rotary Center for Inter-national Studies in Peace and ConflictResolution in August welcomed the newclass (2009-2011) of Rotary WorldPeace Fellows. Four of the nine are en-

rolled in the Duke University Masters ofInternational Development Policy pro-gram. The others are enrolled in variousMasters Degree programs at the Univer-sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Duke UniversityMaster of International Development PolicyAs a career multilateral economic officer and diplomat,Aldo Perfetto has participated in several policy formula-tion processes at the national level as well as relatedmultilateral negotiations, aimed at the fulfillment of policydevelopment objectives of his home country, Venezuela.Having had the opportunity of translating public policyneeds into the language of trade negotiators, he under-stands that the challenges of a successful developmentprogram go beyond consensus building of the main eco-nomic actors concerned and national ownership.  Such

negotiations include, among other things, better devel-opment and poverty eradication indicators and the needof multilateral economic rules and disciplines more re-sponsive to legitimate development goals. Bearing inmind that development policies could take place in aviolent and polarized economic and social environment,particularly in developing countries, he hopes to contrib-ute to the improvement of policy formulation processesin Venezuela and facilitate a better interplay betweenlegitimate development goals of developing countriesand the relevant multilateral economic rules and disci-plines.

University of North Carolina at Chapel HillRussian and European StudiesAfter graduating from university, Gozel’s interest in as-sisting those in need began when she accepted a posi-tion with the American Red Cross in Turkmenistan.  Shegained real life experiences during her time with the RedCross as head of food distribution for tuberculosis pa-tients in Turkmenistan, and more importantly to her per-sonally, through her experiences educating citizensabout proper diets and precautionary measures prevent-

ing the spread of tuberculosis.  In 2002, she beganworking for the U.S. Embassy as a consular assistant,giving Gozel an opportunity to assist both Turkmen andU.S. citizens in issues ranging from simple travel ques-tions to complex legal issues involving American citizensabroad.  Now she is prepared to pursue her plans work-ing the field of improving women’s rights in Turkmeni-stan.  Upon completion of the Rotary Peace Program,Gozel intends to return to Turkmenistan in order to ad-dress and improve women’s rights and equality.

Duke UniversityMaster of International Development PolicyBorn and raised in Burma, one of the more politicallycontentious areas of Asia, Aung experienced severalpolitical crises throughout his life that encouraged him tofind ways to promote greater tolerance and cooperationamong people in Burma. After receiving his Master’s inInternational Relations and Political Economy at KDISchool of Public Policy and Management in Seoul,South Korea in 2006, he officially resigned from theGovernment Service and decided to pursue his dreamof doing something innovative and more socially useful.

Subsequently, he joined Save the Children, one of thelargest international organizations in Burma, and playedan active role in representation and liaising with localauthorities, other NGOs and UN agencies. As a RotaryWorld Peace Fellow, he plans to develop skills in peaceand conflict resolution and in world understanding to im-prove the relationship between Burma and internationalcommunities. After his studies, he intends to join one ofthe international organizations in Burma or the UN tobecome a valued practitioner in the field of internationaldevelopment.

Watch the next two issues of this newsletter for more Peace Fellow profiles.

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The United Nations (UN) opened its General Assembly on September 21, 2009, the InternationalDay of Peace. To commemorate the International Day of Peace the Duke/UNC Rotary Peace Fel-lows volunteered at the Food Bank located in Durham on September 25th. They spent the after-noon in the Food Bank’s warehouse sorting and loading boxes with donated items stored on palletsseveral feet high along the warehouse walls.

“In the past, the Duke/UNC Rotary Peace Center has celebrated the International Day of Peace byplacing ads in the university newspapers to promote awareness. This year our Rotary Peace Fel-lows wanted to take an active and meaningful role in the local community and participate in hands-on volunteering,” said Terry Meyer, Duke/UNC Rotary Peace Center Program Associate.

To learn more about the Rotary Peace Fellow program view a video athttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR3_8ZBVqK0

November is Rotary Foundation Month all throughout the Ro-tary world. In recognition of this, all clubs are strongly urged tohave AT LEAST one program during November about the Ro-tary Foundation during this month. Club Presidents may wishto contact any of the Rotary Foundation Sub-committee chairsin our district to see if you can get on their schedule for a pro-gram during November.

