Brandon Oates and Lakeya joined us from Shepherd’s Table in Conway, SC. The Carolina Forest Rotary Club has been regularly involved with Shepherd’s Table over the last few years, helping to serve an evening meal or two a month. Shepherd’s Table is a soup kitchen in Conway that is supported by a number of churches […]
Our guest speaker today was Sean Mazur, Executive Director of Community Kitchen of Myrtle Beach. Since the COVID-19 restrictions of March 16th, Community Kitchen has moved to an entire “TO GO” food program. They were seating 200 people for breakfast and lunch. Now CKMB has seen an uptick of about 10-15% for their breakfast […]
The full moon was setting as we began our Carolina Forest Rotary Club (CFRC) meeting. We had nineteen in attendance, including Carlos calling in for the first time to a ZOOM meeting. We were bolstered by two guests (Cathy and Wendy) from the Reedy River Rotary Club (near Greenville, SC) and former Carolina Forest Rotarian […]
It was a dark and stormy night when we began our second ZOOM Rotary meeting. But the sun rose and then there was “enlightenment” from our guest speaker, Dr. Jennifer Cilino-Folks. Jennifer was “ZOOMING” in from Galena, Illinois in the Northwest corner of that state. She is a clinical psychologist with a husband in law […]
The Rotary Club of Carolina Forest Sunrise met before sunrise on March 18th, via ZOOM video conferencing. Twelve members were in attendance in addition to District 7770 Governor Johnny Moore. District Governor Johnny Moore commended the club on increased membership, successful service projects, over 5400 meals served toward the “Million Meals” project, and CART fund donations. […]
Christine Mitchell, Executive Director of the Carolina Honduras Health Foundation (CHHF) was guest speaker Wednesday. CHHF is an organization based in Barnwell, SC and founded by Dr. Henry Gibson in the 1980s. They send sixteen – nineteen mission teams a year to Limon, Honduras to support two health clinics, twenty-four shelter beds, and community outreach […]
Our speaker this week was Jason Greene, Chair of the Technology Advancement Group (TAG) of the Grand Strand. Greene is also a Myrtle Beach Rotarian. The purpose of TAG is to nurture entrepreneurs to establish themselves in our region. This is part of an overall effort to diversify the economy. The group is working in […]
Our speaker this week was Myrtle Beach Rotarian, Kathy Jenkins. Kathy is the Executive Director of New Directions, the primary agency for the homeless in the greater Myrtle Beach area. In 2011, the City of Myrtle Beach decided that there needed to be more coordination of homeless services. New Directions was founded in 2013 and […]
Our speaker Wednesday was Michael King of King One Properties International. Michael spoke about a project to create a “safe house” for abused and battered women and their children. Many locals do not know that the CASA agency morphed some years ago into a homeless relief agency – New Directions. This is an important cause […]
This week we met Wade Marsh, owner of 180 Degree Fitness. Wade put us to work right away with some back stretching exercises. The certified personal trainer had 14 years in corporate wellness in the Richmond area before a layoff lead him to move here and start a business. Wade explained that you must “look at […]