On 9/18/2022, Melba Thomas presented on her mission trip to Kenya, under the auspices of St. Helena Church here in Beaufort.
Her presentation PowerPoint may be viewed by clicking here.
In addition, Melba showed the following two short videos:
The MISSION of The Sage Society is to foster ongoing in-depth study of topics, using research and communication skills, to further the knowledge of its members. The SIGNATURE of The Sage Society is Scholarly.
Sunday, September 18, 2022
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Meeting Minutes - September 15, 2022
SAGE SOCIETY MINUTES
Date: September 15, 2022
Location: Pat Conroy Literary Center
Members in attendance:
Atkins, Sandi Guests: Vicki Mix
Cordial, Grace
Gray, Debbie
Hathaway, Barbara
Heath, Stuart
Lawson, Ruth Ann
McCardle, Bonnie
Mickell, Maryann
Pickett, Peggy
Robertson, Alvesta
Stewart, Catherine
Stocks, Jerry
Thomas, Melba
Weeks, Martha
Koolkin, Larry
Barbara Hathaway called the meeting to order at 4 pm
Member update:
Carla Marsh has resigned
Jen Moneagle is on leave of absence
The minutes of the May 10, 2022 meeting were approved.
General business discussed:
Barbara thanked the members who offered to do the November program. Larry will
be doing it. Sandi Atkins will do the October meeting on Felting with Wool.
Sandi gave an update regarding the Hopeful Horizons project. There were delays
over the summer but the children’s room should be set up by the end of September.
Melba Thomas presented: Kenya Water Mission
In June 2022 Melba went on a mission trip sponsored by St. Helena’s Church. Their
main goal was to visit Huma Girls Secondary School in Kenya. Melba showed photos
of the facility and the girls, focusing on the fact that the 500 girls live in a
rudimentary dorm with no running water. The bathroom “facilities” consist of an
outdoor building with 5 unhygienic squat toilets. Each day a bucket of water is
provided to each student which consists of their total access to water for bathing
and cleaning their clothing. There is an outdoor pavilion where meals are served.
The girls eat on the grounds.
Currently St. Helena’s has provided funds to build an additional dorm to house 200
girls. It will have electricity and running water. Another organization is helping
them build a new solar electric system to power the wells to provide water. In
addition to digging a new well, they have built new water tanks for storage.
The girls who attend the school are privileged to be there and to receive a secondary
school education. Some are able to continue on to college. There are no computers
at the school and they are currently looking for funds to acquire several for the
school.
In addition to discussing the school, Melba explained the typical diet in for the girls
which relies heavily on chicken, greens, rice, unleavened bread called chipati and a
cornmeal patty called ugali.
Melba then provided a slide show of the beautiful animals that she and the other
members of the mission experienced on a side trip to a wildlife preserve.
Meeting adjourned at 4:55 pm
Next regular meeting will be on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 4 pm
Updated list of presenters:
2022
October 11: Sandi Atkins - Felting with Wool
November 8: Larry Koolkin - Jacques Le Moyne
December: no meeting
2023
January 10: annual meeting, no program, election of officers
February 14: Diane Gallagher
March 14: Peggy Pickett
April 11: Grace Cordial – Organizing Family Archives: Practical Tips
May 9: Alvesta Robertson
Respectfully submitted by Sandi Atkins, Secretary, on September 17, 2022
Sunday, September 11, 2022
Membership, History and List of Programs - 2016-2023
Mission
Statement:
The purpose of The Sage Society
is to foster ongoing in-depth study of topics using research and communication
skills to further the knowledge of its members. Online: https://thesagesociety.blogspot.com/
Programs for 2022
·
September 13: Kenya: Melba Thomas
·
October 11: Sandi Atkins
· November 8: Jacques Le Moyne, The First European Artist to Visually Document the New World: Larry Koolkin (honorary member)
Programs for 2023
·
February 14: Diane
Gallagher
·
March 14: Peggy Pickett
·
April 11: Organizing
Family Archives: Practical Tips: Grace Cordial
·
May 9: Alvesta Robertson
