Greetings from just West of the Capitol! I’m looking forward to our FAMOUSLY HOT SOUTH CAROLINA DISTICT CONVENTION August 26-28. THANK YOU, EACH OF YOU, FOR BEING AN INTREGAL PART OF YOUR COM-MUNITIES! Thank you for your services and contributions to your communities. Thank you for your small projects and your large projects. Thank you for your small fund-raisers and your large fundraisers! Thank You for your Club Building efforts and successes! The first words of our creed are “I AM CIVITAN…” THANK YOU FOR BEING CIVITAN! Thank you for being South Carolina Civi-tan!

“MY EYES Search for others to join in the fellowship and service of Civitan.” Greenville Club sponsored the new Mauldin Civitan Club, Charter date May 30, 2016. As Governor, few Civi-tan events are as satisfying as presenting the Charter to a new Civitan Club. A new Civitan Club means there is an organized group of Citi- zens, with hearts and goals, to make their community a better place by providing Fel- lowship and Ser-vice to the Developmental- ly Challenged, as well as, to others Less For- tunate.

THANK YOU Greenville Civitan Club! Thank You Club Builders: Belita Broadus, Lura

Boggs, Anna Smith, and Sam Bennett! And, Thank You to Mike Taylor, our effervescent South

Carolina Field Director for Development!

Please make every meeting a recruiting meeting through Septem-ber, 2016. Let’s finish our year with plus existing club membership.

Ask someone to your upcoming club meeting.

Congratulations to our clubs that have already earned HONOR CLUB in 2015-16. YOUR club may be on the verge of Honor Club. Most clubs complete enough projects and social events to qualify and don’t turn in the form. Please take another look at the Honor Club form, fill in what you have already completed. Then schedule the remaining things happen during the next two months. Please call me if you need help.

Please Welcome Civitan International President, Debbie Juhlke, and First Gentleman, Tim Juhlke, to our SC Convention, August 26-28, 2016. When they are not traveling, Debbie and Tim make their home in Round Rock, Tex-as. Debbie is a most generous and caring per-son. As you can see, she has won many awards during her 30+ years as Civitan. It is the obser-vation of many, that her “unknown” generosity out-weighs the “noticed.” Debbie is also a Reg-

Governor’s Message 1-4

SC Convention Agenda 5-6

Chaplain’s Corner 7

SC District Meeting: 5/14 8-9

Scholarship Winners! 9

Civitan Convention 2015-6 10

Region 2 Director Notes 11

Burgers & Bluegrass Event 12

CI 100th Anniversary Regis-

tration Special for 2017

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Columbia Contributions 13

Lancaster’s Stuff the Bus 13

2015-6 Awards Notice 14

Useful Web Links 14

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istered Nurse, a Licensed Social Worker, and presently serves as Human Resource Director in Tim’s com-pany, Exfluor Research Corporation. President Juhlke will be installing our 2016-2017 Officers and giving us her vision from Civitan International. Please introduce yourself to Debbie and Tim. Make lasting friends.

WE ARE PLANNING AN UPBEAT DISTRICT CONVENTION WITH A SURPRISE OR TWO!

ALSO, Jen Thompson, Executive Director of Lighthouse for Life, will be guest speaker on Saturday Morn-ing. We set a goal of 85 people for our FAMOUSLY HOT 2016 Convention and Awards Banquet.

TWO IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS were passed during the 2016 Civitan International Convention in Norfolk, Virginia:

International Dues will be increased by $1.00 per month. This amounts to $12.00 per year or $3.00 per quarter. Effective October 1st 2016.

The Civitan Magazine will be available only on line. Club Secretary, or appointee of your Club Presi-dent, will print a copy to members who do not have Internet. On-line Civitan will open additional op-portunities as internet links will be provided to further expand your interest and knowledge

KENDYL MASSEY was elected as our President-elect for 2016-17, and Lana Suggs ran unopposed for Region II Director. Kendyl and Lana were with us during our May 14th District Meeting.

RESTORATION FUND....We will bring a motion before YOU, the South Carolina Convention, to approve a District Donation of $2,500. to the Civitan International Headquarters Building Restoration Fund. Over-all, the FUND is doing well. As of July 26, the goal is $500,000. $2500. will get South Carolina’s name on the door.

