Darlington County Humane Society BBQ
Church members and volunteers at Darlington’s First Church of God and West Hartsville Baptist Church served up delicious barbecue and scrumptious homemade desserts all day on February 18, with proceeds benefiting rescue and medical efforts at the Darlington County Humane Society. For just $8 per plate, diners enjoyed a heaping helping of barbecue (prepared by Schoolhouse BBQ of Scranton) with rice, liver hash or red gravy, sweet...
Lamar Elementary kicks off Read and Feed after-school program
Students at Lamar Elementary School are getting a chance for extra help from teachers and community volunteers through Read and Feed, an after-school program that offers school work assistance and a snack. Gay Jeffords, a reading interventionist at Lamar Elementary, and Sue Cataen-Ingram, Darlington County School District’s lead social worker, launched the program Feb. 1. Students attend to read books, complete homework assignments...
St. David’s Lodge makes history
The St. David’s Lodge #72 AFM in Darlington made Masonic history on February 2, 2016 by putting a Lewis degree on Jayce Tailor Hardee, age 6 months. A Lewis degree is a ceremony for a Masonic Lodge to “adopt” the infant son of a Brother Mason in the hope that when the child reaches the age of 18 years he will become a Master Mason and follow in the footsteps of his father. The Lewis Degree has never been done in Darlington, and this...
Carolina Kids shares weekend food bag delivery
Andrea Pulling, Director of the Carolina Kids, Inc. the non-profit organiztion that assists the needy students of the entire Darlington County School District, recently shared the following on the Carolina Kids Facebook page. “Have you ever wondered what happens to the weekend food bags once they are packed? How do they get to the children? We have coordinated with the schools to have the completed bags picked up. One school has a...
Wattles receives FMU diversity award
Dr. Will Wattles, Francis Marion University, chair of the Department of Psychology and coordinator of the Master of Science in Psychology program, (clinical/counseling option), is the seventh recipient of the FMU African American Faculty and Staff Coalition (AAFSC) Diversity Award. It seeks to recognize a faculty or staff member for their significant contributions to enhance the university’s diversity and inclusiveness on and off...
Oyster Shell Recycling at Kalmia
Kalmia Gardens of Coker College is a public drop off location for oyster shell recycling. Recycled oyster shells are used by S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to refurbish oyster grounds. Shells provide the necessary hard substrate juvenile oysters use to attach and grow. When oysters are harvested, some of the habitat for future generations is lost. Replanting shells replaces this habitat and ensures that our local (or our...