Each year, our Participating Clubs designate their Race Beneficiaries, which include local charities and Rotary service projects worldwide. These charities represent a wide selection of local nonprofit organizations focused on health and wellness, hunger and nutrition, housing and shelter, children and families, and education and literacy.
Net Proceeds to Benefit
East Cooper Community Outreach, Warrior WOD, and Philip Simmons Middle School PTA.
Philip Simmons Elementary is one of several STEAM-endorsed BCSD schools. PSE is committed to maintaining and achieving high standards, creating a school culture that supports and challenges students and providing foundational skills for student success.
ECCO is here to provide help and hope. Whether it’s one single service provided like food or financial assistance or years of walking through hardship, our team will encourage, advocate, and develop a system of support focused on helping our neighbors navigate through life’s challenges.
WarriorWOD is a national nonprofit dedicated to healing the physical and invisible wounds of war for Veterans and their families through holistic programs focused on exercise, nutrition, and mentorship—all provided at no cost. Regardless of era of service, discharge status, or geographical location, we are committed to supporting those who have served our country.
Net Proceeds to Benefit
Happy Feet, Backpack Buddies, and Dictionaries for East Cooper Third Graders project
The goal of the Dictionary Project is to assist all students in becoming good writers, active readers, creative thinkers, and resourceful learners. We believe this can happen when providing them with their own personal dictionary. The dictionaries are a gift to each third grade student. Their new dictionaries can be used at school and at home for years to come. Educators see third grade as the dividing line between learning to read and reading to learn. So, to further support students, we give dictionaries each year to children in the third grade.
Each year, the Breakfast Club provides shoes to deserving grade school students in the Charleston area, at no cost to them or their families.
The children are given the opportunity to select and receive a new pair of socks and shoes.
It’s hard for many to imagine that students east of the Cooper leave school on Friday and return Monday having had very little to eat over the weekend.
But not every family is as affluent as many of the residents in the community. And in tough economic times like these, food is rationed in individual households.
But the neediest students will now be sent home with nutritious food thanks to the Rotary Club, which is committed to raising funds, packing back packs, and delivering them weekly. Students in East Cooper schools no longer go home for the weekend without healthy foods and snacks.
Net Proceeds to Benefit
East Cooper Community Outreach, Warrior WOD, and Philip Simmons Middle School PTA.
The Military Magnet Academy Foundation Inc.’s dedicated board is made up of a group of individuals who are passionate about providing support to our cadets. Our board members work closely with the school’s administration to allocate funds where they are needed most.
Metanoia amplifies opportunities for a thriving community with families in Chicora and surrounding historically Black neighborhoods by honing the unique assets that exist here.
Each day, thousands of people – people just like you – provide compassionate care to those in need. Red Cross’s network of generous donors, volunteers and employees share a mission of preventing and relieving suffering, here at home and around the world.
Water Mission is a Christian engineering nonprofit that builds sustainable safe water solutions for people in developing countries, refugee camps, and disaster areas.
Lowcountry Orphan Relief and Midlands Orphan Relief are dedicated to supporting children in South Carolina’s Lowcountry and Midlands regions who have experienced abuse, abandonment, or neglect. Guided by the belief that every child has intrinsic value as a creature of God, we work to nurture their self-esteem and provide essential resources to meet their most urgent needs, ensuring they feel respected, valued, and cared for.
Lowcountry Food Bank serves more than 200,000 people who experience food insecurity every year through our solid relationships with 230+ partner agencies – a network of food pantries, on-site meal programs, school programs, senior programs, veterans’ groups, and shelters. Our dedicated staff works to equitably distribute food across the 10 coastal counties of South Carolina we serve. We provide our partners with fresh fruits and vegetables, shelf-stable food, equipment, nutrition materials, and food safety training.
