Category: Fundraisers

10th Annual Taste of the World Fundraiser

The Charleston Port & Seafarers’ Society (ChaPSS) will present the 10th Annual Taste of the World on Thursday, November 5, marking a milestone anniversary for the organization’s largest annual fundraising event.

Each year, this event raises thousands of dollars for ChaPSS, a charity that welcomes and serves the needs of thousands of men and women who make their livelihood in the port or at sea.

This year, Taste of the World is moving to the Omar Convention Center at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant. The new venue will accommodate up to 800 attendees, who will have the opportunity to sample a variety of international cuisines from some of Charleston’s best restaurants including Brittons BBQ, Coleman Public House, Saveurs Du Monde, Big Game Bar & Grill, and more. Guests may also enter to win prizes and participate in a silent auction. This year’s silent auction will feature items including two six-day African Photo Safaris for two, a one-week stay in Kiawah, a one-week stay in Williamsburg, a dinner cruise for six, gift certificates, artwork, and much more.

To learn more about Taste of the World and the Charleston Port and Seafarers’ Society, visit CharlestonSeafarers.org or find us on Facebook at Charleston Port and Seafarers.

-Submitted by Tidelines Editor

Due to the rain predicted this weekend, the Barrier Islands Free Medical Clinic’s Lowcountry Wine & Beer Festival  planed for this Sunday, October 4th, has been postponed.

It is rescheduled for the afternoon of Sunday, October 25.

Please join us for this 9th annual fundraiser for the Barrier Islands Free Medical Clinic.

This year’s Pet Helpers Fur Ball is a James Bond-themed gala of glitz, glamour, dining, and auction, sponsored this year by Charleston Magazine.  The Fur Ball will be held on November 6th at the Charleston Marriott on Lockwood Boulevard.

Pet Helpers is a no-kill animal shelter that has been serving the Low Country for over 39 years.  We are saving a pet just for you through our rescue efforts, our shelter on Folly Road and our Clinic that provides spay/neuter and vaccine care.  Pet Helpers is a 501(c)3 non-profit that depends on donor tax-deductible donations to support its mission.

Find out about it all at:  http://www.pethelpers.org/fur-ball.  Pet Helpers touches so many lives each and everyday and we can’t do what we do without YOU! Reserve your ticket or table and be a Pet Helper!

Submitted by Jerry Hartzog, Treasurer Pet Helpers

On October 4^th, the Barrier Island Free Medical Clinic is hosting one of its major fundraisers of the year. Festivities begin at 3PM and wind down at 6PM. This will be the ninth annual wine and beer festival the Clinic has sponsored.

This year’s festival promises to match, if not exceed, the fun and entertainment of last year’s. One of the musicians who will be entertaining the crowd is the very popular Ann Caldwell, who has been featured in prior festivals. Ann can take you down memory lane with songs from the ‘40’s through the ‘70”s, or treat you to marvelous Gullah music that is hard to find anywhere else.

This year’s event will be held under a beautiful canopied tent, so rain or shine, there will be an enjoyable time for all. Festival attendees will have the opportunity to sample a wide variety of excellent wines as well as craft beers coordinated by Kiawah Wines and Spirits, a Diamond level sponsor for the event.  Guests will enjoy small plates prepared by local restaurants.

There will also be bidding on a varied selection of quite impressive Silent Auction items. Two of the Silent Auction items are really eye popping. One is a 7-day stay for 4 people in a vintage Tuscan style villa with 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, and a living room and kitchen combination. The other is accommodation for 2 people in one of three different safari/game lodges in South Africa for 6 nights including all meals and two safaris daily. These auction items can have multiple winners. Whatever the highest bid is, others can replicate that bid and receive the same auction item. That is hard to beat.

This year the Clinic is partnering with the Sea Islands Hunger Awareness Foundation. The Board of the Clinic recognizes how much hunger, poverty and poor health care go hand in hand. They are encouraging people coming to the event to bring two non-perishable food items, which they will turn over to the Hunger Awareness organization.

Tickets can be purchased at Indigo Books at Freshfields Village.

The Barrier Island Free Medical Clinic is an organization that provides healthcare for people between the ages of 18 and 65 who have no health insurance. It services the people living or working on Johns, James and Wadmalaw islands. The Clinic sees roughly 400 patients per month. It has been a lifesaver for its many patients, most of whom have never had health insurance.

No wonder it is called the Miracle on Maybank.

Submitted by: Barbara Burgess