The Civitan
Club of Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
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The Civitan Club of Salisbury was chartered on August 15th
1922;
the 80th club to charter in Civitan
International.
We are the home club of the 1974 International
President MM (Chub) Richards,
and 5 past Governors, including 2000 District
Governor C. Wayne Mullis.
The list of Presidents contains some of the most prominent names
in the
county over the last 87 years. (See Page 6).
The club
meets almost every Thursday, from 12:00pm to 1:30pm at the Country Club of
Salisbury, Club Drive, Salisbury, North Carolina.
Lunch is
buffet style, available from 12:00pm to 12:45pm.
Meetings are called to
order at about 12:45pm, and guest speakers
have from about 1:00pm to 1:25pm to speak, allowing a further 5minutes for questions.
Meetings must end by 1:30pm.
If you are interested in speaking to the club, e-mail
Len@LenClark.com
You may also contact us by snail mail :- Civitan Club of Salisbury, P.O. Box 171,
Salisbury, NC 28145
1999 President
Dick Williams
(r)
presenting Civitan Bears
to the Salisbury
Police Chief.
Salisbury NC is 20 miles from Statesville (Highway 70 West).
It takes
50 minutes to reach central Charlotte
(45 miles on I-85 South), (traffic jams
permitting)
or Greensboro (50 miles on I-85 North),
& about 45 minutes to get to Winston Salem. (Highway
52 North)
It's less than 2 hours to Chapel Hill, Boone, Spartanburg SC, or Danville
Va.
Rowan County population is approx 128,000, of which 27,000 live in the County Seat of Salisbury.
Rowan County is 520 square miles, of which the City of Salisbury is 18 square miles.
Rowan Gross Retail sales est.
$1,250,000,000, of which Salisbury sells $670,000,000
Officers for the year 2008 / 2009 (10/1/08-9/30/09)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS:
President, Chairman of the Board: Steve Clark
President Elect, Mark Beymer
Immediate Past President Andy Jeter
Vice President,
Secretary, Bill Adams
Treasurer, Andy Storey
Comment Editor, Frank Goodnight
Chaplain, Dr Norman Sloop
Education, Curtis Montgomery
Sgt. at Arms, Gene Wall
DIRECTORS 2007/2009
Wayne Haworth, Rodney Queen, Dick Smith, Scott Whittington
DIRECTORS 2008/2010
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Our
club has 119 members
International Convention
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Major Projects, and Fund Raisers
Our major fund raisers are our Spaghetti Feast, which involves about 75 of our 110 members, who cook for 3 days to serve 2,500 customers for Lunch and Dinner about the first Friday in May each year. We serve Spaghetti with our own secret meat sauce recipe, salad, bread, drink, and dessert for 7 bucks. Of course we scrounge most of the ingredients for free or near free.
And
our Golf Classic, now in its 32nd year. Our goal is $12,000 net profit.
Limited to the first 144 players. Most of our profit comes from
sponsorships.
We award nine scholarships per year totaling over $12,000.
1) The Michael Yang Memorial Civitan Scholarship, to a Senior at West Rowan High.
2) The Mort Lerner Memorial Civitan Scholarship, to a Senior at Salisbury High.
3) The Clifford
Peeler Humanitarian
Scholarship, presented to a senior
at either Salisbury, North, West, or North Hills Christian,
High Schools.
4) & 5)
The Dr. Walter Low Tatum
Scholarships in Nursing, presented
to two Nursing Students at Rowan Cabarrus Community
College
6) The Dr.
Jack Knox
Scholarship in Education, to an Education Major
at Livingstone College
7) The John Nelson Haden Scholarship in Music, to a Music Major at Catawba College.
8) The Reverend
Milton B Faust Scholarship
in Education, presented
to a student in the Teacher Education Program at Catawba
College
9) In addition, our club initiated
an endowed scholarship to honor club member
Marion M. (Chub) Richards,
at Catawba College. It is presented each year to an outstanding student.
Clergy Appreciation
Day is in February, we welcome about 20 members of the clergy.
Scholarship
Day is in March
Good
Samaritan Award is presented in April.
Senior
Civitan Day is in April, we have 20 members with 25 or more years in the club.
The
Cliff Peeler High School Baseball Classic is sponsored in April
Teacher
Appreciation Day is the first week in May.
The
Curtis Hero
Award, presented annually on our club's birthday to an heroic citizen(s) in our
community.
Provide over 40
volunteers for Special Olympics
each Spring
Sponsor
Junior Civitan Clubs at Salisbury and West Rowan High Schools
Present
Eight "Jack Knox" Good Citizenship Awards to Middle School
recipients.
Support the A.R.C.,
The
Boys and Girls Home,
The Nazareth Children's
Home,
Shakers'
Dance,
Duke
Research Center,
The Civitan
International Research Center in Alabama,
Civisaurus
(1st Grade books),
Sponsor the Civitan
Rowan County Boy Scouts Show,
We
also respond and support another 10 - 20 needs per year in Rowan County, North
Carolina, or Nationally....
previous projects include :- the collection of tons of furniture for the Battered Women's Shelter / Teddy Bears in Police Cars / Godstock, / Rowan
Regional Medical Center's Pediatrics Wing:
Click the photos for a much larger and clearer view.
Filling Candy Boxes Eric's
Fish Marcus' Fish The Bridge on
The Greenway
Scenes from The Special Olympics in
2000. 47 members turned out to help
2001 was also well supported, but pouring rain dampened the photographer's
enthusiasm.
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