CIVITAN BLOG
Junior Civitan is Going ALL IN for the Civitan International Research Center
In less than a month, Junior Civitan Governors and International Board will meet in Birmingham, Alabama, for the inaugural All In Summit. This new twist on a traditional Junior Civitan fundraiser stands ready to make its mark on Junior Civitan history by being a...
Rooting for Root
Photo credit: Jim Willet “What’s your why?” It’s a question we hear a lot around Civitan. Responses tend to vary, but nothing is more common than, “I have a ______________ who lives with ______________.” More often than not, the disorder or disease that impacts their...
10 Tips for Engaging and Exciting Your Club Members
1) Keep Meetings Interesting Are your meetings productive, interesting and adding value to your club? If not, member engagement is sure to be low. Making your meetings worthwhile is they key to engaged and active membership. There are several ways to keep your...
Member Spotlight: Stephanie Wilkerson
From the outside looking in, the Wilkersons may seem like your typical Civitan family. They’re involved in their club and they have a heart for Civitan’s mission. Lori and Robert Wilkerson were both members of Civitan by 2015. Their daughter, Stephanie, served as...
Compliance Update: Governance Documents
Every non-profit has rules they follow that help the organization stay true to its mission. Civitan International is no different. We have three sets of documents that guide staff and volunteer leaders as they make decisions on behalf of all Civitans. The first is...
6 Ways to Use Technology to Better Connect
In an ever changing world, Civitan International is working hard to ensure that our clubs are adapting and embracing change well. Junior Civitan clubs have been champions of change by being leaders in important areas of running a club such as technology, fundraising,...
Member Spotlight: Lauren Sickles
Ten minutes outside the city limits of Orlando, Florida stands Lake Howell High School, where Junior Civitan has been a chartered club since December 13, 1974. Hundreds of passionate members have come through the club in the last 45 years, one of them being current...
International Clergy Week February 3-7, 2020
THE FOUR CHAPLAINS On the morning of February 3, 1943, the USS Dorchester was en route to a secret radar installation in Greenland. It was on this harsh, cold morning that a German submarine sealed the fate of four brave chaplains and several other soldiers aboard the...
International Board Meets in Birmingham, Alabama
As clubs marked a new Civitan year in October, so did the Civitan International Board of Directors. The group gathered in Birmingham, Alabama, the first weekend of the month for their first meeting, which tackled such subjects as compliance, officer elections and the...
Meet the New Faces at the Civitan International Research Center
SUMMER THYME, Ph.D. Summer Thyme, Ph.D., joined the Civitan International Research Center and the Department of Neurobiology at the University of Alabama from Harvard University this past July. Thyme’s research focuses on neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental...