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“The Friendliest Club in District 7710” Tuesday’s at 12:30pm at 430 St. Andrews Ln Cary, NC

Web: www.thecaryrotaryclub.org Club # 6093

The Rotary Club of Cary Club Chartered June 18, 1964

November 3, 2017

President Julie Clark called the meeting to order and welcomed every-one to the meeting. She then called on Hal Jordan to lead us in the prayer, pledge and the singing of God Bless America. Paul Wasylkevych led the introduction of guests and visiting Rotarians which included Ernie Faulkner’s grandson, Aaron.

There were several announcements including Hal Jordan asking for volunteers for the upcoming Rise Against Hunger Meal Packaging Event on Dec. 2nd from 9-4pm at Kirk of Kildaire Church. Its the 9th Annual Event and they are hoping to package 100,000 meals. If interested in one of the time slots please sign up on the volunteer sheet on the table each week or see Hal. Bill Lane was called on next and presented Mary Kamm with her Paul Harris Plus 7 pin and Mary took the opportunity to remind everyone that November is Rotary Foundation Month so we will be hearing more about the Foundation in coming weeks. In keeping with the Foundation theme Tim Mannix was called up to raffle off a set of NC State football tickets and a parking pass to the upcoming Clemson game. The money will be sent to the Foundation and matched by the Gates Founda-tion. After a heated auction between Ernie and Hal the winning bidder was Hal who donated $800 to the Foundation. A special thanks went to Kelly Sain for donating the tickets.

Dr. Fleming was called on as Sergeant at Arms and as always was en-thused to be here today. Given it was Halloween he gave immunity to all those wearing the pumpkin color and those that dressed for the occa-sion. For everyone else it was just a dollar. Several miracle moments were shared including Cole sharing about his daughters Christmas bo-nanza, Ernie shared how he was able to surprise his wife for her recent 75th birthday party, Jerry Miller shared that we should have never sent the JV team to play Notre Dame, Cader shared the news of his new grandson born last week and John Hatcher encouraged everyone to attend the Veteran’s luncheon on Nov. 9th put on by the Town of Cary.

November 14th

TBA

Wake Med Hospital

November 21st

Tom Akins

CEO Leading Age NC Senior Advocacy

November 28th

Dr. Tom McCutchen Wake Forest Med School

December 5th

No Lunch Meeting

Club Christmas Dinner Party

Prestonwood CC at 6pm

December 12th

Don Fish Director

NC Sports Hall of Fame

December 19th

Rod Brooks Chili Dinner

December 26th

No meeting

Upcoming Programs

And Events

Sean R. Stegall left Elgin, Illinois to become Cary’s Town Manager in 2016,

where he is focusing on keeping Cary great by spearheading organizational

development, promoting technological advancements, expanding economic

opportunities, and strengthening the Town’s role as a regional partner to

support Cary’s shift from a fast-growing to maturing community. Prior to

Cary, Stegall’s professional journey included posts in three states address-

ing a wide variety of topics including finance and budgeting, parks and rec-

reation, legislative affairs, communications and engagement, planning, technology, and bat-

tling blizzards. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Western Illinois University

as well as a master’s in public administration from Northern Illinois University.

Bruce Howell had the pleasure of introducing today’s speaker, A. Hope Williams, the President of the NC Independent Colleges and Universities. Dr. Williams joined NCICU in 1986 and has served as president since 1992. She and Bruce go way back from the time he was at Wake Tech. She received her postsecondary degrees from Duke University, NCSU and UNC-Chapel Hill so as Bruce said she did not have a winning team last weekend.

Hope shared she felt right at home at Rotary as she once was a member of the Downtown Ra-leigh club. NCICU divides its responsibilities into several areas, including Public Policy, Independ-ent College Fund of North Carolina which raises money for scholarships, The NCICU Collabora-tion Initiative which leverages the buying power of all the schools, Research, College Access Pro-grams aimed at High School Counselors and Events such as the upcoming Ethics Bowl they are hosting. NCICU is comprised of 36 nonprofit, private liberal arts, research and comprehensive colleges and universities across North Carolina from traditional four-year coeducational institutions to women’s colleges to historically black colleges and universities. NCICU colleges and universities offer the full spectrum of the college experience. The old-est private two-year college in the nation also is part of the NCICU family. North Carolina independent colleges and universities serve the needs of 68,046 undergraduate students, 21,893 graduate and professional students and 52,081 students total from North Carolina. These students represent all 100 counties in NC, 50 States in the US and from other countries all around the world. The largest campus is Duke with more than 15,600 students between un-dergraduates and graduates and there are 3 campuses with less than 1000 students. More than 90% of the students on some campuses receive financial aid. NCICU’s colleges and universities award 30% of the bachelor’s degrees in the state, as well as 49% of the medical degrees, 60% of the law degrees, 37.5% of the physical therapy degrees, 92% of physician assistant degrees and 55% of the pharmacy degrees. Independent colleges and universities in North Carolina provided more than $700 million in institutional aid in 2015-2016, which equates to 48% of the total financial assistance received by students at North Carolina’s independent colleges and universities. North Carolina students at independent colleges and universities receive more than $88.4 million in need-based financial aid from the state. The independent colleges sector is one of the largest private employers in the state and often are the larg-est employer in some of the more rural areas of the state. Almost 1,300 individuals lead North Carolina’s independent colleges and universities through service on individual Boards of Trustees. Our student bodies are as diverse as our campuses. In 2016, approximately 589% of students were women, 33% were students of color and 45% of the under-

