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Giving Back
Female philanthropists award grants
Women Making a Difference hosted its annual grant announcement party at the Gibbes Museum of Art. Five local organizations received $36,000. Recipients included the Humanities Foundation’s ShelterNet program, Carolina Youth Development Center’s Big Brothers/Big Sisters program, Florence Crittenton’s Family Development program, Darkness to Light, and Helping and Lending Outreach Support .
Tour raises money for college
Cobblestone Walking Tours of Charleston, which recently changed its name to Bulldog Tours, raised more than $9,000 for the American College of the Building Arts and preservation of Charleston’s Old City Jail during the second annual Halloween Tour last October. The American College of the Building Arts is working to preserve the historic jail.
Comcast aids in dropout prevention
The Comcast Foundation provided Communities In Schools of the Charleston Area Inc. with a $2,310 grant in recognition of the 63 local Comcast employee volunteers and their families who volunteered on Comcast Cares Day. The grant will be used to implement dropout prevention programs in the area.
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