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Duck Race 2025
Get Ducky. It’s time for the 2025 Rotary Duck Race. The Race is scheduled for June 14th 10am to 1pm (with the ducks racing at approximately 11:15am) Click for Duck Race flyer. Our participation in the Duck Race allows us to raise funds to give back
Gibbons receives Paul Harris Fellow +3
The Paul Harris Fellow +3 pin was awarded at the March 3, 2025 meeting to Glenn Gibbons. Glenn has been a North Charleston Rotary member since 1981. He has served as Treasurer for 18 years and continues to be an invaluable member. As the “Person
Newest Paul Harris Fellow
The North Charleston Rotary Club inducted its newest Paul Harris Fellow at its January 27, 2025 meeting. Joining the society is Nikki Lawson. Ms. Lawson is the Club’s Treasurer and is a welcomed addition.
Consider Rotary
Lunch meetings are every Monday at the Hilton Garden Inn Express, 5265 International Blvd, North Charleston. Doors open at 12pm noon. The meetings begin at 12:30pm and end by 1:30pm.
Promoting Peace
Be a part of an international organization dedicated to bringing peace and understanding throughout the world.
Fighting Disease
We have a mission to eradicate the once incurable disease, polio. We’re almost there.
Providing Clean Water
Through our global network of Rotarians, we work to provide life sustaining clean water.
Saving Mothers and Children
Pre-natal and post-natal health care is critical. Rotarians support programs that provide safe environments.
Supporting Education
We value a well-educated community and our club provides college scholarships to deserving students.
Growing Local Economies
As mentors, we share our expertise through involvement in literacy and other community service projects.
Covid-19 Awareness
We are having hybrid meetings to provide options for our members and guests. During our lunch meetings, we acknowledge recommended distancing and other protective measures.
Please join us for in-person meetings at the Hilton Garden Inn – Airport or Zoom with us.
Contact us for details.
Upcoming Events
Angela Muirhead
- Co-Founder, Chairman and Executive Director of Beautiful Gate Center
- 30-year history of successfully building, managing and operating businesses in thecommercial and mortgage banking, real estate, legal and non-profit sectors
- Has served in Board and other positions for various non-profits in several states
Dave Muirhead
- Co-Founder of Beautiful Gate Center
- Principal of Blue River Systems Group, a software and management consulting firm withoffices in Denver and Charleston.
- 25 years delivering custom distributed computing software solutions to many well- known companies in a variety of business verticals
Dr. Gilbert is currently an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Charleston Southern University, and an Adjunct Professor of Intelligence and Security Studies at The Citadel. Dr. Gilbert is a 30-year veteran of law enforcement in which he started his career with the Warren County (NY) Sheriff’s Office, serving 3 years as a Seasonal Special-Patrol Officer. He then served 22 years with the New York State Police and was a First Responder during the 9/11 attacks in lower Manhattan in 2001, while he was employed as New York State Police Trooper from 1997 – 2003.
From 2003 – 2018, Dr. Gilbert was assigned to the New York State Police’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Counter-Terrorism Office, working in a variety of investigative and intelligence functions as an Investigator and from 2012 – 2018, he was assigned to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, as a Task Force Officer, actively investigating national and international domestic and international terrorism cases. One of his cases was briefed to the U.S. Attorney General and the FBI’s Assistant Director. Dr. Gilbert has also served 2 years as a New York State Correctional Officer at Sing Sing Correctional Facility and at Taconic Correctional Facility.
Currently, Dr. Gilbert is a Commander in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves, serving as the Senior Reserve Officer at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Maritime Intelligence Fusion Center, located in Dam Neck, VA. He has been deployed to numerous areas around the country over his 19 years of military service, often assisting those in great need impacted by hurricanes, and other environmental disasters, most recently, a 60-day deployment from October 19th – December 17th, 2024, serving the great state of North Carolina after the Hurricane HELENE devastation. He has also served in law enforcement, intelligence, Joint Military/Combatant Command, and emergency management billets during his U.S. Coast Guard reserves career.
His academic accomplishes include being a 2018 graduate of Nova Southeastern University, with a PhD in Criminal Justice/Organizational Leadership; a master’s in Strategic Intelligence from National Intelligence University and a master’s in Leadership and Administration from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. Dr. Gilbert and his wife have three children and two dogs. He is an avid sports fan of the New York Yankees and New York Giants. Dr. Gilbert is an active member of Seacoast Church in Mount Pleasant, SC.
End Polio Now
We’ve has been working to eradicate polio and our goal of ridding the earth of this disease is within sight. We started in 1979 with vaccinations for 6 million children in the Philippines. Today, Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan are the only countries where polio remains endemic.
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