Here are additional ideas for club leaders to consider:· You should consider going to the RI web site

www.rotary.org and ordering Rotary Foundation mate-rials such as pamphlets and brochures for your clubmembers. Most are sent gratis to you. There are anumber of videos, Powerpoint presentations and oth-er media that are also available for downloading, oryou may choose to order DVDs for a nominal fee.(usually $10-$15 each).

· Consider involving your club in BOTH sides of theRotary Foundation while you are at it....the giving ANDthe participation in TRF programs.

· Club leaders may want to suggest to their membersthat they may wish to make their TAX-DEDUCTIBLEcontributions to TRF NOW, in order to get the tax de-duction for contributions made prior to December 31.

· Develop a strategy to increase community involve-ment in support for our PolioPlus program. Find waysto get support from non-Rotarians as well as yourmembership.

· You and your fellow members should constantly beon the lookout for candidates for Ambassadorial

Scholarships, Peace Fellowships, potential GSE teammembers, and for ways to use District SimplifiedGrants in your community.

· Consider making a contact with a community in an-other part of the world so that you may begin to devel-op an International Matching Grant.

· Think about your membership and consider thosemembers who might be able and interested in makingsignificant gifts or bequests to the Permanent Fund -(the TRF endowed fund). There are many options formaking special gifts and bequests.

· Consider a drive to increase the number of RotaryFoundation Benefactors in your club. These are mem-bers who commit to giving $1000 as a bequest or as adirect gift to the Permanent Fund of TRF. Some mayeven wish to commit to becoming members of the Be-quest Society by commiting $10,000 to the Perma-nent Fund. (Remind them that they will never miss themoney!!)

· Are any of your members close to becoming a MajorDonor? If they are, point this out to them and suggestthat they might want to do so sooner than later!

Remember, it is the Rotary Foundation that makesRotary...ROTARY INTERNATIONAL Without it, we'd just beanother organization that meets, eats and goes back to work!Every penny that we contribute is ultimately used for doinggood through our Foundation.

Glenn Hood, DRFC

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One hundred fifty pairs ofhands welcomed RegionalRotary Foundation Coordina-tor Joe Mulkerrin to our an-nual Rotary FoundationSeminar on September 17.With several district clubsholding their weekly meetingat the event, the fellowship

hall of First Baptist Church in Cary was filled to overflowingas the event kicked off. DG Russell Duncan opened theseminar and recognized District Rotary Foundation ChairGlenn Hood, who presided.

Hood recognized the Cary-Kildaire club for having the high-est percentage of its members present – an incredible 52%of the club’s membership was pre-registered, and severaladditional members attended the event. Clayton had thesecond highest percentage of its members present and Lil-lington was third.

DRFC Hood also reviewed the past year for Rotary Foun-dation investments, noting that the Trustees had held theDDF harmless by shifting funds, rebudgeting the WorldFund and practically eliminating the Earned Income Re-serve (EIR), which pays the operating and promotionalcosts of the Foundation. He also announced that he hadreceived a letter from TRF Trustee Chair Glenn Estess in-forming us that all funds allocated for the Matching Grantsprogram had been allocated by September 1. (This is dif-

ferent from the District Simplified Grant funds, which are notaffected – District 7710 has $20,000.00 allocated for thispurpose.)

The TRF Seminar also showcased 2008-09 Governor DonBuckner, who reviewed the activities of TRF in District 7710during the previous year. DGE Serge Dihoff introducedPeace Fellow Marios Antnoniou, who spoke of his appreci-ation for our Rotarians for our continuing support for theRotary Center shared by Duke and UNC – the only suchcenter now in the US. PDG Charlie Hatch reviewed theAlumni Committee’s efforts to locate and contact all TRFAlumni from the beginning of District 7710 to the present.Breakouts were led by a number of Foundation subcommit-tee members, including sessions on PolioPlus, led by Po-lioPlus co-chairs Kyle and Larry Smith; ScholarshipSelection tips and hints by Scholar Selection Committeechair Susan Joan Smiley Baker; a session on MatchingGrants led by Carl Turnage; District Simplified Grants, ledby Carole Meshot; and another on successful strategies forincreasing clubs’ participation in TRF, led by DRFC Hoodand RRFC Mulkerrin.

