JOURNAL COMMUNITY
THE GOOD
EVENTS THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER
Fashion with a Passion, a fundraiser for Safe Harbor, will be held March 5, 6:30 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency in Greenville. The event includes spring fashion from local boutiques, silent and live auctions, and food. Cost is $65-$90. Purchase tickets at fashionwihapassionsc.org.
SC Telco recently presented a $10,000 donation to The Salvation Army. Picture are: Tammy Anderson, SC Telco; Brian McKay, COO of SC Telco; Maj. Kent Davis, The Salvation Army Area Commander; Steve Harkins, CEO of SC Telco; Daniel Teska, SC Telco; and Toni Davisson, CFO of SC Telco.
SC Telco Federal Credit Union recently presented a check for $10,000 to The Salvation Army as part of the credit union’s community support initiatives. The funds were collected from SC Telco members and employees, and will be used to upgrade the kitchen area at the Women’s and Children’s Shelter. Miracle Hill Ministries recently received a gift of $5,000 from the Sargent Foundation for general operations. Miracle Hill is the Upstate’s largest provider of shelter, food and hope to homeless children and adults. The organization houses, clothes, feeds and offers counseling and spiritual support to on average 560
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Sixteen local golfers will be representing the region at the Pebble Beach Resorts this month for the National Finals of the National Kidney Foundation Golf Classic. Four teams from the Upstate will represent South Carolina at the National Finals, including Dr. Doug Wyland, Dr. Paul Siffri, Dr. Keith Longergan, John Barber, Tom Keim, Jeffrey Lehrer, Todd Whitehead, Ken Leopard, Wes Lehrer, Jason Gosnell, Stan Parker, Ken Couch, Jonathan Henderson, Christopher Owens and Rick Simerly. All four teams qualified as top finishers at the NKF Golf Classic held at Thornblade Club last September. The National Kidney Foundation Golf Classic raises more than $3.5 million annually for NKF.
In celebration of the opening of its new Greenville store at 1 N. Main St., The Orvis Company Inc. made a $2,500 grant to Friends of the Reedy River. Bret Simpson (left), general manager for Greenville Orvis, and Nikki Grumbine, president of the board, Friends of the Reedy River.
Four Clemson University programs that support students and teachers will be enhanced in the new year by a $115,000 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation. The grant funds will be distributed to: PEER (Programs for Educational Enrichment and Retention), $40,000; WISE (Women in Science and Engineering), $30,000; EMAGINE!, $30,000; and teacher education course at the Duke Energy Bad Creek Hydroelectric Station, $15,000. In the last 12 months, Dixon Hughes Goodman donated 431,475 pounds of food to organizations that feed the hungry. With their Count the Cans Food Drive, the accounting and advisory firm continues to help those in need. During the food drive, the Greenville office collected 7,566 cans and donated more than $16,000. The Friends of the Reedy River (FoRR) recently elected officers and added new board members. Officers include: President Nikki Grumbine, Vice President Bob Lloyd, Treasurer Bill Stephenson and Secretary Paula Wynn. New board members are environmental engineer Jason Vaughn, university and nonprofit development professional Elizabeth Milhous and attorney Michael Corley. In addition to river cleanup events in March and September, the Friends is working with landowners along the stretch of the river between Woodland Way and West Faris Road on projects aimed at mitigating adverse stormwater runoff. Financial support for those efforts has been received from Michelin, Orvis and Sustaining Way. For more information, visit friendsofthereedyriver.org.
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struggling individuals each day in Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg and Cherokee counties. For more information, miraclehill. org or call 864-268-4357.
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The Greenville Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (GSHRM) announced that Debra M. Ham, SPHR, GPHR, MHRD, was selected as the organization’s 2014 recipient of the Human Resources Professional of the Year Award, and that Marilyn M. Messer, SPHR, is the recipient of the 2014 Human Resources Lifetime Achievement Award. Ham spent more Ham Messer than 33 years in private industry before transitioning to the position of Director of Human Resources for the County of Greenville. Messer currently serves as Senior Vice President of Human Resources with the World Wide Acceptance Corporation.
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