Reaching out to the mountains of Pickens

Kathy and I had an enjoyable 1 hour and 40 minute drive to Pickens, a thriving community north of Greenville. President Brian Dooley was dressed in his finest tuxedo t-shirt and was excited about the good work of the club in their community. The board was pleased with the great fellowship, fun activities, and projects conducted by club members. I was very impressed with their great meal of pulled pork and chicken BBQ, some of the best I have ever consumed! 

The club sponsors a Spaghetti Dinner and silent auction to benefit the only children's home in Pickens County that is in dire need of an upgrade. The club has also been a co-sponsor of a Matching Grant water project in El Salvador. This year the club plans to update town limit Rotary signs and install a pedestal clock in the new downtown park. 

Linda Cassell was recognized as the club's Notable Rotarian. Linda has been a member since 1992 and is a Multiple Paul Harris Fellow. She has written and secured several district simplified grants that have gone to help with an ongoing water project in El Salvador and also in building a playground for Mary's House, an abused women's shelter in Pickens County. Linda is always full of optimism with respect to Rotary and truly exemplifies Service Above Self.

I will always remember the Pickens Rotary Club is the place where my PowerPoint presentation did some really strange things. When I wasn't pushing any buttons on the presenter, my presentation would suddenly skip back to the beginning. A few slides were in different locations than usual, and some slides simply didn't show up. Fortunately I have this presentation down and could move ahead without seeing the slides. I am convinced that someone was doing another presentation in the building with a presenter on the same frequency or some demons were pushed to my computer and presenter!