At the end of the evening, one hundred fifty pairs of hands,each attached to a dedicated Rotarian, left the event with awealth of information about not only how funds are raisedbut also how we use our TRF funds to “do good in ourworld.”

Glenn Hood, DRFC

L to R: DG Russell Duncan,DRFC Glenn Hood, RRFC JoeMulkerrin, PRID Ken Morgan

The 2009-10 District Simplified Grant Funds, which are allocated to clubs on a first-come,first served basis up to a maximum of $1,500 to be matched by the same amount of clubfunds, are being used by our clubs for community projects.

Seven clubs have received checks totaling almost $7,500 for their local projects, leavingonly a little more than $12,500 of the original $20,000 taken from our DDF which is still tobe allocated to the remaining clubs.

If the entire amount remaining is not allocated by January 1st, the remainder will be avail-able to all clubs, even those who have previously used DSG for their local projects.Information about District Simplified Grants can be obtained from DSG coordinator CaroleMeshot at cmeshot@yahoo.com. Applications and other information about the programcan be found on the District 7710 website, http://www.rotary7710.org under “FORMS ANDPUBLICATIONS.”

D-7710 Gates $200M Polio Challenge individual club contributions through September 30 of this year total $96,105.32which is 43 % of our 4 1/2 year goal of $225,360.

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The Cary-Kildaire Rotary Club participated in this year’s Celebrate Cary at Sunset, a community eventthat showcases local non-profit organizations. Club Service Chair Becca Smith organized the club’sefforts and their tent was a wonderful display of all things Rotary! Club members manned the boothfrom 3:30pm till 8:00pm and handed our literature about Rotary, answered questions about their club,gathered names of potential members, and educated those stopping by about the Polio challenge. Butthe big draw was the Rotary theme canvas, where kids of all ages were asked to leave their handprint on a giant canvas with “The Future of Rotary is in Your Hands” in the middle. Great fun was hadby all and the Club viewed their participation in this event as a huge success!

The RTP Rotary Club is sponsoring an event to collect used bicycles in the Triangle area for Bikes for the World (BFTW, whoships bicycles to Africa and Central America where charity partners repair them and distribute them to people who need themfor access to work, school, and health care) . The location is the Research Triangle Foundation of NC, RTP HQ (Parking Lotarea); 12 Davis Drive; RTP, NC 27709. See Calendar page for times. A $10 donation is requested along with each bike to de-fray the cost of shipping overseas.

If you don’t have a bike to donate but want to support the cause, please send checks to: RTP Rotary, ATTN BFTW, PO Box12414, RTP, NC 27709. Make check payable to BFTW. For more information, please send an email to: rtp.rotary@gmail.com

The Board of Directors has approved a project that will result in greater support for global and local service projects. Theproject joins the efforts of Dean’s Beans and the Cary MacGregor Rotary Club. Dean’s Beans is the founding member ofCooperative Coffees, Inc. The cooperative is comprised of 24 community-based coffee roasters committed to partneringwith small-scale coffee farmers. Dean’s Beans take pride in its “People Centered Development”, an approach that focus-es on the real needs of coffee growing communities for the necessities of life (clean water, health care, shelter and in-come generation). Dean’s is involved only in projects when asked and invited to participate by the local community, not bythe government or a large foreign aid agency. By participating in the sale of coffee and coffee products Cary MacGregorwill touch the lives of people all over the world. Our participation will also result in greater financial support for the serviceprojects in our immediate Cary community.

The Rotary Club of Raleigh, NC’s oldest civic club, was rec-ognized September 24 for “95 years of service and numer-ous contributions to the betterment of the community” bybeing inducted into the Raleigh Hall of Fame.

