Savannah Harbor Foundation awards $26,500 to charities
The Savannah Harbor Foundation donated $26,500 to 17 local charities during the 2014 Partner Breakfast on Feb. 20 at The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa.
The 2014 recipients include: One Voice, Xcel Strategy, Greenbriar Children’s Center, 200 Club, Lowcountry Down Syndrome, Second Harvest Kids Café, Second Harvest Food Bank, Savannah Eagles, Voice Experience, Savannah Music Festival, First Tee of Savannah, West Broad Street YMCA, Interfaith Hospitality Network, Park Place Outreach Center, Give One Glove, The Living Vine, World Ocean School and the Empty Stocking Fund.
The foundation also recognized its partners of the year: Fire marshal Craig Landolt, Yates Astro, Gulfstream, Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, US Foods, Coca Cola of Savannah, Resort Services Incorporated and the Savannah Morning News.
The foundation raised its most recent donations through the 2013 Festival of Lights and other community event initiatives.
Bryan County schools receive donation
Parker’s convenience stores recently presented a $2,000 Fueling the Community check to Bryan County Schools in Richmond Hill. The unrestricted donation was presented at Richmond Hill Elementary School on Feb. 24.
“We’re deeply committed to giving back to every community where Parker’s does business,” said Greg Parker, president and CEO of Parker’s. “I truly believe education is the rising tide that lifts all boats and makes Bryan County a stronger community.”
Parker’s donates one cent of every gallon of gas purchased at all of its convenience stores on the first Wednesday of the month to area schools through the Fueling the Community program. The company’s charitable initiative officially launched in the fall of 2011 and has donated money to public and private schools in Georgia and South Carolina.
Parker’s operates 34 convenience stores across the region and plans to open additional locations within the year.
Hilton Head Island Wine & Food Festival “uncorks” soon
Hilton Head Island, S.C. — Tickets for the 29th Annual Hilton Head Island Wine & Food Festival, presented by Taste of the South, can be purchased online at www.hiltonheadwineandfood.com for a variety of events to be held March 10-15, including the grand tasting and public tasting.
The festival began 28 years ago as part of an island-wide promotion to bring visitors and stimulate the island’s food and beverage industry. Proceeds from the festival’s wine auction and tastings support the John & Valerie Curry Educational Scholarship Fund for college students pursuing degrees in the hospitality and tourism field.
For more information, visit www.hiltonheadwineandfood.com.