- Foundation Awards $59,850 in Grants
- 2007 Responsive Grant Information Session
- Meet Foundation Board Member Dee Dee Chewning
- Save the Date: Grant Writing Basics Workshop
Foundation Awards $59,850 in Grants
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina has awarded 23 Caritas Fund grants totaling $59,850 to non-profit and faith-based organizations across South Carolina.
In omnibus caritas.
In all things charity.
As a ministry of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina makes Caritas grants to worthy endeavors of non-profit and faith-based organizations reaching out to meet the immediate needs of the poor.
Organizations wishing to apply for Caritas Funding should visit the Foundation's website, www.sistersofcharitysc.com, for information on the application process or write to the Foundation at 2711 Middleburg Drive, Suite 115 Columbia, South Carolina 29204 and request a grant packet. The next Caritas Fund deadline is Tuesday, September 4, 2007.
Caritas Fund Recipients:
Birthright of Georgetown ($3,000.00)
Project: Community Support for Pregnant Teenagers
Clarendon County School District Three ($3,000.00)
Project: Family Crisis Assistances
Cumberland AME Church ($2,850.00)
Project: After School Homework Center
Friendship Medical Clinic and Pharmacy, Inc. ($3,000.00)
Project: Critical Needs Funding
Hagar, The Single Parent ($1,500.00)
Project: HIV/AIDS Awareness Workshop
HIS Way Ministry ($3,000.00)
Project: Re-Entry Program
House of Destiny, Inc. ($3,000.00)
Project: At-Risk Children's Mentorship Program
ICI Community Solutions, Inc. ($3,000.00)
Project: Family Life Center
Jenkins Hill Community Development Corporation, Inc. ($2,000.00)
Project: Med-I-Assist Program
Knights of Columbus Council #6847 ($500.00)
Project: H.O.P.E. (Helping Other People Everyday)
M.K., Inc. ($3,000.00)
Project: Food Bank for Rural Georgetown and Williamsburg Counties
Marion Church of God Community Food Pantry ($3,000.00)
Project: Community Food Pantry
Mission of Hope Ministries ($1,500.00)
Project: After School Program
Nails In Hand, Inc. ($3,000.00)
Project: Nails In Hand
New Hope Baptist Church ($3,000.00)
Project: After School Tutoring Center
Pee Dee Community Project ($3,000.00)
Project: After School and Internet Access Program
Samaritan House ($3,000.00)
Project: Showers for Homeless
Sheldon Township Community Support Partnership ($3,000.00)
Project: Med-I-Assist
St. Andrew Catholic School ($500.00)
Project: Peanut Butter and Jelly Brigade
St. Ann Catholic Outreach Center ($3,000.00)
Project: Healthy Children and Families
St. Michael Catholic School ($3,000.00)
Project: Basic Life Support, First Aid and Safety
Taylors Free Medical Clinic ($3,000.00)
Project: Diabetic Education and Monitoring
The Catholic Church of St. James ($3,000.00)
Project: Disaster Preparedness
2007 Responsive Grant Information Session
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina has revised its funding process, and is hosting a Responsive Grant information session Wednesday, February 21, 2007 from 10 a.m. noon at the South Carolina Archives & History Center.
The workshop is designed to help potential Foundation grantees with the Responsive Grant process, philosophy and requirements. For those potential grantees that have previously applied for a grant from the Foundation, this workshop will introduce our new grant process, technology and guidelines.
To register, please click here. The registration deadline is Wednesday, February 14.
If you are unable to attend the session on February 21, please visit us online at www.sistersofcharitysc.com after this date for information.
Space is limited; register today!
Meet Foundation Board Member Dee Dee Chewning
Ruth "Dee Dee" Chewning (pictured above) joined the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina's Board of Trustees in 2006.
After receiving her registered nurse diploma from Greenville General Hospital School of Nursing, in affiliation with Furman University, she started as a staff nurse at Newberry County Hospital, in Newberry, S.C. Dee Dee has worked as an obstetrics nurse, medical/surgical nurse and, most notably, school nurse for Lexington School District One for 17 years. Through her nursing career, Dee Dee believes she found her calling - providing health care for children. Dee Dee went on to work with Healthy Learners, a program that currently serves uninsured and underinsured school age children in seven school districts across the state by providing access to needed health care, as well as assistance with transportation to receive the care. She has been with this program, another ministry of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, since its beginning in 1992, and most recently held the position of executive director before retiring and working as its expansion consultant.
Dee Dee is very active in the community and has been the recipient of numerous awards, including South Carolina's first inductee of the South Carolina Association of School Nurses Hall of Fame, Palmetto Gold Recipient for Excellence in Nursing and the Governor's Order of the Silver Crescent. She has served on the United Way Association of South Carolina Board, the Salkehatchie Healthy Communities Collaborative Advisory Committee, Healthy Schools/Healthy South Carolina Network Action Council and the Central Midlands Advisory Council for Safe Kids.
She and her husband Judge Richard Chewning have two adult children and three grandsons. A lifelong resident of Lexington County, Dee Dee enjoys the beach, reading, walking and spending time with her grandsons.
Save the Date: Grant Writing Basics Workshop
Mark your calendars! The Foundation will host several workshops throughout the state on Grant Writing Basics. Dates and locations are as follows:
March 27, 10 a.m-4 p.m.
The Arts Center - Greenwood, S.C.
March 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Fort Lawn Community Center - Fort Lawn, S.C.
March 29, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Florence County Public Library - Florence, S.C.
March 30, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
USC Salkahatchie - Allendale, S.C.
This interactive grant writing workshop will leave participants educated and empowered. By the end of the session participants will understand basic grant writing terms and the grant writing process, find local funders, complete budgets and budget narratives, write outcome objectives and more. Additional information and registration guidelines will be available soon.
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