2014-15 Civitan International Award Honorees in SC District

Outstanding Club Website

Club President/Webmaster District

Third Place Greenville Samuel Bennett/Linda F. Neely South Carolina

Outstanding Club Newsletter

Club President/Editor District

Second Place Greenville Samuel Bennett/Linda F. Neely South Carolina

Outstanding District Newsletter

District Governor/Editor Bulletin Name

Second Place South Carolina

Dr. Misty Konow/ Frank DeLustro Palmetto Civigram

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Governor’s Message Cont’d

If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done…...Keep on sowing your seed, for you never know which will grow–

perhaps it all will.

Ecclesiastes 11:4, 6

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Civitan’s Centennial Celebration is Saturday, June 24 through Tuesday, June 27 2017, Shera-ton Birmingham Downtown Hotel • Birmingham, Alabama. This will be the first time ever that Junior Civi-tan International Convention will overlap with senior Convention. Register by November 16, 2016 for $100.00, after $160.00 at civitan.org

There will be tours of the newly renovated Civitan International Headquarters and trips to the Civitan Inter-national Research Center, including the new Neurological Imaging Center. Register by November 15 ----Make Dr. Stropeshire proud. Come Celebrate 100 years with your fellow Civitans in the Magic City!

EVERY NEW CLUB that is Chartered, starting July 19, 2016, will have the Centennial Logo Banner, Char-ter, and Charter Membership Certificates.

Right now, we have 3 possibly 4 clubs to begin Organizational Meetings in August: Easley (Rolling Hills), YP Spartanburg, Blythewood and Lexington. Also, Winthrop Campus Club Charter is possible in Septem-ber. The 2016-17 International Civitan goal is 100 new clubs in 100th Civitan Year.

Please put a club-building team together and build a new club now. We have the tools to train and help you and the common sense to stay out of your way when you are succeeding. Make South Carolina shine!

“Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.”

Congratulations to the Greater Charleston Civitan Club who was very recently awarded a $5000.00 grant from AT&T for their work with the Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester Counties’ disability boards! Pres-ident Virginia Moore is a member of the telephone Pioneers. Way to GO!! Greater Charleston!

Junior Civitan is Civitan International’s Oldest and a Most Successful Project. Traditionally, South Carolina has the largest number and most award-winning Junior Civitans. For the past three years, South Carolina District sponsored, and Myrtle Beach Civitan Clubs hosted, the Annual Junior Civitan International Dance-a-thon. Another Thank You to Robin Vreeland, James McIlrath, Kirby Hood, Dennis Hubbell, Sevi Rindaris, Paul Yurkin, and the entire Myrtle Beach Club, for making Dance-a-thon 2016 a record success. We all look forward to seeing our SC Junior Civitans at Convention in August. Thank You! Richard Gay and Betsy Nunnery, for over 25 years of Unrelenting and Dedicated Service to

Candy Box President's Award Recipients

Medium Clubs

Greenville, South Carolina $ 4,377.46 third place

Small Clubs

Columbia, South Carolina $ 4,557.3 third place

Quality Achievement District 2014-15: South Carolina Distinguished Governor: Dr. Misty Konow

Governor’s Message Cont’d

South Carolina Junior Civitans. Thank You! Lura Boggs for serving additional duty as International Board Junior Civitan Liaison during your tenue on our International Board of Directors. Stropeshire Scholarships are $1,000.00 scholarships awarded every year by the Civitan Interna-tional Foundation. An applicant must be a Civitan, Junior Civitan, or Campus Civitan, for at least 2 years, to apply. Application must be submitted through a senior Civitan club, and applicant is interviewed by a designated member of the sponsoring senior club. There were 16 Stropeshire Scholarships awarded in the 2014-15 Civitan year. South Carolina Clubs sponsored almost one third (5) of the Scholarships.

Rock Hill Civitan Club sponsored Zachary Catoe, Nicole Hageman, and Jennifer Self. Dutch Fork Civitan Club sponsored Olivia Reszcynski. Greenville Civitan Club sponsored Lauren Tompkins. Dilon Patel (Lancaster, SC) International Board Member and International Junior Civitan Dance-a-thon Chairperson named Junior Civitan Male of the Y ear.

