Our meeting’s speaker was Blakely Roof, fellow Rotarian who is the President and CEO of the Horry County United Way. United Way is an organization all over the country with over 1000 branches. Horry County United Way is self-governed and all of the money raised stays in Horry County. The job gets done with five […]
Carolina Forest Rotary Finance Panel Last week, we enjoyed short presentations by our three financial/accounting professionals in our club – Michael Moss, Shamar Brown and Ann Marie Nicosia. Michael noted that he has most recently been a “business evaluation consultant”. Currently, he is pursuing a certification as a financial forensic consultant. He looks at businesses […]
On July 8th, the Rotary Club of Carolina Forest hosted the first official visit in the new Rotary year of District Governor Pauline Levesque. Pauline is a member of the Myrtle Beach Rotary Club and has been involved with Rotary for 33 years. The first half of her Rotary career was spent in Southington, Connecticut […]
Dr. Atiya Stokes-Brown, Vice President of Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion For the initial week of the new Rotary year, we welcomed Dr. Atiya Stokes-Brown, Vice President of Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion at Coastal Carolina University. Dr. Stokes-Brown spoke about the reality of racism in America. She noted that this civil protest is different as […]
2019-2020 District Governor Johnny Moore The club was joined in person by District Governor Johnny Moore. DG Johnny presented the District Public Image award for 2019-2020 in the form of a plaque, accepted by Carolina Forest Rotary Club (CFRC) member Brooke Vu and CFRC President TJ Egan. The club is also in the running […]
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 […]