Rotary Club of Catawba Valley

November 1st 2008 Honor Air Flight Update

November 1st 2008 Flight Update (Departing from Asheville Airport)

The selection for our 6 Sponsored Veterans (Catawba Valley Rotary) from Catawba County and 2 Guardians has been made. If you are a Veteran who is selected you should have received an information packet to fill out in the mail by now. There will be aPre-Flight training and information session on October 18th that is manditory for all Hickory-area particpants in the November 1st Honor Air Flight. The Pre-Flight session will be held at Viewmont Baptist Church in Hickory (Vets arrive at 10am, Guardians at 8:30 and Session Volunteers at 7:45am), we should be finished by noon.

For the November 1st Flight, it will depart from the Asheville Airport. Selected Veterans are asked to arrive no later than 7:30am at the Asheville Airport. It will be the responsibility of our club to provide transportation (there and back) for our selected Veterans. The flight should return back around 7:15pm back to Asheville.

More at Four Classroom Sponsorship

I was pleased to attend the Champions for Education breakfast on Wednesday on behalf of our club. I thought maybe I would be the only person there from our group but quickly realized the strong presence of our club members and their support for education in Catawba County. At the meeting our club was recognized for its commitment to the More at Four program for the next 3 years with proceeds coming from our Annual Charity Auction. The new More at Four Classrooms will be at Balls Creek Elementary School. This program and classrooms will work to ensure more students are ready for school when they start Kindergarten, ready to learn. We feel that this investment in our community will contue to pay dividends well into the future and is very worthwhile. Our club decided to support this worthy project as we are sure it will improve the quality of life for all of those who live in our community but especially the children who are able to participate in the program.

I thank you as members of the RC of Catawba Valley and for supporting our board in approving this program sponsorship.

Photos from Champions of Education Breakfast

David Roterts of the RC of Catawba Valley