GENERAL MEETING: Tuesday, March 25, 2014
General
Meetings are a time to welcome visitors, hear guest speakers and discuss club
business. All residents of Greater Winston-Salem are invited to join us.
General Meetings are held at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1416 Bolton Street
(just off Silas Creek Parkway via the Bolton Street exit) at 10AM on the fourth
Tuesday of each month, except August and December.
Presenter: Clyde Fitzgerald, Executive Director of Second Harvest Food Bank
of Northwest North Carolina.
Second
Harvest Food Bank is the premier hunger relief organization in its 18-county
service area and is part of Feeding America’s national network of food banks.
Clyde has been involved with Second Harvest Food Bank since its founding in
1982. For over 26 years he served the organization as board member, fundraiser,
community advocate, and – for three separate terms – as board chair. He assumed
his current position with Second Harvest Food Bank in October 2008. Clyde is also
a retired senior executive of RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company where he enjoyed a
long and successful career.
Clyde has a long history of
community service and leadership with a variety of organizations. He has served
on the boards of Prodigals Community, a drug and alcohol recovery program, and
the North Carolina Stroke Association. He’s in his 26th year as a board member
of Piedmont Opera where he has served three different terms as board chair.
Clyde has also served as a trustee of Salem Academy and College, the Arts
Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, the Winston-Salem Chamber of
Commerce and the United Way of Forsyth County. He has been an active member of
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church for 42 years.
Clyde
has been an active Rotarian in Puerto Rico, Canada and in Winston-Salem where
he’s currently a member of the Downtown Rotary Club. Clyde was honored by
Rotary International by being named a Paul Harris Fellow for his extensive
community service activities. He is an honor graduate of the University of
Georgia and a Vietnam-Era veteran of the US Air Force.
Clyde
and Carol, his wife of more than 48 years, have three grown children and five
grandchildren.
CALENDAR
OF EVENTS: March 2014
Please RSVP for all events. Non-members who wish to attend
one of our events should contact Dolores Rider, Membership Coordinator, for
additional information at 336-245-8406 or doloresrider60@gmail.com.
EVENING CARDS – Wednesday, March 5, at 7PM.
“CASINO NIGHT” SOCIAL – Saturday, March 8, at 7PM.
BOARD MEETING – Tuesday, March 11,
at 10AM.
BRIDGE – Thursday, March 13, at 12:30PM.
LUNCH GROUP – Thursday, March 20, at 11:30AM.
GALLERY GROUP – Friday, March 21, at 11:30AM.
BRIDGE “LITE” – Wednesday, March 26, at 1PM.
DAY CARDS – Thursday, March 27, at 1PM.
