I hope you all enjoyed time with family, holiday parties or however you chose to celebrate the Christmas season.
Our Board has already met on January 3rd and we are planning a great second half to our Rotary fiscal year as well as a new and exciting barbeque contest fundraiser next October. You can hear more about that as well as how our Club Foundation will benefit from the proceeds at our January 15th breakfast meeting.
Meanwhile, coming up on Tuesday, January 21st is our next Rotary social, to be held at Kanpai on Rt 73 near Lowes from 5-7 pm.
Looking forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday and don't forget to bring your gently used shoe donations for "Shuz for Santa Cruz"!
Craig
Brownie Futrell, Chief Barbecue Officer NC Pork Council and District 7720 Governor-elect speaks at About a Fundraiser
Brownie, who spoke to Denver/Lake Norman Rotary via Zoom at the December 18th meeting was introduced by Denver/Lake Norman Rotarian Denny Daar who attended the Washington Rotary barbecue contest, "Smoke on the Water" in October. Denver/Lake Norman Rotary is considering a similar barbecue contest fundraiser on a smaller scale in the forthcoming Rotary calendar year to benefit our Club Foundation.
Happy Bucks 12/18
Courtesy of Alacia Tarplay
Thomas gave for his table - great group of Rotarians. Cindy read last week and loved it. We will start up again next year
Andie gave in honor of her husband Jason’s birthday
Trudie gave, grateful that her sister’s PET scan shrunk even more - thankful for the therapy. She also reminded everyone of the Love Actually movie played out in real life at the tree lighting Vickie sang behind her and surprised her with her lovely voice.
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Shoe Donations for "Shuz for Santa Cruz 2025" Start This Wednesday
Jim and Ash Minor will be going on a Building Mission trip to Guapiles, Costa Rica from January 31st to February 7th with the Men's Mission Team from the Weddington UMC. They will once again carry any donated shoes for distribution to the underserved rural communities surrounding Guapiles, notably Santa Cruz. Jim will be collecting donated shoes at our weekly meetings through January 29. We may hold a shoe sorting and packing "pop-up" session during our meeting on the 29th. Any and all "gently used" shoes for infants, toddlers, adolescents, men and women are welcome. This area is 700 miles north of the Equator and it's HOT there year-round, so no winter footwear please!! Thanks to our Club for their perennial support of this great humanitarian shoe donation program!!
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