Category: Nominations

Active members identify local nonprofit groups that will benefit from our donation pool. Organizations currently available for consideration are listed below. Members have suggested these groups and are willing to make a presentation at our next meeting for a vote.

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The Children’s Center

The Children’s Center, Inc. is a unique not-for-profit organization that provides working families affordable and accessible early childhood education and childcare services. The Children’s Centers’ multicultural, bilingual early childhood education program is provided five days a week, year-round, from 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Our goal is to provide a learning environment that enhances the multi-dimensional development of each child. 

http://www.thechildrenscentersc.org

Nominated by Pat Murphy EIN#57-0485356

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Second Helpings

Second Helpings is a nonprofit food rescue and distribution network striving to eliminate hunger and food waste in the South Carolina Lowcountry. We collect and distribute food which would have otherwise ended up in landfills, and provide it, free of charge, to more than 50 food pantries, soup kitchens and family and senior programs in Beaufort, Jasper, and Hampton counties. In 2022, we rescued and distributed 3.2 million pounds of food. Since 1992, we have distributed more than 47 million pounds of food for our neighbors who need it.

Nominated by Pat Murphy

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Early Grade Reading Program

The Early Grade Reading program focuses on bringing tutors to the schools of Beaufort and Jasper Counties. We learn to read from 1st to 4th Grade and read to learn from then on. This program provides books and supplies to the volunteer tutors to aid in developing a reading culture in the young of our community.

Nominated by Marc Stuckart

Selected for Award April 6th, 2023

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HHI Deep Well Project

A predominantly volunteer-based non-profit, with a minimum of paid staff, The Deep Well Project has been helping neighbors in need since 1973.  The organization was founded by Charlotte Heinrichs as a service to the local community that suffered illness as a result of drinking contaminated water from shallow wells.  Over the decades, other needs evolved and so did “Deep Well” (as it’s known on the island).  We help people in emergency situations by giving them an immediate hand up so that they can continue to help themselves.  EIN# 57-0566098

Nominated by Dan Clare

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Children’s Relief Fund

The Children’s Relief Fund (CRF) is a non-profit organization founded in 1991 by Rose and Frank Fotia. Their son Gregory had multiple disabilities and was the inspiration behind CRF. Our group consists of volunteers who raise money to help fund therapy, equipment, summer programs and other group activities for disabled children in the Hilton Head Island and Bluffton area.

Nominated by David Ruckno

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First Tee – The Low Country

“We, First Tee, enable kids to build the strength of character that empowers them through a lifetime of new challenges. By seamlessly integrating the game of golf with life skills curriculum, we create learning experiences that build inner strength, self-confidence, and resilience that kids carry to everything they do.”

Nominated by Shawn Fowler

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Mental Health America of Beaufort-Jasper

Helps individuals dealing with mental illness and substance abuse find resources and services in Beaufort County and Jasper County, SC. Mental Health America of Beaufort-Jasper (MHABJ) and the Island House promotes education and awareness of mental health issues in the community.

Nominated by Steve Caywood

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Volunteers in Medicine

VIM’s mission is to understand and serve the health and wellness needs of the medically underserved and their households, who live or work on Hilton Head and Daufuskie Islands.

VIM’s goal is to expand on food sustainability to compliment the medical dental and pharmacologic care delivered at Volunteers in Medicine.

Nominated by John Newman. EIN 57-0959206

Awarded April ’21