Darlington Rec hosts Breast Cancer Awareness event
Each year in America, more than 200,000 women are diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. About 40,000 women die each year from the disease. An informational program held Thursday, October 19 at the Darlington Recreation Department’s Harmon Baldwin Gym aimed to inform the community about the latest options in testing, early detection, and treatment of this deadly disease.
Scare on the Square: a spooky good time for the whole family
Halloween’s almost here and downtown Darlington will be alive with activity again this year. The Darlington Area Recreation Department and the Darlington Downtown Revitalization Association (DDRA) will offer children a downtown Trick-or-Treat experience from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, October 26, at the Public Square in Darlington. Employees of area businesses will be handing out treats to costumed children, and some will be...
Darlington County First Steps Joins the Global #GivingTuesday Movement
Darlington County First Steps (DCFS) has joined #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide. Occurring this year on November 28, #GivingTuesday is held annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving (in the US) and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday to kick off the...
Backyard Stargazer for November
By Francis Parnell It won’t be long until we’re carving the Big Bird at Thanksgiving Dinner with our family and friends. And speaking of birds, did you know that in the night sky there are a number of constellations that are named after birds? The list includes CYGNUS, the Swan, AQUILA, the Eagle, COLUMBA, the Dove, PAVO, the Peacock, GRUS, the Crane, APUS, the Bird of Paradise, and even the mythological PHOENIX. But what...
Palmetto Goodwill Partners with South Carolina Future Minds to Donate Books to Darlington County School District
CHARLESTON – Palmetto Goodwill partnered with South Carolina Future Minds (SCFM) to deliver more than one thousand gently used books to Darlington County School District. The books will be used to build in-class libraries for new teachers in Darlington, an expense that typically comes out of teachers’ pockets. The pilot program, which is the first of its kind in South Carolina, was created to ease the burden faced by new educators and...
Carolina Pines Auxiliary members attend SCAHA Conference
Several representatives of the Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center Auxiliary attended the South Carolina Association of Hospital Auxiliaries 2017 Conference in Columbia on October 17. SCAHA is a private, not-for-profit organization made up of some 100 member hospitals and health systems and about 900 personal members associated with our institutional members. The South Carolina Hospital Association was created in 1921 to serve as...