Wednesday May 31st

Last Meeting
May 31, 2006
Reporter – Jason Brown
President Carey called the meeting to order and Jim Jeffers led the invocation. John Hansen introduced our visitors and Lyman Whitehead delivered his usual jokes for Health and Happiness.
President Carey reminded us that our club will be moving to D's Restaurant effective June 7th. Skey Caskey reminded us about the Lake Murray-Irmo Rotary Fishing Classic coming up June 17th-18th. Ben Herritage reminded us about the Annual Golf Tournament being held on July 24th and informed those members on the Tournament Committee that they would be getting their assignments soon via email.
Molly Cousins introduced our guest speaker, Tamera Lank of Blue Star Mothers of SC. The mission of Blue Star Mothers is to perpetuate the memory of all the men and women who have served our country as members of the Armed Forces. More than 1 million soldiers have sacrificed their lives for our country. Objectives of this organization are patriotic, educational, social, and for service; to maintain true allegiance to the government of the United States; to educate our members and others not to divulge military, naval, or other government information; to assist in veterans' ceremonies, to attend patriotic rallies and meetings; to foster true democracy; to care for the unsupported mothers who gave their sons to the service of the Nation; to aid in bringing about recognition of the need of permanent civilian defense for each community and to ever be alert against invasion of un-American activities; to uphold the American institutions of freedom, justice, and equal rights, and to defend the United States from all enemies.
Blue Star Mothers of SC is currently working on the following projects: Yellow Ribbon Campaign, AT&T Phone Cards, Back Packs for Iraq, Operation Home Front, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Desert Child, American Red Cross, Cards and Letters to Troops, Operation Shoe Box and Gold Star Banners.
Tamera shared that her son is on his second tour of duty in the war in Iraq and had just returned there to fight for our country after spending two weeks at home with his family. Her son reported that moral among the troops is good. If you would like more information on this Blue Star Mothers of SC, or would like to participate in any of their programs you can visit their website at www.bluestarfamilies.com or e-mail them at info@bluestarfamilies.com.
The meeting closed with Happy Dollars from several happy Rotarians.