Members and guests were welcomed by Club President Kristin Keller
Kevin Courtney offered the prayer and led the pledge to the flag
Announcements:
Jon Ludin is out of the hospital. He appreciated the card and messages that we sent to him.
Dick Storm reported that there are still openings for volunteers to mentor students. Commitment is one hour a week to meet with the student in the school library or cafeteria. You don't need to be a teacher, just someone wishing to help students. Many students have been saved from dropping out by a mentor program. See Dick if you would like to become involved.
Sign up to participate in the delivery of Thanksgiving baskets to take place on Tuesday November 23 at 4:00 at Piggly Wiggly. After social and raffle ticket drawing at Taste of Europe.
Sergeant at Arms, Suzi Oliver collected Happy $$. She is co-captain for the VLR Run With Bernie Polio Challenge and she announced that our team raised over $2700. The star of the team as far as fund raising was Beth Kuzmick - she raised $800 of the that!!! Way to go Beth! Thank you to all that participated, racking up the miles and spreading awareness about polio. Thank you to all who donated and supported our club's effort.
Speaker:
Peter Cooper from the World Affairs Council was our speaker.
Peter talked about the speaker program that is presented by the organization. From October to May, there are fourteen programs that are held at First Presbyterian Church from 11:00 to 11:30. Two of those are global speakers, from other countries. The non-global speakers usually are paid about $1,000 and the global speakers more since their expenses are greater. One of the criteria that is used to choose speakers is that they are indeed good speakers, not just knowledgeable experts in their field. New this year, is a sponsorship program which gives the sponsor many benefits depending on the level, including access to the speaker. In 2019 the Council had 1100 members, however currently membership is less than that. Membership has the benefit of a Fall Forum, Great Discussions, a Book Club, and evening speakers series. Note that you do not have to be a member to be a sponsor. This year, the first Friday speaker on October 1 was John Bolton. To find out more details about the World Affairs Council of Hilton Head and upcoming speakers visit www.wachh.org, or call 843-384-6758 or email wachhi@gmail.com