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Jaida Sams attends Horizons Savannah. Horizons Savannah, a non-profit summer learning program for students from low-income families, is hosting its annual Horizons Giving Day May 12. This virtual event aims to raise $100,000 and advanced giving has already begun.
Giving Day is Horizons’ biggest fundraising event of the year, and local businesses are offering exclusive give-back opportunities to the local community to encourage participation and support.
Ghost Coast Distillery is hosting a Ghost Coast Gives Back benefit concert from 4-7 p.m., May 15 featuring live music, spirits and a barbecue food truck. One dollar from every drink sold will be donated.
In addition, Papa Murphy’s is donating 25% of every carryout order picked up on May 12 when customers mention their support for Horizons Savannah. An anonymous donor has also committed to matching the first $25,000 raised dollar for dollar.
A look back at 2020: Part Three
By Martin Graham - mgraham@recordherald.com
In this Record-Herald file photo from Sept. 17, the Fayette Regional Humane Society was celebrating that they had surpassed 1,000 adoptions this year. Luke who was brought in at the time from Adams County was waiting to heal fully before he would have his chance to be adopted.
Record-Herald file photo
As this challenging and difficult year finally comes to a close, the Record-Herald is taking time to reflect on 2020’s biggest local stories. The following is the third of a four-part year in review series. This sampling of the year’s biggest stories covers July-September of 2020.
First Baptist Spartanburg celebrates Christmas outdoors
Christy Edwards of Boiling Springs said she can t believe Christmas is nearly here.
With the COVID-19 pandemic, a contested presidential election, and temperatures in the 60s Sunday, she said she couldn t believe Christmas was just 12 days away. 2020 has been a rough year, she said at Sunday s Oh What Fun Christmas event at First Baptist Spartanburg. It s hard to be in the spirit with everything going on.
Hundreds of people, some wearing T-shirts, others dressed in light clothing and young parents pushing strollers, came out to enjoy the tractor hayrides, petting zoo and live nativity scene Sunday evening.