On April 21st from 8:30am to 12:30pm, East Cooper Habitat for Humanity is excited to have our Rotary Club volunteers joining them on a variety of projects for a couple of their home builds. We will be meeting them at 409 Sablewood Drive, Huger, SC 29450 at 8:30am. This service project calls for fifteen volunteers, if you are available and would like to participate, email Luiz Yamashita at lyamashita@dunesproperties.com
Rotary Social coming up on Wednesday, April 11th at Dog and Duck Mt Pleasant. 5:30 to 7:30.
Palmetto Patriots Service Team joined volunteers at East Cooper Meals On Wheels to ride along with them Friday morning as they delivered meals to area residents. Thanks to Jeff Pulley’s wife who put together Easter bag treats, the team was able to hand out special treat bags to the Meals On Wheels recipients.
Left to right: Pat Campbell, Elmire Raven, Alex Sherry, Brett Fellows, Michelle Whitbeck, and Jeff Pulley.
Volunteers at East Cooper Meals On Wheels assemble bags of food to deliver to area residents on Friday. The bags were being filled with Easter dinner favorites.
Team Palmetto Patriots will hold a service project on Friday, March 23rd at East Cooper Meals On Wheels, 2304 Hwy 17 North Mt. Pleasant. We will meet at 9:00 a.m. and will ride along with the regular drivers to assist them with their meal deliveries. Drivers leave at 9:15 sharp! Volunteer time should be just a couple hours. If you have a Rotary shirt, please wear it! Please email Jeff Pulley if you plan on coming so they can plan accordingly. jvpulley@gmail.com
Saturday March 17th at 9am at Riverfront Park in North Charleston
Follow the link below to join our 2018 Charleston Walk for Water team: East Cooper Breakfast Rotary.
If you cannot make the event you may also donate on behalf of the team from this link.
Every day millions of people have to walk miles and miles just for water. Most of the time, the water they can find is contaminated and makes them sick. Water Mission is changing lives, one community at a time, through their sustainable safe water solutions.
Each dollar raised by this event is going to make an impact through a safe water community development project!
Registration fee:
age 5 and under: free
age 6-15: $5
age 16-22: $15
age 23 and older: $20
link to club page:
http://events.watermissions.org/goto/ECBRotary
Charleston Walk for Water site: charlestonwalk.org
Spring Clean-Up of the East Cooper Community Outreach grounds and building on Saturday March 10th from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. They have organized a combination of indoor and outdoor projects to help keep their facility looking it’s best. This is open to all members of our club!
Eat at Chipotle on King Street this Monday the 26th from 5pm to 9pm and mention Rotaract so that the College of Charleston Rotaract Club gets 50% of the proceeds to benefit their charity projects!
We need volunteers to meet Tuesday, 12/5 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 will be Saturday 12/9 from 9am – 1pm at 7800 Rivers Ave N. Charleston. We are looking for volunteers to fill 1-2 hour shifts with 2-4 people per 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 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.
New Members…come get all your questions answered! Pick up your membership booklet and find out how to be apart of ECBR!
Current Members…come share ideas and thoughts on ECBR
Drop In Friday October 13th from 7:30 am to 9:00am
Collective Coffee
766 S Shelmore Blvd
Mount Pleasant, SC
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.