Time is NOW to sign up for the FAMOUSLY HOT South Carolina District Convention August 26th- 28th 2016. Be among the 85 attending. You’ll have enough free Saturday afternoon to participate in activities around the Capital City. Frankie’s Fun Park, rafting, Brew Bus, Museum and Planetarium shows and Laser Shows come to mind. James McIlrath and committee are working on activities. There is a plethora of Great Restaurants for Friday Dinner and Saturday Lunch, AND, LOTS of Shopping in the immediate area of the Hilton Garden Inn. I am looking forward to seeing all of you, and, especially our new Lancaster Club!

Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try. Failure may slow you. Apa-thy will kill you! WARM REGARDS!!

Congratulations! to you off-to-college Junior Civitans. Thank You! Rock Hill, Dutch Fork and Greenville clubs for recruiting Sponsors, initiating paperwork, and conducting interviews. Thank you for your longlived and continuing involvement with our Junior Civitans.

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SC District Convention: 8/26-28

SC District Awards from 2016

CI Convention Past Gov. Misty Konow receives Distin-quished Gov. Award for 2014-5

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South Carolina District Convention August 26-28, 2016

Hilton Garden Inn, Harbison, Columbia, SC

Friday August 26, 2015

1:00-2:30 PM Board of Directors Meeting

2:30 Registration Desk Opens

Business Session I Friday Afternoon 3:00-3:15 PM Call to Order……………………………Governor Bill Tolleson Prayer and Comments…………………Chaplain Jim Seeley Pledge of Allegiance……………………Past Governor Misty Konow Civitan Creed……………………………Governor-elect Doug McKenzie 3:15-3:30 Words of Wisdom..………………….,,,,,.Richland County, Sherriff Leon Lott 3:30-4:00 Civitan Memorials……………………………..Chaplain Jim Seeley 4:00-4:15 Civitan International Update……………………Debbie Juhlke Civitan International President 4:15-4:30 Nominating Committee Report…………………Doug McKenzie 4:30-4:40 Fruitcake and Candy Box Awards………………Governor Bill Tolleson And Archie Moore 4:40-5:00 Things to do, Places to Eat Columbia……………Governor Bill Tolleson 5:00-5:30 International Awards…………………………......President Debbie Juhlke 5:30-7:00 Registration Desk Open

Dinner on Your Own 7:30- Until Game Night……………………………….. Dutch Fork Civitan Club Rock Hill Civitan Club Myrtle Beach Civitan Club

Saturday August 27, 2016

7:00 AM Full Breakfast in Dining Room 8:00 Registration Desk Open

Business Session 2 Saturday Morning

8:30-8:45 Call to Order……………………………Governor Bill Tolleson Pledge…………………………………Past Governor Misty Konow Creed…………………………………Governor-elect Doug McKenzie Comments and Prayer…………….….Chaplain Jim Seeley 8:45-10:00 District Awards Presentation…………….Awards Chair, Mary Welch

SC District Convention Agenda

10:00-11:00 Guest Speaker………………………….………Jen Thompson Executive Director, Lighthouse for Life 11:00-11:15 Special Olympics………………………………James McIlrath 11:15-11:45 SC Junior Civitan Report………………………Richard Gay and Juniors 11:45-12:00 Region II Report……………………………Region II Director, Lura Boggs 12:00-12:15 PM Approval of 2016-17 Budget……….………Governor Bill Tolleson Approval of Gift to Restoration Fund Election 2016-2017 Centennial Year Officers and BOD 12:15-12:30 Message from Incoming Governor…………………Doug McKenzie 12:30-12:45 Club Building Report……………………………….Mike Taylor Director of Development 12:45-1:30 Miscellaneous Business

Afternoon Free Time

6:00-7:00 PM Governors Reception 7:00-10:00 Awards Banquet _________________________________________________________ Sunday August 28, 2016

7:30-8:30 AM Past Involved Governors Breakfast 9:00-10:00 Devotional Time 10:00-12:00 2016-2017 Centennial Board of Directors Meeting _________________________________________________________

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SC District Convention Agenda Cont’d

CLUB PRESIDENTS!!!:

Please provide a Gift Basket from Each Club—raffle tickets & drawings raise a District $$

Location will be:

Hilton Garden Inn Columbia/Harbison 434 Columbiana Dr. Columbia, SC 29212 803-407-6640 www.columbiaharbison.stayhgi.com For reservation use code: SC District Civitan $119/night incl. breakfast

SC District 2015-6 Convention Registration

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Chaplain’s Corner From Jim Seeley

ARE YOU TRUE TO THE DNA OF YOUR BEING?

