Changemakers Digest 2025 – FEBRUARY 17

#GoodBits- Featured Announcements & Resources

• APPLY to serve on a Charleston County Board or Commision!
• Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach is seeking volunteer mentors who want to make a real difference for 2nd-5th graders!
• RESOURCE: The VITA Program Free Tax Preperation
• RESOURCE: SC Preservation Toolkit – Empowering African American Historic Preservation
• Be Kind Charleston is seeking kindhearted Charlestonians to write encouraging cards for nursing home recipients and nonprofits in our community. This is a way to serve from home and great for families.

#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines

• 12 Black Leaders to Know in South Carolina Announced
• Charleston nonprofit expands mission to aid homeless women and children
• Les Dames d’Escoffier Charleston Chapter Calls for Donations for Annual Culinary Bazaar
• SC Native American tribe treaty may help protect sacred lands
• SC schools are taking a $3.2B hit from corporate tax breaks, report says
• Blackbaud Enables Cryptocurrency Donations for U.S. Nonprofits Through Its JustGiving Platform
• Support in Crisis: Southern Smoke Foundation’s Mission to Help F&B Industry Workers
• With ICE and Charleston sheriff partnership up in the air, community rallies for immigrants
• CCSD leaders ask for community help in improving literacy, math, and college and career readiness
• What do these South Carolina students think about books being pulled from schools?
• Local advocates organize meeting about concerns over Gullah Geechee burial sites threatened by new development
• Credit Union with Columbia presence to enter Charleston market
• ICYMI
  • ‘Urgent’ need for foster parents throughout South Carolina
  • Black Residents Say No To Climate Gentrification in Charleston
  • Lowcountry Local First Asks Community to Shift Dollars to Local this Holiday Season
  • N. Charleston group hopes to build bridge between Hispanic communities, city: ‘We are people’

For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com

#GoodEvents – a few featured upcoming nonprofit events

• FEB 20: Coast-to-Coast Black History Racial Healing Circle
• FEB 21: Wild Things Gala
• FEB 21: SC Farm to School Summit (Columbia)
• FEB 22: Rock the Block
• FEB 23: 26th Annual Chef’s Feast
• FEB 25-27: SC Nonprofit Summit (Columbia)
• FEB 27: Rhinestones & Rockstars
• FEB 28: Ready. Set. Glow.

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

additional resources for
Individuals | Organizations

GRASSROOTS GUIDE NONPROFIT SPOTLIGHT:

Cuisine Rescue
“rescues un-plated leftover food from restaurants/caterers/food suppliers, salvaging edible food that would otherwise be thrown away.  And then delivers it, free of charge, to Lowcountry nonprofits serving the food-insecure population.”

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