Friends of the Forest – Ralph Jones Ralph Jones grew up in the Bronx in New York City. After a brief, unsuccessful stint at NY Institute of Technology, he was drafted and went into the Army for 3 years including one year in Vietnam. Upon returning he was recruited due to his basketball acumen […]
Our guest speaker Wednesday was George Buss of Freeport, Illinois. Buss has spent years portraying President Abraham Lincoln. He resembles Lincoln in height, weight and facial hair. Buss was also our very own TJ Egan’s high school teacher! “President Lincoln” filled our program with various historical elements about wrestling with the issue of slavery. […]
Friends of the Forest – Darla Domke Damonte Dr. Darla Domke Damonte grew up on a farm in rural Minnesota. She remembers her aunt and uncle traveling to Germany and this stimulated her interest in everything international. Her community also hosted a number of American Field Service exchange students, so that also gave her […]
Wednesday, June 3rd, was our first hybrid meeting with about half of the sixteen attendees and one guest, Jessica Dumas meeting at Legends Golf Resort and the other half on the ZOOM screen. Our speaker was Diana Greene, Chief of Administration for the Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce. Diana is also the Director of Leadership Grand […]
Our Wednesday, May 27th meeting was very well attended with visiting Rotarians and volleyball enthusiasts. Carolina Forest Rotary President-elect Lauren Zuschlag introduced guest speaker Sarah Sponcil, a national champion beach volleyball player. We had the coach of CCU volleyball at the meeting and some of the team’s players. Sarah is originally from Phoenix, Arizona and […]