Rotarians like me who missed the email from Ann Hurst Tuesday evening telling us that we would be meeting in the Carolina Room of the Cinema found a white board on our meeting space telling us where to go. Nonetheless, when we found it, the coffee was hot, the food was delicious, the fellowship inviting, and the speaker informative. Debra Smith of Edisto United Way was there to talk about their Day of Caring 2007, Friday September 21st, kicking off the fundraising campaign for Calhoun and Orangeburg Counties. The United Way of the Midlands serves a region in which, according to statistics Debra shared with us, over 22,000 households live below the poverty level. They support charitable organizations that are no stranger to committed Rotarians: American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, Project Life: Positeen, Boys and Girls Club, among many other worthy causes. On the 21st, they are bringing Craig Melvin of WIS-TV to the Campus of South Carolina State University as a featured speaker for their day of caring (our own Howard Hill is also on the panel).
Interested in attending? Click here for more information.
Club Notes: We passed around sign up sheets for RIDDE and the Dictionary project. These are great projects to support our elementary schools, and they need your support. Please let Vernetta (dictionaries) or Wendell (RIDDE) know if you are interested, but missed your chance to sign up. . . As of 9/18, the GSE team was at their mid-tour break, at the Gallop Inn in Colesburg, South Africa, "home of the infamous Horse and Mill pub/restaurant." Check out their progress at http://www.gse7770safrica.blogspot.com/. Also, if you have not already done so, check out Bill Carter's photos of the GSE team at http://picasaweb.google.com/billcarter393. . .Congratulations to our newest Paul Harris Society Member, Beverly Gilmore.
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