Letter from the Club President

Saturday, October 17, 2009
7:00 p.m.

Thank you for considering participation in the highly regarded and sought after 11th Annual Lake Norman Wine Spectacular! - Auction and Tasting hosted by the Rotary Club of Lake Norman - Huntersville. The Wine Spectacular! Charity Event will take place at the Northstone Country Club in Huntersville, on Saturday, October 17, 2009 beginning at 7:00 p.m.  The Wine Spectacular! features delicious food, music and opportunities to taste some fine wines. 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 $100,000 to local charities including The Lake Norman Free Clinic, The Ada Jenkins Center and The Red Cross. This year, the Rotary Club of Lake Norman-Huntersville has chosen The Lake Norman Free Clinic as our main beneficiary while we will continue to support The Hope House, Angels & Sparrows Soup Kitchen, USO – North Carolina and The Special Olympics as well as other local and global charities.

The Lake Norman Free 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 Angels & Sparrows Soup Kitchen – in Huntersville, NC helps fight hunger in Huntersville and adjacent towns of Cornelius and Davidson and in unincorporated areas of North Mecklenburg County. Visit www.angelsandsparrows.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.

The Special Olympics – North Carolina –provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
Visit www.sonc.net for more information.

We hope you will save the date – October 17th at Northstone Country Club in Huntersville and also consider contributing wine, quality auction items or even becoming a sponsor of this year's 11th Annual Lake Norman Wine Spectacular! Charity Event. More details available by visiting http://www.LakeNormanRotary.com.

Yours In Rotary Service,




Rich Sampson, 2009-2010 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, the Red Cross Transportation Project, which provides transportation to those in need of medical 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 and Food. 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.com for more details.

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