The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina is accepting applications for two
programs geared towards leaders in the nonprofit sector. The Nonprofit
Leadership Training Certificate, a partnership with Columbia
College, is a yearlong, graduate course. The second program, Nonprofit
Leadership Development, is a five-month program for nonprofit leaders.
Both of these courses are part of the Foundation’s Carolina Academy for
Nonprofits, which also offers free workshops to nonprofit organizations.
Anderson Interfaith Ministries received a $75,000 Responsive grant from
the Sisters of Charity Foundation in 2010. The grant provided funding
for staff support and an on-site training facility for client programs
through its Women and Children Succeeding program.
Mike McCabe joined the Foundation Board in 2005. He currently serves as the Foundation Board chair.
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina was invited to
address City Year's Young Heroes program on the topic of poverty.
U.S. Congressman James E. Clyburn (SC-6) visits Father to Father
Project Inc. in North Charleston, on January 3, the anniversary of his
swearing in as House Majority Whip.
Oftentimes we say that children are our future. As much as that is
true, children are also our present. Count Me In To Do the Right Thing,
a Caritas grantee out of Chester and York counties, put together a community project this past year which helped several people in the cold winter months.
East Cooper Community Outreach was awarded a $25,000 Responsive grant in
2010 through the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina. The
grant supported a community-wide initiative to address poverty by
collaboratively building a sustainable community for all residents.
Georgetown's Father to Father Project, Inc., is a fatherhood program
designed to help reconnect low-income absent fathers with their
children in the Georgetown and Andrews.
Greenville Area Interfaith Hospitality Network (GAIHN) received a
$99,400 Responsive grant from the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South
Carolina in 2010. The grant supported high quality transitional housing
and case management for guest families.
The HALOS (Helping And Lending Outreach Support) Kinship Care
Resource Program provides support and resources to the relatives who
take in children so that they may avoid foster care placement in
Charleston County.
"Criminality is a matter of the heart. Let us, therefore, address and repair the heart. Let us start with the children."
When Antonio Boyd, national director of US Programs & executive director of HOPE worldwide
South Carolina, made an unannounced visit to one of his Saturday
Academy Programs at Keels Elementary School in Northeast Columbia,
little did he realize that he was in for a surprise.
Interfaith Community Services of South Carolina received a Responsive
grant from the Sisters of Charity Foundation in 2010. The grant enabled
Interfaith Community Services of South Carolina to work with local
churches to create jobs and expand child care for parents.
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina is accepting nominations for its 2012 Leadership in Diversity Award.
Miss Ruby’s Kids is an early literacy program for families in Georgetown County. In 2011, Miss Ruby’s Kids served 48 children in its home visitation program. All of the children and families served are special, and each of them has a story. This is Christie’s story.
The NorthStar Christian Center Community Outreach is a 2011 Sisters of
Charity Foundation of South Carolina Responsive Grant recipient. They
are a culturally diverse church, living life as a community of
Spirit-filled believers, pointing the way to Jesus. By encountering God
together and connecting to each other in Christ-centered relationships,
they challenge each person to grow closer to God.
Seventh and eighth graders at St. Andrew Catholic School in Myrtle
Beach, S.C. are required to perform service hours as part of their
curriculum.
The Salkehatchie Healthy Communities Collaborative serves an area of
the state that has many unmet needs, and has long been overlooked.
Raheem, introduced to Teach My People in 2007, is one of the many lives the program has positively impacted.
