Helping Out for April 5, 2017 from the Charleston Regional Business Journal
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 St. John’s Fire Department will host its annual Spring
Into Safety event during the Spring Festival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 15 at
Freshfields Village, with tours of the fire engine, fire extinguisher training,
escape planning, safety tips and a visit from Sparky the Fire Dog at the
Village.
Kevin Wadley, Kdog Production and The Royal American are
hosting a Cinco de Mayo Royale happy hour party at The Royal American, 970
Morrison Drive in Charleston, to benefit Charleston Parks Conservancy from 3 to
7:30 p.m. May 5. The band Brianna y Sus Guardianes Del Norte will perform.
Rebel Taqueria food truck will be serving food, and there will be Chihuahuas,
tequila, sombreros, margaritas, beer and pinatas.
Admission is $5 and proceeds benefit the Charleston Parks
Conservancy.
Fresh Future Farm has taken over the leadership role of
managing Chicora Place Community Garden. The farm and Metanoia have also
reached an agreement to provide support for classes to occur at Fresh Future
Farm.
The garden sits between Orvid and Calvert streets at 3107
North Carolina Ave., within the Chicora/Cherokee Neighborhood of North
Charleston.
The city of North Charleston purchased the Community Garden,
a former trailer park, with greenbelt tax funds to create a recreation space in
the Chicora-Cherokee community. After receiving a $1,000 grant from the Healthy
North Charleston, Metanoia turned a portion of the space into a garden in 2011.
Germaine Jenkins was a Metanoia board member and a Clemson Extension master
gardener and resident garden volunteer.
This year, Metanoia has awarded a $23,000 grant to support
Fresh Future Farm’s efforts to manage the garden and host quarterly
Introduction to Home/Urban Gardening trainings at the farm a few blocks away.
Fresh Future Farm will coordinate volunteer groups to work
at the garden on the second Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to noon, and to
seek funding for the garden. The farm also hopes to create one or more paid
internships to take care of the space between monthly workdays and to add an
outdoor fitness center.
Charleston Library Society is hosting a series of Wide Angle
Lunches, with a theme for the year of Making Community. The lunches will be
from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. May 4, 11, 18 and 25. Individual tickets are $20 for
society members and $26 for nonmembers; season passes are available for $75 for
members and $95 for nonmembers.
The Glass Onion has selected Lowcountry Local First as the
featured charity for their monthly tasting, set for 5:30-7:30 tonight. The
event will include cocktails with Dixie Vodka paired with small bites, for $10
per person.
For every ticket sold, $5 will benefit Lowcountry Local
First, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to cultivate an economy anchored
in local ownership. Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door.
Windwood Family Services is partnering with Dee Norton Child
Advocacy Center and Darkness to Light to raise awareness about child abuse
prevention and blanket the area with pinwheels during April, which is Child
Abuse Prevention Month.
During the month of April, look for pinwheel gardens all
around Charleston County as part of Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Since 2008, the pinwheel has been the national symbol for
child abuse prevention, through the Pinwheels for Prevention campaign.
Windwood plans to place close to 2,000 pinwheels throughout
the Lowcountry, each one representing 10 children in our state who suffer from
abuse or neglect.
In addition, the city of Charleston will sign a proclamation
declaring Charleston a “Pinwheel City,” and the town of James Island will
present a proclamation at its April 20 meeting declaring April “Child Abuse
Prevention Month.”
Pinwheel gardens will be at these locations during the month
of April:
North Charleston: Park Circle, Tanger Outlets, Trident
Technical College
West Ashley: Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, John Wesley
United Methodist Church, Citadel Mall
Johns Island: Johns Island Library, Tattooed Moose, Sea
Island Chamber of Commerce
Hollywood Public Library
James Island Town Hall
Charleston County Public Library
Tot Lot on Sullivan’s Island
Mount Pleasant: Towne Centre and the Patriots Point Athletic
Complex
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