Chance Encounters
An On-Line Newsletter Publication of Children's Chance
July 16, 2010
Helping families face pediatric cancer
http://www.childrenschance.org/
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Welcome... Chance Encounters will be sent out via email about every three weeks and is also available on our website. |
In this Edition: (just click below to view each topic)
Meet our New Executive Director
Donate - Give Children with Cancer a Chance
Billy Mill Golf Classic a Success!
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Meet our New Executive Director
Children’s Chance is pleased to announce that Tom McGee has been chosen as our new Executive Director. Tom originally from King, North Carolina but a South Carolina native since1969, came to USC on a baseball scholarship. He played freshman basketball on the 1969-1970 USC basketball team and then worked for Frank McGuire and the USC basketball program for 4 years. After serving as an educator, Athletic Director and Department Chair in Richland-Lexington School District V, Tom started and managed the SC Office of Rural Health, Migrant Health and Primary Care for DHEC. He has also served as President and CEO of Easter Seals and Executive Director of the SC Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs. Tom is married, has six children and eight grandchildren, one of which continues to conquer large cell anaplastic lymphoma and welcomes the challenge of growing Children’s Chance. “I am excited to be a part of an organization that was born here in Columbia and has such great potential. The Board is dedicated to ensuring that the families who need us get the best we can provide. Despite the difficult economic times we are facing, I believe Children’s Chance has great opportunities ahead. We continue to receive requests from all over South Carolina and our challenge is to balance the increasing needs of our families with our existing resources. I am hopeful that with continued support from our existing partners and new resources from partners who may not yet know of our outstanding work, we will be able to provide support for all of the families who need us.” Tom McGee To contact Tom, please either call the Children's Chance office at 803-254-5996 or email him at: tommcgee@bellsouth.net and he will be happy to correspond with you. |
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Join us ...e...
All you have to do is Eat-In or get a To-Go Order, show the Flier to your server, and a portion of the proceeds will be automatically donated to Children's Chance to help kids with cancer!
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Sign-Up Today... Free Bi-Lo Booster Card Program!
Do you shop at Bi-Lo?
All you have to do is print out or download one of the cards
below and give it to your cashier the next time you are
shopping! Your Bi-Lo booster card is then automatically linked
to Children's Chance and we will receive a donation every time
you shop at Bi-Lo! It's quick, easy, and does not cost you
anything to sign-up.
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Join Us...
Early Bird Registration (by August 27th) is just $40.00 for the Bike Ride and $25.00 for the Fun Run/Walk! |
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13th
Annual Billy Mill Charity Golf Classic Children's Chance recently held the 13th Annual Billy Mill Charity Golf Classic on Monday, June 28th at The Country Club of Lexington to raise money to fund our programs for children with cancer and their families. The tournament was a huge success raising over $50,000 for children with cancer in South Carolina. A special thanks goes out to the Mill family for their continued support in putting this tournament on every year. We would also like to thank all of our sponsors, supporters, donors and volunteers for making this event possible - we could not do it without you!
We would like to thank our sponsors
Gold Sponsor
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Hole Sponsors In-Kind Sponsors
The Law Office of Tara Dawn Shurling Pepsi
Total
Wine USC
Although we tried our best to list all sponsors at their correct levels, we apologize for any errors or omissions.
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Our Supporters, Sponsors, & Donors!
Children’s
Chance would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of our
Sponsors for their continued support in helping children with
cancer and their families in South Carolina! Without you, our
mission could not be met.
Benefactor ($10,000+) & Patron ($5,000-$9,999) Bruce
Rylant DBA Golden Rule Optics Champion ($1,000-$4,999) Travinia
Italian Kitchen Best Buddy ($250-$999) Ms.
Cassandra Medlin Companion ($100-$249) Mr. & Mrs.
Bryan Rivers Friend ($0-$99) Mr. & Tony
Emanuel |
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DONATE NOW to help Kids with Cancer! |
Kids Kickin' Cancer!
Click here to read more about Children's Chance families!
The pictures below are from November's
Faces of Hope Program
in memory of Bayler
in memory of Bayler
in memory of Bayler
Zig the Pig?
Ziggybanks in the Community....
Feed a ziggybank at one of these locations or to find out how your business can be a home to Zig, click here!
The Gourmet Shop - 5 Pts
CiCi's Pizza
Pelham Drive
St. Andrews Rd.
Salon M at Richland Fashion Mall
Austral Salon
Forest Drive
Barron's on Harden St.
Doc's on Shop Rd.
Devine St.
Rosewood Market
Murray's Bar & Grille
Charleston Hwy.
Dias Merle Norman
Forest Drive
Trenholm Road
Broad River Rd.
Burlap Fine Papers
Rosewood Dr.
St. Andrews Rd.
Heights
at Lake Murray
If
you are interested in having
Zig at your Community Event,
email
Zig!
Now Accepting School Adoptions for the
2010 - 2011 school year!
If your School would like to have Zig the Pig for your Service Learning Project, sign up today!
To find out more about Zig the Pig, visit http://www.zigthepig.org/
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Keep up with
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New:
Children's Chance Customized ToolBar!
We have something new & exciting to share with you - it's the new customized Children's Chance toolbar! Add it now so you can help our charity through your on-line purchases and just by searching the internet! A percentage of your purchases from over 1300 on-line stores will automatically be donated to Children's Chance - at no cost to you! It also has a search feature and we get a penny every time you just search the internet:
& Please pass along to your friends - it takes just two minutes to download but can make a lifetime of difference!
To submit a story idea, or content for the newsletter, please email us
Children's Chance ~
609 Sims Avenue, 2nd Floor ~ Columbia, SC 29205
Phone: (803) 254-5996, Fax: (803) 254-5997
http://www.childrenschance.org/ or
http://www.zigthepig.org/
mailto:childrenschance@bellsouth.net?subject=Newsletter
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