Palmetto Project

Vote.Give.Grow. We won in SC!!

JFleming — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:58:41 +0000

It’s official! The Palmetto Project is the favorite non-profit organization of Starbucks and its South Carolina customers!

Thanks to all of our friends and supporters who patiently voted for us online each week in April. We’ll be receiving our $25,000 donation from the company sometime in June.

If you find yourself near our any of our offices this summer, come on by … and we’ll take you out for a cup of coffee!

Palmetto Project was invited to participate in the Starbucks Community Card: Vote.Give.Grow. program in recognition of our effectiveness in helping communities thrive.

Thank you for your ongoing support as we pursue our critically important mission!!

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2012 SC School Improvement Council Annual Meeting and Awards Celebration

JFleming — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:25:33 +0000

2012 SC School Improvement Council (SC-SIC) Annual Meeting and Awards Celebration

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Dreher High School

3319 Millwood Avenue, Columbia, SC

The theme of this year’s meeting is “The School-Community Connection: Plugging-In to Power Potential,” and will highlight the importance of collaborative efforts by parents, community and educators in the lives of our schools and students. The general public is invited!

Special guest Dick Riley, former S.C. Governor and U.S. Secretary of Education, will conclude the meeting and celebration with the presentation of this year’s SC-SIC’s 2012 Dick and Tunky Riley Award for SIC Excellence. The day’s agenda will also include video presentations and discussions of innovative school-community collaborations and presentations from this year’s Riley Award finalists.

Details about the conference and a downloadable flyer are available at the SC School Improvement Council at http://sic.sc.gov.

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Low Country Aid to Africa Ninth Annual Evening of Entertainment

JFleming — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:48:20 +0000

Low County Aid to Africa’s “2012 Evening of Entertainment” was a tremendous success and netted $8,000 in January for its non-profit partners in those parts of Africa with ties to South Carolina. Of that amount, $5,000 will go to Ikamva Labantu (http://ikamva.org.za/) which provides foster parents to child-headed households in South Africa. Since its inception, this ecumenical partnership has generated more than nearly $100,000 for initiatives addressing social and health concerns.

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Three Teams Selected for 2012 Community Engaged Scholars Program

JFleming — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:09:36 +0000

The South Carolina Clinical & Translation Research Center for Community Health Partnerships (SCTR/CCHP) has announced three teams to be selected for the 2012-2013 Community Engaged Scholars Program. The 18-month program provides training and pilot funds for community and academic partners to conduct community-based participatory research (CBPR). The goal of this program is to increase the capacity of community-academic partnerships to conduct research with mutual ownership of the processes and products.

Three teams have been selected to participate. These teams represent academic disciplines from across MUSC and partners from various community sectors. The teams that have been selected to participate are:

Community Partner: Carrie Whipper, Palmetto Project
Academic Partner: Carolyn Jenkins, College of Nursing, MUSC
Project Title: An Integrated Approach to Diabetes Management and Associated Complications at Low Country Food Bank Sites

Community Partner: Akeem Bell, Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities (LAMC)/ Environmental Community Advisory Board Academic Partner: Kristen French, Department of Medicine, MUSC
Project Title: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the Neck area of Charleston County: investigation of health disparities related to environmental exposures

Community Partners: Marvin Sineath, Alpha-1 Association; Lucinda Shore, Alpha-1 Association; Jim Quill, Alpha-1 Association
Academic Partners: Pamela Holtzclaw Williams, College of Nursing, MUSC; Charlie Strange, Alpha-1 Registry, MUSC; Dawn McGee, Alpha-1 Registry, MUSC; Michael Graves, Alpha-1 Registry, MUSC
Project Title: Application of CBPR Framework to Assess and Prioritize Socio-political Needs of an Alpha-1 Community

For more information on the Community Engaged Scholars Program and future Request for Applications, please contact Brandi White at whitbm@musc.edu or (843) 792-2215.

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More SC Children Get Health Coverage

JFleming — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:02:39 +0000

South Carolina ranked 9^th among the states in reducing the percentage of its children without health insurance from 2008 through 2010, according to a new Federal study.

Neighboring North Carolina ranked 15^th while Georgia came in at 25^th.

This is a testament to the Palmetto Project’s many volunteer teams and staff. During this period, our Palmetto Children’s Health initiative (PCHI) oversaw a $1 million statewide initiative to provide insurance outreach and education, Medicaid enrollment assistance, and advocacy for families of the state’s 125,000 – now 100,000 – uninsured children.

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