Lowcountry Food Bank Service Project
Flags for Heroes
Walk for Water Charleston
Mount Pleasant Happy Feet
Toys for Tots Bike Drive
East Cooper Habitat for Humanity
Speakeasy: Prohibition for a Cause
East Cooper Meals on Wheels
East Cooper Community Outreach
Charleston Area Rotary Charity Duck Race
Saint James Santee Elementary Middle School Beautification Project
Westover Community Garden
The East Cooper Breakfast Rotary Club will meet Tuesday, October 8th, 2019 at 7:30 a.m. in The Cooper River Room at the Mount Pleasant Waterfront Park. We are pleased to have David Slade, Post and Courier reporter, as our guest speaker. David will be speaking on Mount Pleasant town government and civic issues. Breakfast catered by Dish and Design Catering and Events.
David Slade is a senior Post and Courier reporter. His work has been honored nationally by Society of Professional Journalists, American Society of Newspaper Editors, Scripps foundation and others. Reach him at 843-937-5552 or dslade@postandcourier.com
David Slade’s personal finance column appears most Sundays in The Post and Courier. He also reports on issues related to the Charleston metro area’s rapid population growth.
He has been a newspaper reporter since 1992 and joined The Post and Courier in 2004. Prior to joining the newspaper business, he worked for The College Board in New York, and covered the international gemstone industry for Colored Stone, a trade magazine in suburban Philadelphia.
Slade has reported on local, county, and state government for newspapers in Illinois, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. He has also covered law enforcement, courts, public schools, environmental matters, transportation and general assignments.
He holds a master’s degree from University of Illinois (the Sangamon State Public Affairs Reporting program) and a bachelor’s degree from Temple University. Slade has won state and national awards for his reporting on property taxation and governmental affairs.
South Carolina Press Association (numerous awards, 2004-2015, multiple categories); American Society of Newspaper Editors, Jesse Laventhol Prize for Deadline News Reporting by a Team (2008); National Headliner Awards, Investigative Reporting (2008); Taylor/Tomlin Award for Investigative Journalism (2008); Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, online, deadline, and non-deadline reporting (3 awards, 2007 and 2000); Newspaper Association of America, Digital Edge Award (2001); Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors, Public Service Award (1998); Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association, Keystone Press Award, news series (1998).
Join the East Cooper Breakfast Rotary Club this Thursday June 27th from 5 to 7pm for Happy Hour at Grace and Grit Restaurant located at 320 Wingo Way Suite 100, Mt Pleasant, SC 29464
The East Cooper Breakfast Rotary Club will meet Tuesday, September 25th, 2018 at 7:30 a.m. in The Cooper River Room at the Mount Pleasant Waterfront Park. We are pleased to have Brian Rowe, Managing Director of Pure Theatre, as our speaker. Breakfast catered by Dish and Design Catering and Events.
Brian Rowe is now entering his third season as Managing Director at PURE Theatre, a professional theatre company dedicated to presenting in the Lowcountry award-winning professional theatre that enlivens thought, ignites dialogue, and expands consciousness. Prior to joining PURE, Brian served as a development officer and fundraising consultant for numerous non-profit organizations in the Baltimore-Washington region. Brian holds an M.F.A. in Theatre Education from Virginia Commonwealth University and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Charleston (WV). He currently lives in West Ashley with his wife, Megan, and Sage, the best cat in the whole wide world.
