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SC Works Awards Local Businesses $100,000 for Incumbent Worker Training
SC Works Trident and its Trident Workforce Development Board has awarded $100,000 to eight local businesses connected to Incumbent Worker Training (IWT) programs. The funds, made possible by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), will support training as each business advances technology, expands and offers new services as part of a layoff aversion strategy. …
Read MoreFood drive at Magnolia Gardens brings local food bank unexpected benefit
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens ended its recent holiday food drive to assists the Lowcountry Food Bank with a record-breaking 9.5 tons of non-perishable food. The food drive also has reaped an unexpected benefit to help the food bank’s mission to lead the fight against hunger throughout the 10 coastal counties of South Carolina. The amount…
Read MoreLowcountry Local First to Launch New “Good Enterprises” Initiative in Fall 2019
Lowcountry Local First (LLF) has announced a new initiative aimed towards the nonprofit organization’s mission to cultivate an economy anchored in local ownership, Good Enterprises, joining the established Good Business and Good Farming initiatives. Good Enterprises will be a catalyst for reshaping the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem to one that provides equitable opportunity for business ownership, in order to transform lives and…
Read MoreMorningside Scholars Serving Others
Students at Morningside Middle School have a variety of options when it comes to clubs. One of them, the Adopt-a-Grandparent Club, is dedicated to community service. Scholars and sponsors in this group make an effort to brighten the lives of seniors living at Ashley Landing Assisted Living. Started by Dr. Laura Saunders, who is a…
Read MoreCommunities Celebrate Safety with 8th Annual SC Walk and Roll to School Day
Organized by the South Carolina Department of Transportation’s (SCDOT) Safe Routes to School Program, South Carolina Walk to School Day will be held March 6, 2019. The event is part of a broader effort by communities across the state to provide students with more opportunities to promote pedestrian and bicycle safety. Walk to School events…
Read MoreCharleston Passport Center hosts “Passport Day with TSA and AAA” February 27
The U.S. Department of State wants you to know that February and March are the best months to apply for or renew your U.S. passport. During these months processing times are lower, only 3-4 weeks for routine service and 2-3 weeks for expedite service. Expedite service costs an additional $60. In fiscal year 2018, the…
Read MoreBaptist Hill Teams Up with Constituent Board Member to Support Children in Liberia
Open lines of communication between a Constituent Board member and a school principal led to hundreds of flip-flops being delivered to children in Liberia. Earlier this winter, Dr. Helen Frazier, who serves on the Constituent District 23 Board of Trustees, spoke with Baptist Hill Middle High School’s principal, Vanessa Brown, about an upcoming trip to…
Read MoreSouth Carolina Issuing March SNAP Benefits Early
The South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS) will be issuing March Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits early in order to reduce the time between payments for recipients who received their February benefits early because of the federal government shutdown. Only those SNAP recipients who received their February benefits in January will receive benefits…
Read MoreYWCA Greater Charleston Launches Six New Tech Clubs for Girls
In November 2016, YWCA Greater Charleston launched Charleston’s first Girls Who Code club for middle school girls. With the success of that pilot program and three more girls’ coding clubs behind it, the nonprofit is today launching six new Y Girls Code clubs for girls of all ages across the Charleston area. Each club is…
Read More12th Annual Francis Marion National Forest Cleanup: Litter reduces with consistent cleanup
The 12th Annual Francis Marion National Forest Cleanup, held on Saturday, February 2, saw record numbers of volunteers and co-hosts who came to pick up litter from one of the state’s most popular outdoor recreational areas. PalmettoPride and the USDA Forest Service, along with long time partners Keep Berkeley Beautiful and Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department, coordinated…
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