Pink smiles support Breast Cancer Awareness Winning Orthodontic Smiles had 112 patients who volunteered to wear pink braces in October to support Breast Cancer Awareness. Honoring a commitment to donate $5 to Breast Cancer Research for each patient volunteer, Dr. Skeet Burris and his staff presented Connie Duke, Cancer Program Director at Beaufort Memorial Hospital’s Keyserling Cancer Center, with a check for $560.
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Coastal Community Foundation announces new President & CEO
DECEMBER 17-23, 2015
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By Monica Tanouye
Darrin Goss, Sr., a highly regarded and experienced nonprofit leader, has been named President and CEO of Coastal Community Foundation (CCF). Goss, who currently heads the Capital Area United Way in Baton Rouge, LA, also has professional experience in higher education, government and industry. Raised on James Darrin Goss, Sr. Island, Goss is a graduate of Wofford College and North Greenville University, as well as a United States Army veteran. He is expected to join CCF on February 15, 2016. “Our search for a new CEO yielded a number of very impressive candidates,” said Board Chair David Jensen. “Darrin emerged as an extraordinary match for CCF’s mission and vision. We are confident his experience with coalition building, strategic planning, brand management and community planning will help take our organization to the next level.” In addition to his work at the Capital Area United Way, Goss led Community Impact at the United Way of Greenville County and directed multicultural affairs at Wofford College. Prior to that, he implemented training programs for Sunoco, Inc. He is also a graduate of The Riley Institute’s Diversity Leadership Initiative and the Clemson University at the Falls Leadership Summit. CCF currently manages more than $225 million in assets and awarded $20 million in grants in its last fiscal year. Since 1974, the Foundation has worked with donors to create permanent funds for charitable giving. Its mission is to foster philanthropy for the lasting good of the community. For more info., call 843-723-3635.
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Port Royal’s annual Christmas Golf Cart Parade hosts the “Snow Queen”, Santa & more!
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Teaching her children about respect of fallen heroes, Amber Godowns helps her two boys, Asa III, and Karson, lay a Christmas wreath on the head stone of a total stranger Saturday at Beaufort National Cemetery. Photo by Bob Sofaly.
Wreaths Across America honor Fallen at the Beaufort National Cemetery By Bob Sofaly
It took only a few minutes for 1,500 volunteers from every walk life to lay out 3,700 Christmas wreaths during the annual Wreaths Across American ceremony on Saturday at Beaufort National Cemetery. Saturday’s ceremony
in Beaufort was part of an organized effort to remember the fallen during the Christmas season, All 1,100 national and military cemeteries as well as those cemeteries with military dead, WREATHS continued on page 4
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