Passport 72 invites you to join us on Friday, October 29th in the ballroom of the prestigious Harbour Club in downtown Charleston for an exciting evening of mystery, intrigue and giving we are calling A Global Masquerade.

The event will mix the allure of an elegant, internationally-themed masquerade ball with exciting silent and live auctions offering unique gifts including exotic travel vacations, local college sports memorabilia and adventurous outings. Throughout the evening, a delicious array of pastas, salads, seafood and hand-carved meats will be served. The combination of good food, spirited auctions and generous people is sure to make A Global Masquerade the event to attend this Halloween season.

The doors to the Harbour Club ballroom will swing open promptly at 7:00 p.m., inviting you to step back into a forgotten time of elegance and intrigue. In step with the events theme, masks and internationally-themed costumes are highly encouraged. Ticket prices are $50 per person, which includes entry to the event, delicious fare and one free drink ticket, redeemable for wine, beer or mixed drinks. Tea, coffee and soft drinks will also be available. Your ticket will also enter you into an exclusive door prize raffle!

I hope you’ll join us on October 29th.. Your attendance at this event will create a life-cycle of giving that benefits several charities right here in the lowcountry – many of which will be on hand the night of the event to share their diverse causes and experiences with our guests.

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Charleston Jaycees present 3rd Annual Bachelor Bid Bash on Saturday, August 7  from 7pm-11pm...

Where:Music Farm, 32 Ann St.,Downtown Charleston

Why:To Benefit Jaycee Camp Hope supports Mentally Challenged kids and Adults since 1969 with a unique summer camp experience.*Auctioning off hottest guys and gals of the Lowcountry includes silent auction*

Ticket Prices include Hors d’oeuvres

General Admission (CASH Bar)-In Advance: $10-At Door: $15

VIP Ticket: $35 (OPEN Bar)

Buy your tickets today thru ETIX!

www.bachelorbidbash.org

Facebook/Charleston Bachelor Bid Bash

“After PARTY at O-Ku”

SavetheAngelOak.org

DHEC Appeal
Published: March 26, 2010
Posted in: Featured, Legal, Official, Timeline
Tags: Appeals 
Despite the recent jurisdictional determination made by the US Army Corps of Engineers, asserting jurisdiction over the wetlands on the Angel Oak Village project site, the Angel Oak Village stormwater application has just been approved by the State Department of Health and Environmental Control/Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. (DHEC/OCRM).

Savetheangeloak.org has responded with an appeal of this approval. (which can be viewed here). http://www.savetheangeloak.org/2010/03/26/dhec-appeal/

You can view the approved stormwater application that I received from DHEC/OCRM attached to the copy of the appeal they received in their office.

We will need donations to fund the appeal! Please send donations to:
Donations are currently accepted through the Coastal Conservation League.
Checks can be sent to:

Coastal Conservation League-Angel Oak Project
328 East Bay Street, Charleston, SC 29401
*make sure you include Angel Oak Project in your note/on the check

Under paragraph IV, water body information, item (A), the applicant has checked that the wetlands are not jurisdictional.

This wetland was declared jurisdictional by the U.S Army Corps of Engineers. (NOT ISOLATED)

Therefore, the application is false. There have been other significant changes to the plans since the 2008 stormwater application, which was NEVER publically noticed for wetland impacts, (isolated or non-isolated).

Additionally, it has just been proven that storm water runoff will flow into Church Creek and see no need for ANY land disturbance at this time, as it is still uncertain whether this development will happen at all. This permit should have been denied due to this project’s proximity to the Angel Oak and the valuable jurisdictional wetlands on site.

This application should have been denied due to the fact that more archaeological work needs to be completed on the site before any ground disturbing activities occur anywhere, as this could potentially risk the destruction of important artifacts that could provide valuable insight into the history and cultural significance of this area. The State Dept. of History and Archives has received new information about a significant archeological find on the project site and this still needs to be evaluated.

Title: Sea Island Phases 1A 1B & 1C approval
File: SeaIslandPhases1A1B1C_approval.pdf
Size: 613 kB.Title: DHEC ocrm appeal.
File: dhec.ocrm_.appeal..pdf
Size: 603 kB.


