The following organizations have received funding for after school programs. Totaling over one million dollars, these four grants will be distributed over the course of three years. The Foundation aims to develop a model for future programs and strategic funding of after school programs.

By reaching into rural communities with few resources, the Foundation intends to fund programs that address all aspects of a child's development and provide safe haven for recreational and educational activities. Designed to help children and youth in grades 1-5, the children participating live at or below poverty level.

Cedar Branch Children's Center After School Program

As a part of S.O.S. Health Care, Inc., the Cedar Branch Children's Center After School Program follows the organizations mission to encourage, facilitate and support father empowerment, involvement and participation in the lives of their children. Designed to serve 32-40 children in grades 1-5, the program has worked closely with local schools and parents to meet the needs of program participants.

Contact:  Dr. William H. Davis
S.O.S. Health Care, Inc.
Post Office Box 7136
Myrtle Beach, SC 29572-7136 
Telephone:  (843) 449-5373 

Chesterfield-Marlboro Economic Opportunity Council, Inc.

The Student Educational and Cultural Enrichment Program through the Chesterfield-Marlboro Economic Opportunity Council, Inc. will provide a safe, easily accessible place where low-income, socio-economic and disadvantaged primary and elementary school children can receive academic tutoring, cultural exchange and social guidance. Through these activities, it is believed that the children's academic test scores will increase, heighten their self-awareness and improve their self-concepts in order to allow for maximum school and community participation. The program will serve students in the Petersburg community of Pageland.

Contact:  Ms. Helen Palmer
Chesterfield-Marlboro Economic Opportunity Council, Inc.
Post Office Box 877
Cheraw, SC 29520 
Telephone:  (843) 320-9760

Teach My People

Designed to meet the spiritual, academic and emotional needs of children in grades 1-5, ages 6-11, Teach My People serves those living at or below poverty level in Pawleys Island. Already in place, the program has received strong community and involvement.

Post Office Box 2081
Pawleys Island, SC 29585 
Telephone:  (843) 237-8737

Trinity Ministries

The Trinity Ministries After School Program is designed to help children achieve their fullest potential through quality programming. The focus of the program is to promote educational activities that are both enriching and enjoyable to the children in grades 1-5 in turn, providing quality after school activities that will improve the academic development and social skills of the students by allowing them to express themselves in words, gestures, drawings, dramatization, music and dance. The program will serve students in the Hardeeville area.

Contact:  Dr. Gertrude Robinson, Ed.D.
Trinity Ministries
Post Office Box 1199
Hardeeville, SC 29927
Telephone:  (843) 784-2126

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