The Walterboro Civitan Club held its May 28th 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 featured Bob Tiegs and Scott Karal from the Colleton County Veterans Council. They updated the group on the progress on the veterans’ park being constructed at the Lowcountry Airport. Construction is well underway with flagpoles being installed and concrete work ready for the commemorative bricks to be put in place. Bricks are still available at the entryway as the first wave of bricks will be ordered by August. Future bricks will be located around the parameter of the park. Order forms are available online or at The Press and Standard office.
The Civitans featured speaker was Walterboro Fire Chief Paul Seigler who spoke about the department’s its history, forming in 1869 with the first new fire truck being bought in 1930, is now with a staff of 14 and 3 stations operating. Chief Seigler also took questions about the department and new technology.
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.
