Ice cream shop donates profits to Dwon Fields Jr. fund
Ice cream shop donates profits to Dwon Fields Jr. fund By WTOC Staff | May 5, 2021 at 10:06 PM EDT - Updated May 5 at 11:42 PM
BLUFFTON, S.C. (WTOC) - Wednesday marks two months since Dwon Fields Jr. was tragically killed in a student-involved shooting.
You might remember the 18-year-old whose friends called him D.J. Family and friends of the young man remembered him at the ice cream shop he used to work at.
Kilwins, the popular sweets shop in Bluffton marked the day by giving back to the community in D.J.’s honor.
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Businesses across the Lowcountry have signed on to an effort this week to help raise money for a scholarship fund in memory of a Bluffton High School student who was killed in a recent shooting.
DJ’s Day of Giving is scheduled for Wednesday to support the Dwon Fields, Jr. Memorial Fund. Organizer Tim Wood said some of the businesses agreed to donate a percentage of their sales Wednesday and some are making other donations.
Eighteen local businesses were listed as DJ’s Day of Giving partners this week at djdayofgiving.com, but Wood said he expects that number to grow right up to Wednesday. He said Tuesday no business had turned down a request to participate, “which just speaks to the incredible giving nature of this community, even in the middle of a pandemic.”
Fundraising effort in honor of Bluffton shooting victim
Fundraising effort in honor of Bluffton shooting victim By Kristen Rary | March 12, 2021 at 3:24 PM EST - Updated March 12 at 7:21 PM
BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) - One week after the deadly shooting that took the life of a Bluffton High School student, the community has come together to help memorialize Dâwon Fields, Jr.
Every day Fields walked into work his coworkers say he did it with a smile. Now they are trying to honor that smile and his memory while helping his family.
Fields was more than just a coworker to the staff at Kilwins Bluffton.