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Show Your Appreciation: Send a thank you card or ecard to a teacher – Sponsored by Trident United Way – Find out how

August 5, 2020 by 0 Comments
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Teachers and school staff influence the lives of their students in many ways and can have a lasting impact well beyond their school years. In the spring of 2020, there were significant changes to classroom structures due to COVID-19 that required most teachers to adapt their daily lesson plans in a very short timeframe. Many spoke about their concern for students beyond the classroom, including the need for meals that some students would typically receive at school during the day.

As we await the final decisions on what the 2020-21 school year will look like, we know that local teachers, administrators, staff, and other supporters of our students are working tirelessly to make sure students return to school with additional safety measures and supports in place to foster learning. 

We are more grateful now for our teachers and school staff than ever before. Trident United Way would like to show school teams how valued they are in our community. We will be delivering Thank You cards to public school teachers and staff throughout the Tri-County area at the start of the new school year, sharing your reflections on how these essential workers have impacted the life of your school-aged child.

Click here to order physical cards or send an ecard now

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Charleston, SC Based BOX Bioscience Announces Launch of Safe, Clean, and Effective Disinfectant Solutions to Confidently Reopen

August 4, 2020 by 0 Comments
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CHARLESTON, S.C., Aug. 4, 2020,/PRNewswire/ — As COVID-19 infections reach unprecedented levels, there remain serious risks of reopening schools, businesses, and communities. BOX Bioscience, a distributor and manufacturer of FDA and EPA approved cleaning solutions and disinfectants, is determined to help them re-open safely, quickly, and confidently this fall.

As a father of school-aged children ranging from elementary to college, BOX’s founder Ryan Cowell is and has been focused on providing essential solutions aimed at getting kids back to school safely…including his own. “There has never been a more crucial time to PREPARE, PROTECT, and PREVENT your surroundings from the dangers of viruses and infectious diseases,” he said.

The high demand for disinfectant wipes has resulted in critical shortages that will continue for the foreseeable future, as the U.S. battles COVID-19. To meet this demand, BOX Bioscience now offers Wipers perfect to sanitize school buses, classrooms, high touch areas, and more.

Products have received the most up-to-date approvals for killing COVID-19, based on its effectiveness against viruses similar to the SARS-CoV-2 on hard, nonporous surfaces, and can be applied with foggers and misters.

BOX Bioscience cleaning products use HOCl Disinfectant, which offers the highest level of decontamination and is more than 99.999 percent effective in eliminating coronaviruses similar to COVID-19. The active ingredient, Hypochlorous acid (HOCl), is derived from naturally-occurring salt minerals and water and is 100x MORE POWERFUL than bleach as well as most conventional or industrial cleaning products. Unlike bleach or toxic cleaning chemicals, the solution is safe on or around adults, children, pets, plants, and food.

Products work in classrooms, hallways, gyms, auditoriums, school buses, dormitories, lecture halls, office buildings, community centers, restaurants, gyms, retirement homes, and more.

The company’s clients include school districts, daycares, hospitals, dentists, clinics, restaurants, public transportation services (i.e. bus, train, and taxi) hotel/motel, gyms, and assisted living facilities.

BOX Bioscience is based in Charleston, SC, and distributes products through its manufacturing and distribution center in Raleigh, NC. Contact and online ordering information for BOX Wipes and other products are currently available at www.boxbioscience.com and email info@boxbioscience.com.

Contact: Marianne Cowell
mcowell@boxbioscience.com
843.936.6649

SOURCE BOX Bioscience

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Charleston County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Seeking Five Community Representatives

August 4, 2020 by 0 Comments
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Charleston County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) is kicking off the search for five new community representatives. Community representatives express the varied justice-related needs and concerns of Charleston County residents, gather and share community input, and provide voice and feedback from the community into the CJCC decision-making process. The CJCC is a collaboration of elected and senior officials, law enforcement leaders, judicial and court leadership, behavioral health professionals, victim and legal advocates, and various community leaders working to improve the local criminal justice system.

“The CJCC belongs to all residents of Charleston County. Get involved. We want to hear your inputs and concerns. All input is important as we move forward and work to improve our local criminal justice system,” stated Mount Pleasant Police Department Deputy Chief Stan Gragg, CJCC Chairman.

