{"id":5392,"date":"2016-06-14T14:51:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T18:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/?p=5392"},"modified":"2016-06-14T14:51:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T18:51:23","slug":"lowcountry-giving-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/lowcountry-giving-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowcountry Giving Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month the MDI team participated in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowcountrygivingday.org\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lowcountry Giving Day<\/a>. This is the day that the <a href=\"http:\/\/coastalcommunityfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coastal Community Foundation<\/a> encourages local non-profits to use online technology\u00a0 to stimulate donor engagement and increase donor reach. Each year this day raises millions for Charleston area non-profits. This year the Lowcountry Giving Day raised nearly $4.2 million! Here&#8217;s how we each contributed:<!--more--><\/p>\n<div>Liz: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charitablesocietyofcharleston.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charitable Society of Charleston<\/a> &#8211; <em>Providing for the needs of local not-for-profit organizations who help individuals in our community. Our members are particularly interested in organizations that focus on\u00a0serving\u00a0children, the elderly, individuals with special needs, and promoting overall community wellness.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Margaret: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlestonmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charleston Museum<\/a> &#8211; <em>Educating Charleston area residents and visitors about the natural and cultural history of the South Carolina Lowcountry through collections, exhibitions, preservation, programs and research.<\/em><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Elisabeth: <a href=\"http:\/\/florencecrittentonsc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florence Crittenton<\/a> &#8211; <em><span class=\"st\">Providing young, at-risk pregnant and parenting women comprehensive services to help them become self-sufficient and responsible mothers.<\/span><\/em><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Elizabeth: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Center for Birds of Prey<\/a> &#8211; <em>Identifying and addressing vital environmen<wbr \/>tal issues by providing medical care to injured birds of prey and shorebirds<wbr \/>, and through educationa<wbr \/>l, research and conservati<wbr \/>on initiative<wbr \/>s.<\/em><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Alex: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alz.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alzheimer\u2019s Association<\/a> &#8211; The leading voluntary health organizati<wbr \/>on in Alzheimer care, support and research.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Beth: <a href=\"http:\/\/woolfestreetplayhouse.com\/village-rep-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Village Repertory on Woolfe<\/a> &#8211; The Woolfe Street Playhouse is a 100 year old former meat packing warehouse, beautifully adapted and transformed into a state of the art theatrical facility and home to the award winning professional theater company the Village Repertory Co.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Delta: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mohmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medal of Honor Museum<\/a> &#8211; The only museum in the country dedicated solely to preserving and presenting the meaning of the Medal of Honor and the stories of its recipients.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month the MDI team participated in the Lowcountry Giving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[78],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5392"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}