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Giving Back
Lions Club funds eye research
The Charleston Lions Club raised $19,000 to support eye research at its 10th annual Golf Classic at the Ocean Winds Course on Seabrook Island. On hand for the check presentation were, from left, Toni McHugh, Storm Eye Institute director of development; Andy Allen, Storm Eye Institute board member; Lions Club member Legare Wood; Robert Bailey, president of the Charleston Lions Club; Steve Coker, Golf Classic chairman; Lions Club member and Storm Institute board member Jim Bobo; Karl Novak, Storm Eye Institute board member; and Lions Club member Dr. Ed Wilson, director of Storm Eye Institute.
Dunes Properties supports dune replenishment
At the “Doin’ the Dunes!” dune building project on the Isle of Palms, Lois Richter plants sea oats with Miles (standing) and Jack Preacher that will help the newly forming dunes attach to the beach. Volunteers planted more than 4,000 sea oats during the event, which is sponsored by Dunes Properties.
Bank marks anniversary with volunteer work
The National Bank of South Carolina continued its year-long centennial celebration by sending volunteers to the Carolina Youth Development Center in North Charleston. Volunteers painted several areas of the facility. “For the past 100 years, we’ve remained true to our commitment to build strong relationships with the citizens and businesses in Charleston and the surrounding areas,” said Lenwood Howell, executive officer for NBSC. “Serving at the Carolina Youth Development Center is our way of giving back to a community that has been loyal to NBSC, while helping those who are less fortunate.”
Beach Co. grants child’s wish
The Beach Co. sponsored a child through the Make-A-Wish Foundation of South Carolina. A.J. is a 4-year-old Lowcountry child with Kostmanns syndrome, a rare condition that severely compromises the immune system. He is scheduled to receive a bone marrow transplant, and his wish was to go on a shopping spree at a toy store. Because of his condition, he had never been to a store because of the risk of germs from being in public. Toys R Us opened early so A.J. could have the store to himself, and a limousine brought him to and from the store.
Hotel chain plants trees around the country
Doubletree Guest Suites worked with Stiles Point Elementary School to plant 75 evergreen seedlings, which will be donated to Habitat for Humanity. The tree-planting event is an extension of Doubletree Hotels’ Teaching Kids To CARE initiative and is one of more than 125 similar tree plantings happening across North America during the next few weeks. Through a partnership with the National Arbor Day Foundation, Doubletree volunteers and elementary school students will plant more than 10,000 trees this spring.
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