Charleston Business Journal > August 7, 2006 > People in the News
Giving Back

Kreber golf tournament raises $40,000 for leukemia research

The 10th annual Monica Kreber Golf Tournament was held at Seabrook Island’s Ocean Winds Golf Course in July, raising approximately $40,000 for leukemia research at the Medical University of South Carolina’s Charles P. Darby Children’s Research Institute. The event is named for 16-year old Monica Kreber, a former patient of MUSC Children’s Hospital who has been leukemia-free for four years. Pictured (from left): Ricky Jones, tournament co-chair; Monica Kreber; Dave Kreber, MUSC Children’s Hospital Fund board member; Dr. Julio Barredo, MUSC Children’s Hospital; and Bailey Williams, tournament co-chair.

Sea Island Habitat receives gift from UBS Financial

UBS Financial’s Charleston office donated $4,000 to Sea Island Habitat for Humanity’s planned giving program, known as “The Golden Hammer Society.” The award will be used to host a dinner to thank and recognize those individuals who have made arrangements for Sea Island Habitat for Humanity to be included in their estate plans and to educate others on planned giving. Pictured (front row, from left): Dennis Coleman; Kathy Landing; Chuck Swenson, SIHH executive director; Jeff Burton, UBS Charleston branch manager; Tom Dunleavy; Jessica Harper; Anne Norton; (back row, from left) Dan Hreha; Frank Kirks; Hampton Avant; Worth Ketchum; and Jason Oates.

Water Missions purification system headed to Cook Islands

Water Missions International, a nonprofit based on Charleston, announced the Santa Clarita Valley Rotary Club of Santa Clarita, Calif., has purchased one of its water purification systems to send to the Cook Islands. Cyclones frequently strike the South Pacific nation with devastating effects, leaving inhabitants without safe water. The Water Missions system, which can be transported in a pickup truck, can be set up within hours to purify up to 10,000 gallons of water per day from nearly any fresh water source.


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