BULLETIN 01/22/2023

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!   Our speaker this week is Lynne Hummel. Lynne is the editor of the Hilton Head Sun and the Bluffton Sun community newspapers and has lived on Hilton Head Island for 38 years.   A native South Carolinian, Lynne hails from Columbia, where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in journalism at the University of South Carolina. Go Gamecocks! She moved to Hilton Head Island in 1984 for a typography job, not even realizing there was a beach.   Lynee later worked at the local daily for nine years and has been with Sun Newspapers since 2009. While her job is editing, she also enjoys writing, and insists there is a novel in her head somewhere.   Lynne and her husband, artist Amos Hummell, have been married for 3 years and have two grown sons, Clark and Chandler.   Upcoming Events The next board meeting is Jan 25th Flag for Heros committee meeting is Feb 2nd PETS is coming up, if you want to learn more about Rotary, the roles of the officers and the inner workings see about attending! District conference will be in Myrtle Beach this year. March 24th-26. Rooms are still available. Register Here If you have questions please let me know!   Thank you everyone and I look forward to seeing you this week.

Speaker 1/16/23- Matthew Adams   Our speaker last week was Matthew Adams. Dr. Adams is an Associate Professor of History at Savannah State University specializing in Modern European History.  At the beginning of the Ukrainian War, Dr. Adams traveled to Poland to help facilitate the escape of his friends and Ukrainian family members from the war-ravaged areas.  While there, he saw the suffering of Ukrainian refugees and with the support of his Polish associates created a nonprofit relief organization called Polafund.  Polafund is a US 501c3, more information can be found here. Polafund.

DATES TO CELEBRATE  Member and Spouse Birthdays  Marriage and Join Date Anniversaries Member Birthdays John McMahon January 3   Ron Molen January 14   Anniversaries Tim Henderson Susan Henderson January 28