This Friday, April 19, 2024 at 1:00PM, we will meet in the BOA Room at ETV for lunch followed by a tour of ETV. The address is 1041 George Rogers Blvd. If you are planning to attend & have not signed up, please email President Wade so he can get an accurate head count for lunches.
Last Friday we inducted a new E-Member, Nicole Rodrigues. Her Classification is Military-Legal. Welcome Nicole!
The next meeting of the Rotary Club of Five Points will be at 1:00 PM, Friday, April 12, 2024, at the Hilton Garden Inn (corner of Pickens and Gervais). The Speaker will be Craig Currey, CEO of Transitions. We will also be inducting a new E-Member, Nicole Rodrigues dos Santos.
Rotary Club of Five Points, as a reminder, we will NOT have a meeting this Friday. We will be back at HGI on April 5th and Louis Dessau will have a presentation on the Cuba Experience.
We will NOT be meeting at the HGI this Friday. Instead, we will be meeting at the Copenhaver Band Hall at 324 Sumter Street. Our speaker will be Dr. Cormac Cannon, who is the Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at USC. If you have not signed up to attend, please email Wade (wadesparks1966@outlook.com ) so that he will have an accurate head count for lunches.
The Rotary Club of Five Points was well represented at the Five Points St. Patrick’s Day Parade last Saturday. Thank you to everyone who coordinated and participated in the float decoration Friday night & the Parade on Saturday. Pictures are being posted on our social media pages.
We look forward to seeing you this Friday at 1:00.
We will NOT have our regular meeting at HGI this Friday. Instead we will have a social & float decorating at the Anchor Investment Management office this Friday at 4:30. The Anchor office is located at 3205 Devine Street and you can enter the parking lot off Devine Street or Bellwood Road. We will also meet there between 9:00-9:30 on Saturday morning for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. We will NOT meet at Troy Robert’s State Farm office this Saturday morning. Our float lineup number is 45 which should be at the corner of Devine Street & Chatham Avenue. Our Leprechaun Contest winners are Lauren & Michael Duck. We raised $107 with all proceeds going to the Cart Fund. Thank you to Sara, Teri & David Wheeler for coordinating the float decorating, entering the float in the Parade & the Leprechaun Contest!
We look forward to seeing everyone this Friday & Saturday!
The next meeting of the Rotary Club of Five Points will be at 1:00 PM, Friday, March 8, 2024, at the Hilton Garden Inn (corner of Pickens and Gervais). Our own John Tjaarda will speak to us on seasonal birds. This will also be the last meeting to vote for the Leprechaun contest. At last count, Michael & Lauren Duck are leading with Buddy Wier in 3rd place. All proceeds go to The CART Fund so please vote early & often! If you are not able to attend this Friday & want to vote, please contact President Wade or Teri as soon as possible.
The February 9, 2024 meeting of the Rotary Club of Five Points will be held at SC ETV,1041 George Rogers Boulevard, Columbia, SC 29201 Our guest speaker will be Taylor Adams with Pet’s Inc.. The program starts at 1:00 PM.
The next meeting of the Rotary Club of Five Points will be at 1:00 PM, Friday, February 2, 2024, at the Hilton Garden Inn (corner of Pickens and Gervais).
Tommie Wingate with EMS Closet will be our guest speaker.
We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.
Contact Teri Callen at teri5pointsrotary@icloud.com. Let her know you want to party! M Space is located on Polaski St, at the rear of M Grill, which on 530 Lady Street, Columbia SC 29201
M Space is located at the rear of the M Grill building. See red arrow for location
The next meetin
g of the Rotary Club of Five Points will be at 1:00 PM, Friday, November 10, 2023, at the Hilton Garden Inn (corner of Pickens and Gervais).
Our speaker will be Eric Davis. He will be speaking about the EarlyAct Club. EarlyAct is a school-wide service club for elementary students from ages 5 to 13. It is sponsored by one of the local Rotary clubs in the township in which the school is located. The mission and operation of Early Act are closely linked to the ideals of Rotary and provide a foundation and natural succession into Interact.
