Please mark your calendars now and join your fellow Rotary Club members Friday, Dec. 1 for a Christmas cocktail party. This drop-in will be held at the Planter’s Pointe Clubhouse beginning at 6:30 p.m. It will be a casual event featuring a full bar and festive foods.
TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE!
Saturday October 21, 2017 . 7-11 p.m.
Sweetgrass Event Center 2125 Highway 17 N. Mount Pleasant, SC
Join us for an evening of 1920’s Prohibition-era fun and a chance to win Seven Day, Six Night Stay in a two BR cottage at Firefly Sunset Resort in Hope Town ~ Abaco, Bahamas or $2000 cash!
$100 entry includes heavy hors d’oeuvres, open bar, dancing to jazz and swing DJ music with the Charleston Swing Dance Association, games, silent auction with themed packages, and raffle ticket for chance to win grand prize trip! Guests must be present to win.
Period attire encouraged so don your “glad rags”! Open only to ages 21 and up.
Proceeds benefit East Cooper Community Outreach, My Sister’s House, and Rotary Charities.
Sponsorships still available!
Join us Tuesday, August 29th for Rotary Happy Hour right after work at FINZ Bar and Grill located at 400 Coleman Blvd. We have the big community table on the deck reserved. Rotary will provide a few snacks and the rest is cash bar. Live music starts at 7:30 for those interested.
Bring your family and join us at the next Rotary Social Wednesday, May 31st from 6-10 p.m. at the Awendaw Green Barn.
Sewee Outpost 4853 N Hwy 17 Awendaw SC 29429
$5 donation at door, BYOB, pets on a leash, all ages, Wood Fired pizza, The Roost Bar ‘N Grille. Come early and play disc golf at Sewee
Barn Jam May 31
6:00pm MICHAEL Courage https://michaelcourage.com/
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6p0dChw-k9g
6:30pm Angwish http://www.reverbnation.com/angwishusa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jJQIOxcEj0
7:20pm Caleb and the Gents http://calebandthegents.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C16tspcXfoI
8:10pm The Ragbirds http://www.theragbirds.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzNNuJxsrG0&feature=share
9:00pm Swim In the Wild http://www.swiminthewild.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWXVTokeTZ4
9:50pm Sandinistas! http://www.sandinistasrock.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HSbV-pEOUE
The committee chairmen had an enthusiastic, productive meeting this week and are excited about our October 21 fund raiser. The entire Club’s participation is required to make this a success. Please contact Ted, Will, or Brandon to discuss any sponsorship or auction items. We would like to give our sponsors as much publicity as possible. The earlier the commitment, the more recognition! Deadline for top sponsors who want to be on the posters and Save the Date cards is early June.
We’ve posted the event on our Facebook page, so please share it with your friends asking for sponsors! https://www.facebook.com/events/1670654539627886/
East Cooper Habitat for Humanity Service Project is set for Saturday, April 8th, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. in Awendaw. Contact Dimi Matouchev if you would like to volunteer.
Pictured above (left to right): Stephanie Bates, Jack Vax, Dawes Cooke, Sully Recine, Warren Pruitt, Charles Muldrow, Libba Roach, Brandon Roach, Mike Bloser, Melissa Stabene, and Esther Vax. On right Jack Vax shooting pool.
Rotary Ghost Monkey Brewery Tour and Tasting
Thursday, February 2nd @ 5:30 p.m.
Ghost Monkey Brewery – 522 Wando Lane off of Long Point Rd.
Cash bar.
Anyone interested in helping with the planning of this year’s Speakeasy event is invited to attend the first planning meeting to be held Monday, January 30th at 6 p.m. at SMHa office located at 400 Hibben Ferry Ave. We have a good format from which to base this year’s event, so it should be a lot easier than last year’s!
The East Cooper Breakfast Rotary Club will go on a field trip Tuesday, January 10, 2017 to tour Water Missions International. The production facility is located on the old Navy Base at 1150 Kinzer Street, Bldg. 1605 North Charleston, SC 29405. The meeting will start promptly at 7:30 a.m., so please account for traffic on I-526.
You don’t want to miss this great presentation and tour! Breakfast will be catered by Dish and Design.
In 1998, our founders, Molly and George Greene, were operating an environmental engineering company in Charleston, South Carolina when they heard about the devastation in Honduras caused by Hurricane Mitch. After receiving a request for multiple water treatment systems in Honduras, and being unable to find existing systems that would work, George and his team of engineers took action to build such a system – and thus the idea for Water Missions International was born.
