CIVITAN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION HOSTS 99Th ANNUAL CIVITAN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION Hyatt Regency Downtown • Greenville, South Carolina July 3 – 6, 2019
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WELCOME It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Greenville and the 99th Civitan Annual International Convention. I know you will enjoy the southern hospitality of this beautiful city and all the great things that have been planned for you. Since its beginning, Civitan has been known for its Service, Knowledge, and Fellowship. At this convention, you will be given lots of opportunities to do this through workshops, seminars, Civitan Fest, the Breakthru Golf Benefit, and President’s Council. I invite you to take advantage this week to renew old friendships and to make new lifelong friends. Enjoy your time in Greenville and take the knowledge back to change lives and make a difference in communities like yours. “Civitan Hands Making a Difference in the World” Robert “Bob” Jones Civitan International President 2018-2019 2 2019 CIVITAN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION HOSTS 99th ANNUAL CIVITAN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION Hyatt Regency Downtown • Greenville, South Carolina July 3 – 6, 2019 South Carolina Host District Robert “Bob” Jones, MST Bill Buscher Civitan International President Convention Parliamentarian Anne Boggs Lavely Debbie Juhlke, DST Host Event Coordinator Convention Chaplain Mark Eisinger, DST Scarlet Thompson Elections Committee Chair Staff Executive Vice President 2019 CIVITAN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION 3 WHERE TO FIND IT CONVENTION REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION Registration Desk, first floor Wednesday, July 3 ..........8:00 am to Noon and 1:30 pm to 6:30 pm Thursday, July 4 ..............8:00 am to Noon and 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm Friday, July 5 ..................10:00 am to Noon and 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm Saturday, July 6 ..............10:00 am to 1:00 pm DELEGATE CERTIFICATION AND VOTING Crepe Myrtle, first floor Friday, July 5 .................. 10:00 am to Noon PHILANTHROPY DESK first floor Civitan Fest, Flowers of Fellowship, President’s Council Wednesday, July 3 ..........8:00 am to Noon and 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm Thursday, July 4 ..............10:00 am to Noon and 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm Friday, July 5 ..................10:00 am to Noon and 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm CIVITAN SUPPLY HOUSE Redbud, first floor Wednesday, July 3 ..........8:00 am to Noon and 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm Thursday, July 4 ..............10:00 am to Noon and 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm Friday, July 5 ..................10:00 am to Noon and 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm HOST HOSPITALITY Dogwood, first floor Wednesday, July 3 ..........10:00 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm Thursday, July 4 ..............10:00 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm Friday, July 5 ..................10:00 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm Saturday, July 6 ..............10:00 am to Noon 4 2019 CIVITAN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CANDIDATE CAMPAIGNING Ballroom Prefunction, first floor Wednesday, July 3 ..........1:00 pm to 6:30 pm Thursday, July 4 ..............10:00 am to Noon and 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm Friday, July 5 ..................7:30 am to 9:30 am VENDOR VILLAGE Ballroom Prefunction, first floor Wednesday, July 3 ..........1:00 pm to 5:00 pm Thursday, July 4 ..............10:00 am to Noon and 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm Friday, July 5 ..................10:00 am to Noon and 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm Saturday, July 6 ..............10:00 am to Noon 2019 CIVITAN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION 5 GENERAL INFORMATION SESSION ATTENDANCE allowed after 8:30 am. Seating will not be All registered Civitan members and guests provided for children. are encouraged to attend all convention CIVITAN SUPPLY HOUSE general sessions. Name badges are required for all sessions, including Looking for Civitan items? Come visit the workshops. Tickets are required for the Civitan Supply House. District conventions Welcome Party (Wednesday) and the and club installations are coming up. Place Installation Banquet (Saturday). your order as soon as possible to ensure timely delivery, noting that engraving VOTING requires extra time. If you have been pre-certified as a voting Purchase with your credit card (Discover, delegate for the convention, your name Mastercard, Visa, or American Express), badge should have the symbol pictured on cash, or checks during convention. You the right. It allows you to cast a vote for may also place your order at home international board position vacancies and by visiting www.civitan.org. Please bylaw amendments, as well as participate remember, all orders are required to be in the Elections Business Session on paid at the time of purchase. Saturday morning. If you are not a certified voting PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL SOCIAL delegate, your badge will not include The 2019 