Local Genesis Community Foundation gives $20,000 to Carolina Kids programs
Patsy Sawyer, executive director of Genesis Community Foundation of Darlington, and Professor Mal Hyman, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Foundation, recently presented Andrea Pulling, director of Carolina Kids in Hartsville, with a donation of $20,000 to help fund their feeding programs for students in the Darlington County School District. Carolina Kids has several food programs that provide food, clothes, shoes, school supplies, toiletries, etc., throughout the year for disadvantaged and underserved students in the Darlington County School District. Many students are provided with food to carry home to have for the weekend. Homeless students are included. Students are referred to Carolina Kids by principals, teachers, social workers, school counselors, etc. Genesis Community Foundation of Darlington, formed in October 2020 by Genesis Healthcare FQHC Inc., is an independent, tax-exempt, nonprofit corporation. The mission of Genesis Community Foundation is to improve the quality of life for disadvantaged and underserved youth and their families through education and advocacy as well as to serve, to provide, and to unite communities within and across the county of Darlington as well as Olanta (located in lower Florence County) and across South Carolina as deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors. The Foundation’s principal office is located in the Matthews and King Education Center at 115B Exchange Street in Darlington. The center is named in honor of the late Dr. Josiah S. Matthews III and the late Harold L. King.