Club Business
President Mary Thomas Gilbert brought the meeting to order. Joseph Williams led us in prayer and the pledge of allegiance to the US flag. Mary Thomas shared some interesting quotes from Helen Keller.
A second reading was done for:
- Corporate Membership for United Way of Alamance and Kellee Hawley
- Corporate Membership for Blackwell Funeral Home – Faiger Blackwell and Jwan Johnson
Prospective members who were present:
- Freebird McKinney filled out a green card; so, we did the first reading that day. He was invited by Mac Williams.
- Wayne York, a former member of the Stuart Florida Club who recently moved to Burlington was welcomed. He was invited by Don Jennings.
- Clint York brought his father to Rotary, but may also be interested in joining. He, too, was invited by Don Jennings.
- Van Gray, with a local investment firm, was invited by Ed Woodall.
Next week we will have our quarterly club assembly. Let’s have a good turnout.
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November Birthdays and Anniversaries
2 | Frank Longest | 5 | Trip and Caroline Durham |
6 | Katie Dukeshire | 8 | Frank and Lee Longest |
10 | Bonnie Whitaker | 11 | Jim and Gayle Cartner |
18 | Mikie and Christine Morrison |
Happy Dollar Announcements
- Susan Watson donated a $ to announce the Leading Away Event coming up on November 7.
- Wayne York donated a $ to say he was happy to be with us.
- Dick O’Donnell gave $2 to announce an event to support the Elon basketball teams and one to announce the survey for Rotary members to complete about a fundraising event. He had paper copies available.
Club Member Providing Today’s Program: Sid Little
Sid Little had the program. He was a member of the local Breakfast Club for 15 years before a brief break and then joined our club in 2003. He served as secretary for several years before Carolyn took over. He has two grown children and 4 grandchildren and is happily retired.
Program: Karen Carrouth – Community Outreach Coordinator for Alamance Arts
Karen is a native of Wilson, NC and worked with the City / County Magazine and Alamance Scene before joining Alamance Arts. She has also been involved with the boards of several nonprofits, such as Meals on Wheels and Habitat for Humanity.
She spoke about the meaning that art brings to all of our lives and how it shapes our cultural identity. Alamance Arts benefits from an endowment, the Wooten Fund, which allows it to bring nationally known exhibitions to Graham without charging an entrance fee. Examples include Nathan Sawaya and his Lego arts (attended by 51,000 visitors) and Dale Chihuly, an American glass sculptor. (attended by 30,000).
Alamance Arts employs three full-time staff and 2 part-time. They depend on many volunteers. AA offers a first class gift shop, featuring local artists, and classes of all kinds (quilting, cooking, art, etc.). It also supports theater for children. All 2nd graders in the county are attending a presentation of Three Little Pigs this month.
Karen provided handouts of upcoming events at Alamance Arts and urged us all to attend.
Conclusion
Forget the odds, folks. For the second deck in a row, we have an early winner! Ed Woodall (and table)’s ticket was called, and he pulled the winning card!!!! Dick gave him $50 from the raffle proceeds to distribute at the table. Two of the coalition donated their money back. On to a new deck. Mary Thomas led us in the recitation of Rotary’s four-way test as we adjourned. See you next week.