Service Above Self
ROTARY CLUB OF WEST CHATHAM
Rotary Club of West Chatham was featured in Pooler Magazine’s first issue in 2006 and is still thriving in the Pooler Community today. Story by Jane Grismer
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s the afternoon sun beats down on the 18th hole of The Club at Savannah Quarters golf course, just yards away, an intense debate ensues inside the Norman Grill of the country club. It’s Wednesday and Rotary Club of West Chatham members are discussing details about the upcoming Bill Wade Memorial Golf Tournament. Rotary meets weekly at noon and just like any other week, this group of passionate community servants and dedicated members of the Poolerarea community are displaying their enthusiasm. Each plays an integral role, contributing talents in their unique ways. As the discussion moves forward, it is apparent that each member also comes through the door with ideas and opinions. That’s what makes the Rotary Club of West Chatham so special, especially when it comes to past West Chatham Rotary President Bill Wade Sr., who died suddenly at the age of 72 about a year ago. His passing hit this Rotary Club hard and it still does. If the club was a quilt and each member represented a square, Bill Wade was the fluffy stuff in between the fabric
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that binds everything together to serve the greater purpose. This year’s golf tournament will be on the morning of Friday, Nov. 19, at Savannah Quarters. The event promises to represent how Bill Wade was in this club—charitable, productive and fun while connecting others. It’s the West Chatham Rotary Club at its finest, where competition, camaraderie and community come together and the uniqueness of each member is melded together in unity and on golf carts. “That’s what is so beautiful about Rotary,” said Joye Jones, West Chatham Rotary president and the division manager of Sentry Management in Pooler. “I’ve been to international events where people from many cultures come together to celebrate a common mission.” And beautiful, too, on the local level. The Rotarians serve in the community every chance they can get. The club is very focused on Rotaract and Interact—Rotary International programs that invest in young leaders. Also in the community, West Chatham Rotarians recently assisted the West Chatham YMCA with the installation of a
