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Literacy 2030Literacy advocates in the Midlands

area have joined together to form Literacy 2030, a coalition working toward 100% literacy for South Carolina by 2030. Yes, this is a tall task. But, it is something that our state desperately needs to strive for as we currently have the third highest illiteracy rate in the country.

Literacy is the ability to read, write, compute and use technology at a level that enables an individual to reach his or her full potential as a parent, employee and community member. It touches our lives in all that we do. This is why the Community Foundation has made increasing literacy one of three target areas for our discretionary grantmaking.

The Foundation awarded a grant this spring to a collaborative group for the purpose of hosting a Literacy Summit in the Midlands. This group is bringing together literacy advocates and practitioners from 11 counties in the Midlands to share information about the issues surrounding literacy – services, barriers, successes and failures. The information will be consolidated and merged into a database, which will be available through a website. The website will be a valuable tool in our efforts to reach 100% literacy by 2030.

The Literacy Summit takes place

Saturday, October 16 at Richland County Public Library. Margaret Doughty, of the national organization Literacy Powerline, will be the keynote speaker and help guide the individuals and organizations through the discussion process. Literacy Powerline recognizes the power of linking stakeholders, neighborhoods and services together to increase literacy levels and has successfully guided communities across the country through the entire process.

As a jumpstart to the Literacy Summit, the Declaration for the Right to Literacy toured the Midlands during the first week of August on its 50-state tour, before being presented to President Obama. Modeled after the historic Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention in 1848, this scroll was introduced at the National Literacy Convention in Buffalo, New York, in 2009. It was displayed in several locations in the Midlands and was signed by 411 South Carolinians,

including many local dignitaries such as mayors and city/county council members.

“The Literacy Summit and the Declaration for the Right to Literacy Scroll are ways the community can join our cause to reduce illiteracy,” said Foundation President & CEO JoAnn Turnquist. “By building awareness and working together, we will develop solutions that help improve our state’s literacy rate and move us closer to our goal.”

Find out more at www.facebook.com/literacy2030.

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Literacy 2030 committee members with the literacy scroll.

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Scott R. AdamsCheryl L. BehymerJ. Mac BennettR. Jason CaskeyLove Collins IIIChris D. ChristiansenAubria CorbittMichael C. CrappsJudith M. Davis

Eric M. ElkinsJohn S. GoetteeL. Marion Gressette IIIHenry B. Haitz IIIC. Carroll HeywardDavid HodgesJackie HowieKatharine M. HubbardBruce W. Hughes

D. Michael KellyEllis M. KnightJames K. LehmanJohn H. Lumpkin Jr.Ted O. McGee Jr.Catherine R. MonettiDonna C. NorthamBarbara RackesGeorge W. Rogers

A. Eugene RountreeTerry K. Schmoyer Jr.Martha Scott SmithDavid C. Sojourner Jr. Nancy SpencerJ. Hagood TigheSusie H. VanHuss

How Heathwood Hall Gives BackFor almost 60 years,

Heathwood Hall Episcopal School has been an integral part of the Midlands. The independent college-preparatory school educates students from age three to grade 12, inspiring students to exceed the highest academic standards and make an impact on our world.

Heathwood Hall was the first school in the Midlands to include community service in its graduation requirements. A minimum of 80 hours are to be conducted before Commencement.

“Even if it was not a require-ment, some of our students probably would complete the community service anyway,” said Jim Robinson, associate head of the Upper School. “About 30 percent of our students actually exceed the hours needed. Community service prepares students to do more than donate money. They actually do something.”

Beginning with its youngest students, Heathwood Hall teachers encourage good deeds and thinking of others.

“At Christmas time we give gifts to Arthurtown Child Development Center,” said Cheryl Gahagan, head of the school’s Early Child-hood Learning Center (ECLC). “We educate our children with the hope that they’ll one day be well-rounded and compassionate parts of a greater community.”

