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The Clover Rotary Club is a group of business and community leaders dedicated to Service Above Self. We meet every Wednesday at Noon

The Club holds a lunch meeting every Wednesday at Noon at the Community Center, 120 Bethel Street, Clover, SC.

05/28/2026

Yesterday at our Clover Rotary Club meeting, we were thrilled to welcome Liam Comer as our special guest, introduced by Rotarian Lynne Comer - Liam's mother!

Liam made his parents (and all of us!) so proud as he shared details of his outstanding Eagle Scout Project - a raised, wooden garden bed he made at the Clover Harvest restaurant.

He walked us through the entire process: starting plants from scratch, careful wood selection, designing the irrigation system, and the incredible team effort that brought this project to life.

This planter will grow fresh vegetables, herbs, and produce that will go directly to the Clover Area Assistance Center (CAAC) - our town’s vital food bank supporting families facing hardship.

A huge thank you to Liam, Scout leaders Carter Miller and Wes Love, and Assistant Troop leader Stephen Comer (Liam’s dad) for their dedication and hard work!

What a fantastic example of youth leadership, learning, and serving our community. We’re truly inspired!

Great Job Liam!!

05/22/2026

A HUGE thank you to everyone who showed up yesterday at The Vault in Clover for our Ale for Alzheimer’s fundraiser!

You came out, enjoyed some great beer, and donated money to this important cause.

Your energy, your laughter, and your incredible generosity made it a huge success and will make a real difference in the fight against Alzheimer’s.

We’re so grateful to every single person who walked through those doors, to The Vault for hosting us, and to all the volunteers who helped pull it off.

Clover Rotary Club is proud to serve our community!

05/21/2026

Yesterday at Rotary, we heard from Karen DiMaggio, Director of Growth Operations at QTS Data Centers. Karen shared her journey from scaling data center operations at Meta to leading growth at QTS.

Karen gave an update on scale data center campus located off Campbell Road and Hands Mill Highway. The project encompasses hundreds of acres of cleared land in York County and is designed as a digital infrastructure hub.

Karen has detailed specific parameters of the facility and answered many questions our Rotarians had. Some of the topics she covered:

•Tax Base Impact: millions of dollars in tax revenue it is expected to generate annually for local schools and businesses
•Infrastructure & Power Grid: The facility will draw electricity directly from the local power grid rather than generating its own daily power. For emergency backup power, the campus utilizes high-capacity efficiency filter generators, averaging roughly 60 generators per building, which are tested incrementally in batches to reduce localized disruption.
•Water Consumption: The site utilizes a closed-loop cooling system. Once the initial water volume is loaded into the system, its ongoing consumption is minimized.
•Environment Impact: QTS is working on addressing environmental concerns at this site as follows:
-- Low-impact site selection on already-zoned land
-- Closed-loop cooling system that minimizes ongoing water use
-- Commitment to carbon-free energy
-- Mitigations for air, noise, light, wetlands, and waste

Thank you, Karen, for visiting the Clover Rotary Club. You reminded us how essential data centers are to modern digital life - from streaming and social media to banking and artificial intelligence. It was a very informative session on a topic that deserves greater attention in today’s AI-driven world, especially as AI adoption continues to accelerate and drive massive energy demands.

05/14/2026

What a wonderful day of service for the Clover Rotary Club!

Many of our dedicated members gathered at the Clover Harvest today to work on our Community Harvest Project. This initiative grows fresh vegetables, herbs, and produce-all destined for the Clover Area Assistance Center (CAAC), our town’s vital food bank that provides essential aid to families facing hardship.

Some Rotarians rolled up their sleeves to plant vegetable seeds, while others painted kindness rocks to spread joy throughout our community!

At the same time, Rotarian Katie Wright attended the Interact Club Awards Lunch at the high school, where Clover Rotary proudly awarded a scholarship to Jillian Elkins, President of the Interact Club.

Congratulations, Jillian! We’re so proud to support the next generation of leaders.

This is what Rotary is all about-service above self, community strong!

05/01/2026

Great Wednesday Meeting at Clover Rotary Club! We were thrilled to welcome Abi Taylor from Clemson Extension as our guest speaker.

A proud Clemson graduate with a degree in Horticulture and a minor in Sustainability, Abi delivered a timely and informative talk on the invasive yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina).

These hornets are aggressive predators of western honeybees and can cause significant colony losses, threatening our local agriculture and pollinator populations.

Clemson University is actively monitoring and trapping these invasives across South Carolina. A nest was confirmed in York County in December 2025 — the first outside the Lowcountry.

As of early 2026, over 4,200 traps have already been deployed to help contain the spread.

How to Identify Yellow-Legged Hornets:

• Brown/black bodies with yellow-orange segments on the abdomen and legs
• Approximately 0.7–1.0 inch long
• Build large, egg-shaped paper nests, often high in trees Important: Do not attempt to remove nests yourself. If you spot a suspicious insect, please report it with clear photos using the Clemson online reporting tool or email [email protected].

Full details and reporting form:
https://www.clemson.edu/public/regulatory/plant-industry/invasive/invasive-spotlights.html

Thank you, Abi, for this important presentation!
Protecting our bees benefits every one of us.

04/30/2026

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04/28/2026

Thank You to Our Guest Speaker at the April 15 Clover Rotary Club Meeting!

We had a great morning at our April 15 meeting with Vance Stine’s special guest, Bart Joy - Park Manager at Kings Mountain State Park and Senior Ranger with the South Carolina State Park Service.

Bart shared his inspiring journey with us: growing up in Piedmont, SC, graduating from Clemson University with a degree in Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management, and beginning his career in 2010 as an intern at Oconee State Park.

He has since served at parks across the state including Edisto Beach, Huntington Beach, Kings Mountain, Keowee-Toxaway, Sesquicentennial, and Goodale.

But what brings him the most joy?
“I love seeing a child camping for the first time and how excited they get over some of the smallest things.”Bart also reminded us what makes the job truly special - the incredible people who work and live together like family on the parks.

A huge thank you to Bart Joy for taking the time to visit us and share his passion for South Carolina’s state parks! And thank you, Vance Stine, for bringing him to the club.

If you love the outdoors and great community, come join us at our next Rotary meeting -you never know who you’ll meet or what you’ll learn!

04/22/2026

Many Thanks to Our Sponsors!!

Address

120 Bethel Street
Clover, SC
29710

Opening Hours

12pm - 1pm

Website

http://www.cloverrotary.org/

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