We are all born with a specific one-of-a-kind DNA pat-tern. Our genes make up who we are. Even before we know we can think, we have patterns that control what we do and how we act. As we grow, we change. We observe, we learn, we develop, we are influenced, we are trained, and in many ways we become different. Many of us become believers in the God who made us, and many of us receive the Holy Spirit of Him who has created us. We become dedicated to doing His work in the world. Perhaps our Civitan clubs born with a DNA, we may start out one way, but we change. We learn our creed, many by heart. We learn and use Civitan slogans. Some we use for-ever, some we use just for a year. My year as district governor we used Can Do in ‘82. We did do a lot in Civitan that year. We grew, we helped people, I wore my Superman suit, and we trained up new and excited leaders. But, I have outgrown my Superman suit. I can’t even fly anymore. My club has dwin-dled from 80 members to 20 or so members. Our work for the world has decreased. It is like we have different DNA now. My word of encouragement to you is, no matter where you are in this pattern of change in your lives or in your Civitan club, God says: “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.” You will be empowered to get back to your original DNA and go out and through love serve one another.

SOUTH CAROLINA DISTRICT CIVITAN

CONVENTION: AUGUST 26 – 28, 2016

PLEASE SEND RESERVATIONS FOR ALL ATTENDEES!

NAME ____________________________ CIVITAN CLUB _____________________

ADDRESS___________________________________________________________

CITY/STATE/ZIP ______________________________________________________

REGISTRATION FEE: $75.00

MAIL WITH CHECK TO: SOUTH CAROLINA DISTRICT CIVITAN

P. O. BOX 27319

GREENVILLE, SC 29616

___________ ENCLOSED IS MY PERSONAL CHECK

___________ MY CLUB WILL PAY MY REGISTRATION FEE

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SC District Meeting on 5/14

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The District held a very rewarding meeting on 5/14 at Our Savior Lutheran Church; we are very lucky to have them provide their ex-cellent meeting facilities for us to use! Gov. Bill Tolleson assembled an educational and enjoyable agenda with speakers and surprises from start to finish. SC District leadership was recognized for new club building and Civitan International sent club builder jackets for presentation to Bill Tolleson, Richard Gay, Jimmy Sweat, & Misty Konow. Derek Willis was on hand to review the activities of the new Lancaster Club in stopping underage drinking, cleaning up with Adopt-A-Highway, & succeeding in initiating a Jr Civitan Club!....and none too soon. Richard Gay and the Jr. Civitan leader-ship in the SC District pre-sented on their extensive community service and Civi-tan participation. However there are some clouds on the horizon as the existing clubs are facing pressures of mem-bership losses and new clubs are not being formed fast enough. They seek assistance from the District clubs in pro-moting the Jr Civitan pro-grams and initiating new Jr Civitan Clubs in their areas. So it was very timely to

hear from the 2 guest speakers that Bill brought in to address us. Tom Ledbet-ter, Assoc. VP at Midlands Technical College, woke up the morning sessions with an alert on the stratification by age of the adult population and how Millennials are the emerging major group of import. But Millenni-als have unique characteristics and psychologi-cal profiles, so Civitan better prepare to address them & meet their needs. These lessons will be key if membership is to be maintained or grown! Then in the afternoon, Dr. Dan Hall, High Point Univ., extended these lessons with a presentation on the role of social media and its key role for Civitan: as: a recruitment tool, a coordination tool, a cooperation tool, and a learning tool. He then helped to enumerate how the District can prepare to enter the 21st centu-ry with strategies to keep membership growing and Civitan relevant. Guests at the meeting included 2 candi-dates for positions in Civitan International [CI]. Kendyl Massey was on hand to ask for our sup-port in her drive to become the 2016-7 Presi-dent-Elect for CI. Lana Suggs came by to pre-sent her eminent qualifications in Civitan and ask for our votes for her as the Region 2 Direc-tor to CI for 2016-8. Both candidates made a

Tom Ledbetter [above] educated us on the emerging Millennial genera-tion, while Dr. Hall [below] estab-

lished the role for social media

Richard Gay [l] introduces the Jr. Civitan

Leadership in the SC District

Mary Welch announced the awards application deadline

for 8/8

Gov. Tolleson [l] gives Distin-guished President Award to

Sam Bennett [r]

Gov. Bill Tolleson launched a great Dis-trict Meeting!

