MHA Dinner Program – November 18, 2024

Our November Dinner (open to all historians and interested parties) and Annual Members Meeting (before the program) will be held November 18th at 6:30 at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 3115 Providence Road.

Dinner will be catered from Olive Garden including choice of pasta bar entrée, their signature salad and breadsticks, choice of beverage and dessert.  If you would like to purchase meals, please see below.

The business meeting will begin promptly at 7:15 after the dinner. (If you are a member in good standing, please come as will be voting to make some updates to the By-Laws and we will be electing new Board Members).

Our presentation will be a workshop with local author, Carol Baldwin. Join us for an evening of discovering something new about your history. Bring an old family photograph, a souvenir, or a special item passed from generation to generation. More than just preserving physical artifacts, we should practice preserving the context of our artifacts. Come ready to play a game, explore, and have fun!

Carol’s forthcoming debut novel, Half-Truths, takes place in Charlotte in 1950 and is coming out on April 2, 2025. She is happy to be a new member of the Mecklenburg Historical Association and can’t wait for you to discover the secrets buried in her book.

Carol’s Bio:
Before turning to writing for children, Carol Baldwin published Friendship Counseling: Biblical Foundations for Helping Others and Teaching the Story: Fiction Writing in Grades 4-8. Carol enjoys teaching writing and has presented at many educators and writing conferences. She has published widely in newspapers and magazines and co-publishes Talking Story, a newsletter for educators and media specialists. She coordinated a Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators critique group for over 20 years, manages the Write2Ignite blog, is a volunteer publicist for Monarch Educational Services, and blogs about writing and books. The three G’s in her life are grandchildren, golfing, and gardening. Her debut young adult novel, Half-Truths,  is coming out in April 2025 from Monarch. She is also working on a middle-grade historical novel, Out of the Flame, and a graphic novel, Nightmare in Nuremberg.
 
Meals will stop selling online at Noon Eastern on Sunday, November 17.