Club President Kristin Keller welcomed members and guests.
Kevin Courtney offered the prayer and pledge.
Announcements:
Guests - Henry Criss and Eric Schmidt
Hurricane relief - the lunch club has been collecting items. There is a problem with storing product, however can donate cash.
Oyster Fest - November 12 - will be a cashless system. We will be pouring beer and our Popcorn wagon will be there. We can also sell raffle tickets. So far we will make $1750, however we can fill additional spots.
Happy $$ were collected by Lynn King
Speaker:
Quin Monahan, Director of Athletics at USCB was our speaker. He is in his eleventh year at USCB after being at SCAD for many years and Belmont Abby previous to that.
USCB was in the NCAA 2 which consists of small, and some unknown schools. Quin followed his dream to have them join the Peach Belt Conference. It was a daunting process and took two years, but have now accomplished that. USCB has a growing athletics program with Men's Baseball, cross country, golf, indoor and outdoor track & field; Women's Cross Country, golf, soccer, softball, indoor and outdoor track & field. One year from now they will be playing men's and women's basketball (23-24) and have hired a men's coach and will be announcing the women's coach soon. USCB will be building an arena, investing in their rec center to seat 900 +. Currently they play baseball at Hardeeville but will be starting a campaign to raise 4.5 million to build baseball and softball facilities on campus. They have the land and two million dollars. Their golf team is very competitive with 9 of the 11 men's golfers being international. Currently there is no tennis team, however open to it. They are very interested in starting LaCross.
November 14 they are having a major fundraiser - a Golf Tournament at Palmetto Bluff. There will be 20 teams. The goal is to raise $50,000. Cost is $2,000 for a foursome. Proceeds go to scholarship. For more information and to follow USCB athletics, go to uscbathletics.com