Changemakers Digest 2025 – JANUARY 6

#GoodBits- Featured Announcements & Resources

• RESOURCE: LGBTQ+ organizations and healthcare services in South Carolina
• PLATFORM: Engage Charleston County
• REGISTER NOW: 2025 MLK PARADE
• Order free at-home COVID tests: Here’s how

#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines

• CP view: A checklist for an even better Charleston
• Charleston County accepting applications for Urban Entitlement funding
• Making the invisible visible: Behind the College of Charleston’s effort to highlight Black history
• Charleston nonprofits offer sled hockey and surfing to veterans for free. Here’s how to get involved.
• Positive Vibes Ronjanae Smith, Inc. Invites the Community to Celebrate MLK Weekend with Brunch and Parade
• A Charleston boatyard is the surprising home of DIY art exhibits and music shows
• Majority of preschool suspensions are Black students, data shows
• P&C Editorial: When public money goes to private charity, we deserve to know if it’s folly
• Brack: How hope can grow in an age of discontent
• South Carolina’s gun law grade drops to ‘F’
• Did you know that volunteering, good deeds can be good for your health? It may help you live longer.
• South Carolinian Challenges Racial Quota for Joining State Commission
• Local consulting firm launches tool to connect volunteers with nonprofits
• South Carolina Mentoring Network Launches
• Charleston homeless encampment cleared out. What happens next?
• Archivist Greene has an enduring legacy
• North Charleston has faced violent crime for decades. What is the community’s path forward?
• Trident United Way Announces New Community Changemaker Grant Recipients
• I’On Trust gives back to nonprofits
• SC lawmakers to discuss what could be ‘toughest pro-life bill’ in US
• Grant Hill, once a haven for Black Charlestonians, still loved by those who cherish its memory
• South Carolina to revive hate crimes bill discussion on 10th anniversary of Charleston church shooting
• Stingrays Launch “Players with a Purpose” Initiative to Support Local Charities
• What happens to food when restaurants close? For Rutledge Cab Co., a local charity had the answer
• South Carolina nonprofits land $1,000 grants from Bojangles to boost literacy programs
• ICYMI
  • SC arts organizations led by people of color can apply for grants from $1M funding pool
  • ‘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’
  • In the Tri-County, the “Survival Budget” for a Family of Four Increased by Over 25% from 2021 to 2022

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

#GoodEvents – a few featured upcoming nonprofit events

• JAN 8: Oyster Reef Rebuild
• JAN 9: Charleston Green Drinks: 2025 Kick Off
• JAN 11: New Year Celebration w/ South Carolina Housing Justice Network
• JAN 16: Lifelong Learning Global Discovery- An Evening with Cassandra Quave
• JAN 18: MLK Day Brunch 2025
• JAN 18: Empowering the Next Mentor Fellowship Fundraising Banquet

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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