The Charlotte Jewish News - August 2015 - Page 27
Maze! Tov & Congratulations
Cary Bernstein Recognized as One of Mecklenburg’s 50 Most
Influential Women
For seven years, The Mecklen
burg Times has seleeted the area’s
50 Most Influential Women. This
year, Cary Bernstein was ineluded
in the prestigious group.
Through Spay Neuter Char
lotte, the organization Bernstein
founded in 2010, she has made a
differenee in the lives of more
than 27,000 dogs and eats, and
saved thousands more of their po
tential offspring from the possibil
ity of death by euthanasia.
Bernstein deeided to start the
foundation after ehairing the
board of the Humane Soeiety of
Charlotte and learning the magni
tude of the problem of unwanted
or stray animals in the Charlotte
area. Spay Neuter Charlotte also
provides low-eost health eare for
pets whose owners ean’t afford a
private veterinarian.
The editors of The Mecklen
burg Times asked her what led her
to start Spay Neuter Charlotte and
when the program started. Bern
stein responded: “I founded Spay
Neuter Charlotte out of a eoneem
about how our eommunity treats
homeless dogs and eats. Until re-
eently, the City of Charlotte was
euthanizing 15,000 healthy dogs
and eats eaeh year beeause there
wasn’t enough room at the shel
ters to keep them. In addition to
inereasing pet adoptions, the most
effeetive way to address the prob
lem is providing affordable and
aeeessible spay-neuter serviees to
eontrol animal reproduetion. That
realization led me to found Spay
Neuter Charlotte, a non-profit or
ganization affiliated with the Hu
mane Allianee, one of the
preeminent spay-neuter programs
in the eountry. We have grown to
be a $1.2 million organization
with 25 employees. We have fixed
27.000 dogs and eats and pro
vided basie medieal eare to
10.000 patients. We have two
elinies, in NODA and in Pineville,
and are exploring the possibility
for a third in Mooresville.”
When asked what inspires her.
with every day.”
Bernstein was asked how she
defines “satisfaetion,” and she
said, “To me satisfaetion is the
tremendous amount of eonfidenee
I have in our staff, knowing that
every day we are providing exem
plary medieal serviees and eus-
tomer eare to our patients and
elients while at the same time
making a true impaet on the num
ber of homeless animals in our
eommunity.”
Bernstein’s responses reprinted
with permission from The Meck
lenburg Times.^
Cary Bernstein (photo courtesy
Spay Neuter Charlotte)
she answered: “I am fortunate to
have had the opportunity to make
a real differenee in animal wel
fare, an issue of great importanee
to me and this eommunity. I love
what I do and know how fortunate
I am to have the opportunity to
work every day for a eause that I
believe in. My greatest inspira
tions are the amazing elients we
serve and the amazing staff I work
Charlotte’s Adam Flitton Competing for
World Beauty Fashion and Fitness Title
By Beth Cherryman
A 28-year-old man originally
from Carpenders Park eompeted
for the World Beauty Fashion and
Fitness title in the 02 London.
Adam Flitton, a former pupil of
Frithwood Sehool in Northwood,
took up eheerleading when his
family moved to Charlotte, NC, in
1992 and reeeived seholarships
for eollege due to his sueeess.
Mum Cherie, 56, said her son
often gets mistaken for Channing
Tatum when he’s out and about.
She said: “He’s done a lot of
eompetitions in Ameriea, but he
finds it hard to get to the top be
eause some eompetitors used
steroids.
“He’s very dedieated and he
perseveres.
“We moved to Ameriea when
he was five. He never would have
done eheerleading in England, but
he eompeted in World Team
Ameriea.
“Even now he works in the
sehool system teaehing ehildren
gymnasties.
“He’s got a good ehanee in this
eompetition, he reeently got first
plaee at a similar eompetition in
the States.”
The Flittons moved aeross the
pond in the early 90s after Adam’s
dad John, now 61, a jewelery en
graver, aeeepted a job in Char
lotte.
Adam, who hopes the eompeti
tion will help his modelling ea-
reer, will take part in other World
Beauty Fashion and Fitness in Las
Vegas and New York.
The 28-year-old has given spe-
eial adviee to Cherie to help her
slim down.
Cherie said: “I’ve lost more
than 67 pounds through Adam
helping me with my meal plans
and him making me an exereise
program for the gym.
“With his help I hope to eon-
tinue this year and lose another 50
pounds.”
Adam eame in 10th out of 40
and is returning to London in No
vember for the WBFF Pro Am
eompetition.
The Flittons are members of
the LJCC, where Adam works in
the fitness eenter, and are mem
bers of Temple Beth El. ^
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2015
11:00 ann -12:00 pnn
WEINBERG CENTER
at the Levine Jewish Community Center
Learn about the Charlotte Jewish Community
while meeting new friends!
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HADASSAH