Club Activities and Accomplishments in the past year.
Thanks to all our club members for being involved in our efforts. From our talk this morning I list below what you have done and accomplished this past year. Give President Molly the same great effort as you gave me. Thank you. Carey Hite
Review
05- 06 Activities and Accomplishments
We run and fund a number of Community projects
Okra Strutt – Okra Man –thanks to Jeff Baldwin and Si Amick
Okra Strutt – Ticket Sales – Thanks to Jason Brown and a host of other Rotarians
Adopt a Highway
Coordination with Blount Shepard for hosting, Jeff Baldwin and Lyn Campbell for being regulars, and to the Interact Club and to a host of other Rotarians – several successful outings
Harbison State Forest
Coordinator – Chris Joye. Thanks to Blount Shepard and numerous other Rotarians With Interact we built a trail in record time. We also donated $1100 to the project.
Dictionary project
We provided Dictionaries to local schools with help from the Interact Club – thanks to Molly Cousins, Harold Crawford, Larry Stohs and others
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Blue Blazers and Pants Suits project – donated over $1000 for project – Scholarship Awards - 2 $500 scholarships awarded.
All Star Banquet – Rotary funded this awards banquet and paid for the plaques
Rotary leadership award – was awarded at the above banquet
Earning your way Back project – rotary seed money was used to start this successful restitution project.
Adirondak chair project –bought equipment for construction of these chairs
Champion of Childrens Award – presented to member Joel Collins
Service Above Self project – bulletins for the Rotary Club of Lake Murray – Irmo – terrific success
Thanks to Joel Collins, Ginny Barr, Stacey Atkinson, Belinda McEachern
– and all Rotarians.
International Service
Jamaica Project – completion of funding of $5000 to be matched with another $5000 for Jamaica school and soccer field project – total value $10,000 – thanks to Ritchie Tidwell, Larry Stohs, Chris Joye,
Ambassadorial Scholarships – thanks to Rod Funderburk,
Youth Exchange and GSE thanks to Mike McClay and numerous other Rotarians.
Fundraising
Art Auction – great success thanks to Judy Johnson , and a host of others. Thanks to this we were able to raise money to support our numerous local and international projects.
GSE visit
Co-hosted the GSE Cruise on Lake Murray
Social gatherings
Fall Social at Inglewood Manor, and our Spring gathering was with the GSE cruise. thanks to Ray Hunt, Herb Harrison and a host of others
Dutch Fork High School
Interact Club Involvement – special thanks to Kelly Payne for her involvement. It’s a rare and wonderful event to have a teacher so involved and enthused with a high school club and Rotary. Our children, out Rotary and this community have benefited greatly from your efforts.
Scholarships Two $4000 scholarships were awarded, one to Ryan Baskins, the other to Chelsea Moses. They and their parents joined us for an awards ceremony at our Wednesday meeting. Thanks to Molly Cousins, Harold Crawford and other Rotarians for their help.
Teacher Recognition – we started out the year recognizing outstanding teachers in the area – thanks to John Adair and Nathan Ballentine
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