The CJCC encourages all community members to consider applying. No previous experience with the criminal justice system is required. Applications are accepted through December 13, 2019, for the even-year term openings listed below.

Current openings, even year (2020-2022):

     – Local civil rights community

     – Local Hispanic community

     – Local graduate program community in related fields of study

     – Local community-at-large

     – One designated liaison form any other entity deemed appropriate by the Executive

Committee Currently filled, even year (2019-2021):

     – Local faith community

     – Local nonprofit community

     – Local healthcare community

     – Local business community

     – Local defense bar

     – Local crime survivor community

     – Previously incarcerated community (24 hours or more in the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center)

For more information and/or to apply, visit cjcc.charlestoncounty.org and click on the banner on the home page.

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Steps and links to request an absentee ballot in South Carolina

August 2, 2020 by 0 Comments
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For many, there are concerns about the upcoming general election on November 3. To ease concerns, an absentee ballot may be the best option.

Here is all you need to know to request a ballot:

Click this link to begin

You will need a printer to complete this process. If you do not have a printer, call or email your county voter registration office to request an application be mailed to you.

Please enter your County, Name, Date of Birth, and last four numbers of your Social Security Number. Press ‘Submit’ to continue to the next page to select the absentee reason and the election.

Once you have completed the initial page, you will select the November 3 General Election, fill out the form, and print.

Once you have a printed copy, you will need to sign and mail or fax to your county Board of Voter Registration & Election (Address and Fax will be provided upon completion of the form – Bottom Right)

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PA Foundation Announces 40 Nutrition Outreach Fellows – Megan Fulton from Charleston, SC Among Recipients

August 1, 2020 by 0 Comments
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40 PAs from Across the Country to Provide Nutrition Education to the Public

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (July 31, 2020) —The PA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American Academy of PAs (AAPA), recently selected 40 PAs (physician assistants) from across the country to be a part of the foundation’s new Nutrition Outreach Fellowship.

Through the fellowship, PAs will receive special training and resources on nutrition to both enhance their clinical practice and to give back to their healthcare peers and the community at large.

As part of the program, each fellow will deliver nutrition education to a minimum of 100 consumers and 100 healthcare peers over the course of the fellowship year. Content will focus on the role of nutrition in overall health with a special focus on the management of type 2 diabetes, healthy aging, and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS). This program is generously supported by Abbott Nutrition.

PA Foundation Executive Director Lynette Sappe-Watkins, CFRE, said the fellows will follow a dual-track, providing the nutrition resources to both consumers and their peers in healthcare.

“This program is especially timely as people living with chronic health conditions such as diabetes may be facing challenges in maintaining proper nutrition during this unusual time of social distancing. In these current circumstances people may have limited access to nutritious foods and even limited access to healthcare providers,” Sappe-Watkins said. “The Nutrition Outreach Fellows are PAs who have stepped up to be a part of an effort to provide knowledge to people in their communities about nutrition topics that will hopefully inspire dialog on nutrition between providers and patients. The Fellows will be stepping outside of their practice to help individuals in their communities learn more about an area of preventative care that has an immediate impact on their health and well-being.”

Faculty for this program are Allyson Hamacher, MPAS, PA-C, RD of Phoenix, Ariz., who practices in neurology at the Mayo Clinic; and Matthew Wright, MS, PA-C, RD of Branchburg, N.J., a faculty member at the Rutgers University PA program.

The PA Foundation Nutrition Outreach Fellows are:

