East Cooper Habitat dedicates home to long-time supporter

East Cooper Habitat for Humanity recently dedicated a house to Kathryn C. Carroll for her lifetime of support and giving from herself and her son, Jimmy Carroll, through Carroll Realty. Pictured, the Washington family and Jimmy Carroll.

‘T’ Time teaches etiquette and leadership to girls

Tia Brewer-Footman created the “T” Time etiquette and leadership program to teach girls about self-respect, manners and leadership. Many of the lessons Brewer-Footman has learned personally and professionally are incorporated into the 10-session series that began at Haut Gap Middle School on Johns Island in early October. More than 40 girls currently participate in “T” Time. Pictured: two “T” Time girls are served the salad course at the Mills House Hotel dining room.

Wise Guys take a trip to a Carolina Panthers game

Andy Casson, a student support specialist for the nonprofit Communities In Schools’ Wise Guys project, took a group of his students to the Carolina Panthers’ home football game in Charlotte on Oct. 30. Team officials provided the tickets for the game. The Wise Guys’ project teaches middle school boys about making responsible health choices. Specialist Chris Rollison serves students at James Island Middle School and the peninsular Middle Grades Acceleration Project program at Rivers Middle School. Casson works at Ft. Johnson Middle School. A third specialist, Earnest Houston, sponsors Wise Guys at Haut Gap Middle School on Johns Island. The Wise Guys curriculum places an emphasis on taking responsibility for one’s actions and encourages service-learning among the students. The boys who went to the Panthers game act as role models for youngsters through the “Real Men Read” of Wise Guys, wherein older adolescents read to fourth- and fifth-graders.

BellSouth supports The Citadel with matching gift program

BellSouth’s regional director Ted Creech, center, and account manager Robin Olds, left, present The Citadel’s interim president General Roger C. Poole with a check for $5,000. This donation was a matching gift from BellSouth’s matching gift program. The purpose of the program is to encourage employees and retirees within the BellSouth family of companies to join in its financial support of higher education institutions throughout the United States and other nonprofit organizations in the Southeast.

Park Day on Daniel Island supports multiple nonprofits

At the recent Park Day on Daniel Island, the annual fall festival raised more than $30,000 for many local nonprofits, including East Cooper Habitat for Humanity, the Lowcountry Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, the John Ancrum and Doc Williams SPCAs, the MUSC Children’s Fund and others.

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