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#GoodBits- Featured Local Announcements & Resources
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#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines
- South Carolina’s Gullah Geechee Are Denied Their Right to Bury Their Loved Ones
- Charleston group launches economic boycotts on Fridays
- Ronald McDonald House Charities breaks ground on new facility to serve families of critically ill children
- IAAM hits second milestone, making a $200M economic impact in Charleston study shows
- The Ideal Life Foundation Expands Partnership with Charleston Hope
- LGBTQ+ support was cut from the national suicide hotline. SC groups are left to fill the gap.
- Lowcountry Land Trust & Charleston County Parks Expand Recreation and Restores Waterway Access on Johns Island
- As demonstrations ramp up nationwide, activists ask Charleston to reconsider protest ordinance
- ACLU STATEMENT: Partisan gerrymandering case reaches South Carolina Supreme Court
- North Charleston nonprofit renovating homes for homeless veterans
- Preservation Society’s Burial Ground Mapping Project Earns State Historic Preservation Award
- Charleston County urges South Carolina lawmakers to pass state hate crime law in resolution
- Lowcountry Food Bank Receives $50,000 Donation from Norfolk Southern
- ICYMI
- Charleston activists call for weekly economic protest through ‘Fasting Fridays’
- Food insecurity deepens in Charleston area
- Social Justice Advocates File Federal Lawsuit Challenging City Protest Ordinance
- SC rape and violence crisis centers face crisis of their own if federal funding goes away
- ‘Urgent’ need for foster parents throughout South Carolina
For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com
#GoodEvents – a few featured upcoming nonprofit events
beyond plastic ecochallenge
JULY 2025
SC7 Expedition
JULY 2025
- JUL 15: Effective Charity 101
- JUL 26: Charleston Photography Expo 2025
- AUG 7: Sierra Club Picnic on Shem Creek
- AUG 22: Weekend Nonprofit Learning Lab
For our most up-to-date curated event listings,
check out our COMMUNITY CALENDAR
FEATURED RESOURCE HUBS AT CHARLESTONGOOD.COM…
#CHSvolunteers – local organizations actively seeking volunteers
#GoodGrants – new grant opportunities and other grants resources
#GoodJobs – nonprofit job openings + other local employment resources
#GrassrootsGuide – our directory of 640+ local nonprofit organizations in the Lowcountry
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#GoodGrabBag – miscellaneous good stuff worth sharing
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