As a reminder, we will not be meeting this Friday due to our joint Social with Capital Rotary Club on Tuesday the 24th from 4:30-6:30. For everyone who goes to Iron Hill Brewery on 10/24 and orders food (dine-in or take-out), Iron Hill will donate 20% of their total food bill to The Rotary Foundation when they show a printed or digital copy of a special flyer! Here is a link to a PDF version. These flyers cannot be given out at the restaurant, so please send them to as many people as possible before the Social. Please share this Give 20 / World Polio Day Social flyer as many times and with as many people as possible.
The next meeting of the Rotary Club of Five Points will be at 1:00 PM, Friday, October 20, 2023, at the Hilton Garden Inn (corner of Pickens and Gervais).
Our speaker will be Matt Perron with Riverbanks Zoo. As a reminder, we will be voting on our updated Bylaws this Friday. It has been 10+ years since our Bylaws have been updated so this is a very important meeting & vote.
We need an in person quorum so please make every effort to attend this Friday.
The next meeting of the Rotary Club of Five Points will be at 1:00 PM, Friday, October 13, 2023, at the Hilton Garden Inn (corner of Pickens and Gervais).
Our speaker will be Travis McNeal with the Oliver Gospel Center. He will discuss the mission of the Center.
We hope to see you there.
The next meeting of the Rotary Club of Five Points will be at 1:00 PM, Friday, October 6, 2023, at the Hilton Garden Inn (corner of Pickens and Gervais).
Chris Dinkins, DIrector of Career and Technical Education for Richland School District #1 will be our speaker. His subject will be career and technology education.
We look forward to seeing you at our meeting.
The next meeting of the Rotary Club of Five Points will be at 1:00 PM, Friday, September 29, 2023, at the Hilton Garden Inn (corner of Pickens and Gervais).
Erinn Rowe CEO of Harvest Hope Food Bank will be our speaker.
We hope to see you there.
The next meeting of the Rotary Club of Five Points will be at 1:00 PM, Friday, September 22, 2023, at the Hilton Garden Inn (corner of Pickens and Gervais).
Heyward Clayton, Events & Community Outreach Coordinator for Camp Cole will be our speaker.
We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.
The next meeting of the Rotary Club of Five Points will be at 1:00 PM, Friday, September 15, 2023, at the Hilton Garden Inn (corner of Pickens and Gervais).
Kaela Bailey with Carolina Crossroads will be our speaker.
We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.
As a reminder, we will NOT be meeting at HGI this Friday but instead will have a “Wine Tasting” Social this Thursday, September 7th. The Social will start at 5:00. R-85 members, E-Members & all guests are $10 per person.
Our next meeting will be a Social on Thursday September 7th at the home of Buddy Wier. The address is 623 Sallie Baxter Road, Columbia, 29209, and will start at 5:00. R-85 members, E-Members & all guests are $10 per person.
We will NOT be meeting at the Hilton Garden Inn this Friday. Instead of our 1:00 meeting, we will have a Fireside Chat & Social this Friday evening from 5:30-7:30. As a reminder, R-85 members, E-Members & all guests will be $10 per person.
The next meeting of the Rotary Club of Five Points will be at 1:00 PM, Friday, August 11, 2023, at the Hilton Garden Inn (corner of Pickens and Gervais).
This week our own Andrew Folks will be speaking to the Club about different ways to increase our membership & how vital it is to our Club.
We look forward to seeing you there.
The next meeting of the Rotary Club of Five Points will be at 1:00 PM, Friday, August 4, 2023, at the Hilton Garden Inn (corner of Pickens and Gervais).
This Friday we will host Rotary District 7770 Governor Lou Mello so let’s have a big turnout. There will be a brief Board Meeting following our meeting.
