Friends of the Forest – Lauren Oman Zuschlag Lauren hails from Greenville, Pennsylvania which is equidistant between Pittsburgh and Cleveland. She is an alumnus of Ithaca College and is a fundraiser for the Slippery Rock University (Pa.) Foundation. Lauren was a member of the Greenville Rotary Club before she and her husband (and Rotary member) […]
The Carolina Forest Rotary Club began the meeting by honoring our Coastal Carolina graduate, Lucia Zats. We also had a quick visit with Kim Causey-Gomez, Past President calling in from the Virgin Islands. President Terry noted that the Club had received the District Award for “Public Image”, for the second year in a row!! Our […]
The Carolina Forest Sunrise Rotary Club is so pleased to have achieved our goal of being awarded the Rotary District 7770 Public Image Award for the second year in a row! This would not have been possible without the strength of the Public Image Committee formed this year. With so many hands on deck, we […]
Friends of the Forest – Terry “TJ” Egan Terry is originally from Freeport, Illinois and spent much of his working life in Rockford, Illinois. He is a fundraiser and non-profit executive and a proud alumnus of Northern Illinois University – “the Huskies”. Terry attended this Division I school on a swimming scholarship! Joining Rotary in […]
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 […]