The September 12th meeting of the Walterboro Civitan Club took place at Dukes Barbecue. The meeting was called to order by the ringing of the bell and after recitation of the Civitan Creed, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the Invocation the meeting commenced.
Civitan President Kimber Santorella was presented a certificate of appreciation from the American Legion by Mike Kuszsmaul of Post #93. The Lions Club donated funds to send 7 Boys to Boys State, 6 Girls to Girls State, and 1 to the Law Cadet Program. David Cherry, the Division Chair for Professional Studies at USC-Salkehatchie spoke briefly about the University and then introduced the speaker for the day Shelby Broomfield, the new Director of Leadership Studies for USC-Salkehatchie. Leadership Salkehatchie is an economic development leadership program offered by the University in partnership with the Southern Carolina Alliance.
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.
