Letter from the Rotary Club President

Saturday, October 1, 2011
7:00 p.m.

Thank you for considering participation in the highly regarded and sought after 14Th Annual Lake Norman Wine Spectacular! – Charity Auction & Tasting hosted by the Rotary Club of Lake Norman - Huntersville. The Wine Spectacular! will take place at The Havana Social Club in Cornelius, on Saturday, October 1, 2011 beginning at 7:00 p.m. The Wine Spectacular! features delicious food, music and opportunities to taste some fine wines as well as purchase featured wines at a discount (only during the event). Live and silent auctions will offer opportunities to bid on fine wines and other special items hand selected by Mr. George Erdle, noted wine editor and wine connoisseur as well as many other items graciously donated from local businesses and friends of Rotary.

Over the last several years, the Rotary Club of Lake Norman – Huntersville has contributed in excess of $250,000 to local charities including The Lake Norman Community Health Clinic, The Ada Jenkins Center and The Red Cross. This year, the Rotary Club of Lake Norman-Huntersville has chosen The Lake Norman Community Health Clinic as our main beneficiary while we will continue to support The Hope House, USO – North Carolina and Rotary International’s End Polio Now Programs.

The Lake Norman Community Health Clinic offers healthcare services to uninsured or under-insured residents of Huntersville, Mooresville, Davidson or Cornelius on Wednesday evenings. Visit LKNFreeClinic.org for more information.

The Hope House in Huntersville, NC offers transitional housing and support for single mothers and their children. Visit www.HopeHouseFoundation.org for more information.

The USO of North Carolina - at Charlotte Douglas Airport enhances the quality of life of the U.S. Armed Forces personnel and their families worldwide and creates a cooperative relationship between U.S. military communities and civilian communities. Visit www.uso-nc.org for more information.

Rotary - End Polio Now - After 20 years of hard work, Rotary and its partners are on the brink of eradicating this tenacious disease, but a strong push is needed now to root it out once and for all. It is a window of opportunity of historic proportions. Your contribution will help Rotary raise $200 million to match $355 million in challenge grants received from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The resulting $555 million will directly support immunization campaigns in developing countries, where polio continues to infect and paralyze children, robbing them of their futures and compounding the hardships faced by their families. As long as polio threatens even one child anywhere in the world, children everywhere remain at risk. The stakes are that high. Visit http://www.rotary.org/en/EndPolio for more information.

We hope you will save the date – October 1st at The Havana Social Club in Cornelius and also consider contributing wine, quality auction items or even becoming a sponsor of this year's 14th Annual Lake Norman Wine Spectacular! Charity Auction & Tasting. More details are available by visiting http://www.LakeNormanRotary.com.

Yours In Rotary Service,




Karla Combs, 2011-2012 President
Rotary Club of Lake Norman - Huntersville

A bit about Rotary...
The Rotary Club of Lake Norman-Huntersville is a local chapter of Rotary International, which is truly global in scope. Thousands of local chapters make up the organization, raise charitable funds and provide assistance to hundreds of local, national and international programs and charities. Our goal is to make our local community better by providing assistance to those in need. Our local programs include scholarships for local high school students, student exchange programs, and other charitable projects, most notably, support of the Lake Norman Community Health Clinic, which provides medical attention to those without traditional medical insurance services.

Our Rotary Club members share a common interest in serving others, locally in our community and internationally. We are a diverse and dynamic group. We enjoy a special camaraderie at our regular weekly meetings, and in all of our volunteering, fundraising and social activities. Where else can you really get to know such a varied and talented group of individuals? We hope you will consider learning more about our club, even becoming a member. Most new members of Rotary join for Fun, Fellowship, Food and Philanthropy. But many learn that the rewards of becoming Rotarians are much larger than they ever imagined. We invite you to be our guest for breakfast any Thursday from 7:30 to 8:30 AM at Northstone Country Club. Visit http://www.LakeNormanRotary.org for more details.

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