More than twenty five club members, District Governor Rus-sell Duncan and their guests attended the event. On behalfof the club, immediate past president George Wallace ac-cepted the Hall of fame Medallion presented by RaleighMayor Charles Meeker. A video recognizing the club wasshown to an audience of nearly 1000 people. The video will

be placed on permanent dis-play at the Raleigh Hall offame kiosk located at theConvention Center.

A message of appreciationhas been extended by the hallof fame Board to several members of the club that servedas ushers at the event. Club members serving as usherswere David Permar, Pete Donahue, Bob Moore, RandyFraser, Sanford Steelman and Kevin Sommers.

left to right: Randy Fraser, President, RotaryClub of Raleigh; George Wallace, immediatepast President and DG Russell Duncan

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The Garner Mid-Day Rotary Club invites you to dress up andstep out in style, for the good of Garner’s children.

Dining, dancing and a diamond dip are just a few perks to befound at the first annual Black, White & Bling Gala 2009, setfor Saturday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m., at the historic Rand-BryanHouse.

The evening will also feature the chance to win $2,500 cash,both live and silent auctions, live music by the Wells FamilyBand, and a DJ.

Classic cars lining the grounds outside the Rand-BryanHouse, and sophisticated “strolling magic” by the renownedMichael Casey inside, will set the stage for an elegant eve-ning.

Proceeds of this black-tie event will benefit the Backpack Bud-dies program, which supplies food to homeless children withinthe Garner school system, and to the Garner Mid-Day RotaryClub’s scholarship programs for Garner youth.

“I’m a part of this because 12 percent of the 1,700 homelesschildren in Wake County Schools are here in Garner,” saysJulie Clark, immediate past president of the Garner Mid-DayRotary Club and chair of the gala. “We need to raise aware-ness. We need to help these children, and make sure they’refed.”

The gala is being held as part of Year of the Child, the club’s2009-2010 focus.

Thousands of families in Wake County are currently homelessor in danger of becoming so, oftentimes as a result of layoffsor home foreclosures. For many children, a free school lunchis the only food they regularly receive.

The Garner Mid-Day Rotary Club has partnered with localschools to support Backpack Buddies, which provides home-less and low-income children with a weekly backpack full ofnutritious, child-friendly foods.

You can help.

“First and foremost, this is your opportunity to help homelesschildren, and support youth and education in the Garner com-munity,” Clark says. “Then there’s the chance to win a beauti-ful diamond and $2,500 in cash. Dining, dancing, classic cars— this will be unlike anything ever seen in Garner.

“Black, White & Bling Gala 2009 will be the premiere eventfor this community,” Clark says. “Polish your shoes and bringout your best bling, and enjoy an evening with the Who’s Whoof the Garner community, all for a great cause.”

Gala tickets are on sale now.Cost is $100 and includes dinnerfor two and one chance per cou-ple to win the diamond and thecash prize. For tickets or moreinformation, call Clark at (919)271-2618.

Black Creek Greenway “Big Sweep” Cleanup gets helping hand from RotaryRotarians from the Cary, Cary Central and Cary Page Rotary Clubs joined hundreds in Wake Countyand thousands statewide in the annual Big Sweep cleanup held October 3rd. These Rotarians alongwith citizens from other community groups (YMCA Guides and Princess’ Program, students from Caryand Enloe High Schools) took their Saturday morning to scouring the trails, woods and creek banks ofthe Black Creek Greenway in Cary to collect and bag trash and recyclables. Later in the day the Townof Cary would drive the greenway paths and collect the bags for disposal.

Pat Hudson, a member of the Cary Rotary Club said, “The good news is that with each passing year wefind less and less trash. The campaign to educate our community about the hazards of littering and theimpact on our watersheds is paying off.”

