February 13, 2024
Thanks to Josh Bell of Beemok Family Foundation for coming by and giving us an update on the great education initiative this foundation is driving through the state. With their efforts, a college education is more accessible to a great number of in-need students
Don’t forget – no meeting this week (Feb 20) and a “field trip” to the Port of Charleston next week (Feb 27)
For a recording of this week’s meeting, go here
Passcode: Cf&7?JR2
IN OTHER MEETING NEWS
- Chrissy Copple gave the Invocation and led us in the pledge.
- Peter Hearne welcomed all visiting Rotarians & guests.
- Health and Happiness was presented by President Cleave.
- Past President David Burt introduced our speaker, Josh Bell, who discussed The Beemok Family Foundation.
MORE IN THIS WEEK’S KEYWAY
February 20, 2024 | Issue 5117 President: Cleave Ham
UPCOMING EVENTS
- 2/20 – No Meeting
- 2/21 – February Social – Bedford Falls
- 2/24 – Community Service – Election Poll Volunteers (Sign up here)
- 2/27 – Wando Welch Terminal Tour 12-1:30pm (Sign up here)
- 3/1 – RCCF Grant Deadline
- 3/5 – Dr. Keith Fulkner, CSU President
- 3/4 – 3/8 – (Community Service) Doors to Dream @ Burke High School
12-12:45pm (daily) volunteers needed for “Lunch & Learn” - 3/8 – volunteers needed to judge business plans
NEWS BRIEFS
Reminder … NO MEETING THIS TUESDAY/ Port Tour on the 27th
The club will NOT meet this coming Tuesday, February 20.
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 27 at the Wando Welch Terminal. We will have lunch and a bus tour of the Port. Maximum capacity has been reached for this event, so RSVP’s are no longer being accepted. Thank you to Jeanne Jamme for coordinating this special tour for our club.
Important details for those who have RSVP’d to attend the Port trip:
- Reminder: All attendees must present a valid government issued photo ID to go on the tour. No exceptions.
- Location: SCPA Headquarters, 200 Ports Authority Drive, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
- 12:00 pm – Lunch
- 12:30 pm – Bus Tour of the Wando Terminal
- 1:15 pm – Return to SCPA HQ
- Directions: The meeting will be at SCPA HQ at 200 Ports Authority Dr. Coming from I-526, take the Longpoint Rd exit towards the Wando Terminal. Turn right at the 1st light onto Wando Park Blvd. and then left on Ports Authority Drive. The HQ building is NOT accessible to you from the Wando Terminal. Parking is available in front of SCPA Headquarters.
Lunch Menu: Chicken Piccata with Capers, Mushrooms, & Fresh Lemon, Rice Pilaf, Fresh Seasonal Vegetables, and Garden Salad, Assorted Cookies
Volunteers Needed for Financial Literacy Service Project – Burke High School
Rotarian volunteers are needed during the week of March 4 – 8th to help students at Burke High School find their financial footing through the “Game of Life.” Each student will learn financial literacy throughout the week by managing their bank accounts, earning money through Lunch and Learns, and learning about the very basics of financial independence – all for the sake of cold hard cash! We are looking for people to help facilitate the “Lunch and Learns” each day with a curriculum provided by Junior Achievement. You will have students from 12:05 – 12:50 and teach them the basics from budgeting to credit to wise investing. We are also looking for people to facilitate the Friday competition where the top four earners from each grade show off what they learned in a “Money Bowl” to talk away with whatever their ending balance is! Help us teach students the financial literacy necessary to take to their families and make better life decisions!
Sign up link:
https://grow.withlome.com/a/9d5e8664-348b-4f46-930c-e4a08c26732a
Upcoming Community Service Opportunities
Go Fishing!! Community Service at Windwood Farms
Join us for a morning of fishing with the kids at Windwood Farms!! Men, women, boys and girls ages 16 and up are welcome!! Patience and skill are all that is needed, everything else is provided. Details and sign up below:
Date- Saturday 2/17/23
Fishing Time: 9am-10:30am
Participants need to arrive by 8:30am to help set up. They have fishing poles we can use. We will provide the bait.
Windwood Farms, 4857 Windwood Farm Road, Awendaw, SC 29429
**Volunteers may want to organize a carpool prior to event
Website- Windwood Farm – Providing Help, Hope and Healing for children and families in our community
Sign Up Link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0945A4AA2AA7F5C52-47786045-lets
February 16, Operation Home
Thanks to all the volunteers who assisted with building a wheelchair ramp for a family in need in our community on Friday, February 16. A great turnout and a ramp completely built in 3 hours. Great job everyone!
Volunteer to help staff polling places on Election Days – upcoming Republican Primary election (Feb. 24)
Historic Rotary Club of Charleston has adopted the polling location at Memminger Elementary School for the Republican Primary (February 24, 2024). Please sign-up to join us for a shift on one or both days HERE.
