Chaplain receives national award

​Dr. Rosalie J. Wyatt (left), the Rev. Rob Dewey, and Mayor Will Haynie
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The Rev. Rob Dewey of the Lowcountry Community Chaplaincy has been presented with a national award from the Corporate Crisis Response Officers Association and its ReadyCommunities Partnership. 

Dr. Rosalie J. Wyatt of the CCROA and and Mount Pleasant Mayor Will Haynie presented the award at a recent Mount Pleasant Town Council meeting.

Since 2006, CCROA and the ReadyCommunities Partnership have engaged Charleston-area public-private and community stakeholders in a critical mission to strengthen America's response capacity in the first 72 hours of a large-scale crisis, through cross-sector collaboration and innovation.

Rob, an Episcopal priest in our diocese who founded the LCC, received the National Service and Sacrifice Award for Community Ministering in Crisis, recognizing him for more than three decades of service to the community through ministry and crisis counseling for victims, responders and their families. 

"He envisioned a ministry that other community leaders and stakeholders grew to recognize and would eventually integrate across the Charleston area's response to crises. Today he moves forward to further develop the ministry and crisis counseling services for corporate leaders impacted by natural disaster, attack or other threats," Dr. Wyatt said in presenting the award.