Capital Rotary Club

Executive Director of Richland County Public Libraries

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Sep 242014

Our speaker on Wednesday morning was Ms. Melanie Huggins, Executive Director of Richland County Public Libraries. Melanie has done a tremendous job with our libraries since joining our community in 2009 from St. Paul Library System. In addition to her work in the library community, she serves on the City Center Partnership’s Board of Directors and chairs the group’s Marketing and Special Events Committee. Huggins was recognized with the Executive Excellence Award from the South Carolina Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America in April for her support of the marketing and communications function that resulted in successful rebranding effort.

Melanie earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Winthrop University and a Master’s degree in Library & Information Science from the University of South Carolina.

Columbia Police Chief speaks to Capital Rotary

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Sep 182014

Our speaker on Wednesday morning was Chief Skip Holbrook of the City of Columbia Police Department. Holbrook, along with his wife of 26 years and two of his three children — the third is a student at Marshall University — came to Columbia back in April from Huntington, W. Va., where he has served as police chief since 2007. Lots more on Chief Holbrook in this week’s Free Times @ http://www.free-times.com/pdf/091014/#p=20

Photo courtesy of The State

Columbia’s Capital Rotary Honored as Two-Star Club

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Sep 182014

Columbia’s Capital Rotary Honored as Two-Star Club

Jimmy Gibbs (left), an assistant governor for Rotary District 7770 in eastern South Carolina, congratulates Columbia Capital Rotary president Mark Bokesch for the club’s achieving 2-STAR status. This signifies annual Rotary Foundation contributions of at least $200 per club member. The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation promoting world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational and cultural exchange programs. It’s supported solely by voluntary donations from Rotarians and friends who share the vision of a better world.

Josh Kendall, Sports Reporter for The State

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Sep 102014

Our speaker on Wednesday morning was Mr. Josh Kendall, sports reporter for The State. Josh has covered the SEC for 15 years, including the last five seasons in South Carolina. He is the author of “100 Things Everything South Carolina Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die”, the 2013 South Carolina Sportswriter of the Year, a three-time honoree by the Associated Press Sports Editors Association.

Columbia Rotarian Joins Bequest Society

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Sep 032014

Capital Rotary Club member Matt LaMarche is honored as a new member of the Bequest Society by Rod Funderburk, governor-elect of Rotary District 7770. The Society is made up of Rotarians who have pledged $10,000 or more for the Rotary Foundation in their estate plans – funds that help advance programs improving health, supporting education and alleviating poverty worldwide. Bequest Society members compose 20 percent of Capital Rotary’s membership.

Oliver Gospel CEO shares Mission with club

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Sep 032014

Our speaker on Wednesday morning was Wayne Fields, President & CEO of the Oliver Gospel Mission. Mr. Fields has guided the Mission since 2001 after earning his Master’s degree in leadership development from Lancaster University and his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University.

Capital Rotary Club Holds Blood Drive

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Aug 242014

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.

SC Manufacturing Alliance CEO speaks to Capital Rotary

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Aug 072014

Our speaker on Wednesday morning was Mr. Lewis Gossett, President & CEO of the South Carolina Manufacturing Alliance. This Alliance is the state’s only statewide organization dedicated to the interests of manufacturers. Lewis served as the Director of the SC Department of Labor during the Beasley Administration from 1995-99 and was a shareholder at Ogletree Deakins law firm prior to becoming the SCMA CEO in 2003.

Mr. Gossett received his Bachelors of Arts degree from Furman University in 1987 and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1990.

Capital Rotary member Jim Potter reflects on Rotary through a poem

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Aug 072014

June 12, 2014

It’s a knowledge that I cherish and you should all be told

That you can keep on ageing but not grow old

Not grow old? Why this must be a lie

For if you don’t grow old, then you must surely die.

Just a moment my dear friend, there’s something you should know,

Give me just a minute before you turn and go.

The keyword here is youth, and it has no certain time

For it’s not a time of life but a persons state of mind

A person may possess it at any age I’m told, but as long

As you maintain it, you can’t grow old.

It’s an interest in the present without dwelling on the past.

It’s looking to the future with an almost full half glass.

It’s not talking of your health, because, no one wants to listen.

If you must discuss your aches and pains, go visit your physician.

It’s taking a real interest in what others do and say

It’s offering them your help without any thought of pay

For it’s what you do for other people that will vitalize your soul

So keep putting service above self, and you will not grow old.
Jim Potter

Capital Rotary Celebrates 10 New Benefactors

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Aug 072014

Capital Rotary Club of Columbia celebrated 10 members who were named new Benefactors for the Rotary Foundation recently. Benefactors designate the Foundation’s Permanent Fund as a $1,000 beneficiary in their wills or estate plans, earmarking their donation for use in a number of humanitarian and educational programs. The Benefactors group includes (from left in photo) Adam Dougherty, Ross Oakley, Tommy Gibbons, Gloria Saeed, David Boucher, Robbie McCullough (behind Boucher), Mary Katherine Bagnal, John Guignard (behind Bagnal), Neda Beal, Blake DuBose (behind Beal) and Joe Reyonlds (not pictured).

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