The Walterboro Civitan Club held its March 26th 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 included a presentation from Jessica Lairson, Coordinator of Exceptional Learning for Colleton County School District. Lairson spoke about the Special Olympics and expressed gratitude to the club for its financial support. The Special Olympics was held April 3rd at Colleton County High School, with the Civitans helping with the event. This was the first appearance of the new Civitan Tent. This is the first time in a number of years that the Special Olympics has been held in Colleton County.
Herman Hoffman updated the group on the status of the World’s Largest Pot of Rice project for the upcoming Rice Festival. The hut the group uses for sale is being repaired and will be ready for the event.
Amanda Hearndon and Jenny Hiott spoke about In-His-Name Colleton and gave an update on the organization and the activities the group is working on. The Civitans voted to give $500 dollars to the organization.
Blue Benton, the new Co-Owner of Consignment Envy, donated several Hanging Baskets donated several hanging baskets that were donated to be given to speakers that presented to the group.
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.
