Hampton Hall Charitable Fund

Thank you from Family Promise! From left, Stephanie Green, Office Manager/Congregation Relations Coordinator; Lynda Halpern, Executive Director; Jennifer Coleman, Case Manager.

Hampton Hall Charitable Fund FINDS HOPE AMID HARDSHIP

Despite a year like no other, the Hampton Hall Charitable Fund kept its commitment to helping underprivileged children and families find the essential services they needed to cope with hunger, homelessness and other hardships too many to mention.

In fact, in 2020 we raised over $26,000 to support a number of area nonprofit agencies, more money than we have ever brought in at any other time in our 12year history. And that success is because we represent a community of caring, compassionate people who always answer our call for help.

Although we had to cancel our annual Mah Jong Tournament and Holiday Home Tour, we held our Par 3 “Tee Off for Cancer in the Lowcountry” golf tournament last February as well as our annual School Supplies Drive in August and Toy Drive in December.

Our proudest moment, though, came last March when we launched our first fund-raising campaign to support the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry’s effort to help nonprofit organizations respond to the needs of local families and first responders. Together, with additional matches from our HH neighbors and the Community Foundation itself, we raised over $15,000.

We also chose four very deserving organizations as recipients of our 2020 grants program: Family Promise, Meals on Wheels, Second Helpings, and The Island House. Each of these organizations focuses on serving the needs of families throughout our area.

As we look ahead to 2021, we are hopeful we can bring back all of our traditional events and maybe add one or two new ones. The Par 3 event is set for March, and Mah Jong is already on the calendar for September followed by the Holiday Home Tour in December.

We also have more “people power” this year. Ronni Reaves, a long-time board member and terrific president for the past two years, ended her term in December. She was a driving force in building our organization and helping us connect with the Bluffton community in so many ways. She will be missed.

The new board now includes: Denise Cadres, president; Lori Desing, vice president; Maureen Dvorak, secretary; Greg Juedes, treasurer; Sharon Abruzzo, Amy Lyons, JoAnne Gatti-Petito, Sandy Rak and Anne Tommaso.

Our success, though, really does depend on the support of everyone in Hampton Hall so we invite you to participate in our events or volunteer your time and talents. You can contact any of us if you have questions.

Thank you for your support today and every day!

Contact Maureen Dvorak at 908-930-3252 or hamptonhallcharitablefund@gmail.com for more information about the Hampton Hall Charitable Fund.

FINDS HOPE AMID HARDSHIP

You can also make a tax-deductible contribution at any time by:

• Mailing a check made out to HHCF to 170 Hampton Hall Boulevard, Bluffton, SC 29910 • Going to the Community Foundation of the

Lowcountry’s website at https://cflowcountry.civicore. com/HamptonHallCharitableFund and use your credit card. All transactions are safe and secure.

HAMPTON HALL CHARITABLE FUND’S

Tee Off Against Cancer in the Lowcountry

A Par 3 Tournament to Support Services for Cancer Patients FRIDAY, MARCH 19 Tee times begin at 12:30 PM

Contact JoAnne Petito at jgattipetito@gmail.com for more info.

HAMPTON HALL’S THOSE OF PROSE 11TH ANNUAL BOOK DRIVE WAS A GREAT SUCCESS!

As we planned our 11th annual children’s book drive during the COVID-19 pandemic, Hampton Hall’s Those of Prose Book Club faced a dilemma. We knew we couldn’t put up our traditional trees hung with angel bookmarks alongside drop-off baskets at the clubhouses and outside our gates, so should we cancel? Our decision instead was to re-imagine how the community could donate. We encouraged porch drop-offs as well as Amazon deliveries, either by using Amazon’s Wish List feature or personal choice. Hampton Hall announced the drive via Hampton Hall Highlights and Facebook, and Mike Balducci shared the news with many in the community.

Thanks to our generous Hampton Hall neighbors supporting our annual book drive, the drive was a success! Whether it was one book or eighteen, or two bags of books from Harbor Light Insurance, the total added up to 517!

Books were collected and delivered to The Boys and Girls Club of Bluffton, The Children’s Center on Hilton Head Island, and CAPA (Child Abuse Prevention Association) in Beaufort. The organizations were very appreciative of our continued support, especially during this pandemic year. One staff member happily said, “We know it is Christmas when Hampton Hall delivers books!”

The objective of the book drive is to provide underprivileged kids with the ability to own their own book, hopefully inspiring a lifetime love of reading and academic success. So please know that your gift of books made a difference in the lives of children at all three of our beneficiary organizations during the 2020 holiday season.

Please contact Alice Pitts at akpitts51@yahoo.com or 908-500-5948 for more information on the Those of Prose Book Club.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Save the dates for the following activities tentatively scheduled at your Club! The most current event information and registration details will be published on the Club website Social Activities and Events Calendar and announced in the Highlights eblast every Tuesday.

