We will be meeting at The Pirates House this Friday in our normal meeting room - Captain Flints Hall. The side door to the room will be unlocked if you would prefer to use that entrance.
Our speaker for the meeting this week is Stephanie Kaple who is the Executive Director for the Savannah-Chatham County Interagency Council on Homelessness(ICH). ICH was formed in 2022 to support and expand upon the great work being done by homelessness service providers in our community. The ICH just completed the first Chatham County-wide Five-Year Strategic Plan to End Homelessness which looks at how we can improve our system of care to address and prevent homelessness more effectively. These goals will now guide the ICH’s work and provide the community a clear path to tackle the complicated challenge of ending homelessness.
RCSE looks forward to seeing all members and guests on Friday!
Our January Service Project is Read United which will take place on Friday, January 24th! Read United Day is sponsored by the United Way of the Coastal Empire and is a day dedicated to help promote early childhood literacy. This is their LARGEST single-day volunteer opportunity! Please join your fellow Rotarians for this special day to read to students for 30 minutes. They will provide everything you need. All they ask is for you sign up, show up, and read to a pre-K through 2nd-grade classroom.
Spots fill up fast so be sure to sign up sooner rather than later by clicking on the following link: https://uwce.org/read-united/day/
For our last meeting in 2024, we were treated to a talk by Dylan Jones who spoke about paranormal activity and tourism! Cheri Dean reminded everyone to sign up for Read United which will be held on Friday, January 24th. Once all Rotary business items were discussed, Kim introduced our speaker.
Dylan began by explaining that parapsychology is documenting and understanding human experiences and that paranormal activity is part of modern day culture. There is a high degree of belief in the United States in paranormal activity. There are over 4,000 paranormal societies in our country and as a result, this leads to an increase in tourism in some cities like Savannah. He then showed us photos of places in Savannah that claim to be haunted.
Dylan said that the accuracy of ghost tours is suspect. These tours are a compelling way to engage people in history but is it ethical? At times, the telling of these stories can actually diminish people's lives, distort history, and bring unwanted attention to a place. On the other side, ghost tours can bring history alive, engage an audience, increase revenue, and link people to the culture and heritage of a city. If you would like to go on a ghost tour of Savannah or learn more about paranormal activity in our city, please visit https://www.witchinghoursavannah.com/
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