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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
- YWCA Greater Charleston Announces New Racial Equity Program
- Carolina Youth Action Project: Youth Leader Institute Applications are OPEN
- Charleston considering bringing ‘micro-units’ to help address affordable housing shortage
- Charleston Parks Conservancy Hosts Picnic in the Parks Birthday Celebration in May
- Charleston-area ministry rallies for health care access for low-income communities
- Progress through pain: IAAM CEO hopes honest exhibits help heal and bring people together
- The McConnell Foundation Hosts First Gala Benefiting Pediatric Cancer Research
- City of Charleston: Denmark Vesey Statue Restored and Returned to Hampton Park After Being Vandalized
- Accommodations tax grants are a lifeline for some nonprofits … but not all
- SC Historical Society Museum Announces New “Africa to America” Exhibit
- Black Food Truck Festival Expands Reach in the Lowcountry
- Charleston Area Preservation and Conservation Partners Conduct Cutting Edge Hi-Definition Aerial Lidar Survey
- Neighbors Together Plants Roots at Corner of Rivers & Cosgrove
- Warrior Surf Foundation Announces 6th Annual Charity Golf Classic & Cocktail Dinner
- SCACED Assists 11 Community Organizations in Receiving $975,000 in Community Economic Development Fund Grants
- Lowcountry Blessing Box Celebrates Five Years of Battling Food Insecurity
- LISTEN: Holy City Sinner Radio Episode 41 featuring Regina Duggins
- Ukrainian Native to Host Oyster Roast and Live Music Benefit in Mt. Pleasant for Ukrainians Impacted by the War
- Katie’s Krops Launches Seeds of Change Program for the Third Year
For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com
#GoodEvents – upcoming nonprofit events
James Campbell Learning Circle #Back2Basics Series
FEB 28-APR 25 (bi-weekly)
Young Contemporaries 2022
Halsey’s 37th annual juried student exhibition
MAR 1- APR 23
- MAR 31-APR 1: SC Adopt-a-Stream Tidal Saltwater Monitoring Workshop
- APR 2: Cooper River Bridge Run
- APR 3: Kicking for a Cure – Kickball Tournament for CF
- APR 3: Toby the Turtle’s Folly Beach Island-Wide Spring Clean
- APR 7: Community Constellations
- APR 7: Sierra Club – Understanding Heat Risk in Charleston (virtual)
- APR 7-8: Inaugural LGBTQ+ Health Equity Summit
- APR 8: Gay Bingo – Lipstick & Leather
- APR 9: 17th Annual Race For Life
- APR 9: The ARK of SC’s Car Show (rescheduled from MAR 12)
- APR 9: Downtown Charleston Sweep
- APR 10: Lowcountry Kids Expo & Camp Fair
- APR 16: Coastal Cyclists’ Spring Century Event
- APR 18-24: Charleston Cocktail Week
- APR 20: Master Cocktail Class
- APR 21: 1st Annual Turn the Tides
- APR 21: Farm-to-Table(aux)® ‘Lowcountry Life’
- APR 23: Tour De Earth Day
- APR 23: Dolphin Count
- APR 23: Doughnut Dash 5k
- APR 23-24: Black Food Truck Festival
- APR 26: Living Your Truth – Conversations in Courage (virtual)
- APR 30: In the Moment with Ohm Radio & Amor Healing Kitchen
For our most up-to-date curated event listings,
check out our COMMUNITY CALENDAR
#GoodStuff – interesting articles from around the web
- OMG, stop giving us your old garbage: On creating a community-centered donation policy for your org
- House poised to pass bill legalizing marijuana
- New SEC rule requires companies to disclose how they’re approaching climate change
- Nonprofit AF: How financially stable people have been making life difficult for their lower-income colleagues
- Birth control pill for men expected to start human trials this year
- Congress Found An Easy Way To Fix Child Poverty. Then It Walked Away.
- It’s time for a new social contract with America’s workers
- What’s the 411 on the new 988 hotline? 5 questions answered about a national mental health service
#CHSvolunteers – featured volunteer opportunities
- FEATURED: North Charleston Arts Fest Seeks Volunteers
- 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
#GoodJobs – local nonprofit job opportunities
- FEATURED:
- SCACED: Job Board
- 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
- JESSAMINE – Carolina Youth Action Project’s new annual zine and youth initiative
- Pro Truth South Carolina – Truth In Ed SC’s mission is to protect and expand the teaching of diverse and inclusive history in South Carolina
- SC Digital Drive – Tools and resources to inform consumers and stakeholders
- Lowcountry Green Guide – newly launched local environmental organizations and businesses directory
#GoodBooks – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop
- How Strange a Season: Fiction
Megan Mayhew Bergman (Author) - Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet
Thomas E. Lovejoy (Author) John W. Reid (Author) - Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation
Maud Newton (Author) - Kings of a Lonely Kingdom: Earth Day Essays, Poems, and Musings on Nature
David C Mahood (Author) Gina Poirier (Designed by) - Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
Kelly Weill (Author)
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