Members as of October 2022 (18 members, 1 honorary)
·
Donna Armer, Charter
·
Sandi Atkins, 2018
·
Lex Bomar, 2022
·
Grace Cordial, 2018
·
Diane Gallagher, 2017
·
Debbie Gray, 2019
·
Barbara Hathaway, 2017
·
Stuart Heath, Charter
·
Larry Koolkin, Honorary
·
Ruth Anne Lawson, 2020
·
Bonnie McCardell 2022
·
Mary Ann Mikell 2019
·
Jen Moneagle, 2018
(leave of ab)
·
Peggy Pickett, 2019
·
Alvesta Robertson, 2019
·
Catherine Stewart 2022
·
Jerry Stocks, Founder
·
Melba Thomas, 2017
·
Martha Weeks, Charter
Record
of Programs
2016 January:
First
meeting: No program
February:
Tapestry Tutelage: Jerry Stocks
March: Tea
Cozy Books: Linda Robertson
April: Breath
and Breathing: Lainie Andrew Koolkin
May: Grand
Memories: Write Your Story:
Katherine Tandy Brown
October:
Julia Child and French Cooking;
Carolyn Witkofsky
November:
The Beaufort National Cemetery: Stuart Heath
2017 February: Cancelled because of Storm
March: Side
Shows/Art: Rebecca Davenport
April: OLLI
and Walking Tour of USCB: Special Program
May: History
of Beaufort College: Geni Flowers
September: Cancelled by Hurricane
October:
Frank Lloyd Wright: Julie
Schmidt
November: Copperheads: Diane Gallagher
2018 February: Mosaics:
Donna Armer
March: Social
Media: Barbara Hathaway
April: Tomato
Farming on St. Helena: Melba Thomas
May: No
meeting, BHM Tea
September:
No meeting Hurricane Florence
October: Washington, DC, Off the Beaten Path:
Nimmie Huber
November: Port Royal Sound Ecology: Carla Marsh
2019 February: Bondage:
Martha Weeks
March: We
Are Not the Credit Union: Jen
Moneagle
April:
Carolina Blue: The
History of Indigo in SC: Sandi Atkins
May: Postcards
of Beaufort’s Past: Grace Cordial
September:
The Beaufort National Cemetery:
Stuart Heath
October:
Army Laboratories: Debbie Gray
November: Beaufort Arsenal: Carol Lauvray
020 February: SC Women in the Revolutionary War: Peggy Pickett
March: The
Mather School: Alvesta Robertson
April-
2020-April 2021 no meetings because of Covid-19 Epidemic
2021 May: ObitKit: Martha Weeks
June: The Manhattan Project: Ruth Anne
Lawson
September: Cancelled because of presenter illness
October: The
History of the Spanish Moss Trail:
Mary Ann Mikell
November: Mosaics: Jerry Stocks
2022:
February:
Along Came Phosphates: Stuart Heath
March: Monet’s Garden: Donna Armer
April: Bookmobiles: Libraries
Coming to You, Barbara Hathaway
May: Forgotten Survivors: Widowed
Servicemen’s Wives of WWII, Debbie Gray
September: Kenya:
Melba Thomas
Membership
History
1. Founding Members
· Lainie Andrew (deceased
9/2016
· Linda Robertson (resigned
1/2016)
· Jerry Stocks
2. Charter Members
· Donna Armer
· Katherine Brown (resigned 2018)
· Rebecca Davenport (resigned
12/2021)
· Geni Flowers (resigned
9/2021)
· Stuart Heath
· Carol Lauvray (resigned 6/2021)
· Martha Weeks
· Carolyn Witofsky (resigned 10/2018)
3. New Members Added by Class:
Class of 2017: Patsy Deer (deceased)
· Diane Gallagher
· Barbara Hathaway
· Carla Marsh (resigned 10/22
· Melba Thomas
Class
of 2018: Sandra Atkins
· Grace Cordial
· Jen Moneagle (leave of
absence 10/22)
Class of 2019: Debbie Gray
§ Mary Ann Mikell
§ Peggy Pickett
§ Alvesta Robertson
Class of 2020: Ruth Anne Lawson
Class of 2022:
§ Lex Bomar
§ Bonnie McCardell
§ Catherine Stewart
4. Members Resigned or Deceased:
§ 2016: September 17, Lainie Andrew died
§ 2016 Linda Robertson resigned
§ 2018 Margy Oechlert resigned
§ 2018 Claudia Cornett resigned
§ 2018: Katherine Tandy Brown resigned
§ 2018: Carolyn Witkofsky resigned
§ 2019: May 12, Patsy Deer died
§ 2019: Nimmie Huber resigned
§ 2020: Julie Schmidt resigned
§ 2021: Carol Lauvray resigned
§ 2021: Geni Flowers resigned
§ 2021: Rebecca Davenport resigned
§ 2022: Carla Marsh resigned
President
(2-year term):
·
2016-2017: Lainie Andrew, Jerry Stocks
·
2017-2018 Stuart Heath
·
2018-2020 Martha Weeks
·
2021-2023
Barbara Hathaway
·
Vice
President (this position no longer exists as of January 2018)
· 2016- 2017 Donna
Armer
Secretary/Treasurer/Historian
· 2019-2020 Geni
Flowers
· 2021- 2022 Geni
Flowers
· 2021- 2023 Sandi Atkins
Member
at Large: (became a 2-year term in 2018)
· 2016 Katherine Brown
· 2017-2018 Melba Thomas
· 2019-2020 Patsy Deer, Diane Gallagher
· 2021-2023 Jerry Stocks
Honorary Members:
· 2016 Larry Koolkin
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