Goose Creek Charities – Nonprofit Organizations in Berkeley County

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• American Red Cross, Lowcountry South Carolina - provides services to the residents of South Carolina including disaster relief, health and safety classes, blood collection for hospitals, and services to the armed forces
  
• Association for the Blind - Charleston - supporting children and adults living with blindness and visual impairment
  

B

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry - North Charleston - mentoring program that matches adult volunteers and single-parent children ages 6-16
  

C

• C & B Fire Department - Ladson - volunteer squad

D

• Dorchester Children's Advocacy Center - Summerville, serving Berkeley and Dorchester counties - provides services to victims of child abuse and neglect in a safe, child-focused environment including trauma treatment, forensic medical services, and prevention education programs
  
• Drug and Alcohol Free Youth Recreation Foundation - Bonneau - developing community youth programs
  

G

• Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina - provides girls 5-17 programs that build responsibility, leadership, and decision-making skills
  

H

• Habitat for Humanity of Berkeley County - Moncks Corner - builds affordable housing
  
• HALOS, Helping And Lending Outreach Support - North Charleston - provides assistance to abused and neglected children in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties and to their caregivers, through a variety of programs and initiatives to improve the lives of these children
  
• Helping Hands of Goose Creek - works to address the hunger problem, and encourages and facilitates self-sufficiency among clients
  

L

• Lowcountry Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy - Greater Charleston area - works with at-risk children
  

M

• My Sister's House - assists victims of domestic violence and their children
  

N

• NAACP - Goose Creek branch - improve the political, educational, social and economic status of minority groups
  
• Neighbors Together - North Charleston - providing vital services to the less fortunate in the Tricounty area
  

O

• Operation Home - North Charleston - making critical home repairs for low-income residents
  

P

• Palmetto Goodwill - provides job training and help finding employment

R

• Rotary Club of Goose Creek - participates in local and global service projects
  

S

• The Salvation Army of Charleston - provides social service programs for those living in poverty
  
• South Carolina Advocates for Epilepsy - Goose Creek - advocates for members of the epilepsy community in South Carolina by raising awareness and provides educational and social opportunities to its members
  

T

• Teacher's Supply Closet - Charleston - gives teachers in six Title 1 schools supplies for their classrooms and students
  
• Tri-County S.P.E.A.K.S. - Charleston - assists adult victims of sexual assault in the tri-county area
  
• Tri-County Veterans Support Network - Goose Creek - advocacy and holistic service to veterans and families
  
• Trident Literacy Association - North Charleston - increases literacy with instruction in reading, writing, mathematics, English as a Second Language, GED preparation, and basic computer use
  
• Trident United Way - Moncks Corner - programs to address education, financial stability, and health needs in the communities of Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties
  

U

• Unity Bay - previously called Berkeley Citizens, provides services to adults and children throughout Berkeley County with intellectual developmental disabilities
  

W

• Water Mission - North Charleston - works to bring water and sanitation to developing countries
  
• Windwood Family Services - Awendaw - therapeutic intervention for abused and neglected boys
  
• WINGS for Kids - social and emotional learning after school
  

Y

• YMCA of Greater Charleston - personal development through healthy living programs