Kathleen Swinney, “We received many requests this year. There are many fine and deserving organizations doing great work. We are very proud of our award winners as they work every day as we do to raise awareness of critical education and health issues in order to change lives of people across the state of South Carolina.”

Information on the grant program and proposal guidelines can be found at www.dabosallinteam.com.

The organizations receiving 2012 grants:

Helping Hands of Clemson is an emergency shelter for abused and neglected children, primarily serving Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, and Pickens counties.

Collins Children’s Home & Family Ministries, Seneca, S.C. cares for children and supports families in an atmosphere that instills feelings of acceptance, safety, permanence, dignity, and joy while teaching important life skills and a work ethic that will enable them to be productive members of society.

Clemson Free Clinic is a non-profit donor supported community health clinic serving the Clemson, Central, Six Mile and Pendleton residents who are below the US Federal poverty level.

Anderson University Cancer Center offers a unique opportunity for students to engage in cancer research. Through collaboration with healthcare institutions, students can gain first-hand scientific research experience and witness how their research positively impacts the lives of patients.

The Foothills YMCA is chartered to serve all of Oconee County as well as Clemson & Central, though our doors are always open to all who wish to join our family.

Clemson Community Care’s mission is to assist persons in difficult circumstances with necessities such as food, shelter and utilities, and to help them to become self-sufficient through educational programs and advocacy. Clemson Community Care serves Clemson, Central and Pendleton, SC communities.

Clemson Child Development Center’s mission is to provide affordable, quality child care and preschool education. The Clemson Child Development Center fosters learning and development in an environment that appreciates diversity. Emphasis is also given to programs that strengthen the home environment, enabling families to provide the optimal development of their preschool children.

Foothills Alliance, founded in 1989 as the Foothills Rape Crisis Center, has been serving adult and child victims of sexual abuse for 23 years in Anderson County.  “Working in collaboration with community partners, the mission of Foothills Alliance is to prevent sexual assault trauma and child abuse and neglect by providing education, advocacy, and treatment services in Anderson and Oconee counties.” 

Saint Francis Hospital Breast Health Program, St. Francis has unveiled a new Mobile Mammography Coach that will travel to locations in Greenville and the surrounding counties—Anderson, Oconee and Pickens—to provide digital mammograms to thousands of Upstate women. In its first year of operation, more than 2,000 women are expected to visit the Bon Secours St. Francis Mobile Mammography Coach. Limited access to diagnostic services is among the main reasons that in South Carolina, when breast cancer is found, it is usually in the later stages.