Bridging the Gap Advocacy: Cultivating Potential and Community
Bridging the Gap Advocacy: Cultivating Potential & Community Do you know about a local nonprofit that’s helping transform the lives of children and families in Laurens County? Bridging the Gap Advocacy is on a mission to help children and their parents discover their natural talents and gifts. By promoting faith, education, health and wellness, job…
Second Quarter KLCB Community Champion Award Winner
Lessie Brown, Our 2024 2nd Quarter KLCB Community Champion The Keep Laurens County Beautiful (KLCB) Community Champion Award recognizes a business, organization, or individual volunteer who has initiated and actively engaged in activities significantly contributing to the success of the KLCB program. We proudly present the 2nd quarter award to Lessie Brown from Cross Hill.…
Amanda Benfield, Laurens County Chamber of Commerce President/CEO: Graduated From the Institute for Organization Management (IOM)
Amanda Benfield, Laurens County Chamber of Commerce President/CEO: Graduated From the Institute for Organization Management (IOM) Amanda Benfield, President and CEO of the Laurens County Chamber of Commerce, successfully completed the Institute for Organization Management (IOM) program through the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on June 27, 2024. The Institute program has been educating tens of…
4th Quarter Community Champion Award Winner
4th Quarter Communty Champion Winner The recipient of the 4th quarter award is Emily Bailey Affectionately known as the “trash lady of Clinton,” Emily Bailey has for years patrolled the streets of Clinton picking up trash and urging others to do the same. Hardly a day goes by that Emily does not put on her…
3rd Quarter Community Champion Award Winner
The Keep Laurens County Beautiful Community Champion Award recognizes a business, organization, or individual volunteer that has initiated and/or actively engaged in an activity that has significantly contributed to the success of the KLCB program. The recipient of the 3rd quarter award is Laurie Riser Laurie doesn’t just clean up around her neighborhood- she often…
Take Action SC Workshop
It was a pleasure to have SC DHEC come to Joe R. Adair Outdoor Education Center and tell us about their Take Action program, an activity-based curriculum supplement that introduces solid waste, recycling, and composting to kindergarten through eighth-grade students. We even participated in creating a compost bin from plastic bottles and can’t wait to…