Ms. Smithson has participated in the Catawba Riversweep and has volunteered at the Clover Area Assistance Center and with the Special Olympics. “This leadership opportunity will help me to become a stronger leader. I hope to translate these skills both to my school and future careers,” said Ms. Smithson.

Chartered in 2010, the Rotary Club of Lake Wylie is a group of business owners, professionals and concerned citizens who seek to make a meaningful difference in both the local community and the world. The club unites with over 1.2 million members worldwide to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards and build peace and goodwill.

For more information on RYLA, visit the RYLA page on the Rotary District 7750 website or the Rotary International website. 

100% of proceeds will be donated by simply clicking on Camp Thunderbird on the scroll down menu.

www.wellsfargochampionship.com/ymca

More information on Camp Thunderbird can be found below:
http://www.campthunderbird.org/

Donors are automatically entered in a drawing for a $1,000 gift card!    Donors should eat iron-rich goods for 2 weeks before donating blood.  Drink plenty of water and avoid caffeine on the day of the blood drive.

Please email Mary Sieck at 55tbird@carolina.rr.com to schedule your appointment.

Help us promote this event with this flyer. 

During the club’s first blood drive in September of 2011, the club had 31 donors, exceeding our goal of 28.  Most importantly, they had 17 new donors who have never given blood before, and many others who had not given in over 10 years.

The scholarship will be awarded to a student who has exemplified exceptional commitment to community service through hours of volunteering and dedication to their chosen service organization/purpose.

Students should be nominated by an adult (not a peer or family member) who can attest to this student’s heart for service and dedication to their chosen outreach.  Once all nominations are received, the top 5 applicants will be invited to present a short (5-7 minute) information session to the Rotary club about their volunteer work and why they chose to commit their time and talents to these efforts.  A selection committee will then make their choice from these finalists.

You can download a nomination form below or obtain one in the church office at Good Samaritan United Methodist Church in Lake Wylie or the guidance department at Clover High School.

Applications must be received by April 20, 2012.  They can be dropped off at the church office or mailed to:

Scholarship Committee – Lake Wylie Rotary Club
Good Samaritan United Methodist Church
PO  Box 5082
5220 Crowders Cove Lane
Lake Wylie, SC 29710

Lake Wylie Rotary Club Foundation’s
“Spirit of Service Scholarship”
Nomination Form

Ladies learned about Spring Fashion, and were shown what to pack for a vacation to Italy. Five categories’ of CAbi were modeled;  It’s About time, included Girl time, Quiet Time, Play Time, Quality Time, In the Meantime, Summer Time, Spare Time, Over Time, Party Time, and All The Time.  Trends included  Flower Power, Mellow Yellow, Maxed Out, (maxi dresses) Ships Ahoy (Nautical), Patter Maker (patterned Jeans and Sweaters)  CAbi suggest to pushing the boundaries this spring in Happy Hues, Grab some metallic flats, and a rope-soled wedge!  Stock up on cuffs and wear then Wonder Woman style, (cause you’re a wonder, WOMAN!)  Neutrals expand your wardrobe and look great paired with pops of Limon or Geranium.  Layer on two Nailhead Belts-it’s so now!!!  CAbi Consultant was Alanna Sutton of Rock Hill.

Models were Dianne Murphy, Barbara Ford, Carol Freeman, Marco Vaughan, Nicki Elkins, and Christi Beard.

We would like to thank T-Bones and their fabulous owners and staff for helping us with the location, wonderful food, and fabulous service, our wonderful models, and Donna Tucker and Heather Catts, who used the Mary Kay line of cosmetics to enhance our models beauty,   and the many wonderful companies and individuals who donated prizes for the goody bags and the silent auction.  This list includes David McClure, Ameriprise Financial, Q2U Barbeque, Sweet Repeats, Donna Tucker, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Mary Sieck, Jan Westerman, Kara Westerman owner of Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken, CVS Pharmacy Lake Wylie, Margie Lane of Zumba with Margie, Allan Gregory Wealth Management, BB&T Lake Wylie.

Luis Espinosa, a Rotarian and the Branch Manager for the Lake Wylie BB&T, led the club’s poinsettia sales efforts. “As usual, our members pulled together and did an amazing job for a great cause. There are many in our community who are not as fortunate as we are, and it is good to be able to help make their Christmas a littler brighter. Lake Wylie Rotary Club President,

Chad Bordeaux, was excited by the clubs efforts and is looking forward to next years fundraiser. “We had a great first year effort. With the lessons learned, we should be able to greatly surpass our totals next year and help make Christmas brighter for even more children.”