  • Erica Amianda – Hackensack, NJ
  • Christopher Benjamin – Portland, OR
  • Tamara Bennett – Chattanooga, TN
  • Whitney Brusich – Green Bay, WI
  • Colleen Buda – Brighton, MI
  • Tasha Carpenter – Ann Arbor, MI
  • Mary Katherine Clark – Atlanta, GA
  • Stephen Cohen – Weston, FL
  • Karey Davis – West College Corner, IN
  • Mousumi Dey – Fort Worth, TX
  • Nicole Drake – Hendersonville, NC
  • Michelle Fegeley – Durham, NC
  • Nicole Fox – Moab, UT
  • Megan Fulton (Director of PA Practice, MUSC Health) – Charleston, SC
  • Sarah Gerber – Goodyear, AZ
  • Jamie Gibbons – Houston, TX
  • Meredith Grunden – Krum, TX
  • Shemeka Irby – Chicago, IL
  • Denise Johnson – Capitol Heights, MD
  • Scott Kastning – Shepherd, MI
  • Katie Lemons – Cambridge, MA
  • Erin Lepp – Marietta, GA
  • Delaney Lundeen – Plymouth, MN
  • Joel McReynolds – Kearney, NE
  • Kathleen Moneghan – Dover-Foxcroft, ME
  • Kayla Olson – Beulah, ND
  • Nguyen Park – Great Falls, VA
  • Camille Paul – Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
  • Jonell Poe – Augusta, GA
  • Sarah Pryor – Norwalk, CT
  • Emma Reeve – Chandler, AZ
  • Damaris Rosado – El Paso, TX
  • Sabrina Seidman – Los Angeles, CA
  • John Taylor – Broadview Heights, OH
  • Chelsea Tersavich – Savannah, GA
  • Alexa Tovsen – Washington, DC
  • Margaret Ann Walker – Gig Harbor, WA
  • Stephanie Watson – Hartford, CT
  • Pamela Wilson – Irmo, SC
  • Kim Zuber – St. Petersburg, FL

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About the PA Foundation
The PA Foundation is a national nonprofit organization that promotes better health and wellness by providing PAs and PA students with philanthropic opportunities and resources. It is the philanthropic arm of the American Academy of PAs (AAPA), representing a profession of more than 140,000 PAs across all medical and surgical specialties throughout the U.S. and on American military bases around the world. The PA Foundation has provided almost $2.3 million in scholarships to deserving PA students.

Learn more at pa-foundation.org and engage through Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Groundbreaking ceremony held at John McCants Veterans Park (Goose Creek, SC)

August 1, 2020 by 0 Comments
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A late afternoon shower stopped just in time for a special groundbreaking ceremony Thursday, as the construction of John McCants Veterans Park officially began in Goose Creek.

The late – and much-beloved – Goose Creek City Councilmember for whom the park is named was represented at the ceremony by his wife Christena and his family, as well as a host of friends and community leaders. Goose Creek Mayor Greg Habib, City Council members, and Goose Creek Recreation Commission members joined the McCants family for the groundbreaking.

The park will include a playground, walking trail, dog park, multi-purpose lawn, and a Veterans Honor Plaza. The Goose Creek Recreation facility will replace the current Dennis Park, and expand well beyond its borders across Anita Drive.

Mayor Habib said the park will do three important things: honor Mr. McCants, honor the City’s Veterans, and fulfill a promise the City made to the Berkeley County School District to build a park on a section of the property acquired from the district several years ago.

Mayor Habib called the fact that the park will bear Mr. McCants’ name and called the 24-year City Councilman a mentor and friend.

“Mrs. McCants thought I forgot about Mr. McCants,” Mayor Habib said to chuckles in the audience. “But anyone who knew Mr. McCants knows that you don’t forget about Mr. McCants. He was a tremendous human being.

“This park will lift this community up. It will honor our veterans like we have never honored our veterans before, and it will carry on the legacy of Mr. McCants. We are very proud of this project.”

U.S. Sen. Tim Scott was represented at the ceremony by his Senate Office’s Regional Director Al Jenkins, who presented a special wreath to Mrs. McCants.

An estimated finish date has not yet been set for the park’s construction, but the City is planning a celebration when the project is complete.

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Town of Mount Pleasant Completes Readiness for Hurricane Isaias

August 1, 2020 by 0 Comments
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ManagerPLEASANT, SC – The Town of Mount Pleasant has prepared for the possible impacts of Hurricane Isaias and urges residents, businesses, and visitors to do the same. Now is the time to review emergency plans, build and replenish emergency supply kits, and discuss evacuation plans. This year, hurricane preparedness includes social distancing and mitigating the impacts of COVID-19.

There are many ways for you to stay up to date on the latest Town emergency alerts, news, and events. Subscribe to our Notify Me module to receive email and text alerts about the subjects most important to you, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Subscribe to our Alert Center to receive emergency notifications affecting your community.

Visit us online at www.tompsc.com to find more information.