We have broken down the 14-hour day into two 7-hour shifts, so a total of 24 Rotarians are needed.
With $200 per full-time equivalent, this will result in $2,400 for our RCCF. If you can devote a full day or can volunteer for a shift on both dates, please sign up for each shift individually. Significant others are encouraged to also sign up.
The Election board requires all volunteers (even those that participated in the program last November) to go through election poll manager training either online or in person. . More details to follow for all confirmed volunteer poll workers on how to access your online training at your convenience prior to February 1.
Feel free to call, text, or email the Adopt-a-Poll Co-Chairs with any questions:
Karen Clark (301-412-8682 | karenclark555@gmail.com)
Sandy Morckel (614-306-8856 | smorckel@gmail.com)
RCCF Grant Applications Being Accepted Through March 1
The Rotary Club of Charleston Fund (RCCF) is accepting requests for grants. Interested organizations are required to submit a Letter of Inquiry and complete a grant application prior to March 1 to be considered. The application and other details regarding the grant process can be found on our club’s website — www.charleston-rotary.org. For more information, please contact RCCF Chair, Lisa Van Bergen at lvanbergen0530@gmail.com.
Port Tour in lieu of Feb. 27th Meeting – RSVP Needed
In lieu of our regularly scheduled lunch meeting on Feb. 27 th , we will be doing a tour of the Wando Welch terminal through the Ports Authority. Jeanne Jamme has been instrumental in arranging this, and needs a headcount. Please RSVP through the link below. More details below and sign up form here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0945A4AA2AA7F5C52-47417064-rotary
Reminder: All attendees must present a valid government issued photo ID to go on the tour. No exceptions.
- Location: SCPA Headquarters, 200 Ports Authority Drive, Mt. Pleasant, SC
- 12:00 pm – Lunch
- 12:30 pm – Bus Tour of the Wando Terminal
- 1:15 pm – Return to SCPA HQ
- Directions: The meeting will be at SCPA HQ at 200 Ports Authority Dr. Coming from I-526, take the Longpoint Rd exit towards the Wando Terminal. Turn right at the 1st light onto Wando Park Blvd. and then left on Ports Authority Drive. The HQ building is NOT accessible to you from the Wando Terminal. Parking is available in front of SCPA Headquarters.
- Lunch Menu: Chicken Piccata with Capers, Mushrooms, & Fresh Lemon, Rice Pilaf, Fresh Seasonal Vegetables, and Garden Salad, Assorted Cookies
Rotary District Conference – March 22-24 in Charleston
We have a wonderful opportunity this year as the annual Rotary District Conference will be held here in Charleston at the Francis Marion during the weekend of March 22. Conference registration is open to all Rotarians. If you are interested in attending, please sign up quickly as the conference is limited to only 330 registrants. This is a fun and informative event and you have an opportunity to learn more about Rotary in our District, in our Clubs and the wonderful things we are doing in our local communities and around the world. We have great speakers and fun events, and there is still time register. The rate is $350.
Please note that you can now register for “pay as you go” events at the Conference such as Friday Lunch, Friday Dinner, Saturday Dinner. If you cannot attend the entire Conference, these are great options.
Please note that you must pre-register for the Conference as we cannot accommodate any walk ups.
The registration link is in the DACdb District Calendar and below for your convenience. Just click on District on the home page and then District Calendar.
https://www.dacdb.com/Register4/index.cfm?EventID=77675037
Support The CART Fund
It is easy for club members to make individual contributions and support The CART Fund electronically. The CART Fund has new portal www.mycartfund.org, which you can easily access. As a Rotarian and a DACdb user, you automatically have an account already set-up in your name. Your user name and password are the same as it is for the DACdb.
Our Club is on Social Media
Members are encouraged to follow all of our social media channels and share posts with their followers too! We also need members to send us picture of anything they do that relates to Rotary – service projects, meetings, events, etc. We would love to keep our accounts full of smiling Rotarians! Photos can be send to Mike Sottak, mikesottak@gmail.com, or Rob Byko, rob@bykorealty.com
MEMBER NEWS
Continuing the legacy of our founder, the Paul Harris Fellow program recognizes individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, of $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. The honor was established in 1957 to show appreciation for contributions that support our Annual Fund, PolioPlus, or an approved Foundation grant.
