Capital Rotary Club

District 7770 Honors for Columbia’s Capital Rotary

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Apr 272017

Ione Cockrell, area assistant governor for Rotary District 7770, presents two banners to Capital Rotary past president David Boucher (left) recognizing the club’s 2015-16 giving to The Rotary Foundation. Those donations help strengthen peace efforts, provide clean water and sanitation, support education, grow local economies, save mothers and children, and fight disease around the world. Current president Tommy Gibbons holds a Leadership Citation badge for 2016-17 participation in local/district community service projects plus contributions for international humanitarian outreach.

Capital Rotarians Hear Update from Global Grant Scholar

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Apr 202017

President Tommy Gibbons welcomes University of South Carolina graduate Catherine Glen to the podium to update Capital Rotary Club members on her Global Grant Scholar activities for 2016-17. Glen, who taught special education students in rural Japan for three years, is now working toward a master’s degree in the psychology of childhood adversity from Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. As part of this year-long program, she wants to help establish a child development center in Nairobi. Global Grant scholarships support graduate level study in one of Rotary International’s six areas of focus: peace, disease prevention, water and sanitation, maternal/child health, education, and economic/community development.

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.

Photo Courtesy of Flock & Rally website

Another Rebuilding Project Concludes for Capital Rotary

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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.”

Capital Rotary Inducts Graphics Director

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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.

Capital Rotary Fights Hunger with Service Project

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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.

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.

Economic Development Leader Joins Capital Rotary

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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.

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.

Bill Beers becomes a Paul Harris Fellow

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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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