Prepared By Martine Miller, Town of Mount Pleasant Communications

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Charleston, SC Based Blackbaud Recognized by Forbes as One of America’s Best Employers for Women

July 29, 2020 by 0 Comments
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CHARLESTON, S.C., July 28, 2020/PRNewswire/ — Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good, announces today that it has been named to Forbes’ Best Employers for Women 2020 list. Blackbaud, which previously received this prestigious recognition in 2018, was recognized in the IT/Internet software category for excellence in diversity, pay equity, professional development, family support, and more.  

“The diverse backgrounds, viewpoints, and experiences of our employees are paramount to all that we do at Blackbaud,” said Blackbaud Chief People Officer Maggie Driscoll. “Our people are critical in driving our mission and vision and ensuring we’re creating and fostering a thriving culture. Recognitions such as being named a Forbes Best Employer for Women are a reflection of the continued commitment and attention we put on creating a world-class work environment that empowers women—and all employees.”

Blackbaud’s diversity program is a focused and continually expanding effort spanning education, awareness, recruitment, empowerment, community involvement, and financial support. Blackbaud has employee-led affinity groups, including Women in Tech, Women in Sales, and Women in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), which serve to empower and develop personal and professional growth in female leadership. The technology company prides itself on the equal gender balance of its workforce. And, every year, Blackbaud hosts an Executive Women’s Summit, where top female leaders come together to focus on building relationships and supporting one another. In addition to this recognition, Blackbaud’s commitment to diversity and inclusion has earned it spots on Forbes’ 2019 and 2018 America’s Best Employers for Diversity list, Forbes’ Best Midsize Employers list for four years and AnitaB.org’s list of Top Companies for Women Technologists for the past two years.

Forbes partners with market research company Statista to create its annual ranking of America’s Best Employers for Women. The list is compiled by surveying more than 75,000 U.S. employees—45,000 of whom are women—employed at companies with a minimum of 1,000 employees in the U.S. The survey focused around topics relevant to women in their workplaces and was designed to shed light on their experiences. View the full list of America’s Best Employers for Women here.

Learn more about life at Blackbaud by visiting Blackbaud.com/careers/life-at-blackbaud.  

About Blackbaud
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good. Serving the entire social good community—nonprofits, higher education institutions, K–12 schools, healthcare organizations, faith communities, arts and cultural organizations, foundations, companies, and individual change agents—Blackbaud connects and empowers organizations to increase their impact through cloud software, services, expertise, and data intelligence. The Blackbaud portfolio is tailored to the unique needs of vertical markets, with solutions for fundraising and CRM, marketing, advocacy, peer-to-peer fundraising, corporate social responsibility, school management, ticketing, grantmaking, financial management, payment processing, and analytics. Serving the industry for more than three decades, Blackbaud is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, and has operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit  www.blackbaud.com, or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook.

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BCDCOG Expands Staff, Outreach Efforts with Key Hire – Morgan Grimes

July 29, 2020 by 0 Comments
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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (July 22, 2020) – Morgan Grimes has joined the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments as a Communications and Outreach specialist focusing on Lowcountry Rapid Transit, South Carolina’s first high-capacity mass transit project.

Grimes will spearhead community relations and outreach along the project corridor as part of an integrated communications effort. She has previous experience with the National Association of Black Journalists and the University of South Carolina Alumni Association. She is a Lowcountry native, born and raised in Summerville, and is a UofSC graduate with a degree in Public Relations.

“Morgan fills an important role for BCDCOG as we seek to engage with future Lowcountry Rapid Transit riders and business owners in the project area,” said BCDCOG Executive Director Ron Mitchum. “Her ability to build relationships will be invaluable as the project continues to develop.”

“I look forward to engaging with the communities and businesses in the project corridor and being able to connect them to LCRT in a meaningful way,” Grimes said

Local businesses and community members interested in learning more about Lowcountry Rapid Transit are encouraged to reach out to Grimes by phone at (843) 529-2119 or by email at morgang@bcdcog.com.

VIDEO: Get to Know Morgan Grimes!

ABOUT BCDCOG:
The BCDCOG is a voluntary association of, by and for local governments, and was established to assist Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester county leaders in planning for common needs, cooperating for mutual benefit, and coordinating for sound regional development. BCDCOG’s purpose is to strengthen the individual and collective power of local governments and to help them recognize regional opportunities, eliminate unnecessary duplication, and make joint decisions. For the latest on BCDCOG, visit www.bcdcog.com, like us on Facebook, or follow on Twitter at @BDCCoG.