NAWIC Mississippi Gulf Coast Chapter #256

Chapter History
The MS Gulf Coast Chapter was chartered on December 2, 1978, and belongs to NAWIC’s South Central Region. (Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi) Gulfport, MS is the chapter’s “home base”, although we do have members from other cities along the MS Gulf Coast as well as members to the North and East of us up to a few hours away. A noteworthy bit of history is the first “Block Kids Contest”, was initiated by Erma Lamousin, a MS Gulf Coast Chapter member, and it was held in Biloxi.  Currently the MS Gulf Coast Chapter has about 15 members and represents:  General Construction, Road Building/Paving, Civil Work, Insurance, Construction Industry Services/Professional Organizations, Roofing, Precast Construction, and Construction Education.

Meeting Information
  • Board Meetings: Lunch Meetings, the 1st Thursday of every month.  11:30-1:00 pm
  • General Membership Meetings:  Lunch Meetings, the 4th Thursday of every month.  11:30-1:00 pm
  • General Membership Meetings are not held in January, September and December due to special membership functions.
  • The location of the meetings is at local restaurants or businesses and changes from month to month.
  • General Membership Meetings consist of a business meeting as well as a guest speaker and/or and educational topic, an occasionally a “field trip” to an industry business or jobsite.
  • The meetings are free to attend, however, your food and drink is at your own cost.  Non-restaurant meetings are typically “BYOL” (bring your own lunch).
  • Please notify the chapter President, Cherish Smith, cherish.smith@rac.com or 228-896-4000, in advance if you plan to attend a General Membership Meeting for head count purposes.

Upcoming Events
  • March – Speaker | Highway Patrol on Human Trafficking
  • April –
    • Forum – San Antonio, TX (April 4th – 7th )
    • Speaker | Dukes, Dukes, Keating & Faneca, P.A on Construction Law
  • May – Speaker | Delta Sanitation on Recycling
  • June – Girl Scouts - Engineer Innovators, Camp Wahi, Brandon, MS
  • July – Tour of New MS Aquarium, Gulfport, MS
  • August
    • Jobsite Tour – Huntington Ingalls – East Bank Revitalization
    • Annual Conference - Atlanta, GA (August 21st – 25th)
  • September 26th – Installation of Officers for 2019-2020 - Tentative
  • October 18th - Annual NAWIC Golf Classic Chapter Fundraiser/Golf Tournament, The Oaks Golf Club, Pass Christian MS
Download your Golf Form here
Golf Registration               Donation Letter for Golf Tournament

Contact us
For questions about NAWIC, or our chapter’s meetings, functions, or service projects, please contact Cherish Smith, Chapter President, at cherish.smith@rac.com or 228-896-4000.

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