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There are countless nonprofit organizations in our community that rely on your support to provide critical services to those in need. The stories below demonstrate what can be achieved if we all work together to lend a helping hand.
Hope Haven of the Lowcountry (525-6699)
Hope Haven is a nationally accredited children’s advocacy and rape crisis center providing critical services to sexually and physically abused children, and adults who are victims of rape/sexual assault.
Alice is a bright and beautiful 9-year-old girl. She loves to bake cookies and told her counselor at Hope Haven that she forgets bad memories when she’s baking cookies, except for one traumatic memory of being sexually abused by a close family friend. He brutally raped her and threatened her not to tell anyone. She wrote a letter to a classmate about what happened, and the classmate told the teacher, who reported it to the police. The police brought Alice to Hope Haven for the forensic interview, and she told the interviewer everything about that traumatic night. Alice went to Hope Haven every week for counseling. She even gained the strength and courage to be able to testify in court against her perpetrator, who was found guilty.
With the support of her loving family and Hope Haven, this little girl found her smile again and she now faces a hope-filled future.
Second Helpings (689-3689)
Second Helpings is a nonprofit organization that relies on its 278 volunteers to collect and distribute surplus food donated by area supermarkets, churches, restaurants, resorts, etc., and delivers it to 79 other nonprofit agencies. This year, Second Helpings will collect its 15,000,000th pound of food!
One day a Second Helpings volunteer was in the produce section of a supermarket and the produce manager thanked him. He was not only thanking him for volunteering his time, but went on to say his mother and father were on a fxed income and would be hungry if it were not for the food they receive at church through Second Helpings. In some area schools, food bags are prepared and sent home with the children to be prepared at home. Ann Marie, a student, saw the volunteers unloading the truck. She ran over and politely asked for a loaf of bread. She carried it like a doll the rest of the day so she could take it home to her mother and contribute to what little the family had to eat that night.
Thanks for your support throughout the year.