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Two promising young people were awarded $750 scholarships from the SC Civitan District at the spring meeting. Leila Long, the chair for the SC Dis-trict Scholarship Committee, announced the 2 win-ners and was on hand to present the awards on 5/14:

Dilon Patel from Lancaster High School Jr. Civi-tans who will at-tend College of Charleston and who wants to be a Neurosurgeon or cardiovascular surgeon, and Kayla Shine from Dutch Fork Junior Civitan Club who will attend Clemson University for a degree n either bio-medical science or microbiology and then purse a medical degree. These 2 Jr Civitans display a true

Civitan spirit!

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SC District Scholarships

SC District Meeting Cont’d

Leila [l] presents scholarship to Di-lon Patel [r]

Kayla Shine [l] gets her scholar-ship from Leila [r]

good case for themselves and certainly derive ample consideration for support.. As for CI, they sent along some awards for recognition of Honor Clubs for 2014-5 and recognition of the Presidents of those clubs. So Distinguished President Awards were given to Sam Bennett, Frank DeLustro, Alex Houston, Beth Jordan, & Sevi Rindaris! Congrats to them and the success of their clubs in 2014-5. Hope we can see even a greater Honor Club participation in 2015-6! The SC District Conven-tion dates were announced as 8/26-28 and the venue will be the Hilton

Garden Inn in the Columbiana Mall in Columbia, SC. With that, Mary Welch, the SC District Chair for Awards for 2015-6, announced that she needs all award applications sent to her with a postmark no later than August 8th….so keep that in mind. The SC District hopes to have a good turnout at the Convention and information on registration and agenda are attached in this issue.

Sevi Rindaris leads the raffle

ticket sales

Kendyl Massey [picture on left] asked for our votes for CI Pres.-Elect for 2016-7 and Lana Suggs [r] seeks a vote for CI Region 2

Director for 2016-8

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In July, Norfolk, VA saw an ‘invasion’ by Civitans from around the world for the an-nual convention and held out a tremendous welcome! A new feature of this convention was the officer training opportunity and it was a big success. Those attending the ses-sions for President and Pres.-Elect training found themselves among international members and obtained a global perspective of Civitan in action and ideas to take home for their clubs. This new addition to the convention will prove to be a great way to tie together clubs from around the world.

There couldn’t have been a more interesting and historic area to serve as the base of operations with Colonial Wil-liamsburg’s charm and Jamestown’s his-tory. Some even made a trip to the na-tion’s capitol with a visit to DC. The at-tendees had a blast at local venues and convention gatherings. Between pirate par-ties and formal dinners, the convention managed to effectively provide a social net-working opportunity with business & train-ing necessities. Kudos to the organizers and hosts!

The SC District was well rep-resented and managed to come away with some very visible recognition for our efforts here. The district was noti-fied it was a Quality Achievement district for 2014-5 and Past Gov. Misty Konow was given an award as a Distinguished Governor– well de-served! This newsletter, the Palmetto Civigram, was 2nd place in the Dis-trict competition and the Greenville club received second place in the club newsletter competition. Greenville also received a third place in the website competition! In Candy Box sales, the Greenville and Columbia clubs came in third place for the medium and small clubs respectively. Way to go SC Dis-trict! Now let’s get on board for the

100th Anniversary Convention of Civi-tan International [CI] at its birthplace in Birmingham, AL in 2017. See page 12 for a special offer being made by CI for registration fee of only $100 if com-pleted by November 15th. Take advantage now and get lined up for a great meeting next year.

Civitan Int’l Convention: 2016

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Hello Fellow Civitans,

The current Civitan year is quickly coming to a close and there is much work to be done even now. South Carolina is working hard on mem-bership with adding 2 new clubs this year. Con-gratulations to all those hard workers. You are due a big pat on the back.

