Meeting Location: Boys and Girls Homes Fellow  - 400 Flemington Dr, Lake Waccamaw, 28450

Civitan Mission Statement

To build good citizenship by providing a volunteer organization of clubs dedicated to serving individual and community needs with an emphasis on helping people with developmental disabilities.

In 1917, a group of business and professional leaders were meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, as a part of a national civic club. They were concerned about their community and world, but they thought that the club focused too much on personal gain.  These men wanted to make a difference, and they believed that their actions could help build a better world.

Giving up the charter they had purchased, they set out to make a more suitable club.  On March 17, 1917, these men formed an independent service organization.  Eventually, they settled on the name Civitan, coined from the Latin word civitas, meaning citizenship. "Builders of Good Citizenship" was a natural motto for the civic-minded group.