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Promotion of Columbia SC Total Eclipse Event

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Apr 122017
 

This Wednesday, we had Tracie Broom talk about the Total Eclipse in August and what Columbia is doing for the event.

Tracie Broom is a public relations professional from Columbia, S.C., who develops and manages integrated communications campaigns, specializing in content development, social media, web strategy, customer experience and partnership building. Skilled in the art of getting the word out, she is passionate about introducing people to one another and spoke on the subject at TedXColumbiaSC in 2014.

Tracie worked as a professional writer, editor and event planner for 12 years in San Francisco, where she maintained a roster of clients ranging from Toyota and Hilton to Spa Magazine, Splendora, and Daily Candy SF. She is a graduate of Wesleyan University with a B.A. in Dance Choreography and Performance, and she was awarded a grant for studies at Harvard University.

Tracie is the marketing committee chair on the executive committee of the Foundation Board of the S.C. Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities in Greenville, S.C. She recently rotated off of a term as board co-chair at Slow Food Columbia.

Tracie Broom Columbia SC
Photo Courtesy of Flock & Rally website

Apr 122017
 

In March of 2016, Capital Rotary Club members assisted volunteers helping to rebuild a Columbia-area residence damaged during heavy rains and flooding in October 2015.  That effort was coordinated by the St. Bernard Project, a national leader in family recovery following natural disasters.

Now, about a year later, this same partnership has completed repairs to another flood-afflicted home – one occupied by Inez Pempleton and her family.  Capital Rotary “adopted” the family as a Christmas project, contributing to their 2016 holiday celebration and helping them get their house back in order in February and March of this year.

Repairs included removing damaged items from the home, demolition, mold remediation, putting up insulation and drywall in the basement, plus painting and digging a drainage ditch.  A skilled volunteer group recruited by the St. Bernard Project was able to be on-site consistently for about two weeks to complete the work.

In a letter, Ms. Pempleton thanked the St. Bernard group and Capital Rotary, saying that “I am so grateful to all of you for what you’ve done for us … We are so blessed to have you all in our lives. I pray God will be with you all throughout the coming year and all his love and blessing be with you.”

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Apr 062017
 

Capital Rotarian Abby Naas and club president Tommy Gibbons introduce Andy Markl (center) as the newest member of the Columbia-area service organization.  Markl, a Lexington native, is director at The Graphics Source, a local firm specializing in print, marketing and advertising materials.  Educated at Midlands Technical College and Clemson University, Markl serves on graphics advisory boards for both schools and has worked for International Paper and graphics/printing firms in both Carolinas.  He and his wife, Donna, are the parents of three children.

Andy Markl Columbia SC

Mar 312017
 

Twenty-one members of Columbia’s Capital Rotary volunteered at Harvest Hope Food Bank to help pack over 150 boxes of groceries for distribution to the needy and elderly.  Their participation was part of Rotary District 7770’s call for community service projects fighting hunger in the first quarter of 2017.  Harvest Hope began in 1981 and since has expanded to feed the hungry across 20 counties in the Midlands, Pee Dee and Greater Greenville regions of South Carolina.  The club counts the food bank’s executive director, Denise Holland, in its membership ranks.

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Global Grant Scholarship Hopeful Welcomed

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Mar 262017
 

Capital Rotary president Tommy Gibbons welcomes University of South Carolina senior Arianna Miskin to a recent club breakfast meeting.  Miskin hopes to qualify for a Rotary International Global Grant Scholarship to attend University College of London and earn a master’s degree in pediatrics and child health.  Successful Global Grant scholars may be funded for graduate-level coursework or research for one to four academic years.  Miskin, a Brooklyn, NY native, earned two USC Honors College research grants and has been active in student government, homeless outreach, homecoming and numerous other campus activities.  She’s also been a volunteer for medical programs and afterschool child care during her collegiate career.

Arianna Miskin Columbia Capital Rotary

 

 

 

 

Mar 262017
 

Felicia Maloney, executive director of the Columbia Empowerment Zone, Inc., joins Capital Rotary Club following induction ceremonies by president Tommy Gibbons.  Maloney, a Baltimore, MD native, is a Limestone College and S.C. Economic Development School graduate.  She formerly worked with the City of Columbia’s Office of Business Opportunities and with Columbia Housing Authority.  Maloney was named the Greater Community Relations Council “Outstanding Volunteer of the Year” and has been a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, United Way, Cooperative Ministries, Junior Achievement, City Year, Palmetto Health Foundation and Together We Can Read Initiative.  Gloria Saeed was her Rotary member sponsor.

Felicia Maloney Columbia Capital Rotary

Capital Rotary Adds John Boykin to Membership

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Mar 212017
 

John Boykin (center), vice president of Palmetto Specialty Transfer, is flanked by sponsor Katherine Anderson and president Tommy Gibbons after induction into Columbia’s Capital Rotary Club.  Boykin, a Camden native, is a University of South Carolina graduate who formerly worked in building product sales and in accounting.  He’s a member and past president of the Camden Jaycees, is on the board of visitors for Kershaw County Medical Center and served on the executive board of USC’s Young Alumni Council.  He’s married and has a two-year-old daughter.

John Boykin Columbia SC

Mar 172017
 

Capital Rotarian Bill Beers (left) is congratulated by club president Tommy Gibbons as the latest member to join the ranks of the club’s Paul Harris Fellows, signifying a $1,000 contribution to the Rotary Foundation.  Paul Harris Fellows receive a special pin, a certificate and a medal to honor their donation.  Gifts to the Rotary Foundation help fund international programs promoting world understanding and peace.  Beers’ donation was assisted by David Boucher, the club’s chairman for Foundation giving.

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VentureSouth Angel Investor speaks to Capital Rotary

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Mar 092017
 

Our speaker Wednesday was Mr. Charlie Banks, a managing partner with VentureSouth. VentureSouth is one of the largest angel investment groups in the United States. Charlie is an experienced serial entrepreneur who has founded, run, and invested in multiple manufacturing, financial services, building science, and real estate companies in South Carolina.  He was recently named to the “50 Most Influential People” and “20 under 40” lists in Columbia, SC by two regional business publications. He attended Newberry College and graduated with a BS in Business Administration.

For more information about VentureSouth, please visit their website: http://venturesouth.vc

Charlie Banks VentureSouth Columbia SC

Mar 072017
 

Past president David Boucher (left) and sponsor Darren Foy (right) join in ceremonies inducting Walker Williams into the Capital Rotary Club.  Williams, a portfolio designer for Anchor Investment Management, is a Columbia native who earned a finance degree from the University of Georgia and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina.  He was a banker, securities trader and small business owner for 11 years.  Williams is married to the former Laura Pinnell of Augusta; the couple has three children.  Williams also has been active in the Boy Scouts, the Hammond School board of directors, the vestry at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral and the Executives Association of Greater Columbia.

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