The quarterly meeting was held on October 7th at Spanish Wells. The meeting started with the Director from the Boys and Girls Club sharing what was new and how the funds helped their program. We heard presentations for the Hilton Head Island Hospital Auxilliary, the Hilton Head High School Booster Club and the Hunger Coalition of the Low Country. Video recordings were taken and distributed to those unable to attend. Another close vote with the Hunger Coalition receiving the majority of the votes. We will schedule a check presentation to the charity in early November.
Boys and Girls Club Presentation
Members presented our July ’21 collective donation of $11,700 to the Boys and Girls Club of Hilton Head Island on August 10th. We participated in a tour of the facility and met members of the local Boys and Girls Club.
July meeting
The 100 Men Who Care met on July 22nd at the Spanish Wells Club. The new Director of the Volunteers in Medicine, John Newman, shared how 100MWC helped local residents on the island improve their quality of life. Members presented local needs being served by the Boys and Girls Club, St. James Food Pantry and Safe Harbour.
Votes were submitted and a decision was made that our giving pool would be directed to the Boys and Girls Club for current initiatives. several men elected to make additional donations to the other needs presented.
In total, the 100 Men contributed $13,700 to help support local needs.
CH2 Magazine
Our local magazine took the time to interview a few of us, compose an article and publish our story in the June ’21 edition. Twenty-three of the members met with the editor of CH2 Magazine to show our support.
https://issuu.com/celebrat/docs/ch2-june2021-issue/64
Award presented to VIM
100MWC Hilton Head presents first award. The group voted to make a one time donation of $8,300 to Volunteers in Medicine. VIM agreed to meet a few members where the concept started – around the fire pit at the Spanish Wells Club.
Inaugural meeting
In April, we had 70 men committed to make a difference. Thirty decided to sit outside, a dozen connected via video conference and the balance with voted remotely for three local needs. Three groups of men made short presentations all in 45 minutes. The votes were tabulated and we notified Volunteers in Medicine that we were able to make a $7000 donation toward their local need.
Researched the idea
We contacted the 100+ Women Who Care for the secret recipe which turned out to be the same formula used by over 700 organizations nationally and coined by the 100 Who Care Alliance. The cat was out of the bag. We definitely could do this.
In March, we outlined how we wanted to spread the word to have an impact on the island.
Firepit
February 2021… Three guys, Mike, Terry and Beau, with their wives were sitting around a fire pit discussing how a group of ladies had a major impact on a charity that has captivated us – The Hunger Coalition of the Low Country or as they are known, the BackPack Buddies.
We saw how 150 women, met for one hour, discuss local needs and made a $15,000 donation to local non profit. We said, we can do this!
We contacted the 100+ Women Who Care for the secret recipe which turned out to be the same formula used by over 700 organizations nationally and coined by the 100 Who Care Alliance. We definitely could do this.
View from the fire pit