Hair Cuttery provides scholarship to new students

Trident Technical College student Wendi Riley won the 2004 Hair Cuttery Scholarship, which provides cosmetology students with a manikin practice kit during their first semester. Pictured, from left, are Denise Mazyck and Lisa Waggoner of Hair Cuttery, Riley and TTC instructors Ruth Ott and Larry Gottemoeller. “I’m very appreciative for this award,” says Riley, who recently left her job teaching third grade at Williams Memorial Elementary School in St. George to pursue a cosmetology degree.

Golf tournament benefits education

Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co. Inc. has given $30,000 to Trident United Way from funds generated at the Piggly Wiggly Charity Golf Classic. This donation will go toward the Early Childhood Education Initiative. Pictured, from left, are Joseph T. Newton III, president of Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co.; Kat Kostera, campaign division director of Trident United Way; Christopher Kerrigan, president of Trident United Way; and Mr. Pig.

Whole Foods 5% Day benefits autism organization

Once per quarter, all Whole Foods Market stores across the country donate 5% of their day’s sales to a local nonprofit organization. Whole Foods Market collects applications for 5% Day throughout the year and the team members vote on which organization will be the recipient of the award. The first recipient in the Lowcountry was Carolina Autism Supported Living Services. Pictured, store team leader Paul Harty presents a check to Phil Blevins (center), executive director of CASLS, and Alan Rose (left), administrator of CASLS.

Foundation funds wilderness expeditions for at-risk youth

The Blackbaud Fund, Bakker Family Fund and the Public Trust Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation awarded $7,400 to the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School’s Charleston Families In Need of Services program. This program was one of 48 applicants to the Coastal Community Foundation’s 2004 Open Grants, and one of 38 recommended for funding. The Charleston Families In Need of Services program is an expansion of the 21-year-old Outward Bound prevention program in Florida and a pilot for South Carolina. Since September 2002, more than 140 at-risk youth from the tri-county area have benefited from the challenging18-day wilderness expeditions that promote academic and character development.

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