We had a great time and turnout last Thursday for our Social at Arabesque. Thank you again to Teri & Sara for coordinating! We still have a couple of USC football games that need Captains. September 23rd vs. Mississippi State & the Clemson game on November 25th are still open. Please consider signing up as a Captain or to park at a game or two or both! The sign up sheet is on our website. This season LE, Frank & Gus have agreed to serve as judges in our season long competition for best tailgate meal & signature cocktail. We will have awards at the end of the season for the winners.
Lastly, this Thursday, August 3rd, our Club turns 69 years old.
See you on Friday.
We will have a social in lieu of our normal meeting this week. The Social this week has been changed from Friday the 28th to Thursday the 27th and will be at Arabesque, 2930 Devine Street from 5:00-6:30. A big shout out to Teri & Sara for coordinating! Also, please note that Board voted last Friday to charge R-85 members and all guests for all upcoming Socials. The charge will vary depending on the cost of the Socials and next Thursday will be $10.00. All non R-85 members will remain free of charge. In additional to charging for Socials, the Board voted on several items as we head into the new Rotary year and these are listed below. As discussed at the Club Assembly, the Club has to make some adjustments to keep us on a solid financial footing for the future.
• Quarterly dues will increase from $60.00 to $75.00. It has been well over 10 years since our last dues increase.
• Service fees for electronic payments on quarterly dues will now be passed along to the club members. These will be in then 3% range. In the past the club absorbed these fees.
Lastly, we have some changes to our Parking Project. Robert Lentz is stepping away as Captain for the parking project but will remain on the Parking Committee. Jill Michels will now serve as Captain so please direct any parking related questions to Jill. This change is in place now. Thank you to Jill & Robert for their service!
In place of our normal meeting, on 7/21 we will have a field trip to the Jim Hamilton-J.B. Owens Airport. Program start time is 1 PM. RSVP Here for your lunch.
The next meeting of the Rotary Club of Five Points will be at 1:00 PM, Friday July 14, 2023, at the Hilton Garden Inn (corner of Pickens and Gervais).
This meeting is the first to be presided over by Wade Sparks, Club President for the 2023-24 Rotary year.
Our speaker will be Cindy Huang. She will speak on the topic of Mental Awareness.
We look forward to seeing all of you after the break.
On June 16, 2023, Cassie Radford, an investigator with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department was named the first annual winner of the Nancy Moody Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement. The award is sponsored by the Five Points Rotary Club and is named in honor of Nancy Moody, a long-time member of the club. Nancy was a past president of the Club and a former Rotary District Governor. She also worked as an Associate Probate Judge and with the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s office.
MS. Radford was chosen for her Many years of excellent service with the Sherriff’s office and her work as a K-9 handler for an electronics detection dog. The award also included a $500 contribution to the RCSD Foundation and will be spent on the needs of the RCSD K-9 services.
We are meeting this week at 1:00 pm at the Hilton Garden Inn.
We have a special program this week honoring a Richland County Law Enforcement Officer in honor of Nancy Moody. We will have a number of special guests including Sheriff Leon Lott and Probate Judge Amy McCulloch, and friends and family of Nancy.
Randy Folks will be giving his member moment.
It’s not too early to sign up for parking – more details in the bulletin.
Remember that through the Parking Project we were able to give over $173,000 to charitable causes last year. Your involvement matters.
Hope you can join us Friday to honor Nancy.
We are meeting this week at 1:00 pm at the Hilton Garden Inn, at the corner of Pickens and Gervais.
Our speaker this week is head USC Women’s Soccer Coach, Shelley Smith.
David Wheeler will be giving his member moment.
We look forward to seeing you at the meeting. Consider inviting a guest.
We are meeting this week on Friday, May 12, 2023, at 1:00 pm at the Hilton Garden Inn, at the corner of Pickens and Gervais.
Our speaker this week will be FBI agents who will speak on the issue of elder fraud.
