REGISTER TODAY FOR THE FIRST AREA INTERNATIONAL CHILI SOCIETY COOKOFF IN BLUFFTON, SC Bluffton, SC, Jan­u­ary 24, 2012–Mark your cal­en­dar and reg­is­ter TODAY to par­tic­i­pâté in the First Annual RED APRON CHILI COOKOFF, the first sanc­tioned chili cookoff to be held in Hilton Head/Bluffton SC on Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 25.  This first annual event will be …

From the Island Packet: By ALLISON STICE astice@islandpacket.com 843−706−8138 Wednes­day, Novem­ber 23, 2011 It’s been a year of excit­ing firsts at Bluffton Self Help. The group bought a new build­ing soon after hir­ing exec­u­tive direc­tor Lili Cole­man. Founder Ida Mar­tin, who launched the orga­ni­za­tion from her garage in 1987, received a Pres­i­den­tial Cit­i­zens Medal — and a …

Pro­tect­ing your iden­tity… by part­ner­ing with com­pa­nies like Shre­dex and Savan­nah Shred­ding to destroy, lit­er­ally, tons of your con­fi­den­tial doc­u­ments … so they don’t fall into the wrong hands… ERASING your per­sonal infor­ma­tion from HUNDREDS OF USED COMPUTERS FOR REDISTRIBUTION by Good­will… WSAV, Shre­dex, Savan­nah Shred­ding, Chatham County, Bluffton Self-Help and Good­will are part­ner­ing to help …

By ARIANA STONE Scripps Howard Foun­da­tion Wire Pub­lished Thurs­day, Octo­ber 20, 2011 5 Com­ments Email Arti­cle  |  Print Arti­cle  |   Feeds  |     |  Search the Archive WASHINGTON — She was dressed in her red suit. She had a full night’s sleep and a hearty break­fast. She had a calm dis­po­si­tion mask­ing a case of nerves. The only thing Bluffton res­i­dent Ida Martin …

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From: The Island Packet By RACHEL HEATON rheaton@beaufortgazette.com 843−706−8177 Pub­lished Tues­day, Octo­ber 18, 2011 Ida Mar­tin has been prac­tic­ing her strut. She demon­strated the walk Tues­day in her home in Bluffton. She’s going to stand up straight and walk with con­fi­dence and flair. Then she’s going to wait patiently for the pres­i­dent of the United States to …

As some­one who sub­mit­ted a nom­i­na­tion for the 2011 Cit­i­zens Medal, we wanted you to be among the first to know that Pres­i­dent Obama has selected 13 recip­i­ents for this year’s award. The Cit­i­zens Medal is con­sid­ered our nation’s sec­ond high­est civil­ian honor, and is awarded to cit­i­zens who have per­formed exem­plary deeds of service …

The Asso­ci­ated Press Pub­lished Thurs­day, Octo­ber 13, 2011 BLUFFTON, S.C. — An 84-year-old Bluffton woman who founded an agency that helps those in need is receiv­ing one of the nation’s high­est civil­ian honors.The Beau­fort Gazette (http://bit.ly/q54uJp) reports that Ida Mar­tin heads to the White House next week to receive the Pres­i­den­tial Cit­i­zens Medal from Pres­i­dent Barack Obama.The White …

Posted: Oct 14, 2011 3:54 PM EDT Updated: Oct 14, 2011 6:18 PM EDT By Jaime Dai­ley — bio | email BLUFFTON, SC (WTOC) –Lend­ing a help­ing hand is just a way of life for Ida Martin.“I just love to help peo­ple, it just makes me feel good,” said Mar­tin. Thanks to Ida’s pas­sion and hard …

Ida Mar­tin has a very impor­tant ques­tion. Is it appro­pri­ate to hug the pres­i­dent of the United States? She hopes it is. The long­time Bluffton res­i­dent and founder of Bluffton Self Help will meet Barack Obama next week when she heads to the White House to accept the Pres­i­den­tial Cit­i­zens Medal for her vol­un­teer work. It’s an …