Author: Margaret Evans

The public is invited to attend the next meeting of Indivisible Beaufort, focusing on the national Poor People’s Campaign and why it’s of importance today. This very special meeting will be held at St. Helena Library, 6355 Jonathan Francis Sr. Rd, 11:30 am Saturday, July 14th.

Laura Morgan didn’t think twice about lugging more than 300 pink flamingos to Bluffton Oyster Factory Park on a recent balmy summer day. With the help of a couple volunteers, she planted the sturdy plastic birds along a pathway near the docks on the May River. Morgan, founder of Pledge The Pink breast cancer awareness event, wasn’t trying to break the Guiness World Record with this plastic flamingo flock. She and her volunteers broke that in 2016 with 1058 flamingos. On this day, Morgan was preparing a photo shoot to drum up excitement for her Pledge The Pink’s FlockStars — the nickname of the 1,500 registrants from 48 states and 17 countries who will walk, run, push a stroller or dance the 10 miles each day in different locales in the Lowcountry this October.  

“They turned the corner and soon were driving along a high, grassy bluff that sloped down to a glistening river that flowed through the main part of town. Live oak trees, festooned with cool scarves of Spanish Moss, and gnarled by a century of storms, loomed over the street. On the left, large white houses with long columns and graceful verandas ruled the approach to the river with mute elegance. Each house was a massive tribute to days long past. In one of the houses, drawling conspirators had planned the secession from the Union; in another Sherman himself had slept after his long march to the sea.”  – Pat Conroy, The Great Santini (Random House, 1976)

Greeted with blue skies and a warm June day on Dataw Island, the final round of the 60th SCGA Junior Championship presented by the Heritage Classic Foundation provided just the thrill everyone was seeking, with Beaufortonian Jerry Bruns taking second in the 13-14 year old division, and Hilton Head native Daniel Azallion winning the 15-18 year old Championship division.



Minto Communities USA and Margaritaville Holdings will debut nine fully furnished model homes at LATITUDE MARGARITAVILLE Hilton Head on Saturday, June 30, from 10 am to 4 pm. The grand opening celebration will include a live band, steel drum entertainment, games, food and incredible giveaways.

Here at Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, we are community-builders. Our mission is “strengthening community by connecting people, resources and needs.” The focus, as you would expect from a community foundation, the “community’s foundation,” is on community.