The Walterboro Civitan Club held its June 25th meeting at Dukes Barbecue. The meeting was called to order by the ringing of the bell by Civitan Vice-President, Lynn Stroble.
This month’s meeting included a brief update on the upcoming 70th year anniversary of the Walterboro Civitan Club in October. This month’s guest speaker was Probate Judge Seth Utsey who gave a brief discussion about the duties of the local Probate office. He talked about the ends and outs, especially when it came to wills and how the local Probate office could assist the public. Judge Utsey took from the club members.
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.