During the past few years, the school has developed a special

relationship with Harvest Hope Food Bank, becoming a major contributor in its fight against hunger. Each fall, the entire school participates in a two-week drive for Harvest Hope. The Intermediate/Middle School also hosts its “Turkey Trot,” a walk/run held on its track to raise money for Harvest Hope. The annual amount raised has reached up to $15,000.

During the Christmas season, Heathwood Hall students can be found donating toiletries and toys to women and children through Sistercare, helping families through Habitat for Humanity or participating in the Salvation Army’s “Battle of the Bells.”

In addition to their charitable service, students learn the importance of environmental sustainability and stewardship – giving back to the Earth. The school has in place an active recycling program and an ongoing commitment to reducing waste and its carbon footprint.

The Class of 2014 developed a rain garden adjacent to a school parking lot.

“The rain garden’s purpose is to collect storm water, clean the water, and then purify it,” explained Environmental Science Teacher Peyton Sasnett. “The oil and gasoline from the vehicles leaks down into the rain garden,

which keeps it from seeping in and ruining the grass fields.”

One of Heathwood Hall’s most unique programs, the Pursuit of Environmental Adventure and Knowledge (PEAK) Outdoor Center consistently offers high-quality environmental education, wilderness exploration and leadership development while emphasizing environmental stewardship.

Giving back, both to the community and to the Earth, are deeply held values and traditions of the school. Heathwood will continue to build on its strong history of civic responsibility, providing students with purposeful service opportunities that help them grow personally and improve the quality of life in the greater community.

“We are pleased to support Heathwood Hall and its emphasis on philanthropy,” said Mike Kelly, CCCF Board Chair. “Their students are making a difference.”

Heathwood Hall Episcopal School’s journalism students contributed to this story.

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Heathwood Hall students collect items for Sistercare.

Preparing Foster Youth for AdulthoodCarolina Children’s Home has provided

safe harbor, healing and opportunity to thousands of South Carolina children and adolescents for 100 years. In addition to proving shelter, counseling and treatment services, staff teach the youth life skills, behaviors and practices that empower residents with the skills needed to be successful both during and following their group home care experience.

The Children’s Home has taken a proactive approach to meeting the evolving needs of children and families in South Carolina. Many adolescents in protected custody have never made a doctors appointment, cooked a meal, driven a car, opened a checking account, or even purchased or taken their own medications without an adult handling some or every aspect. By offering a continuum of services to the youth, the Home has been innovative in making sure that all of the residents’ needs are met.

The Low Management Program is designed specifically for youth between the ages of 14 and 21 and constructs individualized care plans for each person. This plan identifies and categorizes each resident’s specific level of independence, which then enables staff to sketch out a plan for reaching those goals.

Accordingly, various programs on campus require its young residents to

be employed, typically with a focus on developing a specific life skill or trade. The programs also focus on developing and maintaining healthy relationships, financial management, secondary educational programs (SAT & PREP classes) and specialized vocational or trade school training.

Programs such as these are very important as national statistics show that within 18 months of emancipation 40-50 percent of foster youth become homeless.* In response to such troubling numbers, Carolina Children’s Home wants to ensure that the children and adolescents served by their programs possess the skills and knowledge to avoid becoming a part of these statistics.

“Carolina Children’s Home has been able to provide excellence in programs and services to South Carolina’s most vulnerable youth, because of the great understanding and generosity of individuals and corporate support from the community,” said Interim Executive Director Shannon Marcus.

“The community’s investment in these children, communicates a special message to every child who passes through our doors. It’s a message of hope and belief that they can overcome their pasts and have bright, beautiful futures.”

Providing young residents with unique

opportunities — drivers education, recreational and leisure fun, sit-down dinners out, and education classes — is an investment in the hope that educating former victims with necessary life skills will end the tragic cycle of abuse, neglect, and/or abandonment.

“We are proud to support the work of the Carolina Children’s Home and manage their agency endowment fund,” said JoAnn Turnquist. “This organization has, and will, make a positive difference in the lives of children throughout our state.”