Please write send your comments to Richard Geer @ SCDHEC or directly through our website, www.savetheangeloak.org
THANK YOU!

Richard Geer
Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
1362 Mc Millan Ave. Suite 400
Charleston, SC 29405
Phone 843-953-0242
Fax 843-953-0201
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Jaycees held their Coastal Regional Meeting at Crab Shack West Ashley featuring Toastmaster Glenn Stafford.

He shared some great insight on delivering,formulating a speech at any venue platform.

Thanks again to SC and Charleston Jaycees for attending...

www.usjaycees.org

www.charlestonjaycees.org

Relay For Life Fund-raising Idea Sheet

“Year Round”

Paint the Town Purple - Large purple bows were offered for a donation to RFL. This can be a year-round promotion by the event or used as an individual team fundraiser. The bows are placed on mailboxes, yard lights or at your front door. Neighborhoods are encouraged to participate by each homeowner sporting a purple bow in their yard and businesses are asked to display their bow on their sign or at their main entrances.

Cuss Jar at Work

Coin Cans – Place Relay coin cans in businesses across the city

Magical Mondays – Work out an arrangement with your employer to make flavorful Hazelnut or French Vanilla coffee in place of the regular coffee every Monday and request a dollar donation for a cup.

Bake Sales- Have a Friday bake sale so employees have treats for the weekend. Wrap items individually and attractively so they could be given as gifts.

Snack/Candy Drawer- Have snacks and candy available at your desk for a suggested donation.

Recipes For Life- Try putting together a Relay For Life cookbook as a year-round fundraiser. Collect recipes, a photo and story of each contributor.

Donations needed for Angel Oak Exhibit: GIVE your old cloths and scrap fabrics a NEW EXPERIENCE

Donate your cloths, textiles and fabrics for a new exhibit, the tree of life, at the Children's Museum of Lowcountry. This new exhibit is part of the Museum's new artist-in-residency program.

About the exhibit
The tree of life (working title), will be a collaborative, site-specific installation (exhibit) at the Children's Museum of Low county. This artwork will be created by Museum visitors (children and their families) and artist-in-residence Jennifer Van Winkle. It will be on view starting late spring 2010.
The tree of life will celebrate the natural treasure, The Angel Oak located near Charleston. The focus of the exhibit will be an activity center (play structure) inspired by the Angel Oak. This activity center will be a large tree design that encompasses most of one of the Museum's rooms. The tree of life, will be constructed from reclaimed wood, and recycled textiles, including clothing. The intent is to encourage exploration of space—both physical space and the imagination and plant seeds of environmental awareness and stewardship. Visitors will be able to crawl, slide, and move through the spaces. There will be additional areas in the exhibit for hands-on explorations and play related to Nature.

PLEASE DONATE:

Scrap textiles, used clothing and household fabrics (blankets, sheets) needed.
All colors, sizes and textures accepted. (Cotton, polyester, corduroy, silk, velvet, leather, etc.)
Exception, no sweaters (or knit/woven fabric) please.

Long pieces of fabric especially needed ASAP. These pieces will be cut for making braids and large-scale weaving.

Drop-off your CLEAN and used (or unwanted) clothing and textiles to the Museum at 25 Ann Street, Charleston, SC.
Tuesday-Saturday, 9am-5pm and Sunday 1-5pm

Thank you for helping make this new contemporary art experience available for kids!

About the Artist

Jennifer Van Winkle is an installation artist, who creates spaces for people to go inside. Her new body of work begun in 2008, entitled, sustainable creativity: new experiences>reused materials, involves the creation of sculptures, site-specific installations and collaborative art projects with communities. Sustainable creativity developed from her passion for making large-scale things and building both objects and relationships. So far this series has involved working with textiles, cardboard, paper plastics, and natural materials. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. She will be an artist-in-residency for the Children's Museum of Lowcountry from March-early June, 2010. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia with her scientist husband and their big tom cat, Willie.

About the Project

Recyclable textiles and materials are clogging the nation's landfills and their incineration spews tons of chemicals into our atmosphere every day. The Tree of Life is the Children's Museum of the Low country’s solution of sustainable creativity that raises environmental awareness and stewardship in Low country children and families. Built by Museum visitors, members and the Museum's Artist in Residence, this innovative community art installation will be constructed solely of recyclable materials.

The Tree of Life (working title) is a collaborative, community art installation made exclusively of recyclable or reusable materials at the Children’s Museum of the Low country as part of CML’s national Artist-in-Residency program from March – May 2010. The Tree celebrates a national Low country treasure, the 1500 year-old live oak tree, Angel Oak. This innovative art experience (and summer 2010 exhibit) will plant the seeds of environmental awareness and stewardship with the children and families that take part in its design and construction. In addition, the installation of recyclable and reusable materials reduces the need for landfill space and reduces pollution from incinerators. At the completion of the project, the materials are put pack into the recycling system (or nature) to have another “life” beyond contemporary art and the Museum.


THANKS SO MUCH!
Samantha J. Siegel
www.savetheangeloak.org

We are guided by a culture of mutual respect, participation, openness, fairness, and honesty as we continue to develop and increase the value of our organization through our members and the Charleston community. Our goals are to provide leadership training through projects that positively impact our community, and to provide quality well-rounded individual development opportunities that will foster friendships and personal growth for our members. The success we achieve will allow us to reinvest in our future through continuous leadership development and to build long term relationships with the Charleston community. Monthly Membership Meetings are first Monday of every month at Tommy Condons 7pm-8pm.

Learn More:

www.charlestonjaycees.org

Relay For Life Fund-raising Idea Sheet

“Team Fundraising”

Book Sales – Dust those bookshelves and have a book sale for donations

Garage/Yard Sales- All profits benefit Relay For Life

Gift Wrap Booth – Teams can set up at the local mall or in a particular store.

Jail and Bail – An old American Cancer Society fundraiser. For a donation, employees can be arrested. For an additional donation, they can post their own bail. Those who are arrested are not set free until the entire bounty is raised.

Relay For Life Luncheon - Pick a theme and invite your friends and associates. Invite a guest speaker to present information on an interesting topic, such as financial planning, travel or gardening.

Poker Plays Pay- Invite 10 people over for a round of charity poker. Send invitations explaining your Relay For Life participation and request everyone brings $25-40 mad money. If you can recruit a few friends to help you, try this on a larger scale and hold it in your church basement or local school. Provide refreshments.

Car Wash- Get your team together for a local town car wash.

Deliver Meals- Have a meal day where your team will cook and deliver breakfast, lunch or dinner to other businesses in town. Fax them a few days ahead of time to inform them of the menu, donation amount and how to order.

Envelopes at Restaurant Tables – Teams generate donations by placing a Relay For Life envelope at every table, stating “Please Support Our Relay For Life Team and the American Cancer Society.” Waitresses check envelopes after every seating.

Jaycee Camp Hope was established in 1969 and is a residential camp for persons with cognitive disabilities. Located on beautiful Lake Hartwell, Jaycee Camp Hope is the only camp of its kind in South Carolina. Through four summer sessions, Jaycee Camp Hope strives to give campers healthy experiences in an outdoor environment. Benefits include exercise, outdoor activities, personal growth, social development with peers and caring adults. 

Jaycee Camp Hope is made possible by a partnership between Clemson University and the South Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees). The SC Junior Chamber of Commerce has provided financial support for every camper attending Jaycee Camp Hope since 1969. Campers are ages 7 and older and are grouped according to age, functional ability, and previous camp experience.

It is a unique place where individuals with disabilities can make a lifetime of memories and it offers an opportunity for parents and caregivers to have a respite from the day-to-day challenges of caring for a person with a disability. Many long-time campers start counting the days until next year as soon as they get home.

Jaycee sponsorships make it possible for many individuals to attend camp who otherwise might be financially unable to bear the costs.

Finally, Jaycee Camp Hope offers the counselors and volunteers the opportunity to learn and practice leadership skills through community service. The use of planning, training, financial management, evaluation, communications and public relations are management practices used in business environments as well as the camp setting.