SC Bar Young Lawyers collecting personal care items for women in need
November 11, 2014
CHARLESTON, SC – The SC Bar Young Lawyers Division (YLD) Voices Against Violence Committee is collecting personal care items for its 2014 Women in Need Necessities Drive. Items will be collected until Dec. 11 and donated to various domestic violence shelters throughout the state.
Items needed include paper towels, toilet paper, tissues, office paper, canned goods and other food items, powder laundry detergent, cleaning products, deodorant, toothbrushes, children’s clothes and baby wipes. Additionally, clothes for sexual assault survivors are needed, such as pants with elastic waistbands, packs of underwear, sports bras, t-shirts and socks. Items can be dropped off at any of the following locations in the Lowcountry:
Bluffton
Brilhante Law Office, LLC—10 Pinckney Colony, Bldg. 300, Ste. 318, 29909
Law Office of Regina M. Strickroth—1 Sherington Dr., Ste. C, 29910
Charleston
Duffy & Young, LLC—96 Broad St., 29401
The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston—550 Meeting St., 29403
McDowell Law Offices—36 Broad St., 29401
McGee Law Firm, LLC—105 Wappoo Creek Dr., Ste. 1B, 29412
Hilton Head
West Olivetti, LLC—23A Shelter Cove Lane, 29928
Mount Pleasant
Anthony and Moore, LLC—222 Coleman Blvd., Ste. 121, 29464
Motley Rice LLC—28 Bridgeside Blvd., 29464
Summerville
McNair Family Law, LLC—300 N. Cedar St., 29483
Walterboro
Colleton County Probate Court—239 N. Jefferies Blvd., 29488
McLeod Fraser & Cone, LLC—111 E. Washington St.
Tax-deductible monetary donations are also welcome. Checks may be sent directly to the shelter of your choice or made payable to the SC Bar YLD Foundation and mailed to SC Bar, Attn: YLD Foundation, P.O. Box 608, Columbia, SC 29202.
The complete list of supplies needed can be found at http://www.scbar.org/YoungLawyers/ServicetothePublic/WomeninNeedNecessitiesDrive.aspx.
For more information contact Andrea Sancho at [email protected] or (803) 318-9745, or Jasmine Smith at [email protected] or (864) 242-6440.
The YLD Voices Against Violence program is designed to engage young lawyers in efforts to generate awareness of the epidemic of domestic violence and provide support to local shelters.
The YLD includes all members of the S.C. Bar under age 36 and those with less than five years membership.
The South Carolina Bar, which has a membership of more than 15,000 lawyers, is dedicated to advancing justice, professionalism and understanding of the law.