When the Greenes arrived in Honduras, they were shocked by what they found. The river that flowed through a nearby village was the color of chocolate milk, deep brown with toxins, bacteria and hopelessness. The residents of the village referred to it as the “River of Death” – no one survived once they drank from that river. As one of the newly built water systems became operational, the local villagers were still terrified to drink any water from the river – whether it was clear or not. So Molly and George placed their own lips to the hose and drank the newly purified water. With that action, Molly and George bridged the final gap and the villagers swarmed forward to drink the water.
In the aftermath of their Honduras trip, Molly and George discovered the sad truth about the global water crisis – that billions are forced to drink dirty water every day. In 2001, the Greenes took action to combat this reality and founded Water Mission.
Thank you to all our volunteers who came out on Saturday to give time to distribute bikes and toys to the children of the Lowcountry! Thank you to the Marine Corps Reserve for organizing Toys for Tots.
We need volunteers to meet Tuesday, 12/6 at 6:30 p.m. at the Oakland Market Wal-Mart in Mt. Pleasant to help load bikes for the Toys for Tots fundraiser.
Also, our Toys For Tots volunteer event at the Marine Corps. toy factory in Citadel Mall has been rescheduled. Due to a large number of donations, the Marines have bumped the distribution date. Our T4T volunteer event will be Saturday 12/10 at from 9am – 1pm. The Toy Factory is located in the Citadel Mall. The space is not very big so we will be working in 1 hour shifts with 2-4 people shift. We encourage as many people as possible to sign up, this will be a unique experience in which Rotarians will actually be able to give the bikes we donated to the family that will be receiving it. You will also be distributing other gifts as registrants come in.
Please email Tripp Hoover, tripp@thehoove.com, with the hour time slot that works best for you.
Please join your fellow East Cooper Breakfast Rotary Club members for a casual Christmas celebration Dec. 9 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Hoover residence.
Club member Tripp Hoover’s parents have once again graciously opened their home to us for our Christmas celebration. Located in Copahee, the party will be held on the back lawn of 1464 Lieben Rd. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466.
Also we would love to have some desserts donated and if anyone has heaters or heat sources, please bring them as it is an outdoor party. Please RSVP to Sully Witte at editor@moultrienews.com as soon as possible.
The East Cooper Breakfast Rotary members put their amazing painting talents to work on November 19th as they gathered to help Habitat for Humanity. It took everybody’s hard work to put the first coat on the outside walls. The Rotarians were rewarded with a beautiful day and the feeling of accomplishment as they helped a family get their first home.
We need your help!
Service Team 6, or otherwise known as Brandon’s Roaches, is planning a service project Saturday November 12th at the Lowcountry Orphan Relief, located at 1850 Truxtun Ave, North Charleston, SC 29405. The organization will be hosting “The Make a Child Happy Day” and we are volunteering to help run some of the games and events for the children. All volunteers must be there by 9AM to help set up.
For those who can volunteer, we need you to complete a volunteer form by Oct. 27th and return it to Brandon Roach at broach
We are looking forward to being able to help provide a wonderful day for the children and hope we can help the event run as a success.
On Saturday, October 22nd, we will partner with the Mt. Pleasant Rotary Lunch Club to volunteer and provide funds for the Happy Feet fundraising event. It will be held at the Mt. Pleasant Target store from 7:30 -10 a.m. where Rotary members will assist underprivileged children with finding shoes and socks free of charge.
If you would like to volunteer for this heart-warming service project, please sign up for a shift using this link:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080e44afae2b0-happy1
East Cooper Breakfast Rotary Club met a lot of great people and business connections at the Mt. Pleasant Business Expo last Thursday. Thanks to Judy Parsons for organizing the volunteer shifts and setting up the booth!
A huge thank you to all of our members for pulling this spectacular event off! It truly was the Bee’s Knee’s of all parties!
Congratulations to Will and Kristin Crady for winning the $5000 cash grand prize! Kristin had the winning chip!
Thank you to Stephanie Bates for being our fearless leader in the endeavor!
Thank you to all of our sponsors including the Reverend Sam Stafford!
Thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers who helped set up decorations for the Speakeasy Friday! The Sweetgrass Event Center was transformed into a true Prohibition-era! It was like walking back in time. Volunteers came from not only our club, but also from East Cooper Community Outreach and My Sister’s House. A huge thank you to Kimberly Roberts for heading up the decorations committee. Your creativeness shined through!
To view the photos from the Speakeasy event, go to Reese Moore’s website. She did a terrific job capturing the fun time everyone had.
http://reesemooreweddings.pixieset.com/speakeasyevent/
And, view the photos that Sully Witte took and posted on the Moultrie News site.
http://www.moultrienews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=JS&Date=20160926&Category=MN01&ArtNo=926009999&Ref=PH/
