Welcome to the Changemakers Weekly Digest!
Charleston’s convenient source for the latest Lowcountry nonprofit & grassroots
news, perspectives, ideas, events, resources and more…
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#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines
- S.C.’s long ties with Barbados, a new republic
- SkyMarket Distributed Meals Prepared by Chef BJ Dennis Portion of Proceeds Benefit Lowcountry Food Bank
- Mindful Mornings Charleston Partners with CharlestonGOOD to Host Fundraising Art Auction Benefiting Breath to Blossom
- $1.35M MUSC grant to help Lowcountry teenagers pursue interests in STEM
- 4 easy ways to support local Charleston businesses this holiday
- CCPL Recognized Nationally for Exceptional Community Impact in 2021
- Inside the world’s first indoor saltwater farm- growing “sea beans”
- City of Charleston offers 2 hours of free parking during the holiday season
- 8-year-old uses free snacks to lift up Liberty Hill neighborhood
- Health Care Heroes selected for 2021
- Destiny Community Cafe Food Truck Fundraiser
#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events
DEC 1 – 31
CAKES FOR A CAUSE
For those of you in the Charleston and surrounding areas who order baked goods for the holidays, office parties, or client gifts, please consider using Nothing Bundt Cakes in Mt. Pleasant. They are doing a fundraiser for Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services with a portion of proceeds from every sale made during the entire month of December coming to support legal aid. To participate, please call 843-849-9686, place your order, and give them the code “CPB”.
- DEC 2: Carols & Cocktails
- DEC 3: Art for Good: Auction & Music
- DEC 4: Untapped Art Fest
- DEC 4: 8th Annual Homegrown Holiday Bazaar
- DEC 4: Women’s Wellness Workshop at Synchronicity
- DEC 8: Whiskey & Women
- DEC 11: Sea Life by Starlight
- DEC 11: Ugly Sweater 5K Dash
- DEC 11: Surfrider Folly Beach Christmas Parade Cleanup Competition
- DEC 18: Spot Light Awards
- JAN 13-15: Black Ink Book Festival
#GoodStuff – interesting articles from around the web
#CHSvolunteers – featured volunteer opportunities
- FEATURED: Volunteer with the Charleston Friends of the Library for That Holiday Book Sale
- 40+ ways to give back in Charleston, SC
- Charleston Waterkeeper Volunteer Calendar
- Upcoming Charleston Surfrider volunteer opportunities
- Green Heart Project Volunteer Calendar
- Be a Mentor with Lowcountry Youth Services
- Volunteer at Fresh Future Farm
Check out our Grassroots Guide for more local organizations actively seeking volunteers
#GoodFundingFriday – featured grant opportunities
- ALDI Smart Kids grants
- Saucony Run For Good youth running grants
- Temper of the Times Foundation – environmental advertising
- Thoma Foundation Arts and Culture grants
- GriffinHarte Foundation Civil Discourse grants
- Rise Challenge Outstanding Youth Projects
- Peace Development Fund community organizing grants
- Classics for Kids Foundation K-12 Music grants
- Literary Arts Emergency Fund
- Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Grant Program
- Bob Barker Foundation incarcerated community grants
- Karma for Cara Foundation Youth Service Microgrants
- LOCAL:
#GoodJobs – local nonprofit job opportunities
- FEATURED:Babysitter/Nanny Needed : Best Kid in the World!
- FEATURED: Kids on Point – Academic Coordinator
- Together SC: Lowcountry Nonprofit Jobs
- Linkedin: Charleston Nonprofit Jobs
- Indeed: Nonprofit jobs in Charleston SC
- SimplyHired: Nonprofit Jobs in Charleston SC
#GoodResources – a grab-bag of useful stuff
- United States of Care – promotes access to quality, affordable health care for every single American
- Lo-Fi Cafe – free Lo-fi hip-hop background beats
- Public Domain Review – always fascinating nonprofit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas.
- The Crunch Podcast – Tools for sustainability in the 21st Century by 5 Gyres
- Newlight – regenerative foodware and fashion developed from carbon emissions
#GoodBooks – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop
- Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People
Kekla Magoon (Author) - The Every
Dave Eggers (Author) - Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance
Syan Rose (Author) Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (Foreword by) - The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
Heather McGhee (Author) - Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
Eduardo Galeano (Author) Isabel Allende (Foreword by)
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