For information about all the programs and services offered by the Children’s Home, visit www.carolinachildrenshome.org.

*League of Women Voters Life after Foster Care.

League of Women Voters of California Education Fund,

Juvenile Justice Study Committee, 2002.

Letter from the PresidentMargaret Mead, an American anthro-

pologist wrote, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

In this newsletter, we are featuring individuals and organizations that have taken these words to heart. Stories profiling our five Community Champions will inspire you. You will learn how Heathwood Hall Episcopal School is providing its students with purposeful service opportunities and how Carolina Children’s Home is taking a proactive approach to meeting the evolving

needs of children and families in South Carolina. You will also learn how the Community Foundation is working to inspire change through its support of Literacy 2030, a coalition working toward 100% literacy for South Carolina by 2030.

For those thoughtful, committed citizens who have embraced the concept of changing the world, philanthropy becomes a lifelong practice, as illustrated by Carroll Heyward’s story. The benefits of philanthropy, as Dave Sojourner points out, can last for generations and provide an inspirational legacy.

If you’d like to learn more about the Foundation and how we can help you stimulate change and meet your philanthropic goals, please call me. Together, we will make a difference.

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Youth in the Low Management Programlearn life skills such as cooking.

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JoAnn Turnquist

As a practicing tax and estate planning attorney, I frequently have opportunities to advise clients who are interested in making charitable gifts. Some clients are motivated by tax benefits and others are compelled to give for purely philanthropic reasons. Many clients are interested in making gifts during their lifetimes, while others wish to provide for chari-table distributions through wills or trusts after death.

The Community Foundation can play an important role in your charitable gift planning and, as an independent public charity, can provide a myriad of options to assist you in achieving your philan-thropic goals.

A Donor-Advised Fund can be established with a minimum contri-bution of $10,000 and allows you to give to any number of charities you support. You can add to this fund during your lifetime or at

your death. Your fund can serve as a permanent legacy and you can serve as the fund adviser to propose grants from your fund to the charities of your choice.

After your death, you may designate your spouse, your children, or your grandchildren to serve as successor advisors if you wish or you can authorize the Community Foundation to designate the recipients of future grants from your fund.

Other types of funds allow you to designate one or more specific charities in which to receive contri-butions or to make distributions to organizations that will be identified in the future in accordance with fields of interests that you designate (homelessness or illiteracy, for example).

For gifts of less than $10,000, the Community Foundation has estab-lished the Commonwealth Fund where smaller gifts are combined

to make a large impact in our community. Currently the Founda-tion is focusing these funds on increasing literacy, reducing the high-school dropout rate and reducing homelessness.

Each client has their own set of priorities in structuring their gifts. This ability to obtain the benefits of the charitable deductions that are available for income tax purposes or estate tax purposes while main-taining flexibility for future distribu-tions is an extraordinary benefit that the Community Foundation can offer to all donors – large and small.

David C. Sojourner Jr.,Shareholder,

Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA

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As a young couple with a mortgage and some hand-me-down furniture and appliances, my wife Susie and I did not have a lot of money to give. We were however blessed with strong backs and the enthusiasm of youth. I joined the Rotary Club of Columbia and Susie began volunteering through the Junior League of Columbia. I was later approached by Dr. J. W. Pitts who asked if I would serve on the board of the Babcock Center, a nonprofit organization serving mentally challenged children and adults.

The following nine years with the Babcock Center and then nine years with the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina were years of great growth for me and my wife. While I was serving the community through these organizations, Susie was paving her own path through the Columbia Green

board, the Columbia Museum of Art Board, and the City of Columbia Planning Commission.

We could see the funds that we gave to our community were catalysts for improving our and future generation’s quality of life. Now, as we creep toward retirement, the legacy fund we established in 2002 with Central Carolina Community Foundation will serve as an example to our children and others in the community that to give is truly divine.