graduate students attending our independent colleges and universities came from out of state. 50% of NC students at NCICU campuses receive federal Pell Grants. Each year, approximate-ly 2,000 students transfer from community colleges in North Carolina to an independent col-lege or university. This is due to the great partnerships they have with the community college system that allows for classes to be transferred in. Some the her concerns moving forward are keeping college affordable as in NC only 28% of the adult population has a college degree so many students on their campus are first generation to attend. Costs seem to continue to go up to attract the best faculty, the right facilities and to keep up with the latest technology. The cost of their schools is also higher than the UNC system due to the state not supporting them. Also other states are providing scholarships in an attempt to get students to attend their schools in hopes they will stay afterwards and contribute to their economy. After several questions John Biggs thanked the speaker and Charlie led us out with the Four Way Test.

Hamburger Steak and

Mushroom Demi

Bring in Your Children Books

As the beginning of the next school year

approaches, our club’s Read A Book project

is need of more children's books. Our pri-

mary focus is Pre-K level to third grade, but

can also make use of higher elementary

grade books too. Please bring them to any

of our Tuesday meetings or contact Mack

Wootton at

mackwootton@gmail.com

for alternate arrangements.

Member News and Notes Volunteers needed for the “Reality of Money” financial simulation at Green Hope High School on

Friday, December 8, 2017.

The Reality of Money activity gives students a peek into the future as they are "transformed" into adults with jobs, debt, families and other real world responsibilities. There is NO experience needed to be a volunteer. We provide everything you need, and all volunteers are grouped in pairs or trios to work together to help the students. This is a fun way to get

involved and make a difference. Please sign up using the link below.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c45ada62a1-green2

You can volunteer for one shift or join me for the full day. If you don’t enjoy using Sign Up Genius, please feel free to email Kristin Sutton at ksutton@paragonbank.com or let her know at the next Rotary meeting.

Chris Crawford

November 6th

Anthony & Beth

Blackman

November 5th

Where is Chris Crawford when you need him but Tim Mannix stepped in and auc-

tioned off the NC State Clemson tickets to the win-

ning bidder Hal Jordan.

Cader Howard welcomed his new grandson, Luke, into the world

last week.

Mary Kamm was recognized by Bill Lane for her support of the Rotary Foundation as she re-

ceived her Paul Harris Plus 7 pin

THE ROTARY CLUB OF CARY

2017-2018 Officers & Board Chairs

President Julie Clark

President Elect Chris Fleming

Vice President Reggie Scales

Secretary Kent Thompson

Treasurer Carolyn Wasdell

iPast President John Miller

Sergeant-At-Arms Brian Reid

Club Board Chairs

Membership Chair Scott Schneider

Club Services Renee Spell

Vocational Services Bill Fletcher

International Services Rod Brooks

Community Services Travis Colopy

Public Relations Drew Rufty

Fundraising Bill Lane

Rotary Foundation Mary Kamm

Programs Ben Shivar

Memory Café Open

MAKE UP OPPORTUNITIES

Monday

Cary Central Mayton Inn 7:00 AM

Tuesday

Apex Sunrise Morrisville

Ruckus Pizza Apex Prestonwood CC

7:15 AM 12:00 PM

Wednesday

Cary MacGregor Holly Springs

MacGregor Downs Devils Ridge

12:30 PM 7:30 AM

Thursday

Cary Kildaire Apex Rotary

Matthews House Carabba’s Grill

6:15 PM 12:30 PM

Friday

Cary Page Woodland Terrace 7:00 AM

Online Make-Ups: www.rotaryeclubone.org

Choose a program, review it and then print out the make up slip and turn in to secretary Kent Thomp-son at your next visit. You can also gain make-ups from every hour of Rotary service you give so don’t forget to email Kent if you have a committee meet-

ing or volunteer for a service project.

Ideas for the newsletter or announcements should be emailed to ksain@bbandt.com

Family of Rotary

Do you know of a fellow Rotarian member that might be

dealing with an illness or who has experienced a death

in their family?

If so contact Renee Spell

She can send flowers or a donation

Email Renee at

sewnup01@bellsouth.net

Rotary Club of Cary Committee Meetings

Memory Café Every 3rd Tues. @ 4pm Senior Center

Program 1st Tues @ 1:30 After Club Meeting

Vocational TBD

International TBD

Membership TBD

Community Services TBD

Club Services TBD

Foundation TBD

Board Meeting 1st Wed @ 8am Cary Chamber