The Men and Women Who Care conducted our summer meeting to decide which local charity we should support. We discussed three groups which are performing the heavy lifting for services in our community. With 130+ active members participating from 5 different states, we raised over $23,000 for these groups.
We kicked off our meeting with cocktails overlooking the marsh and a guest speaker updating us on the upcoming events with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra. We announced that the group has raised over $220,000 in 13 previous meetings for local needs involving people just trying to go through life. Since our start, the group has made major donations to one local charity each quarter as well as contributions to several other charities represented in our meetings.
For the summer meeting, we selected three charities to learn how we could give back to the community. Three members made brief presentations for the following groups.
– Lowcountry Legal Volunteers
– Pregnancy Center and Clinic
– Hilton Head Hospital Auxiliary
In addition to the collective donation, the Heritage Classic Foundation provided matching funds of $2,600 providing a total distribution of $23,000 this meeting. The members awarded The Pregnancy Center and Clinic with the majority of the funds raised as well as additional donations were made for each of the organizations represented. The Pregnancy Center will return to our next meeting to share how we helped with their goal for our community.
As a result of our spring award to Meals on Wheels, Lili Coleman attended to share the organization’s appreciation. Everyone attending were interested in the community needs, surprised at the accomplishments and impressed with the help needed in our area.
Now is the time to identify which of the hundreds of nonprofits in our area we should support next. Just reply with the name of the organization that you would like to represent. Also, you can find the other nominations listed on the menu as “Charities under Consideration”.
Our next meeting is planned for October 25th at the Sea Pines Country Club. We are glad to include guest and if you have someone that you would like to add to the mailing list just let me know. If you are not a member, sign up.
Thanks for the support!