Our April meeting was an informative one. Mary opened the festivities by welcoming and introducing our guests. We were updated on the welfare of several of our members. Mary also told us of how well received our school supplies were at Dunston and NCES. Susan reported that the singers fro the senior center will be the featured guests at our first meeting in September.Joan read our minutes and they were approved. There will be a scholarship committee meeting on May 2 to decide on the recipients. Mary then asked for reports of anyone who is volunteering several of our members spoke of how rewarding it was to be a reading partner. The CCPL will have a pop ups sale April 265. There will be book sales at the Johns' Island branch in July and one downtown in June.
Next Our featured speaker was introduced: Mike Cocker. Mike spoke about the Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center. He told us that the current museum was built in 1992. They have many interesting things:
-Fossils: divers get them from the Cooper River and they have found dinosaur poop (that would be of major interest to my grandsons!)
-Gathering information and realia fro the Etowah Indian tribe. The tribal display will be housed in their own room.
-Francis Marion Exhibit
-an exhibit from the Berkeley County sheriff's office
-Colonial art
-Moonshine exhibit with a picture that has Al Capone in ti.
-Race cars fro Tiny Lund
- A Pirate Room: it is believed that Black beard was born in Goose Creek.
-Fort Fair Lawn: the remains of parts of it can still be seen. It is the only one still remaining in the U.S. from the revolutionary war.
Here is the site: https://www.berkeleymuseum.org
The museum has over 15,000 students in attendance each year. You can walk to the remains of the fort from the museum. It was a very interesting presentation. Thanks you, Mike! And since we have to babysit four of our grands in a couple of weeks I think we will make the trip to the museum....maybe a picnic lunch could be in the works.
Our next meeting is May 22 which is our scholarship luncheon. So get out those favorite salad recipes and bring them to our meeting. Cannot wait to see and sample what delights you all will bring!
This blog will have the story of the Charleston County Retired Educators' Association (CCREA) , a group that fosters and nurtures future classroom instructors while keeping abreast of community events and educational trends.
