Members and guests were welcomed by Club President Kristin Keller
Kevin Courtney offered the prayer and led the pledge to the flag
Announcements:
Welcome Eric Smith - Upper Arlington Ohio , Chris Epps - Bluffton RC, Ray Enstine
March 11 will be our official kick off for "Round up for Rotary" at Piggly Wiggly. There will be two shifts of 4 to 6 members. Shift times are 1 to 4 and 4 to 8
Wing Fest - volunteers are needed to fill two shifts. There are no limits to how many members. We will get paid $150 per shift which goes to our commitment for the rec center
Scholarship application is now available. $10,000 over 4 years for a graduating high school student from Hilton Head Island
Trash pickup at the Hilton Head High School will be scheduled soon. Watch for information about this.
Sergeant at Arms, Suzi Oliver collected Happy $$
Speaker:
Maury Purcell presented information about Thornwell.
Thornwell was founded in 1875 by Dr. William Plumer Jacobs in Clinton, SC to serve the children orphaned by the Civil War. It is a diverse non-profit ministry across Florida, Georgia and South Carolina committed to the most effective solutions to heal strengthen and empower children and families. There are 2400 in foster care in this state. In 2018 the Family First Act stated that if children are in crisis, they should be placed in extended family. Kindred care is the next step, the goal is to keep families together. They provide family services - building families through in home counseling; Care Services - foster care, transitional living; Academic services - child development center under the guidance of qualified teachers, learning center dedicated to providing academic support, read right - a reading intervention program. The organization runs "on love and donations" . "Thornwell believes in empowered communities in which all people can experience both life and love in abundance"