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Club
exceeds 200 members in 1970s From "Service Above Self: A History of the Rotary Club of Charleston -- 1920 - 2004," published Feb. 2005.
In
the 1970s, members increased their participation in civic affairs.
Not only did the club have more than 200 members for the first time,
but the members worked on a variety of community service projects. Most
notably, the Club seeded the start of the Trident Community Foundation,
now called the Coastal Community Foundation, with a $9,000 grant.
Since then, the Foundation has grown to a $100 million organization. The
Club also sponsored a billboard campaign to make people aware of
the values of the Four-Way Test. It also was key in forming a new
Mount Pleasant club. Membership The Club gained 48 members over the decade. It started with 167 members and ended with 215 members following big membership drives by presidents Ted Stern and Jerry Nuss, among others. Projects and community service In addition to seeding the Community Foundation and the billboard campaign, club members helped buy an ambulance for a Brazilian project, contributed to relief efforts in Pakistan and bought books for third-world countries. They also celebrated the Club's 60th anniversary and Rotary International's 75th birthday. Notable speakers Club
members were fortunate to hear from dozens of top-notch speakers
throughout the decade including: U.S. Sens. Fritz Hollings and Strom
Thurmond, Congressmen Byron Dorn and Mendel Davis, Gov. Jim Edwards,
former U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and former astronaut and
airlines chief Frank Borman. At one meeting, members listened to
a College of Charleston professor give a talk entitled "The
Gentle Art of Swearing." -- Amy Jenkins, contributing editor |
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For more than 80 years, the Rotary Club of Charleston has been the premier service club for the Charleston area. You can learn more about the Club and our accomplishments by looking at overviews of our more than eight decades of service. Or you can click on the PDF button next to each decade and read about it from our 2005 Club history, Service Above Self:
