Month October 2017

Participated in the town’s Treats in the Streets 8 Interactors 4 Rotarians 4000 pieces of candy 400 Rotary Chocolates

Saturday, Oct 28 – Walk to End Alzheimer’s – 8 Interactors from HMS, 1 from DHS, 2 Rotarians plus family. We raised $400.

Kristina and Beth are leading the Interact Clubs at Draughn HS and Heritage Middle School. They have at one leadership meeting and one service project a month. For October, Paul Mears spoke at each club’s morning meeting. He talked about…

Kristina and Beth delivered 20 bags packed full of food (that we assembled at the Rotary Meeting on Tuesday, Oct 24). The food is from a shopping trip by Rotarians using grant money and donations of items from Rotarians and Interactors at…

World Polio Day – October 24 We did several things To promote awareness, handed out pins, stickers and brochures about Stop Polio Now to Rotarians and 2 Interact Clubs. Also provided 2 posters for each school to hang. Dr. Lafferty…

Jan Hollar and Kerri McFalls of the Blue Ridge Foundation and Ron Martin the Chairman of the Foundation Board presented the program. They shared the history of the Blue Ridge Healthcare Foundation. The Foundation began in 1991 as a way to…

New Location! New Menu! On Saturday, October 15, the Pancake Breakfast of a few flapjacks and 2 sausage links moved from Valdese Elem School for a location to East Valdese Baptist Church with Biscuits, Gravy, Eggs, Egg Casserole, Sausage, Bacon,…

As part of the district grant, we will be helping FUMC-Valdese with their Hygiene Closet and their Backpack Ministry. 3 Rotarians and 3 Interact Members sent shopping for the ministries and stocked their shelves.

Past Presidents in attendance: Behind wheel – Jute Ramsey 1950-1951 (4th club president), Seated – Louis W. Garrou 1952-1953 (6th president and charter member), left-right Chuck Moseley 1998-1999, 2007-2008, John P. Rostan, III 1973-1974, Keith Smith (1990-1991) (behind Jute), Pat Clark 1995-1996, Diana Spangler-Crawford 1997-1998 (a…

Thanks to publicity chair, Kristina Mercer, for submitting our news to the paper. This was on page 2 of Sunday’s paper.