The Walterboro Civitan Club held its February 12th 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 honored local clergy. It began with the reading of a proclamation from the City of Walterboro, read at the meeting by Joseph Siegel who represented City Council at the meeting. The Mayor and Mayor Pro-Temp were unable to attend the meeting. Members then had the annual reading of the story and recognition of the 4 Chaplin’s who died during the sinking of the SS Dorchester on February 3, 1943. Rev. Craig Crosby, of Refuge Church, was the guest speaker at the meeting. Clergy from around the county were invited to attend.
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.
