OUR WORK
From Jan. 1, 2014 to June 30,
2015, Kiawah Cares was directly
involved with 87 programs on
the Sea Islands.
Kiawah volunteers gave 400
hours of time to our programs.
Through donations and direct
sponsorships, nearly $80,000
was raised for various
causes within our Sea Islands
community.
Nearly 7,000 at-risk Sea Islands
residents were positively
impacted.
SOME OF KIAWAH CARES’ 2014-15 PROGRAMS INCLUDED:
Angel Oak Elementary Beach Day
Since 2013, Kiawah Cares has worked with Communities
In Schools to reward Sea Island students with an
educational and fun-filled day on the Kiawah beach.
The children - many of whom have lived on the Sea
Islands their entire lives but have never seen the ocean get to play in the surf and sand, learn about indigenous
wildlife, and have a picnic in the park before returning
home. Kiawah Cares would like to thank the Kiawah
Island Golf Resort, Liz King and her staff at Night Heron
Park, and all of the volunteers for helping to make this
day so special for the children each year.
Adopt-A-Student
The Adopt-A-Student program, now in its third year,
provided students with much-needed supplies such as
uniforms and, through a partnership with the Kiawah
Women’s Foundation, healthy weekend snacks. The
program, which gives Kiawah property owners an
opportunity to sponsor a student, originally worked
solely with Angel Oak Elementary School, and has since
expanded to include students at Frierson Elementary.
Kiawah Giving Tree
The holidays can be a hard time for families and
children of the Sea Islands. For the past three years,
Kiawah Cares has provided wrapped gifts, and a
little bit of holiday joy, to impoverished Sea Island
students and their families through the Kiawah Giving
Tree. Each year, donors are matched with children
who have written letters to Santa to provide gift ideas.
Operation Comfort
Kiawah Cares and Seabrook Island teamed-up to
collect warm clothing, toiletries and cleaning items.
This program, which recently evolved to include the
Made with Love campaign, was developed to address
the needs of Sea Island residents for everyday quality
of life items to all of the public schools in the Sea
Islands, as well as the Wadmalaw Island Senior
Center and the Hebron Zion Presbyterian Church.
Drop sites are located at the Sandcastle (1 Shipwatch
Rd) and KICA Administration (23 Beachwalker Dr).
Our Lady of Mercy’s Stock Our Shelves Food Drive
A joint effort by Kiawah Cares and Seabrook Island
netted a total of 290 pounds of non-perishable food
items for Stock Our Shelves (SOS). SOS is an annual
program hosted by Our Lady of Mercy (OLM) that
stocks the OLM emergency food pantry. This pantry
provides food items to over 250 residents of Johns,
Wadmalaw and James Island, who may visit the
pantry once every three months.