Grant cycles takes place in the spring (January 1 – March 1) each year.
The Rotary Club’s Donation Committee will review requests and submit recommendations to the Board for approval within six weeks of the application deadline. Please direct questions to: donations@cabarrusrotary.org.
Click here to download the Cabarrus Rotary Grant Application
Don’t miss this exciting event that supports all of the club’s charitable giving each year.
Enjoy All You-Can Eat fresh Steamed Oysters, Shrimp, Fried Fish, Clam Chowder, Hush Puppies, Cole Slaw, French Fries, Drinks and Cash Bar
Entertainment by DJ Chris Beachley, Shag Dancing, and Cornhole-Bag Toss
Shane Garner, Commercial Sales Representative with Northern Tool & Equipment (sponsor Alan Goodman)
Rotarians met at Charlotte Douglas airport Saturday night to welcome home veterans on the District’s final Flight of Honor. Rotarian Robin Scharding served on the committee and once again as a guardian on the trip. Veterans ranged in age from 87-97 and experiences a very emotional day. Hundreds of people turned out at the airport to welcome them home Saturday evening.
On September 10th from 11:30 to 12:45 at the Cabarrus County Fair
We get the opportunity to have a joint meeting at the Fair opening with our fellow Rotarians from the Southwest, Concord, Kannapolis and Afton Village clubs.
Bring your spouse, significant other, family, children and most definitely a friend. Don’t keep Rotary to yourself; this is an opportunity to encourage a friend, client or another to experience the awesomeness of Rotary.
Also, bring canned food to help our community food bank. Cooperative Christian Ministry (CCM), is a great organization that helps feed many people in our community. Over the past 12 months CCM assisted over 12,500 households (37,305 individuals). CCM needs our help to stock the shelves. A can or two will do, but as Rotarians we do more than get by. Let’s set the bar high.
We get to fellowship with our fellow Rotarians, show our family and friends a glimpse of Rotary and help stock the food shelves at CCM. After the meeting we can all get our fill of cotton candy, ride the rides and enjoy the Cabarrus County Fair.
The Membership Committee performed another highly entertaining skit as part of the C.A.R.T. (Cabarrus Area Rotary Thespians) group! Written and directed by our very own Sherry Boyd – “Keepers” had a true North Carolina feel inspired by Mayberry and its colorful characters.
The message to our club Rotarians – recruiting new members is essential to the growth and success or Rotary and the impact we have on our community. But recruiting members with the right “bait” and who embody the spirit of Rotary are the ones worth “Keeping.”
Great job to our Membership Committee for another stellar performance and for energizing our club to recruit new members to “Join Us.”
Rotarian Robin Sharding received an amazing honor of being one of 4 selected in Cabarrus County to have an artist come into town to make a mold of her hand and then cast it. This was done to be used as part of the NC Veteran’s Memorial in Fayetteville. This memorial represents all 100 counties in NC. It was dedicated on July 4th at the new Veterans park. This honor recognizes her as a “Pillar of Support” to our community Veterans and her hand is meant to be a symbol representing all those in Cabarrus County who support our Veterans.
Click here to read an article that tells a little more about the memorial.
Rotarian Bryan Hovey’s mother, Winnie Hovey, is the oldest Meals on Wheels volunteer in Catawba County, NC. She has been delivering meals for 30 years. At age 92, she sees no reason to stop. Her giving spirit inspires us all. Take a minute to watch and vote for her to be the “Meals on Wheels American Volunteer of the Year”.
President Frank Lapsley and President-Elect Jay White
President Frank Lapsley presided over his last meeting of the Rotary year this morning. Great job steering the ship in 2010-2011 Frank! Next week we meet in the evening at Afton Tavern to celebrate and induct our new president for 2011-2012, Jay White.
Cabarrus Rotarian Kimberly Strong (Executive Director of Cabarrus Meals on Wheels) and Concord Rotarian Venetia Skahen (Executive Director of the Community Free Clinic) were on hand at last week’s meeting to present Anita Brown with the grand prize check of $750. Her lucky duck was the first across the finish line in a fundraising event to benefit these two great organizations in our community.
