Life through Pickleball

What I learned about life from Pickleball by Former Callawassie Island Director of Racquet Sports Andy Sklarin

The Fire and the Food

Executive Chef RJ Dye calls Callawassie Island to gather together and make connections over food, fire, friends, and some of the freshest local ingredients.

Through the Years

Callawassie Island Through the Years From How it Started to How It’s Going on this “Inclusive Island Sanctuary” The island has always been the island – long before we called it Callawassie; long before so many came to call it home. Though much has changed through the years, for the better, in the community’s development […]

A Feast Fit for An Island

A Feast Fit for An Island Stories of the Stewardship and Sustainability Shepherded by Chef Rollison at the Callawassie Clubhouse Being the executive chef of a place like Callawassie Island, it’s only natural that for Clayton Rollison, every dish is only as good as the story behind it. It’s twice as good when it’s not […]

The Final Curtain

The Final Curtain Celebrating the final FOCI production by writer-director Elaine Diaz with a look back at what the magic of theater has accomplished on Callawassie Island. After six years of original shows and cut-up casts raising a ruckus while they raised funds on behalf of Friends of Callawassie, Elaine Diaz is hanging up her […]

The Most Giving Island

The Most Giving Island “This is the most giving island. Our residents give so much, and not just money, but time and effort, too.” – former FOCI president Bitt Dennis. “The essence of life is to do good and help others.” – Aristotle Life is good on Callawassie Island. Ask how and you’ll get a […]

Everyone’s a Neighbor

Everyone’s a Neighbor Coming to Callawassie: Colorado “Don’t tell our friends in Boulder,” Jamie Pentz and his wife Lisa jokingly begin their story of Coming to Callawassie. What they said next is chidingly off the record but suffice it to say it’s a bit of a love story for what they found when they crossed […]

Coming to Callawassie Series

Coming to Callawassie: Jersey Shore “We’re from New Jersey,” begin the Browns, who are in town for a moment “working on the house,” out and about on a search for furniture and other home goods. It’s a familiar refrain on the island, specifically in a place like Callawassie where the community’s reputation proceeds it and […]

All Things Beautiful

All Things Beautiful The Partnership of the Callawassie Island Architectural Review Committee (ARC) in Looking After the Legendary Land In a private residential community, when you run across a set of initials tied to rules and regulations (HOA, CCR) one tends to bristle because of a stereotype as old as the hills. We don’t see […]