Mike & Jennifer Coaxum

Mr. & Mrs. Mike Coaxum joyfully attending the 2007 Claflin Commencement. Mike is currently on leave and will be returning soon. Let's congratulate Mike and Jennifer and wish them a happy and successful future together.

Bill Carter

How to post to OMR Blogger

You may contact me at billcarter393@sc.rr.com for authorization to post or just email your articles to me and I will post them for you. If I have photos of the event I will add them.

I hope everyone would learn to use site and post their own articles.

05/09/2007 Speaker

The speaker for our May 9, 2007 meeting was Christine Wallace, Program Manager for Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Project with the Children’s Law Center of the USC School of Law. Ms. Wallace detailed that the DMC Project is designed to explore and create awareness that African-American teens disproportionately come in contact with law enforcement and juvenile justice agencies than do their Caucasian peers. The DMC Project’s goal is to disseminate factual information about this phenomenon and to work with local communities to address why this occurs. Ms. Wallace stated that although African-American youth make up only 38% of our state’s population, they account for 58% of all juvenile arrests, 60% of youth in detention and 69% of youth in correctional institutions. Alarming numbers! When looking in our own backyard of Orangeburg County, African-American youth are roughly 2.2 times more likely to be arrested than their Caucasian peers. Though seemingly high, this number is below the state average of 2.44. Ms. Wallace further indicated that one of the keys to preventing African-American involvement in the juvenile justice system was to have well-coordinated after school programs, such as The Boys & Girls Club, for youth to attend. As she stated, there is a high incidence of both poverty and single parent families in the African-American community, the after school programs play a big part in helping keep the youth in structured and nurturing environments.

As you know our own Club does support our local Boys & Girls Club and will continue to do so. Our very own George Bradley will be on the Board of the Boys & Girls Club and President-Elect Bill Carter has indicated he plans to make youth a priority for the coming Rotary year. Take time to think about what you and your business/organization can do to help with this issue.

Mike Dennis

2007 Rose Festival

A special thanks to all those who participated in the Turkey Leg Sales at the 2007 Orangeburg Festival of Roses. We are especially grateful to Mike Dennis and Brian Szakovits for faithfully being there from bell to bell to set up, cook and clean up both Saturday and Sunday.

Our club has become known throughout the community for these delicious smoked & grilled turkey legs. This fundraiser began under the leadership of Cathy Hughes, the club’s first President, and continues to be a mainstay of the Rotary Club of Orangeburg-Morning. For those of you who missed out this time, be sure you sign up early for the Taste of Orangeburg on October 28th. Bernice Tribble

Coaching the Rose Festival

 
The coach is back and coaching the Rose Festival

OMR Club Blogger Introduction

This is the beginning of the Club Blogger (Orangeburg Morning Rotary Blogger Site). The Club Blogger is tool for the Club communication. This is a quick and convenient way to post and receive information about club activities instead of the time consuming preparation of a newsletter. Any club member can request and received authorization to contribute to the Club blogger.

The Club blogger can be accessed from a link on the Club's website "Welcome" page.