Inter­act Mem­bers pre­sent­ing Lili Cole­man with the Dona­tion. Front row: Wei Wang (Vice-President), Lili Cole­man (Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, Bluffton Self Help), Erica Bur­ton, Chris Davis (Pres­i­dent), Alex Bai­ley (Treasurer)

Inter­act Mem­bers serv­ing Jack Frost Ice Cream to cus­tomers at the Okatie Rotary Polo Match

Bluffton High Inter­act Donated $167.50 and sev­eral con­tain­ers of canned goods to Bluffton Self Help.  Most of the money was made at the Okatie Rotary Polo match thanks to Jack Frost Ice Cream’s gen­eros­ity, allow­ing Inter­act mem­bers to sell ice cream for a por­tion of the prof­its.  The remain­der of the dona­tion came dur­ing a canned food drive at Bluffton High the week before Thanksgiving.

The vol­un­teers, staff and board of direc­tors extend their grate­ful appre­ci­a­tion to the Com­mu­nity Foun­da­tion of the Low Coun­try for the 2011 grant award toward Bluffton Self Help’s HOPE Cap­i­tal Cam­paign. Con­tinue Reading…

The vol­un­teers, staff and board of direc­tors extend grate­ful appre­ci­a­tion to THE LONG COVE CLUB COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND for the noti­fi­ca­tion of a grant award for 2011. Con­tinue Reading…

The vol­un­teers, staff and board of direc­tors extend grate­ful appre­ci­a­tion to Mall of Shel­ter Cove and their out­stand­ing staff for the amaz­ing dona­tion of over $10,000 worth of office fur­ni­ture and equip­ment for the new Bluffton Self Help build­ing from the vacated Off Fifth space.

The equip­ment donated includes numer­ous shoe racks, cloth­ing racks, cal­en­dar boards, mir­rors, shelv­ing, tables and more that will be put to good use in the new build­ing. Bluffton Self Help is expected to relo­cate to 39 Sheri­dan Cir­cle in Sheri­dan Park in early November.

Thank you Mall of Shel­ter Cove for help­ing us, help our neigh­bors stay in their homes.

Lili Cole­man
Exec­u­tive Director

The vol­un­teers, staff and board of direc­tors extend grate­ful appre­ci­a­tion to ST. FRANCIS THRIFT SHOP for a 2011 grant award pre­sented at a spe­cial Grant Award cer­e­mony on Tues­day, July 12 at St. Fran­cis Thrift Shop. It was indeed an honor to be a recip­i­ent, along with a num­ber of other wor­thy orga­ni­za­tions in our com­mu­nity.
The St. Fran­cis Thrift Shop is located at 6 South­wood Park Drive, just off Hwy. 278. Donors drop off cloth­ing, house wares, art­work, work­ing appli­ances, and fur­ni­ture to be sold, with pro­ceeds going to serve the needy of the com­mu­nity through the out­reach min­istries of The St. Fran­cis By The Sea Church on Hilton Head and through direct grants.
As the recip­i­ent of a St Fran­cis Thrift Shop Grant, Bluffton Self Help will use these funds towards hous­ing assis­tance. Last year BSH assisted over 22,000 peo­ple with food, cloth­ing and finan­cial assis­tance.
Thank you St Fran­cis Thrift Shop for help­ing us, help our neigh­bors stay in their homes.

Lili Cole­man
Exec­u­tive Director

Hamp­ton Lake Women’s Group at their August 11 meet­ing col­lected assorted dia­pers, wipes and baby lotions in sup­port of the Bluffton Self Help Dia­per
Drive.…thank you for your support.

School social work­ers Aliana Tokar, Okatie; Melissa Lather, Bluffton High School; Cyn­thia Wibel, Red Cedar and Denise Charles, rep­re­sent­ing McCracken, Bluffton Ele­men­tary and Pritchardville schools rolled up their sleeves early Wednes­day morn­ing, the week before school started, to sort donated school sup­plies.  “Some­times when we are gen­er­ous in small, barely detectable ways, it can change someone’s life for­ever.”   Thank you to all who donated school supplies!!!

August 8, 2011

Let­ter to the Editor

The vol­un­teers, staff and board of direc­tors extend grate­ful appre­ci­a­tion to the Bluffton Rotary Club for a 2011 grant award rep­re­sent­ing their club membership’s hard work on behalf of the Bluffton’s May Fest.  It was indeed an honor to be a recip­i­ent.
The Bluffton Rotary Club mem­ber­ship are strong sup­port­ers of the Bluffton com­mu­nity and con­tin­u­ally demon­strate their mis­sion to pro­vide ser­vice to oth­ers, pro­mote integrity, and advance world under­stand­ing, good­will, and peace through its fel­low­ship of busi­ness, pro­fes­sional, and com­mu­nity leaders.

As the recip­i­ent of the Bluffton Rotary Club, Bluffton Self Help will use these funds to fur­ther its mis­sion.  Last year BSH assisted over 22,000 peo­ple with food, cloth­ing and finan­cial assistance.

Thank you Bluffton Rotary Club for help­ing us, help our neighbors.

Lili Cole­man
Exec­u­tive Director

Board Mem­ber Court­ney Hamp­son sent us this photo of her nieces, who cleaned out their toy boxes today and donated every­thing to Bluffton Self Help! Regard­less of the age, every­one can make a difference!

Hope­fully, the next time they girls stop by for a visit, we’ll have a book for them to read…

Announc­ing the Children’s Book Offer!

We are begin­ning a new ser­vice at BSH and we need your help!

When chil­dren visit Bluffton Self Help with their par­ents, they will receive a children’s book, when sup­ply is available.

Please donate Chil­dren Books to Bluffton Self Help
And give the gift of literacy!!!

Each child who vis­its Bluffton Self Help
Will receive a free Children’s Book, while sup­plies last!

Bring your gen­tly used Children’s Books to Bluffton Self Help
1264 May River Road between noon and 4 pm weekdays…

Thanks so much, and please spread the word!

Lili and Julie

The idea began in Jan­u­ary, after Extreme Makeover came to town, when a hand­ful of women from Belfair got together and decided to cre­ate a fundraiser for Bluffton Self Help that would be unique, would cap­ture the atten­tion of plan­ta­tion golfers, and had the poten­tial to gen­er­ate income for years to come. After toss­ing around many ideas, Sev­ens for HOPE was born. In May and June, Low­man devel­oped and imple­mented the con­cept at Belfair and Moss Creek, backed by Markel’s Gifts, who have signed on as the tournament’s 2011 and 2012 title spon­sor. Con­tinue Reading…