York Place has served children, family and the community for over 160 years. Among the services it offers are residential treatment to children and adolescents with significant psychiatric illness and impairment in behavioral, cognitive, emotional, physical, familial, and social functioning and who are in need of intensive treatment in an out-of-home placement. York place is home to 36 children between the ages of 6 and 14. To find our more about York Place, you can visit their website at www.yorkplace.org.

The clubs latest loan was awarded to Ziporah Njeri who is a hardworking mother of three in Narok, Kenya who has been practicing mixed farming for over 5 years.  She plans to use part of the loan amount to buy farm inputs such as maize seeds and fertilizers and use the remainder to add more stock in her grocery business. She intends to use the additional income from the proceeds of this loan to buy cattle for fattening and to pay her children’s school fees.   She hopes to develop her business and to be financially stable in the future.

Prior to that, the club helped fund a  loan to Zeporah Geronimo, a mother of six in the Philippines.   Zeporah is a chicken farmer who will use the loan proceeds to buy feeds and medicines for her chickens. She is working tirelessly toward the attainment of her dream: to save enough money so she can afford to send her children to college.

Kiva empowers individuals to lend to an entrepreneur across the globe. By combining micro-finance with the internet, Kiva is creating a global community of people connected through lending.

Kiva was born of the following beliefs:

* People are by nature generous, and will help others if given the opportunity to do so in a transparent, accountable way.
* The poor are highly motivated and can be very successful when given an opportunity.
* By connecting people we can create relationships beyond financial transactions, and build a global community expressing support and encouragement of one another.

Kiva promotes:

* Dignity: Kiva encourages partnership relationships as opposed to benefactor relationships. Partnership relationships are characterized by mutual dignity and respect.
* Accountability: Loans encourage more accountability than donations where repayment is not expected.
* Transparency: The Kiva website is an open platform where communication can flow freely around the world

Past recipients of the clubs loans includes:

• Sodji from Agoe, Togo who used the proceeds to start a motorcycle taxi service.
• A group of livestock farmers from a village in Senegal.  The loan helped them buy sheep for fattening.
• Gladys Angelica Zelaya who owns a bakery in El Salvador.    She is using the money to enable her buy baking supplies wholesale so that she may provide her children with a better future
• Ruth Sungu is using the money to my maize to add to her stock.  The profits she makes will be used to pay the school fees for her children
• A group of farmers from the village of Vihear in Cambodia to buy fertilizer and other supplies to cultivate rice.

In its first promotion, the club is planning to donate $1 in gifts for every new “Like” that it gets on its Facebook page through December 21st ($250 limit).  All Facebook users have to do is go to the Lake Wylie Rotary Club page and click “Like”

In addition to their Facebook promotion,  the club is selling poinsettias.  The net proceeds from the sales will go to provide gifts for the children of York Place.

Small poinsettias costs $5 each and large poinsettias cost $15. Poinsettias can be purchased through any Rotarian or at the following Lake Wylie locations: BB&T, Watson Insurance, Bordeaux & Bordeaux, CPAs, Lake Wylie Family Chiropractic, K.A. Gregory Wealth Management and Kodiak Mini Storage.  Call Luis Espinosa at 704-999-8916 for more information about the poinsettia sale. Cash contributions to benefit the children in York Place also are welcome.

York Place has served children, family and the community for over 160 years.  Among the services it offers are residential treatment to children and adolescents with significant psychiatric illness and impairment in behavioral, cognitive, emotional, physical, familial, and social functioning and who are in need of intensive treatment in an out-of-home placement.  York place is home to 36 children between the ages of 6 and 14.    To find our more about York Place, you can visit their website at www.yorkplace.org.

Mark Sieck and Lisa Hooper with some of the turkeys that the Lake Wylie Rotary Club contributed to the Clover School Districts Backpack Program

One of the many programs that the Lake Wylie Rotary Club Supports is the Clover School Districts Backpack Program.  The Backpack program serves nutritious, supplemental food items, and essentials such as toothbrushes, and toothpaste in pre-made bags to 182 elementary and middle school students.  The backpack program helps to provide food to students throughout the year that may go hungry over the weekends and holidays if it were not for the backpacks provided.

The Lake Wylie Rotary Club recently sponsored the Thanksgiving turkeys for the backpack program where they supplied the holiday bird for more than 30 of the districts neediest students.

You can find the lastest updates on the backpack program on the Clover School Districts Announcements website.