Philanthropy Archive

  • In November 2002, dozens of surfers paddled out into the Florida waves to honor Joe Milligan, who had died in a terrorist bombing of a nightclub in Bali, Indonesia, a...

    The Ultimate Ride

    In November 2002, dozens of surfers paddled out into the Florida waves to honor Joe Milligan, who had died in a terrorist bombing of a nightclub in Bali, Indonesia, a...

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  • During one Saturday afternoon in January, more than 300 people arrived at Addlestone Library to celebrate the latest offering from James Rigney Jr., a literary legend better known by his...

    Behind the Wheel

    During one Saturday afternoon in January, more than 300 people arrived at Addlestone Library to celebrate the latest offering from James Rigney Jr., a literary legend better known by his...

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  • There’s new life at Dixie Plantation: 75,000 new lives, to be exact. Thanks to a donation from ArborGen – a Ridgeville, S.C., seedling supplier – the longleaf pine seedlings were...

    The Giving Trees

    There’s new life at Dixie Plantation: 75,000 new lives, to be exact. Thanks to a donation from ArborGen – a Ridgeville, S.C., seedling supplier – the longleaf pine seedlings were...

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  • A lot goes into a good education. A lot more, however, comes out of it. Just ask Steve ’89 and Emily Molony Swanson ’89, who have created the Swanson Scholar...

    Great Expectations

    A lot goes into a good education. A lot more, however, comes out of it. Just ask Steve ’89 and Emily Molony Swanson ’89, who have created the Swanson Scholar...

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  • Sammy and Gina Shapiro have always had a soft spot for their spiritual teachers. So much so, in fact, the couple called on three rabbis from up and down the...

    Spiritually Invested

    Sammy and Gina Shapiro have always had a soft spot for their spiritual teachers. So much so, in fact, the couple called on three rabbis from up and down the...

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  • Margaret “Peggy” Kanapaux Sullivan ’39 believed in making the most of your time. She also believed in education. After graduating from the College, Sullivan served in World War II as...

    The Greatest Generation 2.0

    Margaret “Peggy” Kanapaux Sullivan ’39 believed in making the most of your time. She also believed in education. After graduating from the College, Sullivan served in World War II as...

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  • A scene from Shakespeare. An outdoor class. A drum circle. A formal reception. A photography exhibition. A string quartet. An improv comedy. There’s a time and place for everything. But,...

    Space to Create

    A scene from Shakespeare. An outdoor class. A drum circle. A formal reception. A photography exhibition. A string quartet. An improv comedy. There’s a time and place for everything. But,...

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  • These are the kids who get locked out of their parents’ computers because they know how to bypass all the parental controls. They’re the ones who get kicked out of...

    Access Granted

    These are the kids who get locked out of their parents’ computers because they know how to bypass all the parental controls. They’re the ones who get kicked out of...

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  • Jim Phillips ’73 had spent the past 40 years systematically collecting the world’s most important and significant maps and atlases pertaining to the moon – and now an exhibition called...

    A Match Made in Heaven

    Jim Phillips ’73 had spent the past 40 years systematically collecting the world’s most important and significant maps and atlases pertaining to the moon – and now an exhibition called...

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  • David Sneddon had never even heard of the College of Charleston – much less considered giving it his boat. But when he realized that his days of offshore fishing were...

    A Vessel for Giving

    David Sneddon had never even heard of the College of Charleston – much less considered giving it his boat. But when he realized that his days of offshore fishing were...

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