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POCKETS CORNER 2025 Highlights A Few 2025 Highlights
The close of every year brings moments of reflection.
Thinking back the yearCorner began and contemplating 6 Pockets Full toofhow Sunshine where you are now inevitably involves change. Many changesHead are quiet and smallMap but Restaurants there are often a few 10 Hilton & Bluffton each year that feel monumental. Some years end in a completely different thanAssociation where they began and 16 Hilton Head Area place Realtors Market those truly feel transformative. Without a doubt, and
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Report fittingly since it is our 10 th year in operation, Pockets Full of
Sunshine has had a transformative year. We began the year 18 Hilton Head & Bluffton Map Activities/ in our warehouse, a space that served us so well for years,
Shopping but had met its capacity for our quickly growing
programming. In April we officially made the move to our 21 Pockets Sunshine10th year Road. A literal new home,Full The of Sunshine House on 64 Arrow dream come true and made possible by no shortage of 20 Hilton Head Bluffton Map incredibly hard & work by many, manyadvertisers hands. We wasted no time, picking up right where we left off with programming 25 Inside Living RealScreen Estate and our Lowcountry village rallied around the&Rays. printing and crafting happened simultaneously with organizing and 26 Hilton Head, Bluffton & Okatie Area Tax cleaning, hanging shelves and putting together furniture.
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and civic groups all worked right alongside the Rays and 27 Subscribe to Lowcountry Living Real our Estate our staff to ready 64. In September we & hosted Grand
The Grand Opening of The Sunshine House at 64 Arrow Road! Introduced Raymaker Supply Co. and completed 1,400 TShirts for the SERG Groups Star Reader Challenge as our debut order! Hosted ‘Rays Up’, an inclusive theater workshop! Hosted our 4th annual Raysgiving with record breaking numbers (and ten turkeys!) Served our community in more ways than ever before; school supply drives, packages to our troops, teacher appreciation gifts, stuffies for children in shelters, adopted a first responder and so much more. Became indoor pickleball pros (and tried so many other fun new sports, broom ball anyone?) POCKETSFULLOF UN. O RG Recorded a brand new song and made a lotSof beautiful music with Mr. Dave! Discovered exciting new places like the Foodseum, Wildlife Farm & the Cat Sanctuary…and visited lots of old favorites, the Rays got out and about in our community every single day!
Opening and welcomed the public in. Their reaction? Joy… love… pure wonder at what a beautiful new beacon of inclusion and ability we have all created. The Rays have positively blossomed in their new home and everyone who enters our doors comments on what a happy place The (Formerly Island Real Estate Magazine) Sunshine House is. A true testament to our village who 1976 made it all possiblesince with tangible acts of service and love, and the Rays themselves, who exude sunshine in all Published by Local Owners & Long Timetrue Islanders that they do. A brighter better and bigger space has Monroe Deborah Monroe our programming openedDan many doors. & We have expanded PO Box 5850 Hilton SC | 843-785-7272 with Raymaker shifts Head, and increased social opportunities. We have added to our ranks with more Rays and their families. We have collaborated with more organizations on more projects than ever before. Yet the need is still there. We have a waitlist of participants that grows nearly weekly, and increased everything inevitably means increased expense. We have always operated with a yes mindset and the past years we manyare of you have ‘dreamt aPlease little consider our non-profit & help us continue to give the by the motto that the more weOver have, thefew more able commitment giftit’sof purpose. Your We need your helptotocreating continuemeaningour weekly dream with us’. An community to do. This year has been transformative, in inclusive fact every daywho embraces programming offul meaningful socialand & vocational activities opportunities fun, inclusive ex- & special members, filledincredibly with purpose and meaningful at Pockets truly feels transformative. Wedaysare opportunities for adults with special needs. We have noble relationships, and a space of our own that not only houses all periences for the Rays is inspiring. Our grateful to each of you, who make everything we do of the wonderful but is also an important to fulfill withisthe our wonderful plans & dreams community so help muchofstronger for it. possible and have helped us brighten the things livesthat ofwesodo,many part of the unique tapestry that makes up our beautifulcommunity. Low Donations are tax deductible & can Thank you for all you do. be made special families over the last ten years. Country home. through our website or sent to our P.O. Box. Happy New Year! This transformation is far from over!
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gramming was full, literally and figuratively. Our PFS days BLUFFTON were varied and busy and we met new Rays and their families JAN 4, 2026 Annual Ice Cream Social, 1-4 PM at Ice Cream as our waitlist for more regular involvement filled once again.Cone, Coligny Plaza And our hearts were certainly full as we welcomed new volunteers, forged new partnerships and were once againFEB blown 5, 2026 Visit Ferguson Home event away by the outpouring of love and support from our friends FEB and neighbors. It was such a ‘full’ year that we also took the 20-21, 2026 Annual first steps towards fulfilling one of our long held dreams, theHilton Head Seafood Sunshine House. After operating out of generously donatedFestival at Honey Horn space for the last few years until we were literally bursting at the seams, we purchased our very own building in earlyMAR 2024 6, 2026 Clay Shoot at and are now the proud new owners of 64 Arrow Road. We areForest City Gun Club Photo by Arno Dimmling delighted by this next step and all of the opportunities it will • Closed on 64 Arrow Road! provide for the Rays, humbled by the love and generosity that • Increased our number of Sunshine Social offerings, reaching more Raysgifts, than ever Visit the Sunshine Shop for special handcrafted got us to this point, and also realistic about the hard work that before! Tuesday- Friday 10:00-2:00, 64 Arrow Rd lies ahead as we continue to fundraise and renovate it to best • Debuted our very own movie…’Making the World a Brighter suit our needs before we move in next year. Place: The Pockets Full of Sunshine Story’ – scan the QR code We are so grateful to each of you who helped not only make to view! this dream a reality, but who make every day at PFS a dream • Baked 800 of our famous Peanut Butter Putter cookies come true for the special adults we serve. Your continued supfor Pedal HHI • Participated in our First Kiwanis Chili Cookoff, cheered on our port and belief in our mission mean everything to us. 2025 is friends at the Savannah racetrack and saw our Sunshine Logo grace the side of a looking sunny already! real race car! Just to name a few of so very many community events! With the season of giving upon us, please consider our • Hosted Sunshine and Suds with our friends at Nectar Bluffton! non-profit and help us continue to give the gift of purpose. • In addition to our regular service projects, we initiated monthly ‘Golden Glow’ We need your help to continue our weekly programming Socials with an emphasis on giving back to our community! of meaningful social and vocational activities and oppor-
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