The Walterboro Civitan Club held its September 24th meeting at Dukes Barbecue. The meeting was called to order by the ringing of the bell by Civitan President, Tom Whitacre. This month’s meeting heard a presentation from Amanda Hearndon, Executive Director of In His Name-Colleton. Herndon spoke about the organization that was formed in 2013 to support the homeless, impoverished, and displaced of Colleton County. The 501(c3) organization just opened a food pantry in its new location at 1013 South Jefferies Boulevard. Herndon will also participate in the national Conversation of a Bench broadcast beginning October 8 at 3 p.m. With more than 30,000 members worldwide, Civitan International is a global organization dedicated to serving the local communities of its members. Using the structure of building local clubs, Civitan equips its members to address local needs with local solutions. Civitan is the only service organization dedicated to serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). This long-standing focus began as a local project in Baltimore in the 1940s when Civitan began funding specialized teachers in schools. In 1956, Civitan membership unanimously adopted service toI/DD as the major project focus of the international organization. Today, Civitan supports the Civitan International Research Center in Birmingham, Alabama, where more than 100 researchers work on diseases that impact the lives of 1 in 6 people worldwide.
