The Walterboro Civitan Club held its January 9th meeting at Dukes Barbecue. The meeting was called to order by the ringing of the bell. After recitation of the Civitan Creed, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the Invocation, Civitan President, Kimber Santorella presented Certificates of Recognition with the first being to Tom McCarty, for his achieving status as a top Financial Professional in the State for 2023, while serving as an active Civitan for 9 years. The second Certificate of Recognition was given to John Burns for his giving of his time to helping others, especially those that are aged and unable to complete government forms such as income tax, etc.
The guest speaker was Karen Williams who gave a talk on hopes and goals for the city in her new role the Coordinator for the MAINSTREET project.
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 to I/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.