Mimi Fisher will be giving her member moment.
We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.
We are meeting this week at 1:00 pm at the Hilton Garden Inn, at the corner of Pickens and Gervais.
Our speaker this week is Eileen Schell, from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, who will speak about Suicide Prevention during Mental Health Month.
Buddy Wier will be giving his member moment.
We are meeting this week at 1:00 pm at the Hilton Garden Inn, at the corner of Pickens and Gervais. Our speaker this week is Robert Lominack from the Richland One School Board.
There is a Rotary board meeting immediately following the regular meeting.
We are meeting this week at 1:00 pm at the Hilton Garden Inn, at the corner of Pickens and Gervais.
Our speaker this week is Professor Claire Bryant with the Lullaby Project.
We will enjoy a Member Moment from Robert Lentz. We are inducting a new member: Rachel Hair.
We look forward to seeing you.
Fellow Five Points Rotarians,
Our next meeting is Friday April 14, 2023. The program will begin at 1:00 pm at the Girl Scout Leadership Center, 1107 Williams St.
Our guest speaker is Suzanne Brooks with Habitat for Humanity.
We are meeting this week at 1:00 pm at the Hilton Garden Inn, at the corner of Pickens and Gervais.
Our speakers this week are Elaine Frick and Olga Yukhno regarding the Peace Pole Initiative.
We will enjoy a Member Moment from Georgette Sandifer.
We are re-inducting past president Billy Way.
Paul Harris recognitions (we have a handful of new Paul Harris Fellows!) will take place.
We look forward to seeing you all Friday. It’s a great time to be a Rotarian!
We are meeting this week at 1:00 pm at the Hilton Garden Inn, at the corner of Pickens and Gervais.
Our speaker this week is Jennifer Rainville from the Appleseed Legal Justice Center.
We will enjoy a Member Moment from Garry Powers.
Andrew Folks will lead us in a membership exercise, and of course we’ll have the raffle.
There is a board meeting immediately following the regular meeting.
The Rotary Club of Five Points will have a social in lieu of meeting on Friday, March 17, 2023.
We are having a social/field trip this week to the USC School of Music and Koger Center. Please note the schedule below, as some times have changed.
• 12:30-1:00 pm, Concert in the Recital Hall, 2nd floor of the School of Music building at 813 Assembly St. Please arrive by 12:25 if you can.
• 1:05 pm, Lunch in the Donor Room, on the second floor of the Koger Center (next door)
• 1:15, Brief welcome and introduction to the Koger center by Executive Director Nate Terracio, with backstage tour.
There is street parking at parking meters or you can park in one of the nearby garages for a fee. Please note that classes are in session as normal this week (Spring Break was last week).
To see the Club’s presentation of the Rotary Check click on this link
We are having a field trip this week to the Midlands Tech Northeast campus, 151 Powell Road, Columbia 29203, directly across from the Spur at Northwoods Golf Club.
When entering the Northeast campus, parking will be on the left side. After parking, go through the main glass doors to the Conference room.
Our meeting will start promptly at 1:00 pm, followed by a short tour. Lunch is being provided by Midlands Tech. Big thanks to Robert Lentz for arranging this meeting.
Fellow Five Points Rotarians,
We are meeting this week at 1:00 pm at the Girl Scout Center, 1107 Williams St.
Architect Derek Gruner (and a former member of this club) will be speaking to us about USC buildings and growth. We also will be enjoying a Member Moment from Frank Kendrick.
Lunch will be catered by Palmetto Pig Barbecue.
We are meeting this week at 1:00 pm at the Hilton Garden Inn, at the corner of Pickens and Gervais. Please note that our meal price has increased to $15.
Our speaker this week is David Williams from The Big Red Barn Retreat, which provides help to veterans and first responders.
We will be enjoying a Member Moment from Teri Callen.
We are also inducting two new members: Sara Caudle and past president David Keller.
And of course we’ll have the raffle!
