The Walterboro Civitan Club held its March 28th meeting at Dukes Barbecue. The meeting was called to order by Civitan President, Kimber Santorella by ringing of the bell, recitation of the Civitan Creed, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the Invocation. Santorella returned to the club after a few months and was honored for the Love and Gift of Family.
Donald Davis reported that the group donated $1625 worth of scholarships to USC-Salkehatchie Students and the Civitans will contribute a sponsorship to the Beaufort Harbourmasters Spring Concert “Joy in Song”on May 5th at Bethel United Methodist Church. The group discussed the upcoming Rice Festival where the Civitans always present the World Largest Pot of Rice. The speaker for the day was local lawyer “Duke” Buckner.
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.