Our International Convention in Norfolk was a big success. The Board spent a lot of time discussing ways to increase membership. South Carolina is doing well in membership this year with an increase as of June 30th to 484 members. The challenge is to get our membership to 500 by year’s end. If each club only added 1 new mem-ber between now and September 30th, we could be over 500. The golf tournament and putt-n-chip raised $277,000 this year. This is a $60,000 increase over last year. Golf is such a fun game! Junior Civitan once again shines as the BEST youth program in our industry. Presi-dent’s Council continues to have steady growth. The Council reception was extraordinary this year. Thanks to all President’s Council members for your continued support of the Civ-itan International Research Center.

President-Elect Capps is making huge plans for next year. The 2017 Centennial Cele-bration in June next year will be an event not to miss. To save on registration cost you can make your reservation with International by November 15, 2016 for only $100. This is Registration only. Check out the website (civitan.org) for all the details. We have been challenged to build 100 Civitan Clubs between July 18, 2016 and June 24, 2017. South Carolina needs to do our part. Let’s help our Governor-Elect Doug McKenzie by building as many clubs as possible. Our state is large enough to have 10 more clubs. Let’s get start-ed now. The Restoration Fund is getting close. We now have $320,000 in hand and pledges of $135,000. Only 6 rooms remain needing funding. The demolition is already under way and the renovations should be in by the Convention next year. Lastly we are selling Civitan Throws to help defray the 2017 Convention Costs. The cost is $50.00 and you can see the throw at the State Convention. If you would like to order one, bring your check and we’ll get one shipped to you.

Thanks for letting me serve as your representative the past 2 years. It has been an en-joyable time for me. Civitan is more important to me than ever.

Yours in Civitan,

Lura S. Boggs

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Region 2 Director Notes– Lura Boggs

Spartanburg Club President Gary Finley dragged Lura into the

Congo Line at the closing dance

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Burgers & Bluegrass in Anderson

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As the Honea Path Civitan Club sought a project to benefit the community and a worthy local charity, it decided that an event benefitting the Free Clinic of An-derson and Honea Path would be an excel-lent project. Dr. Kent Jenkins, a member of the club, has worked with the Free Clinic for years, I was a Board member of Free Clinic for years, and Renee McCormick (wife of Bob McCormick, longtime member

of the club) is a vol-unteer nurse with the clinic; the partnership was perfect. A great bluegrass band, Last Road, from the Easley/Pickens area, agreed to be our band for the event and our members grilled hamburgers and hot dogs as the fundraiser. We received a grant from the Town of Honea Path to fund the event and, with food sales and donations, we were able to raise $1200 for the Free Clinic which provides medical, dental, and pharmacy services for the underserved in Anderson County with clinics in Anderson and Honea Path. The day was really hot but the huge trees in the town park provid-ed much needed shade for the many folks who enjoyed the music and the burgers and for our club members who cooked and served. We

had a great turnout of club members as 12 of our 19 worked at the event. Hopefully, we will be able to receive another grant next year and can have another event for another local charity.

Contributed thanks to Andy Sullivan

Celebrate CI 100th Anniversary Special Wow, Civitan International President for 2016-7, Duane Capps is

extending a great offer to all Civitans for advance registration reduced rates for the Centennial Anniversary Convention in 2017! From June 24 through 27 in 2017, Civitan will celebrate its 100th birthday in Birming-ham.

The Civitan International Board of Directors is hoping for our larg-est delegation in history to celebrate our 100 years of service. At the Board's recent meeting, a SPECIAL Civitan Registration Fee of $100 was approved for all registrations re-

ceived through November 15, 2016. This special only applies to Civitan regis-trations, not Guests or Youth. The convention headquarters hotel for our 2017 Centennial Celebration is the Sheraton Birmingham Downtown. Special Civitan guest room rates are $115

for single/double/triple/quad. Boasting an energetic lobby teeming with urban energy, the convention headquarters property in Birmingham's Uptown Enter-tainment District is suited for Civitan business and leisure. Just under ten

minutes from Birmingham International Airport, the Sheraton is fully wired to keep you connected and collaborating. Guest room reservations may be made at http://civitan.org/convention.

