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focuses on service in 1990s From "Service Above Self: A History of the Rotary Club of Charleston -- 1920 - 2004," published Feb. 2005.
As the country prospered throughout the 1990s, members of the Rotary Club of Charleston found new ways to provide service on the local and international levels. Membership For the first time in its history, the Club's membership dropped during the decade. At the beginning of the 1990s, the Club had 278 members. By the end of the decade, it had 227 members. Projects and community service The
Club continued to raise the bar on community service. At the beginning
of the decade, Club members dedicated a new fountain at Wraggsborough
Square. By the end of the decade, it has raised tens of thousands
of dollars for a new $200,000 fountain at Marion Square. Members also provided international help by raising money to fund Project Living Water to help pay for portable water purification devices for third-world countries. Members also raised $27,000 for Habitat for Humanity and built a Habitat house. They celebrated the Club's 75th anniversary. And they made national news helping stranded crew members of a Yugoslav freighter. Notable speakers The
Club attracted outstanding national and local speakers - from baseball
great Hank Aaron to presidential candidates George W. Bush and John
McCain. Members heard political debates of candidates for S.C. governor
and lieutenant governor. They
learned more about Kuwait from Ambassador Edward Gnehm, about why
Sherman didn't burn Charleston from historian Ted Rosengarten and
about the Anne Frank Foundation from Cornelius Suijk. Members
also heard about prison reform from S.C. Attorney General Travis
Medlock and about global warming from the Sea Grant Consortium's
Margaret Davidson. The S.C. Coastal Conservation League's Dana Beach
warned about the dangers of urban sprawl. And U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings
warned about the ballooning federal debt and deficit. -- Bob Baldwin and Andy Brack, contributing editors |
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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:
