American Red Cross, Carolina Lowcountry Chapter- Grant funds will support the WHALE (Water Habits are Learned Early) program which teaches water safety to children ages 5-12 to prevent water-related deaths. The program will be administered in collaboration with local schools, after-school programs and nonprofit organizations.  

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Trident Area -Grant funds will support the Reading Soul Mates program. Reading Soul Mates is a peer-led program in which older children (readers) are paired with younger children (buddies) to strengthen their reading skills. It will be implemented at 24 different sites, and reach over 5,000 students.  

Center for Women – Grant funds will support the Successful Searching Job Program which provides one-on-one job counseling and monthly workshops to unemployed women in response to the current economic climate. 

Charleston Breast Center – Grant funds will support the Outreach and Education program which provides services for 40 disadvantaged women who are uninsured or under-insured.  Services include breast health education, breast screening, and transportation for women to visit the Center. 

Communities in Schools of the Charleston Area – Grant funds will support the I-Mentoring program to benefit 20 female students at Septima P. Clark Academy, an alternative high school.  Funds will purchase a computer to incorporate an internet-based component for mentors/mentees and other opportunities for these at risk young women.  

Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center – Grant funds will support the Group Art Therapy program for children and their caregivers who are coping with the effects of sexual abuse. Through this program, child abuse victims and affected caregivers have the opportunity to express their feelings and communicate their trauma to therapists through art.  

HALOS (Helping and Lending Outreach Support) – Grant funds will support the Kinship Caregiver Resource and Support program that provides outreach to adults (often elderly women) who take custody of children of relatives to prevent them from entering the foster care system.  

Louie's Kids – Grant funds will support Fit Club, a 16-week, school-based intervention program that provides nutrition education, a daily regimen of physical activity, and counseling for children who are overweight or obese.  

Roscoe Reading Program – Grant funds  will support this program which encourages 2^nd-5^th grade students to meet reading goals associated with the Accelerated Reading Program in 10 Berkeley County Title One schools by providing them incentives and the company of therapy dogs.  

YEScarolina - Grant funds will support the 2010 Entrepreneurial Summer Camp which will teach business, academic and life skills to 15 middle school students at Burke Middle School to enhance their future economic productivity.