Lauren Williams, director of development and compliance for the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, shares how the organization got started, how it promotes philanthropy locally and how it’s helping during the COVID-19 crisis. WHAT DOES THE GCCF DO? WHAT IS ITS MISSION? The Gulf Coast Community Foundation (“Community Foundation”) helps people with diverse interests invest in […]
Breast cancer affects guys, too. Approximately 2,600 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in men in 2020, according to The American Cancer Society. And for every woman battling the disease, there are husbands, sons, fathers, brothers and other male loved ones fighting at her side. That’s why participants in the American Cancer […]
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By Susie Harvill Advocates for Freedom, founded in 2010, is a nonprofit organization fighting human trafficking. We are a member of the Mississippi Task Force Council and are working with human trafficking task forces throughout the state. We have worked with legislators to change state laws and give law enforcement tools to bring justice for […]
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SMCAC staff Second row, from left: Daniel Dooley, lead forensic interviewer; Donna Thornhill, child and family advocate; Lisa Zimmerman, MDT facilitator; Billy Barnes, child and family advocate. Front row: Sylvia Hembree, intake coordinator; Kasey King, family therapist; Krystle Hilliard, program director; Angie Flowers, child and family advocate By Krystle Hilliard Nearly 700,000 children are abused […]
By Todd Trenchard | Executive director, Bacot McCarty Foundation The Bacot McCarty Foundation was established in 1978 and is a nonprofit organization that has become a mainstay for many educational, youth and cultural programs across the Gulf Coast. The foundation supports over 30 local nonprofit agencies across the region and administers scholarships through various funds. […]
Many things we are passionate about are driven by our own life experiences. The birth of Adopt a Grandparent Day is an example of that life-driving passion. In 2013, Kathy Rogers’ mother Sybil Pigott fell and injured herself, necessitating a 30-day stay in a local nursing home. In spite of the fact that Kathy, her […]
By Lindsay Freise Avery | Resource Development Director, Habitat MS Gulf Coast As we wrap up Women Build 2018, we share our appreciation for the more than 350 volunteers who, through their efforts and actions, helped make the construction of two homes — one in Ocean Springs and one in Gulfport — possible. It was […]
