The Walterboro Civitan Club held its September 10th 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 inducted a new member into the club, with the group welcoming Neely Loring to the club. County Councilman Bubba Trippe spoke to the group and gave a county update. Trippe took questions from the members.
The Civitans awarded this year’s scholarships were announced at the meeting. Two scholarships were awarded: Jeremiah Howell, accepting the David Williamson Memorial Scholarship, and Christopher Mock, accepting the Alvin Weissenstein Memorial Scholarship. Both students will be attending USC Salkehatchie. The Civitans raise money during the year to support the scholarships, with the Rice Festival “World’s Biggest Pot of Rice” being one of the major fundraisers.
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.
