Lady Gaga missed the bus
By Meg Goforth-Ward
Have you seen those
billboards showing Denzel Washington and Tom Hanks as 10 year-old members of
the Boys & Girls Club? (Lady Gaga must have missed the bus.) They really are a great resource for helping
kids ages 6 to 18 grow into productive, caring, responsible citizens. Beaufort's
program is primo, and Charleston's
is catching up fast, with both of them helping hundreds of children every
day. One of the Boys & Girls Clubs'
programs, Project Learn, is based on the premise (maybe obvious) that children
do much better in school when they spend their free time after school engaged
in fun educational activities. Boys & Girls Clubs offer help with homework,
writing activities, reading for fun, tutoring, the ability to help others,
discussions with adults, and games like Scrabble that help children's cognitive
skills develop. Project Learn has been proven to improve the youths'
performance in school and out of school. www.bgclubta.org
(Charleston) www.lcclubs.org (Beaufort &
Jasper).
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Postcard from Maggie
by Margaret Mullis
A guiding principle of SC Strong is to learn to care for
someone other than one's self. While
that may seem like a basic life lesson,
the men (and soon women) living,
learning and working in this minimum 2-year residential program are ex-convicts
and formerly homeless substance abusers who are learning to re-educate their
way of thinking. Upon graduation, residents will have gained at least a high school
diploma and training in construction,
catering, landscaping or furniture restoration. Additionally,
social survival skills necessary to live
successfully in mainstream society are taught through the program's solid
family value system. As someone aptly summed up,
SC Strong is a safe place to practice being a better person.
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Leadership Charleston Call for  Proposals
Leadership Charleston has plans to partner with ten
local nonprofit organizations that are active members and in good standing with
the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce. Each nonprofit will benefit from five
members of The Leadership Charleston Class of 2011 that will work on a project
throughout the program year. These five students are not only doing this learn
about the community and gain knowledge and experience in the nonprofit sector
but also to be a part of their community and help bring something to Charleston
and the surrounding area.
The
nonprofits will benefit greatly from having the Leadership Charleston Class of
2011 assisting them. They offer consultation, planning assistance, development
assistance, event planning and preparation as well as anything else that fits
into the project's scope. It's free help from people that want to make a
difference.
Each
proposal is due by 5pm on Monday, August 30, 2010. There are some guidelines
that can be found in the description of the project. For more information check out the Chamber of Commerce website and to request a copy of the guidelines, email gdrayton@charlestonchamber.org.
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What's Going On
| Tina Arnoldi will be at the Mt. Pleasant Regional Library on September 21 from 6:30pm-7:30pm for Social Media 101. Come out and learn about all of the social media outlets, how to benefit from them, and what works and doesn't work. Email Tina for more details. Be our friend on Facebook! We invite nonprofits to post their news and events on our Facebook page. What would you like to see there? Tell us! |
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