Columbia Capital Rotary Club BLOOD DRIVE
When: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 10 am – 4 pm
Where: Richard Ellis Building, 1333 Main Street, Columbia, SC (Conference Room – 1st Floor)
How you can help: Schedule your appointment at www.redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code: caprotary
Download a Blood Drive PDF Flyer
All presenting donors will receive a FREE ticket to Carowinds and a box of Girl Scout Cookies! (while supplies last)
Walk-ins Welcome! ALL Blood Types Needed! Please bring Photo ID!
You are officially invited to participate in our upcoming Capital Rotary Club Charity Fishing Tournament ‐ to benefit the Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust or “the C.A.R.T. Fund” as known by most Rotarians. Alzheimer’s affects many people ‐ young and old. The purpose of this event is to raise funds to fund Alzheimer’s research.
Since its inception in 1995, the C.A.R.T. Fund has contributed over $3 million to Alzheimer’s research. Hopefully through the efforts of C.A.R.T., we will have a cure for Alzheimer’s. 100% of funds raised go towards research grants since all administrative functions are supplied by volunteers.
The C.A.R.T. Fund is a 501(C)(3) not‐for‐profit charitable organization which means your sponsorship, contributions and donations may be tax deductible (Please consult your tax professional). More information may be found on the C.A.R.T. Fund’s website at www.cartfund.org – Become a sponsor and register a team today to help us raise money for a great cause. Space is limited (only six boats) – don’t miss your chance to join us.
Event Details
CONFIRM YOUR SPONSORSHIP & REGISTER YOUR TEAM: To become a sponsor or make a donation contact Mike Glover at (803) 609‐0066 OR send email to areacode803@gmail.com. If you cannot attend, please consider making a financial contribution to the event.
Download PDF Flyer: CART Fishing Derby Fundraiser
In early 2015, our very own Jimmy Gibbs joined Dawdy Mercer Plank on WIS-TV to discuss the Capital Rotary Club and how our donations are helping research a cure for Alzheimer’s disease through Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust (CART).
Columbia’s WIS-TV and Mungo Homes have honored Capital Rotary Club member Mike Glover for his positive contributions to life in the Midlands. A licensed charter boat captain and Lake Murray fishing guide, Glover earned a Community Builder Award for organizing a fishing tournament for local troops and wounded warriors completely free of charge over the past four years.
More than 60 veterans participated in the year’s fishing tournament, which Glover called a heartfelt “thank you” for their service to the nation. Capital Rotary president Mark Bokesch, along with several other club members, was instrumental in Glover’s award nomination.
As a Community Builder winner, Glover received a symbolic hard hat and $1,000 from the Michael J. Mungo Foundation to donate to the designated 501C-3 charity of his choice. WIS-TV featured the award presentation during a segment in their local newscast (see below)
Community Builders include those who have made a significant impact on a group in the Midlands; who have made the area a better place to live; and who fill a need not served by traditional governmental services/agencies.
wistv.com – Columbia, South Carolina
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Ross Oakley (left) is congratulated by Capital Rotary past president Scott Wallinger upon becoming the Columbia club’s latest Paul Harris Fellow in acknowledgement of a $1,000 contribution to the Rotary Foundation. Oakley, a Beaufort native and project manager for Thomas & Hutton Civil Engineering, is a graduate of the University of South Carolina. He’s also a member of the S.C. Economic Developers Association, the Urban Land Institute and the Building Industry Association of Central South Carolina. Donations to the Rotary Foundation help fund international programs that promote world understanding and peace.
Helping Hands for Harvest Hope
Columbia’s Capital Rotary Club members showed they “have a heart” in February by volunteering at Harvest Hope Food Bank. Nearly 20 Rotarians from Capital Rotary Club helped pack groceries for distribution to the needy and elderly in lieu of a weekly club meeting. Harvest Hope is headquartered in Columbia but works to meet the needs of hungry people in the Midlands, Pee Dee and Greater Greenville regions of the state. It feeds more than 35,000 people weekly.
In the first picture below, bagging donated drinks are (in background from left) Blake DuBose, Jay von Kolnitz, Mark Bokesch, Trey Boone, John Guignard and Ann Elliott, along with (foreground left) Ione Cockrell and Denise Holland (foreground right).
Scott Wallinger (left), immediate past president of Columbia’s Capital Rotary, congratulates Dr. Tommy Gibbons, the club’s most recent member to be named a Paul Harris Fellow in acknowledgement of a $1,000 contribution to the Rotary Foundation. Gibbons, a native of Clarendon County’s Turbeville community, is President of Doctors Care and Chief Medical Officer at UCI Medical Affiliates, Inc. and Doctors Care, PA in Columbia. He has degrees from the College of Charleston, the Medical University of South Carolina and earned an MBA from the Darla Moore School of Business. A member of numerous medical professional organizations, he’s also been a volunteer for The Children’s Trust SAFEKIDS South Carolina, the DHEC Disease Prevention Committee and the Pandemic Influenza Task Force. He and his wife, Lorri, have two grown children.
Capital Rotary Club members John Guignard (left) and Jenks Mikell (center) huddle with third-grade students at Arden Elementary School after distributing paperback dictionaries as part of the club’s annual participation in The Dictionary Project.
The project, begun by a non-profit organization in Charleston in 1995, aims to help students become good writers, active readers, creative thinkers and resourceful learners by providing them with their own personal dictionary.
Capital Rotary donated dictionaries to 840 students in 12 Richland County District One schools for 2014-15. Over the past 10 years, the club has purchased and given dictionaries to 10,500 third-graders in the Columbia area.
A number of clubs in South Carolina and throughout the country are Dictionary Project sponsors. One of Rotary International’s six major goals is improving basic education and literacy.
Capital Rotary member Kevin Werner is happy to take part in the Columbia club’s summer blood drive for the local Red Cross. Rotarians and their supporters tallied a total of 57 units of blood, including both whole blood and double red cell donations. Red Cross officials said these donations may help to save up to 171 lives. The yearly project is part of the club’s community service agenda.
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