Our Rotary Foundation Chair, Karl Riner was honored to recognize the below members with Paul Harris Fellows and Multiple Paul Harris Fellows this past Tuesday and to thank them for their dedication and service to our club and The Rotary Foundation:
- Amy Chico – PHF
- Kay Minson – PHF
- Joseph Tecklenburg – PHF
- Debbie Barton – PHF + 1
- Nick Galizia – PHF +1
- Andrew Rosenfeld – PHF +1
- Lisa Van Bergen – PHF +1
- Rob Byko – PHF +3
- Cleave Ham – PHF +3
- Skip Fink – PHF +4
- Sandy Morckel – PHF +4
- Robin Freer – PHF + 5
- Jeanne Jamme – PHF +8
- Mike Sottak – PHF +8
Adopt-A-Highway/Bee Street “Trash Talkin’” — THANK YOU to all those volunteers who joined our Adopt-A-Highway Chair, Amy Chico and her husband, this past Saturday to help clean up our environment and “keep Charleston beautiful” by picking up litter and debris on the roadway of this street. Those who assisted with the trash pick-up were Stephen Moody (and his daughter), Peter Hearne, Steve Morse, Sandy Morckel (and her husband), and Karla Combs
With much regret, the Board accepted the resignations of Robert Hull and GP Diminich. We will miss these Rotarians and wish them all the best.
Proposed New Members
The following membership candidates have submitted an application and signed letter of agreement to the Historic Rotary Club of Charleston:
Jane Horetsky – sponsor: Sandy Morckel; classification: Eleemosynary Exec.
Denise Kaufman – sponsor: Stefany Ceccato; classification: IT/Mgmt
Steve Latteri – sponsor: Jerry Kozel; classification: Life Coaching
Tucker O’Brien – sponsor: Channing Proctor; classification: Technology/Sales
In the event you know Jane, Denise, Steve or Tucker, please tell a member of the Board how they will serve the ideals of Rotary.
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Rotarian: James Dusenberry
JOINED: January 2, 2023
SPONSOR: Virginia Lawrence & Michael Smith
CLASSIFICATION: Banking/Commercial
PROFESSION: First Citizens Bank
Community Service Organizations, Current Activities or Activities/Volunteer Work in the Past: The Citadel Campus Director of FCA, STAR Center (Jackson), SC Army National Guard
SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT YOURSELF Fluent in French
Birthdays
- 2/26 – Karen Parson
- 2/27 – Hamer Darby
- 2/29 – Mickey Renner
- 3/2 – Stacy Ware & Richard Sidebottom
- 3/3 – Mike Seekings
WELLNESS TIP
Foster mindfulness and stress reduction
The stressors of daily life can be a burden on your mental health and emotional wellbeing. Make mindfulness a priority by incorporating practices such as meditation, deep breathing or yoga into your routine. These activities can help reduce stress, improve concentration, and promote a sense of inner calm. Taking moments for self-reflection and relaxation will contribute to a more balanced and stable approach to life.
OTHER AREA ROTARY CLUBS
Mondays
https://www.cainhoyrotary.com/
Summerville – Oakbrook: 7:30 a.m., Monday, Westcott County Club, 5000 Wescott Club Drive, North Charleston
North Charleston: 12:30 p.m., Monday, Hilton Garden Inn, 5265 International Blvd, North Charleston, SC
Summerville Evening: 5:30 p.m., Monday, Montreux Bar and Grill, 127 W. Richardson Ave., Summerville
Tuesdays
Charleston: 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Hall’s Signature Events, 5 Faber, Charleston
Goose Creek: 12:45 m. Tuesday, Gilligan’s, 219 St. James Ave., Goose Creek
Cainhoy: 6PM, on the first and third Tuesday of the month, King’s Cross Church, of Clement Ferry Road
Wednesdays
Daniel Island: 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Daniel Island Club, 600 Island Park Dr., Daniel Island
Mount Pleasant: 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Hibben Methodist Church, 690 Coleman Blvd., Mount Pleasant
Summerville: 1pm-2pm on 1st & 3rd Wednesday. Hilton Garden Inn-Homewood Suite/Lowcountry Conference Center, 406 Sigma Drive
Thursdays
North Charleston Breakfast: 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Marriott Hotel, 4770 Goer Drive, North Charleston.
Moncks Corner: 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Gilligan’s Restaurant, Moncks Corner
St. Andrews (West Ashley): 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Bessinger’s BBQ, 1602 Savannah Highway, Charleston.
Fridays
Charleston Breakfast: 7:30AM Hall’s Signature Events, 5 Faber, Charleston
SOCIAL MEDIA
Our Rotary club actively uses social media — and we encourage you to interact 
with us through social media.
We’re on Facebook. Take a look at our page and be sure to “like us”.
We’re on Twitter. You can follow us @chasrotaryclub.
We’re on Instagram. You can follow us @ChasRotaryClub.
ABOUT THE KEYWAY
The Keyway has been published weekly as a newsletter for the Rotary Club of Charleston for more than 90 years.
President: Cleave Ham
Executive secretary: Carroll Schweers, carrollschweers@gmail.com
Mailing address: Rotary Club of Charleston, P.O. Box 21029, Charleston, SC 29413-1029
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