Lowcountry Orphan Relief will never call and ask you for a donation, nor ask you to wire money. If this happens to you, please get the name and contact information and call our office at 843-747-4099. THANK YOU!!!!!
Lowcountry Orphan Relief, Inc. is able to meet the needs of thousands of children each year because of your generosity. Please make a donation now by going to our secure on-line donation site, sponsored by Network for Good via the button above.
Any amount is greatly appreciated. Here how your money can change lives:
$25 outfit for one child
$50 pajamas for 6 children
$150 coats for 5 children
$200 duffle bag with a week’s worth of clothes, shoes, coat and toiletries for one child
$500 help sponsor a children’s event
$1,000 help create a library/computer lab at a group home
$2,000 maintenance /fuel for delivery truck to transport supplies and donations for 2 years
$5,000 benefactor for our girls’ home soon to be under construction on John’s Island!!
Do you prefer to mail us a check? Make your check payable to Lowcountry Orphan Relief, and mail it to PO Box 1074 Charleston, SC 29402.
We’re also pleased to announce that Lowcountry Orphan Relief has joined GoodSearch and GoodShop! More than 73,000 nonprofits and schools are now participating in this program and 100 new organizations are joining daily! Lowcountry Orphan Relief is up and running on the following sites:
- GoodSearch.com – The search engine with a unique social mission. It’s powered by Yahoo!, so you get great search results, and each time you search, GoodSearch makes a donation to your cause! Be sure to select Lowcountry Orphan Relief as your preferred charity!
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Want to make a donation to help LOR’s children? Click on “Our Immediate Needs” button for a list of clothing, toiletries, and other items we currently need.
You can drop off your donations at any of the following sites:
The Valerie Vincent Children’s Closet in North Charleston :
1850 Truxtun Ave. (not advisable to use Mapquest or a GPS System, as it sometimes does not work) Call 747-4099 if you need help.
FROM MT. PLEASANT:
Take 526 west- Get off at the N. RHETT to VIRGINIA ST. exit- (it is before the Rivers exit)- Keep following the VIRGINIA street signs and you will get off 526 and then go around under the interstate and get right back on heading TOWARD Mt. Pleasant again! Then get off at Virginia Ave- Turn RIGHT onto Virginia and then go 1 mile and turn LEFT into the Navy Yard (there is a sign)- Cross over the RR tracks, and bear RIGHT onto Noisette at the yield sign- go another 1 mi. and you will come to a stop sign- turn RIGHT there onto Turnbull- go a few blocks and you will see a yard sign with an arrow for LOR. Just follow the yard signs and arrows to 1850 Truxton- (red brick ranch house on the right)
I-526 FROM WEST ASHLEY:
Take 526 East- Get off at Virginia Ave exit and take a RIGHT at the bottom of the ramp- then go 1 mile and the road takes a sharp turn to the right- just BEFORE the sharp turn, turn LEFT into the Navy Yard (there is a sign)- Cross over the RR tracks, and bear RIGHT onto Noisette at the yield sign- go about another 1 mi. and you will come to a stop sign- turn RIGHT there onto Turnbull- go a few blocks and you will see a yard sign with an arrow for LOR. Just follow the yard signs and arrows to 1850 Truxton- (red brick ranch house on the right)
FROM WEST ASHLEY USING THE NORTH BRIDGE:
Take Sam Rittenburg to Cosgrove and go over the north bridge. Take Cosgrove over to Rivers and turn LEFT onto Rivers. Turn RIGHT onto McMillan Avenue (just after hospital on right, 2nd light). Follow McMillan into old Naval Base. Turn LEFT onto Noisette Blvd.
Turn LEFT at next stop sign, which is Turnbull Street. Go a couple blocks and look for directional yard signs for Lowcountry Orphan Relief. Turn LEFT onto Avenue G. Street curves around to right and you are then on TRUXTUN Ave.
1850 Truxtun Avenue (Red brick ranch house on the right)
FROM DOWNTOWN OR FROM I-26 COMING IN FROM THE WEST:
Take I-26 to the Cosgrove Exit (NORTH) toward the Naval Base. Turn LEFT onto Rivers Avenue. At second stoplight turn RIGHT onto McMillan Avenue. Follow McMillan into old Naval Base. Turn LEFT onto Noisette Blvd. At next stop sign, turn LEFT on Turnbull. Go a couple blocks and follow directional yard signs for Lowcountry Orphan Relief. Turn LEFT onto Avenue G.
Street curves around to right and you are then on TRUXTUN Ave. 1850 Truxtun Avenue (Red brick ranch house on the right)
ALSO: All four TIDELANDS BANK branches have royal blue bins in their lobbies to be used as drop off points. Volunteers are collecting these weekly and taking them to the Children’s Clost for sorting, shelving and distribution. Tidelands Bank branches are located at:
875 Lowcountry Blvd., Mt. Pleasant, Phone 388-8433
1100 Park West Blvd., Mt. Pleasant, 284-8446
1510 Old Trolley Rd., Summerville, 871-7202
946 Orleans Rd., West Ashley, 284-1199
YOU MAY ALSO DROP OFF ITEMS AT ANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAPTAIN HOMES. pLEASE SEE THE
NEIGHBORHOOD CAPTAIN TAB FOR THE LIST OF THE CLOSEST DROP OFF POINTS TO YOUR LOCATION!!