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Tuesday, October 20 District 7710 Take A Bite Out of PolioMichael Dean’s Seafood & Oyster Bar6004 Falls of the Neuse Rd, Raleigh, 5:00 PM - closing

Wednesday, October 21 District 7710 Take A Bite Out of PolioBogart’s American Grill, 510 Glenwood Ave. South, Raleigh, 5:00 PM - closing

Tuesday, October 27 Cary-Kildaire Rotary Club Polio Challenge Fun Play Golf Tourn. Knight’s Play Golf Center, Apex, Tee times available all day

contact: Mike Creech @ 919.467.4354 or email: mikecreech5@yahoo.com

Saturday, November 7 Garner Rotary Club Mid-Day Black, White & Bling Gala Rand-Bryan House, Garner, 7:00 PM

Friday & Saturday, November 13 & 14RTP Rotary Club Bicycle Drive for Bikes for the World RTP Foundation of NC parking lot, 12 Davis Drive, RTP Fri.: 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM; Sat.: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Saturday, November 14 Clayton Rotary Club Bicycle Project Work Day Bartex Business Center, 700 W. Main St., Clayton, 8:00 AM

Saturday, November 21 Cary Rotary Club Meal Packaging EventKirk of Kildaire Presbyterian Church, 200 High Meadows, Dr., Cary, 8:00 AM

Saturday, December 5 Apex Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast Apex Downtown Fire Station, Salem St., Apex, 7:00 AM

Saturday, December 5 Apex Rotary Club Annual Apex Christmas Parade Historic Downtown Apex, 5:00 PM

Diners at Michael Dean’s Oct. 20 and Bogart’s on Oct. 21will be “Taking a Bite Out of Polio.” (see calendar above)

As part of a partnership between Rocky Top Hospitality andRotary District 7710, Michael Dean’s and Bogart’s will bedonating 15% of evening sales on these dates to the EndPolio Now campaign of Rotary International. The eventscoincide with World Polio Day on Oct. 24.

“I am pleased to announce that two of our restaurants, Mi-chael Dean’s in North Raleigh and Bogart’s in DowntownRaleigh will participate in fundraising nights for the Rotary

District 7710’s Polio Plus campaign,” said Liz Wallace theExecutive Vice President of Rocky Top Hospitality. “Welook forward to this great partnership with Rotary District7710 to raise funds and awareness of such a worthycause.”

Kyle Smith, Co-Chair of District 7710 Polio Challenge Cam-paign stressed, “Rotarians and guests do not have to doanything special when you go to these restaurants.  Just goand enjoy a good meal.  We will be getting the 15% fromALL patrons during these times.  What a great way to honorPolio Awareness Day, which is on Oct. 24!”

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C layton Rotary C lub 30 35 -1 0 71.0

C leve land School 36 16 0 0 56.3

C rabtree 16 41 -4 -2 79.1

Dunn 45 62 0 0 63.8

Dunn-Erwin 62 32 0 1 72.3

Durham 32 170 -13 0 49.3

Durham Sunrise 183 11 -3 0 81.8

East C hape l Hill 14 139 0 n/a 0.0

Fuquay-Varina 139 4 -20 -21 61.5

Garner 24 38 4 1 76.6

Garner Mid-Day 34 24 -2 0 81.7

Henderson 26 38 -1 0 49.7

Hillsborough 39 17 0 0 76.5

Holly Springs 17 42 -1 0 55.7

Lillington 43 20 -1 0 63.8

Louisburg 21 12 -1 0 63.0

Morrisv ille 13 25 1 0 79.2

North Durham 24 16 -2 0 75.0

North Ra le igh 18 66 -2 -1 66.5

Oxford 68 36 0 0 61.0

Rale igh 36 136 6 1 58.8Rale igh-The Rotary C lub of the C apita lC ity 130 43 -2 -2 77.3

Research Triangle Park 23 22 -1 0 50.0

Roxboro 47 45 -2 n/a 0.0

Sm ithfie ld 17 18 1 0 84.0

South G ranv ille C ounty 14 11 -3 0 65.0

Southwest Durham 41 44 3 2 61.3

Wake Forest 29 28 -1 -1 100.0

Wakefie ld / Wake Forest 21 20 -1 -1 68.7

Warrenton 18 13 -5 -5 92.0

Wende ll 20 18 -2 0 80.0

West Ra le igh 66 69 3 0 75.8

Zebulon 20 20 0 0 76.0

Totals , Net Gain, Avg A ttendance:27 of 43 c lubs reporting

Membership & Attendance for September 2009C lubs in D istrict 7710

-49 -30 65.85

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Date of Report: 16-Oct-09

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