Charleston Living Magazine Nov-Dec 2023

NON-PROFITS
School Markets that allow students and
their families to select food items to take
home; shelf-stable food boxes at School
Pantries that are distributed after PTA
meetings, performances and other school
events; BackPack Buddies which fills meal
gaps on weekends and Kids Café and summer
feeding programs.
We distribute meals for seniors through
partnerships with East Cooper Meals on
Wheels, Summerville Meals on Wheels,
First Scots Presbyterian Church and more.
With nutrition education and an engaged
support system that helps address
the barriers to food access, such as a lack
of transportation, high cost of housing and
high food costs, LCFB continues to build
pathways to long-term food security and
cultivate resources to help our neighbors
reach self-sufficiency.
The Lowcountry Food Bank Foundation
was established in 2021 to provide a consistent
and sustainable source of funding to support
the Lowcountry Food Bank. The Foundation
manages and invests monetary gifts, which
continue to grow, and provides a dependable
source of annual income to help fund feeding
programs, projects, equipment, and infrastructure
for Lowcountry Food Bank.
Greatest need: Monetary support to
procure nutritious food for our neighbors
who experience food insecurity. Expanding
current partner agencies’ food pantry availability
and capacity so that neighbors have
access to food at places and times that are
convenient.
Palmetto City Ballet
494 Wando Park Blvd, Ste A, Mt. Pleasant
Performances held at the Sottile Theater
Palmetto City Ballet School-843-367-7339
Palmetto City Ballet-843-864-4809
www.palmettocityballet.org;
email info@palmettocityballet.org
In 2012, Charleston witnessed the creation
of a beautiful ballet based on Hans Christian
Anderson's classic, The Little Match
Girl. The production featured a local composer's
original score, the choreography of
the current artistic director, Jonathan Tabbert,
and the musicians of Chamber Music
Charleston. A pre-professional youth ballet
company, which had been established a few
years before, performed.
That collaboration and performance
marked the inception of professional collaborative
arts ballet company Palmetto City
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Ballet (PCB). The company aims to provide
an unforgettable dance experience for its
audience while enhancing the city's arts atmosphere.
PCB hopes to expand its reach to
regional and national touring.
“Each performance is a unique and unrepeatable
moment, making it all the more
thrilling and exciting,” said Tabbert.
Today, the Palmetto City Ballet boasts
two branches: the professional company
(PCB) and the pre-professional program
(PCB School).
“Our mission is to provide our community
with top-notch live performances while
offering aspiring artists professional training.
Our pre-professional and recreational tracks
present a clear path for students to learn,
grow, and aspire to become professional performers
in their field, and more excitingly,
in their hometown,” Tabbert said. Palmetto
City Ballet comprises twenty staff members,
both full-time and part-time employees.
The company’s annual holiday "The
A Pet Helpers staff member and puppy are all
smiles surrounded by donations of pet food and
supplies from the community.