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Please join us in celebrating our amazing accomplishment. Thanks to your enormous support in an unprecedented year such as this one, we were able to approve over $200,000, with 19 grants to 18 local non-profits that will have a considerable impact on improving the lives of many Bluffton residents. Thank you, Berkeley Hall members, for your continued compassion, concern and generosity!
hanks to the Berkeley Hall community’s extraordinary generosity, the Berkeley Hall Foundation has raised over $1.7 million for Lowcountry charities since its inception in 2008. Each year monies raised at the annual Charity Cup event fund the following year’s grant cycle. While our 2020 Charity Cup didn’t look like our usual event, our goal remained the same. And this year, the need was greater than ever.
GRANT RECIPIENTS Backpack Buddies of Bluffton | Bluffton Self Help | Bluffton-Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine | Boys and Girls Club of Bluffton Boys and Girls Club/Family Promise Collab. | Child Abuse Prevention Assoc. | The Children’s Center | Family Promise | Heroes on Horseback Hopeful Horizons | The Literacy Center | Lowcountry Autism | Lowcountry Legal Volunteers | Meals on Wheels | Memory Matters Programs for Exceptional People | Second Helpings | Vantage Point Foundation
Berkeley Hall’s redesigned public website launched in December and we’ve already seen a great response in website engagement. By incorporating video on the homepage and all main navigation pages, the overall experience is an immersive one, along with new copy that delves deeper into the Berkeley Hall story. When it comes to member stories, the site features nearly 20 videos on the “Our Stories” page with a
virtual tours of our Premier Builders’ custom, luxury models and Club members testimonials share a real-time look at the benefits of building your dream home here at Berkeley Hall. With strong SEO (search engine optimization) built into our site, avid golfers and those looking to relocate to the area are easily finding their way to our virtual doorstep, at BerkeleyHallClub.com. combination of amenity and member interviews. If you haven’t had a chance to view it, we encourage you to do so! The site’s load time is significantly improved, and this is particularly true in the Real Estate section. Here, the new platform allows for more flexibility and an improved layout which lets users search by key features and pricing. Prospective new members can take JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021
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