MARCH

Top 100 Wine Dinner

FRIDAY, MARCH 5 A selection of wines from the top 100 list

Easter Basket Orders Due

MONDAY, MARCH 15 Delivered Sunday, April 4, 8:30-10 AM

St. Patrick’s Day Menu

MARCH 17-20

Musical Bingo

FRIDAY, MARCH 26 Name that Tune meets Bingo, with dinner too

Spring “Park” Concert

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31 Music by Bucky and Barry

Presented by the Concert and Shows Social Advisory Group

APRIL

Easter Brunch

SUNDAY, APRIL 4 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Register your order online by Monday, March 15

Whiskey Pairing Dinner

SATURDAY, APRIL 10 Featuring an inspired five-course prix fixe menu paired with exclusive whiskeys.

Paint Party

SATURDAY, APRIL 17 Paint your own masterpiece with the guidance of talented art teachers! Supplies included and light refreshments served.

Earth Day Activities

WEEK OF APRIL 22 Pick up your Earth Day Activity Kits and follow along our virtual tutorial.

Burnt Church Distillery Spirits Tasting

SATURDAY, APRIL 24 Tour the new facility and return to the Community Clubhouse for tasting and heavy hors d’ oeuvres.

Progressive Cart Party

THURSDAY, APRIL 29 Enjoy delicious food, live music, and breathtaking views of our signature 18-hole golf course!

MAY

Wind Down Wednesday: Cinco de Mayo

WEDNESDAY, MAY 5

Mother’s Day Brunch

SUNDAY, MAY 9

Blood Drive

SATURDAY, MAY 29

Memorial Day Poolside Cookout

MONDAY, MAY 31

*All events are subject to change, cancellation or rescheduling due to impending weather conditions or any other extenuating circumstances.

HANDPRINT SUNCATCHER

Try this fun and simple craft project that also makes a great keepsake! Source: www.thebestideasforkids.com

SUPPLIES: CONTACT PAPER • TISSUE PAPER IN VARIOUS COLORS • SCISSORS

DIRECTIONS

1. Cut up small square pieces of tissue paper for the colors you want your suncatcher to be. 2. Open one sheet of contact paper and place it on the table sticky side up. Ensure your sheet is large enough that when you fold it in half it will fit a handprint. 3. Add your tissue paper to fill the sheet, leaving a few small spaces between so the contact paper can also stick to itself when folded. 4. Now take another sheet of contact paper and add it on top of your tissue paper.

Press down to stick. 5. Fold the paper in half and draw your handprint. Place the hand so the thumb and index finger are along the folded part of the paper. This will create the

“heart” look. 6. Now cut out your handprint! Make sure you keep the thumb and index finger connected to the folded part of the paper so that when you open up the suncatcher it’s still connected and forms the two hands together. For the thumb part you can make this a straight cut so that it looks more like a heart inside when unfolded.

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1 How breakfast may be served on

Mother's Day (5) 7 Leprechans' land, in poem (4) 9 Blue bottle trees are a tradition of this cuture's lowcountry heritage (6) 11 Regards highly (7) 13 "Dum ____ spero",

South Carolina motto (5) 17 Spanish day to celebrate mom (12) 18 "Dear" advice-giver (4) 21 New Hampton Hall

Club Board

President (6) 24 Bit of poodle patter (3) 26 South Carolina is the _______state (8) 27 The Hampton Hall

Employee who's lastname may be confused with a commune in southeastern France. (6) 29 Fly like an_______

Steve Miller Band big hit or two under par (5) 31 Single-______ (type of health-care system) (5) 32 Veggies for picklers (5) 33 Bite in a bite (9)

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Grill (6) 3 The Hampton Hall

Employee who may be confused with the roommate of Ernie. (4) 4 Once used to line

baseball fields, this substance increases soil PH also flavors a margarita nicely (4) 5 George, George, and George, to

George Foreman (4) 6 Hampton Hall's signature landmark stolen, for the newsletter title (9) 8 Homer's "Iliad," for one (4) 10 This lowcountry foundation was established to use golf as the principal mechanism for raising charitable fund for wounded military service

members. (13) 12 We have this many tennis courts (3) 14 Spare rib purveyor? (4) 15 (843), e.g. (8) 16 Jewish-American

Heritage Month and

National Egg Month (3) 19 Formal dining room at the Community

Clubhouse (9) 20 Super Bowl party bowl (3) 21 Sometimes they're called sleepers but all living things are made up of these (5) 22 Irrigation Tec's best friend, grave diggers need them too. (6) 23 Name of our golf course designer (3) 25 Pool table surface (4) 28 This Beaufort

County private school recently moved to a new location right outside of Hampton

Hall's front gate! (4) 30 natural tennis strings

OR what you'll get if you miss Bonnie's classes (3)

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