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
