Nonprofits: Helping Out for March 29 from the Charleston Regional Business Journal

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Helping Out highlights some of the many charitable events and activities going on in the Charleston area. Submissions should be sent to dailyjournal@scbiznews.com.

The third annual Southern Garden Party, benefiting Lowcountry Orphan Relief, will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 29 at Quarters C in the Charleston Navy Yard Historic District.

General admission is $35, and tickets can be purchased online. The theme is Alice in Wonderland, and guests are encouraged to dress the part.

The event will include a children’s fashion show using clothing donated to Lowcountry Orphan Relief’s distribution center, plus live music, a DJ, a photographer, food and drinks. Mimosas, a hat contest and a wine pull with wine bottles valued at $10-$50 will be available for an extra charge.

BJ’s Wholesale Club has donated $10,000 to Ladson Youth Organization, a youth sports league in Berkeley County. The donation, from the BJ’s Charitable Foundation, will help fund upgraded facilities at Tom Conley Park.

In addition, the partnership gives Ladson Youth Organization the opportunity to raise up to $100,000 through the BJ’s Fuel Your Fundraiser Program. For every new member who joins BJ’s through the program, the Ladson Youth Organization will receive a portion of the proceeds.

Slow Food Charleston has announced the finalists for the second annual Snail Awards.

The 2017 Legend Award will honor Nathalie Dupree. She will receive the Carolina Gold Trophy created by artist and ironworker Robert Thomas and will be a part of the evening’s festivities.

Winners in the categories of The Activist, The Provider, The Artist (in Food and in Beverage), The Place, and The Snailblazer will receive a Le Creuset Dutch Oven with a custom iron snail knob. The Snailblazer will also receive a $1,000 grant.

The finalists are:

The Activist: An individual or organization that is a spokesperson for the Slow Food mission.

Brian Ward, Clemson University Coastal Research and Education Center (Farm)

Lindsey Barrow and Kate Dewitt, Lowcountry Street Grocery

Angie Dupree, One80 Place

The Provider: A producer or provider of food at a community’s most basic level.

Pete and Babs Ambrose, Ambrose Family Farm

Chris and Nicole Wilkins, Root Baking Co.

Mark and Kerry Marhefka, Abundant Seafood

The Artist: An individual or business that is using refined skill to create or curate something unique in the community.

In Food:

Kevin Johnson, The Grocery

Jacques Larson, Wild Olive and Obstinate Daughter

Chris Stewart, The Glass Onion

In Beverage:

Jaime Tenny and David Merritt, Coast Brewing Co.

Matt and Angie Tunstall, Stems and Skins

Scott Schor, Edmund’s Oast

The Place: A business that adheres to Slow Food principles in its practices and philosophies.

Middleton Place

The Wild Olive and Obstinate Daughter

Medical University of South Carolina Office of Health Promotion

The SnailBlazer: A publicly nominated category from which a $1,000 SnailBlazer Grant will be awarded to an individual whose work is positively 



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