Even after a Christ­mas sea­son of giv­ing, Bluffton Self Help has very lit­tle food to dis­trib­ute to neigh­bors in need.

We are encour­ag­ing clients to use recy­cleable cloth type bags to fill gro­ceries in and bring them back for each visit /food dis­tri­b­u­tion. This will hope­fully end our reliance on plas­tic bags and allow us to do our part to bring more “green” to BSH. Con­tinue Reading…

Bluffton Self Help and WSAV TV. invites you to share the joy of the upcom­ing hol­i­day sea­son by par­tic­i­pat­ing in our Hol­i­day for HOPE Toy Drive.

Between now and Decem­ber 18, we are col­lect­ing NEW, UNWRAPPED TOYS at sev­eral loca­tions through­out Hamp­ton, Beau­fort and Jas­par coun­ties. This year, because we are part­ner­ing with WSAV, our reach is much wider and our need much greater.  Fam­i­lies from these coun­ties will be eli­gi­ble for inclu­sion in the toy drive. Con­tinue Reading…

Many of you are ask­ing what spe­cific items are most needed for gen­eral Thanks­giv­ing dona­tions, to aid our “Adopt a Fam­ily” program.

Here is the list:

• Canned Corn
• Canned Peas
• Canned Green Beans
• Canned Yams
• Boxed Mac­a­roni & Cheese
• Boxed Stuff­ing for Turkeys
• Frozen Turkey
• Jarred Gravy for Turkeys
• Canned Cran­berry Sauce
• Canned Chicken Broth
• Boxed Corn­bread Mix
• Boxed Instant Mashed Potatoes
• Canned Fruit

Please click here to reg­is­ter online or call Bluffton Self Help at (843) 757‑8000
if you are inter­ested in ADOPTING A FAMILY for our

Thanks­giv­ing Program!

Just about every week we have imme­di­ate needs that we want to make you aware of… It may be that we are low on a cer­tain type of food item, or that the weather is mak­ing demands on our cloth­ing sup­plies, or that the sea­son demands extra sup­port from the com­mu­nity for spe­cific purposes.

Indi­vid­u­als, fam­i­lies, churches, neigh­bor­hoods, schools, offices, busi­nesses, etc  can sign up to adopt 1 — 100 fam­i­lies this Thanks­giv­ing Sea­son. Donors are asked to pur­chase  ingre­di­ents needed for one or more fam­i­lies, so that they can pre­pare a Thanks­giv­ing meal in their own home.  This is a won­der­ful pro­gram for BSH sup­port­ers who want to expe­ri­ence per­sonal inter­ac­tion with a fam­ily for which they are pro­vid­ing food.

Clients and their fam­i­lies are cur­rently sign­ing up for this won­der­ful BSH tra­di­tion, and this year, our vol­ume is up significantly!

It’s easy to get started. Just com­plete this form, which will auto­mat­i­cally be sent to the “Adopt a Fam­ily” team.

Now that your form has been sent, you can expect a call or email from Julie or Lili or one of the vol­un­teers from BSH. They’ll be match­ing you to your “fam­ily” or “fam­i­lies”. For each fam­ily you adopt, you will receive their name and con­tact infor­ma­tion so that you can con­tact your fam­ily directly to coör­di­nate a day and time to meet* and deliver the needed groceries.

*BSH wants vol­un­teers and clients to be safe at all times. Instead of dri­ving to your family’s home, we encour­age you to pick a con­ve­nient and pub­lic loca­tion where you will meet the fam­ily and give them your items.

Other Ways You Can Help:

• Groups who desire less per­sonal con­tact can send a check to sup­port the pro­gram, or spon­sor food dri­ves and bring all items to Bluffton Self Help. We will still have many fam­i­lies to feed that will not be adopted.
• Any fam­ily that is NOT adopted by a donor group .… WILL be pro­vided a box of Thanks­giv­ing ingre­di­ents (com­plete with frozen turkey) from Bluffton Self Help on Nove­me­ber 18^th.

 IMPORTANT NOTICE:

We move to the new build­ing in Sheri­dan Park on Nov 7. After Nov 7, please bring your dona­tions and items to the NEW build­ing… located at:

39 Sheri­dan Park Cir­cle, Suite 10
Bluffton SC 29910
843−757−8000

Is that used two-wheel bicy­cle in your garage just tak­ing up space? Donate that bike to Bluffton Self Help
Need used bikes, bike bas­kets and hel­mets for client event BIKE TO 39 on Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 29.
Clients will ride and walk to a hot dog cook­out at the new build­ing. Bikes will be repaired prior to dis­tri­b­u­tion.
Clients will be eli­gi­ble for bike based on trans­porta­tion needs. Bring your used bikes to BSH on May River Road
near down­town in Old Bluffton.

For more infor­ma­tion con­tact Lili Cole­man at 757‑8000
lili@blufftonselfhelp.org
(Also need vol­un­teers to repair bikes prior to the event.)
.….….

Bluffton Self Help is a reg­is­tered 501C-3 non-profit orga­ni­za­tion and a per­cent­age of your pur­chases should be tax-deductable. Please see your accoun­tant for details.

This is a crit­i­cal call for non-perishable food items, includ­ing the following:

• Pasta and Rice
• Din­ner mixes
• Can goods
• Cere­als and Crackers
• Peanut But­ter and Jellies
• Pasta sauces

Please help us restock our food pantry by stop­ping by any week­day between 10:00am and 4:00pm with any con­tri­bu­tion you are able to give.

Thanks so much!

Lili Cole­man,
Exec­u­tive Director

Donate new or gen­tly used bras and sup­port women in need by bring­ing them to Soma Inti­mates Boutique.

The store is located in Tanger Out­let, 1256 Ford­ing Island Road, Suite 145

Begin­ning now through August 14, every bra you donate will be given to Bluffton Self Help to sup­port local women in need.

For more details, visit Soma.com/givebras

Attached is a copy of the flyer. It does not iden­tify where the store is located and that should be added.  The flyer came from their cor­po­rate store.
The local store is located at 1256 Ford­ing Island Road
Suite 145
Bluffton, SC  29910  The event runs from July 11 to August 14.

Donate you  fans and win­dow air con­di­tion­ers to Bluffton Self Help!

Bluffton Self Help staff receive calls daily from local res­i­dents suf­fer­ing from the unsea­son­able high tem­per­a­tures with lit­tle or no relief.  They are request­ing fans and win­dow air con­di­tion­ers.  Drop off new or gen­tly used fans and win­dow air con­di­tion­ing units at Bluffton Self Help on May River Road.  For more infor­ma­tion call Bluffton Self Help at 757‑8000.  Some­times we can find a vol­un­teer to pick up your dona­tion!  Thanks for help­ing to keep your neigh­bors COOL!!!