Giving back to your community goes along way!

I sit on the Board of Directors for St. Christopher's Children, located in Pawleys Island, South Carolina.

St. Christopher's Children is a non-profit organization that provides funds for the immediate personal needs of abandoned, abused and disadvantaged children in Georgetown County. We are community-based and rely exclusively on volunteers to perform our work. We seek to help children of all ethnic groups and provide funds for those personal needs that cannot be met by existing social services or government agencies. The burdens endure by abused, abandoned, underfed and unclothed children among us is difficult to comprehend. They are referred to as "shadow children", unseen but in our midst until a crisis is brought to our attention. Some are rejected by natural or adoptive parents. Others have been denied basic human needs, deprived of a normal family environment. These are St. Christopher's Children. They emerge from the shadows in a crisis when social and law enforcement agencies respond. Some are rescued from abusive situations, often in the middle of the night, their meager possessions (if any) tucked in a plastic grocery bag with little more than the clothes on their backs. Some are newborn babies received directly from their hospital cribs. There are others who are victims of family poverty where meager resources leave very little beyond what is necessary for bare sustenance to feed them. Some refuse to go to school for the tattered hand-me-downs they are forced to wear, a situation that subjects them to peer scorn.

As they emerge from the shadows, St. Christopher's Children bridges the gap between rescue and placement in structured community support systems and beyond that period where necessary. We have risen to bridge the fragmented efforts of caring individuals, service clubs, faith based organizations and others to focus on the children's immediate needs.

To learn more or donate please visit our website http://www.stchristopherschildren.org/.

I was humbled at our fundraising breakfast this morning where we released our first video about the children and needs we provide for them. It breaks my heart to see children in need.

I was the event stager for this project, knee deep in flowers, stems and thorns making 40 floral arrangements for the table 2 nights ago, I realized this morning. It was all worth it!

Not only did we raise thousands of dollars for these children, I had two fellow community leaders approach me about staging a home they had for sale on the market, but I also had another company that talked with me about staging an upcoming function they are going to have. So I came away with a very satisfied day, mostly because I have the privilege of taking part in our community, but I also gained new home staging and event staging business.

My point? Get active in your community if you are not already, not only can you impact your local community in a positive manner......you might just earn new business along the way. A great day in my book!!

Hope everyone has a productive and blessed week!!