Arlene Arciero (left) receives the Kiwanian of the Year award from outgoing president John Miner.

Arciero named Kiwanian of the Year

Lake Norman Kiwanis Club recently installed Jeff Moody as its 2009-10 president.

In a banquet at the Aquesta Bank Community Room in Cornelius, the service organization also swore in other officers, heard from outgoing president John P. Miner, and honored board member Arlene Arciero as its 2008-9 Kiwanian of the Year.

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Crop Walkers make their way through Charlotte's Belmont neighborhood. More photos below. (Graham Merrifield photo)

Fifty youth from of Davidson College Presbyterian Church (DCPC) joined the 31st annual Charlotte CROP Walk Sunday, Oct.4, raising more than $2,500 through fund-raising and a special offering after Sunday’s services. Read the full story

Davidson Elementary Tigers on the Prowl program founders Lynn Hennighausen and Walter Rabb had plenty to smile about at Friday's kickoff event.

School calendars are now in full swing, and ours is bursting with events – from the McKinney Academy Golf Tournament to the Woodlawn School Family Fun fundraiser to the North Meck horticultural club pansy sale and the Bailey Middle community blood drive.  Whew!

Besides our monthly calendar, we have news this week of a special honor for Davidson IB math teacher Cameron Swallow, the  IB students named Samaritan’s Feet ambassadors, times for local school board candidate forums, and news of AP scholars at Woodlawn.

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A “Jail & Bail” fund-raiser for a scholarship fund will bring dozens of NASCAR personalities and their fans to the Brickhouse Tavern in Davidson next week. Meanwhile, this week’s schedule has fund-raisers for a variety of organizations, including Davidson United Methodist Church missions, Autism Speaks, Care, ALS research, United Family Services and McKinney Academy.

Tonight (Wednesday), the Davidson College Symphony performs the first of a planned series of “Concerts for a Cause,” this time for the Hole in the Wall Gang camps. And Thursday, the newly opened Sanctuary Gallery on Main Street hosts a grand-opening with a silent auction fund-raiser for Davidson-Cornelius Day Care. Read the full story

By MICHELE MILLER HOUCK
DavidsonNews.net

Fifty-five Girl Scout troops from the Mecklenburg 1 Service Unit of the Hornet’s Nest Council fanned across North Mecklenburg on Saturday, Oct. 3, and collected 15,483 pounds of food for the Loaves & Fishes food pantry. The total represents almost a ton more than last year, the first year of the food drive. Read the full story

Public radio station WFAE-FM will host a “Public Conversations” forum tonight in Charlotte that will look at ideas for meeting the needs of area nonprofit organizations. It’s part of Charlotte Mission Possible, a media collaboration whose partners include DavidsonNews.net, WFAE, and other local media outlets. More information below … Read the full story

Davidson-Cornelius Day Care officials said Friday they’ve reached their goal of raising $64,000 in emergency funds to give the financially troubled center time to come up with a new business plan. Read the full story

Youth volunteers unloaded pumpkins for Davidson United Methodist Church's Pumpkin Patch fund-raiser Wednesday. More photos below. (David Boraks photo)

A couple of dozen youth volunteers helped unload hundreds of pumpkins Wednesday at the McKay Youth House at Davidson United Methodist Church, on South Main Street. The Pumpkin Patch is a fall tradition at the church, raising money for church missions. It opened Read the full story