Giving help, getting help
FUNDRAISERS
ARTISTS FOR AFRICA POSTCARD ART SALE will be 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Embassy Suites Hotel Columbia Greystone, 200 Stoneridge Drive. Postcard-sized works of art from South Carolina artists and the U.S. will be available for $65 each. Admission is $15. All proceeds will support Artists for Africa Inc., a local nonprofit that helps provide education and art education to children in Africa. artistsforafricausa.org
CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION has opened nonprofit registration for Midlands Gives through Feb. 29. The 24-hour Midlands Gives local online giving challenge will be May 3. Register online at midlandsgives.org. To learn more, visit yourfoundation.org, email midlandsgives@yourfoundation.org or call (803) 254-5601.
MIDLANDS HEART BALL wil be 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at the South Carolina State Museum, 301 Gervais St. Funds raised will benefit the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association. midlandsscheartball.heart.org; (803) 806-3091
DONATIONS
SHARING GOD’S LOVE is seeking donations and volunteers, 147 Friarsgate Blvd., Irmo. Pantry needs include tea, coffee, jelly, baked beans, grits, sugar, flour and canned fruit. The Christian ministry is also seeking laundry detergent, shampoo, gently used clothes and household linens, especially king and queen sized sheets and blanket. Volunteers are needed to organize, deliver and pick up donations from 9 a.m. to noon Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. For more information or a tour, call (803)-732-3188.
GOOD NEIGHBORS
PALMETTO HEALTH is offering free health screenings in 2016 for individuals who qualify based on age and risk. Prostate cancer and diabetes screenings will be 11 a.m.-1 p.m. every Thursday at the Office of Community Health in the basement level of Palmetto Health Baptist, 1501 Sumter St. Breast and cervical cancer screenings will be 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 8 a.m.-noon the second Saturdays of the month at Palmetto Health Women’s Center, 1801 Sunset Drive. Prostate cancer, including prostate specific antigen and digital rectal exams, 5:30-7 p.m. the fourth Tuesdays of the month at Cancer Health Initiative Men’s Clinic, 1801 Sunset Drive. Find out more (803) 296-3070 or palmettohealth.org/communityhealth.
This story was originally published February 15, 2016 at 7:00 PM with the headline "Giving help, getting help."