President’s Council Social the symbol. However, if you intend to be will be hosted at the Children’s Museum a voting delegate, you may be certified of the Upstate. This incredible facility on Thursday, July 4, 10:00 am to Noon, boasts 80,000 square feet and 19 in Crepe Myrtle on the first floor past exhibit galleries, with components the Registration Desk. See pages14-17 and programming in the areas of arts, for additional voting and certification humanities, sciences, health, nutrition, information. and the environment. It is the 7th largest During Saturday’s Elections Business children’s museum in the country and Session, only certified delegates will be is an affiliate of the Smithsonian. This allowed to enter the voting area. No well-curated space offers a fun take on admittance to the voting area will be our evening. Members will have access 6 2019 CIVITAN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION to all the exhibits and be able to explore gallery. Please arrive a few minutes everything this incredible venue has to prior to your assigned time and look for offer. Attire is casual. your district to help ensure this session The museum is a five-minute walk from progresses in a timely manner. the Hyatt. Transportation will be provided HOST HOSPITALITY for those with mobility issues. The shuttle will pick up outside the Hyatt main lobby Welcome to the Palmetto State and entrance beginning at 6:45 pm with the South Carolina District! We are continuous service approximately every excited to be hosting the International 15 minutes. Convention in Greenville, named in many national and international lists as This is a ticketed event. Tickets for members one of the up and coming places to visit. are included in your convention registration So much so that Greenville is known as packet. Please purchase tickets prior to #yeahTHATgreenville! Friday night at the Philanthropy Desk. Adult tickets are $25; children’s tickets are $10. South Carolina is not rolling out the carpet, but dusting off the front porch CONVENTION PHOTOS – hoping you will sit a spell, smell the Event photographs will be taken flowers, and enjoy your time at this throughout this year’s convention by year’s convention. Come see what the Civitan staff and volunteers. Photos will South Carolina District is up to in Host be available online for download free Hospitality, located in the Dogwood of charge. A web address to convention Room. We have raffles, silent auction photos will be provided to all registered items, sweet tea and lemonade, and delegates following the convention. If you plenty of smiles. If you haven’t been want specific photos, you can order prints reading this with a Southern drawl by direct online. now, well sweet honey-child, come on by and we will teach you the finer skills of DISTRICT PHOTOS Southern charm and vivacity (and adding District pictures will be taken Friday additional prepositions in your sentences)! afternoon, July 5, beginning at 5:00 pm. The South Carolina District is proud to Please see pages 41 for your district’s host this year’s convention during the July assigned time. District photos will be 4th festivities as we welcome the Civitan included in the Convention Photos International world to Greenville! 2019 CIVITAN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION 7 2018-19 INTERNATIONAL BOARD Robert “Bob” Jones, MST Marta Ford President Director, Region Six Concord, North Carolina Eaton Rapids, Michigan Fred Matthies Patsy Perkal Senior Director President-Elect Region Seven Aurora, Colorado Franktown, Colorado Kendyl Massey, DST Ann McCarty, MST Immediate Past President Director, Region Eight Maryville, Tennessee Pocatello, Idaho Thank you to our League of Their Own Service Project Sponsor Julia C. Floyd, MST Mogens Brun Greenville Civitan Club and Civitan Charities of Greenville. Director, Region One Director, European Division Cullman, Alabama Ålbæk, Denmark Dianne Hansard Danni Jo Grider This important project benefits the Director, Region Two Junior Civitan International President Cumming, Georgia Huntsville, Alabama MAULDIN MIRACLE LEAGUE PLAYERS Tony Workman Scarlet Thompson Director, Region Three Executive Vice President Greensboro, North Carolina Birmingham, Alabama Join us JULY 5TH from 10 am- 2 pm in Regency Ballroom A & B to help complete this home run project! Carol D. Wolters Chun, Sae-Il, M.D. Director, Region Four Asia Coordinator Columbus, Ohio Jeollabuk-do, South Korea William “Bill” Lawrence Director, Region Five Almonte, Ontario 8 2019 CIVITAN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION Thank you to our League of Their Own Service Project Sponsor Greenville Civitan Club and Civitan Charities of Greenville. This important project benefits the MAULDIN MIRACLE LEAGUE PLAYERS Join us JULY 5TH from 10 am- 2 pm in Regency Ballroom A & B to help complete this home run project! GOVERNORS AND GENERAL SECRETARIES 2018-19 DISTRICT GOVERNORS Philippines ..................Rizal Alejaga Alabama Central ........Jerry C. LeVert South Korea ...............Hwang, Suk Hee Alabama North ..........Barbara Burhans South Carolina ...........Gary Finley Alabama-West Florida ... Josephine Roper, MST Valley ........................Jimmy Jordan Appalachian ..............Phillip W. Brown GENERAL SECRETARIES California ...................Sandie Shapiro, MST Canada True North ...Louise Kinney, MST Côte d’Ivoire ...............Hélène Véra Linda Canadian Northern Lights .