Be a part of an international organization dedicated to bringing peace and understanding throughout the world.
We have a mission to eradicate the once incurable disease, polio. We’re almost there.
Through our global network of Rotarians, we work to provide life sustaining clean water.
Pre-natal and post-natal health care is critical. Rotarians support programs that provide safe environments.
We value a well-educated community and our club provides college scholarships to deserving students.
As mentors, we share our expertise through involvement in literacy and other community service projects.
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.
Captains Cathy & Oliver “Mike” Michels are Corps Officers of the Charleston, South Carolina corps with responsibilities for Charleston, Berkley and Dorchester counties. Mike is the son of Salvation Army officers and has been a member of the Salvation Army church his whole life. He fell in love with his childhood friend, Cathy Worrell, who attended the Wellsburg corps from elementary school age. They were married in Weirton, WV in 1985.
After over twenty years as employees of The Salvation Army, Cathy and Mike were called by God to become Salvation Army Officers, in April of 2008. They served as Corps Administrators in Seneca, SC, then entered The Salvation Army Evangeline Booth College in Atlanta, GA during August 2009. They were commissioned in June of 2011 and were appointed as Corps Officers for Princeton, WV. Next they were appointed as Corps Officers for Frederick, MD in June of 2013. In 2017, Cathy and Mike were appointed to overseas service at the Caribbean Territorial Headquarters of The Salvation Army in Kingston, Jamaica. In 2020, they returned to the Southern Territory of The Salvation Army right here in Charleston, SC.
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.
The following are the wild poliovirus cases as of August 12, 2020:Afghanistan – 34 (vs 29 in all of 2019)Pakistan – 63 (vs 147 in
Rotary Club of North Charleston Installs Officers Elizabeth Goodman (left) receives the gavel from outgoing president, Yan Agrest Don Smith, Janet Cappellini, Elizabeth Goodman, Yan
Here are the 4 most asked questions about Polio and Rotary’s involvement:
-Which vaccine are we using and why?
-Why are we vaccinating in so many countries?
-What caused the increase in wild polio cases in 2019?
-How is Covid-19 affecting the fight against polio?
Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day!
William Arthur Ward
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.
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All proceeds go to the Scholarship Fund Administration (501c3), which has awarded $473,00 worth of scholarships since 1962 to deserving students attending high schools in North Charleston. Three $8,000 scholarships have been awarded in 2020 and in 2019.