Columbia Civitan Club recently held two off-site meet-ings in keeping with theme: Show Prospects What We Do. The Columbia Civitan Club was Chartered in 1929 and re-mains the oldest extant Club in our South Carolina District.

June 27, 2016, Columbia Civitan met at Epworth Chil-dren's Home. Civitans were welcomed by Rev. John Holler, Epworth President and CEO. Sherri Mims shared some of Ep-worth’s 100 yr. history during campus tour. After lunch, Rev. Holler, gave an overview of Epworth's care of resident chil-dren ages 4 to 18, and Bill Tolleson shared brief Civitan over-view. All eight Epworth seniors graduated from Dreher High School and will join ten former graduates presently in college.

Children and staff participated in Creed and Pledge. Epworth Meeting was also a Designated Re-cruiting Mtg. One guest will join Columbia Club at first August Mtg. On July 11, 2016, Columbia Civitan Club met at Camp Discovery near Blythewood SC….108 acres dedicated to Giving Nature a Try… many children have never been in the woods or en-countered the beauty and benefits of nature. Camp Discovery has rolling terrain, rare species of plants and wildlife, woods, open fields, turtles, ant farms, etc. Joanna Weitzel is the passionate Executive Director.

Columbia Civitan, Dr. Jim Stiver, is an avid Butterfly Expert. He shared butterfly displays and a plethora of butter-fly stories and information with a group of 14-16 years olds at Camp Discovery to help build a butterfly garden. The Monarch Butterfly is Jim’s real passion. Camp Discovery will be participating, producing the Blythewood Butterfly Show on Labor Day weekend. Columbia Civitan has sup-ported Camp Discovery for several years. Columbia Civitan

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Columbia Club Contributions

Lancaster’s STUFF THE BUS PROJECT

The Lancaster Civitan Club is on the move and will sponsor a "Stuff the Bus" school supply drive on Tues-day, Aug. 9 in the parking lot of Lancaster High School. Fittingly the project will take place during the annual district meeting for Lancaster County teachers and will serve as a competition between schools. Lan-caster County School District will provide a bus for teachers to fill with school supplies for Lancaster County students in need. Their members will assist in helping collect the supplies and fill the bus. The teach-

ers’ meeting starts at 8:30 a.m., so the bus will need to be made ready by 7:30 a.m., in order to collect supplies as teachers are going in to the meeting. Another great Civitan project to help in serving their community. Way to go Lancaster Civitans!

The awards guidelines have been distributed back in May but this is a reminder to get those applications in if you haven’t al-ready. Mary Welch wants all of you to begin the process of ap-plying for club and individual awards for your club. Please take the time now to get your applications in and send a message to Mary if you need any information or clarification. Get the atten-tion and recognition that your club and membership deserves!

GO TO: WWW.CIVITANSC.ORG FOR INFO!

WHEN?? HOW?? WHERE?? UP DATE

All awards material should be submitted by way of snail mail or email no later than August 8,

2016. Please send all materials and inquiries to:

Mary J. Welch

2015-6 Awards Chairperson

8466 Preakness Drive

Charleston, SC 29420

Tel: 843-552-2331

Email address: welch_mary@bellsouth.net

Frank DeLustro, Ph.D. Editor

Contact Information:

Bill Tolleson, Governor

113 Longview Drive

W. Columbia, SC 29169

803-413-6812

civitansc@gmail.com

http://www.scdistrict.civitan.net/

WHAT IS CIVITAN?

Civitan is a worldwide, all vol-unteer service organization where men and women have an organized way of ap-proaching local community problems through service and fund raising.

We emphasize serving people with developmental disabili-ties. Local clubs are support-ed by Civitan International, which was organized in 1917 and spans over 24 countries. The word CIVITAN is a coined word that comes from the Lat-in word “CIVITAS”, which means CITIZENSHIP.

Useful Web Site Links

Civitan International: http://www.civitan.org/

SC District: http://www.civitansc.org/

Civitan International Research Center: http://www.uab.edu/medicine/circ/

Jr. Civitan: http://juniorcivitan.org/

Jr. Civitan SC District: https://www.facebook.com/pages/South-Carolina-Junior-Civitan-District/135016586535381

Special Olympics of South Carolina: http://so-sc.org/

2015-6 Awards