Chris Weston has been featured on the cover of the Summer 2012 edition of Sertoman, a national publication of Sertoma. Chris has been named National President and will govern an organization of more than 20,000 and one that raises more than $20 million annually for charity.
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The Columbia Sertoma Club raised more than $36,000 for the Carolina Children’s Home during its recently completed annual fundraiser. This was the 45th year the fundraiser has been held.
The annual event, started by Ernie Lawhorne in 1968, has raised more than $3.5 million for the Children’s Home and remains an important source of revenue. Joe Hodson, a Columbia Sertoma board member and the active Finance
Chair, presented the check to Alise Daniel at Sertoma’s weekly meeting.
Chris Weston, a member of the Columbia Sertoma Club, has been voted President of the national Sertoma organization for 2012-2013. Sertoma, with more than 20,000 members nationally and $20 million raised for various charities, places a particular focus on children’s charities and speech and hearing issues.
The first legacy President in Sertoma’s history, Chris follows in the footsteps of his father, C. Tucker Weston, who served as International President in 1959-60.
As he leads the organization, Chris has committed to addressing two key areas – the need to grow the organization by adding more new members and clubs and the need to create greater awareness of Sertoma and educate more of the public on its national hearing health mission.
Chris attended the Citadel where he earned a degree in education. He is married to Anne, a graduate of Duke University and an educator who now serves as the Provost and Upper School Head at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School in Columbia. He has two daughters, Sarah and Drayton.
Chelsea Washington, a WIS TV reporter and Saturday Morning anchor, spoke at the Sertoma club’s weekly meeting on Monday, September 17.
Ms. Washington, a member of the WIS family since October 2011, spoke about growing up in Columbia and eventually returning, and her many travels and experiences in between. She specifically discussed the news industry and
touched on a few stories she has covered both in Columbia and in other markets.
Chelsea attended James Madison University and later American University where she earned a Master’s degree in broadcast journalism and public affairs. Â She then worked at Fox News and later an ABC affiliate in Richmond Virginia before returning to Columbia.