There is a board meeting immediately following the regular meeting.
There will be a Club Social lieu of our weekly meeting this Thursday from 4 pm-6 pm at Steel Hands Brewery – 2350 Forman Street, Cayce, SC 29033. This is a great opportunity to bring a prospective member to meet Five Points Rotarians.
We are meeting this week at 1:00 pm at the Girl Scout Center, 1107 Williams St., for a special field trip meeting about the Congaree River Remediation Project.
President Olivia is out of town this Friday, and past president Mary Gasque will be presiding. We also will be enjoying a Member Moment from Patty Cavanaugh.
We will be meeting at the Girl Scout Center because of its close proximity to the Congaree River. We will not be in the room we’ve used in the past; instead we will be in the Boardroom.
Boxed lunches and bottled water will be provided by the Gourmet Shop in Five Points. You must RSVP by noon tomorrow (2/7) for your boxed lunch. If you do not RSVP by then, we will not have lunch for you; however, you may (of course) still attend the meeting and tour. Use this link or email me (olivia@oliviajoneslaw.com).
Our Speaker for February 3, 2023 is Stevick Doyle with the USC Anne Frank Center. We will also have a member moment with Bill Latham.
The Meeting will be held at our new home- The Hilton Garden Inn, 1200 Pickens St. (Corner Pickens and Gervais). The program starts at 1:00 PM but come 20 minutes early to eat and socialize.
This week the Five Points Rotary Club will have a social in lieu of a meeting. The location is the Hunter-Gatherer brewery at Owens Field (1402 Jim Hamilton Blvd).
Date is Friday, January 27, 2023.
Time is 4-6 PM.
Please consider bringing prospective new members, who will be guests of the Club.
Will Folks of FITS News fame will be our speaker on Friday, January 20, 2023. The Meeting will be held at our new home- The Hilton Garden Inn, 1200 Pickens St. (Corner Pickens and Gervais). The program starts at 1:00 PM but come 20 minutes early to eat and socialize.
Our January 13, 2022 meeting will be held at a familiar location- The SC ETV Building, 1041 George Rogers Boulevard. Our Speaker will be local author, coin collector, and historian Dr. Anthony Chibbaro, who will discuss Banknotes of South Carolina.
Come a little early to socialize and eat before the program.
On January 6, 2022, we will be meeting at the Cathy Novinger Girl Scout Leadership Center, located at the intersection of Williams and Senate Streets (1107 Williams St, Columbia SC 29201). This is near the corner of Huger and Gervais. From Huger, turn West onto Senate Street. You will see the Girl Scout Leadership Center on your right. Park anywhere, on Senate or Williams streets. Come into the main door, turn left and come in the first door on the left.
Our speaker will be Carl Blackstone, director of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, who will give a Chamber update.
On Oct 7, 2022, club members will arrive, between 12:30 and 1 pm, to get a box lunch, view, and walk the trail at Saluda Riverwalk Park. Mike Dawson will greet you at the head of the trail at the upper parking area. Please RSVP for boxed lunch by clicking on THIS LINK by Tuesday October 5, 2022. No need to RSVP if you do not desire boxed lunch but just want to walk.
This is an ADA approved walk, for those using walkers, canes, or wheelchairs. The beautiful trail to Boyd Island is about 1.5 miles each way.
Directions: From I-126, take the Riverbanks Zoo exit. As you drive toward a left turn to the Zoo, turn right on Candi Lane. Go over the railroad tracks. There, at 650 Candi Lane, Columbia SC 29210, turn left into the upper parking area. If that lot is full, return to the road and turn left to the lower parking area.
Welcome to the online home of the Rotary Club of Five Points in Columbia, SC! We are so glad you are visiting our club virtually. Club meetings are normally held on Fridays at 1pm at Segra Park. To see a list of dates/times/programs for upcoming meetings click here. For all other questions, please email admin@fivepointsrotary.com.