It is our sincere hope that we can continue to contribute to the community through the Community Foundation both with funds and time. We are truly blessed with a life that has been fulfilling and bountiful for us. Time has taught us that if you give, you will certainly receive more than you give.

Why We Give: Carroll and Susie Heyward

The Community Foundation and Columbia Metropolitan Magazine partnered to present the first annual Best of Philanthropy Awards: Honoring Our Community Champions at the Foundation’s recent annual celebration. These awards honor ordinary people in our community who make giving back a priority for themselves, their family or their business.

More than 200 people joined us on September 16 to celebrate the philanthropic endeavors of our Community Champions. Each winner was presented with an award and given the opportunity to grant a $500 donation to the charity of their choice in our 11-county service area. And the winners are:

Local Business Champion: Michael Tucker, Chick-fil-A Lexington

Individual Champion: C.J. Bilka, Founder of His Hands Ministries Inc.

Student Champion: Anna H. Price, Dent Middle School

Group Champions: Knitting for the Needy,

Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community

Family Champions: The Singletary Family, Neeses, S.C.

These Community Champions use their time, treasures and talents to improve the lives of others in our community. They don’t seek out recognition for what they are doing; they do it simply because they believe it’s the right thing to do. As their stories show, philanthropy comes in many forms and sizes. The winners and their stories were profiled in the September Columbia Metropolitan Magazine. If you haven’t read it, we encourage you to buy the issue.

In addition to our Best of Philanthropy Awards, we also presented the 2010 David W. Robinson Catalyst Award. The Catalyst Award, created in memory of David W. Robinson, recognizes organizations in our 11-county service area that have exemplified leadership, creativity, vision and commitment in addressing critical community issues.

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The 2010 recipient of the Catalyst Award is Sistercare Inc. Since 1981, Sistercare has been a leader in our community’s efforts to create a nonviolent environment that builds healthy families and strong individuals. Sistercare has worked persistently to help save the lives of 52,000 battered women and their children living in the Midlands.

Sistercare explores alternative service approaches and works cooperatively with law enforcement, local courts, victims’ advocates, medical professionals, schools, faith-based organizations and multiple human service agencies to ensure clients receive the services they need.

“Honoring these individuals and organizations by celebrating their gifts and service is a wonderful way to fulfill our mission to promote, facilitate and increase philanthropy in the Midlands,” said JoAnn Turnquist. “We look forward to continuing these awards at our annual celebration each year.”

Visit our Facebook page for more photos from the evening.

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Community Champions

The Singletary Family C.J. Bilka and supporters

Anna Price and family

Michael Tucker & Kathy Riley

Knitting for the Needy

Dr. Stephanie Boyd and Leah McKee of Sistercare, Inc.

Central Carolina Community Foundation2711 Middleburg Drive, Suite 213Columbia, South Carolina 29204

Recognizing the Impact of Community FoundationsDuring the week of November 12-18, 2010, we will join

more than 700 community foundations across the country in Community Foundation Week activities. For more than 20 years, the effort has raised awareness about the increasingly important role of our philanthropic organizations working to achieve meaningful results for our communities.

The Community Foundation is providing matching gifts for agency endowment funds and coordinating volunteer opportunities for the nonprofit organizations whose funds we manage. Our agency endowment partners support a broad range of needs in our community including human services, education, the arts, children’s residential services and animal welfare. Our staff and board will be volunteering during this week and we encourage our donors to get involved as well.

To wrap up Community Foundation Week, we will be participating in the Association of Fundraising Professional’s National Philanthropy Day® on November 18, 2010. This day spotlights the entire spectrum of services provided by the Midlands nonprofit community and recognizes the profound impact that philanthropy has on the fabric of society.

We will be posting information about all the activities surrounding Community Foundation Week and National Philanthropy Day® on our website and Facebook page.

Please visit www.yourfoundation.org or www.facebook.com/centralcarolinacommunityfoundation to learn more. We are proud to be involved in a community that demonstrates commitment and creativity in order to find new and better ways to improve the lives of our neighbors in need.

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