Help clear South Carolina’s waterways: A call for visionary donors

South Carolina’s coastal waters and pristine marshlands face a critical challenge: accumulating marine debris and heavy wreckage that threaten local ecosystems and wildlife. While community volunteer efforts make a meaningful dent, completing the final, most complex cleanup stages requires specialized equipment, dedicated crews, and substantial financial backing.

To date, Wounded Nature – Working Veterans(opens in new tab) has made remarkable strides, removing more than 14,200 discarded glass bottles, 287 tires, 2,821 orphaned crab traps, and over 300 abandoned boats from coastal waters. The team has also treated and filled 87 dumpsters worth of debris-treated wood and laid over 5,000 bags of oyster beds to rebuild marine habitats. Despite these major milestones, high-priority areas still require intensive salvage work to fully restore South Carolina’s waterways.

Wounded Nature – Working Veterans is seeking visionary South Carolina donors and philanthropic leaders to step forward and anchor this essential initiative.

Why Your Support Matters

• Restoring Coastal Ecosystems: Heavy debris damages fragile marsh habitats, hampers local marine life, and impacts coastal navigation.

• Empowering Veterans: The cleanup operations are led by military veterans who bring leadership, discipline, and hard work to protecting natural resources.

• Lasting Impact: Targeted high-level funding directly enables the removal of major waterborne debris that standard cleanup efforts cannot reach.

How You Can Help

If you or your organization are interested in sponsoring this high-impact effort to clean up South Carolina’s waterways, please reach out directly to Rudy Socha, CEO of Wounded Nature – Working Veterans(opens in new tab) at 843-764-7748 or by email(opens in new tab).

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